Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: eat your heart out (used idiomatically: yes)
The Houghton Band provided the music and an admirable caller who managed to direct even those of us with two left feet through an amazing number of turns and convolutions which somehow always managed to bring us back to our starting point . Much hard work had gone into preparing the evening not least by Theresa Gardener and Anne Wright who , at half time , conjured up a most delicious home - made hot pot and a superb apple pie and cream — for 100 people ! Keith Floyd eat your heart out ! ! Donations to the raffle ranged from champagne to ‘ coasters’ and together with the bar , helped to swell the profits from the evening to just over £ 400 , a sum which will be put to good use in helping us to continue to offer free pregnancy testing at our Lancaster office , together with confidential counselling for those with problem pregnancies and a helping hand for those experiencing difficulties following an abortion . Our grateful thanks go to all who participated in any way and helped us to have such an enjoyable and satisfying evening .
Idiom: the die is cast (used idiomatically: yes)
And the trickery began long before voting day , with nine opposition parties prevented from even appearing on the ballot . These two events have rendered Putin 's regime not only illegitimate , but also ridiculous . Even if the regime formally " wins " the presidential election on March 4 , the die has already been cast . What is happening in Russia today is part of a global phenomenon .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
So intense was the pain in his neck , flexed almost to breaking point , that he almost forgot the wound in his chest . Though his hands were free he could not rise , only thrust helplessly at the ground . To turn his head sideways meant slicing the edges of his mouth with the taut wire , but he had to see what they were doing . He heard himself gasp and gurgle , saliva and blood spitting past the merciless wire . The four of them , ignoring him , were setting the trolley up again , jabbering among themselves in Kamalian .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: no)
Though the building has been internally divided , it continues to flourish as the Glasgow Film Theatre . George Singleton was always aware of the social and artistic value of the cinema and , to this day , continues to express a serious interest in the arts in general . Every Friday he lunches in the Glasgow Art Club with about a dozen friends and only displays momentary irritation when he fails to hear an occasional bon mot . The most genuinely modest personality it is my pleasure to know , George had to be bullied by a number of us to sit for his sculpture by Archie Forrest who could well be considered as adept with clay as he is with paint . Cosmic : Archie Forrest puts finishing touches to the sculpture of George Singleton , 93 , alias Mr Cosmo , champion and patron of foreign language movies
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: no)
And it was obvious that she really cared . When she meets those who , through no fault of their own , have become the victims of society , the Princess behaves quietly , sensitively , trying hard not to overwhelm . For instance , sitting down with some of the battered wives , she leaned across the table , chin on hand , asking each woman in turn : ‘ How long can you stay here ? Are you worried about finding a place to live ? ’ One woman told how her husband constantly berated her , calling her ‘ a fat bitch ’ when she weighed 5 1/2st .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
3 ) If Washburn has discovered the centre of the universe within our own solar system , how come it has taken them so long to tell anybody about it ? Professor Stephen Hawking must be making a beeline to Washburn HQ even as I write ! 4 ) Is the Mercury poster , for which the small print invites one to send away a fiver , washable ? Yours anytime , → The perfect letter — brief , vicious , and elegant .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
The box had to be flat - packed but assembled without glue ; it had to be portable and reasonably waterproof . When the box is full , you drop in a burning match . The plastic of the syringes catches fire and the fire kills any infection on the needles . Science and Technology Viewpoint : Checks for man - made genetic time bombs By TOM WILKIE
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
The adjustment mechanisms are assumed to operate smoothly as the new opportunities are grasped . In the light of industry 's past performance such adjustment does not seem likely . The argument begs the massive question of why productivity has been absolutely so low for so long . Production might well rise but would it not most probably be high - cost ? Certain firms might go to the wall under domestic competition but , as the proponents of the policy admit , ' the British economy as a whole is being feather - bedded'[Godley , 1979 , 233 ] .
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
This also helps to reinforce the idea that each group 's efforts is just as good / bad / funny / serious as the next one — it also will often provide a little light relief in the same way as the music and dancing . Extra time may be spent learning the basics of editing , or more advanced camera work etc . , or this might be left to develop at a later workshop . At a more advanced workshop , tutors with a professional interest may help explain techniques if this is required , though in the first instance the rough - and - ready style of amateurish video pays off more dividends as it intimidates beginners less than a smoothly polished film , and conveys the sense of ' being there ' to the viewers . In every case however , it is necessary to have a clear focal point for the activities , to work towards the communities needs , and for each community to be able , at least crudely , to have an idea of how they wish to use video when they return to the problems of their own area . In the case of the YCCC , the video workshop so inspired two of the members ( a husband and wife ) , that on returning to Yellow Creek they went out and bought a video which they have since used with great effect in their campaign .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
For example , one major application of the IS - LM model is in comparing the effectiveness of fiscal and monetary policies in the Keynesian and neo - classical theories . This application is considered in Chapter 25 . It is important at this stage to point out two serious limitations of the IS - LM model and these should be borne in mind in all its applications . ( a ) It is a comparative static equilibrium model and so ignores the time - lags which are so important in examining the effects of economic policy changes .
