Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: throw someone to the wolves (used idiomatically: yes)
' It has been a frustrating season for me at times , because of the brilliant form of Pears . But I knew the score before I moved to Ayresome Park last summer . ' Manager Lennie Lawrence said he was not throwing Ironside to the wolves at Molineux . Lawrence added : ' Ironside is 28 , not 18 , and has played a lot of games . I am sure he will do himself justice .
Idiom: over your head (used idiomatically: no)
Erm the last group , obviously the poor peasants which is the real vanguard of the revolution he says erm he says they have fought militantly through the two periods of underground work and of open activity , they 're the most responsive to the Communist Party leadership . They are deadly enemies of the camp of the local tyrants and evil gentry and attack without the slightest hesitation . You know they joined it right at the beginning , they , they 're the ones where the momentum 's come from erm they 're the ones asking the rich peasants to join them , the middle peasants and they 're the ones leading the revolution , th they are the riff - raff if you , you know , want to take one view erm they have n't got anything to lose because of their position er er er er as erm a rich peasant may say , you know , what is there to keep me from joining yo you people have neither tile over your heads nor speck of land under your feet , and it 's true they have got nothing to lose but these are the ones that are pushing the ideas forward and forming the associations . Erm he makes a distinction between poor peasants , some being utterly destitute and some just being less destitute but er basically as er seventy percent of the population erm they 're the main group that 's pushing revolution forward and s so therefore I mean it 's this group that the Communist Party must n't alienate , you know , they mu must n't do anything to harm this group , associations the Communist Party must n't attack erm the associations . It says leadership by the poor peasants is absolutely necessary , without the poor peasants there will be no revolution , to deny their role is to deny the revolution , to attack them is to attack the revolution .
Idiom: hard cheese (used idiomatically: yes)
He goes a dirty red colour and wriggles about as much as he can considering his condition , and I wonder if he 's shy , but then he explodes and I see that it 's anger , not modesty . ‘ I use a bottle and a bed pan , thank you very much , thank you very , very much , Mister Bloomin ' Corby , for getting me stuck in here when the football season 's started!’ I shrug my shoulders , for no matter how mad he gets , he ca n't duff me in , he 's stuck in bed , which is his hard cheese . ‘ You should n't have such rotten bones,’ I reply . ‘ Come along , you two,’ Sir says , sharp as a needle .
Idiom: small beer (used idiomatically: yes)
Christ 's Hospital had been founded in 1553 for the ‘ orphaned , aged and sick poor’ , but by the time of Coleridge 's arrival it had long outgrown its origins to become the foremost of England 's charity schools . Seven hundred boys , almost a third of them sons of the clergy , lived their ‘ ultra - Spartan’ lives in an institution which combined frequently brutal discipline with a consistently meagre diet . ‘ Every morning a bit of dry bread & some bad small beer,’ Coleridge mournfully recalled , ‘ every evening a larger piece of bread , & cheese or butter … ’ Dinner was an unvarying weekly round in which boiled beef and mutton figured largely , and it was little compensation to several hundred hungry schoolboys that they took their meals in the school 's magnificent hall , overlooked by the demure and decorative paintings of Antonio Verrio . Left : The cloisters of Christ 's Hospital , Newgate Street , London .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
It looked so simple , so pure , yet it had held terrors for the Ralembergs and would be the beginning of fresh horrors for me . ‘ You should be careful,’ de Macon murmured . Of course , Shallot made light of it . I joked and teased them all until some of the heaviness lifted . I did n't give a damn about the Luciferi .
Idiom: drive someone up the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
who Darren ? Hm . He only drives me , me up the wall . You look . Trevor 's put him off .
