Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
Bateson announced that next month 's extraordinary general meeting of the League , where he was hoping to persuade club chairmen to ‘ drop the drop’ , is to be called off . Bateson explained : ‘ The League have been in contact to say that when they informed the FA of the meeting , they were told that no matter what the egm approved the FA would not sanction any agreement which would produce more than 24 clubs in any one division . ‘ Unless other clubs fell by the wayside for financial reasons , our plan to put a stop to relegation for another two years might produce 26 clubs in the third division by the end of the 1994–95 season . ‘ That would mean three clubs having to be relegated then and that is not our intention . ‘ The FA have indicated that they would not have any objection to there being no relegation this season .
Idiom: in the family way (used idiomatically: yes)
She watched the big woman flop back and onto a chair , then look from one to the other of her silent sons as she said , ‘ Did you hear that ? Did you just hear that ? That young scut has put a fancy piece in the family way . Well , begod ! I 'll say this , if he 's done it , he 's done something more than you hulks ' ave ever done ; it 's been left to me two lasses to breed .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: no)
Fortunately she did n't . The silver - haired gentleman , who turned out to be fluent in English and very charming in a gracious sort of way , chatted to her amiably about the south of France , though Alyssia did n't miss the way his eyes wandered unconsciously across to his wife every so often . Obviously , she thought sourly , checking to make sure that no hanky - panky was going on under the table between Piers and her , or else he was still so infatuated that he could n't bear not to look at her for too long . Her opinion of Nicole dropped a further few notches . Alyssia refused to give in to any urge to stare at Piers , though she was sorely tempted .
Idiom: thick as thieves (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't want to go to a new school . I do n't want to leave Auntie Lou.’ He and Auntie Lou were thick as thieves at the moment . Several times , Carrie had come into the kitchen and found them giggling together . ‘ It 's a secret,’ Nick said when she asked him what they were laughing about .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
Quickly she pulled her hand away from his and opened the car door to scramble out . A cool little breeze was blowing , and she shivered as it ran playfully over her heated skin and ruffled the long strands of her silvery hair so that it spilled like spun gold down her back , tangling with the lace . ' Come along before you catch cold . You should have worn a coat over that dress — the night 's not warm enough for an outfit like that . ' Luke ran a swift glance over the fine open fabric covering her bare shoulders , and Fran fought against a desire to snap back an answer , and lost .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
Do you want a tea or a coffee ? Cup of tea please . I 've just been filling in my books and reading all about it . I rang mum up . Mm ?
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
I always regret that as a youth it never occurred to me to ask why they chose Easingwold and how they knew of a vacancy for someone who could combine the saddlery trade with being the landlord of the Jolly Farmers pub . Nor did it occur to me then to enquire how it was possible in those days for a keen Wesleyan Methodist to become a publican . I shall never know the answers now , for these things are passed on only by word of mouth and are not written down . The move and the dual occupation are confirmed by a documentary source , however , for the entry under Easingwold in the pages of Bulmer 's Directory of the North Riding of Yorkshire ( 1890 ) notes : ‘ Jolly Farmer , Spring Street : George Webster’ and ‘ Saddlers and Harness Makers : George Webster , Spring Street’ . Its population had risen slowly from 1,467 in 1801 to 2,240 in 1851 , but then it had declined steadily to 1,932 in 1891 .
Idiom: not miss a trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Just go ahead and do the job . We 'll let them know the date we 're going to start , and offer incentives if they sign up before that deadline . We have to make sure that we do n't miss a trick in exploiting 21a the potential of an infill — which brings ME TO … TEAMWORK . Teamwork is paramount in any sphere of operation but something which has not always been evident in the past .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
He still hopes to play against his favourite enemy Australia next summer but said : ‘ Nothing 's changed . I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it.’ ‘ I 've been on 10 or 11 tours in my career and it 's time that I spent a little while with my family . They deserve to have a father around.’
Idiom: close shave (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh ! A what ? A close shave . My What ?
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: no)
It was just a train set , indefinably old - fashioned . They looked out of the window and down on the merrymakers . Peter had taken the flute from Tom , Tom was dancing with Alice and Jarvis capering with Jay , while Tina and Billy were half under the table in a clinch so tightly intertwined as to seem to make one person of them . ‘ Shit,’ said Jasper . ‘ She 's off again.’
