Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
This was in itself a striking commentary on what had already been done : Liberal Unionists who had resisted amalgamation under Balfour and Acland - Hood in 1911 acquiesced meekly under Law and Steel - Maitland in 1912 . Other organizations could not be absorbed but could still be brought within the Central Office orbit . So in 1911 Steel - Maitland offered to join the Halsbury Club in order to guide it on to safer lines — and was immediately accused of disloyalty by Walter Long . Long helped though by placing both Steel - Maitland and Boraston on the Executive Committee of the Union Defence League for the same purpose . Steel - Maitland also explained to Lord Robert Cecil that " it has been arranged that the National Conservative Union should send out leaflets produced by several of the ancillary organizations , such as the Tariff Reform League , the Anti - Socialist Union , the Primrose League , the London Municipal Society etc . "
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
She fears that Bertha 's main problem will be her knee . Apparently it 's badly damaged.’ He regarded Lucy reflectively , then grinned as he said , ‘ It 's just as well you did n't come downstairs in that tell - tale state.’ ‘ Tell - tale ? What do you mean?’
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
One does not wish to repeat oneself unduly and the reader is referred to other parts of this book which have relevance in this matter of sexual offences against children ( see Chapters 4 and 5 ) . Sexual offences by children can , of course , take place . Indeed , a good deal of children 's play , if otherwise defined , could be held to fall into this category ; and occasionally police or social workers are hard put to it to determine where the line should be drawn . Play and experiment of a more or less directly sexual nature is natural and normal among younger children and , provided it takes place in non - frightening circumstances between children of roughly the same age there is generally no harm in it at all . However , when such play becomes hurtful or frightening to one of the children involved it may have effect equal to that of interference by an adult and should be regarded accordingly .
Idiom: have it both ways (used idiomatically: yes)
Its brought in Phil Pompa from Advanced Micro Devices Inc 29000 line to handle marketing . The 88000 line and the PowerPC will be handled by the same sales team though Motorola is thinking of dividing the world into vertical segments . Could it have it both ways ? Could the Santa Cruz Operation Inc go public and get acquired ? Think about it .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Nathan Holland on the other hand was a faithful friend , and but for him Paul 's last work might never have found its way into print . Nathan waited patiently for the remissions which made it possible for the ruined mind to function for a time ; he sat by the sick man , who by now was almost blind ; the paralysis was , after all , general . Paul knew Nathan , as a rule , and would talk to him in a slurred voice ; Nathan had a notebook and pencil ready , and would jot down any thoughts that came , going through them afterwards as if they had been jewels . When Paul was himself he had a dread of oncoming deafness . ‘ That would be the end of me , I 'd be nothing then,’ he would mumble , and once Nathan tried to tap out code on his hand , so that he would understand messages in the event .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Always work on a earthed surface and touch the ground plane before touching any components . If you can wear an earthed wrist strap or , at least , a piece of copper wire clipped to the ground plane . Finally avoid wearing nylon clothes or walking on nylon carpet if at all possible . If you ca n't avoid nylon carpet spray it lightly with water to reduce any static build up . 1 .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: no)
Something about how he , Pike , was guilty . Guilty of what , though ? As we got to the narrow road that runs past the spot where Mr Marr used to watch the night sky , he turned and held up his hands towards the stars . ' Help ! ' he screamed . Once .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
Sir Geoffrey nodded . " I understand the position , and it is clearly a very difficult one , " he said . " I have , of course , contributed to the difficulty by taking my suspicions to the police — I ca n't blame you for wanting to get to the bottom of things . Can you give me any indication of the gravity of the investigation which , in your view , might justify me in deliberately withholding from the board information of direct importance to the bank 's shareholders ? " " No .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Try him with that and vegetables and I 'll give you some powder to mix in his food . Perhaps you 'd call round for it . " The powder was a pretty strong absorbent mixture and I felt sure it would do the trick , but a week later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . " There 's absolutely no improvement , Mr Herriot . " The tremble was back in her voice .
Idiom: have it both ways (used idiomatically: yes)
Dana looked at her twin and laughed . ‘ I do n't doubt that , Claudia , but you also want to keep me away from Garry,’ she added shrewdly , ‘ and you want even more to keep me away from Roman . Well , you ca n't have it both ways . You can tell him from me that if he wants me to stay in this urban backwater of yours he 'll have to provide me with an interesting occupation — and I do n't mean modelling your dress . As for the rehearsal , I 'll consider it tomorrow .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Venture capitalists examine numerous opportunities , assessing whether or not they have the potential for successful buy - outs . ( 2 ) Negotiating with the vendor . Often , the vendor will prefer to deal directly with the venture capitalist rather than with the management . Generally , this also helps the management team , enabling them to avoid face - to - face negotiation with their superiors . The negotiating role may be handled by the financier or accountant , or by the lawyer . ( 3 ) Arranging the finance .
