Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They see residential school as an alternative to ‘ care’ but it has less stigma for them . I think that 's what they 've really wanted all the way along.’ The psychologist justified his own persuasive efforts with this belief that he was actually helping the parents to come to terms with a decision ‘ they really want to make ’ . EP : What I suggest we do — nothing 's going to be decided today — I can arrange for you to have a look at one of these weekly residential schools — at this stage we 're saying let 's look . Mr and Mrs Short : That 's OK .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
A popular legend tells of Arion , a lyric poet and musician , who was returning to Greece from Italy , laden with riches he had won at music competitions . The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . The sound of his music attracted a school of dolphins , whereupon Arion leapt overboard and was carried safely to shore on the back of one of the dolphins . In his gratitude , he erected a bronze statue of a dolphin rider on the clifftops , honouring Poseidon , God of the Sea . In the Pacific , just as in ancient Greece and Rome , dolphins have been traditionally regarded as messengers of the gods .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
They look a million dollars especially on Marks model Marcus Schenkenberg from Sweden but cost a lot , lot less . When they 're not in suits , men can still look stylish in separates like blazers and chinos , similar to the ones offered by Great Universal Catalogue . Teamed with plain or multi - print shirts they look the part whether you are going for a meal , to the pub or to work . For that holiday look , Great Universal also have some terrific bermuda shorts and wacky tropical patterns and designs …
Idiom: dice with death (used idiomatically: yes)
He 'll get our clothes back , I bet . He 'll come up tonight , I expect , to get his anorak back and I 'll ask him.’ Hoomey 's teeth were chattering after his dice with death ; Nails 's house was no warmer indoors that it was out . Nutty put the kettle on . ‘ Make yourself at home,’ Nails said sarcastically .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
I think if you go and buy a secondhand car erm it 's often a big investment , two , three , four , five thousand pounds or even more . If somebody 's saying to you do you want our guarantee — it 's fifty pounds , or it 's a hundred pounds — if you 're spending that sort of money you 'll probably pay out for it and you 'll think you 're covered for all sorts of things that might go wrong . If you take that home and read the small print , you 'll find you 're probably not covered for the very things that are going to go wrong . mhm Well I 'm joined by John Collinswood . Hello John .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
Then a new journey into light and noise and he had come to where he was now . He found he had been speaking the memory out into the night and among the bleak cages around . He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . There was movement in the cage from where the old female 's voice came and a shadow came out on the floor of her cage , thin and gaunt , the silhouette of an eagle . It was still , but he sensed her staring at him from out of the darkness of her shelter , and a laboured and painful breathing came from her .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: no)
It is expensive but has a host of fine illustrations to support the 500-word pen - portraits . Robert Gate has gone up in the world , and no one deserves it more . There was a time when he was forced to publish his own works , but now Arthur Barker has done him proud with Rugby League : An Illustrated History . Gate , now the game 's official historian , has written a typically well researched text to go with an excellent collection of illustrations and cartoons . Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook by Raymond Fletcher and David Howes ; Queen Anne Press , £ 11.95 .
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've been having one of my little do 's again with men on the doorstep . We have to record all our conversations for a week , okay ? Off and on . And then away they go to erm . I 'll get you the letter dear so you can read it .
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: no)
In this chapter I have also endeavoured to clarify the relationship between the soft systems approach and other more conventional methods of examination . In the opening pages of the book I referred to the pragmademic gap that seems to exist between pragmatists who have not had the benefit of a formal systems education , but might wish to make use of soft systems ideas , and those who have developed and applied these ideas at a more academic level . The term could also be used to describe the gap between the practice of solving problems , and the somewhat academic exercise of systems thinking , where ideas can be generated about desirable changes that , in light of subsequent investigation , can not be realised fully in the real-world . To develop this theme , two distinct phases of a study into the information support needs of an organisation are examined here , the first making extensive use of the SSM to obtain an overview of these needs and produce a high-level user requirement for computer support , and the second applying standard O&M techniques to progress the study to an acceptable conclusion . These exercises were essentially discrete studies in their own right , and , whilst certain conclusions can be drawn about the complementary nature of the different approaches , taken overall , the study also highlights the importance of merging systems thinking with real-world considerations .
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
I certainly have not received any communication from any individual in my ward in favour of hunting . I 've received a number against . He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . The conversation ranged widely through wildlife management , the history of the landscape and of hunting and he was on very shaky ground there I can tell you control of pests , he likened a farmer killing a rat with a dog , to the whole panoply of fox hunting . As this conversation continued over an extended period , I was waiting to go out to dinner , erm it became apparent that he had n't understood my position it was apparent again , outside earlier today , that people do not understand the position that people like me take .
