Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
ANGRY Tommy Smith last night branded Vinny Jones ' controversial new video ‘ a sick publicity stunt.’ Liverpool 's legendary Iron Man believes the FA should come down on Jones like a ton of bricks for his shameful outbursts that glorify cheating and thuggery . Jones was yesterday charged with bringing the game into disrepute for boasting about his sickening and cynical philosophy towards the game on the tape titled ‘ Soccer 's Hard Men.’ Smith , one of the tough nuts that Jones salutes , reckons Wimbledon 's ‘ Psycho’ has gone well over the top on his vulgar video nasty . He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it .
Idiom: out of sorts (used idiomatically: yes)
On the day of his first marriage , his wife went off to perform in a matinée and Burton listened to the International match . Wales lost . He was reliably reported to be badly out of sorts for the rest of the evening . Wherever he was in the world he managed to get hold of all the important rugby results . Just as whatever production he worked on , his contract specified that he would never work on St David 's Day — the Welsh National Day .
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: no)
Thank you . There 's yours spoon . Going places ? Where you going ? Do some drawing erm oh !
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
The past six months have also seen a flurry of administrative guidance , including arbitrary changes in accounting rules designed to prevent institutions from selling shares at a loss or even recognising their diminished value in their books . And the futures market is being manipulated to protect share prices : the Tokyo Stock Exchange , a mouthpiece of the finance ministry , wants the right to prevent securities firms from trading stock - index futures on their own account any time it thinks the stockmarket is ‘ overheated’ . The long slow process of deregulating the financial sector in fundamental ways is also coming unstuck . After years of tortuous study , absurdly limited measures to break down the barriers between banks and brokers have been proposed . Stockbroking commissions remain fixed .
Idiom: on the fly (used idiomatically: yes)
It is not a pretty sight . This is not a government which likes to ask fundamental questions , nor does it like thinking on its feet and making strategic policy decisions almost overnight . So far , policy is being made on the fly . The first reaction is to reassure Mr Gorbachev that there was no bold US ambition to take strategic advantage of the collapse of Moscow 's empire . Without really thinking what the words mean in policy terms , the US has been parroting the ‘ need for stability’ .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
Em I dunno quite erm So it 's not Not , well this one specifically this but er I mean there 's tapes being taken all over the place . Mhm yeah mhm Erm there was but , have a look on the top of that slide projector , I think there 's some on there .
Idiom: blood and guts (used idiomatically: yes)
N. What to get ? P. Oh , King Solomon 's Mines , no not really . blood and guts , adventure that kind of thing . I like Arnie . N. Who are your friends ?
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
The onus is on the company to ensure that staff are making intelligent decisions on the information that the computer system provides and this comes from in - house training.’ Telephone Management Systems customer care director Anne Nunn also speaks for many suppliers when she talks about the imbalance between the knowledge required of hotel staff and the time devoted to training them . She catalogues some of the services guests now take for granted , and which require electronic equipment working behind the scenes . ‘ A fully up - to - date room bill must be available on demand ; the telephone must allow guests access to anywhere in the world the moment they enter their rooms ; the video must be instantly viewable . To achieve this most hotels have a number of systems , all provided by different suppliers , on which the staff come to rely totally,’ she says .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
I know there 's a window open . I told you so ! I 'll catch a cold . Where 's my coat ? Let 's go home .
Idiom: free and easy (used idiomatically: yes)
There were six or seven Met Waafs , including a sergeant and two corporals , and the rest were LACWs like me . We were housed in the usual huts , but being this time in the centre of a town , we had paved paths all around us and shaded lights to help us get about at nights , and not having to go out at night to read instruments was a welcome change . Nevertheless , at first I was lonely and missed the free - and - easy atmosphere I had left behind , until I began to get to know people . One of the easiest to get along with was Rosie Michelle , a small cheerful Cockney girl who was definitely in awe of no - one . She was no respecter of persons and never thought before she spoke .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Teenagers at Giggleswick School , near Settle , have been learning about business by setting up their own manufacturing company , XS Baggage . But their sports bags , suit - covers and hair scrunchies were so popular that demand quickly outstripped supply . Now managing director James Bussell a pupil who also lends a hand on the production line is considering employing outside workers to meet his company 's bulging order books . Union man : John Wright , chairman of Nalgo 's Cleveland County branch , has been re - elected by Northern members to the national executive committee .
Idiom: part company (used idiomatically: yes)
The tuba , when blown softly , combines well with the horns , and might be looked upon as a possible deep ‘ 5th horn’ . It must be emphasized , however , that this amalgamation is only possible in p and pp . The harder they are blown the more will the horns and tuba part company , until in ff there is an almost complete lack of blend . These remarks apply only to cases in which horns and tuba are used alone , or almost alone . Needless to say , ff horns and tuba can be used together when many other instruments are simultaneously at work and there is much ‘ doubling’ going on .
