Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Footnote : NSS readers have apparently been enquiring about the welfare of my cat , Euclid , who , as I reported last week , went missing after the earthquake . No sign of Euclid , but the general view is that he 's somewhere out in the wood , recovering his composure DRINK Shots into oblivion A sober Laurie Taylor comes face to face with a bloody awful drug There 's been no shortage of excuses in the past few weeks for getting thoroughly ratted , for going down to The Lamb , finding a spot in the corner and spending the entire evening doing nothing more intellectually taxing than sinking five pints of Special . The bald election result was bad enough , but then there were the personal touches : that brave but shattered look on Glenys ' face as Neil announced his resignation , the dreadful picture on the back of the Independent of a group of City dickheads celebrating their unexpected winnings , and the downright irritating news that my fellow chatterer on Stop the Week , Milton Shulman , had made a packet at Ladbroke 's predicting the correct result .
Idiom: jockey for position (used idiomatically: yes)
They must achieve social acceptability as well as regular business . According to one training officer successful dealers tend to be " all rogues " . Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms . One dealer offered cocaine to his training manager which secured him some decent leads . Girls have got on through sleeping with a director , although usually they gain little more than temporary advantage .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: no)
‘ It 's the stalks and the leaves of the hops that carry the sprays , not the cones,’ he said . ‘ If they all go through the pelleting machines , the residues will remain.’ Bob is not keen on the hop oils and essences now being used by some national and regional brewers . ‘ CO&sub2 ; extract hops are expensive but they do give a good hop nose when they 're added in the conditioning tank . ‘ But we 'd never do that at Larkins .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
Take a brass screw ( i/2 in or 3/4 in No.8 ) and solder it to the back of the disc . Polish the face of the plate and bevel the edge , before burnishing . Bore a shallow recess with the winged bit and , using the central pilot hole as a guide , drill the workpiece to take a steel screw that matches the one on the back of the nameplate . Screw this in , and remove it to create the thread . If the orientation of the writing on the disc is unimportant ( in the centre of a bowl , for instance ) you can engrave it now , before fitting .
Idiom: cut loose (used idiomatically: yes)
CHAMPIONS Denbighshire are taking no chances of a slip - up by sending a power - packed side into action in their opening match in defence of their North Wales county title against Merionethshire at Gwersyllt on Sunday . They have named no fewer than four Welsh internationals in their formidable line - up against a county generally struggling to avoid the wooden spoon . This will be the first county fixture ever staged at Gwersyllt and local followers can expect an explosion of runs if Brymbo 's prodigious run - makers Mark Jones and Nigel Roberts cut loose . Jones , a current Wales choice , hammered a century at the weekend while Roberts unleashed 68 off 25 deliveries as well as picking up three cheap wickets . Denbighshire 's captain and wicketkeeper , Phillip Lloyd , also hammered 94 in the same match and with his club captain Stewart Williams completes the talented Brymbo contingent of potential match winners .
Idiom: home and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Rubbish!’ It was Adrian who interposed . ‘ What with your clever copy , Nige 's brilliant artwork and my own masterminding over the past couple of months , we 're home and dry — and air - conditioned!’ He laughed at his own joke . ‘ We 'll be seeing ya , kid!’
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
Mrs Hobbs was half conscious . She mumbled something while Flora supported her and I wiped her face with the warm , fizzy water . I tried to crush up a salt tablet in a cup and dissolve it in the water but she moaned when I held the cup to her lips and tried to turn her head away . ' She 's too heavy , I ca n't hold her , ' Flora gasped , and Mr Hobbs took her place , supporting the heavy , lolling head on his bony shoulder . Flora had moved her , rucking up her skirt .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
This is , I think , the best metric to use to quantify the decidedly sub - par pace of today ’s jobless recovery in the US . It is not out of line with other American yardsticks : since the output trough , real GDP has grown at an average rate of 2.86 % /year , barely above the rate of growth of the US economy ’s productive potential . And it is not out of line with the experience of other rich economies , whether Japan or in Europe . Indeed , today ’s US predicament contrasts sharply only with the current experiences of developing Asia . There , real GDP growth and declining unemployment show a solid , well - entrenched , and rapid recovery – to the point that inflation will soon become a more significant macroeconomic problem than job creation .
