Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: give someone pause (used idiomatically: yes)
He quite understood Leon 's interest . He himself would have gone anywhere to see a set of tack of strange cut or history . What gave him pause was not lack of sympathy for the enterprise but the appalling difficulty of handling his grandmother in relation to Leon . He could think of no form of words , no common interest which could provide a path down which they could all three go abreast . ‘ What could we say?’
Idiom: come to grief (used idiomatically: yes)
Lines of eyes peeping and ogling , rows of breasts hoisted and nipples tweaked and Vaselined ; reddened mouths gaped at her , naturists demonstrated star - jumps , plump pink bottoms poked , arch looks pinned her down , and fingers crested with scarlet points beckoned . Miranda began to feel curious for a closer look . At the OK Corral — as she preferred to call what some of its visitors termed her quim ( the phrase struck her as useful after she 'd seen the Western)— some men proved themselves and others came to grief , and both kinds had male competitors on their mind and wanted to outgun them . But meanwhile the OK Corral continued , and it was keeper of her own wild troop of horses , whom she knew how to handle , unlike some of the sharpshooters and champions and wildmen exhibiting their prowess . Sex in Miranda 's experience was n't a matter of spectacle , but of darkness and touch , magnified by her senses ' usually exacerbated state , the extremes of the night , of smoking and drinking and hunger and tiredness , and she was a blind swimmer through walls of warm water , and knew nothing of the practice and technique of the models in the pictures crammed edge to edge in the shop .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
As one Afro - caribbean elder said in an old peoples ' club : ‘ It is not only the climate that is cold in England’(Grant , 1988 ) . Institutional racism may become apparent in difficulties in gaining access to health and social services . Other indigenous elderly people with set ideas may find it hard to come to terms with living in a multiracial community , and being offered care by a member of a minority group . As statutory services continue to implement an equal opportunities policy these matters will need sensitive handling by social services . Recognition of individual resources
Idiom: box clever (used idiomatically: yes)
Against a panoramic backdrop , we see orphaned P.K. growing up in a hostile environment . Soon he is befriended by the kindly German ‘ Doc ’ ( Armin Mueller-Stahl ) who is interned in the local prison And we see him taught to box and fend fro himself by a likeable petty thief ( Morgan Freeman ) . BATTLER : P.K. ( Stephen Dorff ) boxes clever VIDEO BONANZA CHOOSE YOUR TOP VIDEOS AND PICK UP A CLUTCH OF GOODIES
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Scrum - half is my favourite position.’ On the club scene he has played for Cumberland first division side Hensingham for 10 years and featured in the team which won the Cumberland under-19 title this season . He is also a regular in the club 's open age side . ‘ I 'd like to play for one of the glamour clubs like Wigan or Leeds and one day play at Wembley,’ he said . We 're hitting the trail to put across the nuclear message
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
Essentially , there is no difference between you and the rose bush in your front garden . Your pet goldfish and you are basically two ‘ expressions’ of the one , cosmic force . In fact , the gurus of the East teach that the goldfish might well have been your great , great grandmother in a previous existence if she did not make the grade as a human being . In the West , reincarnation is ‘ packaged’ in more attractive terms , with the talents and gifts of each life being passed on to succeeding lives . This ‘ snowballing’ effect is what evolution is all about , they claim .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: no)
These included Sasha de Stroumillo , just nudging eighteen when she joined the company and Tottie Whately who , together , designed brilliantly original room sets for shop displays and catalogues . Both were given a free hand to indulge their imagination and produced some of the wittiest and talked about windows in London , several of which featured life - sized stuffed animals or eye - catching visual puns . Window displays were becoming controversial within the company ; Laura liked to see windows full of antiques and atmosphere , but increasingly found herself at loggerheads with more prosaic minds who wanted products and price - tags . Laura 's preference for young , wholly committed staff invariably paid off ; she knew they were less likely to criticize , were unshackled either by experience or domestic ties and would exude energy . Michael Howells , a painter friend of Nick 's who stencilled the occasional floor and otherwise assisted in certain aspects of window display , found both Ashleys refreshingly open to suggestions , keen to encourage young staff and always trying to give them their first break .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: no)
