Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: have someone's number (used idiomatically: no)
The FA Cup is every club 's dream ticket , whatever their status . At the end of our golden period in the 1930s a 2–0 victory over Ditchford Colliery took us past the Preliminary Preliminary First Qualifying Round , although we faltered in the following Preliminary First Qualifying Round , losing 6–2 to Bonsford Hartley of the South FC . Uniquely , Athletico have had their number slip beneath the lining of the draw hat on no less than four occasions . FA TROPHY AND FA VASE Athletico are eligible for both of these tournaments and alternate between the two , one season the Vase , the next the Trophy .
Idiom: do someone's head in (used idiomatically: yes)
Come here boy . da , down ? They do your head in . Let me shave your head boy . Cover that .
Idiom: better late than never (used idiomatically: yes)
Petchey One year On … It was better late than never for the 12 lucky winners of a tennis holiday at the Sport Hotel in Eilat , Israel The Gulf War may have been responsible for the postponement of the finals of the Head / Isrotel / Tennis World tournament , which were due to be staged at the end of 1990 , for one year , but it certainly did n't dampen the enjoyment of the 12 regional winners who eventually took off for Eliat at the end of November 1991 . Regional winners from Solihull , Hoddesden , Telford , Westcliff , and two London clubs took off from Heathrow on a grey morning , courtesy of ELAL , to the sunshine of Israel 's southernmost resort and the Sport Hotel , where the organisers of the tournament , Clive Bertram and Ian Latham , duly set the competitive proceedings in motion .
Idiom: close to home (used idiomatically: yes)
Little remains to mark their passing other than small artifacts , found in the middens of their daily life . Their descendants left more enduring memorials : magnificent burial chambers , massive structures , involving placing hundreds of tons of carefully shaped stones . These graves were built to house the remains of important members of the tribe , and one of the most notable lies close to Mrs Mackay 's old home at Skail : a polygonal chamber , with several stone slabs which still hint at the original character of this round cairn . The most spectacular Strathnaver monuments are the brochs which zig - zag up the River Naver , from the sea at Invernaver , to Mudale , south from Altnaharra ; huge , circular , fortified towers , forty feet high , enclosing an inner court some fifty feet in diameter , with double walls , fifteen fret thick , containing galleries and stairs , and windows facing inwards . These Iron Age structures were built before the arrival of the Vikings ; but why they were built , or who their architects feared , remains a mystery to this day .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Unfortunately I have to leave soon.’ ‘ Why?’ He turned his head and looked down into her face . ‘ Why do you have to leave ? You do not seem to be unhappy.’
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ After six.’ He went round the room drawing curtains and turning on lamps . ‘ Time you called it a day.’ He stooped to replenish the stove then came to look at what she was doing as she finished off a row . ‘ Have you done all that this afternoon?’ he asked , astonished .
Idiom: hard as nails (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 'm here strictly for business and being dissected does not appeal to me at all . If you want my real character I 'll tell you . I can fight for whatever I want and I 'm hard as nails.’ ‘ You do not lie well , petite . Give it up.’
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
She stands in very stark contrast to Mrs. Malette in Canada . ( 3)The manner in which her decision was announced . The first intimation of it came out of the blue , but I can not ignore the fact that she has persisted in it . That persistence must however be seen against the background of the following factors:(a ) the weakness of her faith as I have found it;(b ) the fact that no explanation was ever offered to her by anyone in medical authority as to the risks that a refusal to have a blood transfusion presented to her health indeed to her life . I do not enter upon the controversy as to what duty , if any , lay upon the medical advisers to give her that advice : that no explanation whatever was given is an accepted fact in the case .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd suggest trying a very fine substrate such as garnet gravel to increase the surface area of the media ; and filling the bottom tube of the filter with Bio Chem beads ; crushed Siporax or other media . Mixing plants and undergravels STEPHEN BROADBENT from Gloucester reminds us of a useful way of getting the best of both worlds . Nearly everyone will agree that plants and undergravels are not really compatible ; on the other hand I think undergravels as just about as good as one can get . I use them , but I keep them separated from the majority of plants by surrounding them with strips of glass siliconed to the tank base .
Idiom: do the honours (used idiomatically: no)
It should be said straight away that he has done the job thoroughly . It certainly wo n't need to be done again . Yet although Motion may have started to do honour to Larkin 's achievement , what his book predominantly conveys is distaste for the man . ' His best attempt at negotiating the distance between admiration of the poetry and dislike for the individual who created it is this metaphor , in his introduction : ' When he found his authentic voice in the late 1940s , the beautiful flowers of his poetry were already growing on long stalks out of pretty dismal ground ' — a botanical conceit designed to leave Larkin soiled , but the poetry ready for picking . The author is dirt — thanks . '
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've never seen anyone so besotted.’ ‘ So which of them is the murderer?’ asked Pooley . ‘ I think you are slightly jumping to conclusions , Ellis,’ observed Milton . ‘ The Admiral was n't able to adduce anything new in evidence when he made that allegation . He was basing it only on a recent knowledge of Trueman and the belief that his committee colleagues are capable of doing whatever it takes to preserve their ill - gotten privileges.’
