Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: feast or famine (used idiomatically: yes)
Making and using electricity — a salt and battery ! New materials for modem society — plastics and synthetic fibres . Fertilisers — feast or famine ? Carbohydrates — from starch to glucose to alcohol . Some of these topics have been touched on in S1 and S2 but receive a fuller treatment in the Standard Grade course .
Idiom: close call (used idiomatically: yes)
Thorn 's flick - on from another Rodger corner caused panic , in the visitors ' ranks , but this time Watts 's header was deflected onto the crossbar and scrambled away by Rob Jones . The ill - feeling from the battle of Anfield always remained close to the surface and Stewart was booked for an uncompromising tackle on Eric Young , with Palace 's Richard Shaw receiving a caution for similar treatment of Walters . Nicol , who escaped with a close call when he sliced an attempted clearance close to his own goal in normal time , suffered a costly relapse 10 minutes into the extra period . Keeper Mike Hooper had come to meet John Humphrey 's harmless through ball , but Nicol inadvertantly lifted it beyond him and Thorn followed up to head into the unguarded net . Yeovil are Gunning for glory
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
In it , I 'm not myself . That frees me to enjoy things I would n't normally even try . Max says that 's what he had in mind all along.’ Before you accuse me of sex discrimination , I know I ought to plunge headlong into the Y - fronts versus boxer shorts debate . But the sexist truth is that women do n't give a damn .
Idiom: body blow (used idiomatically: yes)
Although Nizan died physically on 23 May 1940 , there can be little doubt that he died for the first time , politically and to a large extent emotionally , that afternoon in late August 1939 when , standing on the harbour at Ajaccio , he read Aragon"s editorial in Ce Soir and was confronted by the bitter reality of Nazi - Soviet collaboration . Nizan , like Peri , like Thorez himself , was devastated by the pact . For a communist militant who had devoted his life to the struggle against fascist barbarism and oppression , the revelation that the Soviet communist state had come to a private agreement with Hitler 's Nazi Germany was a mortal body blow . The sheer monstrousness of such a reversal simply defied belief . Stalin , the architect of the revolutionary Soviet state , the instigator of unprecedented social reforms and freedoms , the defender of international peace and security , the supporter of Republican Spain , had struck a cynical deal with Hitler , had in one stroke abandoned the principles of collective security and defence of nation states , and had opted for the fascist diplomacy of " bilateral agreements between gang leaders " .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: no)
Mrs Gould who I am happy to say is quite well has been fully occupied in making drawings of the soft parts of the birds together with appropriate plants flowers berries etc . which will be introduced into my work and I trust from the fund of information I shall be enabled to add that the book will not be void of interest especially to all lovers of ornithology … This is one of the finest climates in the world . Neither myself or anyone of my party having received an hours illness since our arriving though constantly exposed night and day to the bush in all kinds of weather . As regards myself I rarely ever tire or find the day too long though I am constantly walking a circumstance which being considered much to my health being better able to bear fatigue than when last I walked over the hills with you and I found your advice not to take spirits very very judicious . I find tea to be the best and most satisfying bush drink that can be taken … ’
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
These case studies were largely chosen on the basis of the extent of community involvement in the research and their interest in further land - related actions . The final report , giving the regional overview , case studies , and comprehensive analysis of statistical information took two years to complete , twice as long as was expected , yet the problems of acceptability to the establishment were not over . The ARC was defensive — its own existence being threatened by the Region administration , and was in no mood to rock the political boat by publishing a ' sensitive ' report , i.e. one which revealed the inadequacies of their own policies , and would incur the displeasure of the corporate investors in the region . This was all the more remarkable in view of the fact that : — ' The study was not significant because it documented something previously unknown , but because it documented overwhelmingly something already known . '
Idiom: between a rock and a hard place (used idiomatically: yes)
To reveal the truth would be to render herself still more vulnerable to him , and she could n't allow that to happen . But the alternative — to have him believing her poor showing had been caused by drugs , was equally untenable . She was caught between a rock and a hard place — with no obvious way out . ‘ Everyone 's entitled to an off night,’ she muttered at last . ‘ Do you have them often?’