On nearing Hendre Gorfelen , however , Charlotte was suddenly transformed into the alert and confident young woman Derek thought he knew . She even apologized for having been poor company on the journey . ‘ I 've a lot on my mind . Too much , I sometimes feel , for it to hold.’ Derek assured her he understood .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Manager John Lambie dropped six players and brought in Nelson , Law , Jamieson , Irons , Cameron and McWalter . But the defensive laxity which has been at the root of Partick Thistle 's recent decline was not removed simply by taking such swingeing action . Nelson , who took Murdoch 's place in goal , first of all did as his namesake and turned a blind eye to a cross from McGinlay . As Wright challenged the goalkeeper for the dropped ball , however , Nelson recovered to kick it clear as he fell to the ground . Hibs started the game only one point better off than the ailing home side , and they , too , needed to smarten up their ideas if the last quarter of the season were not to be fraught with danger .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
His decision to turn east enabled him to steam across the head of the German line , a manoeuvre , potentially lethal , known as ‘ crossing the T’ . Scheer , observing this , at once turned about : he had no intention of engaging the greater firepower of the British Grand Fleet in its entirety and was by now thoroughly alarmed for the safety of his ships . But Scheer turned westward , away from the sanctuary of his harbours in northern Germany , so Jellicoe then deployed his fleet in a curving line between the Germans , now again out of sight , and their bases . This was a skilful manoeuvre but it risked frustration because the combination of fog , dense smoke from guns and funnels , and failing light , was making visibility increasingly poor . Scheer continued steaming westward for a further 20 minutes ; and then , for reasons never adequately explained , turned cast again .
Idiom: come up trumps (used idiomatically: yes)
You 've done more to help me than I ever deserved . And to think I doubted your commitment ! You 've come up trumps , Derek . I 'd be proud of you if I were n't so grateful.’ ‘ There 's no need to thank me.’
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
In his precisely delineated observation of the world , Calvino 's Palomar is an emblematic figure of recent Italian fiction . Neither a sociological nor a psychological type , he represents an assemblage of mental attitudes , providing a kind of vade - mecum and at the same time an ironic counterpoint to the anxieties of a public that is presumed by the book itself to have lost faith in totalizing explanations and englobing narratives . In the face of such a generalization , it is worth pausing for a moment to take stock of the kind of observer that Palomar is not . Stefano Tani has already pointed out that Calvino 's idea of observation , within his wider poetic of ‘ seeing’ , is a different matter from the ‘ impassive and indifferent , basically blind , gaze that we have inherited from the nouveau roman’ . Calvino 's , and Palomar 's , gaze , on the contrary , is interrogatory , teasing out the meaning of things , impartial but never impersonal or ‘ inert’(Tani 1986 : 122 , 124 ) .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
There can be no doubt that it takes gruellingly hard work to reach the top echelon in aerobatics , and each member of the British Aerobatic Team ' 92 has more than adequately demonstrated their worth . Money may be able to buy flying time , but it can not buy skill — and it most certainly can not guarantee success in an aerobatic championship . True , a state - of - the - art aerobatic machine is expensive , but if we are to represent our county at major championships in a competitive manner then it is required of to run competitive machines . It is well proven that the stronger the team , the stronger the back - up and support system , the stronger are the chances of success — and you ca n't have all this without financial support . Surely British aviation enthusiasts want to see their team doing well ?
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Joy Gibson , senior social worker for mental health , told me that about 50 people with complex needs are being helped in this way . Each gets a written care plan and a named key worker . When the plan is up and running and all the identified needs for care are being met , the managing team backs away and performs only intermittent reviews . The system is too new for any conclusions to be drawn yet , but one problem has developed already . The social work and psychiatric teams have different criteria for deciding who needs such intensive community care .
