Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Every three or four hours the trawl was winched alongside and we battled to pass a rope round the " cod end " which held the fish , using the roll of the boat to help us . The cod end was then winched above deck , the bag was opened and the fish cascaded into the pens that divided the deck . Then for hours we gutted the living , flapping fish and threw them into baskets to be carried below and put on ice . It was back - breaking work . There were cod , haddock , coley and a variety of other fish , some of considerable size .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
But as soon as he launched into the dance music , the local girls clattered in , shaking their skirts , their handsome heads held high , rosy lips and black eyes catching the light , and shielding the guitar player from his audience . But tonight , after the dancing and the cheers , Miguelito did n't just slip away . Instead he took a curtain call , and at the last minute before he was to slide behind the curtains behind the bar , he reached for the flowers thrown to him earlier and broke off some of the roses , swaggering round the circle of admirers handing out the roses to the women . Shelley , at the front , felt herself growing hot as he approached . Would she receive a rose from these talented hands ?
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Nevertheless , they do occur and occasional assaults and other criminal acts are committed . Physical demonstrations and protests , designed to secure much more widespread media coverage for a cause than is ever available for a cogent argument , are an increasingly frequent means of political communication and the House of Commons has not been exempt . If a Member on one side of the House sought to simulate anger by crossing the floor , punching an opponent on the nose and destroying his paper , would it be a breach of privilege for a court of law to proceed against him ? Despite what had been said above , R v Graham - Campbell , ex p. Herbert ( p.41 above ) suggests that it would , for in that case , the court cited parliamentary privilege as one justification for not ordering a prosecution of members of the Kitchen Committee of the House of Commons for selling intoxicating liquor without a licence .
Idiom: have a go (used idiomatically: yes)
708 ) . He wins universal applause from his followers and admiration from the reader , despite the fact that he is going to take away the paradise which may still have been ours . He is brave and determined , if he can not overcome God 's power he will certainly have a go at annoying him . Satan shows authority when bringing order among his people and power when indirectly compared to Etna . In his speeches of the first two books Satan shows a tremendous vigour , a responsibility to his followers , an impenetrable spirit , heroic determination never to be weak and inactive and an attractive charm and sophistication in his poetic and commanding words .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
Ringing the changes for one of Oxford 's best known buildings . The Great Tower is five hundred years old … to celebrate … past and present members of Magdalen college joined in an anniversary peal . Aged from eighteen to eighty , some had n't rung a bell for almost fifty years , but everyone pulled their weight on this historic occasion . Magdalen Tower is probably the best known symbol of Oxford . Built of Cotswold stone from quarries at Headington , it was actually finished in 1509 .
Idiom: by hook or by crook (used idiomatically: yes)
As soccer clubs edge towards financial collapse , and there are many on the brink , their accounts will become subject to ever closer scrutiny . Then the scams will be uncovered . By hook or by crook , football is being called to account for the years of profligacy . Eu 's new image a waste Mike Crouch
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . He 's usually pretty fair.’ ‘ I 'll take your word for it.’ Lindsey flashed him a look , zipping her document case to a close with unwarranted vehemence . Damn !
Idiom: come to grief (used idiomatically: yes)
Parrott 's change of luck HILARY PARROTT enjoyed an overdue change of luck at Hereford yesterday when Dare Say took advantage of the last fence fall of Mweenish in the Hugh Sumner Challenge Bowl Handicap Chase . The previous afternoon at Wolverhampton Mrs Parrott had watched her West Orient come to grief when clear in a claiming event , but racing 's renowned great leveller came into play here . Long - time leader Mweenish would almost certainly have held on had he cleared the final obstacle without error . Instead , he caught the top and crumpled on landing , slightly hampering the challenging Banbridge as he fell .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
Granny 's son had been a gamekeeper on the estate , but now that he had gone elsewhere to work Sir Benson had given Granny notice that she must quit the cottage . Mary 's thoughts were suddenly and rudely shattered . Without warning a big estate - car swung round a bend in the lane , its wheels throwing up a shower of mud and water . Mary gave one horrified glance at it , then flung herself madly into the ditch at the side of the lane . She was only just in time to escape being knocked down .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
Unlike most of the other 2,000 pension funds then operating in America , the GM fund did not principally invest in the company 's own shares nor limit itself to fixed - income securities . It sought to provide for workers ' retirement by broad , diversified investment in the American economy , that is , in equities . In effect , it chose to pay for workers ' deferred consumption by staking a claim on America 's corporate profits . Once GM 's union agreed to the plan , a bandwagon rolled : within a year 8,000 new plans had been written , all along the same lines . This idea of the diversified , fully funded scheme ( that is , run to match assets with present and future pension liabilities ) has been applied most widely in America and Britain , where its principles have been written into law ; it has also spread into Japan but scarcely at all into Germany , where company pension reserves frequently remain invested in the firm 's own shares .
