Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
The proposition that the deception must operate on the victim 's mind may be inconsistent with three House of Lords ' decisions . In DPP v Ray [ 1974]AC 370 , no evidence was adduced that the waiter was misled by the accused 's implied representation that he was going to pay for his meal . In Lambie [ 1982]AC 449 and MPC v Charles [ 1977]AC 177 , the payee did not care whether the accused 's account was in the red because he was going to be paid anyway in accordance with his contract with the bank or credit card company which provided the cheque card or credit card . The House of Lords adverted to this problem in Kassim [ 1992]1 AC 1 , a case on s.20 of the 1968 Act , procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception . Lord Ackner noted that problems arose when the misrepresentation was that the accused was authorised to use his cheque guarantee card or credit card when he knew that he was not .
Idiom: give someone the creeps (used idiomatically: yes)
Poor old Cilla . Oh he 's awful . He gives me the creeps . Just in case he 's got these . Mm mm .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
So I 've warned him I 'm going to try to kill him . I would now . I would n't think twice about it . I 've seen how wrong I was before . How blind .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: no)
Today it houses the Vigili Urbani , one of the many factions of the Italian police forces . LA RINASCENTE Going around behind the apse of the Duomo the visitor passes the Palazzo dell'Orologio , named after the clock at the top , which is flanked by statues of night and day . The palazzo is also notable for the huge Corinthian columns that break up the façade . Turning left back along the Duomo 's side , you are between the outside of the northern transept and La Rinascente , a modern shopping area built in 1950 to replace one destroyed during World War II .
Idiom: at the coalface (used idiomatically: yes)
This second field concerns , for example , such questions as why there are regional differences in health care , the costs and benefits of particular treatments , and ways to measure more nebulous concepts like quality of life . He wants to develop a network to devolve research in key disciplines , such as epidemiology , health economics , statistics and medical sociology , into the regions . The network would be national , seeking to assist collaboration between the regions , but would also bring academics to work closely alongside the clinicians ‘ at the coalface’— where , he believes , many of the best ideas originate . ‘ I want to avoid creating ivory towers that might not benefit the coalface,’ he says . One aim of the network would be to hasten the entry of new research into clinical practice — a process that most researchers have long felt to be much too slow .
Idiom: writ large (used idiomatically: yes)
Over the last two decades , our elites have been unable to maintain it , as economic power has long since gone global and dislodged itself from political power , often corrupting democratic politics in the process . At the same time , social power , which provides the oxygen for democratic legitimacy , has been marginalized and disillusioned , and is increasingly turning away from the traditional transmission belts of politics . The result is an erosion of the stature of mainstream political ~ parties and trade unions , and all - time low levels of trust in governments writ large . Powered by new media , identities are beginning to form around new networks of social interaction that often defy state boundaries and have little connection to liberal democracy ’s traditional institutions of governance . The refusal of today ’s elites to promote an effective balance of the three powers – to recognize a larger purpose beyond maximizing each individual power – has visibly translated into a waning regard for the public good .
Idiom: pure and simple (used idiomatically: yes)
Simon actually shuddered . ‘ He did n't even give de Raimes time to grab a weapon . ‘ Twas vengeance , pure and simple . I 've never seen Guy like that . In battle he 's unstoppable , but I 've never seen him kill a man in cold blood before.’
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
He told me just to run around and do some starts , which is the way I guess most athletes begin when they join a club . His club was Thames Valley Harriers , one of the country 's top names in the British Athletics League , and both it and West London Stadium were bristling with internationals . I soon became bored , realizing that I was n't going to get much chance to compete for the club — my best time was 23.3 seconds for 200 metres — so I joined the second club with its headquarters at the track , London Irish , which was more intimate and not quite so awe - inspiring . I know that the number of black athletes running for London Irish causes some amusement but the club is absolutely ideal for the young or up - and - coming athlete , and the people who run it deserve a lot of credit . In 1979 I went to the English Schools Championships for the first time , to run in the 200 metres for London .
Idiom: take a dive (used idiomatically: yes)
But the trend is changing . Stockbroker Hoare Govett believes that radio could increase its share by 5 per cent by 1995 . But advertising is itself extremely volatile and profits could take a dive as easily as they could soar . At Barclays de Zoete Wedd , whose report on the sector is due out this week , analyst Jane Anscombe points out that there are currently some worries on the advertising revenue front , and that some television people have seen a bit of pressure . In spite of that , she believes : ‘ These times seem a good opportunity for long - term investors to get hold of stock.’
