Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
' But there was n't enough in the extract for me to get the context . The other two sheets were copies of short press reports — one from an unidentified newspaper and the other from some sort of scientific magazine — about a Professor Brian Bamforth . Actually , the reports concerned various research grants won by Professor Bamforth and though the reason for the grants was there in black and white , it did n't make much sense to me . I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering’— well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . I had friends who thought tequila was .
Idiom: give someone pause (used idiomatically: yes)
There had been no videofax , and as a result he was unprepared for the sensory impact of the image on his viewscreen . The ovoid seemed to project a kind of deadly aura and , as Rostov compared the black egg shape with his memory of the framework structures which he had encountered previously , he wondered if the designers had been striving consciously for the visual effect which they had achieved . The power of the platform 's weapons and the threat they posed was enough to give anyone pause for thought , but now they appeared somehow more lethal because they were unseen — concealed behind gunports which had been engineered to such fine tolerances that Rostov could detect no hint of them anywhere on the curved metal skin . Ten hours and two platforms later it seemed that at least a few members of the Simonova 's crew were still suffering from the emotional impact of the brooding menace which was represented by the presence of each platform in the docking bay . The Simonova was in almost perfect space equilibrium — like the platforms it was following a geostationary path almost thirty - six thousand kilometres above the equator of Tarvaras .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: no)
by Mike Walters IAN WRIGHT last night apologised to Arsenal supporters over his derby day clash with Tottenham 's David Howells and claimed : ‘ I 've never hurt anyone . ’ The £2.5 million England striker , speaking for the first time since being charged with misconduct by the Football Association over the incident , said the furore surrounding his disciplinary problems was ‘ getting beyond a joke ’ . And the Gunners ' record signing , pilloried for his moment of madness in the battle of White Hart Lane a week ago , said : ‘ People in the street are going to look at me as if I 'm some kind of nutcase trying to put people out of the game . ’ Wright , who lines up against Middlesbrough today , added : ‘ When you analyse the incident , I did n't punch the guy .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
If you really want to see the blues , see if you can get a Northlite tube ( if they are available ) or a Trulite . Even a plain , cheapo warm white tube will give better results . However , for the best effects of all , turn off the main room light and have a few lamps in corners to read by and so on . These will not affect the tank , which will then assist in the overall illumination of the room , rather than being drowned out by it . Going brown
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
This would be reflected in a more lenient sentence of 30 months . Earlier , Douglas Small , defence counsel , told the court that Hynd was an unemployed frame - maker and had suffered a ‘ catalogue of personal distress’ . He remembered little about the fires because he was under the influence of drink and did not realise what he was doing . Community projects get pools cash A £ 162,000 pools payout was handed over to four community projects in the Highlands yesterday by Ross , Cromarty and Skye MP , Charles Kennedy , on behalf of the Foundation for Sport and the Arts , which is funded through Littlewoods , Vernons and Zetters .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: no)
Jones facing league probe Ray French MARK JONES , the 16-stone Welsh forward in trouble after being sent off for a punch in Hull 's fiery clash with Warrington , is in more hot water . Hull 's powerful prop looks likely to be cited to the Rugby League for a tackle on Wires second - row forward Bob Jackson , which saw the Aussie skipper carried off with a nasty eye injury . No action was taken but Warrington general manager Ron Close said : ' We have looked closely at the video and it looks as if Jones might have deliberately kicked Bob , who has been told by a specialist that he came within an eighth of an inch of losing the eye .
Idiom: keep a lid on (used idiomatically: yes)
He disappeared down the ladder . This had been the pattern of the past two days . Polly recognised Nathan 's insistence on her learning how to navigate as an attempt to keep the lid on a situation which was escalating rapidly out of control . Relieved yet disappointed , and furious at her own inconsistency , Polly jumped at the chance to learn a new skill . She was desperate to keep her mind fully occupied .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Until the period of Emancipation , only a few isolated individuals had carried the dissent of the ‘ marvellous decade’ to the point of revolutionary commitment . Herzen , the most gifted man of the 1840s , had in 1853 founded a Free Russian Press in London , smuggling his publications into Russia in the hope of stimulating pressure for the transformation of the Empire . from the late 1850s , however , a vigorous subculture , generating a series of revolutionary organizations , took root within Russia 's privileged élite . The major sources of recruitment to this subculture were the institutions of higher education . During the first decade of Alexander 's reign university enrolments rose appreciably , while professional and technical colleges were expanded in line with the Great Reforms .