Idiom: move the goalposts (used idiomatically: yes)
Happily , and not unexpectedly , a couple of years amid the off - Broadway climes of the county stage seem to have had a mellowing effect . The Falstaffian affability in evidence since April has hinted at more than mere satisfaction , however , namely , a nudge and a wink about his imminent reinstatement by the ICC . The barbarism of Boipatong may ultimately move the goalposts , and perhaps rightly so , but there can be no doubt that the selectors will welcome back their Pirate King with guilt - free zeal . Should Gatting and his crew receive their paroles one 's sympathy for refuseniks like Rob Bailey can only heighten . An accomplished 165 may have helped set up Northamptonshire 's comprehensive thwacking of Glamorgan , but the vice - captain 's overall form had not been all he would have wished , a reflection , perhaps , of a disenchanted soul .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
Gold output is one of the few remaining state economic secrets . Western analysts put annual production at between 250 and 350 tonnes , and total reserves at up to 2,000 tonnes — worth around $ 22bn at world prices . Galtieri walks free as the generals seek vindication By ISABEL HILTON , Latin America Editor THE former president of Argentina and the man responsible for one of the most ill - organised military adventures in history , General Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri , was freed yesterday under a presidential pardon from his comfortable confinement in a suburban military college in Buenos Aires .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: no)
THREE British Telecom engineers have been sacked over an alleged 0898 cash - quiz fiddle . They are believed to have ‘ won’ up to £ 60,000 by fooling computers in general knowledge phone games . The BT men at Kidlington , Oxford , left the phone off the hook for 36 hours at a time . Computers believed their silences were ‘ no’ answers — right half the time . The engineers ' free calls were worth up to £ 750,000 to BT .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
In this emotional environment the argument from design gained a new lease of life . Its most eloquent exponent was an Anglican clergyman , William Paley ( 1743–1805 ) , whose Natural Theology appeared in 1802 . Although there was little originality in Paley 's argument and little new in his approach to natural history , his emphasis on the usefulness of organic structures struck a renewed chord in the minds of a social elite whose wealth was increasingly based on trade and commerce . Since many English naturalists were also clergymen , they were only too willing to describe the species of animals and plants they studied as examples of divine craftsmanship . Like exponents of the argument from design in earlier generations , Paley had to confront the fact that some species possessed structures that were useful for the killing of prey .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
In nineteen ninety S C F began its work providing facilities for prisoner 's families in Crumlin road in Belfast , Norwich prison , Strangeways and here in London 's Holloway prison for women which I visited at the beginning of June . This has enabled S C F to persuade the Home Office 's prison department to run such facilities and budget for such facilities in every prison to be rebuilt and there appears to be no shortage of those , or designed from herein after . This very year , Save The Children 's reports making ends meet and our contribution to the world health survey have enabled radical alterations to be made to the world communities practice with regard first to nutrition and food aid , particularly in East Africa and secondly to primary health care practice . This is a magnificent record , thank you and and in nineteen ninety three I would like to announce the day that Save The Children has been unanimously chosen by the charities aid foundation as its first recipient of the charity of the year award nineteen ninety three . This in my view , is a tremendous tribute to everybody in this hall and the many thousand who can not be with us today .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite the hardness of her aunt 's attitude , the latter 's distress had got through to Lucy , causing her to become engulfed with sympathy for the older woman . And there lay the reason she was now driving towards Wilder 's Wilderness . What her reception would be she feared to imagine , and as she drew near to the Mohaka River bridge she became filled with apprehension because , now that she came to think of it , she realised she was poking her nose into something that did not even remotely concern her . When the road dipped down to the curved span of the bridge she saw the water far below , snaking its way between the high rock walls of a narrow gorge . A short time later , on the other side , she came to a noticeboard set at the corner of a road which left the main highway .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
‘ The only way to get to the bottom of it is to confront the chairman . It is the first time I have asked to know what is going on . ’ Crosby took charge after leading Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May and was given a one-year contract . after leading Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May.But he appears to have been on borrowed time ever since . Sunderland have also been linked with an approach for Sheffield United boss Dave Bassett .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
These four were the ones named Matthew , Mark , Luke and John . Oral Tradition After the death and resurrection of Jesus , the stories about his life were passed on by word of mouth for some thirty years before the first Gospel was written . This is called the period of the ‘ oral tradition’ . The study of the oral tradition is called form criticism .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Have we got News for You Angus Deayton THIS year had more than its fair share of depressing news , but one TV programme managed to make light of it all . Channel 4 's Have I Got News For You team , headed by Angus Deayton and starring Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and comedian Paul Merton , mercilessly ridiculed anyone . Now , exclusively for TODAY , Angus has put together a quiz of the year .
