Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
Fritz 's voice tailed dismally away . He rolled his eyes and tugged at his collar and blew on his finger - nails ; and then Erika felt a sensation she had never known before ; one that in all her life of order , regimentation , structures , and of love and caring , too , it had never occurred to her that she might have . She felt a sense of power : power utter and complete over another human being , and in the black and bitter night , she used it . ‘ Know what?’ she asked , knowing that Fritz was there to be toyed with . Fritz gave her an earnest look which was , if anything , even more ghastly and idiotic than his grin .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
In contrast , the PNP enhancements for Phases 2 and 3 were 96.5 and 92 ( full - time equivalents ) , producing an average enhancement per school of 1.7 in Phase 2 and 0.9 in Phase 3 . The disparity between PNP phases was accentuated by two factors . One was that in many Phase 3 schools with fewer than 150 pupils on roll the allocation was only 0.5 , giving them a much smaller range of support and development possibilities than was open to those schools with a full - time enhancement . The second was the level of seniority at which appointments were made . The 1985–6 Phase 1 initial staffing profile shows a balance of senior and junior appointees — 53 coordinators and 60 Scale 1 teachers .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
And it gets worse . Of the 25 tournaments Todd played , he missed the cut in 23 . He made the cut in the Phoenix Open , by a stroke , and eventually finished tied for 70th , which earned him $ 1,773 . He also made the cut in the Deposit Guaranty Classic , which is a ‘ grabbing’ tournament played opposite The Masters in which it is nigh impossible to miss the cut . Todd was six strokes off the lead at the half - way mark , but promptly shot a 77 in the third round and eventually finished 71st , earning $ 594 .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Ten lucky winners will each get a box set , album , AND a pair of tickets — while 40 runners-up will get a copy of Extreme 's new double album . The prizes , valued at £1,000 , are courtesy of A & M Records . To enter , simply answer this question : What is the name of Extreme 's heart-throb lead guitarist ? Write your answer , name and address , on a postcard , to : The Limit 's Extreme competition , 1 , Thavies Inn , London EC88 1AB . First correct entries out of the bag win .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
THE Dallas Cowboys were left raging at a refereeing decision which could eventually cost them a place in the Super Bowl . Dallas were leading the Washington Redskins 17-13 with time running out when quarterback Troy Aikman was ruled to have fumbled in his own end zone . That allowed Washington 's Danny Copeland to grab the ball for the winning touchdown . Furious Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson argued it should have been called an incomplete pass and made his point forcibly after the Redskins ' 20-17 victory . Dallas seemed to have the game in their hands after Aikman 's two five-yard touchdown passes to Jay Novacek earned them a 17-7 half-time lead .
Idiom: on the fly (used idiomatically: yes)
Their first customer was Apple and this formed the basis of the relationship between the two companies — mainly forged by Steve Jobs , John Warnock and Chuck Geschke . Apple liked the idea so much that they invested a 20 % stake in Adobe making themselves the largest customer . What Adobe had done that had defeated virtually everyone else , certainly at the microcomputer level , was to build typefaces ' on - the - fly ' from outlines . Rather than store a bitmap of each character at every size it might be required , something that takes prodigious amounts of memory or disk storage , they used a single digital outline of the character and generated the required bitmap on demand . And these were n't any old typefaces , they were Linotype 's which meant that they conformed to the highest typographic standards the industry was likely to require .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
However , when it is thought that attitudinism renders ethics irrational , the usual point is that ethical conclusions can not be inferred in any rational manner from premisses which are purely factual . That means that they can not be supported , or more importantly tested , by observation . However much you pile up facts about the world in order to support an ethical case , you can not get an ethical conclusion unless you take some ethical premiss for granted , in a way which usually just begs the question against those with whom you disagree . Thus if people are trying to decide whether the use of human foetuses for experimentation , and perhaps their deliberate production for this purpose , is morally acceptable , no amount of factual knowledge will settle the matter of itself . ( ’ Metaphysical ' facts about the presence of a soul would be equally incapable of closing the matter ethically . )
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
L - G-17 or the control solution was administered subcutaneously through osmotic minipumps ( ALZET 2 ML1 , ALZA Corp , Palo Alto , Calif , USA ) implanted on the back of the rats under general anaesthesia ( 0.2 ml 100 g / body weight of a solution containing fluanisone 2.5 mg / ml , phentanyl 0.05 mg / ml , and midazolam 1.25 mg / ml ) . The animals were treated for 28 days and the minipumps were changed every seventh day . At day 28 , the rats were bled by heart puncture under general anaesthesia ( as described above ) . The stomach was removed , opened along the greater curvature , rinsed in ice cold 0.9 % saline and weighed . Subsequently the stomach was laid out on a glass plate and a tissue specimen , 4 mm in diameter , was taken by a punch press from the anterior wall on the greater curvature .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do n't want to put ideas into your head.’ She threw up her hands in irritation . ‘ Well , at least tell me why you 're so all - fired sure that there is a drugs ring in the club , then ! I 've already told you I 've never seen any signs of one — and nor have any of the staff.’ ‘ Are you sure of that?’