Idiom: head for the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
When news was brought to the hotel that the general had , ' passed on to that great trout loch in the sky ' , people were genuinely saddened because the general had been a much - respected member of the community . However , on the morning of his funeral , two senior guests , reading their papers after breakfast , raised quizzical eyebrows : ' Well , the General will not be needing his loch this morning , ' said the one to the other . Newspapers were quietly folded and they headed for the hills . But the old soldier had the last laugh . In spite of their best efforts , the miscreants returned fishless .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: no)
The semi finals followed on the Friday . Simon Parsons was last in his semi but at the line he was closing on Vekic of Jugoslavia . The third semi was very close ( 0.55 secs ) between Crichlow ( Canada ) , Herbert ( USA ) and Vincente ( Spain ) , the latter being lucky to get a time as he fell out of his K1 crossing line . The ladies ' K1 required a first 4 placing plus the best 5th . Dallaway was running 4th but lost it to Goetschy by a third of a second .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
By the end of that month Charlie was almost wiped out and once again unable to pay the rent . ' So what you learn from such a bold step ? ' asked Dan Salmon as he stood on the doorstep of his shop , skull cap on the back of his head , thumbs lodged in the black waistcoat pockets that proudly displayed his half - hunter watch . ' Think twice before you employ members of your own family and never assume that anyone will pay their debts . ' ' Good , ' said Mr Salmon . ' You learn fast .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
Various attempts have been made to categorize types of volcanic activity on the basis of the nature of the material erupted , and the violence of eruptive events . A simplified version of such a classification is presented in Table 5.2 . As magma rises towards the surface it exerts a considerable pressure on the overlying rock . Of particular importance F is the pressure exerted by the gas ( especially CO 2 , SO 2 and water vapour ) which is formed through the release of volatiles and by the conversion of ground water to steam . The first manifestation of volcanic activity at the surface is normally the exhalation of gas from tensional fractures .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
He said : ‘ I came to Italy for something different . To try something new . ‘ Of course I still miss the Football League , the chance to get stuck in . You ca n't do that in Italy without getting booked . ‘ But I just love football .
Idiom: dead wood (used idiomatically: yes)
Timber decay which is not owed to insect action is normally the result of fungal attack . It aids understanding of these phenomena to recognise that the function of all timber pests is to break down and convert dead trees into soil , allowing new trees unimpeded growth . The fact that the dead wood has been shaped for use as a building material is of no consequence to a fungus or a beetle . The fungi are parasitical and can only live by feeding on organic matter , including wood and leaves . In contrast to most plants , they breathe in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: no)
But if you take the instances away from the rule in this way there is no rule left to ask this question about . The instances are the practice and the practice is the rule ; a rule is ' internally related ' to its instances , and the sceptic 's attempts to plant a gap between them simply betray a misconception of what it is to follow a rule . There is more to Wittgenstein 's attitude here than a straightforward refusal to play the philosophical game . His position is that we should think of rules as practices , as ways of behaving , and not suppose that to support this way of behaving there must be some internal interpretation of the rule which tells the rule - followers how to work the rule . For if we suppose this we shall fall into an infinite regress ; we shall find ourselves looking for a further interpretation .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
The last two home gates have averaged an astonishing 28,000 . ‘ The bigger the game the more I enjoyed it,’ he said . ‘ They have to come to terms with that . The option is to play somewhere where they can arrive at 2.45 and the ground is still empty.’ While Keegan is still making up his mind on players some of them are already in the shop window .
Idiom: close shave (used idiomatically: yes)
The blade glided easily over my skin and left it very smooth . There was no irritation even though I 'm sensitive . I only needed minimum pressure to get a close shave.’ Rating * * * * * Gillette Blue II , £ 1.99 for 10
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
' Oh , Aggie , that 's a laugh for the wrong side of me face . Now , I ask you , me bein ' interested in somebody , a woman who looks like that bairn upstairs … Have a heart . ' ' Well , all right . If your feelings are so tender about your damned legs , tell him that Aggie was enquirin ' about her .
Idiom: first among equals (used idiomatically: yes)
Kris Kristofferson walks by , as silvery and twinkling as Captain Bird 's Eye . But Cash is the centre of it all , even with this band , which comprises Cash , Willie Nelson , Waylon Jennings and Captain Bird 's Eye . Cash is the first among equals . And he wants to go home . He is putting on his long black coat , a sure sign that he is ready to head for the hills , or at least his hotel suite .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
We have also already concluded [ pp.~363 - 4 ] that the ego is especially under the influence of perception , and that , speaking broadly , perceptions may be said to have the same significance for the ego as instincts have for the i d .
