Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
They certainly do n't , at today 's level of sophistication , eliminate that dependence . Nor , as is often believed , do they remove the need for traditional print technology . The ink on paper process is still essential if you intend to produce quantities rather than single copies . Just as the introduction of word processing made it easier for people to produce and maintain large documents , so desktop publishing makes it easier for those same people to produce professional looking publications . However , where word processing is simply a more efficient form of typing and requires no great understanding of design or layout , desktop publishing demands that these things be understood .
Idiom: in the nick of time (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a great kick actually out to Phillips on the right it was a pity it was moving . Still nil nil eleven and a half minutes gone . Chettle looking for Rozario and finds him and it goes towards Collimore just cleared in the nick of time by Whitlow . Now Oldfield for Leicester City . Greyson All too easy for Stone to win back .
Idiom: boys will be boys (used idiomatically: yes)
A large pond was the boys ' delight and they would travel the considerable distance to the ‘ newty’ pond , as it was nicknamed , to sit in expectation for the fish to bite . The pond was situated in an area that necessitated walking though two dark , gloomy plantations that after dark were very spooky and the boys were always pleased to get through them . However , boys will be boys and they enjoyed the fresh air and the sport of fishing , in fact the boys had been known to fish after dark at the newty pond which was very illegal ! But the fishing trip that hot night was something different and it was to frighten and distress the boys . They found their usual post at the pond and set up their gear ; it was hot and very humid , they were near the gated level crossing on the old trackbed .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's built almost 3 different teams in the past 5 years , got us promotion , a league title and we 're now in second place , which is where we must finish to be assured of a European place . So there 's no scope to coast at all and not pick the strongest team . Injuries to Strachan and Sterland rocked the boat last year . I 'm sure valuable pre - season work was delayed in the hope they got fit . Remember how many goals came from that partnership on the right .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
Business fed the results from its chosen group into a computer and stacked the combined scores in 30 categories : women 's highest at the top , the lowest at the bottom , followed in each case by similar scores for the men . The group achieved its highest scores on the qualities crucial for top executives : they relish control and are fiercely independent ; they analyse people , but are caring ; they are relaxed , extrovert and confident , and their optimism matches their need for action . Only in desire for change is there a significant difference ; while the women score high , the men get almost full marks . The lowest joint score : on inconsistency of replies . ENGINEERING
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
but erm , . all of a sudden saying something about it out of the blue , you know , and . I 'll be glad when he 's got his .
Idiom: a hair's breadth (used idiomatically: yes)
His mouth tightened . ‘ Your luck was in surviving at all , Leonora . You escaped death by a hair 's breadth.’ A shiver ran through her . ‘ Do n't I know it !
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
for it and he said well , well er basically it just got down to well if you kiss me I 'll give it to you and then , and then he decided that if I kissed him No . it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again . I got six cigarettes from Really ?
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: no)
Slowly , Melissa sat down . ' Yes , of course , she knows , ' she mused . ' But when I asked her if she knew of anyone who might have a motive for killing Alain , it did n't seem to ring any bells . ' ' Revenge ? ' suggested Iris . ' Long - standing grudge … one generation settling the previous one 's accounts ? '
Idiom: down the tubes (used idiomatically: yes)
The Harwell separator , about 1 metre tall , comprises one tube within another . The inner tube is negatively charged and the outer tube is made positive . The mix is pumped gently down the inner tube , out through the bottom and up the outer tube . Scientists can adjust the rate of flow so that positively - charged molecules drift to the inside while negatively - charged molecules travel to the outside . The rate of movement depends on the amount the particles are charged .
Idiom: kill two birds with one stone (used idiomatically: yes)
I read with interest the article ‘ F1 changes change nothing’(13 February ) in which Harvey Postlethwaite puts forward the idea of knocking 50bhp off the output of Formula 1 engines to keep races competitive . Pump petrol is also said not to be favoured by oil companies ; instead , they prefer toxic additives to exotic petrochemical cocktails to give their teams power while keeping inside the 101 RON limits . Rather than make changes to aerodynamic efficiency to reduce speeds , why not go the whole hog and kill two birds with one stone ? The format of German touring car racing calls for all cars to run with catalytic converters . There are pre- and post - race emission checks to see that all is well with the systems fitted .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
Det Chief Sup COLIN EYNON / Gloucestershire Police Voice over The father of murdered prostitute Carol Clark , whose body was found in Sharpness docks . Peter Clark is appealing for his daughter 's clients , friends and associates to come forward if they have even the smallest amount of information . He says that clients must overcome their reluctance and come foreward .