Idiom: smell a rat (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ One million four hundred and sixty - one thousand one hundred and fifty pounds.’ ‘ Then you made a decent profit , Alistair,’ Adam reminded him . Alistair could n't resist asking , ‘ Did n't Miranda smell a rat?’ ‘ Alistair , Miranda is extremely happy : her shares have shot up in value and are now worth well over two million pounds.’ In fact , that afternoon , Miranda had been worried by the swift rise in share price ; she had asked Adam whether he thought anyone might be buying with a view to a takeover bid .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
The small - ad columns of Scam magazine are full of remote - control hookers who just sit by a telephone all day for money , like Ossie Twain . You ring them up , give your credit - card number , and they talk dirty to you for however long you can afford . They 're probably cheaper than Selina , come to think of it , what with the hotel mark - up . They 're here and she 's there , after all I was on the point of signing off when Selina started telling me , in accents of alarmingly genuine arousal , about this rich new boyfriend of hers , this transatlantic moneyman , how he took her to hotels and dressed her up and fucked her on the floor like a dog . This was fairly standard stuff , but I deplored her tone .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Verisimilitude is defined by Torodov as ‘ the individual text 's conformity to a textual norm external to it’ , a conformity whose importance is that it ‘ produces the illusion of realism’ . This illusion of realism can be the result either of the text 's conformity to the rules of the genre ( which Todorov associates with classicism ) or with ‘ what readers believe is true’(which he associates with naturalism ) . In the latter , it is ‘ public opinion’—‘a scattered discourse that in part belongs to each of the individuals of a society but of which none may claim ownership’— which underwrites the verisimilitude of the text , allows its relationship to its referent to be probable , necessary , and therefore true , and naturalizes its conventions : ‘ public opinion therefore functions as a rule of genre that relates to all genres.’ In a classical system , Todorov argues , several genres may claim their right to represent reality and each will have its own measure of verisimilitude to the extent that it conforms to its own internal rules . At the same time , public opinion may qualify and grade the measure of its ‘ realism’ , and some genres may be more ‘ verisimilar’ than others : ‘ In other words , the law of certain genres coincides with public opinion ; but the latter does not have absolute rights.’
Idiom: rare bird (used idiomatically: yes)
He was rudely asked by the first caller , ‘ Do you feel that you come across OK ? Some speakers , like Heseltine , come across more powerfully and capture the imagination of people a little better … ’ Major 's reply suggested that , as an interested visitor from another solar system , he had heard about human personality but regretfully had no first - hand experience of this rare bird , though he was prepared to extend it every reasonable courtesy . ‘ Well , let me tell you what I think the election 's about , Mark . Personalities of course are important in politics , because people are attracted to them , or they are repelled by them , or they 're indifferent by them ( sic ) .