Idiom: run a mile (used idiomatically: no)
But I would n't want him to make his comeback on desperate ground . ’ Graham McCourt and Declan Murphy are on the shortlist to replace Dunwoody on Kribensis . Morley Street beat his full brother Granville Again in the slowly-run Elite Hurdle last month , but has since been beaten by Muse over two and a half miles at Ascot . Muse 's stablemate Oh So Risky , three lengths back in third in the Elite , renews rivalry . Mark Tompkins confirmed yesterday that Halkopous will be his Bula Hurdle representative in favour of Staunch Friend .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: no)
Children need to get involved in using language from the first lesson . And because it keeps them busy … As children grow , they become keener and keener on games and puzzles which , in fact , test their developing cognitive skills . Chatterbox is full of activities that help children assimilate some of the patterns of English — and encourage them to think and communicate on the way ! Teachers choose Chatterbox too !
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
And all her joy was Ashdown Park … The Craven family of Ashdown Park eventually bought Compton Beauchamp in the middle of the nineteenth century , but never lived there . The house has changed hands many times over the last fifty years . 1710–11 BIDDESDEN HOUSE Ludgershall WILTSHIRE BIDDESDEN HOUSE , the last word in rural baroque , was built in 1710 for John Richmond Webb , one of Marlborough 's finest generals and closest friends , perhaps most famous for his victory at Wynedaele in 1708 .
Idiom: drop a hint (used idiomatically: yes)
It means Lamb 's worst fears will be confirmed as he discovers how his disclosure of the Pakistan ball tampering scandal has totally embarrassed cricket 's governing body , the Test and County Cricket Board . Erupted Dexter dropped a heavy enough hint a fortnight ago by failing to back Lamb when the row erupted . After Lamb had blown the whistle on the Pakistanis Dexter seemed to want to wash his hands of anything Lamb was doing — suggesting that the Northants captain 's forthright comments would not just end with a fine and a suspension from his County bosses . If Lamb 's sacking does not come as a major shock then Gower 's latest axing is mind - blowingly baffling following his much trumpeted recall for the third Cornhill Test match at Old Trafford .
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
Fourthly , it is obvious that the overall decline in birth rate and population growth which was occurring as part of the demographic transition to small birth and death rates was greatly exaggerated by the poor economic conditions and the unemployment of the inter - war years . It was the speed at which the decline occurred which led to wild suggestions that Britain was on the verge of a race suicide . In the final analysis , there were many factors operating upon population trends in the inter - war period . Unemployment and economic depression were significant among these , particularly within the working class in the declining industrial centres who had . had the knowledge which would permit them to regulate their population increases from the beginning of the industrial revolution , and before .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in : but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents .
Idiom: take a bow (used idiomatically: yes)
During the Queen 's visit they served sandwiches , cream cakes , iced tea and strawberries and cream to over 300 people . Chelsea Harbour Sculpture 93 will run until September 18 and admission is free . SOME P&O PEOPLE TAKE A BOW Accompanied by the President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors , Philomena Davidson Davis ( left ) and Sir Bruce MacPhail , the Queen meets the Mayor of Hammersmith and Fulham , Mrs Joan Caruana , and Chairman of P&O Properties and P&O Developments , Time Harding ( Right ) . Honour from Czechs for Bovis 's Sir Frank Laml
Idiom: sign of the times (used idiomatically: yes)
Equipping a plant to cope with carbon dioxide is likely to double its cost . Add to that the 17–20 per cent of the power output consumed in stripping the carbon dioxide and the outcome is probably a doubling in the cost of the electricity produced . It is a sign of the times that despite the cost research is continuing . Leaving out nuclear power and the renewables , the most favoured low carbon dioxide fuel is natural gas ( which is largely methane , another greenhouse gas ) . Emissions from a gas - fired plant are about half those from a coal - fired one .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
It was possible to think of the episode in a detached sort of way , she found with relief , as though it had happened in another time and place to someone else . From now on , she realised , her life would be forever divided into two separate halves — the time before her loss of memory and whatever was to come after recovering it . This interlude with Penry Vaughan on Gullholm would be something to remember with gratitude as a sort of enchanted no man 's land in between . At the thought of Penry she stretched , cat - like , her mouth curving in a dreamy smile . As an experience to blot out the horror of her discovery on Brynteg it had been blissfully successful .
