Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
This really is the prize of a lifetime : nearly £ 2,000 worth of modern classic . The best of luck ! the small print The Editor 's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into . This competition closes on February 19th 1993 .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We could actually get laid every night if we wanted to,’ reflects Fred . It is an opportunity of which they have availed themselves to varying degrees . Fred tells me , a little horrified , about a girl in Los Angeles sitting on his lap in a restaurant who , by way of introduction , ‘ started to massage my bollocks under the table’ . Sometimes intentions are simply spelt out in fan letters . ‘ Can you stick your trouser snake down my throat ? ’’ quotes Richard .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
" Shall we order a pizza ? " " Do you know what time it is ? " " Tom 's Tavern is open around the clock . "
Idiom: easier said than done (used idiomatically: yes)
If there was any criticism of the engine , it was that the aluminium alloys used gave the impression of not standing up the rigours of 40 years under the ground quite so well . It is doubtful , however , that this was one of the criteria uppermost in the minds of the metallurgist during the engine 's inception ! It was necessary to remove the stainless steel split pins from the big end nuts — easier said than done considering that the crank shaft was seized solid and the position of some of the big ends in relation to the crankcase wall made access to them almost impossible . Time and patience won through and eventually all pins and nuts were removed . With a fair amount of jiggling , the big end caps were all parted from the con - rods and the crankshaft was lifted from the crankcase .
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: no)
The women 's own attitudes to , and perceptions of , housework are left unanalysed . These are examples of the way even studies of women 's domestic roles tacitly subscribe to the myth of feminine passivity . Although housework is work they say , we would have to turn the ideology of our culture on its head to analyse it in such a manner . The most serious consequence of this mystification is a failure to represent the meaning of housework to the actors ( actresses ) themselves . This point is expanded in the next chapter .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
These in turn were similar in political structure and function to pre - war pressure groups which had reflected popular anxiety against German competition . There was some evidence , however , that for fascism to evolve in Britain , it needed to recruit new members from the lower middle and working classes , who had few , if any , previous political connections . Certainly many of the ordinary rank and file , like William Joyce in the early years , were of this nature ; and it seems significant that J. Havelock Wilson of the Seaman 's Union , a stalwart of working - class anti - socialist movements , spoke at an anti - Bolshevik meeting stewarded by 600 fascists at the Royal Albert Hall in 1926 ii Rotha Lintorn Orman was a spirited young middle - class woman who was concerned about the growing industrial unrest and threat to property posed by the emergence of a socialist Labour party and an alleged communist menace . She was born in 1895 to an army major and his wife and was granddaughter to a field marshal .
Idiom: full of beans (used idiomatically: yes)
I bet ! Best way er And she 's full of beans again this morning . Yeah . They are a I mean , quite honestly these courses are these things erm they 're not gon na do them you know , they 're not just sort of fairy things you 've got quite a bit of erm thinking to do and and so on and they 're pretty exhausting !
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
She gave me my hand back , but let her velveted fingers play with it for a second or two . She smiled , showing off her plump , tight little mouth , and blew a failed smoke ring . She did n't make a move for the jukebox , but the coins had disappeared . ‘ You have an interesting face , mister.’ ‘ It 's been around.’
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: yes)
Peter Orr , who made 16 crossings last month , reports By PETER ORR IF , despite all impediments , the Channel Tunnel opens in 1993 , then this is the last year for Channel ferries to make hay . Although initial predictions were that 80 per cent of foot passengers and 70 per cent of car traffic would switch from ferries to Tunnel , recent estimates have been less enthusiastic . Most vulnerable to competition are the short sea - crossings ; ferry lines operating in the western Channel or North Sea remain sanguine .
Idiom: put someone on a pedestal (used idiomatically: yes)
It hurts.’ ‘ I 've no wish to sound insulting,’ Geoffrey said , ‘ but I hardly think anything you could do would upset Meredith.’ He watched her trembling lip , and added , ‘ You should n't put him on a pedestal . He 's not trustworthy . Windsor Rep sacked him , you know .
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: yes)
ORGANISERS of the Northern Bank Primary mini - rugby tournament are looking for ‘ forgotten’ players to help them celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Ravenhill finals on June 19 . Alex Redpath and Willie Gribben , two workaholic officials , have traced all previous 20 programmes of the finals and have ear - marked a number of players who have gone on to greater things at international , inter - provincial and senior club level . However , there are number of players who because their mini - rugby team did n't make Finals Day , would have slipped through the net , and they are asked to contact officials with the prospect of playing in a special mini - rugby game between two ‘ select’ teams . Mini - rugby is the springboard for the game , and over 500 under 11s from various areas around the province are now in the process of attempting to reach this year 's 20-team climax at Branch headquarters . Some of the names who have appeared in the previous two decades include internationals Rob Saunders , Denis McBride , Peter Russell , Niall Malone , and Don Whittle as well as Ulster 's Andy Adair , Stephen McKinty , Stephen and Andy Matchett and Mark Wylie .
