Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
New technology Lawyers are used to relying on paper as evidence of legal transactions but new technology may come to challenge that reliance . For some years now , conveyancers have " exchanged contracts " by telephone ( as in Record v Bell above ) , and the law of contract has had to come to terms with electronic mail in the form of faxes . ( For another example of the law 's response to new technology , see Chapter 6 , p. 170 . ) Computers are now able to " talk " to one another without human control , and computer memories can be altered without trace .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: no)
I do not want to waste my time writing for silly buggers like you . So here he is , real or not , this Daniel Miller , walking down a street at dusk with a young prostitute at his side . He did not need a stick at this time , for he was feeling better than usual , and his skin would have passed for normal except for some roughness here and there easily attributable to the chafing of clothes or to taking too many baths in hard water without the benefit of bottled body oils sold by any chemist worth the name . The two of them arrived at the broken gate of a house even more rackety than its peeling neighbours . A short path of cracked paving led to a front door that had a crescent of dimly coloured glass set into the wood above the frame .
Idiom: in the doghouse (used idiomatically: yes)
The others veered round a corner and came to a large field . The girls walked off in one direction to some hedges on the far side , leaving George with Willie and Zach . ‘ Who 's in the doghouse , then?’ asked Zach . ‘ You or us?’ George gave a smile .
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid - life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdumdismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . But all my wit and wisdom were wasted on Karen 's one - track mind . Just as the inhabitants of the barrios here defend their pathetic shanties to the last , defying the well - meaning efforts of the authorities to relocate them , so the poor in intellect cling to whatever feeble idea they have been able to fashion out of the odds and ends they have foraged . Be it never so humble , there 's no place like home . ‘ That 's the way I see it,’ was Karen 's doggedly repeated bottom line , ‘ and nothing you say is going to make me change.’
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
An added embarrassment was a report ( also leaked ) by the chief inspector for nuclear safety who warned against complacency and came up with an estimate that there was a ‘ several per cent’ chance of a serious accident in the next twenty years . An accident in France would no have to be as serious as Chernobyl to imperil life and health over a wide area in France and its heavily populated neighbours . In Britain , commercial realpolitik had won the day . A government committed to the disciplines of the market had had a salutary lesson : the market did not care a damn for the long term , or strategic thinking into the middle of the next century , or , quite possibly , sustainable development . The latter , in fact , was somewhere in all this a casualty .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
We imagine this crisp symbol scarlet with a powerful blush , scarlet also with the blood of tumescence . A medical textbook does n't immediately disenchant us ; here the heart is mapped like the London Underground . Aorta , left and right pulmonary arteria and veins , left and right subclavian arteries , left and right coronary arteries , left and right carotid arteries … it looks elegant , purposeful , a confident network of pumping tubes . Here the blood runs on time , you think . Reverberant facts :
Idiom: hair of the dog (used idiomatically: yes)
She said , ‘ OK , ’ and laughed . ‘ You 're going to need an entry fee .’ ‘ There 's a gambler 's remedy,’ Singer said , ‘ the equivalent of hair of the dog . It 's called bet your debt.’ ‘ That 's what you did?’
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
Their problems intensified when wing ace Martin Offiah did n't appear for the second half after picking up a leg injury . And Test prop Kelvin Skerrett had to be replaced six minutes after the break . Eastwood missed two kickable penalties before he got off the mark with a 20th minute kick after Wigan were caught offside . But three minutes later Wigan were ahead . Andy Dannatt lost the ball in the tackle and from the scrum Edwards sent 18-year - old winger Jason Robinson sidestepping through from 30 yards out for a sparkling try .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
A four - wheeled diesel called ‘ Rusty’ loosely based on a Rushton Shunter design , also celebrated its arrival recently and to date is mainly used for engineering and work trains . With rides costing 40p for adults and 30p children , this adjacent part of the main SVR Kidderminster Station project deserves attention for all . THE famous blue liveried A4 Pacific No.4498 ‘ Sir Nigel Gresley’ which heralded its first visit to the prestigious Severn Valley Railway towards the end of September , also brought in many thousands of visitors for good measure . During its four week stay at the SVR , the locomotive operated return journeys between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster . Trevor Hammond , Fund Raising Officer of the A4 Locomotive Society , told SRN that the visit to the Severn Valley Railway had been most enjoyable .