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's very important that when parents split up the child has the opportunity to know where both parents are living and how to keep in touch with both of them . I think we have given rather a gloomy vision of what being a parent is and probably rather a er , a wo one one that will make you think twice if you were thinking of doing it ! Now , I do n't how many of you are parents , eighty five of you thought your parents did a good job , fifteen did n't . Let me ask you , if you could remake decisions , or maybe you are in a position where you could , I wonder whether you would opt for parenthood now , I mean you be what , whether you 're able or not able to have children , whether you have or do n't have , but given the choice , would you opt for parenthood ?
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
That , the producer seemed to be signalling , is my job . You are a mere picture editor , a workman , whose views on editorial staff are of no account . Dexter wondered what Terry would say about Simon Franks behind his back . Terry ignored the glance and pressed the homelessness film into the slot of one of the machines . The tape laced up and showed a figure five on a TV screen .
Idiom: cuckoo in the nest (used idiomatically: no)
So enticing is the red gape of a cuckoo nestling that it is not uncommon for ornithologists to see a bird dropping food into the mouth of a baby cuckoo sitting in some other bird 's nest ! A bird may be flying home , carrying food for its own young . Suddenly , out of the corner of its eye , it sees the red super - gape of a young cuckoo , in the nest of a bird of some quite different species . It is diverted to the alien nest where it drops into the cuckoo 's mouth the food that had been destined for its own young . The ‘ irresistibility theory’ fits with the views of early German ornithologists who referred to foster - parents as behaving like ‘ addicts’and to the cuckoo nestling as their ‘ vice , .
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: yes)
The only thing to hand was the duvet , and her chances of seizing that away from Rune were negligible . Ah , well . Taking a deep breath , she moved with a sudden thrust , propelling herself away from his arms off the bed and on to the floor . ' My immediate plans are to have a shower and dress and then perhaps we can discuss your proposed advertising campaign ? ' Something in his expression halted her headlong flight towards the en - suite bathroom .
Idiom: up a tree (used idiomatically: no)
Why ? I ca n't remember what we were doing . Probably weeing up a tree somewhere . because , think the train nearly went . Yes .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Twenty years after the European ~ Parliament was elected by universal suffrage in 1979 , the introduction of the euro marked a logical extension of the European dream . It should also be recalled , however , that when Slovenia entered the eurozone in 2007 , many people suggested that the country was somehow joining “ Old Europe . ” But Cyprus , Malta , and Slovakia have since followed suit in making the euro their currency . From Dublin on the shore of the Irish ~ Sea to Bratislava in the foothills of the Carpathians , the same coins and banknotes are legal tender , and they are constantly pushing back the European ~ Union ’s boundaries . Tomorrow will bring additional members , such as Estonia , which is slated to join the eurozone on January 1 , 2011 .
Idiom: leave no stone unturned (used idiomatically: yes)
McGilligan 's views will meet with general approval and reflect the mood in the Derry camp just now as they prepare to meet Dublin on Sunday week . Heartening County Board officials are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to ensure that everything possible is done to facilitate the preparations for the big game . ‘ Yes , nothing is being left to chance,’ says McGilligan , ‘ It 's very heartening to see this approach.’ Smyth in two - fold Cup aim
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
Visits to sports grounds in London and Birmingham had made me realize just how many second generation black kids were following the likes of Hope and Cunningham and channelling their efforts into sport . The kids at places like Haringey and Repton were not , in the sporting vernacular , ‘ messers’ : these were young but serious sportsmen seeking to emulate the ‘ stars’ and acquiring the requisite mental and physical equipment to do so . Taxing work , determination , application , steadfastness , resilience : these were some of the qualities needed to make the grade as a sportsmen even at the more modest levels . If they believed they had ‘ natural ability’ , they well knew that it had to be refined and fastened by a bridle of discipline . These kids were obviously pursuing success and they were sinking inordinate amounts of energy , week in , week out , into their efforts .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
Hm . . This can all go straight in the bin this with all this lot . All that for this little thing . Yeah one .