Idiom: go round in circles (used idiomatically: yes)
and thumbed it to Ringway for a stand - by ticket . At dawn I was still going round in circles in a five mile stack over Edinburgh airspace . I accepted a lift to Princes Street Gardens
Idiom: nothing doing (used idiomatically: no)
" Now that I 've recovered we must think of your reputation , Mrs Lang . " " After all this , Mr Hopkins , do you think that reputations still matter ? " " If they do n't matter , then nothing does . We must obey the rules . " " Like your precious hive of bees at the Exhibition ?
Idiom: true blue (used idiomatically: no)
i if she did n't have a car you could go into Maces . I did it for years . I had a thousands ships , but no matter where , you 're the one for me baby this I know cos it 's true love , you 're the one I 'm dreaming of true blue baby I love you . I heard all the lies , I 've tried oh so many times , but without they fall again so excited cos you 're my best friend ! So if you should ever doubt wonder what love is all about
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
There 's no time to adjust mind and muscles for a different pursuit . It takes speed and stamina to stick with the pace . The race is hard and the lead changes hands , but the runway does n't always make a perfect cycleway . Women 's National champion , Melissa Watson , who races with the Swindon team came a cropper . A puncture put pay to her challenge .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: no)
Fears about the threat of more deportations in the near future are believed to be behind the resistance to the police action . A police spokesman said that people in the camp were in a ' very emotional ' state . Chi Ma Wan inmates have been threatening violent resistance should moves be made to deport them . At 8 am police officers , accompanying prison staff , tried to enter the centre but were met by a hail of stones . The officers withdrew and an attempt was made to resolve the problem with the mediation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and aid workers in the camp .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
The regime at Ulm was , in one respect , drudgery ; in another , it was a phenomenal training . HvK We learnt everything from scratch . Nothing from gramophone records . Only the score and what we could work out on the piano and what we were able to hear in the opera - house from singers like Mayr .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
First things first though : I could do with a morning cup of coffee . The easiest way of solving that problem was to go down to Victoria station . I dawdled around for a while and then headed south . Railway stations are almost home to me now , I realized , when I eventually arrived at Victoria . I picked up my coffee and savoured a sit - down in the canteen .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
It was too late . It had come out and I 'd said it 's what I felt at the minute . Taking the piss and w he would n't get out the bloody way and I 'm trying to get through with that rack . He , he roared out the factory the other night . That 's what it was .
Idiom: in broad daylight (used idiomatically: yes)
All this activity alerted the Germans and they sent out patrols to locate the SAS . Mayne 's party spent the rest of the night dodging the enemy and , as dawn broke , they discovered that they were in the middle of a large military camp . They split up and simply walked through in broad daylight . All of them made it back to the rendezvous where they also met up with Zirnheld 's group who had managed to account for eleven aircraft . What happened next was a classic example of foolhardy daring which very nearly came badly unstuck .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: no)
‘ But you found him?’ ‘ In the end , I found him . It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing . Let 's just say there was a small exchange of money.’ Shiona shook her head .
Idiom: on the trot (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd love to come back one day and see how such good youngsters as Simon Brown , Mark Briers , Paul Henderson , Stewart Hutton and John Wood are working out.’ What might dissuade Jones from returning is the relentless ‘ grind’ of county cricket and a dislike of the three - day game . ‘ In England you can play 17 days on the trot and that is bound to affect attitudes . Back home we play only 11 first - class matches , so players come out spitting and firing every time in the knowledge that they will have three or four days off afterwards.’ Spitting and firing are not the first words to spring to mind when Yorkshire 's venerable left - arm spinner Phil Carrick is mentioned .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Youthful Optimism Yes , you see , I saw a lot of miserable people on the tube train one day and said : " Get your peg in the right hole , missus , before you chip off the corners — and possibly even lay bare your embarrassment " . which caused them to be no better , it would seem , but I 'm only young now so maybe something will happen later . Lonely
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
It was dark outside . The only light came from the big fire . I held my father 's hand at first and we danced together . My mother danced away and I could n't see her . Soon I lost my father .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Successful as a writer but not in politics Novelist 's aims still unfulfilled Jeffrey Archer likes playing games with journalists . Dropping hints here , dropping names there . You constantly have the feeling you are being manipulated .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
You should wear a skirt , Thérèse explained : so that no one can see . Otherwise you might have a bulge showing . She showed Léonie how to roll up the used towel in a paper bag , smuggle it down the backstairs into the kitchen , bury it in the red heart of the range . They walked into the dining - room together only five minutes late . Clean white half - moons of nails held out for inspection , hands reddened from hot water and soap , hair brushed .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
Q I divorced my ex - husband five years ago , after years of him making it obvious that I was acting as a ‘ brake’ on his life . My life fell apart , but he had no trouble picking up the pieces and forged ahead with a new woman . Three years ago I met a marvellous man , we married and had a daughter . Now we plan to move to the US and my life feels happy and exciting again .
