Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: to a turn (used idiomatically: yes)
We were on a beach , and someone — probably me in my cheerleader mode — suggested we engrave our names in big letters upon the sand , then one of us would mount the promenade and photograph inscription plus inscriber . A cliché in Beowulf 's time , I know , but you ca n't keep coming up with new games . When it came to my turn to be recorded , Gillian went up to the promenade with Stuart . Probably he required help with the auto - focus . It was the end of the afternoon , an east wind was chivvying its self - important way across the North Sea , the sun was losing its heat , and most people had gone home .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: no)
As areas of concern emerge , information packs will be made up and sent out , again free of charge . ' This is a way forward for the museum to offer a wider range of access points into the nation 's science and technology , ' Professor Durant said . The hotline scheme coincides with a new £ 1.2 m exhibition gallery at the museum , ' Food for Thought ' which is intended to entertain and to instruct visitors about the past present and future of food , food industries , eating out , and food fashion — ranging from Lyons corner houses and Palm Court tea rooms in the 1920s and 1930s to the coffee bars of the Fifties and McDonalds fast - food outlets of the 1980s . It will aim to explain the limits of scientific knowledge in any given area , and will be updated as issues change and facts emerge . Jane Bywaters , who has been responsible for much of the exhibition , said : ' We need to give people information so that they can make up their own minds about food and not be dictated to by the media and media events . '
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
She tarted up her grey - black sweatshirt and her grey - black jeans with a belt from the neanderthal squalor of the bottom of the wardrobe . She even tarted up the buckle with sequins and pinned feathers in her battered hat . Might as well look the part , since all artists were considered crazy and bohemian . When she got on her bike , she was a highwaywoman on a ramshackle steed . In the paper shop , she bought tobacco .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
So we arranged to travel to Devonshire on the following Saturday . Just as we were leaving Sir Henry 's room , he gave a cry and got down on his knees by the table . ‘ Here 's my brown shoe that was lost,’ he said , reaching under the table . ‘ That 's very strange,’ said Dr Mortimer . ‘ We both searched the room before lunch , and it was n't under the table then.’
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: no)
In certain cases the courts have applied a " see - through " approach to trusteeship . These occasions are now dealt with . In Williams v Singer ( 1920 ) 7 TC 387 , the courts took a pragmatic approach to a particular trust and held that if income arises to trustees of a life interest trust but it is paid direct to the beneficiary ( so it never actually comes into the trustees ' hands ) then the trustees are not liable to tax on the money . Lord Sands in Reid 's Trustees v IRC ( 1929 ) 14 TC 512 at 527 explained that decision thus : The income never came into the coffers of the trustees , they never touched nor handled it . But they were the owners of the securities , and it was by their own mandate , which presumably they might have recalled , that payment was made directly to the beneficiary .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's alright , still legible . You done a boogie . What happen was we was standing this jeweller 's , well really we 'd been there , she half the stuff for me and er other people and that , but erm , were standing there for ages , and she come , I 'm , I 'm sort of standing there like this up against the counter waiting to be served , suppose to be coming back right , stood right on the foot , it hurt , but I thought ok it 's a busy shop he wo n't so I 'd turned around , sort of he was there , so I sort of went to him like that and he was looked at me and fucking looked back , so I said are you gon na apologise then , getting right fucking pissed off cos I about three o'clock that day , hang over and being dragged up and down the town all fucking day ai n't my idea of fun you know , ri right in a bad mood anyway , and he said no in a real fucking why do n't you try and make me sort of attitude , so I 'm just about to fucking say something to me , like , how out the shop and everything , and she said what 's the fuck , what 's the matter with you then ? I said well that cunt stood on my foot , she said so , move out I said what about good manners then . .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
Unfortunately the application of the anti - inflation policies which were associated with this particular interpretation of the NAIRU hypothesis was to expose many unforeseen drawbacks . From the 1970s onwards governments restricted aggregate demand by a variety of means . Although politicians tended to steer clear of acknowledging this aspect of policy too publicly , in their more candid moments they admitted that this cure for inflation went hand in glove with a rise in unemployment above NAIRU . For as long as U remains above NAIRU , inflation should be falling . The catch phrase ‘ If it is n't hurting , it is n't working’ came to epitomize this approach to anti - inflation policy .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: no)
In effect it travels 230 miles ( 370 kms ) also the entire northern flank of the Swiss High Alps , crossing 16 passes and passing below some spectacular peaks including those celebrated giants of the Bernese Oberland — the Wellerhorn , Eiger , Monch and Jungfrau . Logistically the route breaks into 15 convenient ' day - stages ' averaging around eight hours walking , but being Switzerland with its excellent public transport system , there are often less - strenuous options by cable car or post - bus . A somewhat thicker book , The Bernese Alps details the important region skirted by the previous book . And what a region ! Although the compact Mont Blanc range and the long frontier chain of the Pennine Alps boast higher summits , the Bernese Alps contain the largest area of glacier in the Alps and a concentration of great peaks .