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: yes)
Underlying her concern is the widely differing approach to discrimination north and south of the border . Where the English Law Society is introducing measures to ‘ alert the profession to the gravity with which it considers matters of discrimination,’ its Scottish counterpart recently observed that ‘ guidance or rules ( on discrimination ) for the legal profession are not necessary.’ Meanwhile , a working party report urging positive action on equal opportunities by the Scottish Law Society has been gathering dust for more than a year . Paradoxically , what is evidently a fringe issue for the Scottish Law Society is becoming quite fraught within the profession . So says Dorothy Dalton , convener of a Law Society working party responsible for an extensive survey of solicitors two years ago .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Donald was about forty - five , with short hairless arms and a belly that looked hard . His face had an unpleasant shine to it , the kind of shine you get on the walls of places where they 've been cooking in cheap fat since for ever . He just showed up out of the blue one day while Nathan was working . He 'd taken a taxi out to Baby Boy 's grave , and then he 'd walked the rest of the way . ‘ Five miles along a dirt track in his city shoes , can you imagine?’
Idiom: chase your tail (used idiomatically: yes)
Here we tell them absolutely everything on on the phone . Because if you leave anything to chance they 'll blow you out when you get face to face . And you can chase your tail an awful lot Oh people are very wary of advertising Sure .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Statistical analysis is aided by means of a simple transformation of size from a metric scale to a logarithmic one which enables application of both graphic and moment statistical techniques . Explored initially for sand - dominated assemblages , the methods were refined during the 1950s and applied to thin section analysis of lithified sediments during the early 1960s . Fresh techniques of exploring the information on grain populations with a view to interpreting depositional environment or transportation experienced by the deposits continue to be introduced with varying degrees of success . Many have appeared , been explored and found applicable only under certain restricted conditions . Even the most sanguine grain size enthusiast would agree that no universal solution exists as yet to enable the sedimentologist unequivocally to distinguish depositional environments in ancient deposits on grain size criteria alone .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
This was done , on certain occasions by deliberate ritual , to maintain the subtle energies at a site as well as the physical features . Most work was very modest , keeping the right trees and plants growing well and excluding the others — in other words , weeding . It is this tradition which I suspect has been handed down over the generations in particular families , but which is dying out . Our particular role may be to take over consciously and with some degree of awareness that which was formerly done on a more instinctive level . And we had better do it quickly , because the trees and clumps are rapidly disappearing through the ravages of storms and neglect .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
But less distinguished.’ ‘ So Uncle Alan would be with friends , when he stayed there ? And he went straight from this place , to catch his plane?’ ‘ So I understand . It is an attractive picture,’ said Mr Stanforth , with patronising tolerance .
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: yes)
It went better than I hoped , probably because everyone is anxious about giving the right impression , with the May elections coming up.’ Fran forced herself to sound cool and friendly , to betray no hint of the fear twisting her heart at the thought of what she might discover . ‘ We may as well call it a day now , though . Tell you what , I 'll buy you a cup of coffee to make up for my bad temper before.’ Luke stared levelly at her , his eyes betraying nothing as they centred on her face .
Idiom: chicken feed (used idiomatically: yes)
The more he considered all the aspects of the matter , the more Manville came around to the view that Turkey was the best possible choice of all . The fact that certain palms would have to be greased to the tune of $ 250,000 was a minor matter . The sum was chicken feed , and the more governmental corruption that went on there , the better . It kept them busy . Turkey it would be , then .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Middlesbrough boss Lennie Lawrence is considering a raid on Sheffield Wednesday striker Paul Williams . Williams , 27 , started his career under Lawrence at Charlton . And Lawrence confirmed yesterday : ‘ I would not discount making a move if I could get him for something like £ 700,000.’ STRACHAN : Super LAWRENCE : Move
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
The term ' politics ' is one with a range of definitions . My colleague , Eric Miller , has summarised some of these as follows : ' One paper , by Paige ( 1967 ) , for example , quotes Lenin 's ' who does what to whom ' , and Mao 's ' war without bloodshed ' , reminds us of the more familiar formulations of Lasswell ( 1936 ) —'who gets what , when , how ' — , Easton ( 1953 ) —'the authoritative allocation of values ' — , Levy ( 1952 ) —'the allocation of power and responsibility ' , and Snyder ( 1958 ) —'the making of authoritative social decisions ' , and throws in for good measure a definition by a Japanese political scientist , Masao Maruyama —'the organization of control by man over man ' . Paige himself emphasises the element of ' purposive organizational behaviour , the object of which is to formulate and achieve social goals by means of consensus and coercion ' . J.D.B. Miller states that politics ' is about disagreement or conflict ; and political activity is that which is intended to bring about or resist change , in face of possible resistance …
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah I bet Well they 'll last for a long time Mm , that one , I do n't know though did n't have a blonde woman see and I never , I did n't , I did n't realise there was two and I really did not and I suddenly there 's , they all come out on the ice I think did n't they ?
