Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Marsden was bowled early on the third morning for 16 so losing the match by an overwhelming innings and 50 runs . Henry Sampson : 162 on the ice of Little London Dam The scorecard of a famous match played on Little London Dam , Sheffield , February 8 , 1841 when Sampson scored his remarkable 162 on ice ! Sampson became the second ( Marsden was the first ) Yorkshire player to represent the Players against the Gentlemen when he played in the Lord 's fixture of 1841 . He was dismissed in both innings by the ‘ Lion of Kent,’ Alfred Mynn , for scores of three and 11 .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
really well you know I always think sometimes you 'd like to be sort of be crazy would n't you ? No ? Go over the top ? Yeah You can do that at home you know .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: no)
Not that the Pioneers of the Consumers ' Movement supposed that they were abandoning Owenite objectives , still less that they intended to do so . For the men of Rochdale , desirable though the store at Toad Lane was for its immediate practical purpose , their principal objective remained the setting up of a Co - operative Community . As Cole points out , the Pioneers ‘ were setting out to be at one and the same time a Producers’ and a Consumers ' Society ; and this seemed natural to them because all their endeavours were meant to lead to the creation of a Co - operative Community on the Owenite model , in which the distinction between producers and consumers would not exist.’ First on the list of their declared objectives was ‘ The establishment of a store for the sale of provisions , clothing etc.’ ; and third ‘ To commence the manufacture of such articles as the Society may determine upon , for the employment of such members as may be without employment , or who may be suffering in consequence of repeated reductions in their wages.’ Cole adds that what actually happened when the Pioneers engaged in production was not what they had intended when they started their co - operative ; and goes on to offer a more detailed explanation : The Rochdale Manufacturing Society was set up in 1854 , Supposing that , as an expression of democracy , Co - operative principles are as valid for the producer working in the factory producing goods for sale in the Co - operative store as they are for the consumer buying them there , a newcomer to the story might find it surprising that the Pioneers ' belief is presented , if not itself as a matter for surprise , then certainly one for explanation .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
' Be quiet , ' she said over her shoulder . Muttering , ' Where 's Bennett , for God 's sake ? ' the man hurried off . Kelly pulled Broom - Parker 's face towards hers and looked deeply into his loser 's eyes . His breath stank of drink . ' Listen , ' she said .
Idiom: count your blessings (used idiomatically: yes)
It really is possible to get plenty of riding without your own horse and without pots of money — particularly if you ride well and build up a reputation as a reliable and competent person . As winter sets in , go to your local riding school which will often have its own indoor school ( the only civilised way to ride when the weather is really foul ) or try to build up some local contacts where you can offer your services . Then put your feet up and count your blessings ! Being lunged is the best possible way to establish an independent seat . Many busy people will appreciate a responsible person exercising their horses .
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
Knaresborough in Durham/ Northumberland Four 19–10 after Knaresborough had led 10–6 at the interval . Knaresborough 's points were scored by wingman Peter Roberts ( try ) and Gary Gilmore ( 2 penalties ) , while Sedgefield scored three tries through number eight Richard Wadless , winger Gordon Hirst and Paul McGee , Paul Wren kicking a conversion and Paul Bellis a conversion and a penalty . Once fierce rivals of York came unstuck again in their desperate bid to climb away from the bottom reaches of Yorkshire Division One , going down 15–10 Leodiensians . Leos scored tries through their scrum half Paul Mildenstein and fly half Ian Davidson , who converted both and kicked a penalty . For RI , both wingmen Carl Walker and Mark Simpson scored tries and Alistair Gourlay kicked a conversion .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
He grabbed her hand and hurried her after the group who were moving down to take their seats beside the long deep Lago Martel . Ruth heard music in the distance and then a boat came into view , moving eerily across the limpid waters . The musicians on board played violins and Ruth had never heard anything like it before . Because of the translucent water and the high , rocky , almost petrified appearance of the cave 's formation it added a mysterious uniqueness to the beautiful strains of the music . She gripped Fernando 's hand as suddenly her eyes filled with tears of emotion .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What d'you mean peculiar ? ’ said Jinny angrily . But the hair on the back of her neck prickled to hear him saying it so calmly . Because the Hare - woman was lovely , but she was peculiar . ‘ She jumped me,’ Oz said .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: no)
The triumph on the Judge 's face grew . As the clock struck twelve , the Judge placed the black hat on his head . Slowly and deliberately , he rose from his chair and picked up the piece of rope from the floor . He pulled it through his hands . Slowly and carefully he made the thick , pliable rope into a noose .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
With five top 40 hits under their belt and a top ten album , you might think Take That are rolling in it . Not so . Jason says : ‘ Gary 's got more money than the rest of us because he gets publishing royalties for the songs he 's written , but the rest of us just get a modest wage . ’ Accordingly , Gary has bought his own house , while Jason shares with his brother and the other three still live at home with their mums . And when they stay in hotels they use call boxes in the foyer — to call mummy presumably — rather than the more expensive phones in their rooms .