Idiom: cold comfort (used idiomatically: yes)
Five weeks ago , 35 control staff based at Waterloo were suspended for refusing to put calls through to Scotland Yard . Sir John Hunt , the Tory MP for Ravensbourne , has written to Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , calling for a ‘ positive proposal’ to break the impasse . Brussels brings cold comfort to sheep farmers . By Michael Morris THE European Commission is a greater threat to the Lake District 's native hill sheep , the Herdwick , than a cruel winter on the high fells ever could be , according to farmers in the area .
Idiom: coals to Newcastle (used idiomatically: no)
Now a deal has been struck for the scientists to take 200 packs of Elagen , which contains refined , concentrated extracts of powdered eleutherococcus , back with them to Russia for use by cosmonauts at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Moscow . Eladon will supply the centre with future stocks as required . ‘ It 's like selling coal to Newcastle , as eleutherococcus comes from Siberia and is widely used in Russia,’ said Eladon director Mr Ross . Thee months ago he and fellow directors Merfyn Davies and Dr Moira Willaims went to the Yuri Gagarin Centre where Col Alexseva is head of medical research . Cosmonaut chief Col Volkov has spent more than 300 days in space .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
Violence erupted after Jonas Savimbi , leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( Unita ) , rejected the results of UN - supervised elections in September which gave the ruling MPLA party a victory . Iran pledge : Iran 's armed forces say they are ready to help Bosnian Muslims in their war with Serb forces opposed to Bosnian independence . Rouble weaker : The battered rouble inched back down to another record low on Moscow 's tiny Interbank Currency Exchange today , changing hands at 399 to the dollar . Under threat : Irish premier Albert Reynolds looks certain to fall today after three members of his frail coalition government resigned and affirmed they would oppose a vote of confidence . Star perfume : Megastar Michael Jackson has joined the superstar perfume stakes , marketing Legende de Michael for men and Mystique de Miachael for women , with part of the proceeds going to aid poor children .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: no)
' In this season of goodwill it shows the evil which people will plumb to murder , ' said a policeman . Court backs M E sufferer A TEACHER made legal history yesterday by becoming the first person to win damages for so - called yuppie flu . Former trainee priest Ronald Page , 50 , has been unable to work since a car crash turned his mild condition into a chronic illness , the High Court heard . His marriage had suffered , and his total exhaustion left the father - of - three unable to even cuddle his young children .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc said on Tuesday that when its accounts for the 15 months to end - March 1992 , were signed last year , the group 's accountants , KPMG Peat Marwick , had not signed the audit report of its principal subsidiary , Enterprise Computer Services , the Daily Telegraph reports : the subsidiary 's accounts for that period are now in the process of being filed and will be qualified by KPMG Peat Marwick on a going concern basis ; Louis Kemp , new finance director , wants to know how it happened . BILL GATES , ALL HEART Novell Inc chief Ray Noorda 's contribution to Bill Gates ephemera is the comment after their two companies had had a disagreement : ‘ To have a heart - to - heart with someone , you 've got to have two hearts … ‘
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Letters of Credit have been adapted over the years to recognise new modes of transport and the changing requirements of importers and exporters . In this article Peter J. Clarke , Manager , International Trade Services , AIB , traces the history surrounding the Letter of Credit from just after the First World War , when it reigned supreme , to the present day . Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film ‘ How to Marry a Millionaire’ is seen in her cabin on board the Queen Mary trying to come to terms with her Travellers Letter of Credit . Perhaps at Southampton she would bring the Credit to a specified bank who would pay her part of the proceeds , endorsing the credit with the amount utilised . She might repeat the procedure at another specified bank in Parish and so on until the Credit was fully utilised .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
They 'd come back every year and I learned a lot about their breeding habits , watching both parents bring food back to the chicks . I was intrigued to find that they might have two or even three broods in a summer , and that the elder chicks sometimes stayed around in the nest after the younger ones had hatched . Obviously I enjoyed having the opportunity to watch any nesting birds so close at hand — I could reach out of my bedroom window , when Mum was n't around , and feel right inside the nest — but many of the neighbours looked on the house martins as pests who infested their property and made a mess . Even my father was n't too pleased about continually having to clean his porch roof , which our residents had covered in droppings and other nest debris . Eventually he decided to give them their marching orders , and one spring , just before the birds were due to arrive , he nailed wire netting and a large dustbin bag along the eaves to stop them building their nests in the usual place .