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Probably the FedPol contingent visiting Vadinamia had left a backup ship in orbit , as they often do . And it had come down to the Valve to see what the Famlio ship was doing there . So I have Posi the go - ahead , and we surged out through the Valve , coming almost face to face with the two ships . But Famlio was n't about to enforce any demands for’ protection’payments with the FedPol watching . Posi then told me that a comm - call was coming in from the Famlio ship , but I told her to ignore it .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Tomorrow , stood before the push - button town plan we might work our way through the local attractions or even visit them , bearing in mind that everything is relative to the one , strong light which , for now , describes our position perfectly .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
Unfortunately , the 12.35 a.m. tram journey on route 16/18 was not replaced by a corresponding bus journey from Westminster to Purley . Purley depôt stood empty until 23 November , when it was sold for £ 20,000 , passing subsequently to Messrs. Schweppes Mineral Waters as a store . It has changed hands again recently and has received a new facade . The cast - iron gate posts with the coat of arms have disappeared , but the main structure of the two buildings remains . The 23 remaining ex - Croydon cars were soon put into service on the various routes based on New Cross depôt , but 396 had been a war casualty and 376 damaged beyond repair in an accident just after the war .
Idiom: bring up the rear (used idiomatically: yes)
Nothing moved . Lawton covered as Delaney raised himself , wriggling forward into the nearest pocket of shadow , as Forster and Silk came up like weird , black sea creatures that slithered silently over the rail and into the nearest cover of darkness . Grant brought up the rear , using his arms only to haul himself up the rope . No commands were necessary , the attack already planned . Delaney moved forward , keeping to the side of the superstructure , intent on the stairway leading to the next deck , and finally the bridge .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
It is said that they would increase the cost of petrol by 20p a gallon . Certainly that would push up inflation and make motoring more expensive for everyone , particularly those who use their cars a lot . But before the idea is condemned out of hand , let us remember that the price of petrol has just been brought down by 18p a gallon . So a 20p increase would only put the cost back up to where it was a few days ago . The price for a cleaner environment is well worth paying and if that price is virtually nil , it is a fantastic bargain .
Idiom: by dint of (used idiomatically: yes)
Andrew was right — another fall of 20p . This particular company , with the unusual name of Garth Enterprises , had been quite a glamour stock over the past eighteen months or so , and had a mixture of interests in restaurants , pubs , snooker halls , and property . It was run by a couple of brothers who had started with one large pub in North London and had built the company , by dint of aggressive take - over tactics and shrewd property dealing , to a sizeable enterprise with a turnover of nearly forty million pounds . Such was the heady nature of the stock market at this time , when share prices in obscure shell companies could shoot upwards on vague promises of exciting future developments , that Garth Enterprises had advanced from being a penny share to the dizzy heights of nearly £ 4 a share . One of Andrew Buccleuth 's analysts had looked carefully at the company since one of my big customers , a pension fund with vast resources to spend , had bought heavily into the company and so had several of my private clients .
Idiom: in spades (used idiomatically: yes)
Can you see how West could have defended the hand better other than leading a Club at the first trick ? Look at the effect of playing the Queen of Diamonds under the King of Diamonds , thus throwing away a clear winner . You now make all four Diamond tricks on dummy , but you only have one trick in Clubs , one in Hearts and two in Spades to go with them , making a mere eight tricks in total . You are then obliged to play a Spade from the dummy and East will win it with his 10 and cash his winning Club for the setting trick . Surely , even to the uninitiated , there is an elegance in the play of these two hands ?
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
sighing . Slater stood outside the gallery , in front of one of its large windows . He put one hand in his jacket pocket . and as he did so his bow tie lit up ; the small red stones were really lights . They flicked on and off Slater started laughing as Graham shook his head and walked away up Rosebery Avenue .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: no)
Philip is ironic also about his tendency to think in terms of'higher ' literature , and he discredits the validity of a quotation from Eliot , when it comes into his mind , simply on the grounds that he has been too corrupted by contemporary culture for anything that occurs to him spontaneously to have lasting value : There was some later affidavit of my mother 's , which gave her date of birth , Geneva 1893 , the date of her marriage in 1919 , the date of his death in 1934 . At once I waved away the unjustly famous quotation which sprang with great obviousness to my mind . When lines of poetry spring spontaneously to the mind of a lawyer , I thought , they have surely ceased to be true . Life holds more than birth , copulation and death .
Idiom: take the mickey (used idiomatically: yes)
He , he pulled his erm trousers down and he was showing us his pants and stuff . And we were going , because he took his shirt off yeah , we were going . We were just taking the mickey . What you have to do is look at your T G and close your eyes . Oh , well , and not look at what your doing .