Idiom: perish the thought (used idiomatically: yes)
Larry Ellison 's having quite a month : not only did Oracle finally get version 7 out , his house got a to - die - for spread in Architectural Digest . Very Japanese . For months we said Microsoft Corp NT was gon na be big and fat and Microsoft said ' Perish the thought ! ' Guess what ? It 's gon na take 12Mb to 16Mb to run that sucker .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: no)
‘ But that means … Well , that means … ’ ‘ Murder , Peter,’ his wife snapped , leaning forward in the saddle . ‘ That 's what Mr Hjerson has the effrontery to be claiming has happened.’ ‘ Madam , there is no effrontery .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: no)
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 Hereford 1 , Yeovil 2
Idiom: on the wagon (used idiomatically: yes)
In her head , Burnside remembered someone calling America the United States of Sand and Rocks . Sometimes she found things stranded surreally , left by God - knows - who . The original pioneers had been forced to lighten the loads on their wagons by strewing all manner of excess baggage across the western half of the continent . Bookcases , iron safes , furniture from the Old World , a diving bell . And the new resettlers were no different .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Kolchinsky asked . Rust opened the file on his desk and ran his finger down the list of suspects . One name caught his eye and he programmed it into the computer . ‘ Akkid Milchan . Thirty - seven years old .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
The Bay of Plenty No . 8 , Dean Oswald , will offer a more contemporary view . His influence in stemming the Swansea flow could not be overstated and he now looks certain to face his fellow countrymen in two weeks ' time . After Gerald Williams had caught Pontypool on the hop with a 16th minute try , converted by Mark Wyatt , the Kiwi import changed the whole course of events . It was his pick - up and feed from a scrum which sent David Wright in for the first of his tries and then the No . 8 charged over from a similar situation to grab the lead on the stroke of half - time . Once in the lead there was no stopping the home side as they reinforced their gathering momentum with five second - half tries .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
Once past the lower falls go round to the left on the north side of the Hepste , to reach the falls of Sgwyd yr Eira . You can easily walk behind this fall . From Sgwyd yr Eira head south to Dinas Rock , staying on the east side of the Mellte and make your way back to Pont - Nedd - Fechan . THE SUFFOLK COAST PATH The path runs from Felixstowe to Lowestoft , mainly through the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Suffolk Heritage Coast .
Idiom: pure and simple (used idiomatically: yes)
O'Toole and Finch even attended his funeral but — probably having drunk a little more than they 'd meant to , to ease their grief — they found themselves at the wrong funeral and mourning over the wrong body being buried . Harris , even after reforming , remained nostalgic about the good old days of drinking , much of it with his soul - mate from RADA , O'Toole , who was also his countryman ( both were born in 1932 in Eire — O'Toole in Kerry and Harris in Limerick ) . ‘ The pure and simple fact’ , said Harris , ‘ is that I loved it . ‘ There was no other reason whatsoever . I adored getting drunk and I adored reading in the papers what I had done the night before .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
He was to be , in fact , the common progenitor of Jews , Muslims and Christians , as North explained in a note to Reagan later . The passage was not some ghastly simile of war or territorial domination ( though heaven knows what the Iranians would have made of it ) , but just a pictorial explanation of the passage North said he read them next , from the third chapter of Galatians : ' Know ye therefore that they which are of faith , the same are the children of Abraham . ' The Iranians , not to mention the other Americans , heard these things with some astonishment . Secord thought it was good , it was trumping them . After all they had been force - fed about the godliness of the Khomeini regime , here was Reagan as a ' man of God'(North 's words ) who had gone away for a ' whole weekend ' to pray about the Frankfurt meeting and had come up all by himself with an inscription for a Bible to be given to the Iranians .
Idiom: long in the tooth (used idiomatically: yes)
Your aunt , eh ? God ! That makes me feel long in the tooth , gal!’ She patted my arm . ‘ Welcome aboard !
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
Eleven eleven by eleven and a half foot . How much is that ? Well you want to nip over there and see what they come on on the roll . hang on . No .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
A new involvement with the needs of children , the greater emotional investment that followed , is likely to have been both a cause and effect of new contraceptive strategies . There is considerable evidence from the eighteenth century of a new concern with childhood in middle - class ideology and practice . A conceptualisation of the separateness of children went hand in hand with the socially felt need to protect their purity and innocence . They became a form of property to be admired and cuddled , to be cared for and above all protected ; ‘ they were to stay firmly in Eden , with their hands off the apples and deaf to the serpents’ , as Professor Plumb has put it . This raises fundamental questions about the social nature of concepts of childhood , youth and adolescence .