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: yes)
Could have been just carelessness or inexperience or the booze.’ ‘ That 's not like her,’ I said , putting on the concern . ‘ But tearing about the countryside late at night with a man not her husband is par for the course , eh?’ He saw my expression change . ‘ I know , I know .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
Something of the sort was getting through to him . He paused , and finished , uncertainly : ' My tent was blown away , and some of my stuff with it . I tried to chase it , but it was no good in the dark , and I went clear into a bog , and in the end I saw your light , so I picked up what was left and came along . If I might just wait here till the storm passes , till daylight , perhaps , and then try again to track my things down ? ' ' Well , of course , ' said Ewen Mackay warmly , before I could speak .
Idiom: plan B (used idiomatically: yes)
We spun the boat and dug in deep with our paddles , heading for the wall of oncoming water . I have noticed before when surfing that time seems to slow up the moment I realize I 'm going to get trashed by the next wave … ! As the crest broke over my head I just wished that we had gone for plan B which was to have used a tandem bicycle for this trip . Miraculously , we surfaced the other side of the wave only to find that we were rapidly sinking ; my spray deck had caved in with the force of the water . I frantically started to use my hands to bale out the water in an attempt to avoid the seemingly inevitable embarrassing swim in to the beach and the awaiting crowd of families and friends .
Idiom: up sticks (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do n't think so . It gave me a sense of security — security against myself . I could n't up sticks and away , which I might have done otherwise — regretting it afterwards . But the point was that he was holding this place in trust , on my behalf.’ ‘ You thought it unreasonable that he should exploit the property to his advantage — is that it?’
Idiom: never the twain shall meet (used idiomatically: yes)
On the opposite Gigant Street corner were the offices of Gibbs Mew , whilst next came the large , well - proportioned Milford Street United Methodist Church , fronted by cast iron railings above a low wall . The church attracted quite large congregations and the Sunday School not only offered pupils a full day trip to the sea during the summer but also splendid Christmas treats , thus somewhat upstaging the Anglicans who had a half day trip to the New Forest with an ordinary Christmas Tea . I do n't suppose these incentives made a deal of difference to the attendance as families were either ‘ church’ or ‘ chapel’and never the twain shall meet . My mother , who came from a staunchly ‘ church’ family , used to express her antipathy when she often declared , ‘ He 's nothing but a chapel dodger,’and it 's difficult to describe the scorn that she would put into the phrase . Although this photograph of Milford Street was taken at the turn of the century , the buildings showed little alteration in the ‘ thirties .
Idiom: take the liberty (used idiomatically: yes)
( see Chapter 20 by William Stearn ) . Linnaeus respected Miller 's work and corresponded with him after his return to Europe ; there are ten letters from Chelsea in the Linnaean collection covering the period from 1752 to 1768 . The first five are in Latin , but Miller , realising his limitations , wrote in August 1763 , ‘ I have taken the liberty of writing to you in English , being informed that you can either read it yourself , or have some persons who can translate it for you’ . These letters ( see also Chapter 20 ) throw some light on Miller 's last decade . He continued to cooperate in the exchange of books , plants and seeds and he contributed specimens from Chelsea for Linnaeus 's son , who was forming an ambitious herbarium .