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
Alright I there is a fucking getting killed on motorbike . Yeah , ni nine times out of ten , particularly when there 's cars around it is the car driver that is at fault . I told you twenty times about that !
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: no)
And it follows the action to its logical conclusion , death , so that you do n't worry about the characters any more . But one does feel sometimes — is a film entitled to sweep you so compellingly into someone else 's life so completely that for an hour and a half you are them — is it then entitled to drop you just when this character is in a perfectly hopeless situation ? ' I know , ' she replied , ' I shall be thinking of that poor man and his little boy all night . ' Liar ! ' Yes , there you are .
Idiom: go overboard (used idiomatically: yes)
a blue suit on or something and Yellow suit ? yeah , something really , no do n't go overboard Do come in .
Idiom: for keeps (used idiomatically: yes)
But he ignored the remark and concentrated on bringing the things in . He hauled the harmonium into the room past Mum , pausing only to wink at me . That meant it was mine for keeps . Mum was right though ; there was very little room for it and Dad had to move the mangle to fit it in . Mum was furious at this and demanded to know where her mangle was going .
Idiom: give head (used idiomatically: no)
Unfortunately , the cast is part of the problem , with Mark Greenstreet downright unconvincing as Holmes . The sound effects man produces claps of thunder for the supposedly nerve - tingling revelations and soft music for the love affair between Watson ( Michael Percival ) and Miss St Clair ( Susan Penhaligon ) . The designer ( Michael Holt ) was given his head to create Indian forts , English country houses and boats on the foggy Thames — handsome in their own way . The plot spins endlessly but few people are going to have the stamina to remain interested in the final turns . Joseph Farrell
Idiom: bite your tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
I saw there was blood in his mouth . I said : ' Alan where did the blood come from ? ' He did n't know that I was meaning the blood in his mouth and he said : ' You have bitten half your tongue off . ' It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation . Things begin to get tricky then .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
But , last week , news broke that contacts were under way to break the deadlock . Hong Kong seems reluctant to take the pressure off China by letting the deadline slip unless it agrees to talks . Beijing , on the other hand , has failed to make clear whether it is really willing to negotiate and may be waiting for the deadline to be dropped before making a move . Sze made clear that Hong Kong would not drop the February deadline lightly , and he held open the possibility that the bill would be published and tabled in the legislature even if talks with China began . — Reuter
Idiom: have the last laugh (used idiomatically: yes)
Airliners were warned to stay clear of the area for the 15-minute service on Kerridge Ridge , overlooking Jeff 's home in Rainow , near Macclesfield , Cheshire . Wicked Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death . ‘ But we did n't want to cause a plane crash.’ Heart attack victim Jeff , 72 , planned his send off down to the last detail .
Idiom: from the word go (used idiomatically: yes)
I remember one particularly seedy dive called the Dugout which we left with our clothes reeking of marijuana and our ears ringing with reggae but our hearts full of joy for the privilege of gaining a hearing for Christ . I suppose we thought , to our shame , that commuter land would be hard to live with after the beauty and breadth of Bristol . It was n't until a week later that I was able to ring John Reeves , vicar of St Luke 's , Cranham , who later said that he was intrigued from the word go by the strange activities we were involved with when he first contacted us . For myself , I was hooked by John 's radical zeal to see the gospel go out to all . Later on , whenever our friends on a visit happened to meet him they would ask : ‘ Is he really a vicar?’