Idiom: cog in the machine (used idiomatically: yes)
Thenceforward , Russell was consistently what I called earlier a scientific naturalist . He allowed himself , or claimed to allow himself , no beliefs about the world which could n't be justified if , if , even if only in a very loose sense , by scientific canons of procedure . Nature is an reality independent of mind , man is in fact only a small cog in the machine . ‘ I see nothing,’ he says , ‘ nothing impossible , in a universe devoid of experience.’ And looking back on his emergence from absolute idealism , he says of himself that he came to hate the stuffiness of supposing that space and time were only in the mind .
Idiom: watering hole (used idiomatically: yes)
The Roof Gardens had some claim to being a London landmark . Sited on the top floor of a department store in Kensington High Street , the principal feature of the club was the gardens , which had been planted , literally on the roof , some fifty years before , and grown in prodigious abundance . Formerly Derry & Toms , in the late Sixties the building became Biba 's , a fashionable boutique of the day ; in the Seventies , the roof club became Regine 's , a watering hole of the internationally rich and idle . When , in the manner of migratory buffalo , they moved elsewhere , its owner , an Indian businessman named Ram , who had spent £ 2 m refurbishing the club , looked for a quick sale . Branson bought it for £ 400,000 .
Idiom: good offices (used idiomatically: yes)
Fran . vol . i , pp . 91 , 330 ) . While studying theology at Oxford he joined for a time the household of Robert Grosseteste [ q.v . ] , bishop of Lincoln , probably through the good offices of Adam Marsh , who described him as ‘ active , discreet , full of goodwill and devoted to the cure of souls’(Mon . Fran . vol . i , p. 115 ) .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
He would make it his business to find out who it was . As the front door closed he pulled himself from the sofa and watched her drive away . Then , when she turned the corner , he went out to the hall and picked up the phone . He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . Dan had a motto in life : Always have a back - up plan .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
He sat back as the waiter brought coffee . ‘ I was angry — who would n't be ? Well , just dropping it on me like that , right out of the blue . I had absolutely no idea that she was intending to end everything between us.’ He fell silent for a few moments , shredding the paper that had wrapped his sugar cube .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
I still re - read and enjoy Beyond a Boundary , finding something new , often appreciating a passage that had passed my by earlier . CLR had also been a Trotskyist so I identified greatly with him.’ And CLR 's conviction that cricket can only be seen truly in its social , political and historical context has pervaded Sissons 's subsequent writings on the game , including three books —Cricket and Empire , The Players and George Lohmann —The Beau Ideal . He says : ‘ My approach is the massive accumulation of facts , then putting the material into its correct social , political and historical context . You have to see beyond the boundary otherwise it 's a meaningless obsession.’
Idiom: pick holes (used idiomatically: yes)
I says but you 'll find next year when we approach you with this declaration you 'll find it 's been changed to free passage and where will your argument be then ? . Proper gent mi mind , do n't get me wrong . Er he 'll , he 's a good fighter and a good , a good , a good but there 's certain points you can pick holes .
Idiom: in the soup (used idiomatically: yes)
' It was potassium cyanide . Powder form . In the soup . Curry soup would hide the taste until it was too late . How and when it got in there we do n't know as yet .
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , I 'm not sure that I should be raking up all this , but in a way it is related to Luke 's attitude towards Elise , and you did ask … My mother had a twin brother . She thought the world of him . But he was a bit of a womaniser and got mixed up in some scandal ; I never knew the whole story . Anyway , he left the country .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: no)
Rockgear by Layne Gerrard , Ten Speed Press ( imported by Airlift Book Co ) £12.95 My first thought on picking up this very substantial volume , was how on earth can information on rock gear fill so much space . The answer quickly became apparent : there is an awful lot of padding . Not only does the text tend to be repetitious but each item of gear if prefaced by an otherwise blank page informing us of the Key Point to be gleaned in that section , pearls of wisdom such as : ‘ A file is useful for sharpening the edges of your … hooks .