Idiom: get someone's goat (used idiomatically: yes)
Now there 's ambitious … Well you must have skipped a page in the textbook , honey — it 's quod erat demonstrandum , not demonstratum.’ This gets her goat . A freckle on one of those angular cheekbones pulses in a tiny tic ; a cowboy - booted foot starts tapping against the base of the chair . There is a deep , ominous silence .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
President Clinton himself has started running hares with his campaign promises to soak foreign companies taking unfair advantage of the US market and his more recent claims that European governments are subsidising the Airbus project and destroying jobs at Boeing . But the latest thinking in Washington appears to be aimed more at foreign companies which penetrate the US market ( and evade US taxes ) by charging false prices on captive supplies from their overseas parents , and that seems to apply to Japanese companies , rather than European ones . There is no knowing , however , where a sequence of tit - for - tat actions and reactions will end up . President Clinton also inherited from the Bush administration a reluctance to approve foreign airlines taking controlling stakes in US airlines , and a hostile US attitude to EC farm subsidies which France , Spain and Belgium , in particular , are determined not to surrender . The wrangle over airline stakes has already forced British Airways to rethink its plans , and the much wider argument over farm policies is still holding up the long - delayed Uruguay round of GATT talks on the further liberalisation of international trade .
Idiom: within an ace of (used idiomatically: yes)
User Friendly pipped on post CHARLES FAWCUS USER FRIENDLY came within an ace of a French fortune yesterday as the Arc was snatched away from her in the shadow of the winning post . Britain 's four - legged champion failed by just a neck to add Europe 's toughest race to her unbeaten haul , but she proved a fighter to the end . And George Duffield knows she has the star quality to come back and go one better next year .
Idiom: rule the roost (used idiomatically: yes)
Mountain Rucksacks Karrimor have also completely re - designed and expanded their Alpiniste rucksack range , but retained the Aergo back on most of the new models , save for the 55–75 litre expedition sack which gets an adjustable SA back . Hot from New Zealand where they virtually rule the roost are Macpack with a small range of good looking climbing and expedition sacks from 40 litres to 85 litres . Mountain Clothing Wild Country have totally redesigned their Gore - Tex mountain mitts , given them non - slip palms and added some technical , sticky gloves inside !
Idiom: square the circle (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr. Trippier My hon . Friend is right . On his last point , Labour has manifestly failed to square the circle . While it has a policy such as that to which my hon . Friend referred , it can not convince the House or anyone else that it is serious about stabilising and reducing carbon dioxide levels . My hon . Friend 's first point is valid .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
His worst fears have been recognised . Voice over Robert Maxwell is still larger than life even in death . A year on , his pensioners are still fighting to sever his grip on their lives . So too , are the companies he left behind .
Idiom: square the circle (used idiomatically: yes)
It is the equivalent of a British government refusing to appear for questions in the House saying that it had been elected and therefore did not need to defend its decisions before parliament . The idea of presenting a yearly ‘ report’ to the European Parliament , as the Draft Treaty suggests , is laughably inadequate , since the author of such a report could put what he liked in it . One can not square the circle of being ‘ independent and accountable’ : it will be either one or the other . ‘ Independence’ must be firmly rejected . The second scenario is that there would be some degree of Community economic policy - making .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: no)
ANNE DAWSON WESLEY SMITH The jury at his trial at Bristol Crown Court has been told that Hagans watched the offices where Mrs McGurk worked from behind the bars of his prison cell before he was granted bail . The court has been told that after the murder , he tried to sell the victim 's wedding ring . Tim Hurst reports . Voice over
Idiom: sour grapes (used idiomatically: yes)
So what 's it all about … ‘ I genuinely wish I had been killed off,’ says the Huyton - born star . ‘ That 's not sour grapes or anything like it more a professional belief in myself that it would have been better in the long run for ME Eithne Browne and probably for Chrissie , too . ‘ When I first left the Close people were convinced that I was actually still in the series and that obviously had its drawbacks . ‘ I would go for parts and they would still have this idea that Chrissie was very much in the series .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: yes)
August 22 1991 . Facts : pleaded guilty to placing an imitation bomb in a department store with intent to induce a belief that it was likely to explode or ignite . The appellant constructed an imitation bomb out of a plastic box , flour , putty and sealant , and left it in a toilet in a department store . He then telephoned the shop and warned the staff that two bombs had been placed and would explode within 10 minutes . The shop was evacuated and bomb - disposal services were called .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
They are the most prosaic people under the sun , but the depth of feeling is the same in almost all men , only the shell is more ~ or ~ less thick through which this feeling must break .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: no)
‘ On my soul,’ sighed Thomas , injured but patient , ‘ 1 never did see any fellow could find all the devil 's arguments like you . When you 're away down the mountain you 'll still be sure I 've laid a trap for you somewhere . If you must know , I dropped my bundle off the wall four hours ago , down into the copse under the eastern end of the gully . How could I come and fetch you away with my belongings under my arm ? I know exactly where to lay my hands on them .
