Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
Even so , he wrote , what might , à la rigueur , be acceptable for a Russian Grandmaster seems merely perverse in a retired artist . However , wrote Goldberg , turning the page and tearing it slightly in his eagerness to go on , my son is rather short - sighted , something he has inherited from his mother , and recently , during a school trip to Dieppe , he dropped his glasses and cracked one of the lenses . He is also prone to jump to conclusions . So it may not , after all , have been you he saw . In which case forgive me for writing as I have done .
Idiom: without fail (used idiomatically: yes)
I quote it in full , in tribute to the whole glorious regiment of women shoppers , firm of purpose and knowing exactly what they want : Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . I shou'd like a cloth one best if you please — I beg of your Sir to be so good as not to fail me this Cardinal by Wednesday , without fail , but let it be full yard long I beg , or else it will not do fail not on Wednesday , and in so doing you will very much oblige me . Hampton M. Vins PS I hope you will charge your lowest price for it , and if you please not to send a duffil one , but a cloth one , full yard long , fail not on Wednesday , please to send it by Mr. Field the Waterman , who comes to the Beehive , at Queenhithe , pray do n't send a duffil one but a cloth one . I have altered my Mind ; I should not like it cloth , but duffil , let it be cloth , and not to be more than 11s at most , and full yard long , and two if you please , both of a length , and both large ones , full yard long , both of a price , they both be for one Woman — they must be exactly alike for goodness and price — fail not on Wednesday — and full yard long .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
The ability of party leaders to manipulate the nomination process had been substantially undercut , however , by party reform . Nominating procedures were now more open and participatory than they had ever been before . Rules changes had transformed the Democratic National Convention into a body much more representative of minorities and the rank - and - file . And , most important of all , the number of states using primary elections to select delegates to the convention had risen from 17 in 1968 to 29 in 1976 , with the number of votes cast by delegates chosen or bound by primaries increasing from 37.5 per cent to 72.6 per cent . In these new circumstances of ‘ open parties’ and ‘ participatory politics’it became possible for outsiders to seize nominations irrespective of the wishes of party leaders , and Jimmy Carter proved to be just such a candidate .
Idiom: fall on deaf ears (used idiomatically: yes)
If a reply was ‘ unavoidable’ , unions should refer to an attached five - page briefing note giving model replies to questions ranging from Labour Party funding to the minimum wage , and suggested that unions should highlight the financing of the Tories by business . The strategy effectively neutralised what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote - winner with an electorate wary about an upsurge in union power under Labour if it could be made an issue . Claims by Mr Major and others that a Labour administration would be heavily influenced if not controlled by the unions appeared to fall on deaf ears as union leaders kept a low profile . The TUC withheld its traditional endorsement of Labour , and Mr Bill Jordan , president of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and one of a small group of TUC leaders who met Mr Kinnock every month before the election , even found time during the campaign to take a holiday in the Canary Islands . ‘ If Kinnock needed one of us to be hung from Blackfriars Bridge at dawn every day to win , we would have drawn lots,’ said a senior TUC official .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
Two of the things dogs often do when anxious are to chew or lose toilet control — and so the whole situation becomes a vicious circle . Vet 's Corner Food for thought This month I 've been inundated with more questions about dog foods , and feeding in general . I could n't be more pleased , so keep sending them in .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: no)
N - plant leaked for five hours BARRY WIGMORE SELLAFIELD finally came clean last night on what happened when plutonium liquid leaked at the heart of the nuclear reprocessing plant . After the Mirror accused them of a cover - up , they revealed that the deadly brew trickled down the outside of a hot evaporator for FIVE HOURS before alarms were triggered . As the liquid boiled off , it left a brown stalactite - like lump of plutonium and salt hanging down the side of the container and a mound on the floor .
Idiom: at a pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
Even if they suspect , they ca n't cover all three places at once . And there remains double bluff . We can always attack from the south , at a pinch.’ ‘ At a hell of a pinch,’ said John le Grant . Tonight , two of the piles , including the highest bridge , would be offered nothing but brushwood .