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: no)
By Geoffrey Dean in Kingston , Jamaica THE excitement was almost tangible on the tarmac at Kingston Airport on Saturday prior to the opening of the doors of the first South African Airways plane to land in the Caribbean . The welcoming party for Ali Bacher , first off the plane , and the 94-strong South African party was only a small one , comprising Jamaican and West Indian Board officials and assorted media , but all present knew they had witnessed a piece of history that only recently seemed destined for the next century . Dr Bacher , who confessed to feeling ‘ incredibly emotional,’ said he was ‘ really happy we could take two teams on tour — the senior side which demonstrates where we are coming from , and the youth team where we are going.’ Ten of the 15 members of the under-19 party are black or coloured .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
But now Tewkesbury Borough Council has decreed the flag is an advertisement . And as it 's not flying on a vertical pole , it needs planning permission . The hotel has been ordered to apply for approval to fly the flag , or take it down . Male speaker He ca n't understand what the flag is meant to be advertizing , unless it is being proud of one 's country .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Plus , of course , there were all the regular studio guys who wanted their gear done . And when the public started seeing my name on the back of these albums , the subsequent demand was staggering ! Add to that the work from my advertisements and that all - important word - of - mouth reputation and you can see I was busy ! ' Did all these guitarists want basically the same kind of modifications ? ' When George Lynch , Steve Vai and all the others came to see me , it was all within a six - month period .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
Stepping down : Mrs Jean Storrow has stepped down as secretary of the Ryedale branch of the Council for the Protection of Rural England after 15 years . Green light : Pickering Town Football Club has been given the green light to install floodlights as part of its plan to win promotion to the Premier Division of the Northern Counties League . Today
Idiom: quick as a flash (used idiomatically: yes)
It is not , however , in any way discreditable , whatever it lacks in flair and narrative drive . ' Where did you come from ? , ' asks someone to the Swamp Thing in The Return Of The Swamp Thing ( Cannons , Oxford Street and Panton Street , 12 ) . Quick as a flash , the Thing replies : ' The bog . ' One would sincerely wish , this being the Yuletide season , that Mr Jim Wynorski 's film is equipped with a sense of humour . But by the end of 90 minutes one is a little doubtful .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: no)
If they are not prepared to accept them jointly , they should not have children at all . Brian Reade is back tomorrow Over the hill and picking up speed ! IT 'S A fact that a fit 70-year - old has the same heart work - rate efficiency as a 30-year - old who takes little exercise . And it 's never too late in life to improve your fitness , allowing you to enjoy a better quality of life … and more of it !
Idiom: give something a miss (used idiomatically: yes)
' In fact I 've heard Mauleverer going on about a tripe restaurant in Paris . ' ' Even if I were n't of Hindu stock , I doubt if I would ever have been attracted by the notion of eating a cow 's stomach . ' ' Shall we give it a miss then ? ' ' Oh , I 'll look in . I have to have a word with Gooseneck about my timetable for this week . '
Idiom: full speed ahead (used idiomatically: yes)
The unpredictable nature of the fashion industry means Canan can expect her work to be anything but regular . Frenzied production one week gives way to nothing the next . ‘ It 's full speed ahead for the seasons , and , if I can , I work 12 or 14 hours a day then , because otherwise I ca n't see myself through the quiet times . I 've had weeks with no work at all , and as a sans - papiers there is no such thing as social security for me or my children.’ She lives a life of constant anxiety ; over money , job security , and also of being caught by the authorities .
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm with the Scottish Ballet , and I think the royal family have a great deal to offer all of us , through the arts . In what way ? Well , industry and also I think , in your papers , industry , the heads of industry are men mostly , if not all and erm they do like rub rubbing shoulders with er , royalty and the royal family , and the kudos for industry by sponsoring or funding the arts . Mhm . I 'm not er a great fan of the monarchy , although that I would say that I come from a family which is , devoted a large portion of it 's life in service and work to the royal family .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Being a violet blue , it can be darkened further with a yellow - orange . This article brings to an end the current series on colour mixing . What I would suggest you always bear in mind is that nowadays we have at our disposal a far wider range of materials than any of the early masters . We know a great deal more about colour than any of the Impressionists . We also have , for the first time , the ability to control colour mixing through understanding .
Idiom: go overboard (used idiomatically: yes)
ONCE more we 've been overwhelmed by demo tapes from local bands so this week , Off the Record 's Steve Hack and Andrew Hartley turn up the office music system and review the latest in local sounds . Three Tracks — Fates ( cassette ) This new Alton band provide lots of variety on their debut release without going overboard . From the burbling , low key rock of Passing Place to the jangling keyboards of Visionary Days , the group avoid conforming to a set style . Look out in particular for Lightning Sky , an excellent track which sounds like something Four Fifteen might do .