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: no)
So we talked about other things . I heard myself speaking calmly in a low tone , telling her how I would be looking into some other business now that this office was closing . Go some place else . With no family here there was nothing to keep me . Then I pictured us travelling together .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: no)
His impassioned Contrasts ( 1836 ) is a manifesto , both visual and verbal , for the Gothic , for it contrasts a town in 1440 with the same town in 1840 ( Fig . 30 ) , a comparison in which 1840 fails in every respect . Contrasts , however , is more than a manifesto for the Gothic : it is , implicitly , a diagnosis of the social and cultural evils of the time , and a proposal for political and social change . More will be said of its proposals in the next chapter on the houses of the great , but , as a sample of Pugin 's diagnosis , the small print of his satiric illustration , ‘ dedicated , without permission , to THE TRADE’ , repays examination ( Fig . 9 ) . Its image of rampant eclecticism outside the house is quite as vivid as that offered by Lady Clavering 's London interior . Exotic models are not only Greek and Roman , but Moorish , Egyptian , Hindoo , and ‘ Antideluvian’ .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
It would have cost $ 110,000 to produce the appropriate bit - maps for our former typesetter . Because of PostScript , nine fonts of an entirely new type - face , Ecotype , were produced for roughly half of that cost ( see box ) . Soon PostScript ( and one of its rivals , called TrueType , which is the brain - child of Apple and Microsoft , two suppliers to the personal - computer market ) will be added to the nuts and bolts of computers so that their screens accurately display the page about to be printed . Already programs are being written that will automatically define the amount of white space each character of a new type - face needs in which to breathe , if it is not to look cramped ( at the moment this time - consuming procedure is done by eye ) . Meanwhile , the price of laser - printers halves every four years or so , and their resolution and speed continue to improve .
Idiom: break the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
The original design , held over to eke out what it can during the transition , will be scrapped once the second design comes on - line . TI 's Sparc marketing manager Phil Campbell said the first few lots of the reconstructed chip will be coming off the line in December with volumes following sometime during the first quarter . Pouring over its latest simulation runs , Sun is confident it has broken the back of the technical problem . That still leaves it with the human problem of what to do about its many customers , the sizeable backlog of orders they have created and the delays they face . Sun says it will deliver 36MHz Model 30 Sparcstation 10s in place of the Model 41 and upgrade them as the chips become available .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah but I know that does n't do much good really No well she had this special thing so it 's done the trick so she has n't worn it yet though , I think she 's doing it for the wedding ai n't she ? Yeah Oh she had new shoes
Idiom: do someone's head in (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do n't , no . What 's your , you know , problem ? This place must be doing your head in.’ She was telling the truth , he was sure . One thing he remembered about Candy was her transparency .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
You had your meals brought to you — it was just disgusting . They used to beat us up , literally beat us up and terrorise us . I mean , for a child to have to sit and look at a wall for twenty - four hours a day — it 's totally out of order , you know . I used to tell my mum everything that went on , but nobody would believe us . When parents or social workers went up to see us , obviously they had to see the staff , and the woman in charge was so nice , she had this big front —‘My girls , my girls’— it was totally a load of shit .