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
They had two children , the son , a motor engineer was forever trying to get old motorbikes to function , his greasy overalls being quite out of tune with the cleanliness of mother 's shop . The daughter , Marjory was small , dark - haired and so bow - legged that to quote my father , ‘ she would never stop a pig in a passage’ . She was busily engaged in courting Maurice Dawkins who lived in Culver Street and seemed to be always in the shop complaining of his drawbacks for all and sundry to hear . On one occasion when the poor chap was a few minutes late , it was , ‘ He 's only ever on time when he wants to take me to church.’ I remember the gypsies or didycoys congregating outside their favourite pubs in Milford Street on Tuesdays and Saturdays which were both Market Days .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Mafia 's No2 is seized THE Mafia godfather believed to be behind the murder of two crimebusting judges was arrested yesterday . Giuseppe Madonia — on the run for eight years — was thought to be No2 in the Sicilian hierarchy . He was held yesterday as he drove to a villa in Longara , northern Italy . He offered no resistance .
Idiom: play with fire (used idiomatically: no)
THE Prodigy have been forced to scrap £50,000-worth of gigs because their P.A. system is too loud . The Essex-based rave stars insist on using an ear-crushing 70,000-watt sound system at concerts but council chiefs in Cambridge , Hull , Coventry and Hereford claim local venues could suffer structural damage at that volume . A spokesman for the band , at No 11 with Fire says : ‘ We 've played dozens of gigs in recent months and we have n't brought the roof down yet . ‘ The only reason they 're kicking up a stink is because they do n't like rave music . ’ CLAUDIA 'S POISON TERROR
Idiom: have someone's number (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You 've got it?’ ‘ Kay found it when she was clearing up . She was going to ring you but we do n't have your number . Look , we 're going shopping this morning , we could drop it off if you like . Where do you live?’
Idiom: part company (used idiomatically: yes)
Gloucestershire 's wicketkeeper Jack Russell also arrived back today . He 's been dropped from the England party now in Australia for the world cup . One of Britain 's largest independent motor parts companies has defied the slump in the car industry with a sharp rise in profits . COWLEY / Oxfordshire Unipart , based at Cowley , made pre - tax profits of more than fifteen million pounds in ( 1991 ) nineteen - ninety - one .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
There are not many more spectacular sights in Switzerland than the Rhine Falls of Schaffhausen . At a point where the Rhine is 180 yd wide , it suddenly plunges 80 ft in three steps , like a giant clumsily walking down uneven stairs . On each level there is an enormous splash , then the biggest of them all as the falls collapse into the basin below , there to boil and fume furiously , and send a cloud of white spray floating across the countryside . Quite apart from the deafening thunder of the falls , and the awe - inspiring sight of their dramatic descent , the effect can be sheer magic on a fine day ; as the sunlight catches the spray in flight , and transforms it into an elusive pattern of shapes and colours that suggest in painting the Impressionism of Manet or the mists of Corot , or in music , the evocative nuances of Debussy . Statistics declare that 1,200 tons of water every second feed that tempestuous wrath beneath .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Shaving takes off one mark ; ladle , another mark ; court - plaster on your nose , another . How many more of your dirty marks do you want to have paid ?
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
Time and again between then and the UN deadline of January 15th , he could have averted the allied counter - offensive that followed . Last week , for the first time , he showed he was ready to contemplate withdrawal — but not unequivocally . Had he shown himself unambiguously ready to start pulling out , the coalition would have surely had to offer him something , if not to save his face , at least to cover his backside : an American commitment to talk about any Middle Eastern issue whatsoever has already been given ; the call for Iraqi reparations could still be waived . What was lacking was a clear response from Mr Hussein that he genuinely wanted peace . As the war enters its next phase , it is ever more plainly his war .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: no)
The weakness of shareholder control results , in short , from the ' logic of collective action ' : while the shareholders as a group would benefit if their rights of control over management were exercised , it is rational for the members individually to remain passive . It is unlikely that voting by a single shareholder will make much difference to the success of a resolution either way , and so it is not worthwhile for shareholders to evaluate proposals put to the general meeting . They will do better either to abstain from voting , or to vote with management as a low cost ' rule of thumb ' . It is true that the shareholders would make an impact if they were to agree to vote in the same way , but this will usually involve the costs of educating and obtaining the co - operation of other shareholders being borne by individual activist members , and these are likely to outweigh the benefits that will be captured by them , since any increase in the value of the company attributable to intervention will be distributed among the shareholders as a whole . The state of shareholder inactivity that results from these factors , it is argued , enables managers to pursue objectives of their own choosing .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
We keep we keep going on for longer and longer but it 's taking a lot longer for us to get any closer . You get most of your stuff done , sort of pretty instantly . So after three seconds , we On graph paper I mean that that 's a good one for you to do on graph paper actually . Do Mm