Idiom: play hookey (used idiomatically: yes)
Peter ‘ Worthy’ Evans was a dull old stick but decent with it . A Tory MP and a member of the Government Whips ' Office , he , too , had fallen under the spell of the late Emma Kerr , but that was water under another bridge . ‘ I 'm playing hookey,’ he said . ‘ One can have too much of a good thing.’ Joshua had a vision of a packed Party conference rising to its feet to applaud a black woman Tory trade unionist very much in the family way .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
Gigi , no quieter or graver in her advancing years , screamed and flapped , furious at being caged : a necessity , even Aunt Tossie allowed , when velvets , silks , taffetas and bright sequins lay deep on the bed and overflowed the chairs in her bedroom , changes of fashion and flaws of past time limply exposed in the morning light . " I think I might look quite lovely in that , " Aunt Tossie held blue velvet against her tweeds and woollies . " I like you best in black , " Nicandra said . " What about your black velvet with the huge skirt , wear that . " " Well I do n't say yes and I do n't say no , I say , well , yes , perhaps , " Aunt Tossie gave the matter further consideration .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
Ee 's a good , ee 's a good This coming Saturday night from nine on Trent F M. this morning at nine thirty Robbo has the morning show . police and MPs have strongly criticized a teenage vandal to walk free after he 'd admitted stabbing a neighbour to death . His widow Diane says there 's been a terrible injustice . I saw my husband die in front of my eyes .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: no)
All of the qualities are still there . But he can not afford to sit back on the basis that Everton are too big a club to go down . They will sink unless they make positive moves to arrest the slide . I believe he must cut his losses on a number of individuals . It 's the only way he will get some cash flow to bring in a couple of new faces .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
More problems at gigs for THE HOTHOUSE FLOWERS who , as their album is currently hogging the Australian Number One spot , are encountering Corks - Around - Hats mayhem Down Under . At one gig in Melbourne the crowd invaded the stage in such numbers that LIAM had to stop the show and lead the uninvited participants off in an orderly line . Also out and about this week were THE PRIMITIVES and CHAPTERHOUSE who were spotted at THE POETS gig tapping their beer bottles along in time to the swell up - and - coming sounds emanating stageside . One man was so overcome by the gig he jumped up next to the band and harassed the crowd into giving them a standing ovation . As it was a standing - only venue , this was n't hard to organise .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
How could any jury — white or black — acquit the cops who had beat Rodney King senseless ? It did n't make sense . My next thought was that there were going to be a lot of other pissed - off people . Not the kind who write letters to the editor to complain about injustice . An image flashed through my mind of thousands of angry , shouting blacks carrying torches through Beverly Hills .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
As my hon . Friends have said , that is absolute rubbish . What I have said about Nottingham I would also have said about East Sussex had I had the same information . I do not have the slightest doubt that in Nottingham the money is available to do whatever is necessary to keep open those old people 's homes , and so remove once and for all the worry of hundreds of residents in those homes . Mr. Illsley Where would Nottinghamshire county council find the elbow room to which the hon . Gentleman referred ?
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
The chunky Tasmanian had taken his series run - tally to 556 ( 79.43 ) . Having scored 530 ( 75.71 ) against England last winter , Boon became the third Australian , after Don Bradman ( three times ) and Greg Chappell to exceed 500 runs in successive series in Australia . Jones , making the most of his promotion in the order , now shared a partnership of 173 with Moody who , perhaps uniquely , got off the mark with a five ( two plus three overthrows ) . Jones , in his 49th Test , atoned for an otherwise disappointing series with his 10th century ( his first in 28 innings ) : he ended with 150 not out in 6½ hours . The lanky Moody rode his luck to score his second century at the highest level .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
This year Brian , Kerrie and baby Chloe will celebrate the festive season in their new family home — a council flat — just off London 's Harrow Road . Brian , you and Kerrie have been in temporary accommodation since January 1991 . When you were finally given this flat in February this year , you must have been over the moon . Brian : ‘ We were at first . Although it was small and seemed damp , we were told work would soon be done to bring it up to an acceptable level . ’
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: no)
But , by the even narrower margin of 38 seconds after handicap correction , they had to concede the place to Italy 's Gatorade . Both had finished just over six hours behind the Swedish ketch The Card with Pelle Petterson in the crew . All agreed that the tactical decision on whether to go east or west at Cape Finisterre had been the key to success . Half the fleet had arrived by last night , including the joint services yacht Satquote British Defender , which was beaten for eighth place by only 37 minutes by the first of the three Finnish challengers , Martela OF . Defender also had the distinction of having the first woman finisher , Mandy Gallow .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
Chief Supt DAVID LINDLEY / Thames Valley Police Voice over Leigh Spencer walked free from Oxford Crown court facing 150 hours of community service . He was one of 4 youths who attacked jogger , Paul Lanighan because he accidently bumped into them in the street . Surrounded by family and friends , Spencer was delighted with his sentence for violent disorder .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: yes)
Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . Unfortunately , the treatment offered was itself restrictive and inadequate , with the existentialist analysis proving utterly incapable of providing a satisfactory account of the objectivity aspects of ontological claims . The only remedy , then , is to dig deeper into the conceptual roots of such claims and subject them to a comprehensive structural analysis . Such an analysis , if vigorously pursued , will show , among other things , that all properties are ultimately functions of certain structures , and that reality in the most fundamental sense of the word is structure simpliciter . It is not an " aggregate " of certain objects and attributes .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