Idiom: have the last laugh (used idiomatically: yes)
Named from the Greek ' orkheisthai ' , to dance , this area later accommodated the musicians . TODAY 'S Book Of Things You Did n't Know … is now on sale , published by Simon & Schuster for £ 3.99 . Charlie has last laugh on Sir Dickie Sue Heal NICE people do n't make good biopics .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
The effect of reinstatement would be dramatic , bringing back numerous fine buildings as focal points in the street scene . The appeal of traditional shopfronts in purely commercial terms is also apparent in new developments , where historic styles are often used to promote a bespoke image . By the same token , there is a need for good new shopfront design that is highly individual in style but respects the character of the buildings above and beside it . In Vienna , the architect Hans Hollein has produced small new shopfronts that are a sensation ; so there is no reason why appropriately sited new shopfronts , in a contemporary or even futuristic style , can not sometimes add zip to a high street . 45–51 Cookridge Street , Leeds .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
What purpose might be served by announcing that you 're happy ? What use might the statement have ? People do n't suddenly say things out of the blue , without a context . In what circumstances might you say ‘ I 'm happy’ ? SUMMERCHILD : Well …
Idiom: wide of the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
Similarly , more than one - third of the students enrolled in the District 's One - Year and Terminal courses were also to be found in these branches . Thus , in spite of the importance of the pioneering work in rural areas , it was apparent even as late as 1935 that the District had made little substantial and quantifiable impact in its rural counties and among its dispersed population . Tawney , on the occasion of the celebrations of the District 's twenty - first anniversary in June 1934 , perceptively recognised that the District ‘ … was only at the beginning of their task … ’ but was perhaps a little wide of the mark in claiming that the ‘ … District has been a pioneer in spreading education among working class students in rural areas … ’ Some 700 delegates attended the anniversary meeting in Cambridge , and following speeches by Firth , Mansbridge and Temple , a tour of the colleges preceded afternoon tea at Trinity College .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . As a sentencing judge you are always looking for options erm a variety of options to impose so that each individual sentence that you impose on a defendant is tailored to either the rehabilitation or the punishment ends of sentencing . From a practical standpoint we are suffering from some jail overcrowding problems here and certainly this was one option to take an offender who does n't really belong behind iron bars and punish them at home , and from a personal standpoint I was sort of intrigued with the novelty of it all and the technology aspects of it . The scheme was extended to more serious offenders . A woman from Texas saw that there was a growing for advice for the police , probation service and private monitoring companies about in - house arrest , the American name for electronic tagging .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
A fresher length skims the ankles or low calf , and skirts are sexily split thigh-high . But gazelles need n't mourn their micro-minis , there 's still a way to show off long , shapely legs … with hot pants . And I mean hot — in the skimpiest , cheekiest black leather or dazzling gold . Other retro favourites are flares and bell-bottoms , such as all-in-one Barbarella-style pants suits , skimming the body down into gentle flares . Frivolous frou-frou feathers , spikey mules and a high hairstyle are crucial but the main accessory is attitude — if you 're going to wear it , flaunt it .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
McKinnon , though , kept attacking , predictably winning a penalty . It inspired Dalton to some excellent dribbling amid some expansive moves , one run and loop back of his providing the winner . Moncur conceded that his team could be better organised when they do not have the ball , but he should be congratulated for encouraging their skills . ' Healthful Hartlepool ' the town used to advertise , ' The Most Bracing Sea Air In The Kingdom ' . Maybe the wind has changed at the Victoria Ground .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
Before , it had justified their arbitrary rule . Now it explained its relaxation . Britain 's adopted children had come of age . Her duties as parents had been completed , she had prepared them for the future , they could now stand on their own feet , so she let them go . Of course , there were regrets : no parent ever relinquished power over his children without them .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
The character of the whole place is best assessed by walking down from the castle rather than climbing east to west . Urban development does not , unfortunately , keep itself within strict chronological order , so that a geographically direct descent of the Royal Mile skips disconcertingly in and out of a far from direct historical sequence . One of the first things to catch the visitor 's eye when starting down from the castle esplanade is a cannonball lodged in the wall of a house , believed to have been fired from the castle at Holyroodhouse in 1745 when anti - Jacobite forces on the Castle Rock were at odds with Prince Charles Edward at the lower end of the town . A glance to the left gives glimpses of the spacious Georgian squares and terraces of the eighteenth century , when the North Loch and surrounding swamps were drained to allow construction of the New Town . Names in its neat gridiron of streets reflect the Hanoverian ascendancy of the time : George Street , Queen Street , Princes Street , Hanover Street and Charlotte Square .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Some Old Testament books describe events that occurred many years before they were written . The book of Kings for instance must have been written after the last event it mentions — the release of King Jehoiachin from prison in 562 BC — yet it also relates the accession of Solomon , some 400 years earlier , as well as numerous events in between . Stories simply handed down by word of mouth over that length of time are likely to be less accurate than those written down from the beginning . But source critics , prompted by the recurring refrain " And the rest of the deeds of King X , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah / Israel ? " , have concluded that much of the early material in the book has in fact been taken from royal annals and other trustworthy contemporary records . It is extremely difficult to distinguish different literary sources within a document unless some of those sources have actually survived .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
When he was satisfied no fresh threat was about to manifest itself from the darkness , he moved off back the way he had come , retracing his steps until he reached the shallow stream he had leapt a short time before . Pausing again to ensure he was still alone and unobserved in the night , Angel One quickly peeled off his tracksuit top and T - shirt . After washing his wounded forearm and hand in the clear cold water , he tore the T - shirt into strips and bandaged the injuries , as he had done earlier with the knife wound in his leg . Refreshed by a drink , he donned the tracksuit top and set off once more on his interrupted journey south . When he re - crossed the clearing , he barely spared a glance at the three lifeless black shapes scattered there as he sped past .