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
Their host , the Rev Kenneth MacAulay , great - uncle of Thomas Babington of that name , had sent a letter explaining that he could not meet them in Nairn : his priestly duties detained him in Cawdor — to which Boswell adds a footnote . When they arrived at the manse , between twelve and one o'clock on the Saturday , the Reverend , according to Mrs MacAulay , had gone to the church distributing tokens — ; ‘ little pieces of tin , stamped with the name of the parish’ . Each token , a seal of approval awarded by the minister to those of whom he approved morally that week , had to be handed up on Sunday ; those without tokens could not receive the sacrament . Boswell adds a tantalising footnote : ‘ This is a species of priestly power , and sometimes may be abused . I remember a lawsuit brought by a person against his parish minister , for refusing him … ’
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: no)
Women 's cut and blow dry varies from £ 10.50 to £ 15.95 but that includes a neck and shoulders massage . They also have a ' stand by ' appointment scheme , where you can ring in at certain times at half an hour 's notice , where prices range from £ 4 to £ 7 . Men 's cut and blow dry is £ 8.95 . Perms range from £ 18.50 to £ 22.50 , not including cut and blow dry . Browns of Durham Cut and blow dry from £ 7.50 to £ 17 .
Idiom: small beer (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Do n't ask me why . He just does.’ All eyes in the room were watching the stranger — except for a pair belonging to Rincewind the wizard , who was sitting in the darkest comer nursing a mug of very small beer . He was watching the Luggage . Watch Rincewind .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
Laing broadens his horizons by travelling a lot and by taking part in a large number of outside activities . ‘ I think you should get to know as many people as you can the further up the business you are,’ he says . He travels to the US at least once a month and enjoys getting out and about . ‘ I travel in comfort,’ he adds to explain why he finds it less of a hassle than many businessmen . ‘ I travel first class and I take Concorde whenever I can .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
Breaking even . If the firm is a public sector firm ( or nationalised industry ) , it may be required to operate in the ‘ public interest’ and so may attempt to produce as much as possible without making losses . Such a firm would produce and sell 123,800 units at a price of £ 3.81 and would then just break even . Clearly , different objectives lead to different prices . The monopolist in our example is in the fortunate position of being able to set any price between £ 3.81 and £ 9.20 and still make some profit .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Powerful material for 1963 but a sample of how the show should have developed its characters to make them more rounded and believable . As things transpired , however : ‘ We tried desperately to get out of the format of landing somewhere , splitting up , getting lost and getting captured , getting into trouble and getting out of it . We tried to make suggestions for character developments , all of which they would n't allow . ‘ They would n't allow me to grow up .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
The pressure to safeguard by more than diplomatic or economic means external sources of supply , territories for emigration and markets for Japanese goods , coincided with growing nationalism and army influence from the late 1920s , crystallizing in efforts to secure control over large parts of East and Southeast Asia and build an autarkic economic sphere . Within the 1920s cooperative framework Japan had sought to enhance her position in China , but as domestic conditions in China by the late 1920s increasingly undermined the rights of the powers there , Japan 's interests in adjoining areas also seemed threatened . In 1931 Japan resorted to force and occupied Manchuria , but the West , absorbed in its own problems , was able to turn a blind eye to such encroachments within the confines of East Asia . The Lytton Commission 's report to the League of Nations on the Manchurian incident in effect found Japan guilty of aggression and brought her withdrawal from the League , but the phrasing of the report was highly conciliatory and there was no further action . In 1937 Sino - Japanese friction erupted into full - scale war , but even this failed to rally much more than token support for China in the West .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
But perhaps these explanations may be a little bit too versatile for modern tastes : Why was there an eclipse?— The gods did it . Why did our village catch fire?— The gods did it . Why have we been flooded?— The gods did it . Why do I exist?— The gods did it .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
The good times had arrived . The ' Ladies Golf Club ' changed its name to ' Henley Golf Club — Ladies ' Section ' , but , in contrast , the Artisans were a reducing force , there being ' only 20 true members ' . ( Four who were not ' true ' members were given notice , but would be permitted to join the main Club , ' if elected ' ) . The fruit machines were proving fruitful and the Club improved the changing rooms , bought new dining room furniture and tarmacadamed the car park , although a small part of it was sold to the S.E.B. for £ 75 for use as a sub - station . In 1967 ( ' the best year ever ' ) , a Five Year Plan was conceived but seemed to die a death .
Idiom: fit like a glove (used idiomatically: yes)
One of the most unambiguous demonstrations of this comes from New Guinea where the virtual abolition of tribal warfare achieved by relatively recent European rule has been accompanied by a marked increase in the incidence of sorcery accusations . Amongst the Zande , as we have seen , such disputes take place between neighbours who share many common interests but are nevertheless in frequent competition . And for a succinct description of that social nexus that fits the Zande like a glove we can go , for a change , to sixteenth - century Essex . The Puritan Elizabethan clergyman , George Gifford , ' had this to say on the typical witchcraft setting : Some woman doth fall out bitterly with her neighbour ; there followeth some great hurt … .