Idiom: mean business (used idiomatically: yes)
Louis was within his legal rights , for he had never relinquished his reserve powers over regna ; and there was no doubt of his grandparental position as head of the family . Nevertheless his action seems to have struck contemporaries as flouting legitimate filial expectations : there was a flagrant contrast with his treatment of his own 15-year old , Charles . But when Louis showed his claws , Lothar knew he meant business . Aquitaine was back in the pool of available regna . Thus , in 839 the emperor was in a position to offer to divide the whole empire ( save only Bavaria ) between Lothar and Charles .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
And that is why Peter 's office decided long ago that he was not the person to be first to hear news about the latest software products . Peter had decided in advance that the software houses were likely to rip off his organisation . He therefore gave every enquiring company , irrespective of their experience or worth , very short shrift indeed . Not really the thing for good intercompany relations . In every other way , Peter is a fine upright and likeable person ; he is involved in the Church and is liked and respected locally .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: no)
Googol flinched , and gnawed at the ball of his thumb as if to stifle anguish or panic . But still he persisted , anxiously . ' I 've heard how Assassins are trained to dislocate their own limbs and even break their own bones so that they can writhe like snakes through narrow tubes … ' ' You have no right to ask whatever ! Quieta esto , nefanda curiositas , esto quieta ! '
Idiom: unknown quantity (used idiomatically: yes)
However , the scientists ' attitudes towards the current catch level were clear . At the 1989 meeting , ‘ the subcommittee concluded that the take was clearly not sustainable and that , depending on the stock composition of the catch , the situation could be even worse than was immediately apparent . For example , the incidental take from squid gill - net fisheries by Taiwan and Korea was unreported and therefore an unknown quantity . The subcommittee said it was a matter of urgency to ensure the catch was reduced to at least the levels of previous years ( which themselves had possibly been too high).’ Concerned at the rapid expansion of the hunt , and the declining stocks of small cetaceans around the coastline , the Iwate Prefecture in January 1989 instituted a licensing system , so that for the first time ever , the hunt could be regulated .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You mean you 'll be living in sin with ' im,’ she said . ‘ And you 'll be right opposite the prison.’ The House of Detention held dangerous men behind bars , some of them Irish , and she remembered how her father had been threatened with it when he 'd been caught causing trouble . Turnmill Street was bad enough . At one time so many people from the area were hanged at Newgate it had been nicknamed Jack Ketch 's Warren , and according to Paddy it had been known for as many as forty constables to march down with cutlasses to control disturbances .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: no)
They call me old - fashioned but there 's nothing wrong with rhyme — it 's very good for creating rhythm , making it accessible . Poetry these days isolates people . People still think a poet is a person who prances about in frilly shirts and things , and the fucking poets you see on television read like it 's a grocery list : ‘ The frog leapt over the moon , I want some cheese soon .’ Hey , I would n't be interested . I want to reach out to everybody .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Which way would you choose ? No tired old speeches that weary our ears , For we know them by heart after 18 long years , He said what he meant and he meant what he said , And for that he was butchered , for that he is dead .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
Anabelle thought it a splendid treat , and drank it down at once . She sat quietly munching her meadowsweet while her uncle and the turtle chatted about this and that . At last the old turtle turned his wrinkled head to gaze steadily at Anabelle . ' Well , well , ' he said , ' ah , yes , well . ' He paused for a long time , and then said , ' Tell me , little one .
Idiom: oil and water (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1864 he was transferred to the newly built Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire . For the first twenty years he was confined in prison - like conditions , somewhat alleviated at Broadmoor , where terraces allowed views of the surrounding countryside . Despite the loss of all external stimulus he continued painting throughout his life , working in both oil and water - colour . Many of his pictures were imaginative figure compositions , including the water - colours produced during the 1850s called ‘ Sketches to illustrate the Passions’ . He also painted landscapes and seascapes , often containing elements from his travels .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh I should think so . Erm Oh that , a load of those came in the colouring bag on Friday , so I just brought them home . Well on previous experience er , that 's not worth going to . Well I sa I 'll put it on the pile , pile .
Idiom: beggars can't be choosers (used idiomatically: yes)
Knott 's Landing . You like this do you ? she said Mum she said beggars ca n't be choosers she said wherever we got to take it . She 's got ta take it . bloody things and all this and that .
Idiom: dice with death (used idiomatically: yes)
Have you ever secretly flirted with the idea that it might be rather glamorous or exciting to be widowed young , to go blind , to have cancer or AIDS , to go bankrupt , to be burgled , to be a social outcast , to go crazy , to become homeless , to be a drug addict , even to commit suicide … ? If so , beware ! You are being seduced by your Ego 's love of melodrama and , since it can feel thrilling to dice with death , you might be tempted to walk rather too close to the edge of the cliff . Jack came from a family which was riddled with alcohol abuse . Both parents , his brother , and several other relatives drank very heavily , and an uncle had died from liver cirrhosis .