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
One contestant was knocked out of the ring and into the orchestra pit , landing in the mouth of the big bass horn and unable to extricate himself before the count of 10 . The Climbers : A History of Mountaineering by Chris Bonington ( BBC Books , Hodder and Stoughton , £16.95 ) : Men against the mountain , pushing back the frontiers of the possible . That , in a nutshell , is climbing , whether in a seige-style expedition or by abandoning oxygen and the safety of a fixed rope to test still further the fine balance between risk and survival . Here , Chris Bonington looks at the way climbers develop their skills in order to test the above criteria , and sketches in the larger-than-life personalities and rivalries within the sport . It 's a beauty — and definitely not just for the avid climber .
Idiom: pure and simple (used idiomatically: yes)
VIENNA -- For those who still wondered who Vladimir ~ Putin is , the mystery is over . His actions this week show that he is Russia ’s new autocrat . He is a Czar pure and simple . The seven years since Putin assumed power in the Kremlin have been a time of conflicting signals . On one hand , he appears to be an educated and dynamic leader committed to modernizing Russia .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
He postulates that IBM could create different classes of shares whose dividends would reflect performance of relatively healthy businesses such as the AS/400 and RS/6000 , and possibly AdStar storage products , but many observers now believe that nothing less than a full break - up of the company would enable the better bits to prosper and restore shareholder value . The halfway house of floating a part of the equity of the better businesses while retaining a majority is ruled out by the fact that the units so treated have to have a three - year separate trading record first . The biggest shock in the new round of cuts is that IBM 's forecasting last year was so abysmal that despite the fact that 40,000 people will have left by the end of the year where it was only counting on shedding 20,000 , it still has to make more cuts . SUNCONNECT EXPANDS , MOVES TO GRENOBLE As expected ( UX No 414 ) , Sun Microsystems Inc 's satellite business , SunConnect , is expanding and moving its headquarters from Mountain View , California , to Grenoble in France .
Idiom: break the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
Cos at any time I mean , if we 're here I mean there 's always someone in cos I 'm working nights so I 'm here in the days . So easy to break that I 'm glad I 've got , broke the back of it . All I 've got now is I have n't got ta go out for a main , if I 'm out just pick up a couple of bits for him when from Woking . But I can go to Woking and get whatever
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: no)
Last month they held Brazil 0 - 0 in Sao Paulo and tonight they field what is likely to be their World Cup team , including the fast and skilful Skoro and the experienced Stojkovic , bound for Marseilles . For England , another barren draw would end the year with a groan and put them in the position of having to begin the final run - in to the World Cup after nine months without a goal . No wonder the manager got het up with one of the tabloids yesterday for printing a picture of Bryan Robson yawning behind his back in training . It is enough to give anybody the World Cup willies . ENGLAND : Shilton ( Derby ) ; Parker ( QPR ) , Walker ( Nottingham Forest ) , Butcher ( Rangers ) , Pearce ( Nottingham Forest ) , Thomas ( Arsenal ) , Robson ( Manchester United ) , Rocastle ( Arsenal ) , Lineker ( Tottenham ) , Bull ( Wolves ) , Waddle ( Marseille ) .
Idiom: give someone the creeps (used idiomatically: yes)
He 'll go and see her any time of the day or night . Elizabeth only has to phone him.’ ‘ He still gives me the creeps,’ said Lydia . ‘ He 's only teasing,’ said Betty . ‘ I do n't know where we should be without people like him.’
Idiom: yes and no (used idiomatically: yes)
' I clearly got up his nose when I asked him about a report which disputed his status as a big box - office draw , ' says Barry . ' At the end of the interview he accused me of trying to stir up trouble , refused to shake my hand and stormed off . ' I was irritated because all I got from him was yes - and - no answers . I went after him to ask him what his problem was — and we squared up to each other like something out of High Noon . ' In the end we parted quite amicably … but I can safely say you wo n't see him on my programme again ! '
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Ian and Jeanette Knapman 's four month old son Michael was a victim of cot death . In order to help them come to terms with the loss , the grief stricken couple and their close relatives were encouraged to go and see their dead baby and pay their last respects . So Jeanette , Ian and his sister in law went to the mortuary at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital . But as they cuddled the dead baby they realised that it was n't their child .
Idiom: jump the queue (used idiomatically: yes)
Bruno leapfrogs up the ladder By Ken Mays FRANK BRUNO is almost certain to jump the heavyweight queue on the way to his third world title attempt which is being planned for London early next year . The former European champion has to beat Cuban Jose Ribalta at Wembley Arena on April 22 to gain a final eliminator against South African Pierre Coetzer in a £ 2 million contest next autumn . Manager Mickey Duff has had talks with Coetzer 's management who are prepared to set up a deal .