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
He will undoubtedly turn professional as soon as he is able . ‘ The point I am making is that Paul is not the only young player around with that confidence . They have all seen the game on TV , they know that if they get to the table they can build big breaks and if you make one mistake they go for your jugular . ‘ That is why you have to be fit , to practise every day and all day and why the game is so competitive . There are 800 professionals round the world now compared with the days 20 years ago when they struggled to find enough pros to compete for the world championship .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
On the other hand clearing membership is a necessary qualification for certain trading rights on the markets . Until recently this was a simple proposition . To be entitled to trade on the floor of a market by the process of open outcry one had to be a clearing member , a natural enough requirement bearing in mind that all contracts made on the floor had to be registered with LCH . In recent years the practice has developed , on the initiative of the financial futures market , of allowing members onto the floor who are not themselves clearing members . Instead , such a member may enter into a clearing agreement with a clearing member whereunder all contracts made on the floor by the non - clearer are registered with LCH in the name of the clearing member .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: no)
Nigel O'Mahony DROP : A player drops a ball when he has hit out of bounds or lost his original ball . He may also drop his ball back into play , though no nearer the hole , when given relief by the rules or under penalty of one shot if he thinks the ball is unplayable . DUCK HOOK : This is when a ball is mishit and flies very low and fast while veering rapidly to the left , usually landing the unfortunate player in terrible trouble . As Lee Trevino says : ‘ You can talk to a fade but a hook just wo n't listen . ’
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The Heys who were born , married and died in Thurlstone township within Penistone parish , were indexed under Wortley registration district , which was named after a small village 6 miles away . A little elementary knowledge of the geography of the area that one is searching is usually sufficient to solve the problem of correct identification . In this connection it is worth bearing in mind that a hospital birth will be recorded in the registration district in which the hospital stands and not in the district which contains the parents ' home . The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies , Northgate , Canterbury , have published two maps showing the registration and census districts as they were between 1837 and 1851 and between 1852 and 1946 , though they do not mark exact boundaries . The registration procedure is as prone to human error as any other system of recording .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
The climax of the evening was perhaps on the premature side , as the star of the saga , David Holburn alias Rob himself , appeared complete with fake beard on stage before every performance , ‘ Just tae greet ye.’ It is possible that the greeting was not all that one - sided . And then … as if people had not been hearing things since Noah hit his thumb with a hammer , SOUND arrived . On 7 January 1929 the Coliseum in Eglinton Street opened its doors to miles of queues , and the original Jazz Singer starring the original Al Jolson . There is currently another ‘ Al Jolson’ in Glasgow who would be better off singing in a silent movie , so it is important to remember that there was only ever one real ‘ Al’ , and he regaled Glasgow with ‘ Mammy’and the rest in real sound for a six - week run .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
Blue . It 's an object . He done us proud . That 's I know what I would do .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
Baby Louis was found dead at the family 's home in Wantage , Oxon , on Tuesday . Diana issued yesterday 's surprise statement knowing that she would be making a public appearance with senior members of the Royal Family at the Remembrance Day service tomorrow . First reaction from royal observers was amazement that she should have gone public at this stage . One said : ‘ By saying what she has said , one can only draw the conclusion that she turned to the Queen and the Duke because her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy . ‘ If she had wanted to scotch the rumours completely she could have said the reports that her marriage is in difficulties are untrue .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: no)
Yes I know it 's Bugs Bunny on it and you 've got a Bugs Bunny tape have n't you ? I 've got Bug Bunny tape Yeah , they got , they 've got a massive Bugs Bunny sitting up over the sweet counter as you go in Yeah absolutely massive it is , yeah
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
How do you make a clean cut using the path tool in GIMP ? Create a path , and close it by holding CTRL as you click the last node you made . Press enter on your keyboard to turn the path into a selection , and press CTRL+X to cut .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
If somebody studies A - Level Economics , then business studies A - Level is quite possible within one week or two weeks tuition . And that is happening currently with people in schools in Oxford , who come to me for Business Studies , for just about one or two weeks tuition , they then go and pass . Alternatively , you can study Business Studies from scratch in four weeks , providing you have Maths or English G C S E grade B or above . It 's a fact , whether or not it seems easy depends on how it is approached , how it is taught . And remember , this is not education , this is very fast cramming .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
I would stop the frantic activity and just follow the leads that came my way . At the outset of the plans , we had prayed for a sign of divine approval . If God would provide accommodation for my family while I was away , preferably with friends , and convince my parents that I was doing the right thing , then I would know that the trip was on . It had been a lot to ask . We had no friends in Manchester with a large enough house .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
To landowners and forestry companies , the hills cost very little to exploit , but the financial returns can be vast . To walkers and climbers the price of continued access to the hills need only be the cost of MCofS membership . Join now as an individual , £ 6.75 per annum , or free with a Climber and Hillwalker subscription or join your local walking / climbing club ( addresses available from the national officer ) . There are over 100 affiliated clubs . You do n't have to be resident in Scotland to join , you just need an interest in the Scottish hills .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
But of course what they mean by involvement varies from one teacher to another , erm and there are certain limits which most teachers feel that they should put on parental involvement . For example , when you 're thinking of young children learning to read , teachers like parents to read to their children at home and look at books with them at home . erm They do n't like them to buy copies of the school reading scheme and keep it at home and go through it book by book , that they feel is encroaching on their professionalism . Do you think , in fact , Michael , that , that parents actually can do harm to their children by insisting on being involved in their teaching at too early a stage , for example by forcing their children to read ? Well , it 's always erm possible to , to do harm , but it 's also possible to do a lot of good by the interest that 's shown in , in children 's work .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
If this is any use to you you are very welcome to it , as I have another . It is rather awkward to get your fingers into , so scrap it if you ca n't use it . Bob has taken the plunge & acquired a video recorder — masquerading as my birthday present to him . I have n't attempted to master its intricacies yet , but no doubt we shall both acquire some sort of proficiency in time . The weather bucked up once we were back , tho ' it is far from warm .
