Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
In the above example the gross amount of the gift was £ 1,000 , so the donor would have to certify that he would be paying tax of at least £ 250 . This last point must not be overlooked and may prevent large capital sums being passed under Gift Aid ( but see 6 . below ) . You also need to bear in mind that you may have other payments under existing deeds of covenant or other payments made under Gift Aid in the same tax year , and you will need to have a taxable income at least equal to the gross amount of all these payment , as well as the Gift Aid payment being contemplated , otherwise you will have to account to the Revenue for some tax . 3 . What are the advantages of Gift Aid over a Deed of Covenant ?
Idiom: rough and tumble (used idiomatically: yes)
It is very difficult being a player - manager in the firing line up front , especially in a physical game,’ explained McDonough last night . The U 's boss was not happy with the physical tactics employed by Rochdale in last Saturday 's 5–2 defeat at Spotland . He felt that he was being earmarked for special attention from the Dale 's big central defenders in a rough and tumble encounter that saw McDonough being given his marching orders in the 66th minute for an alleged use of the elbow . The linesman saw the incident and McDonough has been sent off twice and suspended three times this season . In fact , Colchester will want to forget about this season from a disciplinary point of view .
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: no)
After Sue and Alan left , Lisa and Phoebe had invited their neighbour Jo and her lover Sophie to come and share the house with them . Jim and Jonathan had been away , picketing and pamphleteering in Reading , had simply been not available , and Jo 's squat had been suddenly repossessed and it did not occur to any of the women that the boys would mind . Sophie moreover actually had a job , had an income , which was beginning to be something of a pressing issue , inflation and the changing climate began to bite into their indifferent superiority to the outside world and they had given no thought as to how to fight that . Then the boys , as it turned out , minded bitterly having Jo and Sophie . Since , on principle , they could not say that lesbianism made them nervous and that the complex new demands made on them scared them , they found more underhand and aggressive ways of expressing their resentments .
Idiom: drop someone a line (used idiomatically: yes)
Are you listening those of you who claim that this is his only strength ? Would any Goran fans out there like to write to me . Do drop me a line , Mrs Surridge , or anyone else who 's interested . P.S. I hope you can print my letter — Tennis World , and keep up your high standards . Editor 's Note : Thank you for your letter , Susan .
Idiom: cuckoo in the nest (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ There must be no room for doubt in the future . If your son is to rule , he must be uncontested . Your son , not some cuckoo in the nest.’ The words stung Li Yuan , but that was their aim . His father knew when to spare and when to goad .
Idiom: water under the bridge (used idiomatically: yes)
None of us have ever forgotten about that , you know.’ I smiled . ‘ It 's water under the bridge now,’ I said . ‘ It sounds as though life 's not been too easy for you since then.’ ‘ There 've been good things and bad things , but I 've survived .
Idiom: you pays your money and you takes your choice (used idiomatically: yes)
Wonderful art politics is n't it ? Mm . These are these wonderful arguments where you pays your money and you takes your choice . Mm . Both could be true .
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes ! the people ! They rub shoulders with industrialists that oppress us , pays low wages , bad conditions That 's rubbish ! poor hours !
Idiom: bang for the buck (used idiomatically: yes)
Voluntary contributions are drying up . Yet there is a third reality , which provides cause for optimism : the challenges that we face are interrelated , so , if we are smart about it , if we spot and utilize the inter - connections among these problems , solutions to each problem can be solutions to all . We can get more bang for our collective buck , peso , and real , and find effective , efficient , enduring paths to a more sustainable , inclusive , and prosperous future . At the recent G-20 summit in London , world leaders explicitly recognized these linkages . They agreed on a genuine global stimulus that advanced the interests of all countries , not just a few .