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: no)
Too bad . It was still a big moment for everyone . It started in 1986 with Pink Floyd 's Dark Side of the Moon and has gone from strength to strength . Mind you , Go West got all the publicity , but the 100 000 000 mark could have been reached by plenty of contenders in the factory . While they were watching their single , another machine was knocking out Paul McCartney 's new album at one every 2 seconds .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Playing in goal that day was the legendary Sam Bartram , after whom a road beside the ground has been named . ' He was a huge man , a larger than life character , ' Ufton added . ' Eleven years later it was like a dream come true when I played my first game for the club and he was still in goal . I was playing with my idol . ' This week , though , he 's keener to talk about the future , one that , after the traumas of the past decade , he believes can be bright .
Idiom: in the pink (used idiomatically: no)
The marketing agents , Telemundi , have found themselves with the unenviable task of selling an event that has yet to capture the imagination of public and sponsors in a soccer - mad - country at a time when all media resources are concentrated on the approaching Olympic Games . However they have done well to sign a number of top - grade sponsors , such as Fosters , Mars , Hewlett - Packard and Mitre , while selling the TV rights to Japan , South Africa , Argentina , New Zealand , France and Italy , with several hours of highlights on Eurosport and possibly ITV . Blacks in the pink . Captain Kendrick ( centre ) , displays the World Students Shield after New Zealand beat Argentina 30–21 in the 1988 final . POOL A
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: no)
and so on . Now I though he would have hysterics ; he could not get down on the ground quick enough to carry this action out . We had barely got off the ground again when he grabbed the undercarriage lever and shouted into his microphone " this puts the undercarriage up , " followed by the most hysterical laughter . He went through all the drills saying exactly what I had said previously , and did everything right . We had not the slightest trouble with the landing codes : " This puts the undercarriage down ; this puts the flaps out ; this goes into fine pitch …
Idiom: make a killing (used idiomatically: yes)
When he heard about Bonanza parking the Fraser girl on ice out in the country he must have figured it was his chance for the big killing . All these punks are the same . One day they 'll make a big killing , quit the rackets and settle down to a respectable life in a new town . They think . So Vecchi hi - tails it out to the sanatorium , hangs around until the great man and Rico leave then gives it a few more minutes before walking in and giving Connie another grilling .
Idiom: hit the ceiling (used idiomatically: yes)
JAWG , which put the incident over Lincolnshire into the rare A Category of airmisses — in which there was a real risk of collision — said the Tornado would have hit the Piper if the pilot had not rolled left . ‘ The Piper pilot was convinced his aircraft had been hit . The turbulence was such that his head hit the ceiling and his headset came off and fell to the floor . His passengers were all shaken and some were thrown from their seats and on to each other.’ After the incident , Piggott said : ‘ It nearly blew us away and we all finished up in the roof .
Idiom: donkey work (used idiomatically: yes)
Later that afternoon , there was an inspection of the course , and while sideslipping down behind Mueller I was amazed to seen him remove his skis and begin walking down the course , an activity known as ‘ bootpacking’ . This breaks up the upper crust of the snow and produces , in the long run , a piste which is firmer , and therefore better able to withstand 140 racers . Mueller is the oldest , the most successful and probably the best known of all currently active downhillers , so the sight of him volunteering to do the donkey work in a one - horse FIS race was enough to humble me into removing my skis and following him , along with 138 other racers ! Later that week we were given a first indication that the previous three ‘ greenhouse’ winters may merely have been within the normal climatic variations and that a better season may be on its way , when the first Pitztal race was cancelled due to extreme cold ! I had never previously been to a race where this had happened but the race jury undoubtedly made the right decision .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Her own family first . They 'd have lapidated her . Put her in a hole and stoned her and covered her up with earth before she was dead . And then forgotten all about her — even her name . ' My mother thought about this for a moment until comprehension came to her , whereupon she changed the subject out of deference to my youth and inexperience .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1986 the plaintiff was awarded damages . The judge found that six members of the management committee , including the appellant and the defendant , resolved to dismiss the plaintiff . In 1988 the plaintiff applied for a charging order on the defendant 's house in respect of damages , interest and costs . The defendant applied for an order that the five other members of the management committee , including the appellant , be joined under Order 5 , rule 5 as persons responsible to pay damages and costs to the plaintiff . Each of the six members of the management committee was ordered to pay the sum of £ 861 .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
Not all accommodation with sea view will face the sea directly and , on occasions , trees may partially obscure the view , particularly from rooms on lower floors . HEALTH REGULATIONS It is sensible to have typhoid , polio and cholera vaccinations for Africa ( unless you have been immunised within the past 10 years ) . More information about health is set out in our Holiday Planner which will be sent to you or your travel agent about 11 weeks before you travel . Regulations may change so it is wise to consult your doctor or Travel Agent before travelling .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
The most visible and vocal theorists have high energy and intelligence ; they also seem to find imaginative writing rather boring before it is processed into theory . The drift of my rhetoric might seem to be taking me towards a traditional defence of literature , of the imagination , of creativity , of humane values in general . I believe profoundly in all these things , it goes without saying ; my difficulty lies in knowing how defensible they are in the form in which they are visibly institutionalized in the anglophone academy . My reflections are not encouraging , though they are not altogether negative . The first line of defence of established literary study against culturalist pressures is to emphasize ‘ literature as literature’ rather than as a version of philosophy , history , sociology , and so forth .