Idiom: bells and whistles (used idiomatically: yes)
Only Germany has anything approaching a large - scale commercial network . Operators in other countries may maintain that they have ‘ commercial’ digital services , but as yet they have few customers and they are finding it hard to rival the falling prices of analogue cellular networks . The promised ‘ bells and whistles’ that digitisation of cellular telecoms would allow — reliable mobile faxes , intelligent computer modems , interactive paging systems and so on— are being postponed into the late 1990s . When they will actually arrive is anybody 's guess . No doubt the problems can be overcome .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
3 The leadership role . There is a tendency for group leaders to interfere too much in the running of the group , often anxious about the group not going well , with too many silences , or not being sufficiently helpful . This should be avoided . Wherever possible the counsellor should leave the group to work out its own solutions , restricting his input to occasional clarification , keeping the group to the point and ensuring fairness .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
. concerned is the small amount of paperwork all right . And we have to we always read the small print as well . We 're always saying to us what 's this down here . All right .
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: no)
I 've found them Jean Oh thank you dear . Thank you saved my poor old face oh ho ho . Here they are . Oh we 've got them thank you very much Carla where were they love ?
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: no)
When I talk on it . When I talk on it . He listens , he listens to it afterwards and he goes no I ca n't understand , well now I can , now I can understand why they take the piss out of me for my voice . Oh shut up . Do n't , it 's so sensitive I promise .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: no)
Cray cracks up . ‘ But on the other hand , so what?’ I think of the band like puzzle pieces , all falling into place around each other Everything the Stax band did was minimal , but it slotted together . You do n't have to say too much ; a little is enough
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
A tuxedo-clad Madonna opened the show with a gender-bending song-and-dance number with three scantily clad women in a brothel-style atmosphere . Wearing a Marlene Dietrich-style tux and top hat , Madonna caressed the thigh and slapped the buttocks of a lingerie-clad female dancer . ‘ Get the picture ? ’ Madonna teased the audience at the end . ‘ If you 're looking for trouble you 've definitely come to the right place , ’ said actor Christian Slater , host of the three-hour awards show telecast on the cable network from Universal Amphitheatre .
Idiom: grasp at straws (used idiomatically: yes)
' That much was always obvious , ' he said with heavy irony . ' And begs the question , why not ? ' She rubbed at her abused flesh , desperately grasping at the first straw to float into her mind . ' You saw the way she acted . It 's not the first time she 's tried to take someone from me . '
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
The smell excited her like a pheromone , even now , three years after she had walked out on all that madness . as if remembering the steps of a dance she walked to the long cheval mirror in the bedroom and tried on the dress , a dark grey beaded silk gown by Bruce Oldfield . It was magnificent ; the neutral tone accentuated the rich tints of her skin , which , after three years under the Jamaican sun , was the colour of medium roast Blue Mountain coffee . But tonight 's objective was to please Richard and be photographed by every goddam paparazzo in London , and that meant colour , the brighter the better . She tried a red - and - pink Chanel shift , a Lacroix confection splattered with turquoise roses and a long green tube by Azzedine Alaia which made her six foot , 128 lb body look like some exotic serpent .
Idiom: prop up the bar (used idiomatically: yes)
And his perfect ending would be for Villa to become the first winners of the Premier League and break United 's hearts for the second successive season in a title run - in . McGrath said : ' If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two - horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ' The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has - been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level . When he sold him to Villa for £ 450,000 in 1988 , Ferguson made no secret of the fact that he was delighted to see him go . Fined
Idiom: hit the ceiling (used idiomatically: no)
In the first three months of 1993 , they bought a net $ 1.2 billion of South Korean shares , more than half as much as they invested in the whole of 1992 . Foreigners now own 3 % of all listed shares ( nearly 5 % , if indirect ownership through funds is included ) . Over 80 listed companies have hit the 10 % ceiling on foreign ownership — so foreigners can buy more shares only from other foreigners , usually at a hefty premium . Many are reluctant to do so ; they harbour hopes that the government will raise the 10 % ceiling . Yet that change may be slow to come .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
We 've expanded , sir . Expanded very much.’ His chat followed suit . ‘ It 's not everyone can see him , of course . You 're very privileged , madam.’
