Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the doghouse (used idiomatically: yes)
You 've got to tell them the truth!’ ‘ I 'm not saying anything . I 'd only end up in the doghouse myself would n't I ? Just leave it , Sal.’ ‘ But why should I get the blame?’
Idiom: close to home (used idiomatically: yes)
If you park in the city centre at night , be especially careful . If you 're parking at home , use a garage if you have one and lock it . If you do n't have a garage , park as close to your home as possible , preferably somewhere where you can easily observe the car . Chain your steering wheel to the clutch , brake pedal or a seat . HELPLINES
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: no)
It was essential they worked through the problems for themselves . The first part of week S saw the groups consciously working out ways of conducting more successful interviews . They reduced the number of questions , leaving more room for follow up— this despite the fact that some groups had apparently run out of questions the previous week . They noticeably changed the nature of their questions . It was also evident that some of the interviewees were more relaxed during this session and more willing to develop their answers .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
Eventually the change was effected by the Conservatives in 1974 . This change created a new structure , with the former local authority health services integrated with the rest of the service . Lay participation in the running of the service was reduced ; in its place community health councils were created to represent the public . The new structure was criticized as over - elaborate — with its three tiers of regions , areas and districts — almost as soon as it was created . Discontent over the operation of the new service was one of the factors that led the Labour government to set up a Royal Commission on the National Health Service in 1976 .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Mostly harmless ; remember how the bees avenged her ? Every night she and Ranald helped the old man move four hives up the four miles of rough track to the heather moor . The youngsters each could carry one end of a staff with two hives swinging in thick bags in the centre , while Ruari carried a second pole with a skep slung at each end . She scarcely needed to stun the bees with smoke from smouldering moss or puffballs , to wrap and lift the skeps unstung . The bees just crawled over her , paying no more heed to her than if she had been a treestump .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
Lots of girls got put on report for wearing each other 's clothes — usually for visits , when they 'd want to borrow something that looked good . You were allowed so few clothes that it was nice to be able to wear something different . On houses where the screws were really strict about these things you had a locker check each week and if every single item was n't in your locker you 'd had it . Punishments generally seemed to get a lot more severe whilst I was there . People started losing weeks ' rather than days ' remission .
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed , it could be argued that Klemperer 's steadfastness serves to underline the grotesque nature of Mahler 's invention , but this is not a performance that I can easily live with . Neither do I warm to the two works by Klemperer which were originally issued to commemorate the conductor 's 85th birthday . The Symphony may reveal an individual approach to instrumentation , but the melodic writing remains four - square , and some of the movements seem to run out of steam before the material has been fully explored . In comparison , the Quartet is more compelling , the musical idiom providing a fascinating amalgam of Mahler and Bartók . [ Erik Levi ]
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
There are more prayers and meditations . Other priestesses appear , and some priests as well , to perform the rites of healing … Afterwards the rank and file amble down to the village pub at the end of the drive . The crowd is a mixed one : some students from Dublin , a farmer or two , some local craftspeople and a very Anglo - Irish lady who talks volubly about her dogs . The Guinness flows , putting everyone in a confessional mood .
Idiom: sitting pretty (used idiomatically: yes)
I says , and your house . and she looked at me she , what do you mean , I says , you know . I says , you vote what you want I says , I says erm , you're sitting pretty just now . She were like I thought , aye I wonder how you 'd get by if you did n't have a job . I mean it 's not as if mortgages and that that erm bed and breakfast and different things .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
The facility was opened by the Technology Minister , Edward Leigh . He explains how new technology can make some products , like artificial limbs , lighter . A group of senior industrialists toured the new site with a view to using the facility . He says he may use the facility . If Harwell succeeds in encouraging clients to use the centre it should see existing technology used for new purposes and keep the banks happy .
Idiom: sit tight (used idiomatically: yes)
No one 's going to claim that 's an accident.’ ‘ Okay , there 'll be a fuss . We can just sit tight.’ Dougal shook his head . ‘ I do n't like it .
Idiom: belt and braces (used idiomatically: yes)
I removed the envelope and decided to dump the book which , empty , was probably even more suspicious . The envelope was about six inches by four and almost an inch thick . It was sealed with Sellotape and staples , a real belt and braces job . I did n't know what was in it ; I just had the feeling that Sunil would n't thank me if the boys in blue turned it over in their usual zeal to find something to donate to the Oxfam shop . I found a felt - tip pen in the desk drawer and addressed the envelope to ‘ Mr F. MacLean’ care of a pub I knew in Southwark where they knew me by that name .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
It was my intention to spend my time there simply painting the landscape and I wanted to work with strong colour on a large scale . I had already made a number of smaller works with Lascaux Aquacryl on watercolour pads and clocks , so I was aware of the colour range and paint handling . I took stock of full imperial size Bockingford tinted watercolour paper ( 300gsm ) because I wanted a robust paper with a slight background colour . The Bockingford papers are invaluable for working on outdoors , as the tint of the paper is very soft , giving a beautiful ground colour to work against . I stretched the paper onto a full size Peter Welton Frame , which makes life easier as regards stretching paper , but also gives you a firm support to work against .