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
The reason is simple : both Greece and Ireland are likely insolvent . While the Greek fiscal fiasco is now common knowledge , Ireland 's problems are deeper and less widely understood . In a nutshell : Ireland 's policymakers failed to supervise their banks , and watched ( or cheered ) from the sidelines as a debt - fueled spending binge generated the " Celtic miracle , " whereby Ireland grew faster than all other EU members and Dublin real estate became some of the most expensive in the world . By the end of 2008 , Ireland 's three main banks had lent more than three times the country 's national income . The crash came in 2009 , as Ireland 's real estate boom turned to bust , leaving the country with large insolvent banks , a collapse in budget revenues , and Europe 's largest budget deficit .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
He has always majored , like Pisa 's tower , in eccentricity , but now the complexity of the stories and some of the directorial quirks are becoming self - defeating . Last night 's mystery was set in an open prison so relaxed that you wondered if the female governor went round tucking up the inmates at night . Chief Supt Strange , once a likeable fusspot , seems to be going round the bend , and Morse got the answer wrong a whole reel before the end . Only Lewis , unshakeable symbol of dependability , stays his old self . The Arts : Suitable subjects to sing about ?
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
Nearer the top , all the soil and loose stones had been completely eroded away , leaving a huge dome of smooth grey rock . It was steep and exposed but solid , and the final push for the summit involved some exhilarating scrambling . As we sat on the top , recovering from the steep walk and admiring the view down into the valley and out to the plains beyond , the boys produced a rather crushed packet of cigarettes and all four of them puffed away merrily . We wondered about the pen money , but said nothing . Back at the village we were invited to join the chief and some of the older men for a drink of maize beer .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
He said that British planes would not be involved in the airdrops but Britain might help the US with the logistics , presumably supplying some humanitarian aid for the airdrops . DOUG MILLS / AP John Major looks on as Bill Clinton answers a reporter 's question at the White House More delay on ‘ taking stock’ proposals By Joanne Robertson Scottish Political Correspondent THE OUTCOME of the Government 's ‘ taking stock’ exercise will not be announced until mid - March because of delays caused by the Prime Minister 's visit to Washington .
Idiom: on the rebound (used idiomatically: yes)
When Matt married Inez I was left high and dry . A year later I met a sales rep for an agricultural firm and married him . You could say it was on the rebound but I had no reason to regret it . We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . My husband was killed in a road accident in ‘ 71 and I could n't bear to live on alone up there so I bought this place -returning to the scenes of my youth , or very nearly.’
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: no)
You could n't find your way round this city any more ( and here is a strange thought ) than you have got the practical hang of the little fortress prison at Omsk by the end of The House of the Dead . To compare Raskolnikov 's haymarket with Kim 's bazaar is to see that Kipling has done all the work so that you do n't have to go there to know what it 's like at the level of vivid and varied description , whereas Dostoevsky leaves his reader with an impression which hovers between smell and vapour and dream . In fact the street names and the rest belong with the extremely important disjunctive flotsam of the book : paintpots , old rope , the odd sock , boots that once belonged to the Secretary at the English Embassy , twists of paper , egg-shells , fish-guts , frayed blood-soaked strips torn from trouserbottoms and coat-pockets , an axe-sling in ribbons ( ‘ Little bits of tom linen can not possibly arouse suspicion ! , ’ ) half-eaten meals , small change , miscellaneous pawned objects , candle-ends , trousseau-stuff ( ‘ fancy boxes , dressing-cases , ornaments , dress material , and all that sort of junk from Knopf 's and the English Shop ’ ) broken crocks ( cherepki ) , and skulls ( cherepi ) . And what the commentators are really paying homage to , what prompts their sense of coherence and a world revealed , is a feat of illusionist sorcery . In a notebook , beneath the underlined word ‘ tone ’ and ‘ NB ’ penned three times , Dostoevsky has written among other jottings ‘ summer , dust , mortar ’ ; and in this case the man and the artist are at one .
Idiom: burn the midnight oil (used idiomatically: yes)
Electronic enthusiasm before midnight Michael Turnbull I HAVE burned the midnight oil scanning the arid wastes of computer programming manuals , but at last a publisher has come up with a series of inexpensive , factually sound but palatable titles which aim to introduce the beginner to the fun that can be had with calculators , computers and cassette recorders . Even the hardened expert will find something which illuminates in an original way some concept he has long taken for granted . The approach of all these Usborne books is to introduce the reader to the fun that can be had with electronics .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Only period modifications and factory option equipment are allowed , but for an event like the Monte Carlo , reliability is the number one priority , not tweaked , revvy little numbers ! Period dress is greatly encouraged , with jeans and trainers being banned ! From Reims , a long day through to Aix - les - Bains saw us losing time when a broken throttle spring caused an unbalanced descent on a slippery downhill run . A minor skirmish with the bank on a hairpin gave us a puncture [ and heart failure ! ] . Fortunately an adept four - minute tyre change and an elastic band — to give some resilience to full throttle — meant we only lost three minutes on that section .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: no)
The details of the offer must be made clear ; the mere expression of optimism that a job can be found is not enough . There is a close link between the vexed questions of whether an offer of employment is ' suitable ' and whether a refusal is ' unreasonable ' . As a broad rule of thumb , the more similar the new job is to the old , the more likely the new job is to be suitable . Specific relevant factors concerning the new job may include : 1 .