Idiom: tip the scales (used idiomatically: yes)
France was in enough trouble already with her Vietminh opponents : to the point where her second most senior General , de Lattre de Tassigny , wartime commander of the French First Army , was detached from his command of French and other allied forces in Europe and arrived in Vietnam in December 1950 to assume the dual function of High Commissioner and Commander - in - Chief with the immediate responsibility of saving Hanoi . The war had been transformed . It would not be long before de Lattre faced the divisions of Giap 's new model army in the set - piece battles which the Vietminh were prepared to risk in a premature general offensive ; and it was in more conventional war of this kind where US assistance and particularly US munitions would apparently tip the scale . For example , when faced with the large - scale Vietminh attacks of early 1951 the personal intervention of the chief US military adviser on Vietnam with General MacArthur in Japan secured the delivery of American napalm , which in turn allowed de Lattre to claim his victory . On a less spectacular level French defence minister Moch had admitted , or attempted to persuade his opposite number , General Marshall , and Acheson , that with the bulk of French battalions on garrison duties in the pacified areas in Vietnam , they were left with an effective mobile force of only five or six battalions .
Idiom: on the horns of a dilemma (used idiomatically: yes)
On the horns of the Bull Ring dilemma : The people of Birmingham should be allowed to vote on the future development of their city , Jonathan Glancey believes By JONATHAN GLANCEY BIRMINGHAM 'S infamous and exhausted retail hub , the Bull Ring , just 25 years old , has been placed on architecture 's death row .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It is jolly sad that it has come to this but I am not surprised , ’ she said last night . ‘ I am sure that both Prince Charles and Princess Diana will feel a tremendous sense of sadness and of failure too , as they have done for some time . ‘ The whole thing had come to a horrible head and a lot of hurt has been suffered by both of them throughout the summer . ‘ I would guess they will see this announcement as the end of that , as well as the end of their marriage . ‘ It will certainly release a lot of the pressure that has surrounded them and made their personal lives very difficult .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
Included in the 707/300 series was the 707/400 series fitted with Rolls Royce engines . Although it was well established which major airlines were currently operating them , many others of these aircraft had been resold , sometimes several times over , to smaller companies . Boeing had done their best to keep tabs on which aircraft had been sold to whom but some were no longer in service or had been damaged and discarded while one or two had even lost their identity , so that it was difficult to trace where they were and under whose jurisdiction they fell . Fatigue fractures , by their very nature , are more prevalent in structures that have been subject to stress over a long period of time . One operator will , of course , accumulate flying hours on a particular type of aircraft more rapidly than another and the ‘ high time’ aircraft are the most vulnerable .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
WASHINGTON , DC – At a time when the global economy is suffering from a crisis of confidence , structural imbalances , and subdued growth prospects , looking ahead ten years to predict the course of development requires careful modeling and something beyond sagacity . What is needed is a multifaceted approach that combines a sense of history with careful analysis of current forces such as the shift in the balance of global growth toward the emerging world . Such forecasting also requires an understanding of how advanced economies are coming to grips with that shift , and how the international monetary system will adjust as a result . Having studied these factors , we believe that the world economy is on the verge of a transformative change – the transition to a multipolar world economic order . Throughout history , paradigms of economic power have been drawn and redrawn according to the rise and fall of those countries best equipped to drive global growth and provide stimulus to the global economy .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
But the new decade also promises to revolutionise high street bank branches yet again . Banks wish paper - based administration to be completely electronic releasing back - office staff to become front office ' sales people . ' General branches offering all services over the one counter will be replaced by cluster branches , containing specialists in different fields . PAGE Sock Shop shuts down in the US .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
NATURALIZED EPISTEMOLOGY Quine appears to hold that , since , regrettably , the project of providing a reconstruction of human knowledge which traces the credibility of all justified beliefs to the operations of canons of rationality upon intrinsically credible perceptual beliefs has failed , the only remaining motivation for avoiding the use of naturalistic materials in epistemology is an unwarranted desire that our knowledge be shown to be certain . For the fallibilist , epistemology ‘ or something like it , simply falls into place as a chapter of psychology and hence of natural science’ , it ‘ goes on , though in a new setting , and a clarified status’ . It is notable that he does not see himself abandoning epistemology , but as continuing it , doing it better than it previously had been done . It is useful , tentatively , to distinguish two elements in Quine 's thinking here : his commitment to naturalism and rejection of the need for epistemology to exercise ‘ scruples about circularity’ ; and his list of acceptable sciences , which excludes all of the social and human sciences , cognitive psychology , etc .