Idiom: sign on the dotted line (used idiomatically: yes)
KITCHEN SPECIALISTS ASSOCIATION A fully fitted kitchen at a bargain price may seem like the answer to your dreams , but there could be a catch . Before you sign on the dotted line , check to see if the company is a member is a member of the Kitchen Specialists Association ( KSA ) . It may stop your dream from turning into a nightmare . The KSA was the brainchild of seven independent kitchen specialists , who formed the body in 1977 to increase the professionalism of the UK kitchen industry .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
We allow ourselves to be served by surly shop assistants — and we do n't complain . Like stooges , we accept in silence . Step out of line , demand better attention , and you meet tight - lipped disapproval . Fellow sufferers move uncomfortably away rather than face similar embarrassment . Aonach Mor may be a step ahead of the game because it is a new skiing resort with attitudes untainted by years of traditional working practices .
Idiom: have it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Describing his own . alternative vision , he then threw out the thought that , far from varsity virtue being reflected in high A - level grade inputs , the real test was to accept lesser qualifications but achieve a high quality output ( as at Salford ) . On this basis , Oxford and Cambridge had it easy . Only one thing wrong with this programme — too many unexplained allusions . Geometry comes up to date
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
Czechs monopolized agriculture as Germans did the towns so this decoration is much concerned with idealizing the Czechs at the expense of the Germans . Note too the rich decoration round the clock and the portal of the Town Hall by Matěj Rejsek , c.1475 . Turning the corner , the bay window of the Town Hall chapel is a reconstruction of the one that existed before 1381 . Note the 14C Madonna on the corner . On the façade facing the Old Town Square is the list of 27 Czech nobles , professors and burghers who were executed in 1621 after the Battle of the White Mountain .
Idiom: on the blink (used idiomatically: yes)
The money is automatically taken out of your current account in the same time it takes to clear a cheque , roughly three days . HELP WITH THE LAW Suppose your new washing machine is on the blink ; or your neighbour puts up a fence inside your boundary ; or you trip over a paving stone and break your leg . Polite letters of complaint get you nowhere . What do you do next ?
Idiom: work to rule (used idiomatically: yes)
What w ho wh was the reaction when you decided you would work to rule ? Erm , the management certainly were n't too impressed , which is understandable . But on the other hand , we were only working to rule , we were working by rules and regulations laid down from various Acts and negotiated er agreements . But erm certainly we were a lot worse off , cos we we were just earning a day rate , instead of any bonus you know we had no bonus at all . So yeah we all thought , we 'll work to rule a couple of weeks , things'll get sorted and we 'll all be back to normal .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
Most often they would meet at Ellwood 's hotel . If Ellwood went to the house , Zeno got him out of the place as fast as he could . Carla made fun of Ellwood behind his back . She would return from her banishment to the kitchen as Ellwood drove away , imitating his spidery walk , asking : ‘ What did old Stoneface have to say?’ Edgy , Zeno would turn away to laugh .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species , examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail . To add to the senseless tragedy , the Japanese did n't really know what to do with all the dolphin carcasses once they had killed them . At first most were buried on land , then disposal at sea was tried , weighting the dolphin corpses with cement blocks , a method abandoned in 1979 . Live animals were sometimes sent to aquaria , but the demand was limited . A demand for dolphin meat for human consumption has been only a recent trend , but high transport costs from the remote Iki Island made the export of edible dolphin meat uneconomic .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
A Rumpler , straining to make height , saw him coming , turned panicking away and hit a tree . Killion jumped over a barracks through a cross - hatching of furious ground fire , and fled to the west . A huge explosion drowned the enemy fire and Killion caught a glimpse of a burning bomber slowly sliding along on its nose . Then he was over a railway line , over a wood ; out of sight and reach of the guns . He hedge - hopped all the way home .