Idiom: plain sailing (used idiomatically: yes)
Having been rejected after holding sway for so long , they are now seeking new ways of making friends and influencing people . The leadership of the Polish Communist Party has this week approved changes committing it to altering its name and participating in free elections within a multi - party system . It was not plain sailing and orthodox and ‘ liberal’ Communists will be at each others ' throats — at local level — until they hold a full congress next January to determine new policies once and for all and to approve new leaders . Some party members are already disssatisfied with Mr Mieczyslaw Rakowski , who became leader only in August , for the way he went immediately to Moscow when the party was in trouble rather than work out a Polish solution . According to these members , Mr Aleksandar Kwiasnewski , a ‘ liberal’ who is much younger than Mr Rakowski and had a rapid rise in the last phase of the Communist government , could replace him .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
Action ! She also had her own half - hour work , Cross Channel , screened by BBC2 last year . ‘ But,’ she says , ‘ I 've come back to live theatre with a vengeance . Doing all that TV stuff made me realise that , no , what I 'm interested in is pure movement . You can talk about the nature of art — blah , blah , blah — and I did do some dribbling off into text and stuff , but now I know that movement says more to me than any of this other tosh .
Idiom: yes and no (used idiomatically: yes)
What about the ‘ habit of command’.’ ‘ Is n't that a bit cliché or at any rate , passé?’ ‘ Well , yes and no , You know the saying : ‘ The fish is gone but the smell remains.’ The empire too may be long gone , but you 'd never think it listening to the cricket commentators . For them the Imperial Sun shines on undiminished !
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
The Severn Tag is stuck inside a car windscreen . It electronically records how many crossings the driver has paid for . As long as the ticket is valid , no money or tickets change hands , motorists pay automatically . He says they wo n't have to look for change . As long as they 're in credit they drive straight through .
Idiom: see the light of day (used idiomatically: yes)
Its position seems to vary from case to case . Indeed , if it were to be as firmly and clearly drawn as some of our mentors would wish , I can not help feeling that a number of leading cases in your Lordships ' House would never have been decided the way they were . For example , the minority view would have prevailed in Donoghue v. Stevenson [ 1932]A.C. 562 ; our modern law of judicial review would have never developed from its old , ineffectual , origins ; and Mareva injunctions would never have seen the light of day . Much seems to depend upon the circumstances of the particular case . In the present case Mr. Glick was fully entitled to , and did , point to practical considerations to reinforce his argument .
Idiom: chapter and verse (used idiomatically: yes)
And that 's something that christians believe they have over all other faiths , that the only way to God is through Jesus Christ . Some people think that if you lead a good life then you can get to Jesus and get to heaven but Jesus said that you have to come through him . In erm Romans chapter three and verse twenty seven it says that er Jesus died for our sins and I 'd just like to leave this thought with you , that n er just like me , when I could have died the other week in that plane crash , that none of us knows how long we 've got on this life and , however long or short it is , there 's no time like the present to get right with God if you , if you are n't and the only way to do that is through Jesus . I did that when I was seven and different people can do it at any time . Jesus said now is the acceptable time .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
And like you know it 's not even always behind my back , you two always sort of I mean Cath when I 'm not er I mean like I , I mean I 'm , I 've got ta , I 've got ta tell you some time because when I 'm on my own with Catherine yeah ? Mm . She agrees with everything I say , she 's never horrible to me , but when you 're around she 's really horrible to me and like , even though she 's agreed with something I 've said earlier , she just sort of goes yeah right Cassie ha ha ha it 's really funny and takes the piss out of it and you sort of go along with her and I just sort of have to stand there while you two stand there laughing at me and I do n't like it . But she makes me laugh though . No it 's , yeah well I know but I mean like it 's not the point whether she makes you laugh .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
It is a measure of the author 's skill that she obtained the trust of so many residents and elicited such honest responses about personal and emotionally laden parts of their lives . The book 's great strength is its combination of hard data and illustrative quotations from residents . Residential workers and social workers alike will find much food for thought in , for example : the feelings of new residents , the loneliness of group living , and the aspects of staff support which proved most helpful . Not content to stay with these positive outcomes , the study also looks at the experiences of the minority of residents who are unhappy with their accommodation and explores the problems behind this discontent . This is a book then to be recommended to a wide range of mental health professionals .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
