Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: take a bow (used idiomatically: yes)
Its PDQ terminals can read Visa , Access , American Express and Diner 's Club cards as well as some store and fuel cards . If Barclays application to join the Switch network — started by Midland and Royal Bank of Scotland — is successful the electronic direct debit network will expand by at least 30,000 terminals over the next year and a half . News Round - Up : More PEPs take a bow By MARTIN BAKER THE MARCH to popular capitalism proceeds apace .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Tom has joined a laughter club and his stress levels have decreased significantly .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Last to putt , Treleaven sent his 14-footer into the cup to become the first Hampshire-born player to win the Salver and the first home county champion since Ian Gray in 1982 . Treleaven was until recently a pipe fitter . But he quit to concentrate on his game and reaped an instant dividend . He hits his irons particularly sweetly , a talent that serves him well at Hayling , Hampshire 's only links , where still days are few and far between . If he was expecting to be well in the clear at lunchtime , he was mistaken , Blackmoor 's own Paul Tupper carding a marvellous 66 , with seven birdies .
Idiom: fun and games (used idiomatically: yes)
A councillor wanting free goes on the Space Invaders machine ? Another resignation matter , surely ? Could it also be that Darlington 's fun and games loving Labour councillors have finally had a change of heart over conferences ? The other day pleasant sounding trips to Birmingham and Swansea were both declined . Or could it be that one was from March 24–26 and the other from April 6–9 when politicians of all parties confidently expect to have other things on their minds ?
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: yes)
And Blackburn are desperately fighting for their lives in this league cup competition . Shrewsbury stood around there , apparently looking for the offside and in the end it was an awful effort at goal . Yeah they got away with murder there , that looked very very iffy whether it was offside , the linesman did n't give it , the really should have scored . Oh So Blackburn Rovers now do have an opportunity to put themselves back in with a shout in this tie .
Idiom: drop someone a line (used idiomatically: yes)
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Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
Even those which survive it rarely do so unscathed . I know of only one or two couples who have managed to stay together when one partner has been unfaithful and I wish I could pluck up the courage to ask them how they 've done it . How they 've managed to pick up the pieces , when the most fundamental element of their relationship — trust — may have been shattered forever . For that 's what a relationship is for me — the making of a promise , albeit rarely uttered , that I will strive never to hurt , damage , betray , demean or disappoint this person I claim to love . It 's a promise I expect him to equal .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
He looked up and he saw two people walking or appearing to walk away from him down the white road of the tunnel and out across the green hills . He had not heard them pass him ; he had been too intent on watching the singer . The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her . And in each hand she had two heavy plastic carrier bags of shopping ; they cut into her hands and threatened to split . They were evidently too heavy for her to carry .
Idiom: sticky fingers (used idiomatically: yes)
He wanted to sit in the front on Zoe 's knee . Zoe pretended not to hear him . She was wearing a tweed check suit in shades of lovat green and brown and she did n't want his sticky fingers on it — or worse . He had eaten an assortment of sweets during the afternoon followed by an ice - cream and was now into barley sugar again . Louise told him that young children were n't allowed in the front of cars .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'll punish you one day , remember that!’ cried the broken man . Troy laughed loudly as he closed Bathsheba 's front door . Through the whole of the long night that followed , Boldwood 's dark figure could be seen walking over the hills of Weatherbury like a ghost . Just before the clock struck five the next morning , Gabriel and Coggan were walking to the hayfields past their mistress 's house , when they saw a surprising sight . Bathsheba 's bedroom window was open , and looking out of it was a handsome man , with his red jacket undone .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
Miinne 's a probable MARTIN Pipe 's exciting chaser Miinnehoma is ‘ 60 per cent likely ’ to take his chance in Saturday 's SGB Handicap Chase at Ascot . After Peter Scudamore had schooled Freddie Starr 's gelding yesterday , Pipe said : ‘ I was pleased with the horse and at the moment the odds are 60-40 in favour of him running . But he is also in the Welsh National and the King George VI . ’ Fitz on jackpot trail
Idiom: old hat (used idiomatically: yes)