Idiom: take the biscuit (used idiomatically: yes)
and the two lots of erm coffee Coffee . Well you 'll take the biscuit you 'll take the biscuits out of the erm Wednesday thing wo n't you ? But I 'll pay you for the two lots of coffee . I mean I had them in my erm handbag and I think I must have just chucked them out this morning
Idiom: ruffle someone's feathers (used idiomatically: yes)
Nora nodded , still watching every move . ‘ March , eh ? And it was not until June that The Times began to ruffle its feathers and not until today that we get this.’ He had the paper out again and he tapped Spackman 's tables with his spoon . ‘ Well , when it 's five hundred million , it 's obvious to any fool , even’— he grinned wryly —‘to a City banker .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
This is the first time she has won the championship , taking second and third places in previous competitions . Folk club A NEW Sunday Folk Club is up and running in the Hatfield Bar on the Ormeau Road . This weekend , top harmonica player Brendan Power and guitarist Frank Kilkelly will be taking to the stage , at around 8 pm . Based in London , the pair play acoustic music which blends a wide range of influences , including soulful blues , bluegrass , jazz , trad reels and even Vivaldi .
Idiom: get on someone's wick (used idiomatically: yes)
erm what did I say to and I just say things like I 'm , I 'm really pissed off with her keep coming with me to breakfast every morning Yeah . and coming to dinner with me every evening , being in the same room , walking to lessons with her , it fucks me off like hell , she 's really getting on my wick , you know ? Yeah ? Yeah I 'm listening , I 'm just
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't know what to wear mummy . Erm I think I 'll wear some trousers . Do you want to wear Koala ? Ok , thank you .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
I know the south - a bit . ' They heard no more from behind them and as the small amount of sky they could see between the tree - tops was clouded over there was nothing to give them direction . Allen climbed a tree but although he climbed to a high bough and hung there swaying like a squirrel they were in a low - lying bowl of forest and he could see neither the Smoke nor the last rays of the westering sun but only leaves . Dusk came quickly and they decided to stay where they were and camp for the night . Allen gathered sticks and lit a fire .
Idiom: feel the pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
What must be most worrying for Michael Fallon 's campaign team is the poll tax factor . How much Tory support has dwindled away following the community charge debacle is open to question . Darlington 's middle class voters , who swung the 1983 and 1987 elections in Mr Fallon 's favour have certainly felt the pinch . Predicting the outcome is a game of chance . If the national swing to Labour is a couple of percentage points , Mr Fallon 's personal standing among the town 's electorate will be tested to the limit .
Idiom: in the fast lane (used idiomatically: no)
Mr Williams : ‘ Although you did not , would you expect that some people seeing young children on the motorway would be so concerned as to slow down?’ Mr Clarke : ‘ I would expect that most would stop and offer assistance.’ But , as he passed the children , he saw he was closing fast on a grey saloon car , which ‘ appeared from nowhere’ in the fast lane , he added . Mr Clarke said he assumed it had done a U - turn across the central reservation . It accelerated and moved into the slow lane , as he passed .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: no)
And over the past few days it had developed an infuriating habit of wandering unerringly back to the subject of Adam Burns . No matter what she did to distract herself , his dark penetrating eyes lingered in her memory as though they 'd been branded there . He had n't even been in the club the previous evening , which should have helped but had n't . In some ways it was easier having him around where she could at least keep an eye on what he was doing . In his absence she 'd been as nervy as a wildcat , jumping a mile every time someone spoke to her or touched her on the shoulder , expecting him to turn up out of the blue as he 'd made a habit of doing .
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: yes)
The one abiding image of this campaign will surely be Neil Kinnock on the pop concert stage at Sheffield , when he clutched the sides of the lectern with both hands . Suddenly , he was crouching down behind it , still hanging on , but weaving from side to side . This was obscure , but it seems to have something to do with going downhill with an out - of - control supermarket trolley . What was the significance of that ? The British people may give themselves five years in which to work it out .