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
A major prop for the Thatcher government in the 1980s was a strong reaction against central government , the world of the quangos and over - mighty metropolitan authorities — although , ironically , that administration was also to take centralization still further , especially in its crusade against local government and the vested interests of the professions . If there is one supreme casualty in British public life between 1945 and 1989 it is the ethos of planning . Its advocates , from Gaitskell in 1955 to the SDP in 1981 , all fell by the wayside . Planning had failed ; perhaps , compared with the French Monnet Plan or the ‘ reform bureaucracy’ of Scandinavia , it had not even been tried . Of course , these developments were part of a wider process common to many countries .
Idiom: by the back door (used idiomatically: yes)
Careful . Coming in ? Just put it by the back door . Just put that by the back door . Gone without the eggs ai n't she ?
Idiom: run a mile (used idiomatically: yes)
Every morning that woman used to go to the beach and run three miles .
Idiom: marching orders (used idiomatically: yes)
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 . This did the trick , of course , but the birds simply moved in next door , which did n't make the neighbours too happy . I was sad to see the martins go , even though they had often been very noisy at night and kept me awake .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
We have er us humans have a habit of looking where we yeah I see . And it 's one of those things . It it 's an acknowledged in in all advertising not just . Let me er just oh incidentally you 're allowed to have ten pou er ten percent on the spot discount if you need it .
Idiom: keep a lid on (used idiomatically: yes)
I think the game I think the game has done well in tackling that problem but I do n't think we as a society have done very well in tackling it in the country at large . Football clubs , football supporters er and parliaments have got to talk between themselves to try and come up with a solution . At the moment all we 're doing is keeping the lid on a still a pretty serious problem . Well last night only three days after the shadow cabinet elections one of the women MPs who was thrown off John Smith 's core team accused her male parliamentary colleagues of a cynical plot and a stitch - up . Ann Clwyd who was not re - elected to her heritage post used her address to the Welsh Labour Women 's Conference to attack macho M Ps .
Idiom: hard cheese (used idiomatically: yes)
KP press release Micro - organisms in general are pretty clever beasts . Dr Paul Gibbs , Leatherhead Food Research Association We are giving sensible and balanced advice to consumers based on the best available advice of the Chief Medical Officer . John MacGregor , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food I am advised that hard cheese processes suppress and kill off pathogens . It may be more difficult with soft cheeses and we will be examining this very carefully . John MacGregor , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food There is no proposal to ban unpasteurised soft cheese .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
Before they gave me a bike I had to earn it , I had to work in the garden . Everything had a value , I had to do these jobs round the house , bring in the logs , clean the car . They had people to do that for them half the time , there was no need for it , but it was as if I had to earn my keep , I had to repay what they 'd done for me , with the people that worked there laughing at me behind my back , wondering where I 'd come from , thinking maybe I was no better than them . I heard them in the kitchen once , Mrs Donaldson and old Todd , going on about the sort of kid I was . CATHERINE Did n't they tell you where you came from ?
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
As John Major stood outside No 10 Downing Street speaking to the press on 10 April , I was helping a friend put together a letter addressed to the housing department of Brighton Council . My friend is a single mother who lives with her two children on a local council estate . She is unemployed and depends upon benefits to make ends meet . When her children require new clothes , she both visits local charity shops and finds out if there are jumble sales being held in the area . When she requires a new cooker , she begs for a small loan from the Department of Social Security .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
There were other girls there who were on drugs , who were unhappy or sick , but still they did n't do anything . Even if you 're dying in prison , the screws do n't want to know . If you press the bell because of a headache , they say , ' Do n't ring the bell unless you 're dying . ' Things like that . If there 's a fight , they tie your hands , pull your head sideways and put you down the block .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
It explains how ‘ adolescence’ as a concept could almost appear as a metaphor for human nature : dangerous if left untutored and ‘ natural’ , but capable of ennobling the race if the ‘ natural’was educated by , to quote Urwick again , ‘ the skilled hand’ . As an age - group , a stage of life , adolescents stood , clearly visible , defined and itemized , the embodiment of so many of the tensions and contradictions peculiar to the period , without which they would never have been ‘ discovered’ . We have also seen the complex procedures whereby under the influence of their stage of life , the economics of boy labour was thought to affect adolescents ' social behaviour , which was usually defined in terms of their personality . This meant that an older social critique , whose pedigree went back hundreds of years , was expanded to take account of juvenile employment in such a manner as to make the critique more subtle , at least in the sense that some reformers began to suggest that the combination of juvenile psychology , conditions of labour and industrial training was influential far beyond the workplace and on a scale previously unrecognized . After all , one of the most important lessons of the sociological inquiries was to teach that demoralization was organic ; it could not be confined and , therefore , all groups within the working class were at risk .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
" The political hypocrites who control this Congress , " he shouted , " told us we were to settle the question of Power - and it is being settled behind our backs , before the Congress opens !