I never did like it and now is a good time to get rid of it . Away and throw it in the bucket , Morag.’ Morag was taking the old hat to the bucket when Grandad walked in the door . ‘ Well Done , Morag,’ he said . ‘ You 've found my good gardening hat .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
just outside Bungay , they have , they , they employ around five hundred people . Now the Matthews at employ twelve hundred people , much of their traffic passes through Bungay , their products , their employee and supplies are all over the place and their products are distributed country - wide , much of their traffic goes through Bungay , and I think they both have plans to extend their plants both er Buxton and Bernard Matthews . Taking into account the length for the length of the features and the cons the consultation that take place and the length of time they take , I do not expect to see er Bungay bypass construction for some time yet , but I do expect the County Council to progress on that in such a manner that Bungay will not grind to a halt . Er Chairman this , this matter has caused great concern in Bungay I can tell you , I went to the Bungay town meeting last night and they were absolutely horrified at the way this has been handled and I have to apologize on behalf of the , of the County Council .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
The demands of the barren Breckland effectively squeezed the more affluent sort of peasant out of Lackford hundred , where nine out of ten taxpayers were worth less than £ 5 , and with scarcely anybody in the £ 5-£19 range , it was almost entirely peopled by big farmers and swarms of poor labourers . The nearby open - field country around Saffron Walden in Essex was comparable , though the absence of extremes of wealth made peasant husbandmen the most conspicuous group . These extremes of wealth and poverty apparently inseparable from corn - and - sheep husbandry did not exist in most pastoral regions , where , as a rule , little more than a tenth of all wealth belonged to men worth £ 50 or more . Even in industrial Babergh hundred , Suffolk , stripping the surface layer from the record exposes the original economy of the wood - pasture country — specialised dairying , pig fattening and horse breeding , in almost half its villages , which preserved this traditional system , the top people accounted for not more than 14 per cent of the wealth , a solitary £ 100 man for just 4½ per cent . In prosperous districts too — most strikingly in central Suffolk — the labouring element was minimal , few assessments falling below £ 2 , and many people had their own smallholdings which , even if not always big enough to afford a really adequate livelihood , at least restricted working for wages to a subsidiary role .
Idiom: keep a straight face (used idiomatically: yes)
He says It has all the ingredients that kids want jeopardy , death and destruction but it also has people saving lives and so the parents like it and that is why it has been so popular . In the fifteen months Since Paul and Wayne took over the roles they 've seen the audience grow and get younger with children as young as four who 've seen the repeats joining the audience … not easy playing a puppet or keeping a straight face . They say ; Parker , Yes Mi Lady , Thank you mi lady . He says , Every auidience is different we never know what their reaction will be whether they are going to cheer or boo .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: no)
Top individual striker 's award went to Pam Wright with a mean and magnificent 154 points . Special mention goes to Dominic Hay of Leys as our intrepid cameraman on the night . He appeared and re - appeared snapping everything that moved or did n't — such as the bowler whose fingers got stuck in the three finger holes when attempting to launch . Nil points but no harm done ! In Jim Smith 's presentation on Wednesday morning — AR Division Present and Future — he said that diversification of distribution meant that Scottish Amicable had changed with the times and was not risking all in relying on one source of business .
Idiom: go to the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
Britain 's shock exit from the ERM and the pound 's devaluation sent shudders through the market , but it recovered . Although interest rates and inflation were both falling , Britain had to struggle through one of the worst recessions since the war . Thousands of companies went to the wall . But money was still made on the stock market . My hunch that Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer would emerge on top proved to be bang on target .
Idiom: be my guest (used idiomatically: no)
Is that another of your a.i.s ? ' Never a truer word is said in jest , Roirbak thought . ' He 's my guest , ' he answered . ' That guy seems OK , ' Nathan said , as he and Ari tried to find their way through the labyrinth of Roirbak 's complex to the canteen . ' Yeah .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
It is a most important posting . Any questions ? ' Plenty sprang to Edward 's mind , but he prevented any of them from passing his lips , which he momentarily pursed . He thanked the colonel for the interview and returned doggedly to his pistol lessons in the basement range two doors away . After that he went back to the offices to receive details of his next step .
