Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
And at one point in the conversation they touched on the kind of people who ought to become bishops . Macmillan was very frank about his personal preference . ' He discoursed about his understanding of the Church and he said that we had to hold the high and the low together but for his part his sympathies were with the high . He added that while the evangelicals had their part in the Church he did not think that on the whole they had the qualities suitable for being bishops . ' History knows a cynical law : that in all lands politicians dislike ecclesiastics who interfere and therefore , when influencing who is to be a new bishop , prefer not to have bishops too practical and too effective ; and a respectable way of having ineffective bishops , the only respectable way , is to have otherworldly bishops , who live to God and spend much time in prayer and are not well informed on matters of this world .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
His mood was an explosive mixture of maudlin self - pity and forced gaiety , the latter predominating as he got drunker . He was out to reveal a spunky , sparky , spontaneous self which had in fact never existed . No idea was too off - the - wall , no scheme too madcap . He was going to have fun if it killed him , to coin a phrase . It was a shame to waste such a lovely day sitting indoors , he announced .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
And that took the centre of the glass down by maybe a a one and a half millimetres . That was all of the glass that was worn away in that time . But er it did not do bad , got a fair good picture with it . Now we 've got some interesting photos here now in this this album of people standing beside themselves I would say . Ah twins , yes .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Being such a shrewd organizer he would probably have been delighted at the speed . Cooks have organized round - the - world tours since 1872 . Opposite A spectacular way to see wildlife : a hot air balloon drifts across the Masai Mara in Kenya . Inset The perfect desert island : Kuda Bandos Island in the Maldives . The World Business
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
We hear much about the seemingly intractable , intractable problems of Africa . Indeed the nineteen eighties was a wretched decay er for that continent , famine deterioration in terms of trade , higher world interest rates , poor economic policies , undemocratic governments , all conspired against progress in Africa . Africa was fe falling further and further behind but things are changing economic and political form is taking root across the continent and showing return . The twenty core countries benefiting from the special programme for Africa achieved economic growth of nearly four percent in the year nineteen eighty eight , i the years nineteen eighty eight to nineteen ninety . Faster than before the ruror than before the reforms were introduced and faster than population growth , leaving room there for for some modest increase in average incomes .
Idiom: give someone the eye (used idiomatically: no)
At Langan 's Bistro , with its gallery full of prints , plates and drawings , a waiter stood ready to whisper into more receptive ears a list of the day 's specialities . The head waiter showed Ms Wilikins to her chair ; Sir Ralph , wearing his County Show tweeds , noticed with some satisfaction a general turning of heads . Alan Watkins , who was awaiting the arrival of the Chancellor himself , gave Amaranth his approving eye . She had , he mused , the build of a junior Welsh wing three - quarter . Jeffrey Archer , who was discussing the size of his tax bill with the Features Editor of Woman 's Own , momentarily lost his thread ; who was she ?
Idiom: do a bunk (used idiomatically: yes)
Herbert 's notes give only tantalizing hints of what happened to the other Jacobson children . Charlie became a ' jeweller , pawnbroker , fisherman ' and Dave was a ' poverty - stricken philanthropist ' . Most of the daughters ( except Rose , who lost an eye ) soon married , but Minnie 's marriage to Abe Greenbaum came to an abrupt end when she did a ' bunk with Claud ' — a doctor she met on a visit to London . The Jacobsons , like the Crankos , were an adventurous family , tending to be foot - loose and adaptable . In 1885 Frederick Cranko ( who , after starting as a sailor , worked as a tailor , an engraver and a clerk ) joined the gold rush to Pretoria and thence to Johannesburg , a thousand miles from Cape Town .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Even so , we would expect the resulting market valuation to pay some attention to the underlying assets since the reason for buying investment trust shares is to participate in the income and capital gains resulting from the managers ' investment performance . None the less , it is a general and interesting phenomenon of investment trust shares that they stand ' at a discount ' to the net asset value of the trust . On the face of it , this offers a potential bidder the opportunity to acquire a complete portfolio of assets at a discount to their value by taking over the trust by buying up all its shares . To understand how such a discount can persist we have to consider the value of a trust 's shares from a buyer 's point of view . Consider firstly the ordinary investor who wants shares in a trust so as to have a claim on a much wider portfolio of shares than he could afford by investing directly .
