Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: no)
This supports two distinct modes of light propagation polarised at right angles to each other . Under normal circumstances , there is no coupling between the two modes , which have different propagation constants . However , when the fibre is put into a spatially varying magnetic field , a phenomenon called Faraday rotation comes into play . This effectively changes the polarisation direction , and can cause coupling between the two modes . So , if the current of interest can be made to produce a magnetic field which varies in the right way along the length of the fibre , this can be used to measure current .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
And for many in New York , it is a game show : in the Nineties the censorship debate is keeping contemporary art in the media spotlight , just as obscene auction prices did in the Eighties . The artworld exploits and thrives on both . They are duly grateful to Joseph Kosuth for keeping the ball rolling while not rocking the boat . Conferences The elitist French vs. the soggy multiculturalists
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Here at least , then , there is a measure of agreement between Keynesians and monetarists . Long - run stability of V. The main claim of monetarists is that the velocity of circulation ( V ) is relatively stable over the longer run , and any changes that do occur are the predictable outcome of institutional changes , such as the increased availability and use of credit cards . One reason why V remains relatively stable in the long run , despite an increase in money supply , is that sufficient time has elapsed for the direct mechanism to have worked fully through . The other reason is the effect on inflation and consequently on interest rates . This works as follows .
Idiom: prodigal son (used idiomatically: yes)
CS 7 . The term is also used for one who manages the causes of others in courts of civil or canon law such as Doctors ' Commons was : described by Steerforth as ‘ a sort of monkish attorney’,DC 23 . prodigal son , subject of parable cited in Luke 15 : 11–32,GE 4;MC 13 ; ‘ prodigy son’,PP 43 . profeel macheen .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
And as for private persons standing up to the government in court , the idea was utterly inconceivable . The traditions of law were , therefore , very shallow in Russia when the Bolsheviks seized power . The seven decades of their dictatorship blighted the little bits of a law - based society that had taken root root . Lenin defined his " dictatorship of the proletariat " as " power that is limited by nothing , by no laws , that is restrained by absolutely no rules , that rests directly on coercion . " Such , indeed , it was .
Idiom: from A to Z (used idiomatically: no)
I hope you all have a nice birthday and many more to come now last week the flower box raised one pound forty two , the raffle four pound forty six and the bring and buy two pound sixty making a total of eight pound fourteen I 've got news for you he 's been ventriloquist , he 's a ventriloquist er next week is your let letters N and P for the raffle table , for the benefit of new members you go alphabetically through , you know , from A to Z and when it 's your turn we 'd like you to bring something for the raffle table Bring something for the raffle when it 's your turn So when it comes to our turn
Idiom: get on like a house on fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Another day they went to take flowers to the grave of John 's grandfather , Lawrie Ward . ‘ I wish you had known him , Anne , and he 'd known you,’ John said . ‘ You 'd both have got on like a house on fire . He was a lovely man.’ ‘ I feel I do know him,’ she said .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
The sight of him standing there smoking made me realize how little any of us in Benedict 's knew what he was really like as a man , once out of the defensive armour of his white coat . I had seen him turn human with Margaret , but that glimpse had not been enough to tell me now whether he had stopped on recognizing me for her sake or because I was a Benedict 's nurse . Either way I thought it a nice gesture , and when I next caught his eye I smiled . He smiled back , not professionally , but rather shyly . The policeman had finished with Mr Jemps .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
3.2 OPTIONAL PROCEDURE CLAIMS The Optional Procedure introduced on 24th September , 1985 , was anticipated as a dramatic departure from the traditional approach whereby a pursuer was compelled to spell out detailed relevant facts upon which he would rely at Proof . In practice , to date , pursuers ' agents by and large have tended to specify their case with as much detail as previously though there have been efforts , to date challenged successfully , to give a briefer outline not much different from the initial letter of claim . Consequently , the real significance of the Optional Procedure in the handling of claims comes from the time limits imposed on parties , the speed with which a date for Proof is allocated and the obligations of disclosure on both parties . 3.2.1 The Summons
Idiom: every nook and cranny (used idiomatically: yes)
He joined the family business in 1913 , arriving in Hong Kong just before World War I broke out . He served in the war with the Essex Yeomanry in France , where he was twice wounded ; he remained partially deaf for the rest of his life . In 1920 Swire became the director in charge of the company 's overseas staff , and thereafter in a series of long , energetic and often dangerous tours — the civil war in China was at its height — he regularly explored every nook and cranny of the company 's Far Eastern empire . One of the suggestions , revolutionary at the time , which Swire put to his board in London , was that female clerks should work on an equal footing , and for the same pay as men ; and that Swire recruits earmarked for Eastern posts should learn Chinese . In World War II , when German bombing destroyed the Swire head office in the City , Swire moved his entire staff to his mother 's house in Harlow and they commuted to London together .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