Idiom: boots and all (used idiomatically: no)
Several three - hour papers were answered in large , cold halls smelling of kippers : the open fires were large , decorative and ineffective . All I can now remember of questions and answers is writing a three - hour essay on ‘ Security’ , and I can not think that it was very good . In December I was interviewed on a dark evening at Trinity by a group of Fellows , one of whom wore enormous boots and all of them seemed amused by my belief that there were no good books on eighteenth - century English history . They offered me , in due course , a commonership — that is a place . That was something to cheer Christmas 1945 , but not quite enough and in the new year I was back again , once more taking the No . 2 bus from Summertown to Carfax .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
The line means : ‘ May God grant you peace of mind , gentlemen ’ , not : ‘ May God grant you happy chaps a rest from your revels . ’ TODAY 'S Book Of Things You Did n't Know … is now on sale , published by Simon & Schuster for £3.99 . Key to perfect home brew is in the bag James Roberts THE one thing guaranteed to dampen your enthusiasm for home brewing was the uncertainty of it all .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
When they parted , he was sure that he had given Ludovico serious pause for thought . He was wrong . Ludovico went straight to the Via Santo Spirito , strode purposefully through the leafy courtyard , and ran up the broad shallow stairs to the top floor . He burst into the apartment , woke Constance from her doze , and fell upon her , greedy and desperate to prove to himself that he was right and his friend was wrong . Constance was overwhelmed by his urgency .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
Princess Anne herself is a former three - day event world champion and competed at the l976 Montreal Olympics . Ex - husband Captain Mark Phillips won gold and silver medals among the British equestrian tally of five gold , four silver and one bronze since l952 . Anne is known to be at loggerheads with IOC president Samaranch and snubbed the opening ceremony in his home city . Sr Samaranch is on record as saying that equestrian sports , boxing , modern pentathlon , canoeing and Greco - Roman wrestling should be ditched by the year 2000 . That is the very year that Manchester , spearheaded by Anne , want to host the first Olympics of the new century .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
Male speaker We have to ensure that people who deserve to be locked up for the public good are locked up . My officers find it frustrating to see the same persistant thieves out and about . Voice over Operation Overdrive has had its successes .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
Praying that the real me is in touch with the real God . I 'm overwhelmed with all God 's goodness and continual guidance . Events are falling into place for setting up a work in Glasgow based within my home church , Queen 's Park Baptist . The vision is to see a ministry established that reaches out to working girls . It will incorporate through proclamation the awesome truth of the love God has for us , and our involvement in actions to help people to believe in a real God .
Idiom: straight from the shoulder (used idiomatically: yes)
One might well … accost him … Yes , it definitely looks like a chance to me … Something on the lines of a direct informal approach … man to man … straight from the shoulder … Now look here , what 's it all about … sort of thing . Yes .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
As I drew nearer I noticed that half of the roof had gone and there was a large gaping hole in the wall at the side of the cottage . Surely the old Frenchman and his family have n't been killed ! The place was deserted , there was no sign of the family , smashed furniture and household goods were strewn all over the place . It appears that the shelling of yesterday evening was responsible for all this damage . As I turned away and headed back the way I had come I passed two dead cows lying on the grass , large shrapnel wounds on their bodies .
Idiom: see stars (used idiomatically: yes)
At night , Mary could see the stars through the window next to her bed .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: no)
The £ 700,000 transfer from Charlton went through only 48 hours after Lee rejected the chance to link up again with his former boss Lennie Lawrence . Lawrence 's bid broke down largely because of Londoner Lee 's reluctance to move to the North . Now , in an amazing snub to Lawrence , the 26-year - old has joined a club which is even further away from the capital and is set to make his debut in the Coca - Cola Cup tomorrow night — against Middlesbrough ! ' I can understand if Lennie Lawrence is feeling a bit bemused tonight , but he wanted an answer straightaway , ' said Lee . ' He put me on the spot and eventually pulled out of the deal as much as I did .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Previous studies on longterm results of fundoplication were based mainly on questioning patients , with only sporadic endoscopical examination . Only a few reports concerned the fate of oesophagitis , and then with relatively short follow up , although the typical patient is young or middle aged and thus has a life expectancy of several decades . While short term evaluation after fundoplication , as a rule , shows normal values of 24 hour oesophageal pH measurements , rise of lower oesophageal sphincter pressure and probably correction of reflux induced disturbances of motility . little is known of the longterm effects of fundoplication on oesophageal function . The purpose of this study was to evaluate the longterm clinical and endoscopical effects of Nissen fundoplication performed for reflux , including assessment of oesophageal function . Patients and methods