Idiom: add insult to injury (used idiomatically: yes)
You owe that to the extraordinary talents which you have received from a beneficent God ; and now it depends solely on your good sense and your way of life whether you die as an ordinary musician , utterly forgotten by the world , or as a famous Kapellmeister , of whom posterity will read … Off with you to Paris ! ( 11–12 February 1778 ) as if to add insult to injury , Leopold received Mozart 's letter telling him that he had not yet finished his commissions for the Dutchman : It is not surprising that I have not been able to finish them , for I never have a single quiet hour here . I can only compose at night , so that I ca n't get up early as well ; besides , one is not always in the mood for working .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
The weakness of shareholder control results , in short , from the ‘ logic of collective action’ : while the shareholders as a group would benefit if their rights of control over management were exercised , it is rational for the members individually to remain passive . It is unlikely that voting by a single shareholder will make much difference to the success of a resolution either way , and so it is not worthwhile for shareholders to evaluate proposals put to the general meeting . They will do better either to abstain from voting , or to vote with management as a low cost ‘ rule of thumb’ . It is true that the shareholders would make an impact if they were to agree to vote in the same way , but this will usually involve the costs of educating and obtaining the co - operation of other shareholders being borne by individual activist members , and these are likely to outweigh the benefits that will be captured by them , since any increase in the value of the company attributable to intervention will be distributed among the shareholders as a whole . The state of shareholder inactivity that results from these factors , it is argued , enables managers to pursue objectives of their own choosing .
Idiom: small beer (used idiomatically: yes)
She had declared that Edwin must henceforward run the Ashwell estates , as if he had already come into his inheritance . His father had gone along with the masquerade . If the truth were known , Sir Henry had never wanted to be a country gentleman , which must have seemed very small beer after such a distinguished and varied military career . So his parents had colluded in persuading Edwin that there was a worthwhile job he could still do . Edwin would sit , propped up in his room , with plans of the estates and charts of the crops .
Idiom: cut and thrust (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Scruples?’ She managed somehow to raise her eyebrows in mock surprise . ‘ In the cut and thrust of the film world?’ she queried bitterly . ‘ I thought morals and loyalty were laughable attributes . Does n't everyone just take what they want and damn the consequences?’
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
Football fans the world over will always remember the outrageous error that awarded France the decisive goal against Ireland to qualify for the tournament , despite obvious hand - play by the French superstar Thierry ~ Henry . We believe that a concerted effort to reform football ( soccer ) refereeing is urgently needed . Refereeing errors increasingly mar the game on all its levels – country and club , major and minor leagues , globally televised tournaments and matches , and local games . Since such errors have major implications for the outcome of key tournaments which define this most global of sports , their ubiquity and frequency jeopardize the game 's very integrity – and thus its essential legitimacy . Such episodes , after all , are increasingly part of the public domain , owing to new media that have rendered the game even more global than it was .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
Some tobacco companies even suggested that people might become smokers to relieve the irritation caused by a developing cancer ! This possibility of precedence confusion can be dealt with as follows . There is a rare form of lung cancer , distinguishable from the usual type only under the microscope . It is found that people with the rare form are no more likely to be smokers than are those with no lung cancer . Since the irritation theory would apply equally to both types of cancer , the argument is refuted .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
If everybody does not have the moral resolve to make their views known , and their presence felt , we will be restricted to walking reservations and climbing on climbing walls . Borrowdale confusion With reference to Mr Kenyon 's letter ( March issue ) , I hope I do n't add to the confusion of the Borrowdale guidebook editions when I point out that their detailed account of what occurred on the first ascent of Prodigal Sons is in fact what happened on a totally different route named Déj ' a Vu . The misinformation concerns only the route Déj ' a Vu and has nothing at all to do with Prodigal Sons .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: no)
True North is one of those big - cliffs HVSs , which , with the eye - catching grades of 4a , 5a and 4c , seemed to offer prestigious , but not unduly difficult , booty . The sun was low in the sky as we worked our way carefully down the descent slopes and gullies . Once at sea level , smooth soapstone slabs had to be traversed for some distance to reach the cliff . Though bone dry , they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us , as we linked up the infrequent holds . Above us the cliff grew steadily larger , until , where the slabs eased , it assumed its full height , silhouetted and jutting the odd ramp glinting amidst shadowy walls of Vector - like steepness .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