Idiom: add fuel to the fire (used idiomatically: yes)
There were none of this in the beginning , in the first two years , but at the time of ‘ Diamond Dogs’ , a lot of drugs began to come in , a lot of alcohol came in with different individuals , which helped fuel things . It certainly did n't help . It just added fuel to the fire . The ‘ Diamond Dogs’ tour that followed was an enormous amount of work for everybody involved and in some ways , it began to break down . I really began to sense it when David did a Midnight Special show in 1973 .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
He marched stiffly to the door and was gone . ' He 'll bloody have you one of these days , ' said Knocker , looking into Yanto 's grim face . ' Ahh , he could n't catch a bloody cold , ' snapped Yanto and carried the drinks back into the snug . Billy was still slouched in the corner with his left leg stretched across the seat and his right arm around Mary 's neck . As he had walked through the doorway , he just caught a glimpse of Mary snatching Billy 's hand off her right breast .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Police have been battling against joyriders and so called hotters in Oxford for over two years . Last summer saw violence at Blackbird Leys as things came to a head … with petrol bombs and bricks . This weeks 's crackdown , codenamed Screwdriver . has led to eight arrests directly , and twelve on other auto offences .
Idiom: clean as a whistle (used idiomatically: yes)
I never look at another . FOR THE LOVE OF ME AND OF US MY GOD DON'T LISTEN ! I 'm clean as a whistle and soon I 'm coming home to you . My cellmate 's from Liverpool . I want you to meet him .
Idiom: bring up the rear (used idiomatically: yes)
The voices grew louder , and presently I caught sight of the men as they rounded a sharp bend … . After my men had rested we climbed up to the road , and set off on what proved to be a very long twenty - mile march to the forest Rest House at Haira Khan . After going a couple of hundred yards over open ground , the road entered very thick forest , and here I made the men walk in front while I brought up the rear . We had gone about two miles in this order , when on turning a corner I saw a man sitting on the road , herding buffaloes . It was now time to call a halt for breakfast , so I asked the man where we could get water .
Idiom: first up (used idiomatically: yes)
IBM plans to use ObjectStore in more than 50 object projects that it has under way . Products will begin shipping by the end of the year , according to IBM 's vice - president of software engineering Irve Trager . First up will be a central object - oriented repository for AD / Cycle , now renamed the Application Development Platform . This is IBM 's troubled attempt to develop a complete local network - based application development environment for client - server systems — IBM failed outright with AD / Cycle for MVS , and abandoned it last year . An ObjectStore repository for Information Warehouse , IBM 's corporate software architecture for accessing data across System Application Architecture systems , is also planned .
Idiom: neck and neck (used idiomatically: yes)
Ladbrokes have n't started the betting yet . If you were a betting person , who would you put your money on ? It 's neck and neck between Alison Wilding and Damien Hirst and , in my mind , that sets up something between Karsten Schubert and Jay Jopling . Damien , the wild card , has had a very visible year whilst Alison is an artist who has made an important contribution over a long period . But it is time for a woman : Alison is the choice .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: no)
Very briefly what would it do that the present generation of aircraft wo n't , how is it a quantum leap ahead ? Fine , I will again invite the the Group Captain to answer that . Perhaps I could er answer that in er I think there are probably four points that er come out to my mind erm the first one in the airframe engine combination , a very high degree of agility . The ability to be able to pull nine G which is er generally accepted to be the physiological limit for pilots , which is more than any of our aircraft can . What can we do now by contrast ?
Idiom: throw the baby out with the bathwater (used idiomatically: yes)
The point here , however , is that the expressive order , moral careers and front and back regions are still constructed and lived , albeit within extraordinarily persistent social structures which constrain and enable people 's lives . The implication is that the critiques developed by Castells and others have partly missed their targets . While the Chicago School certainly addressed the expressive order in problematic ways , their critics have thrown out the baby with the bathwater ; misinterpreting or misunderstanding what these sociologists were attempting . The task now is to reconstruct a new kind of urban sociology which combines both kinds of insight . However , this has not taken place .