Idiom: too clever by half (used idiomatically: yes)
As far as he could recall , the tree people had died out centuries before . They had been out - evolved by humans , like most of the other Twilight Peoples . Only elves and trolls had survived the coming of Man to the discworld ; the elves because they were altogether too clever by half , and the trollen folk because they were at least as good as humans at being nasty , spiteful and greedy . Dryads were supposed to have died out , along with gnomes and pixies . The background roar was louder here .
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a new source of work for actors and singers for which there was much gratitude . I did many such shows . Margo went from strength to strength , with bigger and better parts , but after a few years turned to acting and much later married an Australian singer / actor , Rod McLennon , and went to live in Melbourne . She was an attractive , kind , intelligent and above all practical person whom I was particularly glad to have around at such a time . Margo and Nigel had always been very fond of each other , and she was upset to have missed him .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
A recent survey by RoSPA has revealed that every British household has at least one dangerous home - fitted plug , while in most other European countries , the USA — and even Russia — electrical goods are sold with plugs fitted . Consumer pressure groups are calling for legislation to force manufacturers to fit plugs on goods before they leave the factory . But until the Government see the light , stay safe and try to buy from shops where everything , however small , comes with a ready - fitted plug . If you do have to fit — or change — a plug at home , but a new one and follow the wiring colour code in it carefully . HOLIDAY TUM IN THE HEAT
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
The cost of each accident was then assessed and a judgement made on whether it would have been cost effective to prevent it . Each accident was assessed also for its potential large - scale consequences , and it was found that 7 % of the accidents could potentially have led to major accidents . In the final analysis one organisation lost as much as 37 % of its annualised profits to accidents , another 5 % of its running costs . The costs ran well beyond the realm of damage to assets into damage to reputation , alienation of employees , investigation costs , business interruptions , and replacement of staff . The business of safety
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
In view of these observations it is also interesting to note that there seem to be very few social scientists within communist countries who are involved in developing and testing Marxist - Leninist theory . They may be involved in planning , organising foreign trade , predicting the money needed by their economies , but few are involved in developing Marxist — Leninist theory itself . Not only is the method not scientific but , to the extent that Marx did make certain historical prophecies which can be related to empirical evidence over long periods of time , these can be examined and by and large they have not proved to be valid . Consider the following predictions . That working - class wages would remain at subsistence level —the fact is that the real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten between 1900–70 in the UK and by a factor of fourteen in the U S over the same period ; that collective ownership of the means of production would result in an increase of wealth for the workers and so improve their lot —the fact is that in both Russia and Cuba it has been necessary to restore discipline in factories by introducing a military routine with the surplus value being siphoned off by the state ; that communist revolutions would start in such advanced industrial countries such as Britain , France , America and Germany —the fact is that a socialist revolution has taken place in none of these countries ; that conflicts between states are the results of capitalism and will cease under communism —the fact is that in the streets of Budapest and Prague , in Afghanistan and on the Soviet - Chinese border we have seen the power of the Red Army being used against fellow communists ; that the income difference between capitalists and workers will rise —the fact is that in all industrial countries the effective after - tax , after - benefits real income gap between rich and poor has diminished ; that capitalism will collapse because of its internal contradictions —the fact is that capitalism has not collapsed in any Western country , yet .
Idiom: sign of the times (used idiomatically: yes)
Background A sign of the times The project which is evaluated in this report is in many respects a sign of the times . It reflects a number of trends which are clearly visible in the organisation , management and resourcing of education in the UK . It is clearly related to developments in pedagogy and technology , and is concerned with aspects of the curriculum which are especially topical .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
How should language teachers react to the besetting influence of ideas about language and learning which emerge from the domains of disciplinary enquiry , from research in linguistics , psychology , sociology , philosophy , and education ? They can , of course , declare their independence , refuse , so to speak , to be beset , and carry on as if these ideas were not there . This does not seem to me a very sensible strategy , because on the face of it these ideas would appear to be of potential relevance to pedagogic practice . The question is , how is this potential to be realized ? How is relevance to be determined ?
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
In the following year another cable was laid , consisting of four copper wires 1.7 mm in diameter , insulated with gutta percha and tarred hemp . Strengthening was by an armoured shield of 7.6 mm iron wire and it established the standard for undersea cable design for years to come . But two major problems were encountered ; the cable 's weight and the fact that it fell short of its intended destination . However after successful joining of an additional length , the task was completed on the November 13 , 1851 . It was the first truly successful undersea cable , continuing in business for the next 24 years .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
Frederick was sitting up , white as chalk . ' Look , ' he said , and Carrie saw the blood on his hand where the pitchfork had caught it . She said , ' Serve you right . Serve you right if he 'd killed you , ' and he stared at her , his lower jaw drooping . He said , ' He ought to be locked up , vicious loony like that , ' and stood up .
