Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: no)
The position yeah , it 's as Roger said , and I think we 've got to the stage now where we 've shown good faith , we 've had that land put in good order , and we can now I think quite justifi justifiably say , we 've done enough , if you 're not prepared to help any more , it 's over to you . Cos at this point in time , we would have left that piece of ground in excellent condition . It sticks in my throat that you know we 've had to pay it but , from the point of view of the residents , we 've done the right thing by letting it . But now we can quite justifiably say , that land was handed over to you in excellent condition . And if they fail to keep it up , it 's not our , not our responsibility any longer .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
During the stopover , four more passengers came on board .
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: yes)
For a moment the memories came sweeping back . That was what had hurt most , the memory of her naïvete . And the fact that none of her so - called friends at the college — not even her room - mate — had cared enough to warn her that her handsome fiancé apparently regarded an engagement as no pressing reason to stop ‘ playing the field’ … As she stared unseeingly at the advertisements in yet another newsagent 's window Folly felt the old anger come surging back . They had all known ; that was the awful thing .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Oxford recruits not as a whole University but by college . They are unlikely to follow suit Female speaker I do n't think we would engage in that sort of thing .
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: yes)
Edberg won his first round - robin match , in the IBM ATP World Championships , beating Czechoslovakia 's Petr Korda 6–3 , 7–6 . If the Swede wins this week 's $ 2.5 m battle of the world 's top eight men players , he 'll regain the top spot held by Jim Courier for all but six weeks of this year . Martina set to call it a day From Barry Wood in New York MARTINA NAVRATILOVA yesterday revealed that she will finally bring down the curtain on her incredible career at the end of next year .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah ? Cos I 'd kiss anything ! I 'd had a few ! Do n't sound like a lot .
Idiom: all things being equal (used idiomatically: no)
4.1 Reasons for state ownership As we saw in chapter 3 , there are fewer " natural " controls on state - owned than on state - regulated concerns . Therefore , all other things being equal , it would appear that more , or more extensive , controls would have to be placed on state - owned concerns than on regulated ones . However , there are reasons why the state may prefer to own rather than merely to regulate . The most obvious political reason for state ownership is to ensure social ownership of production , in the particular sense of " for the people " .
Idiom: have a go (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ At the moment , Clive and Trevor have got a good pattern going and I do n't think playing three strikers figures in the manager 's plans . ’ Small has played three reserve games since returning from injury and knows make or break time will come within the next month . ‘ I 've got to prove to the boss it 's worth having a go on me , ’ he said . Kelly faces rap over FA attack by Ben Bacon
Idiom: a hair's breadth (used idiomatically: yes)
This was the first year that CPRW had set targets and perhaps we were too optimistic . However some branches have managed to make good progress towards meeting their target . Anglesey for example are within a hair 's breadth of attaining theirs . As targets were proportional this begs the question , is the failure to make progress with recruitment linked to the dynamism of the branches ? Our branch members are volunteers who have given , taken together , many centuries of person - years to CPRW .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It will be interesting to see if the system has been improved in any way , but it will take a couple of months before we really see any indication of that,’ said one insider . ‘ Many people feel that Radio 1 has just made a couple of minor alterations to get the critics off their backs . Things might have been different if there had been more consultation with industry people across the board . ‘ We 'll just have to wait and see if things get any better . If it transpires that there 's been no real change the detractors will be more vociferous than ever.’
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: no)
Seconding my first VS on the tiny limestone sea cliff above Jack Scout Cove — at Silverdale on the Cumbria / Lancashire border — I moved up , forgetting to unclip and remove a runner . Spartan Slab on the Etive Slabs : scene of yet another Hebbert epic ( photo & name : ) . Intimidated by the vast sweep of Morecambe Bay 's shifting sands below , I had to reverse a strenuous move and , in the days before I discovered contact lenses , ended up entangled in awkward loops of rope , my spectacles askew and dangling precariously from one ear . On an outing to the obscure Gate Crag in Eskdale we picked a route called Bosigran — this had to be climbed because I 'd just returned from my first climbing trip to Cornwall . I recall my partner panting , puffing and praying his way over a traverse which in no way resembled the route description , to arrive with abject horror at my belay .
Idiom: take someone to task (used idiomatically: yes)
Fittingly , Strangelove are to three - minute melodies what Gary Lineker is to goalkeeping . They 're a broody looking fivesome , all dark clothes and darker expressions . The atmosphere is hardly lightened when guitarist Alex Lee takes a pissed stagediver to task , but one suspects that this is precisely the kind of turmoil Strangelove get their kicks from . Unfortunately , the gloom remains resolutely unlifted by the music . Non - specific janglings ?