The composted waste would be used as topsoil . One of 20 councils interested in the idea is the Vale of the White Horse in Oxfordshire . But critics are concerned that it is n't up and running anywhere yet , though a pilot scheme is planned in Portugal . Whatever the way forward — there 's a clear need for a re - think on wazste management … but while the debate goes on , the waste too goes on … piling up . Still to come in Central News , a prickly subject .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
Am I right in saying is it one million hectares out of a thousand million hectares are actually sustainable at present . Are actually as defined in this book , which is involves quite a lot of activity before felling and after felling . It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . There is , there 's a tremendous way to go , in action . Does the Oxford Forestry Institute have a programme of education for the ordinary members of the public to enable them to have this vision of their assets .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
This clearly shows that the article is addressing both kingdoms . Of the remaining references , 35 per cent deal distinctly with examples of fauna , leaving a paltry tenth of the references to indicate that the flora of our planet is under threat from extinction as well . The emphasis on animals as endangered species may take its roots from the historical preferences of naturalists and scientists . The list compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre , details 311 species that have perished since 1600 . It is beyond chance that all of these species also happen to be animals ; plants , perhaps inhabiting the same regions as these animals , have disappeared without even the briefest of epitaphs .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
It is believed , as already mentioned , that one of the greatest pleasures for a child comes from the security it feels when it knows that it is loved , and it is the ability to withhold manifestations of that love for a little while , or threaten so to do , that provides a non - violent means of securing acquiescence when it is required . To advocate the starting of the process on a very young child might appear to be heartless , but the overriding need to generate within the child mind the beginning of a conscience and the instinctive urge to activate it , must be the guiding factor . The accusation , ' that person has no conscience ' , carries a condemnation of character , but the real culprit is the society which has failed to raise to a position of the utmost importance in the public mind , the fact that the human conscience is the very rock - bottom foundation on which civilisation rests . The control which the withholding of love gives to a parent emphasises how tremendously important it is that a child should be genuinely loved in the first place . The very first effect of the absence of parental love is that the parent has no gentle sanction whereby the civilising process and the ensuing conscience can be started .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Once , against Swindon a couple of seasons ago , there 's this fat cunt and Geoff 's standing outside the ground before the match and this cunt bungs a bit of old dog shit he 's found by a hall at him and it hits him on the arm … Anyway , at half time , Geoff 's standing right at the back of the London Road — and at the back there you can see down to the tea place underneath because some bugger 's smashed out some of the asbestos bit along the back . Anyway , he sees this fat cunt with some of his mates with some tea — and he 's moved along a bit to the end and he 's pissing down and out through the open bit and its all blowing down on these cunts’ heads and into their tea and all over — and its raining a bit as well so they do n't notice . Me and some others , we run down and were watching this and we 're killing ourselves .
Idiom: move mountains (used idiomatically: yes)
The architect represents neither a Dionysian nor an Apollinian state : here it is the great act of will , the will that moves mountains , the frenzy of the great will which aspires to art .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
KIRSTY YOUNG Morag Taylor and her lover paid a hitman to have her husband , George , killed . But today she walked free from the High Court in Edinburgh after being given community service . Her husband had begged the Judge to spare her a jail sentence . James Matthews reports .
Idiom: batten down the hatches (used idiomatically: yes)
He went and I had a few miserable weeks . I missed the joy of knowing , in the back of my mind , that someone wanted me , that sometimes , when we could manage it , I could escape from the world of work , washing and worrying into a place of pure pleasure . I feared that without him I would batten down the hatches of the physical part of me and crawl back inside the shell which I had built around myself in the three years before he blew through my life . He came back once . I think he just wanted to know that he could .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: no)
Lousy crossword today , clever - clever , too many obvious anagrams . Shall I varnish my nails ? Gorgeous camp Sebastian goes to town , goes mad , keeps me laughing , lurid tongue , worldly - wise eyes : you got a date then , darling ? Yeahhrrr I say .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
We are in that situation and all we can do is try and do the best we can to survive and keep some sort of service going to help people who desperately need it . Mike ? Yes , well , I think the P A Gs have looked very carefully at all of these things , and while not being happy with er , a number of them , there really is n't er , much alternative er , ways to go . The rules and regulations are there , we have the money and we 're actually told where we can spend it . If we do n't we , we 're , we're , we have no other way , and er , I think they 're very carefully doing that in P A G meetings .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: no)
I 've got lot 's of clothes he 's made me . Do you remember Fascist meetings ? Er I remember a debate , they 'd two debates , there was one on the Market Square and there was one at the Cosmo , between the Black Shirts er and of course the Cosmo platform was open to anybody , did n't matter who they were , any shade of opinion . The New Party made some members when they started , but when they turned themselves into the Fascist Party er they they rid of themselves of many of these er New Party peop , was in the New Party you know . He was a very brilliant man you know .