Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
I feel , even now , there is too much prejudice and politics in diving . These two factors alone may well be responsible for making would - be divers leave and go on to other things . True , you have politics in all walks of life , however in diving , some seem to thrive off putting organisations and individuals down because of their allegiance or training methods . It 's about time that most of these types were out of diving . Fortunately they are few in number , but I 'm sorry to say they will always be around .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Faldo said : ' When you are my height you have a tendency to go down too far on the ball and that is what I was doing . My legs were all over the show and I 've got to stand tall tomorrow . ' Yet Faldo , who finished his second round in semi darkness last night , and started badly yesterday with two bogeys in his first six holes , was remarkably cheerful . ' It was so late when we finished yesterday that I queued up for 20 minutes for a takeaway hamburger , ' he said . ' The chips were so bad the carton would have tasted better .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
Tilney always managed to make the business of cleaning one 's teeth sound like an electric drill demolishing part of the Barbican , while Wattling 's idea of washing his face was to chuck his flannel at it and spatter water all over the bathroom . Wattling 's father was in the army , and his mother spent half of the year in Singapore or wherever he happened to be stationed , so his state was even more bereft than Tilney 's , whose parents were divorced but whose father was stationed less than fifty miles away . Pickerage had a mother somewhere or other , who liked to descend on the school at inopportune moments , always driving a different car , the property of her current escort ( she was the sort of woman who , even in this day and age , had escorts ) , and embarrassing Pickerage by the demonstrable falsity of her pretended affection . Toby prided himself that at the moment none of these boys , or the two dozen others , was conspicuously unhappy . When they had got into bed , it was Toby 's custom to read them a chapter or two of a book — the school had a tattered library of elderly boys ' books , most of them left behind by ex - pupils .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Well I wonder if they 're gon na be on tomorrow ? Oh ' eck you better find out had n't you . He 's got ta be back on board his ship on Monday . Well they 're running buses . He 's got the times six o'clock
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm I wanna go Black butchers on the square , last time we went to Harrendle Bob and Delph took us in the car and it was market day , and on the square near , where they have the market there was this er butchers , and I went in there and I got some sausages , oh , er nobody said anything about these sausages I just thought well I 'd better take something back for Fred 's dinner so I went in and got these sausages , well they were the nicest sausages I 've ever tasted in my life Really ?
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
And they say that 's plenty for a healthy business . If the chain proves popular you could soon have a Food Giant near you . They do n't have to build their stores from scratch . They just convert stores from Gateway , their parent company . Discount supermarkets like this are nothing new .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
but you do n't it all starts off very slowly Exactly and if , if you can break even in the first two years you 're very lucky Yes
Idiom: short and sweet (used idiomatically: yes)
The Sixties was the golden age for cartoonists . Please accept my sincere wishes for the future . Short and sweet Dear Mr Punch , do n't do it . ( I 'll miss you . )
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
The sensation seemed to spread right down to the very pit of her stomach . ‘ You and Caroline have much in common , it seems,’ Fen observed . ‘ She too has that uncanny knack of turning the tables on me . Very well , I 'll give you a potted job description . I 'm a naturalist by profession —’
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Efforts should then be entirely concentrated on the frontal attack . The back kick 1 : take up the left stance . 2 Pull the left leg across the body to the right and pivot on the balls of the feet through 180 ° . 3 Raise the right leg so that the knee comes up to the chest . 4 Extend the right leg outwards , pulling the toes back sharply so that you strike with the heel to the chest area .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
These will include accounts of how IT is being taught and how it was introduced , together with an assessment of its impact of staff and pupils . The analysis of policy options will focus on the relationship between the curricular aims of these IT initiatives and whole curriculum policies for the 9 - 14 age range . Discussion documents will be prepared in a form accessible to curriculum planners , tested and revised in the light of comments received . Both case studies and policies will be published as a guide for curriculum planners . This award was part of the Information technology in education initiative ( reference C/04 )
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
The employee 's assertion that the invention has generated outstanding benefit has to be determined in relation to all the surrounding facts and circumstances . In particular , however , section 40(1 ) directs that this assessment has to be made with regard to ' among other things the size and nature of the employer 's undertaking ' . The logic of this benchmark would suggest that the employee inventor in a small business is far more likely to succeed in satisfying the quality threshold for benefit to the employer . An invention which is properly exploited by a small business may have a dramatic impact on the employer 's turnover ; a larger business , on the other hand , may be able to generate a far larger sales income with the same invention but ultimately produce an insignificant effect on the latter 's overall liquidity . Taken to its conclusion , this hypothesis prefigures the paradoxical consequence that the smaller business may find itself liable to pay compensation which only the larger business is realistically able to meet .
