Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
Some eight thousand or eight and half thousand erm rain gauges are involved , we get all the information from these being fed into us all the time . Then erm one could go on , because the building industry , for instance , civil engineering , road construction , actual buildings being constructed , they 're all very weather - prone , for quite a large extent of the contract , and so we provide erm weather advice to these people throughout the contract period usually , and not only throughout the contract period , but if the contract is held up because of weather then the , we get extension of contract comes into this , we can advise both sides on whether the claim is justified or not , because we have the statistics of how much rain fell , how cold it was , or perhaps it might have been a windy spell . All these sort of things we , we keep tabs on . And I suppose people organising special events must erm seek your advice on occasions . That 's right , there are the leisure sides of things , the sailing industries , the golfing , erm many , many calls we get from the man who wants to play his round of golf tomorrow morning or in the afternoon or something of this sort .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: no)
Still no quota ? Out too goes now - bottom Patrick Gael , and all his votes are shared . Now Liam Gael is over the top . Share out his surplus votes . And so on .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
' No , I 'm happy with it . ' ' Yes . ' ' They come out very clean . ' ' So I thought . ' They paused .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
Take the rest of it pleasure spending No why , they 've got lives of their own Well let them live it , do n't want saving for the children , no , they do n't want nothing
Idiom: donkey work (used idiomatically: yes)
The accompanying CTX 14-inch monitor was an adequate match . Cached IDE host adaptors are becoming more popular and CIC has fitted the DC-600B cache controller with 2Mb of RAM . This has its own 80188 processor on - board , so the cache relieves the main processor of some of the donkey work . A 160Mb IDE hard disk bearing the IBM label hangs off the DC-600B. This combination demolished our dBase Benchmark in a mere 14 seconds .
Idiom: get wind of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You wo n't tell them that , will you ? That I sleep in that chair ? Once they get wind of that they 'll have me in there like a shot — And me hands are getting worse . It 's hard to turn the key to lock me door . And if that woman leaves me windows open , I ca n't close 'em up properly .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
They could not provide doctors ' services or for old age . But they were well adapted to the insecure lives of poorer workers ; if due to unemployment or other crisis they had to cease contributions they could lose no more than one year 's contributions . Women were rarely allowed to nor could afford to join such clubs . For medical treatment they and their children depended upon the Poor Law or , mainly in the cities , medical charities , or upon the charity of doctors , some of whom treated poor families free of charge or ran medical clubs of their own to which poorer patients could make small contributions . Certainly , and not surprisingly , the higher stratum of more secure workers and to a lesser extent their families had access to better health and also housing provision in this period before the state played a significant role in either area — at least for as long as they remained in fairly regular work .
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
The account of the mines provided here is derived from an old document brought to my attention . Variants of Roger Fleming 's report however , appear in West 's Antiquities of Furness and in Philosophical Transactions Vol . xvii , 1693 , pages 536–7 where it appears under the heading " Abstracts of two letters from Mr. David Davies , concerning several Copper Mines ; in answer to some Queries proposed by Dr. Lister , S.R.S. No . 200 , p. 737 . " Davies ' description provides additional information and the writer has taken the liberty to amalgamate those which concern the 6th Work : These workings up by Levers Water ultimately became known as the Back Strings . Standing there , looking out over the expanse of the tarn , the reader will surely be astonished that these miners of old had once contemplated draining the tarn by driving a level underneath it .
Idiom: warts and all (used idiomatically: no)
To claim priority over an idea in these circumstances is to take a risk indeed . To side with one or other of the protagonists , as your informants seem to have done , is foolhardy . , Warts and all During the 30 years I have lived in the US , as a student and university teacher , I have never seen the large carbuncles and boils described by Robert Mandeville ( ' The natural history of boils ' , 20 January , p164 ) , although they were common during my school days and army service in England from 1944 to 1952 and I suffered from them myself on three occasions . Apparently they are still quite frequent in Britain , but surely the really interesting question is why ?
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
No , I was just going to say that if , if you try it once , you know , you know if they can do it , they 'll be . Oh , yes . I was going to say , I like to set somebody task as they 're down for , and I look for it , and nine times out of ten you 'll find out if they can achieve that very shortly , very fast . And if they cannae cope with it , they 'll come to , or the majority will come and say look I cannae do it . If it 's something silly , that they have n't been trained for , but most jobs you can delegate and they 'll do it just as well as you .