Idiom: hang by a thread (used idiomatically: yes)
SCARE : Dowdney Driver in a 3-mile hell trip MOTORIST David Millen drove on for three miles after an accident — with a severed arm hanging by a thread from his shoulder . Mr Millen , 43 , had his right arm resting on a window ledge when his Granada was clipped by an oncoming lorry . With blood pouring from the bare bone he made it to a pub near Loose , Kent , where regulars called 999 .
Idiom: by dint of (used idiomatically: yes)
Client / server future Another major player , Microsoft Corp , so far with only a tippy - toe in the open systems waters , needs to control the definition and evolution of computing to maintain its momentum , Wendler says . NT he considers a ported proprietary environment , but it will , by dint of its use of OSF 's Distributed Computing Environment ‘ accelerate the take - up of open systems,’ he believes . In Wendler 's eyes , DCE will become the de facto standard for client / server computing . Sun , he says , ‘ sat on its remote procedure call laurels too long and did n't advance its Open Network Computing technology until OSF started talking about DCE.’
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
He himself said that the root idea of The Prisoner of Zenda was ' the old and wide - spread theme of ' mistaken identity ' as a starting - point for the writer 's development of ' characters , emotions and incidents and his exploration of dramatic possibilities ' . ' Modestly he suggested : I think that the two variants which struck the popular fancy in my little book were royalty and red hair — the former is always a safe card to play , and its combination with the latter had a touch of novelty … and he could be pleasantly practical about the craft into which he channelled his surplus energies . The writer , he said :
Idiom: power behind the throne (used idiomatically: yes)
So , what accounts for the sudden disappearance of the adoring political wife ? The role achieved its apotheosis with someone who , perhaps not coincidentally , was trained as an actress . Nancy ~ Reagan codified the misty - eyed gaze at the rugged man , the demure demurrals , and the aggregation of power behind the throne , while claiming , in interviews , interest in nothing more serious than the White ~ House ’s latest china patterns .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: no)
Indeed , there is no country in English - speaking Africa which can not boast some useful project in co - operative teaching at lower primary level . A second focus for integration has been through the design of materials based on one subject discipline but specifically planned to feed across the curriculum . Later in this book I will argue the importance of this approach to develop skills of ‘ language across the curriculum’ , but in the lower primary booklets produced by the Science Education Programme for Africa ( SEPA ) we have a brilliant prototype for developing basic scientific and mathematical skills across subject boundaries . Their units on construction , water , dry sand , exploring the environment and many others have been taken up and adapted in Language , Social Studies , Mathematics and Science syllabuses throughout Africa . More directly , the cause of integration has been served by the formal incorporation of subjects hitherto taught separately into new programmes with new names .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
Millwall turf going ' for a sod ' THOSE Millwall fans who did n't manage to rip up a piece of turf during the chaotic farewell scenes at The Den the other week will be glad to know they 'll have the chance to pick up some of the sacred turf next week in a special auction . Not so much ' Going for a Song ' as ' Going for a Sod . ' Ever - enterprising chairman Reg Burr , sensing the chance to make a few bob out of the wave of sentimentality which has greeted the old stadium 's demise , contacted local auctioneers , who will be putting some Den memorabilia under the hammer next Wednesday . Milwall memorabilia ?
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
It was n't as if she had searched for it , determined to see what lay behind the forever locked door . She had found it quite by accident , due to her diligence . If she had not learned to clean so thoroughly she would never have taken each and every picture off the wall to dust both the picture and the wall behind . And there was the key , carefully jammed into the frame of the old watercolour . Ellie knew at once which door it must unlock , because the room at the end of the landing was the only room kept locked .
Idiom: put the cat among the pigeons (used idiomatically: yes)
. And when anyone treats my daughter like that I find it very hard to forgive , I know it hurts my kids , I 'm much more up in arms than if they hurt me . Remember that first Christmas when she put the cat among the pigeons by saying to me your husband told me that he ca n't really afford he 's flying because you spend all his money , when I , when I 've been backing him , saving money for his aeroplane and his lessons and What did you say to dad?did you say that to dad did n't you say it . But I thought she was stirring it you see and so did Diane .