Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
Mathsoft Inc has turned in third quarter net profits of $ 551,000 against losses of $ 31,000 last time , on turnover up 244.5 % at $ 7.7 m ; net profit for the nine months was up 225.3 % at $ 1.1 m , on turnover that rose 173.9 % to $ 18.4 m . Net earnings per share amounted to $ 0.08 in the quarter , and to $ 0.17 in the nine months . Share earnings for 1992 are not shown as the company only went public in February 1993 . The 1993 figures are restated . Media Vision Technology Inc has turned in fourth quarter net profits of $ 3.9 m against losses of $ 1.2 m last time , on turnover that rose by 591.8 % at $ 32.9 m ; net profit for the year to December 31 stood at $ 3.2 m , after $ 1.3 m pre - tax charges from the settlement of litigation , against losses of $ 5 m last time , on turnover that rose by 727.2 % to $ 3.2 m .
Idiom: on the make (used idiomatically: yes)
A few days later he spent $ 26.4 million on Picasso 's Le Miroir , a striking rear - view of a model reflected in a mirror , painted in 1932 . Mr Kameyama is a colourful figure , known in the Tokyo art world for the un - Japanese bluntness of his language . He had been unsuccessfully trying to off - load the de Kooning to the New York trade for several days before going on the make his bid for Le Miroir . Sotheby 's can ill afford to have its auction prices called into question . A record set and then unset could ultimately have a more detrimental financial effect than a bad debt .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
Currently , no Scouts at all were aboard the fortress - monastery . Those who had already received the carapace and graduated to the status of probationer - superhumanity were elsewhere in the galaxy fighting as terror troops . The carapace required almost a year to become fully symbiotic with the body — and its owner required purification , distillation in the alembic of combat before his augmented natural body could be judged to be fully transmuted in spirit as well as in flesh and bone , and thus worthy of donning complete Marine armour … ' We are not , we are never berserkers , ' stressed the Brother Rhetoricus . ' Be not chary of sacrificing your life , should necessity demand !
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
Other Scottish - produced accessions included a manuscript map of Orkney , drawn for its new owner , Sir Lawrence Dundas , around 1766 , and a set of educational building bricks , mid-19th century . These six - sided bricks , each facet displaying part of a printed map , when correctly positioned display six maps by W. and A. K. Johnston , including England , Scotland , Europe and the World , and were neatly boxed as part of the original product . Items such as these are the icing on the cake . The cake itself , it should not be forgotten , is the regular and unsensational intake of current British maps and atlases by legal deposit . Music
Idiom: pump iron (used idiomatically: yes)
Like many people around 40 we desperately needed a programme for diet and exercise that would fit in with our busy lifestyles . Yet we knew that if a programme was going to work it had to be ‘ user friendly’— we had had enough of diet and exercise books written by doctors and self - proclaimed experts . We did not have the time to visit the swimming - pool three times a week , and we were not interested in pumping iron or trundling around on an exercise bike every morning . We had tried to combine exercise with a healthy diet . We both played tennis and squash and most weekends we would walk in the countryside , on the hills or along the seashore .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'll bring my things in and just have to , to keep wandering about for a minute That 's brilliant ! to see the the best way to get it up That 's good . and if so , do you , which do you go for the
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
During a lawsuit brought by environmental groups against NMFS to compel observer coverage of the total US tuna fleet , the legal counsel for Earth Island Institute and the Marine Mammal Fund stated : ‘ The National Marine Fisheries Service has a long history of ignoring the will of Congress and working closely with the fishing industry . Once again the agency appears to be interpreting the Marine Mammal Protection Act to be the Commercial Tuna Fleet Protection Act . ’ On 17 January 1989 , US District Court Judge Thelton Henderson issued an injunction against NMFS ordering the entire US tuna fleet to carry observers , and ordering all US tuna boats operating in the ETP without observers to ‘ immediately return to port or otherwise immediately act to carry on board an official certified observer . ’ The judge 's ruling will undoubtedly have a substantial impact on the foreign tuna fleet , numbering more than 100 boats , because they are now required to have dolphin-protection regulations comparable to those of the US if they want to export tuna to the US . Full observer coverage will undoubtedly save the lives of thousands of dolphins caught by US vessels , but a change in corporate marketing strategies and consumer preference will be the most effective way of saving the dolphins of the ETP .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
In the latter half of the nineteenth century the Guinness brewery became a city within the city of Dublin itself . The size of the property doubled in 1873 . The company went public in 1886 inviting investors from all walks of life . A new brewhouse followed ; next came a cooperage , a racking shed , a maltings , an internal railway system , new vathouses and a storehouse for fermenting vessels . A quarter of a million wooden barrels once stood in the cooperage yard at St. James 's Gate , and each and every one of them was handmade and mended by Guinness 's own coopers .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Drill through a ¼in diameter clearance hole . 5 With the bolt in the hole , bring up the second part of the joint , and mark round the circumference of the bolt . 6 Drill the end of this piece with a ¼in diameter clearance hole to required depth .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
It came to light after he was approached for conservation advice by a German academic who is a family friend of the present owners , an aristocratic family that wishes to remain anonymous . Dr Pedretti travelled to Munich from his Los Angeles home to meet the owner , and was allowed to take the drawing to a Zurich laboratory specialising in art restoration . Spectrography tests and examinations under an electron microscope confirmed that the distinctive blue paper was manufactured in Venice in 1510 and was a perfect match with other Leonardo works at Windsor . But while there now seems little doubt that the drawing is by Leonardo , the question remains as to whether the theft had royal approval . It is impossible to point the finger directly at Queen Victoria or Prince Albert .