Idiom: blow someone's cover (used idiomatically: yes)
It might — ' ' Oh , right ! Blow your cover ! ' ' Well , it was you who said that — ' ' Darn right !
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: no)
This is Jake , the big brother I 'm forever telling you about . ' With barely a smile Jake had then stepped forward , and Shiona had felt her heart clench anxiously inside her as a pair of blue eyes , as bright as sapphires , just for a moment had seemed to pierce through her . He 'd held out his hand to her . ' Pleased to meet you . ' And as his fingers clasped hers , a strange sensation had shot through her , as though with that handshake he had branded her forever .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
How that contrasts with the message we preach ! Now I am not , of course , challenging the excellence that God requires from us all but I am challenging a tendency to overthrow the radical message of incarnation . The famous Curé d'Ars would have failed an ACCM on academic grounds and St Paul would have been rejected for other reasons . Yet I see from Church history the many glorious illustrations of God 's weak people . Take some of the Lord 's disciples — Andrew , James , John , and even Peter himself .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
While the Duke and Lieutenant Benson went to Maryhill later in the morning to talk to Hess , Carrington soned out a few more ends . He spoke to intelligence officers at several airbases and made sure that certain records were amended . If the censor ever allowed any of the story to appear in the newspapers , there would be tales of hot pursuit and near interception — the hot pursuit line giving the l . O.s particular pleasure as the fighters mentioned were Defiants , which everybody knew could not have caught a cold . He discovered that two Spitfires from 602 Squadron had actually met the ME110 head on — quite fortuitously — but it had been going so fast they had lost it by the time they 'd turned around . This had been good fortune , as they had not been aware that it was a ‘ protected’ aircraft , but Carrington arranged in any case for the record of their flight to be blotted from the squadron 's sortie book .
Idiom: have someone's number (used idiomatically: yes)
The column for telephone numbers of Melanie 's family would have to remain empty for the time being . She moved on to Puddephat 's wife . Andrew Walker was bound to have Veronica 's address and telephone number but a request for them , so soon after she had been asking questions about the woman 's husband , might well arouse his suspicions . There must be another way of finding out . She thought back to Puddephat 's Who 's Who entry .
Idiom: on top of the world (used idiomatically: yes)
Rationing was still in force , but the mood in the country was one of jubilation and hope at the start of the second Elizabethan age . As well as the Coronation , the crowds lining the rain - soaked streets of London , and at street parties and gathered round the spate of new television sets the Coronation had sparked , were also celebrating some news from the other side of the world . Britain was on top of the world — literally . An expedition led by Colonel John Hunt had finally succeeded in conquering Everest , the highest point on the planet . The Union Jack was fluttering proudly more than 29,000 feet above sea level , planted there by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay three days previously on May 30 .
Idiom: on the blink (used idiomatically: yes)
He nodded with satisfaction . ‘ This time , at least . Every time it goes on the blink I wonder who 'll win . So far I 've come out on top , but one day the damn thing will expire just to spite me.’ ‘ It did n't take you long!’
Idiom: cut and thrust (used idiomatically: yes)
He rubbished Bruno 's up - and - coming battle with South African Pierre Coetzer at Wembley on October 17 , sneering : ‘ Bruno 's next fight does n't rank in the same league as mine . ‘ Put it this way … the fans can go to see a good fight between me and Razor Ruddock at Earls Court on October 31 — or they can go to see Bruno win on a cut against Coetzer.’ Bruno has always stayed clear of any verbal cut and thrust with Lewis — until now . And with big fight tickets to sell , Frank is n't going to stand about silently while Lennox knocks his fight . Bruno smashed back : ‘ How does Lennox expect the British public to have respect for him when he 's not even resident in this country ?