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
But I 'm not interested in politics . Partick Woman : Ah've lived here a ' ma life , I 'm Partick born and bred But they 've the cheek tae cry it Hillhead ! If the Yerds hudnae shut ma Man
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Nearer the shore , two other ships are in flames . The coast is strewn with wreckage , with the keels of the overturned boats , all that remains of the twenty to thirty ships which lay at anchor here the day before . All along the quays , for a distance of 200 metres , piles of lumber are burning . Here and there around the city . .. fires can be seen through the smoke .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: no)
For certain there will be changes , but it is doubtful if there will ever be such a long line of devoted , generous and hardworking people as those who served the Club so enthusiastically in immensely difficult times , and saved it from certain closure for the likes of ourselves to enjoy . Without these individuals — some named and many not — there would be no Henley Golf Club and we would all be the poorer . It seems fitting to close this story — which to some degree has been the tale of redeeming the bonds , and a modest emancipation of the Ladies — with Robert Naish 's final , official words at the end of 1983 — the most auspicious year in all 80 of the Club 's history —'the future is bright : let us go forward with good will and good fellowship , and enjoy it . ' … FORE ! … TROPHIES AND COMPETITIONS
Idiom: go through the motions (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet now you mind more . The time it takes , the inevitable abstraction I show when I 'm involved with something big … ’ For the first time she was really listening , not going through the motions of an argument . He felt suddenly a brief return of the closeness they had used to enjoy when the children were small and she still felt important to them and minded less his involvement with his work . He put out his hand toward her .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
The first two landed in the usual manner . So did the fourth . The third landed on its edge and balanced there . The fifth turned into a small yellow caterpillar and crawled away . The sixth , upon reaching its zenith , vanished with a sharp ' spang ! '
Idiom: hit the jackpot (used idiomatically: yes)
In diffuse daylight this figure climbs to 12 per cent . On top of this , the cell delivers large current densities ( more than 12 mA cm -2 ) , is highly stable and is cheap , making practical applications at last feasible . It could be that Grätzel 's attempts to harness cheap solar energy may finally have hit the jackpot . Lionel Milgrom Unleashing Bt 's secrets
Idiom: in stitches (used idiomatically: yes)
Look at the fabric closely on the non - patterned side and you will see how the pattern is actually made . Where the tucks occur , the stitches that are knitting on each side are pulled upwards , out of shape . On the purl side , this creates a distortion in the stitches , either pulling them sideways or raising them up above the surface of the fabric . The more tucks held on needles , the more the distortion and raising effect . Once you understand how the fabric is constructed , it is far easier to design your own pattern cards .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
His conclusion , probably acceptable to most parliamentarians , is that Ukraine should ratify START 1 now , but should hold on to the 46 missiles which that treaty does not cover ( though the Lisbon protocol does ) , and delay accession to the NPT . Till when ? Mr Pavlychko , a poet turned politician , knows enough of both trades to leave that answer up in the air . American arm - twisting The notion that some parliament in Kiev might upset the entire international disarmament process has inspired understandable irritation in the West .
Idiom: cap in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
The America that Can Say No NEW ~ YORK – ­ Early this month , Kyrgyzstan ’s president Kurmanbek Bakiyev went cap in hand to Moscow to ask for financial aid . To make his request more palatable , Bakiyev announced that he was demanding that the United ~ States close its airbase in Kyrgyzstan , which resupplies NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan . Similarly , late last year , Iceland ’s government asked Russia to help bail out its banking system , while Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari visited China in hopes of securing an emergency infusion of cash .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: yes)
All together now FOR more than six years the race between America , Europe and Japan to establish technical standards for their own versions of high - definition television ( HDTV ) has been one of the world 's great technological rivalries , pitting the market - driven regulatory approach of America against the government - led industrial policies favoured in Japan and Europe . On May 24th it became clear that America has won the contest hands down . On that day the three surviving entrants in a technical contest sponsored by America 's Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) decided to form a ‘ grand alliance’ to offer a single HDTV system , which is expected to be perfected some time next year . Japan and Europe are now likely to adopt some form of the American system , which will employ digital signals similar to those used by computers .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: no)
High - rise blocks , for example , are obviously time - consuming and therefore daunting for weekly collectors . An area with a reputation for muggings , such as some parts of Liverpool , may make weekly collectors reluctant to work there because of the cost of taking along a ' couple of hefty chaps ' in protection . In this way , new requests for credit may run up against a powerful and undeniably sensible combination of background knowledge and personal experience which rules them out , even when the applicant whose personal circumstances ring these alarm bells would have been a satisfactory payer . After all , at this end of the market where incomes are low and where applicants for credit may well have been turned down by other types of lender , lenders may feel that they have to discriminate particularly carefully to be sure of recovering their money . Indeed , the Consumer Credit Association ( representing predominantly weekly collection small credit traders and moneylenders ) told us that their members may turn down about half of all the applications they get .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
The Public and Its Problems CHICAGO – On a recent visit to Europe , I found economists , journalists , and business people thoroughly frustrated with their politicians . Why , they ask , ca n’t politicians see the abyss that yawns before them , and come together to resolve the euro crisis once and for all ? Even if there is no consensus on what a solution might be , ca n’t they meet and thrash out a plan that goes beyond their repeated half - measures ? It is only because of the European ~ Central ~ Bank ’s bold decision to lend long term to banks that we have seen some respite recently , or ~ so their argument goes .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
Changes do n't happen overnight but the feedback I get is there 's now greater visibility of managers and supervisors . However , there 's a point I 'd like to make very strongly … many of you reading this have responsibilities to supervise or manage staff . Do n't complain because your boss is less visible than you would like — make sure YOU go out and about and are seen by the people you 're responsible for . Nuclear Electric paid their staff a bonus of £ 1600 when they declared their annual results . Why ca n't Scottish Nuclear pay a bonus when our performance was even better ?