Idiom: like clockwork (used idiomatically: yes)
The time is always right for a good idea , even if it 's not your own . The success of these personalised clocks mean business is ticking along nicely for Graham and Julia Sale , but it was their daughter who got them going . The first was made by hand , but now it 's all computerised , with sales going like clockwork , with orders from Germany Holland America and Malta . The couple had no business know how , having spent 15 years working for charities in the third world . They say help from the department of trade and industry was invaluable .
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
A magical hour , especially here , with the trees swaying at the side of the road , and everything looking vaguely blurred and drowsy . ‘ Really?’ he said . ‘ They seemed rather laden to me , but I 'll take your word for it if you tell me that it 's all general interest in my private life.’ ‘ Private life?’ A note of bitterness crept into her voice .
Idiom: every man jack (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They 're everywhere,’ grunted Lord Beddington . ‘ Look at that German band down there . Spies , every man jack of them , I 'll be bound.’ ‘ Not all spies for Germany are German,’ pontificated Sir Thomas . ‘ In this modern age , they are everywhere , the enemy in our midst.’
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
At any rate it should not surprise us that when Virgil most startlingly irrupts into Pound 's Cantos ( rather late — it is in Canto 78 ) , he should be heard speaking in the Caledonian accents of Gavin Douglas . The question can still be raised whether Pound had any access to Virgil except through translation . Pound , following a polemical strategy which served him well in the short run ( but which later back - fired ) deliberately provoked the academic classicists of his day ; and his use of his sources , classical and other , was always both hasty and high - handed . And so there are still to be found Latinists who think that the hilarious mistranslations in his Homage to Sextus Propertius ( 1919 ) were inadvertent rather than mischievously deliberate . Accordingly the point must be made that the young Pound , as a doctoral student grounded quite rigorously in the Romance languages , certainly could and did read Virgil in the Latin .
Idiom: leave no stone unturned (used idiomatically: yes)
A look into the kitchen drawers reveals a rare American silver baby - feeder by Joseph Lowndes of Philadelphia , c . 1780 . Even without its glass bottle it must be worth at least $ 1,500 . I have always been careful to leave no stone unturned , ever since a time in Philadelphia when a particularly uncomfortable sofa turned out to be hiding a pair of magnificent George III sideboard dishes , subsequently sold for $ 66,000 . 12.30 pm . Lunch , a sandwich , at my desk .
Idiom: lose heart (used idiomatically: no)
For the present , prospects were hopeless . He had left his regiment ( to his father 's exasperated disgust ) to learn about bloodstock and work for a while for a not over - reputable Irish trainer . Four years after that Hunt Ball , where Nicandra lost her heart for ever , Aunt Tossie broke into her moneybox to endow the marriage of Nicandra Constance with Andrew Julian . Dada was against the match : " Not a tosser , " he said , " and not a very tidy horseman either . " Aunt Tossie said , " Nicandra 's not a horse . "
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
' Meaning ? ' he said softly , but she was n't fool enough to miss the anger beneath the seemingly mild question . He did n't like having the tables turned on him , did n't like being the one on the receiving end . ' Meaning that I let you kiss me once I realised that was your intention , because I too thought that it would serve a purpose and stop Terry Lewis making any more waves . Did you think I was actually enjoying it ? ' She laughed , a bitter amusement in her voice .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: no)
I mistrust a literature that finds suicide more significant than death , and a man 's inability to communicate more sorry than the frenzy of his need to . By celebrating the clamorous , we celebrate the bomb . ' The poet 's wife turned away her head and tried to grow absorbed in their child . ' Twentieth - century art glamorizes the act of flying apart , ' the poet on television continued . ' No one seems to face the fact that this is bound to reduce the tragic to the simply catastrophic .
Idiom: hold water (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes . So why does it all bulge up on the side The moon has an affect holding the sea water on to the earth when it 's on the far side of the earth . If you can imagine that . What makes it confusing is the moon is spinning round all the time .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Male speaker I was painting away merrily in Cirencester and realised I really needed a sound academic education . I hope to leave work in a month 's time and get myself up to scratch with my reading . Voice over This latest recruit to the world - renowned Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art has less than usual qualifications .
Idiom: on the side of the angels (used idiomatically: yes)
Nor has the tenor of British business life been much adorned by individuals so ready to dress up lies as the truth and , through their lawyers , to castigate the truth as libel . The brouhaha of recent days over the behaviour of Lonrho , and the Observer newspaper which it owns , should not be allowed to cloud this issue . Lonrho 's ethics have been publicly queried in the past , so many in Whitehall are galled to see it cast on the side of the angels by its opposition to the Al Fayeds , after they had thwarted Lonrho 's own designs on Harrods . And the Observer spoilt its image of editorial independence by producing a special mid - week edition to coincide with its proprietor 's annual general meeting , and of editorial responsibility by pre - empting the deliberations of the highest court in the land . The Law Lords are due to review on April 10th the status of the report produced by the DTi inspectors : waiting a couple of weeks would not have been an editorial disaster .