Idiom: get the nod (used idiomatically: yes)
They won the Grand Slam and got to the final of the World Cup . You ca n't really argue with that , can you?’ Best himself seems to have few doubts as to why he got the nod , citing the growing importance of the Divisional Championship as the single most important factor in his — and England 's — meteoric rise . ‘ There has to be some step between club and country . I 'm pleased that the Divisional Championship has been on everybody 's lips around this time each year .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
Her body was found at her flat where she lived alone in Tewkesbury Walk , Newport , Gwent , on 1 July 1988 . She had been raped and stabbed . Mr Justice Roch said that because the defendant was deaf and had a speech disability a social worker , Jill Hughes , would sit in the dock and translate . Another interpreter , Maurice Capewell , will assist at least four prosecution witnesses who are also deaf . He will interpret their testimony for the court , and Mrs Hughes will then reinterpret it for Mr Robson .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
Cos you do n't do any work . Cos you got clean hands . That 's why you I think you 're well out of order . What time is it ? Four twenty .
Idiom: all wet (used idiomatically: yes)
You can . Why ca n't you ? Have you gone all wet . Do n't be so stupid . Wet and ugly .
Idiom: silence is golden (used idiomatically: yes)
Er , we have in fact two non Rotarian visitors as far as I 'm aware there are no Rotarian visitors , am I correct in that ? Are there any visits away ? Silence is golden ! There are no erm , birthdays this week so it 's now There is .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
In South Africa he came to the conclusion that the Boer War had been fought for the benefit of Jewish gold and diamond financiers , who were exploiting British imperialism for their own international purposes . This , combined with the presence of Jewish revolu - tionaries in the Bolshevik uprising , and the alleged Jewish capitalist funding of the communists from Wall Street , convinced him that there was a plot to undermine civilization and the British Empire . The British government was seen as completely dominated by Jewish interests since the Marconi scandal , with Isaacs , Montagu and Mond allegedly pulling the strings behind Lloyd George . With the rise of Lloyd George to become prime minister in 1916 Britain was now ruled by the ' Jewalition ' . The manifest disasters of the war could be quantified exactly in anti - semitic terms .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
Jenny asked him , obviously impressed with his instinctive handling skills . ‘ No.’ He did n't add that controlling the Seneca was child 's play compared to the brute force of the Ferrari F40 . Wow ! It was good to be in control of a powerful machine again .
Idiom: back to square one (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's our job anyway . Hm . That 's our job , so you have to appreciate that that 's the job of a journalist , to enquire what is the , the worst and the best aspects of any , of any job , of any , of any interview , and so you really have to do it , and in the sense that you have to if you , you probably have to go back to square one and do maximum research on what you 're being asked about , so , therefore you have more confidence in precising down what your answer is . I find that the , the people who waffle the most are the people who know least . Talking of waffling , if I could just shift ground slightly to another issue , it 's been touched on already , and that is of jargon .
Idiom: sign on the dotted line (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That 's not surprising . My guess is that your vendor was scared that if she waited much longer it would be impossible to sell the place as a going concern and she would lose out completely on fittings and goodwill . So she advertised it at a knock - down price , and then invented a competitive bid to hurry you into signing on the dotted line . The price you paid was fair enough , but the net result is that if the business fails now it 's you who 'll stand the loss.’ Folly could n't understand the note of satisfaction in his voice .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Never , not like this . PC. 2 . I did once up in Derry on the edge of the Creggan . We were driving around and I seen these two young lads in a car and I says , ‘ They look a bit young to be driving that . ’ Stopped them .
Idiom: in your blood (used idiomatically: yes)
One role is as a link between internal calcium intracellular calcium and the membrane potential . And one very well worked on example here concerns that of er pancreatic beta cells which secrete insulin in response to glucose . These are the er these are the cells which will raise the insulin in your blood in response to elevated blood glucose . And the way in which er these calcium activated K channels pla play a role in this response is that when these beta cells see glucose , they depolarize , and this depolarization leads to the opening of voltage dependent voltage gated calcium channels . The opening of those channels leads to an elevation of intracellular free calcium and that elevation of intracellular free calcium is required it 's the signal the stimulus for insulin secretion .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
So , if you get to Seville between now and October , and find the idea of a day trekking the Expo site appealing , give the interior of our pavilion a miss , unless you 're desperate for a pint of English bitter . Expo apart — and I do not recommend a visit unless you are in the vicinity — Seville is a wonderful city and the Sevillanos admire Britain . They even have a branch of M & S. Come to think of it , perhaps Grimshaw 's pavilion is the ideal location , come the autumn , for the first out - of - town branch of that great British enterprise to hit the Iberian peninsula . Letter to the Editor : Television 's price for Thatcherism SIR — I agree with George Walden that David Mellor should beware acting hastily against the BBC for its election coverage ( article , April 13 ) .