Idiom: tough as old boots (used idiomatically: yes)
I believe that John Major , if the erm situation demanded , could be as confrontational as the next person is , but I tell you one thing Do you remember old Edwina Currie saying in an interview , she was talking about John Major and she said ‘ oh , do n't worry about John Major , he can hold his own , he 's as tough as old boots’ . Yes , oh well I 'm glad to hear that . One thing I
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
Are there any domestic spotlamps around ? If so , they can be used to boost the lighting by aiming it where it is most needed . Nine times out of ten , careful attention to the redeployment of existing sources of illumination will improve matters sufficiently to enable you to shoot good pictures . If this strategy fails , however , you then have to resort to sterner measures in the shape of video floodlights . Although few performers really enjoy working under the glare of high - power lights , their use is sometimes essential , and the most acceptable way to use them for the illumination of small areas is to employ the technique known as bounce - lighting .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
We took the view that this was a misplaced use , both of the finances required as it would divert money away from community provision , but also that there were no success criteria guaranteed other than removal from community . The children engaged in crime often come from families where there is high unemployment already and where the prospects of employment are actually denied school leavers . They 're children and young people with a very poor self image and where their investment in the education system has probably been partial to say the least . There is little out of school provision and where the youth service is actually suffering savage cuts in terms of local government finance . Projects such as Scone Park have shown that there can be alternative provision and that you can meet the needs of children and young people and respond to those in their own community and develop the investment in that community .
Idiom: back to the drawing board (used idiomatically: no)
Kate over - optimistically employs over - priced kit . Result : negative . Back to the drawing - board . 6 May–24 September Drawing - board in use .
Idiom: keep the wolf from the door (used idiomatically: yes)
Not only has he watched close regional allies , Egypt 's President Hosni ~ Mubarak and Yemen 's Ali Abdullah Saleh , be toppled , but fellow crowned heads in Bahrain , Morocco , and Jordan have also felt their thrones quake from public protest . Now the Kingdom 's longtime protector , the United ~ States , which let down Abdullah by ( reluctantly ) embracing the Arab Spring , is poised to pull its troops out of neighboring Iraq . Who , Abdullah wonders , will keep the Iranian wolf from the Kingdom 's door ? According to a security agreement reached with Iraq 's government , the US is to withdraw its forces by the end of this year . Saudi ~ Arabia , along with its Sunni - ruled Gulf ~ neighbors , is anxious that some US troops remain in Iraq to help keep a resurgent Iran at bay .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Fears that the hard-hitting Hamsphire batsman is facing a three-and-a-half week lay-off with a cracked toe after a pre-tour training accident at Lilleshall last week have been allayed . Indeed , callers to his home in the Hampshire village of Whiteparish were greeted with a sarcastic telephone message , which said : ‘ I am sorry Robin can not come to the phone — he has gone to have his foot amputated . ’ The truth is that while batting in the indoor nets he was struck on the toe by a ball from paceman Chris Lewis and an X-ray over the weekend revealed he had indeed suffered a cracked bone . But Smith , who will join the England party at Gatwick as scheduled on December 27 , told newmanager Keith Fletcher yesterday : ‘ It 's still sore but not serious . ’ And he added : ‘ I 've never had a broken toe before but Ian Botham will tell me I 'm a big softie if I 'm not playing by the middle of next month .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
In some parts of the media , though , one or two questions were being posed about the Government 's approach . After the release of the two Frenchmen , Hugo Young had written an article in the Guardian that we seized on as if it were a lifeline . All he did was throw up a question mark — was Britain doing the right thing?— but to us it was the first sign that someone out there thought that government strategy might be wrong . His article sparked the interest of two Newsnight journalists , Gavin Esler and Martin Gregory , who asked the Foreign Office to give them a briefing . They had been shocked to hear that the policy was to do nothing , and I was astonished that the FO had n't even bothered to disguise the fact .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
So we can just , if we have look now at the effect of time on output to supply diagram , okay , in the short run supply will be very ine inelastic . Alright , but as you move through time , the supply response becomes increasingly more elastic . Right , now let 's just say , P one P two , right , prices change from P one to P two in the short run , the change in quantities can be very small . But , due to the factors that we 've mentioned , alright , the supply will ex will expand progressively over time , right , so our long run supply curve alright , will become a lot more elastic than the short run supply curve , right , so if you think of our elasticity formula , I over changing quantity over changing price , times price over quantity , right , as we go through time our original , our original prices and quantities are going to stay the same , right , P one , Q one , that 's not going to change through time , right . If this price change is maintained , and delta P is going to stay the same , right , the only that thing that changes is the level of output , right , which is in the numerator .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Almost immediately the Bolsheviki won a majority in the Petrograd Soviet , and the Soviets of Moscow , Kiev , Odessa and other cities followed suit .