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
What I now faced was a small town with a strongly macho bias and an inbuilt resistance to change . However , fired with enthusiasm from the successes in Sheffield , we opened for business in a church hall rented to us by a sympathetic vicar . The group was slow to get off the ground , despite an encouraging article about the group in the Rotherham Advertiser . Prospective members seemed reluctant to present themselves . After all , the only tradition of homosexuality in the town was in the cottages , and stories in the local papers about court cases for ‘ gross indecency’ indicated that they were well patronized .
Idiom: on the trot (used idiomatically: yes)
And so it 's no surprise that at this point there 's a plot twist to introduce the villains of the hour . They 've apparently done some very nasty things , so the free world has decided to send Black Hornet in to kick some enemy backside . As a brave pilot who does n't flinch in the face of adversity ( ie three episodes of Coronation Street on the trot ) , you 're on your way to meet the enemy troops . Bombs away The game is a vertically scrolling shoot-'em - up where your aircraft zooms up the screen to greet the enemy troops zooming down to kill you ( surprise , surprise ) .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
Inevitably Gen Aoun is the culprit as far as Syria is concerned . ‘ This ugly crime against the Lebanon and its legitimacy followed a series of threats by the rebellious officer,’ the official Syrian news agency said . But it is always unwise to jump to conclusions about Lebanese atrocities . This one does seem to be a great boost to Gen Aoun , who stood in lonely defiance of the Arab and international communities , his Muslim compatriots , and many in his own Maronite enclave . His interim military cabinet said it held an emergency meeting ‘ to examine initial information about the ugly crime’ .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
The MCofS and Scottish climbers acknowledge that there is a place for bolts in the future development of Scottish climbing . However , to ensure that the highly regarded ethos of , and future development of , traditional climbing ( involving the use of leader - placed / second removed protection ) is not threatened , it is felt that the use of bolts should be limited to the production of SPORT climbs,(there should be no retrospective bolting on established climbs for protection or belays , and there should be no minimalist bolting ) . The production of sport climbs with bolts is acceptable on NATURAL ROCK only when ALL the following circumstances are satisfied : 1 ) On low - lying cliffs , provided that such development is not against the wishes of the landowner;(bolts are inappropriate on mountain cliffs and sea cliffs where a spirit of adventure should remain ) .
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
Advertising is governed by a self - regulating system overseen by the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) . The BCAP is the code by which all advertisers must comply — they do n't , you can complain to the ASA , which will assess the case . There were 850 complaints about computer and software advertising in 1992 , so it pays to be able to read between the lines of an advert . Here 's what to look out for : Software should state the minimum specification needed to run it .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
But there was also unrest on other occasions , as in the summer months of 1715 and 1716 . All of the riots evinced deep hostility towards the Nonconformists ( and especially the Presbyterians ) , and would typically reach a climax with the demolition of the local meeting - houses . One correspondent , seeking to explain the motives behind the attack on the meeting - houses in the west midlands in the summer of 1715 , informed Staffordshire MP , William Ward , that the rioters have got a Notion , that the Ministry and Dissenters have ruined Trade , on Purpose to make the Nation out of Love with the late Peace , and Peace - makers ; and because the Ministry , and secret Committee , and their Friends , will not let the Country have Peace and Trade , they resolve ( if they can hinder it ) the Dissenters shall not have a quiet Toleration . Some of the disturbances were triggered by the provocative actions of local Whigs and Dissenters . At Dorchester on 20 October 1714 , the day of George 's coronation , it was the decision of the Dissenters to burn an effigy of the Pretender that provoked the wrath of the Jacobites , who armed with clubs proceeded to set about"those who carried him about the Town …
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
Both financial institutions and financial markets are in the main more regulated and less developed than those within the UK financial sector . The implication of this is that there is more scope for innovation and change in Europe than there is in the UK . In the short run this provides the UK with comparative advantages in the provision of various financial services . But , in the longer run , it may present the UK financial sector with new competitive challenges which currently do not exist . However , the increased freedom of competition will necessitate harmonization on a variety of fronts if enormous competitive disparities are not to result .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Interesting and indeed impressive as it might have been to learn that the drinking water was purified through an electric purifier , and that the shower contained a tension - soothing massage attachment , everything paled into insignificance beside her overwhelming desire to give her loathsome husband 's shins a very painful kick ! Eventually , their tour of inspection at an end , Carole turned to leave . ‘ Now , I want you both to just relax and take it easy,’ she told them with a warm smile . ‘ We 'll be having a quiet family supper at around seven o'clock , and you 'll be able to tuck the twins up in bed after that , OK?’ she added , brushing away their thanks as she bustled off towards the large ranch house . Waiting impatiently until their hostess had disappeared from sight , Laura was just opening her mouth to give vent to her intense anger , when she was frustrated yet again by the arrival of Ben , carrying their suitcases .