Idiom: in the offing (used idiomatically: yes)
There is a sovereignty issue , and the question of adapting rules to an odd but bona fide market such as the LME can not be swept aside . However , the vexed CFTC issue is resolved — and the AFBD last week was the lucky recipient of yet another draft solution from the commission — the traumas of the past six months have posed again the question of the association 's independence . Phillip Thorpe , the AFBD 's chief executive , felt obliged to circulate to his staff a denial of reports that a merger with The Securities Association was in the offing . But co - operation over matters such as a futures rulebook and joint compliance have indicated the economies of scale possible in combining with the TSA 's 1,000 members . Faced with the possibility of their contributions to the AFBD doubling to £ 8 m a year , members may find a merger less undignified after all .
Idiom: on top of the world (used idiomatically: yes)
Even our shot putters are in better shape than he is.’ Robb roars in Nick double BRITAIN 'S Nick Gillingham was on top of the world last night after completing a superb double in the 100 and 200 metres breaststroke in the Mycil ASA National Championships at Sheffield . A notable absentee from this year 's world top 20 breaststroke rankings , the double Olympic medallist 's time in the 200 metres final of 2mins 11.56secs was the quickest in the world this year by 3.26 seconds , and only 0.33 outside Norbert Rozsa 's European record . It completed a marvellous weekend for Gillingham , who yesterday took the 100 metres in 1 min 2.16 secs0.18 inside the previous world best this year .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
Pillai , though , came second , and in 1922 joined the elite body , known to some as the ‘ heaven born’ . Pillai was sent as assistant commissioner of the Raipur District of the Central Provinces , where he learned ‘ on the job’ the art of administering to the needs of half a million people . He spent half the year in the saddle , touring villages to collect revenues , dispense justice as a magistrate ( with the power to send miscreants to prison for up to two years ) and even to inspect opium dens . In 1927 Pillai was appointed assistant collector of customs in Madras and two years later became deputy director of commercial Intelligence in Calcutta . In 1932 he was appointed deputy secretary to the Commerce Department of the Government of India , where he remained until the end of the Raj 15 years later .
Idiom: hold the line (used idiomatically: yes)
The NUAW looked on helplessly , but decided in 1923 to make a stand in its strongest area — north and west Norfolk . Following several occasions on which wages had been cut and the working week extended , the NUAW finally called its members in the area out in what was recognized on both sides as a trial of strength of national importance . After five bitter weeks the NUAW succeeded in holding the line — but only just . A return to work was negotiated under the conditions prevailing before the strike had begun so the union had prevented a further round of wage reductions ; but this was achieved at such a cost as to convince the leadership of the impossibility of organizing effective strike action in agriculture . Even in the NUAW 's strongest area less than one - quarter of the strike notices had been obeyed and the union had been reduced to penury .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
Releasing a single is probably the most effective way to promote a band . Initially , you only need five hundred records , the total cost of which can be less than £ 500 . Once you have recorded your music , the first step to releasing it is to make the cuts . These are soft lacquer discs which record your ‘ A’ and ‘ B’side from your studio master tape ( these discs can be either 7″ or 12″ , depending on your chosen format ) . The next process turns these soft , lacquer discs into metal stampers , and all your records will be pressed from these .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
I am no bird , and no net ensnares me ; I am a free human ~ being with an independent will .
Idiom: pull a fast one (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah ? It depends on his attitude , if he 'd been trying to pull a fast one on you and er Yeah this was like this when I bought it off you
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
Bill McMurdo was born in Edinburgh 's Niddrie Mains . A friend and neighbour of the ex - Hibernian captain Pat Stanton , both signed to the Easter Road Club as teenagers . McMurdo never made the grade but like many Scots his early interest in the game ignited a flame of passion for football that has never been extinguished . After an electrical apprenticeship with the Coal Board he pursued a business career , eventually rising to the position of Sales Director with the American watch company Timex . HARD TIMES AT HIBERNIAN .