Idiom: slip of the tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
His Chinese counterpart was Wang Daohan , a close associate of the Chinese president and party leader , Jiang Zemin . Mr Koo claimed that the people of China and Taiwan have a ‘ blood - is - thicker - than - water kind of sentiment’ . But even as he stepped off the plane from Taipei , a slip of the tongue showed how far the two sides have drifted apart , and how unreal to Taiwanese is the official vision of reunification . He referred to Taiwan and China as ‘ two countries’ , before quickly reverting to the politically correct phrase ‘ both sides of the Taiwan Strait’ . There is after all , as they say in both Beijing and the KMT , ‘ only one China’ , and Taiwan is part of it .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
She will say : ' Having been through music school , I 've seen so many people who really play their instruments — I mean , they did n't just plug in and press a button . I 'm not putting that down because there 's a lot of good music made like that . I just have a lot of respect for someone who can pick up a piece of wood or metal and make music out of it . ' The pair met through a mutual friend , producer Terry ' Housemaster'Baldwin . Gray began singing for Baldwin after her cousin — an avid Chicago house devotee who would occasionally drag Paris out to the city 's hottest clubs — heard Baldwin was looking for a singer and gave him Gray 's number .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Mhm . Did they used to have clubs and stuff , the Oh they have er , we can join the cricket club , like er B M K workers pay in so much and they are members of the cricket club . Mm . You can go to that ?
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Every if the reason that something 's got ta change is obvious to everybody , then you do n't really need to have any influence over their It usually has to be some considered opinion that you want Yes , I mean , if it 's blatant and obvious , and there 's only one option er , that 's the bit about choice , if there 's only way of doing it , and one option , then you do n't have to influence people . Your driving down the road , and you carry on driving if there 's no cross - roads . You got ta carry on driving down the road . Unless you want to be in the fields .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: yes)
Canterbury 's 22-year - old captain , Lee Germon , avoided the follow - on with nine wickets down , but there looked to be work looming for all three spinners ND had included . But after 20 minutes on the third day , umpires Steve Woodward and Owen Paul took the players off . By the time I could get out of the Press - box into the open air , the rain which had been the cause of the stoppage was barely perceptible . Players stood signing autographs ; the usual multiplicity of children 's games in the outfield started up immediately . Matches are played in conditions like these , and rather worse , all over the country .
Idiom: make light work of (used idiomatically: yes)
Blacon residents will meet councillors to discuss the plans at a public meeting at St Theresa 's School , Blacon tomorrow at 6.30pm . Cheshire feast on Cornish pasties CHESHIRE made light work of Cornwall to open their championship programme with a resounding six wicket victory at Stalybridge yesterday . A convincing one - day success was wrapped up with 15 overs to spare as Cheshire outplayed the Duchy in every respect . Cornwall , asked to bat first by Ian Cockbain , laid the foundations for a decent total by reaching 110–2 in the 32nd over .
Idiom: argue the toss (used idiomatically: yes)
Well a fairly typical one excludes anything which is faulty as a result of negligence or bad workmanship . If the crank shaft goes on a car after twenty thousand miles , is it a defect — mechanical defect — covered by the guarantee , or was it faulty workmanship by the person who put it into the car ? And you as the poor customer are going to have to argue the toss as to whether it 's a defect or faulty workmanship , so the chances are you wo n't be able to claim . We 've got a typical example of that at the moment . Somebody paid a hundred and eighty pounds for an extended warranty on a new vehicle .
Idiom: on the knocker (used idiomatically: yes)
And bored journalists , lodged there on expenses , with nothing better to write about , were dangers to be avoided . He would entertain his local Party members to lunch on Thursday at English 's , a sea - food restaurant which usually attracted the prominenti . It was their duty to permit themselves a swift handshake and a kindly word to those , less august than themselves , whose long evenings on the ' knocker ' , canvassing for the party , sustained them in the political positions to which they had become all too easily accustomed . ' Daphne , have you met Norman Lamont ? Norman , this is Daphne Cadwallader , the chairman of my local Party …
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
A new attempt was made by Hodge to promote cooperation between the right , centre and non - communist left in June and July 1946 with the establishment of the Left - Right Coalition Committee ( CC ) , which met on 22 July . If was attended by rightist leaders such as Kim Kyu - sik and Won Se - Hun and leftist leaders like Yo Un - hyong and Ho Hon . The plan was that the CC should meet twice a week to devise a joint programme acceptable to left and right . Political leaders omitted from the charmed circle worked to frustrate the CC . Pak Hon - yong torpedoed compromise through engineering leftist proposals unacceptable to the right , who reciprocated predictably .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
The choice fell on Lord Gorell , the son of an eminent judge who had inherited his title from his elder brother . At 55 he could claim a distinguished record of philanthropic and public service which included setting up the Royal Army Education Corps . As a cross - bencher in the House of Lords he had steered clear of party politics , but his writing and speeches put him firmly on the side of the underdog . That he was not Jewish was seen as another point in his favour . Endorsed by the central committee , the invitation to Gorell to head the RCM was sent by a roundabout but significant route :
Idiom: old hat (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course , other studies could just as easily be cited to state the opposite . Schooling , according to Eggleston ( 1974 ) and Shipman ( 1972 ) , has a definite effect on human behaviour and values , and , according to Bronfenbrenner ( 1972 ) can even enter quite profoundly into the socialization process . The debate is now largely ‘ old hat’ in the sociology of education and there is a general consensus that schools do indeed impart values , but these are usually modified or developed versions of already existing dominant values of the society of which they form a part , including a number of parental values . Needless to say , any such denial of this would be a denial of the power of education as a whole to mature individuals in their intellectual and moral perceptions . Again , according to Bernstein ( 1975 ) , Ball ( 1981 ) , and many more , schooling can have opposite effects on children according to whether children have been socialized into working - class or middle - class aspirations , and according to the actual way the schooling process is structured by the state , the teachers , and the subject - disciplines .