Idiom: carry the day (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That should do it,’ Bloxham said , slamming the boot and offering his hand for shaking . Glad that he had the shadows to conceal his distaste , Oscar shook it , and bid the boor goodnight . Very soon , he knew , he would have to choose sides , and despite the success of tonight 's endeavour , and the security he 'd won with it , he was by no means sure that he belonged amongst the ranks of the purgers , even though they were certain to carry the day . But then if his place was not there , where was his place ? This was a puzzlement , and he was glad he had the soothing spectacle of Midnight Mass to distract him from it .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Funding will depend on the sale of extraneous plots for other developments , not an easy matter in the current climate . Meanwhile the county has revalued its assets to reflect its long lease and the planning consents obtained . The resulting £ 1.5 million is some comfort , on paper anyway . Worcestershire 's ground developments are at the contemplative stage . An indoor cricket school is a possibility .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
When Lineker threw down the captain 's arm band in disgust , the rift between the pair first became public . And it was only a matter of time when the truth came out . For nearly two years , England played with a manager and captain at loggerheads . Hendry is humbled SHELL - SHOCKED Stephen Hendry last night suffered his second consecutive defeat at the hands of fellow Scot Alan McManus .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
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Idiom: one of those days (used idiomatically: yes)
The frantic lifestyle of an advertising photographer leaves little time for personal work . Tony Bowran feels very strongly about his constant development as a photographer and ensures that time is taken to work on his own projects . It was two or three days earlier that I had made my appointment , and as luck so often has it , the due day arrived to what can only be described as ‘ one of those days’ . The inclement nature of the British weather makes it either easier to stay put , or alternatively , if absolutely necessary , don galoshes , raincoat and ‘ souwester’ . I had surfaced somewhat ill - equipped from the Piccadilly Line dodging expanding umbrellas , and hoping that my destination was somewhere near at hand .
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever so long as it does n't matter , do n't worry about it , why you upset ? Is it the way I spoke to , I said yesterday it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take she would , she was seeing me do it and I respect what she says and I do what I 'm told no she did n't say that Matt the door
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
The Amsterdamsche Poort at Haarlem is a fine town gateway ( 546 ) and the thirteenth century moated castle at Muiden is a picturesque solid structure ( 547 ) . Northern Germany All along the coastal plain bordering the North Sea and the Baltic , stretching from the Dutch frontier to that of the U.S.S.R. , the towns suffered years of bombardment from sea and air during the Second World War . The devastation of these Hanseatic towns , where the best of this type of Gothic architecture had survived remarkably well until 1939 , extended up to 150 miles inland . Such towns , which had magnificent brick cathedrals , churches and civic structures , included Hanover , Hamburg and Lübeck in West Germany , Wismar , Prenzlau and Stralsund in East Germany and Szczecin ( Stettin ) and Gdansk ( Danzig ) in Poland .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
The Free - Trade Charade NEW ~ YORK – Though nothing has come of the World ~ Trade ~ Organization ’s Doha ~ Development Round of global trade negotiations since they were launched almost a dozen years ago , another round of talks is in the works . But this time the negotiations will not be held on a global , multilateral basis ; rather , two huge regional agreements – one transpacific , and the other transatlantic – are to be negotiated . Are the coming talks likely to be more successful ?
Idiom: play it safe (used idiomatically: yes)
Twisting the knob to magnify the image of four ghostly white shapes amidst a field of darkly glowing emerald , Ace recognized the bulky figure of Mait and the whip - like form of Carrefour as they hurried along the edge of a sisal field . In front of them was the black mass of the mountain , but just above the ground level was a slightly brighter irregular ovoid , whose barely perceptible light seemed to drift slightly upwards . Pistol in hand , she paused just long enough for the others to catch up , and handed the goggles to Benny , deciding she 'd probably better play it safe and not risk letting any of the inhabitants of 1915 get an idea of how they worked . ‘ What do you make of that?’ she said . Benny made a minute adjustment to configure the goggles to her own eyesight , and frowned invisibly in the darkness .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I owe you an apology , too,’ he told her . ‘ You clearly knew nothing about what Jeff and Silvia were up to . I jumped to conclusions that I had no right to jump to.’ He pulled an apologetic face . ‘ I hope you can forgive me?’
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
The Commission 's decision on Latvia 's National ~ Allocation Plan ( NAP ) for 2008 - 2012 left only 55 % of the CO2 emissions that Latvia requested . Similarly , Estonia and Lithuania received only 52 - 53 % of their requested quotas . Serious cuts were also made to other new EU members ' quotas , prompting Poland , the Czech ~ Republic , and Slovakia , as well as Latvia , to launch legal challenges . Yet almost all of the old EU members received more than 90 % of the requested quotas . What is going on here ?