I took her in my arms and we kissed . She was very enthusiastic . I held her by her wrists to keep her delicate fingers out of my pockets . I lost track of what was going on outside the alley until the officer tapped her shoulder with his revolver and waved it in my face . She let my mouth go and pressed the length of her body against my side .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Shearer 's penalty capped a remarkable and decisive seven - minute spell in which Southampton , leading thanks to a 13th minute Iain Dowie header , had seen their visitors come back into the game with a 62nd minute equaliser from Les Ferdinand and then miss a 67th minute penalty through Clive Wilson . Rangers , with only one defeat in their previous 19 League games , had battled back to level terms when Ferdinand collected Impey 's pass and turned powerfully away from Kevin Moore 50 yards out . He set out on a surging run for goal and held off the challenge of Moore and Benali before sending a low shot past Stejskal . Although Rangers could have snatched a point in the dying moments when Allen 's shot was blocked , an equalister would have been harsh . Soccer : Luton v Wimbledon
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
This was backed up by the famous John Peel Festive Fifty which was embarrassingly dominated by the band . Melody Maker hid a definite nod of acceptance behind a peppering of harmless insults . The glossies followed suit , dutifully documenting the band 's progress and blindly including this strange bunch of yokels among the smiling blonds beautiful masses . The Smiths were cast as eccentrics … which they are . Morrissey , noted for his over - sensitive nature , was n't taking the Christmas necessities very seriously .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
The first initiative taken by the government in its quest for a rational means of financially managing public sector higher education was to ask the House of Commons Select Committee on Education , Science and Arts , under the Chairmanship of Christopher Price MP , to examine the matter . The committee reported in October 19806 and came down in favour of setting up a national body , to be known as the Committee for Colleges and Polytechnics ( CCP ) which would devise a more rational system of national funding . It also advocated that the local authorities should ‘ maintain their presence in higher education’ , adding that it would only be acceptable for them to do so if they could all ‘ restrain themselves from excessive and unreasonable interference in the running of large , developed polytechnics with the skills and competence to look after themselves’ . However , it soon emerged that the DES had different ideas on the management of public sector higher education and by the spring of 1981 it had become generally known that it favoured the virtual cutting of the link between the local authorities and the polytechnics and the colleges and institutes of higher education substantially involved in offering advanced further education . Instead , it preferred the creation of a national body for public sector higher education along the lines of the University Grants Committee which would directly control the polytechnics and colleges and which would be made up of nominees of the Secretary of State .
Idiom: hit the jackpot (used idiomatically: yes)
An initial series of five stations , each with twin reactors , was commissioned from 1976 onwards . These were more powerful nuclear units than the Magnoxes and they had a combined potential output of almost 6,500 HW . The then Minister of Power , Fred Lee , announcing the successful construction tender for the first AGR , said , ‘ I am quite sure we have hit the jackpot this time’ . The AGR series proved a construction and operational nightmare . Nearly all the power stations have worked out much more expensive to build than was estimated .
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
The hole on the stern of the boat , see you got your boat come round like that , From , from a point erm From the point down to the stern of the boat and then there was a hole in there like that cut out of the wood . Just like your U shaped . That 's right and put your paddle in that and you scull you had to come down every time and many a time people'd learn that that paddle will come out , but once you got the knack of it you could do it one hand , cos you was cutting down all the time like that 's what it was .
Idiom: big hitter (used idiomatically: no)
But for me , all the time , it is a reminder that for 49 years it replaced wedding anniversary celebrations , and the memory of all those bonfires on the way to Bournemouth on a drizzly November afternoon , all those years ago . Tennis : David Irvine sees the French Open champion continue to confound his doubters at Wembley Chang thriving in fast company . SINCE Michael Chang won the French Open in June , the suspicion has grown that , although the 17-year - old may have the game and resilience to thrive on clay , he lacks the power , size and serve to handle the game 's big hitters on faster surfaces . The theory would appear to be borne out by his subsequent record : only one further final appearance , at Los Angeles , and eight losses to players ranked below him on the computer . Until they met yesterday in the quarter - finals of the £ 275,000 Silk Cut Championships , their first encounter since the semi - finals in Paris , the Soviet No.1 Andrei Chesnokov believed that Chang was more susceptible to power on carpet and cement .