Idiom: back to square one (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps that way , he thought , he might even be able to double his income . The following morning , he wheeled out his Granpa 's old barrow from the back yard , removed the cobwebs , gave it a lick of paint and put Kitty on to house - to - house calls taking orders , while he remained on his pitch in Whitechapel . Within days Charlie had lost all the profit he had made in the past year and suddenly found himself back to square one . Kitty , it turned out , had no head for figures and , worse , fell for every sob story she was told , often ending up giving the food away . By the end of that month Charlie was almost wiped out and once again unable to pay the rent .
Idiom: too clever by half (used idiomatically: yes)
Emma : Too clever by half , Or so the critics said , week in , week out . King : They say the same of me , and always will In England , where to excel is still a crime . And yet if we are both ‘ too clever by half’ Then let us join our clever halves to make a whole ! Emma : You may be right .
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: no)
The skirls and laments still echoed in our heads as we rolled through the West 's brooding , lonely landscapes . Always you find this exhilarating sense of freedom — away from tourist honeypots like Killarney where the pony and cart cowboys hassle coach parties unmercifully . Dingle , in the wild West , could have gone the way of Killarney , but this tourist town has n't sold its soul . We hit Slea Head by early evening the day 's rain relented , but the cap of mist on the mountains mocked the blue sky seawards . At a tiny cove our little daughters whooped as they plunged fully clothed into the Atlantic swell .
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: yes)
No doubt , when events start to run as smoothly as I forecast , you will assume it must be coincidence . Fine , attribute it to your aftershave for all I care , as long as you recognize that opportunities as encouraging as those you now face do n't crop up every day . It 's not enough to enjoy yourself , you must make hay while the sun shines . LIBRA ( Sept 24 — Oct 23 ) The reason you like people around you is so you can have role models to rebel against .
Idiom: open the floodgates (used idiomatically: yes)
The goal deluge at St James 's Park brought home the need to counter the effects of the new offside law which came into force that summer and which reduced from three to two the number of players required to be between an opposing attacker and goal when the ball was last played . The change was aimed at reducing stoppages for offside , which in the 1920s were the cause of much monotony as full - backs played further and further upfield . The revised law opened the scoring floodgates . In the last season before its introduction , 4,700 goals were scored in the League ; during the next season the number went up to 6,373 . Chapman realized that to survive a team now needed three instead of two full - time defenders to cover the gap in the centre of the field .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Every day we have women come to us in shock , saying ‘ Nothing like this has ever happened to me before . Where did I go wrong?’ Prison happens to people of all ages , from all walks of life — there 's no typical prisoner 's wife.’ All the women we spoke to agreed that it 's up to the families themselves to fight for their rights and recognition — sadly no one else is going to do it for them . ‘ We must make people understand we 've done nothing wrong,’ says Maureen .
Idiom: go under the hammer (used idiomatically: yes)
GO 4 1 T drivers ! FLASHY drivers are expected to bid more than £ 2,000 for the registration number 123 GO at an auction in Edinburgh next month . Thousands of plates from the DVLA at Swansea are going under the hammer . Scottish drivers can buy NES 1E for £ 2,200 . And K 1LTS is on offer at around £ 2,500 .