The roads were not strong enough . Tests by the American Association of State Highway Officials in the early 1960s are the basis for calculating the damage to roads . The rule - of - thumb ' law ' that emerged from these tests was that road damage varied with the fourth power of the axle load . Thus a 10 per cent increase in axle weight would increase road damage by nearly a half . And the damage inflicted by one lorry axle weighing 10 tonnes is 160 000 times that of a car axle .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
Supporters of a trust point to a trend towards self - governing apparent in measures such as the growth of cross - border charging for services . Doctors are uncertain of what self - government would mean in detail . But any suggestion that it could lead to leaving the NHS , whose headquarters move to Leeds next year , gets short shrift . The health authority has agreed to hear a presentation on self - governing trusts at its next meeting on Monday . Jimmy 's camera crew will not be present — alas for viewers who like a bit of metaphorical blood on their sitting room floors .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: no)
What makes a fanatic is not having strong and extreme ideals oneself but taking no notice of other people 's — not seeing the considerations that other people are concerned about . And in order to get in to that state of mind one does not have to be a complete lifelong fanatic , one only has to be completely absorbed for the moment by a particular cause , and that kind of absorption is of course something which good causes often do seem to demand . All the same , nobody can afford to get stuck in that way of thinking . There is no single moral principle which is sole and supreme and can never conflict with any other . They can all conflict .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
But last night Michael Crawford took his cue from Don Black 's recurring lyric : ‘ Some of Us Belong to the Stars’ and the glittery Drury Lane first - nighters shared his ascent among the galaxy to the ever - resounding echo . Of course the show is designed to give him rocket - powered lift - off It must be one of the few British musicals to make one feel chauvinistically inclined to announce one 's origins . As the musical of the film of the play of the book it has , to say the least , a distinguished pedigree . Keith Waterhouse 's original novel , Billy Liar , was one of the minor masterpieces of the Sixties [ sic ] . It encapsulated all the preoccupations and fantasies of the provincial adolescent .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
The congregation responded as if with one voice —'OK ! ' And for the first time in the twenty - year history of St Christopher 's , a priest laughed in the pulpit . ' Serves me right , ' he said , ' I was getting carried away with meself . Here was I , not going to talk about the Pope 's ' Lamentabili ' and have n't I spent ten minutes on it already . I think , since this is , after all , my first sermon as curate here — in fact , it 's my first sermon ever — I 'd better stop or the Bishop will be posting me back to Rosstrevor .
Idiom: kill two birds with one stone (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a stupid thing to phone to ask but she would have to . She realised in a panic that she had forgotten the number . Well — kill two birds with one stone . Down into the Central Line , pick up abandoned newspapers and look for that advertisement . She found it quite easily .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: no)
UNITY HALL , who has died aged 63 , worked for a number of popular newspapers before finding a niche as the agony aunt of the News of the World . She embarked on the column in 1981 and over the next 11 years became , if hardly the guardian of people 's secrets , nonetheless a gushing fount of comforting advice . Hall was apt to be described as ' a tough - as - nails reporter with a marshmallow centre ' , though in her ' Dear Unity ' role , the emphasis was rather on the concoction of sympathy than on the cutting edge of insight . Her tougher aspect emerged while she was on the staff of the Sun in 1970 , when she led 30 women journalists in the ' Battle of Campari Creek ' at El Vino 's on Fleet Street . Enraged by the wine bar 's policy of forbidding them to stand with their male colleagues to drink at the bar , Hall and her cohorts decided to stage a protest .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
She had already applied to a Physical Training College when a hip dislocation shattered her plans , and she found herself instead working for Prudential Assurance in Holborn for eight years . Fortunately the firm had a gym club and sports facilities . Phyllis specialised in gymnastics , won medals in local and national competitions and , at the approach of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics , was in the running for a place in the PT team . But her religious faith now took her in a new direction . She trained as a missionary , and in 1935 went out to Beirut as treasurer to a mission — the Middle - Eastern Christian Outreach — where , naturally , she also seized the opportunity of teaching PT and games to the student teachers on the campus .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
If I 'd been seen popping in and out of Ramillies Drive , tongues would inevitably have begun to wag . Legally , though , we were in the clear . Even the insurance adjusters , who proved infinitely more assiduous than the police , finally agreed that Dennis 's death fell into one of the approved categories listed in the small print . It never occurred to me that Karen might be grieving for her late husband . I do n't want to sound unduly negative , but I simply could n't see what there was to mourn .