Idiom: take it or leave it (used idiomatically: no)
Now only 17 do and if times get harder , even they may stop . Stricter terms and conditions do n't just affect first-time buyers . As agreements between insurers and mortgage lenders run on short contracts , the insurers can alter conditions or stop offering policies altogether , often at a month 's notice , leaving your mortgage unprotected whether you took it out six months or several years ago . One company which has stopped covering mortgage payments is Cornhill , which supplied mortgage policies to lenders Lloyds Bank . Luckily Lloyds has found an alternative insurer — Pinnacle — for its 250,000 homebuyers , although the policy conditions are more restrictive .
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: no)
His final letters from Aden , for example , although highlighting his fascination with " bolshevik mysticism " , record at the same time his growing interest in another potential outlet for his talents and energies a business entrepreneurial career in the shipping line of Antonin Besse , his erstwhile benefactor in Aden . Yet such a solution would appear to be the last stage in the process of experimentation / disguise previously discussed . In the final analysis the entrepreneurial solution would have been no more than an evasion of the underlying causes of Nizan 's personal crisis of 1926–27 . His emotional and intellectual development in Aden was such that it was to lead him inevitably back to France , back to emotional security with Rirette , and back to the political and social struggle from which he had escaped in a state of total disorientation a few months earlier . The experience of Aden had enabled Nizan to come to terms with his own personal development by providing him with the opportunity to understand more completely the political , social and cultural causes of his psychological disorientation .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
We had staked out the war memorial where the secret meeting was destined to occur . One of us read a newspaper on a nearby bench , another casually admired the view while the third , myself , studied with infinite curiosity a nearby noticeboard . I know every word of it by heart . At precisely the right moment , a heavily - built fellow with a black beard arrived and paced about , staring this way and that as if waiting impatiently for another to arrive . A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now— asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: no)
Even the great binders can occasionally be at fault . The collector Frederick Locker Lampson once protested to the famous Bedford that one of his bindings was too tight . Doubtless with his tongue in his cheek , Bedford replied : ' But Mr. Lampson , you must have been opening the book . ' Chipped and hinges weakening : seventeenth century volumes feeling their years . Rubbed and rebacked .
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
If Nicole is pregnant , it wo n't come as a surprise . The couple are probably the most lovey-dovey in the movie world these days , forever cuddling , holding hands and behaving in a manner that makes you want to squirm . SARAH Jessica Parker is making waves . She 's just a cross we have to bear . YOUR MONEY
Idiom: have it both ways (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet , again , it is surely difficult to test . Also , evidence suggesting that regulation In fact has no effect goes against this viewpoint . Critics of regulation from the standpoint of economic theory can not have it both ways . Assuming that regulation has the potential to promote social benefits , either it is effective , but in the wrong directions , or it is ineffective ; it can scarcely be both . We also have the paradox that ( as Posner , 1972 , p. 153 admits ) those same people who tend to argue that the common law promotes efficiency also reject the idea that regulatory law does the same thing .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
Here , indications for hydrothermal activity along Hercynian striking fractures were found , so that a strong but short heat supply may be assumed , leading to local coalification maxima but not to a significant loss of reservoir porosity . Fracture porosity may also have been the reason for relatively good reservoirs in these regions of anthracite and meta - anthracite rank : these gas fields are situated in a W.N.W .- E.N.E. striking , weak structural zone at the northern margin of the Bramsche Massif which , according to Stadler and R. Teichmüller ( 1971 ) , is characterised by relatively late and deep reaching faults along with the ascendence of hydrothermal solutions and deposition of ore minerals were possible . Galena and chalcopyrite were observed under the microscope in the samples used for reflectance measurements in these areas . The gas fields in the northern part of the N.W. German Basin lie in a region where the coal bearing Carboniferous has reached its deepest level of subsidence at the present time ( Barnard and Cooper 1983 ) . Here , as in the Netherlands ( van Wijhe et al.1980 ) , the ‘ gas window’ may be expected at a depth of 4000–6000 m ( at a geothermal gradient of 32 ° C / km ) .