Idiom: jam tomorrow (used idiomatically: yes)
Muggers who decided to phase out mugging by 1993 could hardly expect to be let off , yet the UK expected to go on breaking the law with impunity . The Commission noted that another letter from the UK dated 5 January 1989 had tried to make the case that ‘ all supplies which presently exceed the nitrate admissible concentration will be brought into progressive compliance between now and 1995 , all but two supplies complying by 1993’ . But a promise of jam tomorrow was n't enough to satisfy the Commission , which issued a Reasoned Opinion against the UK 's implementation of the Drinking Water Directive in April . The UK 's measures , said the Commission , were ‘ not being achieved with sufficient rapidity’ . Except where a delay or derogation was allowed under the Directive — and the UK had now also accepted that its grounds for derogation had all along been invalid —‘all supplies of drinking water in the United Kingdom were required to be in compliance with the Directive by 20 July’ .
Idiom: in the offing (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We believe there is potential in the UK and Europe for small - engined , budget - priced sports cars , especially among younger buyers,’ says Chris Winter , Reliant 's sales and marketing director . Reliant 's decision to bring out a British - made sports car follows its success with the revamped Sabre , which sells at £ 15,000 . Deals worth more than £ 7 million are in the offing , with orders from France , Italy and Malta . The R931 's most serious rival will be the Suzuki Cappuccino , a 657cc modern version of the Midget which goes on sale next year . Its price is expected to be about £ 12,000 — which makes the Reliant a better bargain that even Del Boy could afford .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
On the three - day , residential course held on December 4–6 at Pendle 's training centre in the heart of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales , you 'll learn preparation for returning to a changed work environment : Assertiveness Training , Personal Development plus two basic sales training sessions . To help them pick the 20 readers who will benefit most from the course , Pendle have drawn up a questionnaire . If you 'd like to be considered for selection , answer the following five questions clearly and concisely ( please type double - spaced on A4 paper ) and fill in the entry form below . Cut out and send with your entry to Mr Greg Rigby , Managing Director , Pendle Consultants Ltd , Pendle House , Long Preston , North Yorks BD23 4PU ( 072 94615 ) to reach him not later than Monday October 16 . Good luck !
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
The watcher put the receiver down and went back to his screen . Twenty - five minutes later Duncan descended through the thick - formed low - hanging stratus cloud and landed uneventfully on Sheremetyevo 's Runway 23 Left . He turned off on to the taxiway and followed the green ' go ' lights to a corner away from the main Terminal One . As he powered the jet down , a yellow Lada came out of the shadows and towards him . By the time he had locked off the plane 's controls and opened the door , Ahmed Myeloski was out of the Lada and waiting for him by the side of the executive jet .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We 'll go ahead . The show needs the run - in , and even if it 's bad , there wo n't be too much word - of - mouth outside the business . And any word - of - mouth'd be better than what we 've got at the moment . What the hell 's happening on the publicity front?’ He rounded on his co - producer as he asked the question .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
The Controller , states the ad , will be ‘ responsible for all editorial , commissioning , scheduling , transmission and budgetary management of the channel ’ . I think that 's a euphemism for ‘ Axe Eldorado ’ . Marriage is n't child ' s play By Jaci Stephen I WENT to school with someone named Wyman .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub - contracting , in other words sub - contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . Now that may not be the best way to have structured it , but some of the checks that we 're imposing at the moment are not necessary to put on paper . Could I draw this one to a close by suggesting that the procedure owners , who own the procedures identified in the take on board the need to make a minor adjustment to set the principle in place and the . In your work on procedures nineteen and twenty you recorporate the sort of suggestion you 've had here that general purchases are checked and a record of their checking is the formal authorisation invoice . Do I , for general purposes , have to carry on going through all the cost estimates and and stuff like that ?
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: yes)
There was no reason for him to feel at a disadvantage . Things were working out fine . All he had to do now was to let Mr Hogan know how distressed Mrs Hogan was and how he had saved the day . Dr Foley said he 'd just go in and see how that child was in casualty before he left . ‘ They 've cancelled my appointments for this morning … .
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
Well erm I think one of the it 's interesting , when I was in Australia I 'm not so sure a lot of people sleeping rough on the streets I felt of London would agree with you .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
The chauffeur reached for the car phone . ‘ Let 's go , bud,’ said blue raincoat . He stuffed the bundle of papers into his pocket and pulled a face , as if the toothpick was causing him some sort of pain . ‘ The old man 's as touchy as sweating gelignite tonight,’ he said . The bottom half of the building was towers , balconies and metal grilles , and the top half was very Hemish merchant .