Idiom: drown your sorrows (used idiomatically: yes)
Food and Drink : SUNDAY WINE By ROGER VOSS Mumm , Cuvee Napa , California Sparkling Wine Victoria Wine £ 7.99 ; Safeway £ 8.49 ; Tesco £ 8.55 WITH the first results of the Election due on Thursday night , you may be in the mood to celebrate or drown your sorrows . This wine , made by the Champagne house of Mumm , but in the Napa Valley in California , is made from the classic Champagne grapes , Chardonnay and Pinot Noir , and while the California sun gives riper flavours than you might be used to , there is poise , a rich creamy mousse and a soft , smooth taste . Victoria Wine 's price is an April special offer ; selected stores .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
I had been in trouble before , but then I 'd been given probation and community work . This one was for £ 500 cheque fraud . That was n't counting what I had in my pockets when I was arrested . I was just greedy , you see . I never used to go in the shops , I used to go in the banks .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
With no one in the cockpit and the tail on the ground , most gliders will develop enough lift to leave the ground at well under 30 knots . To prevent this happening , the nose of the glider should be held down ( or the tail held up ) to reduce the wing incidence , as this in turn reduces the lift significantly . Usually , the weight of a person on the extreme nose will prevent the glider lifting off the ground , but to be safe it is best to put a person in the cockpit . Anyone sitting in a glider must always be properly strapped in . If a glider was blown over with someone sitting inside it unstrapped , that person could be killed .
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
Annie 's legs drummed on the bed ; her body was leaping and bucking , like a big fish barrelling upstream . Ellwood hauled her in . He leaned the chair back on two legs and put the sole of one shoe against the bedrails , then pulled on the rope of nylon until his biceps began to crack . Annie 's face was purple - black . She could detect only agony : her eardrums rupturing under the pressure ; something cracking and tearing free , deep in her chest .
Idiom: cold feet (used idiomatically: no)
I 'll take you this afternoon no , no I shall do it myself , thank you Robert , I do n't like your cold foot in my face poo see if your feet smell , oh that 's clev , see Martin smell his feet cor rashes of roses no
Idiom: boots and all (used idiomatically: no)
First it 's everything being so neat and tidy . ‘ I do n't see why you 've got to keep this place as a show house , Alison . I suppose you 're frightened of me messing it all up for you , with my dirty boots and all that … .’ Then it 's Alison 's insistence on doing the washing - up straight after the meal . ‘ Ca n't you just relax for a minute , Alison .
Idiom: seize the day (used idiomatically: no)
Again , it was the challenge to acknowledge God 's presence in other peoples ' lives as well as our own . Dead Poets Society was quite a surprise film treat when we got back to the Farm , but as we watched , I noticed a certain relationship with the storyline and what we had been talking about . The challenge to ‘ seize the day.’ The next day we shared a three - course meal ( I have to say the food was excellent , thanks to Jimmy and Martin , the youth workers at the Farm ) called an ‘ agape.’ This is a Greek work for love , and so instead of celebrating the eucharist , we shared this meal of love and friendship which brought in themes of the past two days — seizing the day .
Idiom: beyond the pale (used idiomatically: yes)
I then removed every knife and sharp instrument from the kitchen drawer . He tried to get his battery razor to work but the batteries had leaked and gone all green . I like to think I am broad - minded , but the language my father used was beyond the pale , and all because he could n't have a shave ! Tea was a bit of a drag . My grandma kept saying horrible things about my mother and my father kept rambling on about how much he missed her .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's one thing you need n't worry about . Would you like to see them?’ Taking Peter 's agreement for granted , he opened one of the bottom drawers of the desk and removed an envelope file . ‘ Clare wants sixteen pages of black - and - white . I thought she could make a selection from these.’
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
The early and mid-1990s witnessed another wave of optimism . Commodity prices were high , external financing plentiful , and many Latin ~ American countries grew . Having adopted the liberalizing reforms dictated by the Washington Consensus , Latin ~ America was thought to have turned the corner . But then came Mexico ’s Tequila Crisis in 1994 , followed by the Asian meltdown , which hit Latin ~ American economies hard .
Idiom: get wind of (used idiomatically: yes)
The book should have been in Tollemarche 's only bookstore for several weeks ; however , when Hank casually sauntered in and asked for a copy , old Mr Pascall said it had not arrived . It would probably come in the next shipment from Toronto . Hank had no doubt that , sooner or later , old tabby - cats like the MacDonald woman would get wind of it and would give his mother hell about it . His mother would never get round to reading it and he hoped fervently that his father would not either . Anyway , he consoled himself , nobody in Tollemarche over the age of forty ever really read a book , though they talked about them .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
His sexual adventures were recounted with such an eye for detail.’ On one occasion , Orton told about an old man who took him into a cave in Tunisia and asked him to feel his posterior . ' ’ Wonderful bum,’Ken said , ‘ Marvellous and working class to boot’.’ Ken enjoyed his visits to Orton 's flat , with its crucifix on one wall surrounded by pictures that Ken said were ‘ almost porno’ . There were hundreds of pictures on that wall , forming a somewhat unusual collage .