Idiom: go begging (used idiomatically: yes)
There 's nothing in it ! Mm . Nothing in the way of kitchens going begging , no ? While you 're going upstairs get us a bottle of beer please ? Ca n't .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
Otherwise we would n't have known what it looked like . Now we do . And this is the great chamber , and this is where their tour ends I think if we just go back if we go straight back into the place we started , and so just finish it off , then I must I must finish off as well . . And are you from the University too ? Yes .
Idiom: pull out all the stops (used idiomatically: yes)
Maguire , 21 , who has rocketed to the stardom in the last 18 months , was punished for incorrect use of the whip on Playing Truant , short head winner of the Hopeful Novices ' Hurdle . His ban , which begins on November 14 , means he misses the Mackeson Gold Cup and the first Sunday jumps fixture . Maguire struck Playing Truant 14 blows after the second last with most coming after the final flight as he pulled out all the stops to hold off Angelo 's Double . The number of times Maguire used the whip made suspension virtually inevitable but the horse did look a difficult ride , drifting right after jumping the last . Maguire , who was also banned for misuse of the whip on Gold Cup winner Cool Ground in March , took the decision philosophically .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
It is not difficult to show from documents that most of our villages were in existence in the Middle Ages , but many were certainly not deserted until after 1500 . Most may have been there in the pre - Norman period , although whether as fully developed villages or not will be discussed below . Even where the name is recorded early on , however , we can not be sure that we are dealing with the same site , bearing in mind the movement implied above . Desertion , shrinkage and movement can take place at any period . Finally , the term ‘ villages’ needs to be considered .
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: yes)
We want a whitewash from the last two games.’ England took a winning 3 - 0 Texaco lead after recalling oldies Allan Lamb and Ian Botham . But tyros like Graeme Hick , Robin Smith and Neil Fairbrother stole the show . Gooch joked : ‘ Our blend of youth and experience worked well . The experienced players stood around watching the youngsters do all the work.’
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
It is two years since the 44-year - old former convict set up Convoy Aid and now he devotes his life to the Romanian orphans . He has made 12 trips to Eastern Europe and helped by his Romanian wife Fanica , who he married in November 1990 , has now mastered the language . The larger - than - life character is becoming well - known on the streets of Iasi youngsters in the town have dubbed him The Black Horse and even taken to copying his distinctive hairstyle : slicked back with a pony - tail . Rod now spends several months a year in Romania fighting for the children who have no voice of their own . Bringing baby Bogdan Ursu to Middlesbrough for a vital operation grabbed the headlines , but Rod has developed an affection for all the children he has helped on his trips .
Idiom: drunk as a lord (used idiomatically: yes)
And it explains your absences from the council quite nicely . That leaves us only tonight to get through.’ ‘ I take it I can get drunk as a lord should on such an occasion?’ Ratagan said , smiling ; but Riven was sure he was only half in jest . ‘ Mind what you say , and who you say it to,’ Bicker warned .
Idiom: sink or swim (used idiomatically: yes)
A loss of more then 1,500 lives . Of the 180 Irish passengers who boarded at Queenstown , only twenty were saved . It was sink or swim for Noreen O'Neil —‘The Singing Sensation from Ireland’— or ‘ The Sweet Colleen wearin ' the Green’— as the posters outside the South Broad Street Theatre in Philadelphia proclaimed . This was a Monday night and the early show of a week 's run in a tour which would take her round the Eastern States , and hopefully into New York for the spring of 1913 , that is if audiences took to her in this first week . This was to be her try - out .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
A gas fire in a Teesside street yesterday was caused by … Northern Electric . Workmen melted a gas supply pipe in Queen Street , South Bank , and the gas caught fire , damaging two bay windows . Pleasing response : There has been a good response to Bishopton / Redmarshall School 's appeal for supplies for the needy children in the Russian town of Kostrama .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
DIRECTORS 20 . In these Articles , the expression ‘ the Directors’ means the directors for the time being of the Company or ( as the context shall require ) any of them acting as the Board of Directors of the Company . 21 . Unless and until otherwise determined by the Company by ordinary resolution in general meeting , the number of Directors shall not be subject to any maximum and the minimum number of Directors shall be one .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
BRITISH TELECOM WOOS METER - READING UTILITIES TO JUSTIFY COST OF INSTALLING RESIDENTIAL ISDN There is a perception in the UK that British Telecommunications Plc is not overly keen on selling ISDN to its residential customers . Quite true , says Anthony Corris , the company 's marketing manager in business communications . The problem is that the company has only limited ISDN capacity at the moment because of the way that it is implemented at telephone exchanges . So the company is using a marketing strategy aimed at corporate customers combined with relatively high connection charges as ‘ a protection against unbridled demand’ , which sounds perhaps , a little optimistic .