It shows how money wage adjustments lead to a convergence on a unique , stable unemployment rate , U , which corresponds to a condition of zero excess demand in the labour market . Wage inflation may well be the consequence of excess demand in the labour market , but it is also the means by which excess demand is eventually squeezed out of the system . The reaction function g(U ) then merely becomes a formalization of what Pigou and other classical writers had been saying all along , namely , that downward revisions of the money wage rate would eradicate the phenomenon of general unemployment . Readers will not need to be reminded of Keynes 's objections to that theory of labour market adjustment ! Figure 6.5 Money wage version of the Phillips curve
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
Mhm . Yeah ? This side is Saracen , you go all the way up that side And that is n't . to Saracen .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
' It should be every professional 's dream to play at Wembley but if players do n't have the right attitude in training you ca n't consider them . ' I think we have done in the past , but the time has come to say enough is enough . ' Mooney played four games in a row before being left out of the derby game , while Brady was substitute in the FA Cup replay against West Ham , the two games against Chelsea and the semi - final against Norwich City . Now there is additional competition for places in the FA Cup final , following the return to first - team duty of England Under-21 midfielder Gary Owers after a three months absence with a severe pelvic injury , and Welsh international Colin Pascoe , who makes his return after injury in tonight 's reserve match . The facial swelling received by midfielder Gordon Armstrong in a derby match clash of heads with Middlesbrough fullback Curtis Fleming has subsided , but he is having treatment for a knee injury .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
Treaty could not be interpreted as ipso facto sweeping away the principal criterion applied by international law and by all the member states for the grant of the right to fly a particular flag . It puts forward the following arguments in that connection . ( a ) The principle of non - discrimination presupposed the existence of the concept of nationality , but article 7 did not prevent a member state from deciding who were eligible to be its nationals or from deciding which vessels were entitled to fly its flag . ( b ) The numerous domestic and international implications flowing from the grant of a flag distinguished the position from the normal situation of ' establishment ; ' consequently there could be no question of any infringement of articles 52 and 221 of the E.E.C. Treaty .
Idiom: rough edges (used idiomatically: yes)
2 Use a fine emery board to shape the nails into rounded ovals , filing from side to centre in one direction only . See - sawing leads to rough edges . Do not file nails too far down at the sides . 3
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
And where d'you come out ? You go all the way down Kings Hall Road . And then you tu- you go all the way down all the way down , and then you turn right at Bridge Street . You go over the bridge and then you turn and then if you 're coming here , you go turn right again into umm d'you know I can never remember the name of the road , another road anyway you turn right . And then you come out into Rectory Road .
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: no)
It should be noted at this point that all broadcasting in the colonial territories was initiated and administered by the colonial governments : the private entrepreneur has been virtually excluded from broadcasting on the African continent . Moreover , the burgeoning African political parties had no voice in radio until after independence . First off the mark with African language broadcasting was Northern Rhodesia . The Director of Information in the colonial administration , Harry Franklin , started the Lusaka station in 1941 and ran it in his spare time . The few indigenous listeners availed themselves of community sets provided at chief 's courts and administrative centres .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
It appeared he also liked to skin the bodies of his victims and had a capability to swallow eyeballs . To Masters , this film is a vivid parable of the very notion of contamination and a badge our species wears with shame . Such cultural manipulations of the public mind beg the question of the kind of death education that is presently available in our schools . Although more people are aware of the term ‘ Euthanasia’ and what this entails , general attitudes about death and its meaning are at best still ambivalent as is the case also in America , but where there is evidence since the 1960s of a burgeoning of courses in schools , colleges and some universities . One is aware that educators in this field are treading sacred ground and expose themselves to accusations that they create unrealistic expectations ( say , elaborate rituals ) , or that they encroach upon the territory of other professionals ( the Clergy , perhaps ) .