Idiom: shrinking violet (used idiomatically: yes)
If candidates ' responses do not tell you what you need to know then follow up your initial question with a more specific one . Do not allow yourself to be fobbed off without getting the information you need . Not all candidates are shrinking violets . Some may be strong characters or clever talkers . Your list of questions will be a considerable help in these cases as there will be obvious gaps to come back to if you have not been able to fill in a percentage answer .
Idiom: cost the earth (used idiomatically: yes)
Anyway , would you like it?’ ‘ Like it ? But … but it must cost the earth . I … ’ The sisters now exchanged glances , and Miss Florence , looking at the eldest one in her family , said , ‘ You 'd better explain , Rene.’
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: no)
and they try and last a year through the winter mhm and make things out of wood , and , and try and exist more or less independent of twentieth century society . Is , is that serious history , or is it just a sort of jokey thing to do ? Well , I , I , I think it depends on the skill and the industry that has gone into the enterprise , but in itself it could be extremely interesting .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
Under the agreement China would provide the Soviet Union with a commodity loan worth 1,000 million Swiss francs ( US$ 730 million ) allowing the country to purchase Chinese grain , meat , tea , tobacco , peanuts , textiles and light industrial products . The loan was to be repaid in raw material and industrial products over four years from 1993 . The " unprecedented offer " was described by the Independent of March 16 as reversing " the historic relationship between Moscow and Beijing , which … in the 1950s was heavily dependent on Soviet money , technology and political guidance " . EUROPE ALBANIA
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
and the problem of access to the flats , and sometimes the necessity to walk quite a long way before you can get out onto the street , which would be a problem for young mothers with , with , with small children , as equally it would be a problem for elderly people or disabled people . Mhm . Er and that is , that is one of the problems within the flats , that having got , once got into the complex you might have quite a long way to go before you actually find where you 're going . Erm it 's a bit like , it 's a Is that yeah .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
PENSION ENTITLEMENT Until very recently it was commonly thought to be a peculiar anomaly of the Transfer Regulations that reg 7 specifically excludes from the statutory novation the rights of employees in respect of occupational pension schemes . It was thought that the purchaser automatically took on board liability for all of the employees ' rights except those in respect of pension schemes , save in the case of contractual rights to receive payments into personal schemes which would be unaffected . Pension entitlements are dealt with separately in Chapter 6 . However , the effect of the recent tribunal decisions in Warrener v Walden Engineering Co Ltd ( Case No 22672/91 , Hull 21 October 1991 ) and in Perry v Intec Colleges Ltd [ 1993]IRLR 56 is that there is a major risk for a purchaser that he is now obliged to provide occupational pension benefits to the employees equivalent to those enjoyed by them while employed by the vendor .
Idiom: in the raw (used idiomatically: yes)
But in other respects these descriptions are strikingly different . From D. H. Lawrence , Odour of Chrysanthemums The small locomotive engine , Number 4 , came clanking , stumbling down from Selston with seven full waggons ( 1 ) . It appeared round the corner with loud threats of speed , but the colt that it startled from among the gorse , which still flickered indistinctly in the raw afternoon , outdistanced it at a canter ( 2 ) . A woman , walking up the railway line to Underwood , drew back into the hedge , held her basket aside , and watched the footplate of the engine advancing ( 3 ) . The trucks thumped heavily past , one by one , with slow inevitable movement , as she stood insignificantly trapped between the jolting black waggons and the hedge ; then they curved away towards the coppice where the withered oak leaves dropped noiselessly , while the birds , pulling at the scarlet hips beside the track , made off into the dusk that had already crept into the spinney ( 4 ) .
Idiom: look the other way (used idiomatically: no)
Date : Mon , 6 Dec 93 13:01:15 GMT Subject : Re : league table — not such great reading though ! Look at it the other way … at least we ARE beating the lower teams something a lot of ' mid - table ' sides fing difficult ( as do some top of the table sides at times — remember Scum vs West Ham : ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ALSO we 've only lost 3 and at least one of those was ' unfortunate ' AND they were all clustered in the same period . AND at least one club ( Wimbledon ) were above us when we beat them !