Idiom: blood and guts (used idiomatically: yes)
Or is it women who are calling the shots — weary of living up to men 's fantasies , preferring instead to watch actresses they can identify with , both physically and emotionally ? Derek Malcolm , The Guardian 's film critic , agrees that there has been a gradual shift in perception and suggests it began as movie moguls realised women were no longer being ‘ taken’ to the movies by their menfolk , hot on the trail of Rambo . Instead they were movie - choosing for themselves ; turning up in droves to see films which were long on emotional content , romance and humour , and short on blood and guts . Right : the healthy , androgynous sexuality of Jamie Lee Curtis . Above : Dangerous to liaise with — Glenn Close .
Idiom: knock it off (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah because they 'd no knocked off somebody else as well . They definitely had knocked off somebody else er i what it i So they 've knocked it off from everybody ? Yeah . Something like that were n't it ?
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: no)
Now I ca n't even remember my name . ' At this point his heavy hand came into harsh contact with my face . Later I saw in the mirror that the shape of his palm and fingers was etched in dark red on my skin . If I had been able to see a copy of the local Communist party paper , I would have learned that I — with many others — had been unmasked as a conspirator and an enemy of the state . I was in good company .
Idiom: put someone in mind of (used idiomatically: yes)
" Here he comes , wife , here 's your golden boy , your Pyramus ! " he sneered . " And here 's little Thisbe , frightened by a papist lioness ! " But he quietened down soon after , because when Jennifer turned her dark eyes in his direction he was put suddenly in mind of Martha and understood very well why Tristram had been unable to keep away from her . It was past their supper time already , and the first question that arose was whether Jennifer should sit at table with them . Ann whispered the question to Harry while the new arrival was being led upstairs by her cousins to see the house .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
Get an expert to inspect the whole glider carefully , paying particular attention to the wing - root and fuselage fittings , and the tail and rear fuselage . It is wise to remove the wings and tailplane to inspect the attachment points carefully , and to pay particular attention to the rear fuselage and base of the fin . In a ground loop there are very high inertia forces on the fin and it takes expert knowledge to detect quite serious damage in these areas , particularly with T - tailed types . Winch and car launches Provided that the pilot keeps to the correct procedures , winch and car launches can be very safe .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Come off it , Muggeridge . You 've just landed yourself in it . Why do n't you come clean and tell the truth?’ ‘ What do you mean ? I am telling the truth .
Idiom: pass the buck (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The Minister is a cretin . Another politician . Always pass the buck . Well,’ Kuhlmann removed his cigar to gesture with it . ‘ He 's passed the buck to me so let 's get creative.’
Idiom: an old flame (used idiomatically: yes)
Or speciality of some sort . Fire - eating perhaps it was ? Hey , d'you hear about the fire - eater who could n't go anywhere without meeting an old flame ? Eh ? Made him feel really hot under the collar.’
Idiom: light at the end of the tunnel (used idiomatically: yes)
THIEVES stole a garden seat , worth £100 , from a property at Grenehurst Way in Petersfield between Saturday and Sunday night . Roads campaign takes a step forward A LIGHT emerged at the end of the tunnel for Greatham road safety campaigners last week . County planning and transport officers are setting up a public consultation exercise in the village to discuss proposals designed ultimately to rid Greatham of through traffic . Progress is being made on plans to upgrade the Woolmer Road .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Nothing comes between you and the action of the game . No thoughts intrude from outside ; you are not " upset " or " disturbed " by external noises such as yells from the touchline . All your faculties are directed to a focus on the game in which you are an active participant . Yet , when it comes to concentrating on the work involved in training you for a career , the standard that you achieve is inferior . You are " upset " and " disturbed " by every extraneous circumstance .
Idiom: get the nod (used idiomatically: yes)
For most months I have included titles that I think are worth ‘ having a go’ with , although they may not figure in the first rank . May In a bumper month Stephen King 's Gerald 's Game ( NEL , £ 5.99 ) just about gets the nod , but he 's hard pressed by Terry Pratchett 's latest Discworld paperback , Small Gods ( Corgi , £ 4.99 ) . One book is not enough for the inexhaustible Terry , so we also have a new juvenile title from him , Johnny and the Dead ( £ 9.99 ) . This month sees the Orbit promotion headed by a new Iain M Banks novel , Against a Dark Background ( £ 15.99 ) , and while this is not set in the world of the Culture , the novella which gives its name to Banks ' collection of stories The States of the Art ( £ 5.99 ) is .