Idiom: go under the hammer (used idiomatically: yes)
More modern works fared better : a sketchy pencil drawing by Toulouse - Lautrec almost doubled its estimate to reach FFr50,000 ( £ 5,100 ; $ 8,900 ) and a small , late and unremarkable Renoir Provençal landscape raised FFr 1 million ( £ 102,000 ; $ 178,500 ) . But two Boudin oil paintings of ships at Le Havre and Deauville and a pastel of Trouville failed to sell . French museums were aware of the quality going under the hammer , too . Paris 's medieval Musée de Cluny pre - empted a late fifteenth - century French oil on panel ‘ Presentation in the Temple’ prudently estimated at FFr 200–250,000 but pushed up to three times as much by competition between French and British dealers . And the Louvre pre - empted for FFr 1 million a painting from the mid - sixteenth - century Persian manuscript ‘ Fâl - Nâme’ , part of the collection of Garith Windsor sold by Audap Godeau and Solanet on 21 February .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: no)
It is in this setting that I want to try and talk about Moral Re - Armament . Not as a movement . One of the battles my friends and I have had since coming to Rhodesia has been to stay out of the little box into which some people would like to pop us . It was a newspaper man who gave a more accurate and memorable assessment of MRA : ' It 's not an institution , It 's not a point of view .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: no)
The death of the admiral on his flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in October of that year did nothing to stem her spending — of money that was no longer there . She chose not to reduce the scale of expenditure at Merton , which remained as high as ever throughout 1806 and 1807 , and no tradesman saw fit to say No to her . Could she not sustain the momentum , not just on tradesmen 's credit but on borrowed money ? Her friend Abraham Goldsmid arranged a loan , but it did not last her long . Her admirer , Old Q , the eighty - four - year - old Duke of Queensbury , let her have his house at Richmond at a nominal rent , but declined to buy Merton Place from her .
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
IN COMING months and years Russia will falter again . Painful reform will look as if it has been wasted , firms will go bust , unemployment will rise , people will demand populist cure - alls . When this happens , look back to the referendum of April 25th and remember its foremost message : that Russians nowadays can rise to the occasion . When they are given a chance to take a big decision about reform they tend to make the right — meaning the most reformist — decision . In June 1991 they voted for the most democratic free - marketeer on offer in a presidential election .
Idiom: off and running (used idiomatically: yes)
The third question is which herefordshire trained horse finished second to Desert Orchid in the Gold Cup in 89 answers by first post on Wednesday good luck with that and we 'll see you tomorrow … if the sun is shining the Gold Cup will be off and running with a sparkle Mail order violence … police condemn weapons by post booklet . Good Evening .
Idiom: wet behind the ears (used idiomatically: yes)
I mean , in school You ca n't really call him a man . He were wet behind the ears ! Alien ! Looks like an alien !
Idiom: no smoke without fire (used idiomatically: yes)
As well as relief , there 's anger too at the way the Foreign Office initially handled the case . Male speaker There seemed to say there 's no smoke without fire . Male speaker The turning point was Mrs Brown 's campaign against the Foreign Secretary .
Idiom: hit the road (used idiomatically: yes)
He was mortified . With a Raleigh - esque flourish he threw a hanky over the unexploded missile and scraped it up , apologising profusely , before pocketing the prize and slinking off , red - faced and too embarrassed to talk to me for the rest of the evening . Malc closed the shop eventually and we hit the road together once again , his Mother and Father moving in to take care of the boys while we toured from Land 's End to John O'Groats in pursuit of sufficient money to pay off our debts . It was a hopeless task , we were slowly sinking in the mire . Mr Green , the local bailiff , became a regular visitor , usually calling when Mother was in charge of the house .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed , from the outset , relations with ‘ Dear Randy’ had been somewhat strained . The original agreement , signed on 4 April , between the Virgin Group and Fields Investments , Fields 's holding company , gave Virgin 75 per cent equity in the new Virgin Atlantic Airways to Fields 's 25 per cent . But it also guaranteed Fields equal say in the running of the company , by the expedient of comprising the board of four directors . Two ‘ A’ directors would come from Virgin Group , balanced by two ‘ B’directors — Fields and another director nominated by him . As president of the company , Branson would not have a seat on the board .