Idiom: true to form (used idiomatically: yes)
Even the government 's re - entry into the gilts market as public borrowing has risen is seen as a sign of hope . The optimism looks misplaced , even though 1991 will probably prove a better year than 1990 . ( Two words of warning : the past few years have revealed an odd seasonal pattern of a good first quarter followed by three bad ones ; and , true to form , April and May this year have proved less rewarding than earlier months . Also , a possible Labour government would mean no nice little privatisation earners . ) The industry is still stuffed with excess capacity , mostly taken on for Big Bang and the freak year of boom that followed ( until the 1987 crash ) .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: no)
The play would turn on two questions : did the man officially claimed to be Rudolf Hess really hang himself , and was he Hess at all ? In essence , though , it was to be ‘ a play about modern Europe and the peace we 're living in ’ . The pivotal notion of Spandau prison being pulled down and replaced by a supermarket was one which greatly excited Brenton , signifying at a stroke both Western Europe 's descent into cynical consumerism and the wiping out of history . The production would be high-tech , with key scenes performed simultaneously on stage and on videotape . Watching the characters being bugged on TV monitors , the audience would themselves be made to feel under surveillance .
Idiom: neck of the woods (used idiomatically: no)
Wildcat then gave me a commission for what turned out to be Same Difference the following year . This was by far the most enjoyable experience I 'd had working in the theatre . It was a musical farce with a classic swap of identity plot with people confessing to their partners their infidelities in the mistaken belief they were confiding in someone else , a daft Midsummer Musical comedy with Gerry Mulgrew as a manic , fast - talking Marlowesque ( Philip Marlowesque I mean ) magical dog who had Puckish powers to cause confusion in his neck of the woods — a hideous fictional Glasgow ghetto housing scheme called Low Cassil . Elaine Smith was very warm and moving as Josie Riley who at thirty - eight with the kids grown is all energy for the community and conceives a very requited fancy for Bazz Blacker , the well - meaning social worker downstairs . Rab Handleigh 's Bazz was quite wickedly funny singing ‘ Serial Monogamy’ Jack Jones - style , apart from the fact he was wearing Josie 's clothes and identity .
Idiom: hold the fort (used idiomatically: yes)
He was glad that he had dismissed Palottino , although the Neapolitan had made it dear that he strongly disapproved of this mania for walking . He had driven up to collect his superior from the Carabinieri post where he and his rescuers had returned as soon as Zen had recovered enough to assure the sergeant that he did n't need to call an ambulance . As soon as they reached Bagno di Romagna Zen had phoned Geraci , who he 'd left holding the fort , and inquired about Ivy Cook . His greatest worry was that somehow his presence had compromised her , that he might have another corpse on his hands , another death on his conscience . But Geraci was able to reassure him : Ivy had arrived home three hours earlier , badly shocked but unharmed .
Idiom: go up in smoke (used idiomatically: yes)
On 1 November 1777 he sailed from Portsmouth , New Hampshire , in command of the 318-ton USS Ranger , a sloop with a crew of 150 , armed with 18 nine - pounder [ 4-kg]guns , to carry news of General Burgoyne 's defeat at Saratoga to Benjamin Franklin , the US ambassador in Paris . On his arrival Jones received new , and even more congenial orders to use the Ranger ‘ In the manner you shall judge best for distressing the enemies of the United States’ . Jones , still only 30 , already had a reputation as an experienced seaman and he began his new career by capturing several British ships in the Irish Sea , but his announcement that he intended to raid Whitehaven in Cumberland and burn the vessels moored there nearly provoked a mutiny , for his crew , already disgruntled that so many ships had been sunk instead of seized , saw their prospect of prize money once again going up in smoke . Jones dealt with the dissidents characteristically , by holding a pistol at the ringleader 's head , but his call for volunteers to go ashore produced such a poor response that he had to lead one boat himself , while a marine officer commanded the other . Jones 's acknowledged aim was to seize some important person as a hostage to exchange for the American sailors taken prisoner by the Royal Navy , who were imprisoned indefinitely as pirates , and in his own words , ‘ to put an end of burnings in America by making a good fire in England’ .