Idiom: dead to the world (used idiomatically: yes)
Here is another example . Someone who manages to read in a noisy , crowded room may inadvertently communicate evidence as to his enviable powers of concentration . But since the act of reading monopolises his attention , he is by definition ‘ dead to the world’ and therefore unaware of that fact which his behaviour communicates . In contrast I have chosen the following passage from Barnaby Rudge : ‘ How do you find yourself now , my dear wife?’ said the locksmith , taking a chair near his wife ( who had resumed her book ) , and rubbing his knees hard as he made the inquiry .
Idiom: under a cloud (used idiomatically: no)
crying out loud . Have a coffee light up a cigarette Sit under its cloud Last night 's hide and seekers , Sunday finds out are not the game at all .
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
She said she was on her way home after visiting friends when the incident happened . Mr Pattison said : ‘ They started to push her from behind and she could hear that she was getting nearer and nearer the River Skerne . ‘ When she started to cry they offered to help wipe her eyes and used a piece of soiled paper which they had just picked up . ‘ They then ran off , laughing at her . There was no one else around and she was very upset .
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
Tweed , reacting automatically to the danger , still felt stunned . Paula , he recognized , was thinking with her usual clarity . She had summed up his immediate task in a nutshell . For the first time he wavered in his determination to get rid of her . She sensed his uncertainty .
Idiom: off the cuff (used idiomatically: yes)
Tim Robbins ' writing - directing debut is amazingly ambitious . It starts off as a satire of Pennebaker 's Dylan doc Do n't Look Back and — cut to the pace of Roberts ' twangy crap folk songs — also attacks Saturday Night Live , rock ' n ' roll , right - wingers , and stupid people . Bob Roberts himself is a monster never quite accessible to the cameras or us , vilifiable only by off - the - cuff remarks ( ' Do n't take crack , kids … it 's a ghetto drug ' ) , and opposed only by Bugs Raplin ( Esposito ) , a wired outsider - hack linking him to every scandal of the ' 80s in a string of fact - filled rants . It 's these lectures which finally unbalance Bob Roberts , which shifts from crisp satire to stodgy tract under the sheer density of Robbins ' disgust with US politics , losing along the way the warped rock ' n'roll and documentary trappings which give bite to the first film intelligent enough to see assassination as a career move for the victim . Bob Roberts is also the first UK film in years to ' fail ' for being stuffed with too many ideas , marking Robbins as a fresh and major talent .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , I 'm ready to have a word with you , too . By ! yes , I am . This business tonight has opened my eyes.’ ‘ Oh , that 's good . I 'm glad of that.’
Idiom: to the max (used idiomatically: yes)
There 's no excuse for what was said , but people are n't just a pile of words.’ Shaun Ryder has always maintained he wo n't let the press ‘ be real because it 's like a fookin ' mad film , it ai n't the real world’ . But when the tabloids come knocking on your front door , harassing your girlfriend , when you spend some time making headlines than music , when you 've developed a habit that 's hard to break when you 've pissed your best mates off to the max , something 's got to give , right ? ‘ When you have a real problem with drink and drugs , when you 're in your twenties , you 're still young and everything,’ reflects Shaun , who 's just turned 30 . ‘ But when you see older people who are addicted , I think it looks double sad .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
She had looked up ; and like the sunflowers she was facing right into the heart of the brightness which preceded the sun . The eastern mountains looked black and shapely , silhouetted against that great apricot-coloured fire . She had been on the very edge of the steep hills which surround the basin in which Orvieto sits ; and the basin itself was alive and moving , swirling with smoke , with smoky white mists which filled it almost to the brim . Then and there the sun rose abruptly and she could see the city bright and sunlit , floating on the mists , a magic city of mediaeval romance . That sleeping peaceful beauty had been almost too much for her .
Idiom: go Dutch (used idiomatically: no)
News International , owners of the Sun newspaper , say they 'll fight the appeal . They said they had no reason to believe the Appeal Court wo n't uphold the original judgement , but they doubted the case would be heard before the middle of next year . Still to come on Central News , going Dutch . Three hundred and eighty jobs are to go at an engineering firm . The plant was taken over just two months ago , and now the new owners have decided to relocate in the Midlands .