Idiom: under lock and key (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah , that 's wonderful . You sure you wo n't need it till then ? I 'll keep it under lock and key , many thanks . Ah , right , so how are you ? Oh , I 'm fine , thank you .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
In a lower alcohol product , the alcohol content is reduced significantly from the standard level but some alcohol is retained to keep the product more authentic to its original taste . At present , there is no legal limit to the amount of alcohol allowed in a beverage describing itself as " Low Alcohol " . As a rule of thumb , however , most lower alcohol Beers and Ciders are under 1.2 % alcohol by volume and most of the other lower alcohol beverages which Tesco stocks are less than 3.5 % vol . The alcohol content is clearly stated on the front of the label . The three most common methods to reduce the alcohol in a wine or beer are ARRESTED FERMENTATION , DILUTION and a special method called REVERSE OSMOSIS .
Idiom: bite the dust (used idiomatically: yes)
If you were sitting there you would have to peer over the pile of cups on your lap . Originally a concert hall in which Liszt played and Dickens read , Cork 's Assembly Rooms then became a cinema . The usher 's name was George , and during the westerns whenever a redskin bit the dust the audience called out , ‘ Georgie , take out the body!’ When the Assembly closed the story goes that they found hundreds of dead Indians behind the screen . [ Mick Hannigan ]
Idiom: easier said than done (used idiomatically: yes)
The “ brain ” is not a static concept . Trapped in Kinshasa , under appalling conditions , the brain will drain away in less time than it takes to get to New ~ York . Moreover , keeping people at home is easier said than done . In many poor countries , except those like India and South ~ Korea , which have now developed superb educational institutions , the brightest citizens receive their education abroad .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: no)
Bazaruto Air Charter : Based at Laseria , have used 1944 C-47A-90-DL ZS - LVR since 1990 , having acquired it in the USA where it was last registered as N5000E. Comair : ( or Commercial Airways , based at Jan Smuts Airport , Johannesburg . ) Are in the final throes of becoming an all Fokker F-27 Friendship operation , with their last example , former Trans Canada Airlines ( CF - TDO ) and RCAF ( FL615 ) Dakota III ZS - DRJ up for sale , having been with them , on and off , since 1963 . A previous Comair Dak which may be rebuilt to flying condition is ZS - EKK , which is steeped in African heritage . Built for the RAF as Dakota III FD906 , it was one of the ‘ founding fathers’ , joining the SAAF as 6802 in July 1943 .
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
After the Shah 's fall , the Iranian government cancelled plans to buy more than 1200 Shir 11 tanks from the Leeds factory , which saw its order book fall from £ 1000 million to £ 30 million overnight . The Shir 11 was an improved version of the British Army 's standard Chieftain tank . When MBT80 fell by the wayside , the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment at Chobham modified the design and came up with Challenger . Modern shells and anti - tank guided missiles can , if they hit a vulnerable point , penetrate the conventional hardened steel armour that protects Chieftain and its crew . The Chobham establishment therefore redesigned the hull and turret for the next version , Challenger .
Idiom: warts and all (used idiomatically: yes)
Robin Givens is the sexy femme fatale who , on the run from her former lover , lures unsuspecting undertaker Forest Whitaker into her deadly web before sucking his bank account dry . The backdrop of 1950s Harlem is violent and sinister and the direction pulls few punches . This is warts and all film making which , though done to good effect , is hardly uplifting . Whitaker and Givens give the proceedings a much needed lift and the latter shows promise and the conniving seductress . The supporting cast , especially Danny Glover and Gregory Hines , are also superb .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
And then we can start looking at how we turn this magnificent club around.’ The football gospel according to Kevin does not , however , have a unanimous flock of followers . After the contract stalling of skipper Kevin Scott and leading scorer Gavin Peacock , and the midweek mumblings of discontent from talented teenage midfielder Lee Clark , striker Mick Quinn went public with his reservations about the Keegan regime yesterday . If he suffers the same fate as Clark , it could well cost him a place in the squad for the most vital game in Newcastle 's 100-year history . Newcastle Utd 1 Portsmouth 0 THEY call him ‘ Ned’ Kelly .
Idiom: blow a fuse (used idiomatically: yes)
TIM RUSSON / Reporting Voice over When Swindon first played Tranmere back in December , a power surge sent the sparks flying , blew a fuse box and a floodlight failure abandoned the game . Last night , the sky , the whole County Ground was alight . Glenn Hoddle and his players were shining brighter than ever .
Idiom: hold water (used idiomatically: no)
In the Debate on the Address when Parliament reassembled , Asquith made clear the reason why the Liberals would turn the government out . There may be many theories , I have no doubt there are , why we have been sent here by the electorate in such strange proportions . But there is one theory which will not hold water for a moment ; and that is , that we were sent here to maintain the present Government in office . It was their election , not ours . It was they , not we , who threw down the challenge .