Idiom: hold your own (used idiomatically: yes)
It shows that they accept each other 's utterances ( even if they disagree with them ) and it indicates their willingness to interact and to keep on interacting . It helps the conversation become familiar , so that everyone feels at home in it , and feels able to contribute to it , without fear of being thought inadequate . It is even possible to conceive of holding your own in a conversation in which all you do is repeat aspects of what the other person has just said . You may recall this strategy being the focus of irony in the novel Being There by Jerzy Kosinski . In the film version , Peter Sellers played the role of the simpleton gardner who repeats ( in a slow , almost meditative style ) what other people say to him , and is thereby thought to be highly perceptive .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's unchangeable . ' There are one or two more things I must talk about . Come to think of it , not much happened to Anna from the time Simon left us till she died — fifteen years or nearly . Well , her son grew up and not into much ; but she had expected that , she had discounted him ( when she chose Simon ? ) . Giorgio popped up now and again , with girl trouble , with money trouble , in a new car .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
New machinery was brought in which meant an unpredictable pace of work . All in all , the ‘ indulgency pattern was subjected to a crippling attack , and workers’ hostility rapidly mounted ' ( p.28 ) . As events came to a head , there were changes in the supervisory structure , with popular supervisors demoted and unpopular men promoted . Finally , a quarrel broke out between the union steward and a production engineer , who was himself closely associated with the efficiency drive and the focus of much of the tension . It was this which sparked off the strike .
Idiom: touch wood (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . cause a bit of trouble down there but I must say we do n't have it here now . No , touch wood . So anyhow Touch wood .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Over the next ten days de Gaulle played a very dangerous and difficult game , in which he manipulated the threat of Operation Resurrection without overtly backing or overtly disavowing the army 's plans . When he sensed that the politicians were afraid enough of the army to come to terms with him ( as they seemed to be after learning that troops based in Algeria had seized control of the island of Corsica on 24–25 May ) , he flashed a red light to Algiers and moved on the political front in Paris . On 26 May he wrote to Mollet and to Prime Minister Pflimlin , proposing face - to - face meetings . On 27 May , after a private meeting with Pflimlin , he issued a communiqué declaring that he had begun " the proper process necessary for the establishment of a republican government " , and urging the troops in Algeria to remain " exemplary , under the command of their leaders " . However , it was certainly not Pflimlin 's understanding that his meeting with de Gaulle had begun the process of forming a new government .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , hurry up,’ she said . She looked at the clock . Just under four hours , to phone in the money and let her off the hook . Let Alice off the hook . She had n't told Alice , that she was on the hook .
Idiom: old hat (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It was seen as a watershed at the time , ’ says William Oddie . And now comes the final indignity — excommunication from Cluedo . Colonel Mustard survives and so does Miss Scarlett but the Reverend Green , it appears , is old hat . Waddingtons pleads international standardisation as the reason for the change . ‘ Cluedo is played in 70 countries and there are variations , ’ says a spokesman .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
And have another big ? Can you come and cut it please mum ? Well , come to think of it , no . Sorry ? There you go .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
A President in the Dock NEW ~ YORK – In a way , the stir aroused by the decision by the International ~ Criminal ~ Court ( ICC ) to indict Sudan 's President Omar ~ al - Bashir for war ~ crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur is a surprise . After all , the Court has no means of its own to arrest anyone in Sudan , much less a head of state who commands the country 's armed ~ forces .
Idiom: run riot (used idiomatically: yes)
The first signs of a problem start with greasy skin and a few blackheads or whiteheads on nose , cheeks and forehead , indicating the rise to maturity of previously insignificant grease glands . Your shiny skin is caused by oil which surfaces via the hair follicles or shafts ( otherwise known as the skin 's pores ) , into which the sebaceous glands secrete sebum . One acne theory has it that an enzyme deficiency permits testosterone ( the male sex hormone present in both men and women ) to run riot , allowing it to be converted within the skin into a by - product called dihydrotestosterone ( DHT ) which over - stimulates the sebaceous glands . If you have high levels of DHT , you are more likely to suffer acne , get excessive facial hair , have more developed breasts and sometimes lack of periods , than women whose hormone levels are balanced . There could be a genetic link — an inherited sensitivity .
Idiom: white hat (used idiomatically: yes)
Robert still felt some confusion about what Aziz and his friends might be expected to do around the time of the little boy 's Occultation . Was it , he wondered , like a bar mitzvah ? He had been to Martin Finkelstein 's bar mitzvah and had been given a small white hat , which was still on his mantelpiece at home . ‘ Twenty - fourthers,’ he said , ‘ are —’ ‘ Are animals!’ said Mr Malik .