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
Alongside this , the US Supreme Court has expanded citizens ' rights to sue police departments or their chief for officer misconduct . The individual officer is rarely held personally liable for his or her actions : damages are paid by the city , while legal costs are met by the union . However , such procedures are expensive , encouraging police departments to exercise more discipline over rank - and - file officers ( Sherman , 1983:227 ) . These political and legal developments have encouraged a pronounced shift of emphasis : from a law enforcement conception of policing , which ' views enforcement of the law as an end in itself , regardless of its consequences for the social order ' to a peace - keeping conception which ' views law enforcement as a means towards an end : the highest possible level of public safety , order and preservation of life and property'(Sherman , 1983:230 ) . Sherman believes that , as a result of these changes , police are more likely to talk their way out of a potentially disorderly situation than they were in the 1960s ( ibid.:231 ) .
Idiom: in the nick of time (used idiomatically: yes)
A woman in a provincial restaurant ate a steak and complained that it tasted of cardboard . She had eaten the cardboard packing , undoubtedly well - cooked . Possibly in the nick of time , Israel began to export an appetite killer , consisting of pulverised algae . New Scientist enlightened us all by saying ‘ animals infected with rabies virus show dramatic changes in their behaviour’ . Ariadne announced that the pictures on the back page with what some call funny captions were to be axed and was promptly beaten up by post and battered into continuing .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
This Don and his wife and er Gail and her husband , you know intelligent people . You should have told them that about the poppy seeds . You should have said , you eat poppy seeds on rolls . Yeah ! Cos you do .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
This they did and on her advice the dog 's diet was changed to one of chicken and rice together with a vitamin supplement . By the following weekend , Ned had begun to lose interest in his lover and within two weeks , much to her distress , he began leaving her alone for long periods of time while he chased after a very attractive Border Collie who had just moved into a neighbouring street . One evening , three weeks later , things finally came to a head when Ned booted the former love of his life out of the basket onto the kitchen floor . Before the stone had come to a halt it was pounced upon by the entire family who gleefully heaved the unfortunate lump of granite out through the back door and out of their lives ! It was never to be seen again !
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
Geal - Charn ; 1132m;(OS Sheet 42 ; 471745 ) ; M25 . Carn Dearg ; 1034m;(OS Sheet 42 ; 504764 ) ; M95 . THERE 'S SOMETHING PARTICULARLY DELICIOUS ABOUT MOUNTAINS THAT ARE hidden away far out of sight from any road , and Carn Dearg , near Loch Pattack , is a prime example . Although its giant neighbour , Ben Alder , can be viewed from the A9 at the top of Loch Ericht , and the peak further west along its ridge , Aonach Beag , can be seen briefly from the A86 if you 're not fishing about for an extra strong mint in the glove compartment , Carn Dearg reveals itself only to those prepared to sweat a bit . I 'd lusted after these peaks for some time , but a decision has to be made about how to get at them .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
You got badly lost in the dinner party scene.’ ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley - Jane was giving me the wrong cues . Her lines were all over the place tonight.’ ‘ Yes , Malcolm Harris mentioned that , too . Presumably that was because she was unwell .
Idiom: sweep the board (used idiomatically: yes)
Having won 15 of the rally 's 33 special stages , Biasion became world champion with the Ivory Coast and British rallies still to be run in a season spanning 13 events . The San Remo produced another strong performance from the Lancias , three finishing in the top four places . Last season , they swept the board with all four leading places . But this time Carlos Sainz , who had held the lead since Tuesday , came third in a Toyota . The Spaniard finished only 25 seconds behind Fiorio , while Dario Cerrato of Italy , in another Lancia Delta , was placed fourth overall after breaking front and rear differentials .
Idiom: fight tooth and nail (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's hard looking at children in saome area with no clothes in the cold weather , even now , two years after the revolution ) Voice over The people demonstrated their spirit when the whole country rose up , carried on the tide of revolution in Eastern Europe , and literally fought tooth and nail against their oppressors . The evidence still litters the Revolution Place in the capital Bucharest . ( Bullet holes still exist all over the Place of the Revolution where most of the fighting took place .