Idiom: fair game (used idiomatically: yes)
( Apr 21-May 21 ) In astrology , work and health are curiously linked are curiously linked — and for one reason or another , you are likely to feel under par , under pressure and totally misunderstood at the moment . In fact , you can argue and remonstrate until you are blue in the face but certain plans or arrangements can not be progressed just yet and you must simply sit tight and wait for the Full Moon in Aries on the 14th before making any drastic changes or decisions . Not a cheery little forecast you 'll agree — but remember you do n't have to stay in the jungle to be fair game . And another thing , you really ought to be venturing further afield ; travelling or doing something more challenging now and therefore perhaps you need a gentle prod to remind you that life is only , after all , what you make it . So what are you making of your life ?
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
They have been in control . Under the new system , we want an increasing proportion of the budget to go into a pot of cash , which local authorities will be able to give out . That can not happen in year one , but as the years went by , it would enable people to build their own packages of care rather than having to take care designed by others for them off the shelf , as in a supermarket . As I have emphasised three times , the previous Select Committee on Health and Social Services made a number of pleas to the Government not to get us into the position that we are in now . I am being polite about the way in which the Government have behaved when I say that they have dealt with our recommendations in a cavalier fashion .
Idiom: kick ass (used idiomatically: yes)
Plot : Jim takes drugs and starts hallucinating that he is Ian Astbury out of The Cult . Val Kilmer as Spooky Jim trips from slim butterfly to fat - bastard - with - a - beard - dead - in - the - bath through Ole Stoney 's unashamed and thoroughly blasted corpsebumlickery . Groovy space out unadulterated kick - ass rock ' n ' roll hero - worship . Rent it . Buy it .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
The delay is due to the complex documentation required , X / Open claims , saying that it wants to make a big splash for XPG4 , now scheduled for the Autumn . Now that Unix System Labs has finally cut a deal for OSF 's Distributed Computing Environment , albeit through Siemens - Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ( UX No 384 ) , hopes are that X / Open may find light at the end of that particular tunnel too . X / Open , which has been in negotiations with OSF for over a year now , was supposed to have incorporated DCE into its Common Applications Environment some time ago : that announcement is also on ice until the two can work something out . SUNSOFT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OSF 's DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Sun Microsystems Inc has been sending out some rather confusing messages of late with regard to its position over the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment — DCE — initiative , which is more or less completely opposite to its own Open Network Computing , ONC environment .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
No not if you 're gon na open , not unless you 're gon na open it . Oh . Oh go on , let them open , I 'll have a few with my tea . Yeah . I turn on today .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
the reporting accountant should have the power directly to request a firm 's balancestatement from the bank — this could be used prior to a ' spot check ' ; all firms should be required to appoint a qualified legal cashier , who should undertake regular training ; there should be a capital adequacy requirement for solicitors similar to that required from firms dealing in investment business under the Financial Services Act ; Law Society approved profit and loss sheets should be issued and it should be the responsibility of the reporting accountant to ensure that these have been completed by firms ; reporting accountants should owe a duty to the Law Society to report directly where their instructions have been terminated by solicitors whose reports would otherwise have been qualified ; or generally to report on ' suspicious circumstances ' ;
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Strange . One would have thought that she must have been brought in from that area . I suppose it is out of the question that one of our own police stations might have received such a notification , and failed to pass it on?’ ‘ Out of the question or not , lad , I checked up first thing . If you believe what they say , they 've never heard of a little girl going missing!’
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
The dancehall mystic and the club space case . ' I had thought of that myself , ' says Colin Taking the piss out of this is , let 's face it , a little easy . The truth is that C is a convenient scapegoat for those upset by The Shamen 's commercial ambitions and looking for a way to convince themselves that , underneath it all , Colin 's still credible . But , remember , it is Colin who calls the shots .
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: yes)
However , you may be surprised at just how much you can find out from these references if you approach them with an open mind . To do this the phone is recommended rather than the post . It 's faster , more revealing , gives you a feel for the person you are talking to and the chance to encourage off - the - record remarks . Questions along the following lines are helpful : How long have they been in business ?
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
In the meantime , ministers conducted individual diplomatic initiatives on the basis of Egyptian ideas not yet discussed by the government . The Defence Minister , Yitzhak Rabin , met Mr Mubarak in Cairo , and in the US , Mr Arens and Mr Peres separately met President Mubarak and the US Secretary of State , James Baker . The two issues at the heart of the disagreement are those which have killed at birth any attempt in the past dozen years to address the Palestinian question : Who speaks for the Palestinians and what are the limits of the Palestinian problem ? The first centres on the composition of a Palestinian delegation that would hold talks with Israel in Cairo . Mr Rabin has suggested including Palestinians deported by the Israelis .