Idiom: box clever (used idiomatically: no)
ONDYNE EXPERT 500 Ondyne makes more conventional UPSs in the sense that they 're cable - connected boxes sited next to , rather than inside , your PC . But these are pretty clever boxes . For instance , the Expert can observe regular patterns of irregularities in the mains supply and anticipate them in future . So when everyone arrives at work first thing in the morning and switches on their PCs , kettles and desk lamps , the sudden drain can cause a noticeable fluctuation in the power supply ; the UPS can remember that .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Though generally critical of his own era , Byng none the less extended qualified sympathy to developments which served ends he valued ; to Methodism , inasmuch as it instilled ' wholesome morals ' , and to spreading industry , inasmuch as it provided employment , though he worried that , like religion , which had ' overstretch'd her power … and was blown up … the cotton trade … may crack ! ' Sometimes morose and tetchy , particularly when subjected to the formalities and longueurs of polite society , or when contemplating his reduced fortunes , Byng had yet a fund of good spirits , and endeavoured ' to be pleased with the world , and content with its comforts ' . He wrote of himself that he had a ' heart full of blood & quick of impression ' , was ' hasty of determination ' , and ' leaky of secrets ' . According to his wife , he had generally ' a pleased or lively look ' . In 1767 Byng married Bridget ( died 1823 ) , daughter of the deceased Commodore Arthur Forrest [ q.v.]and his wife Juliana , a notorious eccentric , whose company Byng shunned .
Idiom: mark time (used idiomatically: yes)
Or indeed with anyone . He did not want to be young again — that time had had particular and transcendent horrors — but the thought of being any older filled him with panic . He could not imagine finding tranquillity of soul in old age ; if he could only be allowed to mark time for a while all might yet be well , one might suddenly achieve equilibrium , certainty , serenity . There would still be possibilities . Hopes .
Idiom: at a pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
But she must go . Plainly she must go . Her appointments for the following week could , at a pinch , be postponed . Frogmore must hold the fort . Hattie opened her writing - case , took out a sheet of paper and her pen , then sat gazing wistfully out of the window over Parker 's piece while she wondered whether or not to co - operate with Edwin 's stratagem that this must appear a chance visit .
Idiom: go to the dogs (used idiomatically: yes)
Going to the Dogs GAINESVILLE , FLORIDA – There are about 70~million dogs living in human homes in the United ~ States . That 's 10~million more dogs than children under the age of 15 .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
She shook her head . ‘ Not really.’ ‘ Nevertheless , my child , you must answer to something , if only for the time being.’ He gave her a wry look . ‘ Not that you look remotely like a lioness — more like a half - drowned kitten.’
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
Ace grimaced , reached down and hesitantly pulled aside the tattered sheet of black silk . The wind took it , and tore it fluttering from Ace 's fingers . Ace turned her head away from the uncovered corpse . ‘ Jesus . He looks even worse than you do , Daak.’
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: no)
On another occasion , things did not go so well , ' for at each corner of each box they [ rats]had made a proper hole for access and in each box was a warm nest of straw and the leaves and stalks of the shrubs . It grieved me to see how they had stripped the great Rhododendron and the lesser Kalmias . ' There was also a chance that plants might be stolen and Collinson reported in January 1751 , ' … to my great loss , some prying , knowing people looked into the cases and out of that numbered 2 took the three roots of Chamaerhododendron , honey laurel , root of silver - leaved arum and the Spirea alnifolio … I fancy some of the sailors , having relatives gardeners , seeing these plants so carefully boxed up , took them for rarities ; so were tempted to steal them and give them to their friends . ' However , these inroads by man and beast on board were light when compared with losses at sea , due to storm or war , when whole shipments might be lost .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
No organist in his senses would use sixteen - foot tone throughout an extended work , so why should the orchestrator ? We would advise the beginner never to write his cello and bass parts on the same stave : if he does , he will almost surely fall into the error of over - using the double bass , his mind 's ear , which acts through his eye , being almost certain to fail to register the lower octave . Moreover , we do not wish to give the impression that the cello and bass always work in double harness : on the contrary , they can be used independently to a quite large extent , though discretion and careful thought are very necessary in this matter , since the basses when used alone tend to sound rather dry , and if their part lies low and is far removed in pitch from the rest of the harmony it is too indeterminate in pitch to give satisfactory support unless it consists of a sustained or better ( since the bow is short ) a reiterated pedal note . In a quiet harmonic passage , however , in which the bass does not lie extremely low , the double basses may be entrusted with the lowest part . Always think how the passage would look if the bass were written at its true pitch instead of an octave higher .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
One concerned a black American man given 80 g ascorbic acid intravenously for burns ; he subsequently developed acute haemolysis and renal failure and died . The second report concerned two boys in India who developed acute haemolysis after a ‘ binge of fizzy drinks’ containing 4–6 g ascorbic acid . Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is an extremely polymorphic enzyme , essential in the metabolism of glucose and the production of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate in the hexose - monophosphate shunt , essential in the generation of reduced glutathione in the red cell for protection against oxidative stress . The gene is found on the X chromosome , males being more severely affected than females . Females may be variably affected by virtue of random inactivation of the X chromosome .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
Sendei nudged her gently . He offered her a can . ‘ It 's in the cans , is n't it?’ she said weakly . ‘ What is?’ he asked stupidly . ‘ I do n't know .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
So the theatres reopened . The Popplewells told Mr Smith that they would continue with the show but as the country was in such a state of uncertainty they would not be able to pay the Girls ' wages ! As he knew there would be no uncertainty about accepting the admission fees from the audience , he told them he would not accept and instead negotiated a nominal fee which at least kept the dancers in work . The show continued until Christmas by which time Mr Smith and Doris realized they were facing up to a new way of life that would challenge them even more than the lean and difficult times of the thirties .