Idiom: get the nod (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd agree with dropping Deane . He just does n't seem to be clicking . I 'd have given his place to Fat Frank , but if he 's off to , then maybe Whelan or Forrester could get the starting nod . Finally , can someone fill me in on Carl Shutt . He 's out on loan right ?
Idiom: go through the motions (used idiomatically: yes)
If these observers are correct then the FMI 's future development will presumably be secured from within by a civil service committed to bringing about ' lasting reforms ' . These developments of course(and herein lies the difficulty of gauging progress ) , may be more apparent than real . As Pollitt notes ( 1986a , p. 165)'a government can force its employees to go through the motions , but it can not mandate enthusiasm and commitment ' . Metcalfe and Richards ( 1984 , p. 451 ) also emphasize the ' impoverished concept of management ' within the service , and its cultural bias towards defensiveness and risk avoidance . They point also ( 1987 , pp . 18–19 ) to an entrenched ' disbelief system ' which includes scepticism about attempted reforms and a belief - far from groundless — that such reforms often fail .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
Unfortunately , for the traditional printing and graphic arts industries , the desktop publishing ‘ revolution’ has taken place largely outside their control and has placed the capability to generate complex artwork directly in the hands of anyone with access to a computer and around £ 1,000 or less for the necessary software . No longer can there be a neat and tidy debate in the pages of august journals such as this as to the benefits , or otherwise , of the new product . This time it has all gone public . What is even worse is that desktop publishing delivers to the mass market at a ridiculously low price the technology that traditional electronic publishing system suppliers have been promising us for years — the ability to mix text and graphics freely on a page . Just the fact that this can be achieved at less than £ 10,000 for a complete system is rather likely to upset anyone who has invested hundreds of thousands in ‘ Third Wave’ systems and discovers that , for a tenth the cost they could actually achieve rather more .
Idiom: out of the running (used idiomatically: yes)
The winners will meet the Scottish champions , Murrayfield Racers in the final in two months ' time , writes Steve Pinder . The England north league was always the tightest with , in theory , four of the five teams all able to finish top right up to the weekend 's matches . Only Telford Tigers were out of the running . In the first period of their game against Solihull Barons , they were 2 - 0 ahead and hit the upright four times . But Barons came back to lead 4 - 3 at the end of the second and Tigers looked like they were heading for another defeat .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Not every case requires such drastic action , but it 's still a growing problem . In the last fifteen years , the number of complaints about noise levels in Oxford , has risen from 200 to just under 2,000 . A response team 's been set up to deal with complaints around the clock . He says We operate a 24 hour scheme so that people can report any instances of too much noise . It 's now 5:30 in the morning .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
That was all he said , and he surprised her some . what by walking quickly up the kitchen and into the hall . He would generally stop and have a word or two or listen to her . He was a good listener ; he was about the only one in the house that was these days . Everybody seemed to be in a rush .
Idiom: draw a blank (used idiomatically: yes)
On another occasion a client rang in to say that he had left an extremely expensive bottle of perfume on the plane . It was a birthday present for his wife , could the business travel team retrieve it for him ? The team went into action but drew a surprising blank . Just as they were puzzling over the next move the man rang back to tell them that they were on a wild goose chase . He explained that there never had been a bottle of perfume , but he had made the first call in front of his wife who was now quite happy because she thought her husband had merely left her birthday present behind , not , as he had actually done , completely forgotten her birthday .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
And if we refuse to believe that , we 're being like the mockers and the sneerers who refuse to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ . Because belief … ' Here I raised my right hand and pointed my index finger straight at the bearded one . He did n't flinch . He looked straight back into my eyes .
Idiom: jump the gun (used idiomatically: no)
Some people are realising that there 's a lot more to life than paying your rent and having your American Express card,’ says Margo , conveniently forgetting about the discreet stickers near the cash desk encouraging clients to pay by American Express and Mastercharge . New agers are a little vague about how the Age of Aquarius actually happened , but a few years ago , at the end of the selfish age of Pisces , there was , according to Margo,’ a lot of planetary alignment’ . In the summer of ‘ 86 there was something called the Harmonic Convergence , which was supposed to usher in the Age of Aquarius — people who were going on about it back in the 60s jumped the gun by about 20 years . A couple of summers back , a lot of new age disciples rushed off to remote mountain tops to await a momentous signal to occur They waited and waited for something exciting to happen . Nothing did .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: no)
A group of IBOA office staff pictured at a farewell function for Dennis Corrigan who is leaving after 15 years manning the door of ' 93 ' . Dennis is second left in the picture . The function was held in the Bankers ' Club on Thursday 8th April 1993 . Galway Pensioners ' Dinner The Bank Pensioners ' and Widows ' Association Western Region Annual Dinner was held in the Banba Hotel , Salthill on 26th March .