Idiom: play it cool (used idiomatically: yes)
I was one of those people who used to be sort of potty about someone and then go off them within two weeks . With Simon , it was different . I played it cool.’ By an incredible coincidence , the day in 1986 when Simon proposed to Hilary also turned out to be the day he got his breakthrough with Radio One . Simon had asked Hilary to marry him in the morning before he went into work .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
You often have those . And she likes hearts and crosses , or there 's everlasting stripes,’ and she spread her hand wide . The boy , however , took no notice of her but raised his eyes to the bottles on the shelves and said , ‘ Acid drops.’ Agnes did not make the mistake now of asking her customer how much he intended to spend on the acid drops ; she reached up and took down the jar and , tilting it , tipped some acid drops into the scale ; then , putting the glass lid back onto the jar , she returned the whole to the shelf before once again blowing into a small paper bag and depositing the sweets inside . Now , once more looking at the small boy , she said briskly , ‘ Come , make up your mind quick , Bobbie ; I know you 've bought a shipping order tonight but there 's this lady and gentleman waiting to be served.’
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
But until first light , how would he fend off the terrors of the darkness ? By telling himself that trees and night birds and the moon could not pluck feathers or write notes , he decided ; and that the best defence might lie in attack . Excited by the idea , and by at last doing something positive , Mungo put on his shirt and trousers over his pyjamas , and added two sweaters for good measure . Slipping the note and the feather into his pocket , he switched off the light and opened the door . On the landing the only sound was Jos 's deep snoring from the room next door .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
' Oh , I 've seen plenty like you in me life , Danny Burrows , only the majority of them were women . What you 've got to do now is get yourself together . Get a life , as Lizzy is always saying . Take your jewellery and pawn it , get yourself a place to live , and then get yourself a job . It 's what everyone has to do at some time — it 's called taking responsibility for yourself .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Theodora paused to speculate how , since a Holy Week retreat at St Sylvester 's would almost certainly be conducted in silence , these two communicated with each other . Easter Sunday must have been noisy . She put aside this interesting thought and took the plunge . ‘ Laura , I have actually come for your help.’ Laura felt that familiar warm glow .
Idiom: good riddance (used idiomatically: yes)
Norwich C.G.C. PITTS Worrying about Quebec In ‘ All change’(April 27th ) , the Reform Party of Canada , led by Preston Manning , is represented as separatist , and its supporters as having ‘ a good riddance to Quebec’ attitude which must be purged . In fact , Mr Manning has repeatedly stated that he and the party would much prefer that Quebec remain as part of Canada , but not at any price . The qualification is not unreasonable .
Idiom: poor as a church mouse (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , yes , that was an innovation Yes I mean we did a lot of things that other people probably did n't do , I always remember next door to us at one time the curate of the St Mary 's church , er , who is er , he is now Bishop of mm , gosh , he 's a up in Nottingham way , Bishop of something or other , we met him at a , at a do not so very long ago and he 's just the same , he 's marvellous and he was the curate and they were as poor as church mice and er in relation to them we were really well off you know , and er they had hardly any fires or anything and we gave them an electric fire to heat their place up and er when we met him , it was last February at a , a do of one of the research engineers from where I was work working the last job I had and er , he said I 've still got the electric fire And that would of been what in the fifties ? That would of been in the fifties
Idiom: do me a favour (used idiomatically: yes)
' I fancy you could say so , ' said George , ' yes , I fancy you could . ' ' Thought so . Can you do me a small favour ? ' ' Why not a large one ? ' ' Do n't need a large one , ' said Joe .
Idiom: early bird (used idiomatically: no)
The bed was comfortable and I slept like a top . For a short while . It is the early bird watcher that catches the bird . And even if one wanted to at a bird observatory , one would find it difficult to lie in . Alarms ring , doors slam , taps run , boots reverberate … from four o'clock onwards .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
In 2 Timothy 2:15 , Paul emphasised the importance of ‘ rightly handling the word of truth’ . The Bible can be a difficult book , and a navigational chart can be difficult too . Each one shows us the right way to go and we must learn to use it aright . Report from the East Now that I am working in Edinburgh you could call this brief report a ‘ Capital Update’ !
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: no)
' In a hole , I mean ? ' ' Not so much a hole — ' Fosdyke poured cream on his visitor 's apple crumble . ' Let 's say , more at a crossroads . ' ' Ah . ' Haverford ate his pudding tactfully and with some respect .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
But after speaking to a group of her most trusted advisers , she turned her anger into action . She consulted her own solicitor , and wrote back to Prince Philip in the same angry terms , stressing the work she had done for the Royal Family . The warring sides finally came face - to - face at a meeting designed to help them settle their differences . In a carefully negotiated settlement Charles and Diana agreed they would work side by side in public as long as they could live totally separate lives . But last night , as the couple were forced together in Korea , even that fragile arrangement appeared to be on the brink of failure .