Idiom: sitting pretty (used idiomatically: yes)
We got nine thousand five hundred for it . I bought did Dick a bottle of and paid off the mortgage . We 're sitting pretty now . At last the house has made our peace with us and hangs on to her slates in the gardens . Having got the kettle was certainly lucky for me .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Since a single run of 1,000 full - colour A4 posters will cost you several hundred pounds to print , for example , there 's no point working with low - end software , unless you 're an artistic genius . All of the current high - end drawing packages are packed with features and are capable of the highest quality output . But they also have a steep learning curve for the uninitiated , which is something to consider before taking the plunge . Quite often , they 'll sit idle if people find them too complex to use properly . Look for comprehensive bezier drawing tools , precise selection and alignment tools , colour and wireframe editing and the ability to specify dimensions mathematically , as well as by eye .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
For older people to have the opportunity to participate not only on juries but in other civic activities after they retire , the major proposals must be : the end of any age discrimination for voluntary participation in the statutory and the voluntary sectors , especially and initially from those bodies who have it within their own control so to devise and endorse ; the promotion of the Rule of Three in Ten as a rule of thumb for all organisations in the formation of committees , boards and the like ; the establishment of forms of fixed terms of appointment , assessment , review etc which obviate the need to use age as a convenient tool ; the continuance of the pressure on insurers to change their practice .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
Are you paying me for that?’ ‘ Not a sou,’ was the response . ‘ I 've got the pictures , lovely pictures . As for the rest I can make it up . Our library girl has been through our cuttings and there is quite a lot about you .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
There were large variations in the systems ( Pahl , 1989 ) used by the households both to manage and control their income ( see Gillian Parker 's chapter here ) . Nevertheless , in the majority of cases it was the women who managed the money by taking responsibility for day - to - day budgeting arrangements , paying the bills and organising the family finances . Consequently , they had the worry of juggling finances and trying to make ends meet . However , they did not always have control over the money or make the key decisions over how it was spent and distributed . In general , the women in the study had spent their wages on food , items for the children or had saved some money while their husband 's wages were spent on larger bills .
Idiom: dressed to kill (used idiomatically: yes)
The after dark choice was a sleekly sophisticated black velvet dress complete with cutaway shoulders and a de rigueur slit skirt . MISS SELFRIDGE manageress Jenny Beckett largely agreed with the River Island theories . ‘ The girls here are extremely style - conscious and dress to kill,’ Jenny said . Miss Selfridge in Church Street came up with a Western casual outfit comprising leather ranchero jeans and waistcoat , worn with a denim type shirt and white body , and a sparkly short chemise in dark green sequins . NEXT manager Billy Gilbertson endorsed River Island 's 's comments about cost being no object , even for casual clothes .