Idiom: close call (used idiomatically: yes)
Patrese led his last race for Williams Berger now had time to restore the fuel consumption figure to a more acceptable level but when Schumacher — also on new tyres — began to set a string of faster laps , he was forced to speed up . Even so it was a close call . Berger crossed the line , his fuel reading zero and Schumacher just 0.7 secs behind . In fact , Berger completed the slowing down lap , which indicated a pessimistic computer and justified his theory that , had Schumacher got really close in the final laps , he would have gone flat out and to hell with the consequences .
Idiom: marching orders (used idiomatically: yes)
The home side now began to look much the better side and Cummings kept Town in it with a fine selection of acrobatic saves . In the seventy fifth minute , Swayles repeated his elbow in Aries ' face , and received only a booking this time . As tempers began to fray , the game deteriorated and Kevin Connelly , when disputing a decision with referee Hart , got his marching orders , reducing Town to ten men . But the drama did not end there ; just as Harefield were looking comfortable , John Harvey Lynch put the back four under pressure , and Harefield 's erm Gary Downs headed a superb own - goal past his keeper who was off balance , to make it two two in the eighty sixth minute . Town 's Roger Charles was carried off the field following a crunch and tackle just following this , but the score remained at two each , so the final result ; Harefield United two , Abingdon Town two .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
For many British people of my generation , the sight of great ships sailing for a remote theatre of action , their rails lined with cheering soldiers , at once evoked echoes of convoys leaving for Africa or the Far East , yet at the same time produced surprise at the media coverage and the openness with which these preparatory stages , and indeed the later fighting , appeared to be reported . To one trained in the more - than - circumspect world of Ultra at Bletchley , the press and public expectation of immediate news and information , not just about military successes and casualties , but even about questions of tactics — and that in advance of the action — seemed incomprehensible . Given that conditions had changed greatly in forty years , and that ‘ the right to know’ had in every walk of life assumed paramount importance , it seemed nevertheless unrealistic — even allowing for the vastly different scale of the conflict — for relatives of servicemen to protest at lack of information over but a few days or even hours . Beyond and above the jolt to the national memory , there was for me a special exhumation of the past . The crash of the Sea King helicopter in which twenty members of the S.A.S. died was reported as the regiment 's single greatest loss since a whole troop with an aircraft had been posted missing in the Second World War .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Some major companies now seem , however , capable of finding ways around the obstacles . Recognising that Uganda permits barter deals , General Motors Trading Corporation in Kenya , for example , negotiated the export of Isuzu buses ( assembled in bond in Kenya ) in exchange for hides and skins which it then sold on to third parties . Though most developed countries deplore such practices , most either practice them from time to time— as Britain did in its arms dealing with Saudi Arabia — or else turn a blind eye when it suits them . For example , Israel has since 1967 followed the general rule that all government purchases — including , of course , arms — should be paid for by offsets . The US Congress has never uttered a word of criticism against the Israelis .
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Then he put this on and he instantly transformed into another character who did a mime to a piece of Baroque music . He was doing a little minuet and he starts finding out things about his body . He ends up doing surgery on himself and takes his heart out , listens to it like a clock and throws it to the audience . It was a wonderful piece . Very bizarre .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Her fingertips started to move gently up and down . He felt it would soon be the moment to make a move , and her behaviour left him in little doubt as to what sort of move it should be . Indeed , the only question seemed to be whether he should even bother to make a move , or just let her do everything for him . But , even then , the nagging thought in his mind would not go away . ‘ Dottie , about Micky 's death … ’
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
Individuals in this group typically stated that they had become ‘ sick of the life’ or they had come to ‘ hate smack’ . One user summed it up as follows : You just get to the point where you are sick and tired of the life that you are living . All the hassles . You 've really got to hate heroin to come off .
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: no)
Never be tempted to run across a road if you are walking a dog . Your pet may be slow in responding , and this could easily result in a serious accident . Instead , cross at lights whenever possible or at a clear stretch of road where there is good visibility , rather than at a corner . While you are waiting to cross , encourage the dog to sit at the kerb , and never allow it to wander out into the road on its own . Public transport
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
Understated , delicate and perfect . Alan Strachan seems to achieve what he wants by osmosis . Michael Codron and his associate , David Sutton , are quietly confident , if not ' Over the moon , Brian ' . The thing we all share is an overwhelming love of the show . ' Thursday : First preview audience .