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus in 1910 Gates head was identified , along with Coventry and Clydebank , as an area of acute housing need because all three were boom towns and were drawing in massive amounts of labour , attracted by high wages . Tyneside in particular and the North East in general was a zone of great prosperity . This is not to deny the reality of urban poverty based on significant differentiation within the working class ( see North Tyne side CDP , 1977 ) , but the theme was high wages and rough and ready urban conditions . Accounts of the problems of this region usually begin by pointing out that after the 1914 War the overheated heavy industries of the North East were severely affected by a change in market demand away from their products , that these problems were exacerbated by central government 's exchange policies , and that in consequence the integrated economic structure — the organized capitalism — of the pre - war and war years collapsed . Any consideration of the North East has to pay attention to the severe reverses of the depression and their consequences for industrial organization , particularly in terms of a continuing delocalization of industrial control through amalgamation in heavy engineering .
Idiom: pour oil on troubled waters (used idiomatically: yes)
Sparks flew from his eyes that were suddenly as black and threatening as thunder . ‘ I can meet her when she gets back.’ Ronni smiled a light smile , seeking to pour oil on troubled waters . ‘ Please do n't worry on my account . It does n't matter.’
Idiom: hold water (used idiomatically: yes)
It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself . What would you replace it with ? the argument goes . One wonders how much longer this reasoning will hold water , as a steadily growing proportion of British legislation begins life in Brussels or Strasbourg . The House of Lords can only look more and more an anachronism . If every other advanced democratic country can cope with the challenge of fully democratically elected parliaments , it is hard to see why it should present insuperable problems in Britain .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
' Get back to your own cabin . ' He snarled the words at her . ' Get back to bed , damn you — out of my sight . ' For a moment her every inclination was to beg him to finish what he had begun . She took a step towards him , one hand outstretched to touch his arm .
Idiom: fall on deaf ears (used idiomatically: yes)
This guy is like ( former President ) Dick Nixon . He 's got his own little black book and his own sting operation.’ Appeals from Democratic Party leaders for the candidates to cool it have apparently fallen on deaf ears . Meanwhile , Mr Paul Tsongas , the former Massachusetts senator who suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination a month ago , hinted yesterday that he might re - enter the race if Mr Clinton did poorly in New York . He said he would make an announcement about his plans on Wednesday .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
She hastily blew the earth and ashes off the skin , popped the whole potato straight into her mouth . They must be from the brickworks , she thought if she thought anything , and she was still chewing with a circular motion when one of them jumped out of the lane , wild eyes over a black mustache , reached the fire in two jumps , stood before , behind , and beside the fire all ~ at ~ once , cursing , scared , not knowing which way to go , unable to turn back , for behind him Long and Thin were running down the lane . He hit his knees , the eyes in his head were like to pop out , and sweat poured from his forehead .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: no)
The shadow 's information proved to be correct ; fifteen minutes later , I found my dolmen . It stood in the corner of a small field , larger and more impressive than any I 'd yet seen . The great , grey stones seemed to be heaving themselves up out of the earth like pieces of ancient bone , to squat in the alien flesh of the present . These majestic stones , flecked with orange and white lichen , are the last of thousands that once littered the prehistoric landscape . Most have long disappeared ; many of those left have been pressed into service as gateposts on farms , or blacken slowly as lintels over fireplaces .