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
If you do n't have any , then this is almost certainly the reason for your breeding failure . I suggest you visit your local ‘ Deli’ which should be able to sell you the type that come with edible snails ! I will have to take your word for it that they are a pair — but I wonder how you are so sure , as it is n't all that easy to sex these fish . It would be extremely rash to add a pair of leleupi to a tank in which you have brichardi breeding . It would be an expensive way of obtaining corpses .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
However expert we may be in a fairly narrow field we are laymen to one another . I 'm a layman to you and you 're a layman to me in many senses , and therefore erm the , the , the fact that our students are in effect very often laymen is not something that detracts from their motivation to study , in many instances it 's something that gives it stimulus and underlines it . There 's another aspect to what we do , and that is that I think we are part of a very powerful developing movement in education , and it is based on the concept that education should not stop with the terminal rituals of school and college , and that education should be as much part of life , wanting to know , to find out , to get to grips with the body of information and knowledge that 's available in society . And in a relatively small way , but when you think of the other universities doing the same sort of thing , in a larger way , we are offering this kind of opportunity to people . I think there 's one other thing that 's worth thinking about , and that is that many of our students come into the University for one - day schools , for lectures , for activities of this kind , and this gives an opportunity for a kind of reciprocal traffic , if you like , so that people outside who often have very odd ideas of what universities do and what they 're about and what they 're like , can actually see your University , participate in its activities , and we can see ordinary folk who sometimes ask the shrewdest questions and make sometimes what seem to be the most penetrating kinds of points about the sort of things that we take for granted .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
All that has changed in the past year . Gaiety and laughter can be heard in the towns late into the night , and shopkeepers are beaming . High living has returned with a vengeance . As one Sikh merrymaker puts it , ‘ Egg , leg and peg are back.’ Land prices in some areas have trebled in a year .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's a weird thing . Having said that , my playing never sinks below a certain standard , although sometimes it 's hard to tell if you 're actually improving , because you 're so close to it . But I 'm beginning to tell — all these off - the - wall blues licks finding their way into my regular playing . So that gives me an idea of where I 'm headed . ' THE SECOND PART OF MY interview with Kirk was conducted amidst the mayhem backstage at Wembley , approximately an hour away from showtime .
Idiom: sit tight (used idiomatically: yes)
Locating Rabbits Underground Rabbits that will not bolt from a warren must be located and killed some other way . They can not be shot or netted since they refuse to budge and will be sitting tight underground . The aim , therefore , after the bolting process has been completed , is to locate the rabbits remaining within the system wherever they may be . We know that some at least will be cornered in dead - ends by ferrets , but not all the rabbits remaining underground will have been trapped in this way .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I 'll never believe he done it,’ said Mrs Flaherty , when she came round for a cup of tea and a slice of the action , ‘ not if he 's convicted by a dozen juries , and do n't tell me he 'll get a fair trial in the current climate of opinion , not unless they pick twelve men the same size and true . I know , I 've seen the prejudice of people , I know what they are.’ It was another image for Preston to carry into his dreams , or nightmares , of Uncle Titch in the dock and the twelve little dwarves grim and silent on the hard wooden benches . And we find the accused … ‘ Harmless,’ said Mrs Flaherty , ‘ harmless he is , harmless as a babby … ’
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: yes)
NO JOKING , IT 'S STEVE STEVE Martin , Featherstone 's new Aussie coach , is a shrewd man . He could be in the right place at the right time when top jobs come up for grabs next summer . Wigan 's John Monie , Darryl Van de Velde at Castleford and St Helens ' Mike McClennan are in the final year of their contracts . Martin will in the running .
Idiom: put your foot down (used idiomatically: yes)
You should continue to walk aerobically for a minimum of 30 minutes each day , four times a week ; and you should continue to use the low fat Walking Diet recipes and adapt them to your own diet . Everyone binges on food from time to time , particularly at Christmas and holiday periods , but you will find that once aerobic walking becomes an enjoyable habit , it will be easy to walk away those excess pounds any time you need to . You simply use the Walking Diet , put your foot down , and clock up the necessary aerobic miles to get you back to your goal weight . THE WALKING DIET ‘ Will you walk a little faster–’ said a whiting to a snail
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: no)
No one fishery will ever be exactly as it was the previous year . Within each river there are an enormous variety of habitats and this causes fish populations to assume highly localised distributions . Part of the art of angling is to look at a stretch of water , to analyse the clues of current , depth and cover and to decide , for example , where the roach are likely to lie or where the barbel may be shoaled up . It is often necessary to look at the water 's surface and try to visualise exactly what is happening beneath it — to imagine the fish in their own world and how best it might be to get a bait to them . And then , once hooked , how to get them out !
Idiom: play with fire (used idiomatically: yes)
I have n't done anything to deserve it.’ ‘ Do n't bleat to me about fairness,’ he rasped , his tone suddenly harsh . ‘ You should have been more careful before you started playing with fire ! But you can still opt out.’ His grip tightened , his fingers burying themselves in the knot of hair at her nape .