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
As it was , her flamboyance struck people as unbecoming and her apparent phlegm as not very lovable . The only person who might have respected her independence was her father , and he was the one being in whose presence she lost it . His mockery , which he meant as love , frightened and cut her to the bone . At thirteen she felt trapped by the system of growing into a woman , which seemed to be separating them , and longed more than ever to be his son . A year later her back began to hurt .
Idiom: keep your fingers crossed (used idiomatically: yes)
She sighed . ‘ I ordered beds for you weeks ago , and the company promised faithfully they 'll be delivered tomorrow morning , but that does n't mean a thing . It simply means they promise anything to get you off the phone , so keep your fingers crossed or you may be staying here more than one night.’ ‘ I do n't mind where I stay to be honest with you , Christina . I 'm so pleased just to be here , I would sleep on a tent on the beach .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
How lovely it would be to find the garden , and see what had happened to it in the last ten years ! She could play in it all by herself , and nobody would know she was there . She put the key safely in her pocket . The next morning Martha was back at Misselthwaite Manor , and told Mary all about her day with her family . ‘ I really enjoyed myself .
Idiom: over your head (used idiomatically: yes)
I mean did anybody similar experiences yeah When you join the company there 's so many J S words , I mean you just , you just , I mean half of it goes over your head , I mean it 's get that go get that out of the buffer room . where the hell is that ? Yeah .
Idiom: ten a penny (used idiomatically: no)
' You 're mad , ' he said . ' But if you insist , you 're welcome to it . The rent will be ten pence a week . ' ' Here 's one month 's rent in advance , ' I said , giving him 40p . ' And thank you so much ! ''
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: no)
The British Museum had natural - history collections , but these were poorly housed and were considered less important than the museum 's artistic holdings . The governors saw the museum as a storehouse for the nation 's treasures , not as a research institution , and even public access to the museum was restricted . The space problem was relieved to some extent when the museum moved to its modern site in the late I820s , but natural history still rubbed shoulders with art and archaeology . A public enquiry in 1835 aired the radicals ' demands for a Paris - style research museum , but traditional forces ensured that the scientists were kept subordinate to public figures who were more concerned with the arts . The research function did increase , with the anatomist Richard Owen ( 1804–92 ) being appointed superintendent of natural history in 1856 .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
How to add a picture as a message background Go to File > Options > E - mail > Paper and Fonts . On the Personal Letter Paper click the theme .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Things sure have gotten quiet here lately . Is this because of that dismal performance against Norwich ? I could n't get the game on tv or radio , but was glued to BBC world service for any news on the game . When it went 0–1 , I was n't too worried . Then came 0–2 —’ oh , oh , this is going to be tough’ .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
The atmosphere , once through the little shop - door , cut down from a Victorian billiard - table , was oppressive . Clocks struck widely different hours . At a corner table , with her back turned towards them , sat a woman in black , apparently doing some accounts , and surrounded by dusty furniture ; perhaps she had been cruelly deserted on her wedding day , and had sat there ever since , refusing to have anything touched . She did not look up when the girls came in , although the billiard table was connected by a cord to a cow - bell , which jangled harshly . " Where 's Mr Stephen , please ? "
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
But just let the poor little woman open her legs to more than the statutory one , and she 's cheap , a woman of easy virtue , a social outcast . She has to make do with what she 's got … that 's if she 's a nice girl , of course . I expect the other sort have a ball — like Bella,’ she added unkindly . ‘ What bloody awful hypocrisy ! And how quaint .