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
It felt as if you were in the middle of some enormous forest where the trees had grown together , blocking out the day . Quigley pushed the seance table into the middle of the room , grinning at me over his shoulder as he did so . ‘ We 're rough and ready , young shaver,’ he said . ‘ But we 're homey , are n't we?’ His confidence , which had slipped a little since my Testifying , was coming back .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: no)
Now I needed his help in order to get started again , and we took up once more our old collaborative writing habits . I realized that all I wanted was to stop him from writing on his own , and that this was possibly his own motive for working with me in Salamanca -to keep my true poetic self silent , subservient to his . It was a slow and painful realization , as when he had told me that he had been deliberately tempting me to have sex with him all along … . But our poetry started to flow again , though now it was he who distributed the favours : there was no call for him now to bribe me with sex , so this aspect of our relationship was something he kept under tight control , allowing sexual contact only when he felt like it and not just when I wanted it , as in the past . Nevertheless , I was quite happy .
Idiom: give someone pause (used idiomatically: no)
Comments on the draft report were due in to the Cadbury Committee by 31 July , and committee secretary Nigel Peace confirms that the postbag is a large one . It is unlikely that the final report will be published in October , as was originally planned ; the end of November , perhaps the beginning of next year , look to be more likely publication dates , leading to an inevitable delay in implementation . It is not so much the size of the postbag as the issues raised in the responses which should give the Cadbury Committee pause for thought . When the draft report was issued in May , it was universally welcomed as heralding a major step forward in the way that UK listed companies should be run . There was also palpable relief from the auditing section of the accountancy profession because the report had not favoured an extension of auditors ' liabilities , or recommended a ban on their providing their audit clients with other services .
Idiom: there's the rub (used idiomatically: yes)
But after all , he had come far in the last few months . Should he not have acquired a deep mental calm and certainty ? But there was the rub . One could never say ' I have reached the limit of my religious development ; it is time to return to the secular plane and develop there correspondingly . ' One was never finished .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
The analogy with short sight , so useful in considering the nature of the disease , is not nearly so helpful in considering recovery . Certainly there are daily actions that help someone to stay in recovery just as the daily wearing of spectacles or contact lenses helps to overcome the effects of short sight . But there the analysis ends : there is no clear parallel to the apparent inability of some sufferers to get into substantial recovery , if at all , and there is nothing to correspond to the process of relapse even when , on the face of it , all recommendations are being followed . The plain fact is that one may learn something about features of recovery by looking at large numbers of individuals but the converse does not wholly follow . The generalisations are no more than that .
Idiom: live and let live (used idiomatically: yes)
I privately made up my mind to do away with that sort of thing when we took over ; such things should not be allowed . These people evidently did not know there was a war on . Both sides apparently believed in the policy of ‘ live - and - let - live ’.’ The theory of games and the Prisoner 's Dilemma had not been invented in those days but , with hindsight , we can see pretty clearly what was going on , and Axelrod provides a fascinating analysis . In the entrenched warfare of those times , the shadow of the future for each platoon was long .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
Paradoxically , the relative unimportance of money in Soviet society compounds these difficulties . Those things which confer privilege ( quality shops , education , flats and health care ) are acquired through privilege in the first place ; they can not be had for money . To some extent the private ‘ second economy’(accounting for as much as 25 per cent of GNP ) circumvents the formal , official pecking order , but there as well , influence rather than money is what confers wealth . The economic downturn has only intensified the self - rejuvenating qualities of élites and multiplied the ways in which others are shut out . Under Socialism , the USSR has born out Marx 's prophesy for capitalism : the proletarianising of an ever larger element of society .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
Not a single vehicle moved on the road , nor a footstep . ' Stand back , I command you . ' For all that they were wrapped in fog , the revolver that had appeared in a gloved hand was all too visible to Sergeant Joe . It was pointed at his stomach . ' Believe me , I will shoot you if you move again , and I will then have this filthy woman carried away .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's the equivalent of a medium - sized man losing half a stone overnight , and it could be fatal for a bird . So it 's vital to understand just what the right weight is , and how to feed a bird to keep it fit but well fed . I also knew that experience in working with other birds would be useful to me in the long term . Sooner or later I want to acquire the full range of British birds of prey , and the next bird I hope to work with is a goshawk . They 're quite easy to train and hunt a variety of prey from small birds to pheasants and hares , which makes them interesting to work with .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
If not say now and we can go through it . It is vitally important that you know how to distinguish a statistically significant coefficient , right , rule of thumb is that the T ratio has to be greater than two with absolute value right and the figures in square brackets next to the T ratios tell us the exact level of significance , right , er of that coefficient , right , so the incoming elasticity of demand is statistically significant from zero only at the eighty five percent level , a correspondence of fifteen percent significance that incoming the price elasticity demand , highly significant , right , significance level as given by the probabil by the probability er unit in square brackets , the timing level therefore we could be very highly confident about that coefficient okay . So we 've got this model , right , we 've estimated the model , let 's now have a look at the plot of actual and predicted . So if you press the return key right , we just get a whole list of diagnostic test statistics that we wo n't look at at the moment , press the return key again , come to the post regression menu , you go into option three which is a list plot option .