Idiom: out of the running (used idiomatically: yes)
A more refined psycho than , say , Lee Marvin or Neville Brand , but a crazy 's still a crazy and I did n't think someone that far gone could take up where Daine had left off . Cregar might lounge in silk pajamas and stuff himself with Parisian chocolates , but he was still a supporting heavy , a cringing underling who 'd never last at the top of the criminal tree . George Sanders was out of the running now , having been hauled in as an enemy spy , but I 'd be interested in knowing who precisely had tipped the Feds off to his brokerage for state secrets in the suburbs . Orson Welles was too busy with his radio show , Bela Lugosi could never get any master plan together beyond his next insane experiment , Vincent Price would n't rank with the major bad guys until horror pictures caught on again , and Zachary Scott 's thin moustache betrayed his lack of substance as a mastermind . My best bets were still Rains and Kruger .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Ellis will no doubt wish to offer this as a motive , but I ca n't see it myself . How , for instance , would he have gone about getting the dynamite?’ ‘ Stop taking the piss,’ said Pooley . Milton blinked in mild surprise at this uncharacteristic leap into the demotic . ‘ Of course,’ said Amiss helpfully , ‘ he could be pretending to be deaf and dumb .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: no)
I put it down to the necessity for him to exhibit his physical superiority from time to time , in order to maintain his ' throne ' and his following of stooges . He figured on me being ' easy meat ' . That fight made school history . It lasted longer than any previous battle . Jerry informed me later , tearfully , that it had taken almost twenty minutes .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
But just one product , a heart drug called Tenormin , made up a third of its drugs sales last year , and this treatment faces new competition . Great effort was put into developing three new drugs , but these flopped ; Zeneca has launched no new products since 1989 . The firm has 20 new drugs in its pipeline . The question is , will they flop , too ? Only a few years ago a drug 's prospects were easy to calculate .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
He said Alex had already led the girls to safety by the time he arrived to rescue Michael , who had slept through the ordeal . Mr Gair said : ' Alex really saved the day . He is a bright , intelligent young lad and he did all the right things . ' He was woken by the smoke and heat and he alerted his sisters , then went straight to the telephone and called me . ' When I arived he had led his two sisters out and they were standing by the front door .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
As with any other important investment decision , you would be well advised to take your time , do some basic research into the track record of any policies you might be considering ( specialist magazines such as Money Management provide a useful starting point ) and on no account sign any document without first being absolutely certain that you fully understand all the terms and conditions including the administrative charges . As general wisdom , these are likely to be higher with free - standing contracts than for a collective AVC scheme offered by an employer . Finally , if you are already subscribing to company AVCs , before investing in a new plan check on your present level of contributions and the benefits that these are expected to yield . Your company pension adviser should be only too happy to answer any questions . Early leavers
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
But most was not at such a high level , was concentrated within the last six or seven generations which ( as Peters notably argues ) was the limit of what a contemporary grandfather could tell as ' what my grandfather told me ' , or ' what my father told me about his grandfather'(Peters , 1970 ) . This timespan has significant consequences for the construction of genealogies ; it also resulted in an emphasis on genealogically restricted history . Nomads did not have addresses , did not make the history of territories . Rather , they had lines of descent , furcating from a common source ; the lower down the genealogy , the closer the history . For reasons Peters ( 1970 ) has made abundantly clear , the six - to - seven generation level was where lineages marked their beginnings and defined their separate identities : most Zuwaya history was ' local ' to lineages .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
De Nooijer 's work here was commissioned by Borek Sipek , who left Czechoslovakia just after the Russian invasion of 1968 and is now based , with a studio of six designers , in Amsterdam . " Of the new designers who have emerged at the Milan fairs over the past few years , Borek Sipek has one of the most distinctive and personal visions " — Deyan Sudjic , BLUEPRINT , November 1988 . The same plasterwork motif , lit with orange , purple and green lights , was used by de Nooijer for a wall decoration in the main entrance of the Social Welfare office in Middelburg in 1988 . In a recent essay on de Nooijer , Hripsime Visser describes his enthusiasm for the baroque ; a de Nooijer mural for a school in Nieuwegein is called D'UNE MANIÈRE BAROQUE ( 1985 ) . She goes on to point out that"Nothing was more alien to the baroque than a puritanical attitude towards technique and material .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
In terms of Figure 6.10 , workers would like to move up their labour supply function to a position such as point B since they mistakenly think that the real wage rate has risen to , say , . Employers and workers make mistakes in unscrambling what is happening to real wages , but it is essential that these mistakes be made in opposite directions . By proposing this ingenious but patently artificial contrivance , Friedman was able to account for the non - neutrality of money in the short run . Obviously once market signals are correctly decoded by agents , output and employment revert to their natural values and money is once again neutral . Finally there is a fundamental characteristic of Friedman 's mark II version of the natural rate hypothesis which , in the light of Chapter 5 , arouses considerable alarm among Keynesians .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
And if one had to put oneself in a vulnerable situation , like rugging or grooming him , the handler had to carry a cane . After six weeks Moz began to mellow , and the headstall no longer had to be kept on him . It could be put on and off each day , although with difficulty . Fortunately , he was a clever horse and learnt easily . So he learnt that if he gave a little he could expect a reward .