Idiom: open the floodgates (used idiomatically: yes)
ANGRY cricket fans could win a £350,000 pay-out after last summer 's rain fiasco in the Edgbaston Test against Pakistan … if they act quickly . Yesterday a Birmingham small claims court ordered Warwickshire , the ground authority , to repay the full admission price to five England supporters who felt cheated after only two balls were bowled on the second day of the first Test . TCCB officials are to appeal , but the decision could could open the floodgates to other spectators among the 18,000 sell-out crowd who paid £358,000 to watch . Cap call for Peter By Ray French
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
A time switch is useful , but not essential . How do you use it ? It seems simple , just switching on and off , but the length of time the lighting is on ( the photoperiod ) affects the success of the aquarium . Ten to twelve hours a day is a good starting point , adjusting if too much light encourages algae or too little adversely affects the plants . A time switch can accurately control the photoperiod .
Idiom: run riot (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Indeed I am not . I 'd never do that . No , it was just my imagination running riot . Just think what a story it might make.’ ‘ You ought to write a book.’
Idiom: err on the side of (used idiomatically: yes)
Another useful way to use punishment is in combination with positive reinforcement . This is the ‘ carrot and the stick approach , the carrot being positive reinforcement and the stick punishment . Even then it is best to err on the side of too much reinforcement rather than too much punishment . Rapport Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time .
Idiom: vent your spleen (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's an even greater pity that you could n't have told me about Ling 's day off,’ she flared at him . ‘ And it 's also a pity you ca n't be a little more reasonable . Obviously you 're annoyed about that letter you received — but that does n't give you the right to vent your spleen on me . After all — I 'm only the new girl here.’ Distress caused her eyes to brim with tears , and , furious with her own weakness , she turned and went to the inner office window , where she stared through a blur at the tree - sheltered chalets .
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet with a twist and a turn , he was away , skipping past four desperate challenges before slipping the ball into the net to level the score for Lazio at 1–1 . At that moment , he was well and truly back . Lazio manager Dino Zoff is convinced it 's Gazza 's destiny to rank at the pinnacle of football 's history , rubbing shoulders with the likes of Maradona . He said : ‘ Gazza has the skill and the opportunity to be as big as Maradona , but he 's not there yet . ‘ However he 's still young and has the potential to be as great.’
Idiom: anyone's guess (used idiomatically: yes)
2.45:BY far and away the most competitive juvenile race run so far this term , and I fancy in - form Flat handicapper ROBINGO to make a winning debut over hurdles for Martin Pipe . He struck form with a vengeance towards the backend with easy wins at Ascot and Newbury and can outspeed Newton Point , an impressive winner here last month . 3.15:OUTSIDER Tyrone Bridge is the only possible front - runner here , so whether this race will develop into a true test is anyone 's guess . That said , GRANVILLE AGAIN appeals as the likely winner however the cards are played . Going as well as any when crashing out two from home in the Champion Hurdle , he should have too much finishing pace for older brother Morley Street .
Idiom: high and dry (used idiomatically: no)
EARLY HISTORY , ROMAN & SAXON In contrast to neighbouring Cuxton , where a most important Palaeolithic site was discovered in 1962 , the prehistory of Hailing as known at present can only be shown to date from Neolithic , or New Stone Age , times . In this connection it is perhaps significant that the boundary between the parish and Snodland was the old track or Ridgeway , now largely destroyed by chalk quarries , which , keeping to the highest and driest line over the downs is thought to have formed the main east - west route at this period , crossing the River Medway at Holborough as Mr Margery suggested . Beside the Ridgeway and effectively parallel to it as a lower level ran the Terrace - way , here called by the later name of " Pilgrims ' Way " , which passes through Upper and North Hailing to a crossing presumably in the Rochester area . Our earliest known inhabitant , " Hailing Man " , is now securely dated by the radiocarbon method to about 2000 B.C. His skeleton came to light in August 1912 when workmen were excavating for a sewage tank behind the railway station .
Idiom: belt and braces (used idiomatically: yes)
Again be aware you do n't go completely OTT . Summarize those needs cos there may be more than one and tell him what you 're gon na do , what is the plan of attack , when you 're gon na see the guy again and when we do our business building up , you can take it back to erm the benefits of him introducing us to other people by keeping policy charges down and increasing bonuses whenever possible , cos it 's in his benefit he introduces us to others so we do n't have to advertise , or very very rarely advertise . And then very very importantly the last mnemonic ANNA cos that really is belt and braces , it 's tying the whole thing up so the guy knows exactly why you 're gon na come back . Yeah ? Any qu any questions ?