Idiom: take a shine to (used idiomatically: yes)
£ 170,000 thank - you to window cleaner SYDNEY YOUNG SPINSTER Nina Vessey took a shine to her window cleaner — and left him £ 170,000 in her will . Stunned Sam Vardon , 63 , was first employed by Nina while a struggling lad setting up his round after the war . She paid him eight shillings — or 40p — a week to work at the 16-room house she had inherited .
Idiom: break the bank (used idiomatically: yes)
Blackburn swoop to capture Andersson Graham Fisher BLACKBURN ROVERS backer Jack Walker broke the bank again yesterday when he underwrote lucrative personal terms for Swedish international Patrik Andersson . Only two weeks ago , Andersson walked out of talks with Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson and complained : ‘ If Leeds are going to pay peanuts , they can expect to sign monkeys.’ But Kenny Dalglish 's remorseless policy of reinforcement and the money - no - object support of mega - rich Walker , the Jersey - based ex - steel tycoon and now owner of an airline , has beaten all rivals to the punch .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
The aim of such colonial imposition ( section 4.4.2 ) was mainly to exploit the natural resources for the benefit of Spain . Precious metals were the chief resources sought by the invaders and the silver - mines of Potosí in Peru are a case in point ( section 4.4.2 ) . The indiscriminate exploitation of Andean forests to provide wood for mines and as fuel , in tandem with burning for the creation of pastures and subsequent overgrazing , are , according to Millones , mainly responsible for the demise of these high forests and their fauna . Further serious environmental consequences have arisen from the introduction of grazing herbivores ( such as cattle , sheep , goats , horses , donkeys and mules ) to which the Andean environment is not naturally adapted but which are the mainstay of modern Andean populations . Parallels can be drawn with Australia ( section 4.4.3 ) and the island of St Helena ( section 7.4.3 ) .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Adam had often refused to get out , and Gran had had to pay for another ride . Things had changed since then . The swings had gone and the pier had been demolished ; a few years ago the Council had given permission for a café - and - restaurant to be built , but the place had only been open a month when it caught fire and was burned out ; the Fire Brigade could n't get to it , the promenade being too narrow for their vehicles . The gutted remains were still there , blackened and dismal . Otherwise there was just the mud , and the stones .
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: no)
But he repeated appeals for householders who had not contacted the council to do so . Police are assuring the public that there is no looting problem . They say that no flood hit homes have been broken into . Graffiti vandal admits £ 28,000 subway damage Youth left ‘ tag’ in six month spree
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Women have also brought him trouble . He 's had a lifelong fight with feminists who accuse him of extreme male chauvinism and damaging their dignity . His one - night stands and his expansive appetite for fun in the night clubs of Los Angeles , New York and London have been charted in the gossip columns for two decades . Occasionally , there are other setbacks , though none as spectacular as the mess he got himself into during 1989 . Having only just made peace with his companion of fifteen years , Anjelica Huston , he was struck by the first kiss - and - tell in his entire life , and he was angry .
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It is time we moved for concerted action to liberate the press from these laws.’ Since media house managers are not working to remove the obstacles , Mr McKnight said the PAJ would soon launch a campaign to change the libel laws . US study to examine what makes religion hit the headlines What makes religion news will be the focus of a new study on the role of religion in the mass media at the University of Colorado , USA . The study , which is entitled ‘ Religion in Public Discourse : The Role of the Media’ , will be conducted by Dr Stewart Hoover , Associate Professor of Journalism at the University 's Center for Mass Media Research and a former member of WACC 's Central Committee .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
I asked . " I ca n't remember . I 've had it on my mind all week . " Early legends , blithely ignoring the further river , often located the well - springs of the Nile at Aswan . Immediately above the town lay the barrier of the First Cataract , and for millennia Aswan was the boundary of Pharaonic Egypt and the known world .