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
It is most frequently done with the middle finger . Now inspection of a series of men 's hands will quickly demonstrate that not all of their fingernails are 100 % clean . Indeed at the end of a day , this would be bacteriologically impossible . ) So transfer of germs to the vagina does happen — and it 's possible those germs might lead to vaginal discharge . However , the types of germs found on the fingers are n't usually the same one s which cause a discharge .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Because although it could be argued that what an utterance means is readily recoverable by anyone who can read printed English , it is important to understand that what the speaker wishes to express is more often than not defined by the factors which get lost in the process of transcription . The problem is that writing was not developed in the first place to preserve the meanings of talk or conversation . It was developed originally to promulgate priestly or legislative initiatives , and since these were collective and in some sense impersonal productions , what the writer meant was to all intents and purposes recoverable from what he wrote down . If there was any ambiguity , that is to say implications which might escape the first or indeed many subsequent readings , they were not the ones which would have made themselves more readily apparent if some form of graphic representation had preserved the tone of voice , the facial expressions or the hand movements of their author . So that there was no incentive to develop a notation designed to represent the non - lexical parts of an utterance .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Some were judged trustworthy enough to be told about Samantha 's abduction . Others were not . Uncle Jack fell into the latter category , Ursula vehemently rejecting his offer to lend a hand . The police took the immediate neighbours into their confidence out of sheer necessity , hoping one of them might have seen or heard something significant the previous Tuesday ; but none had . Ursula 's concern for Samantha 's safety seemed to eclipse any grief she felt on Maurice 's account .
Idiom: err on the side of (used idiomatically: yes)
The first reason is really the other side of the view already considered , namely , that a patient 's express wish may be disregarded on the ground that he was not of sound mind . Here , this view becomes converted into the argument that the refusal of treatment may not have been a rational decision or may not appear to others to have been so . Thus the doctor will be persuaded to err on the side of caution and to disregard the expressed view of his patient ; that is , just as earlier we noted the possibility of the patient 's view being overridden by an excess of zeal , now we see the same result produced by an excess of caution . This caution is reinforced by a second reason , which in practical terms may be of paramount importance , the fear of being the object of a legal action at the suit of parents , guardians , or relatives , who might allege that the patient was neglected , and would urge that the patient 's refusal should not have been relied upon . Given the doubts and uncertainties surrounding this area of law , it is not surprising that doctors may feel insecure in adopting a course of conduct which they otherwise may feel to be the most desirable .
Idiom: bark up the wrong tree (used idiomatically: yes)
Curry is an acquired taste and heavily spiced food is surely not suitable for the stomachs of very young children . These Social Services bosses should leave English people to feed their children in the way they see fit , just as ethnic groups feed their children . If they think forcing strange food down children 's throats will enhance good race relations , then they are barking up the wrong tree . It is only by teaching respect for one another that different races can live peacefully together . CAN ANYBODY be expected to take the Deputy Director of Wirral Social Services seriously when he suggests that feeding curry to toddlers will help them counteract the evils of racism ?
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
And when she goes missing like she did last Saturday he 's usually not around either . But I was n't certain , see ? That 's why I did n't ring the bell . ' ' You were certain enough last Saturday afternoon when you put the boot in , ' said Pascoe casually from his corner . Evans flushed and looked far more embarrassed than he had done at any stage so far .
Idiom: betwixt and between (used idiomatically: yes)
A long list of criteria was trundled out to justify the eminent reasonableness of their wage claims : their members had fallen behind in the league table of wage differentials ; the cost of living had increased ; productivity had risen ; firms ' profits were high and their members were entitled to their ‘ fair’ share . And lurking behind the smoke screen of public utterances justifying their case , there remained that most potent of sanctions , the strike threat , and with it the knowledge that employers would not defy the union by taking on and training outsiders to fill the boots of striking insiders . The problem , neatly summarized by Blackaby ( 1980 ) , was that Britain 's collective bargaining structure lay betwixt and between two polar extremes : at one extreme was the highly centralized system which was prevalent in some countries of continental Europe ; at the other extreme was the model of atomistic competition in labour markets which appeared to feature only in textbooks . Britain 's union structure was one of a series of ‘ fragmented monopolies’ , each monopoly looking over its shoulder at other monopolies and exploiting the comparison whenever it was to its advantage . The behaviour of these fragmented monopolies is unlikely to be affected by abnormally high levels of unemployment .