Idiom: spit it out (used idiomatically: yes)
She liked her godfather . He was a man who was quite unable to relate to children and therefore always treated them as adults , an approach which she appreciated . ‘ Come on , Uncle Harry , spit it out . What 's happening?’ ‘ Happening ?
Idiom: weather the storm (used idiomatically: yes)
This implies an oscillating financial performance for the industry as a whole . Add to this the thin margins on which the industry has traditionally had to rely and a very unstable and uncertain environment for individual firms emerges . In this context the financial muscle associated with a more diversified grouping , where risks are spread more evenly , can serve to help weather the storm . It also offers the prospect of an easier means for raising finance when investment is needed . In practice , of course , economies of scale and economies of scope are processes which are usually run together as any firm diversifies .
Idiom: piping hot (used idiomatically: yes)
Their last , eponymously - titled record pointed the way , but having since roped in REM 's Peter Buck to handle production chores , this Minneapolis five - piece are a far more consistent proposition — albeit one still inclined to take five and freak out . ‘ Johnny John’ is a seething introductory manifesto , with Kyle Jay and Terrance James ' guitars bucking like rapid ponies over Kraig Jarrett 's light - fingered bass , while Kirk Justin sings like a drastically disillusioned hick splattered by life . This recipe comes up piping hot again with ‘ Keep Out’ , the Hendrix - y bazooka of ‘ Whatda’ and ‘ Elecktrick Co 's’cynical rough and tumble ; Minneapolis cousins Soul Asylum and mid - period Replacements crawl from similar woodwork , but it 's the Westies ' diverting stratagems that stay on the tongue the longest . Firstly , there 's a brace of ballads . For , during ‘ Kiss The Night’ , ‘ Cardinal Drive’ and the closing ‘ So Long’ , ‘ Green Cat Island’delves into country arpeggios , strains of pedal steel and Byrdsian harmonies with infinite success .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
5.2 Timed matings The oestrus cycle of the mouse is normally 4 days , and females are receptive to mating only at oestrus . If a regular daily supply of mated animals is required it is sufficient to set up a series of cages with one male and three females in each , bearing in mind that in theory one in four females should be in oestrus on a particular day . A ratio of one male to three females per cage will usually produce the best results in the majority of strains . If a group of mated animals is required for a particular day it is possible to increase the probability of mating using the Whitten effect ( 5 ) .
Idiom: better late than never (used idiomatically: yes)
After the Labor leaders Shimon ~ Peres , Yitzhak ~ Rabin , and Ehud ~ Barak embraced the two - state concept , there came the first tentative movements in that direction from Likud members : Tzipi ~ Livni , Ehud Olmert , and Ariel ~ Sharon . Now , from the very bastion of the right , came Benjamin ~ Netanyahu . We can congratulate ourselves : better late than never ! We are all aware that the road toward the realization of this dream is full of obstacles and difficulties , both on the Israeli and the Palestinian side . I believe that some of the preconditions posed by the Israeli prime ~ minister in his recent , widely reported speech are fully justified .
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: yes)
Said what you doing and Eyeing up the bums like you . and I said I said to Bob I said well , you know said well had n't you better get cos Shirley had had a go at Bob first off , before when , when I went in there first thing . Shirley said and do n't stay to the end . He said well you 've got to stay to the end I mean , but do n't stay right to the end , you know sort of
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: yes)
Otherwise , things work at the print media in the same way as they do elsewhere : men promote men , and when the top jobs are up for grabs , they prefer to keep a closed shop .
Idiom: all things being equal (used idiomatically: yes)
Briefly , the original model placed the surface syntactic complexity of metaphorical expressions along a cline which , I suggested , corresponded to the relative ease and difficulty of processing the metaphors in reading . Here , this suggestion is extended to cover what I have called invisible metaphors : that is , those metaphoric forms in which one domain is not linguistically realised on the surface of the text , and therefore has to be inferred . The basic suggestion is that , all other things being equal , the degree of difficulty experienced by the reader increases from left to right along this scale . Surface metaphors are those in which the mapped domains are represented directly by linguistic tokens , and are thus visible on the text ( e.g. Juliet is the sun , in which both domains are realised ) . Shallow metaphors and deep metaphors require inferencing to access the metaphoric domains , and can thus be termed invisible metaphors ( an example would be I love the sun , taken to be an utterance of Romeo referring to Juliet ) .
Idiom: lay eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . And I thought , if I can win owt like that it 'll be nice for her . Cos she 's got a great grandson she 's never laid eyes on . Yeah . So , I thought , I 'll do that .