Idiom: as luck would have it (used idiomatically: yes)
Then she noticed the lights going on all over the school but thought no more about it . Finally she returned to her dorm , terrified not so much at the prospect of getting caught but because she had come back empty handed . As luck would have it a fellow pupil in Diana 's dormitory complained that she had appendicitis . As she was being examined , Diana 's teacher noticed the empty bed . The game was up .
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
His students aspired to his dexterity and adopted his devices . ‘ Grass you draw like this,’ he would say , in a self - mocking demonstration of shorthand effects . These enabled his pupils to get off the ground and many began imitating the set of motifs he introduced into his illustrations . Once assimilated , these devices and motifs gave the students a feeling of having mastered something , but when Dodie Masterman took over Minton 's illustration class and took them through the basics , she found many of them very inept . They instantly felt less grown up , whereas Minton had encouraged them from the start to tackle imaginative work by giving them articles from Lilliput with the illustration blocked out and the instruction that they were to do their own .
Idiom: one over the eight (used idiomatically: no)
Six feet underground 19 . One over the eight 20 . Rising costs
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
But , overall , our crime rate could and should be even lower . Because — even though most crimes are against property not people — only people can help prevent it . People everywhere , of all ages , from all walks of life . The simple fact is that most crime is the result of giving a criminal an easy opportunity . In Northern Ireland it 's against the law to leave your vehicle unlocked and unattended even if you 're just popping into a shop .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: no)
German reunification sees Soviet soldiers selling up and moving out , unemployed Vietnamese victimised by Neo Nazi football hooligans and a former secret police training centre transformed into an art house . John Gawthrop reports from Berlin Military matters are much on people 's minds in Berlin these days . Even before the two Germanys officially united , the West German government announced its desire to introduce national service for hitherto exempt West Berliners . This has caused great alarm among the young men in the western half of the city , many of whom moved to Berlin to avoid going insane with boredom in a Bundeswehr barracks .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Out of sight they remained , it was intermission , they were changing their costumes , or making bricks and getting paid for it .
Idiom: drive someone up the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
as anything , if she ever had to do reception Mm . she could n't understand how , she said oh she said and , and a couple of channels that used to drive her up the wall . Oh them things was on Ooh er stupid person !
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
All this was before 1914 , but the Rent Act , 1915 concentrated the minds wonderfully : State intervention in the provision of working - class housing after the war became much more likely . Interestingly , the Labour Party came to the view that all working - class housing should be supplied through the local authorities . In the final analysis the need for a swift response to an immediate housing shortage after the war painted almost inevitably to a large - scale local authority housing programme , rather than face a period of delay while housing associations were geared up to the task . It was a crucial decision and town planning in Britain was immeasurably influenced by it . Lloyd George 's Government had embarked on a programme of financing social reform at a time of rapidly rising prices .
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: yes)
Sis , I 'm too weak to write much , so this has to be brief . I 've been going downhill for several days now . Blood poisoning seems the problem . Not surprising , really .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: no)
The worst hazard of standing in that crowd was someone pissing down the back of your leg.’ There were occasional fights when groups of visiting supporters descended on a local pub but very little trouble at the ground itself . Moreover when there were fights , observed the chairman of the Birmingham City Supporters ' Club , ‘ it was punch - ups among men in those days … when I was a lad , if I stepped out of line I got a bloody good hiding from my Dad’ . Denis Brailsford , an inter - war spectator and a distinguished sports historian , recalled that he first went to football in the 1930s as part of his father 's extended family of miners and their wives , who made up the core of a group that regularly went to Mansfield Town 's home games . There were few visiting spectators and there was no singing or chanting .
Idiom: same difference (used idiomatically: yes)
78 . After Kendal , the countryside begins to flatten out . The same difference of sense recurs in the following : 79 . The soil began to dry up .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
' Maybe , ' Ash said , raising her eyebrows . ' Let 's check it out . ' ' Way to go , Prent . ' … No Verity in the Solar , loud with sounds and dark with light , and less crowded still .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
We have been working on finishing and we got four fine goals . ' City 's attackers The signs were already there for City that they might be in for a spanking when their formidable attack of Andy Cole , Leroy Rosenior and playmaker Jacki Dziekanowski were held in a tight grip in a first - half an opening 45 minutes that was marked by a spectacular 30-yard goal from Justin Channing , in the final week of his loan spell from QPR . But it was in an amazing , 12-minute onslaught in the second - half that Allison 's men broke City 's hearts . It started with a 66th - minute goal from Marcus Stewart after a Paul Hardyman throw - in . Two minutes later Carl Saunders scored with a 25-yarder .
Idiom: name names (used idiomatically: no)
Now come on , look Admitting it ! mention no name names ! Well admittedly the fierce , the most fierce cricketer of all Paul