Idiom: take a bow (used idiomatically: yes)
But it was hidden , secret . Now it 's come outside . De Sade , take a bow , your public awaits you . ‘ And what about you?’ He looked at Rose Hilaire , trying to keep his voice neutral , yet open , ready to hear anything .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: no)
She 's on the table ooh like this she 's oh what 's that and pull that down . Oh what 's that . She just does n't stop , under the table she said oh what 's that card and the jug nearly came down . And she 's tipping the chalk out and she said what 's that , oh that 's the phone , under the table , pulled the rocking horse out . Oh look at that picture .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
I can see why he 's not scored so often this year and why we 're now being linked with Ferdinand . I personally think the linesman on the dugout side of the pitch had the best touch of the ball in the first half . A long clearance from one the Leeds defenders found it 's way into the Crewe half where upon rolling out into touch the linesman controlled it neatly with his left and passed it back to the returning Crewe player with a neat right foot pass . Yes that 's all very nice but Deano ai n't gon na score from 10 yards let alone 30 — the shots looked nice but he should be closer to goal . I did n't think that strach had a good game — both he and Macca had poor games mainly because White and Hodge could n't win the ball back in midfield .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
To do so invites a human and ecological catastrophe Anil Agarwal MENTION the energy crisis and what comes to mind ? The gas - guzzlers of the American freeways ? Spot - prices on the Rotterdam oil market ?
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: yes)
Next year 1993 we will use the theme of Europe . Themes are a splendid way of giving exhibitors a bias ; it challenges them to put on their thinking caps and at times they can find material with only a subtle connection . They are also a way of injecting new blood into the Fair . The choice of patrons to our Charity Gala ( the American Ambassador , the Hon Raymond G.H. Seitz and Mrs Seitz and his counterpart Sir Robin Renwick , H.M. Ambassador to the USA and Lady Renwick ) is also intended to stimulate American patronage and raise funds for the Royal Academy and the Royal Marsden Cancer Appeal ( tickets from the organizer on 0799 52699 ) .
Idiom: man's best friend (used idiomatically: yes)
Women take the bite out out of a four - legged foe By Jane Gallagher MAN 'S best friend is on occasion woman 's worst enemy . But Sefton Council 's all - female dog warden team provide the gentle touch which turns the fiercest four - legged fiends into pussy cats . And showing off their work at Southport 's prom were Head Dog Warden , Helen Wignall and her team , Susan McDonald , Shelley Fryer , Lesley Carrington and Amanda Townley .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
All this may throw light as well on the diachronic evolution both of the non - past indicative and of the infinitive . Historical evidence shows that the so - called " present " tense could formerly be used much more freely to refer to the future than is now the case . According to Visser ( 1966 : 669 ) , it is around the time of the passage from Old to Middle English that one witnesses the beginning of this " shrinkage " of the non - past , which loses more and more ground to the constructions with will and shall . At the same time as the non - past is undergoing this shift , the use of to with the infinitive is being extended beyond its concrete directional sense to cover all cases of subsequent potentiality and subsequent actualization , for which the bare infinitive had formerly been adequate : " … the use of the to infinitive in the place of the bare or plain infinitive increased rapidly during the late Old English and early Middle English periods " ( Visser 1966 : 948 ) . The bare infinitive thus seems to have shifted out of the field of the future or the subsequent in a similar way to , and at the same time as , the present - tense form .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Maybe it would have been easier if Luke had shouted and let loose the anger Fran could sense seething inside him , but he did n't . He just sat and stared at her , his face set , his eyes so cold that she shivered . Anything would have been better than this ice - cold contempt that cut her to the bone . She looked away , taking a shaky little breath . ‘ I do n't suppose it 's any use saying that I 'm sorry?’
Idiom: hot and bothered (used idiomatically: yes)
He put out a hand to her and she slapped it away . She did n't want him to touch her . It was too unsettling , made her feel too hot and bothered . It was n't fair that he could make her senses rocket in such a devastating way . ‘ And how am I to explain my abrupt disappearance to my host ? she asked tersely .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
We know what it means . I ca n't give you a strategy on how to fund the National Health Service . We know that the British Medical Association say it 's under - funded to the tune of six billion pounds but we 'll say what we said before we took control of this Council , we 'll open the books and we 'll direct resources to priorities . And chief amongst Labour priorities is the National Health Service . still not a sign of any policy from them on the Health Service , par for the course .