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
Ten feet up at the threshold the throttles are closed and a token flare made almost incredibly close to the tarmac — the sensation of speed quite exhilarating at 120 knots and two feet — when the soft , forgiving kneeling - knuckle undercarriage absorbs any small residual descent - rate to give a smooth gentle touchdown . At first I spent so long feeling for the ground the engines had run down to idle , and there was a long delay before they wound back up again to produce noticeable acceleration . After a few touch - and - goes I was able to clean - up slickly : throttles carefully forward a couple of inches at main - wheel touch ( no automatic fuel control below 16,000 rpm ) , hold the nose - wheel an inch or two off the tarmac and retract the airbrakes ( thumb switch up for speed - up ) , a bit more throttle , flaps to fifteen ( toggle switch on side console forward — do n't even contemplate touching that too - obtrusive up - and - down flap - shaped undercarriage selector in the corner of you eye on the panel ahead ) , more power , the roar deepens with a steady push from behind , glance at the ASI , full throttle , speed building through ninety , rotate , positive climb , gear up , speed 120 , flaps up speed 170 , crank on the bank and we are downwind again . After several normal circuits we sampled the failure cases , starting with the simple loss of hydraulics . Twisting the rotary speedbrake selector on the front left console to out enables them to be pumped out easily , while pressing the red emerg undercarriage button alongside allows the right biceps to be exercised 26 times in cranking down the wheels .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
Skeletal arms lifted , one pointing ; eyes that were just holes in maggoty wood seemed to seek compassion from the human . A mouth that trembled and opened to expose pointed thorns for teeth seemed to work to speak ; over all , the shape of the woodland creature was that of a wolf , but a bare boned wolf , its fur gone , its flesh shrunken on to the jutting bones of its body . It dropped to its forearms and padded slowly to left and right . It sniffed the air . It uttered a doglike howl , then raced past Tallis , moving so fast on its hind legs , bent forward , that she could hardly follow its motion .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
The battle was still raging last night . Predictably Labour 's Alan Milburn was pleased with The Northern ‘s poll result although he stressed no one was taking anything for granted and the relentless effort would not ease between now and polling on Thursday . For his part Michael Fallon dismissed the 11.3 point gap between himself and Milburn as ‘ ludicrously out of line’ with national polls and that of Conservatives . But last night the Press Association published the biggest poll yet undertaken and that gave Labour an overall 7pc swing from Conservatives to Labour , a swing that in some areas reached as high as 10.5pc . The poll showed the biggest collapse in Tory support to be in the South East , West Midlands and the North - East .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
And the Bush administration was confirmed in this judgment when , after it had refused to recognize his military government , Aoun turned to Iraq for help against the Syrians and the ultra - right Christian militias . As far as the State Department was concerned , Aoun was now clearly an obstacle to a satisfactory peace settlement in Lebanon — satisfactory , that is , to the United States , Israel and Syria . Finding they had much in common , Coleman and Boohaker arranged to meet after the broadcast , and their subsequent friendship would doubtless have flourished anyway , even if the DIA had not pulled Coleman 's string in the autumn of 1989 and instructed him to cultivate the connection . The agency now wanted him back in Lebanon for two reasons . The first , and hardest to resist , was that Charles Frezeli , another MC/10 agent , had just been assassinated in Beirut , leaving three others cut off from contact who had to be brought out before they , too , were killed or induced to talk .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: no)
There were many historical and political factors which led to the development of two distinctive and potentially incompatible approaches to landscape and wildlife conservation in the UK . Had a different set of factors existed it is possible a rather different approach may have emerged . Nonetheless , there are important differences between landscape and wildlife , in terms of way their qualities can be measured , perceived and protected , which suggest they can not easily be treated as one and the same . Whereas wildlife conservation lends itself to a science - based approach , this is not really possible for landscape conservation , or the improvement of public access to the countryside . Strong science - based strategies for wildlife conservation have emerged over the last one hundred years .