Idiom: small potatoes (used idiomatically: yes)
Boil each potato and compare any difference in flavour you might find . 3 . Using a vegetable peeler peel 450 g of large potatoes and 450 g of small potatoes . A ) Compare the time taken to peel each batch .
Idiom: out to lunch (used idiomatically: yes)
" You look so pretty , I want other people to see you . I daresay they 'll wonder why on earth you agreed to go out with a chap like me . " " Where do you go when you take people out to lunch from the office ? " " Oh , the Relais , but that 's no good in the evening . We could try that Provinçal place .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
A WEST COAST councillor has warned of a possible fire - bombing campaign against Highland holiday homes because of anger at council tax discounts . Dr Michael Foxley , regional councillor for Mallaig , Ardnamurchan and the Small Isles , has written to the Scottish Office 's local government finance group expressing ‘ great concern’ at the effect the 50 per cent discount on second homes might have . A unanimous vote by Highland Regional Council to surcharge holiday home owners was ruled out of order by the Scottish Office on 19 November last year . In Wales , however , local authorities have been granted the discretion to limit any holiday home discount to 25 per cent or charge the full rate in certain circumstances . ‘ We can only presume,’ wrote Dr Foxley ‘ that this lesser or non - existent discount to be granted in Wales is as a result of the ‘ fiery nature of the controversy’over holiday homes in Wales in the past’ .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
The taste is sharp , numbing and mildly spicy . They can be ground in a mill , but should first be roasted in a frying pan . Expensive to buy , they are sold in plastic bags , but will keep indefinitely in a well - sealed container . Chilli oil This is sometimes used as a dipping condiment as well as a seasoning .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
Why ? Jealousy ? Or did Mr Lawson simply let his natural rudeness get the better of his judgment ? And the man is rude : in the same debate , he was questioned by John Townend , a Tory MP who , while not exactly Socrates in a suit , is a perfectly amiable cove . Mr Lawson responded pleasantly : ‘ I am glad that my honourable friend raised that issue because , although it is an absurdity , it is believed by many people other than my honourable friend , who understandably picks up things that he hears other people say.’
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
He may not choose to tell us all he knows … . But he will give us the feeling that though the character has not been explained , it is explicable , and we get from this a reality of a kind we can never get in real life … . We can not understand each other , except in a rough and ready way ; we can not reveal ourselves , even when we want to ; what we call intimacy is only a makeshift ; perfect knowledge is an illusion . But in the novel we can know people perfectly , and , apart from the general pleasure of reading , we can find here a compensation for their dimness in life . In discussing the help that reading can provide in exploring and explaining emotional lives , one comes upon a clue to the disappointment that is sometimes felt with writers as diverse as Arthur Ransome and Enid Blyton .
Idiom: chew the cud (used idiomatically: yes)
But notices warning of reindeer and even of moose ( elk ) crossing - places kept us in reality , and soon the country began to open out , forests giving way to scrubby birch and willows with rolling hills and quiet lakes in the valleys . We spotted our first reindeer lying down in a hollow by the roadside some distance ahead and , as I had a telephoto lens on the camera , the others encouraged me to have a go at stalking it . So I wormed my way along the roadside ditch , getting torn and scratched by thorns in the process , until I judged I was opposite to where the animal lay , peaceably chewing the cud . Ever so slowly I raised my head and camera and there it was . The beast did n't appear to have seen me and I took several photographs .
Idiom: for crying out loud (used idiomatically: yes)
We 're one now What for ? Who 's offside , who 's offside for crying out loud ? Rubbish , oh no wonder ref do n't like you very much
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: no)
Ca n't think what took you so long to get around to it , old chap,’ Aubrey said . Harry gave him a friendly shove on the shoulder . ‘ It was on the cards for ages , so it was really only a question of making it official,’ he explained . ‘ Now we 've got to decide on a wedding date . We 'd thought perhaps this time next year.’
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Should n't I keep the drugs?’ I asked . ‘ In case they get lost or into the wrong hands ? I could bring them round to you later.’ ‘ Do n't worry,’ said Dr Reid .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He did it like a decent horse , and is still improving , ’ said Nicholson , whose career is on the crest of a wave at present . Mighty Mogul only broke his duck at Towcester in January , but has not stopped improving and has now won five times from five starts following a close-season transfer from Jenny Pitman 's yard . Nicholson had feared that his hurdling star might be tapped for speed on faster ground than he likes and around this sharpish track , but Mighty Mogul passed this major test with flying colours . Ladbrokes latest Champion betting : 3-1 Mighty Mogul , 4-1 Halkopous , 10-1 Vintage Crop , Royal Gait , 12-1 Granville Again . Meanwhile , Martin Pipe 's Run For Free is now 7-1 second favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Coral after his brilliant all-the-way eight-length win in the Welsh National at Chepstow .