Idiom: go halves (used idiomatically: no)
I know it was irresponsible and unforgivable of me to disappear on opening night.’ ‘ Never mind that ! I 've been going half crazy with worry wondering what on earth had happened to you.’ He held her away to arm 's length , his kindly brown eyes sweeping her face as though searching for clues . ‘ What happened , Shae?’ he said quietly .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: no)
I kicked the slippers that were there waiting for me out of the way and then we saw her standing with her back to the fire . ' What 's all that noise for ? ' she asked . ' Why did n't you just use your key , and why have you brought him ? ' she demanded , pointing her bony finger at Frankie . ' E 's my brother an ' where I go ' e goes , ' I replied defiantly . Frankie asked why she did n't answer our knock but she ignored this .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
So what have George and Marie been skimping on ? Well , one pretty glaring omission in the case is any mention of marketing and promotion . L'Auberge was built up slowly , probably to a large extent by word of mouth . The Brasserie was launched as a fully fledged operation expected to do the same level of business as L'Auberge from the start . It needed a substantial amount of advertising , and the figures suggest that it did n't get it .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
Through the centuries politicians , protestors and agitators of every sort found them invaluable for smiting the public eye ; and , in their most debased form , they were used by such printers as James Catnach ( 1792–1841 ) of the Seven Dials , London , to convey to sensation seekers scaffold speeches by murderers and other criminals , often before the rogues had uttered a word or given any sign that they intended to . A group of provincial ' battledores ' from Gainsborough , Kettering , Castle Cary , etc . Descendants of the earlier hornbooks for the instruction of children , they were usually printed on coloured card . A point of typographical interest is that the printers of broadside notices and ballads continued to use the old ' black letter ' or Gothic founts of type long after they had been discarded in favour of the Roman letter for printed books ; so that many of them can take us back in spirit and atmosphere to the Gutenberg Bible and Caxton working at the Sign of the Red Pale in Westminster . The term ' black - letter ' ballad is sometimes found .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah . It 's there . Where 's the big table and that on the edge then ? That 's in er in here . Oh L ?
Idiom: have no truck with (used idiomatically: yes)
Compare this with the situation in Byrd 's lifetime . Although ‘ Ave verum corpus’ was evidently composed well before its publication in the first book of Gradualia ( 1605 ) , it barely circulated in manuscript ( there are only two handwritten sources ) , and there is no evidence to show that it was singled out for special attention in Catholic households . Certainly it was untouched by the Anglican church , which had no truck with the feast of Corpus Christi ( from which its words come ) or the doctrine of transubstantiation , and in any case sanctioned only English - texted music . ‘ Deus venerunt gentes’ , the elder piece perhaps by two decades , was one of Byrd 's most respected works . Most of the Elizabethan and Jacobean amateurs who collected his music made copies of parts or all of it , and Byrd himself selected it for his first ( 1589 ) book of cantiones sacrae , along with pieces of the stature of ‘ Ne irascaris’ , ‘ Tristitia et anxietas’ , ‘ O quam gloriosum’ and ‘ Vigilate’ .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Ideally one would like to be able to give a general characterisation of suitable sentence types ; unfortunately this is not at present possible . What we shall do instead is to restrict the definition to one selected sentence type which happens to work , namely , that represented by the schema A is f(X ) , where f(X ) is an indefinite expression , and represents the minimum syntactic elaboration of a lexical item X for it to function as a complement of the verb to be . X will be said to be a hyponym of Y ( and , by the same token , Y a superordinate of X ) if A is f(X ) entails but is not entailed by A is f(Y ) : This is a DOG unilaterally entails This is an ANIMAL That is a STALLION That is a HORSE This is a SCARLET flower This is a RED flower He is a man who MURDERED someone He is a man who KILLED someone Even with sentences not of the form A is f(X ) it is often the case that a sentence containing a hyponym unilaterally entails a parallel sentence which is identical in all respects except that it contains a superordinate in place of the hyponym :
Idiom: make someone's day (used idiomatically: yes)
Our eyes met . She blew me a kiss . My day was made . I floated high on clouds , not of golden daffodils but of fantasies . She loves me , she had prayed for me .
Idiom: fill someone's shoes (used idiomatically: yes)
Like Mr Major , Liverpool was a candid speaker who was scrupulous in refusing to descend to misrepresentation or fancy political footwork . For all his lack of charisma he steered his country through Napoleon 's blockade , the Waterloo campaign , the agricultural depression , the regency question and reform agitation . In the three years after his retirement , Britain chalked up no fewer than four prime ministers until Earl Grey managed to fill his shoes . If Mr Major , having presided over an economic recovery , should also win the next election , the Tories would come within striking distance of Sir Robert Walpole 's record of 21 unbroken years in office , set between 1721 and 1742 . Election Focus : For sale : old spin - doctors