Idiom: in the family way (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ And none suspects?’ asked Forest with a carelessness that in no measure deceived the constable . ‘ So it would seem.’ ‘ None knew if she was in the family way?’ ‘ Personally , I doubt she was,’ admitted Tyrell . ‘ Early days maybe , as the physician said — he could not rule out the possibility .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Society tells your drug friend living in the squats that he or she is incurably evil . Christian teaching tells them that we are all curably sinful — which given the choice is a relief . If the spiritual foundations of the drug culture ever needed to be proved again in the twentieth century , its great introductory fanfare in the 1960s surely did the trick . Now the proof of the pudding should be in the eating . What happens when the spiritual dimension is recognised in treatment and rehabilitation ?
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
What with Windows World upon us , Unix System Labs , possibly a victim of show envy , is branching off into show business . It 's planning to sponsor the three - day Unix Perspectives : The Conference for Enterprise Solutions the first week of November . In the pipeline for a while , it now hopes to embrace COSE 's anticipated developers ' conference . In a letter sent out the last few weeks over the signature of USL president Roel Pieper , who also sits on the Uniforum board , USL is promising ' no other industry event will attract such a prominent collection of information system executives , developers , end users , industry analysts and key members of trade media . ' The show has an extensive national advertising campaign and 500,000-piece direct - mail shot .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Withdrawing from the War on Drugs GENEVA – Switzerland ’s direct democracy allows citizens who have gathered enough petition signatures to challenge government policies and laws in nationwide referenda . After a spate of AIDS deaths during the 1980 ’s , the Swiss came face to face with a problem that has destroyed millions of lives in the United ~ States , Russia , Latin ~ America , the European ~ Union , southern Asia , and other regions . Intravenous drug users – especially heroin addicts – had turned public spaces in Zurich and other Swiss cities and towns into needle parks . AIDS proved itself to be blind to affluence .
Idiom: send someone packing (used idiomatically: yes)
" How vain you are , " said Martin . " But it 's true , " said Mrs Denham,"that I really do like to have James . Otherwise I would surely have sent you packing , would n't I ? It must be because I need him . It 's nice to have a baby in the house again .
Idiom: play it safe (used idiomatically: yes)
She should have learned her lesson by now . And yet the longing to break out , to do the sudden impetuous thing , to drop everything and go running off to New York was suddenly irresistible . All her life she had played it safe , done what others expected of her , hidden her emotions behind the stiff upper lip the Colonel was so fond of , played the straight bat he always wanted her to . And now , sitting on her desk , was an invitation to change . It was not the ticket alone — she could have bought one herself any day she wished .
Idiom: out of your mind (used idiomatically: yes)
She also remembered five and a half years of girlish dreams and fading hopes . So much for that gallant , knightly rescuer , she berated herself with sudden savagery . You may put him out of your mind . He does n't exist in this man , if he ever did . Matilda was right for once .
Idiom: under the weather (used idiomatically: yes)
I reckon if Marie was awake , she 'd like the company — you know , so she would n't be afraid or nothing . So I stay there just in case she wakes up . Marie 's pretty under the weather for the next couple of days . It 's not just her face and that , though it looks pretty painful still . It 's like she 's real sad and quiet like .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
If only , he thought sometimes , Blanche would not worry so much about wasting time and let the minutes trickle like sand through her fingers . Even the glasses on top of the cigarette vending machine quivered in time to the music . The raucous beat of Rod Stewart thumped through the whole pub — jogging the fag ends on the worn - out carpet , stomping over the heavy brown paintwork , beating the dust from the velvet curtains draped across the windows and setting Dexter 's toes tapping . Three large bronzed fans whirred above in the smoky air . A few lonely men nursing a half - empty glass patted the floor in time to the music .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
So I climbed aboard with a flashlight , trying to find a rope . Eventually , I found a rope and threw it to my pal and they made it fast . All the police knew of that — was what I put in my book — not a word of praise . I did have three commendations over the thirty years — three ten bobs ! Public commendations and small gratuities were so minor in character , and so random in distribution , that they contributed little to the City Police 's power of inducement .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
Emergence Worthington 's optimism has been heightened by the emergence of a bright new star in Michael Hughes , the first true successor to Pat Jennings in Tommy Wright and a young colossus at the back in Gerry Taggart . Tough away wins over Albania , Latvia and Lithuania marked their international coming - of - age , he believes . Worthington stressed : ‘ They are not world football powers by any means but they are among the most difficult places to go looking for results . ‘ Better Northern Ireland teams have failed against the likes of Albania in the past .