Idiom: first among equals (used idiomatically: yes)
This reflects four “ megatrends ” : individual empowerment and the growth of a global middle class ; diffusion of power from states to informal networks and coalitions ; demographic changes , owing to urbanization , migration , and aging ; and increased demand for food , water , and energy . Each trend is changing the world and “ largely reversing the historic rise of the West since 1750 , restoring Asia ’s weight in the global economy , and ushering in a new era of ‘ democratization ’ at the international and domestic level . ” The US will remain “ first among equals ” in hard and soft power , but “ the ‘ unipolar moment ’ is over . ” It is never safe , however , to project the future just by extrapolating current trends . Surprise is inevitable , so the NIC also identifies what it calls “ game - changers , ” or outcomes that could drive the major trends off course in surprising ways .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
There are works on paper by Tim Head at the Frith Street Gallery ( to 27 February ) . In Millbank , RAAB is showing works on paper and prints by Ken Currie ( who has created seven new heads in oil , charcoal and beeswax ) , Keith McIntyre , Ian Hughes and Richard Gilbert ( to 27 February ) , while Long and Ryle exhibit ' Dreams ' , twelve small but intense gouaches by Argentinian painter , Ricardo Cinalli . They are displayed with a large fresco and the exhibition coincides with a survey of Cinalli 's recent work , emphasising his large pastel drawings on tissue paper , which is taking place at the Accademia Italiana ( 16 February-14 March ) and will then be shown in Argentina , Spain , Sweden and Russia . In London 's East End , Purdy Hicks , renamed to reflect the appointment of Rebecca Hicks as director , is exhibiting ten new paintings and a portfolio of ten etchings , published in collaboration with the Print Centre , by Arturo di Stefano ( 5 February-6 March ) . Recently preoccupied with historical portraiture and a monochrome palette , the new subjects include classical mythology and pictures of the interior of the artist 's studio executed in a brighter range of colours .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
As they drew away into the darkness , Joshua Cohen stood and looked after them . Denis waved to him , and he returned the wave . The Hebrew blessing of thanks for deliverance from danger sprang to his mind , but without the requisite minyan of ten males to make the obligatory responses he was unable to recite it . That was another thing a Jew could not do ! He buttoned his coat and with firm long strides began to walk .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
It was great to be able to report the following month , that the treehouse survived the terrible storms early that year . There are many people who I 'd like to thank for their support and help , and for those I am not able to contact personally , I must take this opportunity to say thanks . I 've been trying to work out which issue of Woodworker — while editor — I thought was best , and as none come directly to mind , I 'd have to say it is this one . I hope you enjoy it . Lonesome stein
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
They headed an organisation called Pusat Tenaga Raiyat , ' Centre of power for the Countrymen ' , or Putera in common usage . What had they gained ? They applied to the Japanese for permission to fly the national flag and sing the national song , Indonesia Raya . After six months the answer came back : ' No ' . Early in 1943 , Tojo Hideki announced that Japan would bestow independence on Burma and the Philippines .
Idiom: swings and roundabouts (used idiomatically: yes)
For one thing , as I can report , having kept an eye on proceedings since they disappeared from the newspapers and TV , all the witnesses are affected by the disease of official language . For example , ‘ an unexpected deleterious effect on one component often may be counteracted by adjusting one or more of the other components’ . It is a long way from swings and roundabouts . Of course , the witnesses , so far mainly from the CEGB , have written what they are going to say beforehand and are described as ‘ reading proofs’ . The goings on are hardly lightened by the rule that cross - examination questions have to be submitted beforehand as well , so the answerers know what 's coming .
Idiom: bits and bobs (used idiomatically: yes)
Rekcon at about twenty thousand ago . So it 's only done twenty thousand miles No it 's not full , it was just bits and bobs . It 's a proper V L arts and stuff . It 's not one of these Goldseal or anything .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: no)
They may be sown in spring or autumn and undersown to a ley . I use a spring - sown mixture of oats ( 60 per cent ) , barley ( 20 per cent ) , rye ( 10 per cent ) , and peas ( 10 per cent ) , undersown to a herbal ley as the final crop in my three - course rotation . I cut the crop quite green and dry it on a Tyrolean - type wire fence ( see p. 108 ) . I have found the crop to be very reliable in our wet conditions , and it is relished by cattle in early winter . If it is stored for too long in rick or barn , rats and mice can cause heavy losses .
Idiom: more's the pity (used idiomatically: yes)
All they 've got to go on is that she spent a lot of time lying on the sofa , and that 's hardly unusual for a lady in her time and circumstances . Their real problem — and Beatrice 's — is that Ellen Ash is dull . No Jane Carlyle , more 's the pity . Poor old Beatrice began by wanting to show how self - denying and supportive Ellen Ash was and she messed around looking up every recipe for gooseberry jam and every jaunt to Broadstairs for twenty - five years , can you believe it , and woke up to find that no one wanted self - denial and dedication any more , they wanted proof that Ellen was raging with rebellion and pain and untapped talent . Poor Beatrice .