Idiom: stand on ceremony (used idiomatically: yes)
We knew all the aircrews and were on Christian name terms with most of them . Binbrook was free and easy . It had an Australian squadron when I first went there and the Aussies do not stand on ceremony . A lot of the best - looking Waafs on the station had acquired Australian boyfriends , and two of the Met girls had recently married them and were impatiently waiting to get on the ship for Aussie - land to join their husbands . Their minds were obviously not on meteorological work , and as the squadron gradually decreased in numbers with each little batch that left for home , farewell parties were a regular occurrence in the office and I began to think that perhaps Binbrook was not such a bad place after all .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
An indefinite curfew was imposed on seven police districts in the city and troops were called in to restore order . The demonstrations broke out in response to a general strike call issued by leaders of the Muhajir National Movement ( Muhajir Qaumi Mahaz — MQM — representing Urdu - speaking migrants originally from India ) in protest at the alleged abduction of MQM members by supporters of the ruling Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) . The MQM and the PPP had been at loggerheads since October 1989 , when the MQM ended its 11-month old alliance with the PPP and joined the Combined Opposition Parties [ see p. 37043 ] . In Sind province itself the MQM was the principal opposition party , having ended its alliance with the PPP in May 1989 [ see p. 37150 ] , and was also in control of Karachi 's municipal government . Qaim Ali Shah resigned as Chief Minister of Sind province on Feb. 25 and was replaced by another PPP member , Aftab Shahban Mirani .
Idiom: close ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
It is not yet an issue of epidemic proportions with the gays of the world about to suffer the fate of the citizens of Sodom . But surely the rest of us can ask that some responsible members of the self - styled Gay community will condemn such excesses . Instead they seem to close ranks against any criticism and label it persecution . Labels and name - calling are not life and death matters . AIDS is , and if the gays do not respect self control , then the rest of us will be entitled to ask whether , having acquired human rights , they are unwilling to extend them to others .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Poole 's most spectacular stop came from a ferocious 20-yard drive from Mickey Lewis on 33 minutes , with the keeper turning the effort around the post at full stretch . Oxford 's 21-year-old winger Joey Beauchamp embarked on several superb runs down the right but Oxford , missing the suspended John Durnin , had no-one to apply the finishing touch . And Leicester might have snatched all three points at the end as substitute Ian Ormondroyd set up Bobby Davison but the player blasted the ball over the bar . Oxford boss Brian Horton said : ‘ I 'm pleased in a way because we kept a clean sheet and we certainly created plenty of chances . ’ Tony 's Roker choker
Idiom: different strokes for different folks (used idiomatically: yes)
Kinnock the Teflon Taff versus Sir Robin ' Grumpy ' Day on ITV 's This Week . Now it was the turn of the international statesman , the Man You Can Trust , settling back in his leather swivel chair , the body language just right , hands folded and head tilted the better to address the serious issues . Different strokes for different folks . It is easier to carve Neil Kinnock into chunks : the party boss , the family man , the orator , the man who is fit to govern , the would - be Prime Minister . The problem is making them all come together .
Idiom: jump the queue (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course , this uprush of the primitive , the elemental and the unconscious , this ‘ possession’ by the Spirit , is not the be - all and end - all of the biblical evidence for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit . But it is the starting point of this doctrine , and only if we are prepared , to start where the Bible starts are we likely to know in experience anything of the higher reaches of the Spirit 's work . We can not jump the queue . Spirit of prophecy Closely allied to this emphasis on the ‘ otherness’ of the Spirit of God is the stress throughout the Old Testament on his inspiration of prophecy .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
For this reason we will argue for current level basic state pensions and SERPS from the age of sixty , to both sexes . The present sixty , sixty five regime is discriminating against men , but when in reality it is the women who are in the much inferior position . The fact that families when one woman in six retires with an entitlement to a full basic pension , based on her own level of payments , speaks volumes . Even when members of occupational schemes , women 's length of membership generally means that the level of benefit payable will be inferior to men . Many people are unaware of that fact .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
And remember … All the money sent to Comic Relief will go straight to support charitable projects in Africa and the UK . None of it goes on salaries or administration because all of that is covered by sponsorship or by the interest on banked money .