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: no)
Horvath 's re - graphing of some of Labov 's data in terms of‘natural’ linguistic groupings even suggests that sex should take precedence over class as the major speaker variable ; she remarks that ‘ if social class is seen to take precedence , then these other social dimensions might remain hidden or only dimly perceived’(Horvath 1985 : 64 ) . One implication of these comments is that it is perhaps more reasonable to explain class differences in terms of sex , than sex differences in terms of class . In view of the current state of the art I can do no more here than suggest that alternative approaches are surely possible . For example , one might reasonably take as a starting point the observation that the characteristic occupations of men and of women are distinctly different , as are the kinds of relationships with co - employees associated with them . So also are the general patterns of informal social relationships contracted by men and by women ( see further Milroy 1980 ) .
Idiom: get stuck into (used idiomatically: yes)
He has already triggered a steep rise in transfer market prices by proving such a bargain at £ 2.5 million . Now he must hit the heights with England . In the dressing room before kick - off , Ian wo n't need anyone to dangle pieces of raw meat in front of him and make him strain at the leash because he 'll be bursting to get stuck into the Turks more than anyone . If anything , he 'll need calming down — and the best way Taylor could achieve that would be to tell him , whatever happens against Turkey tonight , that he 'll be in the team for the next five games at least . Goalscorers are under the microscope more than anyone for England after the retirement of Gary Lineker and that reassurance of a definite period to prove himself would settle Ian .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's ever so stupid he 'll Oh alright then . lie down with his head sideways on the floor and his bottom still up in the air . Yeah . No do n't get thicker .
Idiom: Hobson's choice (used idiomatically: yes)
The third common expression for which my journalistic curiosity found the origin , was ‘ Hobson 's choice’ . It seems that during the 18th century in the beautiful city of Cambridge , the leading livery stable was owned and operated by one Charles Hobson who had made a small fortune in renting cabs and carriages to the gentry , so much so that he had acquired that lovely house and property known as Anglesey Abbey for his country residence . When gentle - folk rented horse - drawn transport from Mr Hobson , they were never allowed to select their own horse and carriage , but paid dearly for what Hobson deigned to provide ; hence the expression ‘ Hobson 's choice’ , meaning no choice at all , but the necessity of making do with whatever was offered . I was never unduly ambitious , certainly not for financial or personal gain , but I have always felt compelled to strive for progress , which is perhaps the urge of all creative people . There were no doubts or misgivings about the move from my chosen field of journalism to the wider horizons of radio broadcasting .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Dusty Hare , who becomes Nottingham 's director of coaching in June , will be at Beeston today . The club , led by Chris Gray , the Scotland lock , and at reasonable strength after an injury - ridden winter , have ruined the title hopes of Gloucester and Bath in other years at this time . Though relegation beckons for Nottingham , victory over Northampton is not out of the question . Hunter can not play for the Saints but Bayfield is in the second row . London Scottish , away to Waterloo , have already won promotion from League Two and either West Hartlepool or Newcastle Gosforth will join them .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's just that , oops ! Time It 's just we ca n't , we ca n't have we ca n't have obvious alcohol absolute on the rocks Absolutely rocking , you should just say absolutely rocking . Straight up .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
The other Scouts might easily fail to recognize Lexandro and Brothers ; they might fire first and ask questions later , if they bothered to ask at all . They might kill Lexandro if he played the fool . ' I guess we steer well clear of our Brothers , ' Yeremi said . ' Oh yes ! ' d'Arquebus agreed fervently — and Yeremi realised how enraptured Lexandro was with the heroic fate in store for them . Now that their crazy mission was mooted , he did n't wish it to be diluted with extra personnel .