Idiom: in the buff (used idiomatically: yes)
The format of a certificate Computerisation of the Land Registries is virtually complete , and land and charge certificates have therefore taken on a slightly different style . They are now smaller than their predecessors and are generally bound in a buff or blue cover . Even though the certificates have taken on a different appearance , their structure remains the same . There are three registers .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
If the C M I does n't lead to this kind of balance then it can have this sort of effect and get rapidly fatal tuberculosis occurring at the time of the primary infection . But it 's believed that the majority of cases of tuberculosis , that we actually see , are so called post - primary tuberculosis where all of this process is taking place asymptomatically and the host is in this state of balance but something else comes along and stresses cell mediated immunity and the control breaks down so that th the organism M T B wins out very dramatically over the , over the macrophages and you end up with this post - primary pattern of tuberculosis . An example of th , of the stress might be the administration of steroids or the occurrence of another disease , most notably , in this day and age of course , aids , would lead to T B coming out in this way . Is this a type of miliary ? Miliary er i it it refers , well you 've heard of millet seed and it 's it refers to a seeding of many different lesions er , around the body it means the disseminated form of of tuberculosis where the lesions occur all over the place .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Pressure Then , in the early stages of the second half , with Alan Shearer outstanding and well supported by Mike Newell , they threatened to take the game . Shearer demonstrating just why he is the most complete striker in the game today , was always at the heart of Blackburn 's best moves , and in the 55th minute he instigated an attack which culminated in Mike Hooper pulling off a desperate save to keep out a Gordon Cowans drive . Souness decided to make what proved to be a decisive substitution , replacing Ronnie Rosenthal with Walters . Rovers maintained their pressure , but Jason Wilcox fluffed a near-post flick after being set up by Shearer , and then Newell hit the bar after turning cleverly and shooting past Hooper .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
' There 's a dream and it is dreaming us , ' they say . Know a thing or two those clever little buggers . Damn sight more than that boor behind the bar . I 've had enough of this particular sip - well . Let 's go . '
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
But as the century proceeded , these rigid differences were to some extent eroded . In Britain the Midland Railway Company announced its intention in 1872 to admit third - class passengers to all of its trains at a penny - a - mile fare and in 1874 to abolish second class and reduce all first - class fares to second - class rates . Other companies reluctantly followed suit , though it was not until 1910 that the Great Western Railway phased out the last of its second - class carriages . This marked a major transformation in railway - company thinking . The companies had initially encouraged the ‘ quality’ and lavished their attention on first - class passengers .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
He shook his head and looked away . That had shown him . Probably a child molester , probably could n't get it up for anything normal . Embezzlement paled in comparison with whatever horrible crime Gleeson had committed . Well , they 'd called it embezzlement but it was only taking what was his by right .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: no)
Oh we 're just just getting into four gear now I think . . Now there 're the lorries , and the see the N F T just up there going round the bend . must be going . .
Idiom: hold water (used idiomatically: yes)
Gravel pits exist in the Chichester and Pagham Harbour areas ; at the Crumbles , Eastbourne ; Rye Harbour , and Northpoint Beach , Rye . Soil has also been excavated at Pett Level ( to provide material for the sea wall ) , leaving a series of lakes . The pits at the Midrips and Wicks near the boundary with Kent no longer hold water . The location of the major pits is shown in Fig . 4 ( p. 31 ) . TABLE VI Sussex Reservoirs — Species Recorded and Most Important Wintering Wildfowl Numbers
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Men , on the other hand , were granted dependants ' benefits under national insurance in 1922 , plus the married man 's tax allowance from 1919 , on the assumption that a man supporting a wife needed additional tax relief ( in fact the allowance was paid to all men regardless of whether or not their wives worked ) . The idea of a family wage was strongly promoted within the labour movement . Even in Lancashire , where in Blackburn , Preston and Burnley as many as one - third of women continued to work after marriage , the Cotton Factory Times could print a piece of verse which to all intents and purposes ignored married women 's double role : ‘ How Sweet it is when toil is o'er / To sit upon the hearth once more / To whistle , sing and sweet converse / With the sweetest queen in universe / In homely way’ . By the 1890s the wives of skilled men did not usually work , for the ability to keep a wife had become a measure of working class male respectability . An Independent Labour Party pamphlet of 1900 declared that true freedom for women lay in not having to earn ‘ any wage under any conditions’ .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
And it 's quite true , I was there about four years and they always took stock before January the first , so that after Christmas came an anomaly , we 'd had a Christmas holiday and gone back to work . In the north of England they have New Year 's Day but they do n't in the south in England , they might do now . And but at Fords we they we were laid off again for this other weekend till they took stock . It would appear Henry Ford had insisted on this ever since that crush , so that he could always how he stood financially . It 's with not knowing how one is that one has to go to the banks and so on .