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
She had already met some of the inhabitants in the hostels for homeless people in Glasgow and Edinburgh . One group still fell through the net . There was little or no provision for the " gutter " women ; the heavy drinkers who slept rough . During the worst of the winter weather one was discovered dead at the bottom of a rubbish chute in a high rise building . Eva assessed the situation .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
They 've set up , increased the numbers of discs in the library in the workshop er , there 's no increasing them up here cos there 's , we need to buy a computer , but certainly up and in the workshop and in the library . You must hit it on a regular basis ! It 's the easiest way to get to grips with it . And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . You learning without even realising you 're learning it .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Seldom , if ever , in the last 10 years has the world governing body of cricket made a decision which called for guts . But this time the ICC has . The TCCB , bless them , have tried with all their splintered might to redress a short - changing of the public by players in knockout competitions which has bordered on the fraudulent , and only came to a head following the Benson & hedges Cup final at Lord 's last year , and the Oval semi - final of the Nat West Trophy a month later . Compared with the ICC — whose point was brilliantly proved by strong refereeing at Bridgetown in April by Raman Subba Row — the English Board got close to the root of the problem but unaccountably jibbed at the final fence . The success first .
Idiom: go up in smoke (used idiomatically: no)
But the ABI report suggests several ways in which farmers can help to protect their property . Meanwhile farmers have no option but to fork out the ever - increasing premiums that insurers are demanding . The recession has hit the farming community as hard as anyone — and the last thing farmers want to see is their livelihood going up in smoke . A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates . Clinton Hadley , who 's thirty five and from Birmingham , committed the offences during an attachment to the Marston Road Test centre in Oxford .
Idiom: everything but the kitchen sink (used idiomatically: yes)
Integrated packages cobble several applications into one program . The staple fare of such packages is a spreadsheet , word processor and database , but many offer other titbits , like communications or graphics software . Of course , these applications are n't the fully - featured , everything - but - the - kitchen - sink affairs you get with something like Word for Windows or Quattro Pro . Do n't expect masses of templates , fonts and DTP pretensions from the word processor in PFS : WindowWorks , for example . The databases these packages sport are the simple flat - file kind , with none of the relational gizmos found in Access or Paradox for Windows .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
This has not been the case with the LDDC , where a very extensive regenerative programme has characterized the corporation 's activities in an area of about 5,000 acres downstream of Tower Bridge ( see Figure 3 , p. xiii ) . This area had been the subject of a number of plans and initiatives since 1973 , when it became evident that the docks and dock - related activities were set to close and/or move downstream to Tilbury and elsewhere . Whatever the causes of this rapid decline in port activities — containerization , competition , labour disputes , poor management or manning practices — by 1981 the docks had to all intents and purposes closed . Throughout the 1970s , central and local government were responsible for the publication of a range of plans and reports designed to re - invigorate an area whose economic base might have disappeared , but one with tremendous opportunities and where almost 50,000 people still lived ( Ambrose , 1986 ) . In 1973 , for example , Travers Morgan published a series of development scenarios , and in 1976 a London Docklands Strategic Plan was agreed by the Greater London Council and the five boroughs concerned .
Idiom: the ball is in someone's court (used idiomatically: yes)
' The night before the protest rally Mr Baker pulled back on the destruction order he 'd originally announced , ' Kevin explained . ' Had that not happened we would 've had a lot more people at the rally . ' The ball is now in the Government 's court . We are ready and willing to bring further pressure on them if we see it as necessary in the future . ' DOG - AIDS HELP
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't expect you to know this because you do n't work there . I do . So perhaps you 'll take it from me The truth , the truth is , the truth is that more and more people and organisations are realising the benefits of local control of N H S hospitals , as in the Trust hospitals . The public and especially hospital consultants are rapidly realising and acknowledging that Trust hospital status is a genuine attempt to address local health needs which is providing increasingly successful health care .
Idiom: sit tight (used idiomatically: no)
NOW VOYAGER ! The chic traveller thinks white but packs New Age Beige for Egypt . The sassy ease of the brief cotton stretch dress , the modernity of the new stretch shorts sit tight under the curvaceous hour - glass jacket . The smartest suit is cut in shapely arcs , the perfect A - line dress worn as a tunic over the shortest straight skirt , or jaunty and sleeveless in re - styled Courreges homage . Evening , too , takes on an easy , sportif glamour — the season 's bomber is carved from de - luxe shantung ; golden embroideries blaze magnificently on natural linen .
Idiom: cost the earth (used idiomatically: yes)
To counterbalance that , we would use high yielding equity funds , so the other £ 5,000 would probably be split between the Newton Income fund , which has a good record of capital and income growth , the Perpetual High Income and possibly , the Buckmaster Income.’ Going green without going into the red Investments that do n't cost the earth are increasing and doing well . IAN HARPER reports on ethical and environmental funds CYNICS might argue that ‘ green’ or environmental funds and their ethical counterparts were developed as a marketing tool to attract the conscientious investor .