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
In respect of these erm motions , I 'd like to make a couple of points on each one . The cancer screening , everybody must remember as Kevin said on the toxic shock erm motion , that it 's your wife , your sister , your daughter who needs the cancer screening , the same thing applies to the toxic shock syndrome . It applies to health right across the board . As far as ho erm the H R T is erm here we go you see , this is post - natal illness this is right , we need one on that as well , but what we need to know , and what we need to be aware of , is that the discussion has to be actually put out through the members in the same sort of way as Ken and Peggy have done in the erm Midland and East Coast region and also on Working Women 's Safety , it needs to be taken on board that we are absolutely fed up , sick to death and absolutely running out of patience at having to hammer home this thing about equality . There is no need for us to actually have to drill into people , that we do n't want to be bullied , pushed around , and that nine times out of ten , the violence or the bullying is male to female .
Idiom: make light work of (used idiomatically: yes)
For further information on the complete range of Philips irons , complete the coupon ( right ) . kitchen mates Make light work of cooking with the help of Philips ' electronic HR2898 food processor . Just the friend you need in the kitchen , the processor , which comes complete with a blender attachment , is perfect for those mouthwatering mousses , spicy sauces and delicious sponges . A special kneading attachment gives a perfect voluminous loaf of bread and an electric speed control and pulse gives a speed for every job .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
It may be that if he had been actively working for Balston Ltd his activities might have been in breach of his implied duty of fidelity . This subject has been recently considered by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Laughton v Bapp Industrial Supplies Ltd [ 1986]ICR 634 . In that case the employees , who were warehousemen employed by a company which supplied nuts and bolts , wrote to ten of their employers ' suppliers informing them that they intended to start up in business on their own trading in nuts and bolts , and asking for details of their products . The employers learned of the letters and summarily dismissed the employees for gross misconduct . On their complaints of unfair dismissal an industrial tribunal found that the employers were justified in their decision that the employees were in breach of their implied duty in their contracts of employment that they should be loyal to their employers and that the dismissals were not unfair .
Idiom: fall from grace (used idiomatically: yes)
Emily paced around the book - lined study and blamed her father for his hostile attitude to Craig . It was that sort of attitude that would prevent Craig from coming to her directly for help . Her father was kindness itself , but he was the sort of man who gave little credit to anyone who had fallen from grace . Letty knocked and glancing up Emily saw a slight figure with a mass of dark hair following the maid into the room . The shoemaker 's daughter was pretty enough but poorly dressed with a Welsh shawl over her shoulders and not even a hat to cover her hair .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
Comment Rita is a lively observer of her world , and describes it with vivid insight . She has seen who 's pulling the strings . The speech is not a lamenting ' downer ' , it 's full of irony , humour and compassion and honest indignation . She bursts with vitality and raw intelligence .
Idiom: with open arms (used idiomatically: yes)
10 . All abseilers should be members of the British Abseil Association , abide by its rules , and hold the appropriate award for the level of abseiling being undertaken . Now as a traditional climber I find the emergence of these new activities such as sport abseiling and sport climbing somewhat sterilised and regulated , but I suppose there is plenty of room in Britain for all offshoots and variations of the parent activity , and we must accept these developments with open arms as we did bolts and competitions .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We are asking for a temporary reprieve.’ The club 's original wooden pavilion was burned down in 1977 . Said Mr Costain : ‘ We would have liked to build a replacement with a wooden verandah and steps , but it ca n't be done in this day and age , so we had to build a concrete one like Fort Knox.’ Three break - ins in five months forced club officials to adopt the razor - wire option to deter raiders . Club members gave up their sleep to spend the night guarding the pavilion .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: no)
Yes , I can see that , yes . Yes , you , you 've got to keep agitating for this holiday . You 've got to survive at the end of the day . Do you know , if you 're ill then what 's going to happen ? They 've got to cope then have n't they ?
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Well yeah ! Ta , talking to other people who 've done the course . Yeah , but I 'm finding this I 'm doing this patterns thing and it 's all about transformations and that , and I , and there 's so much gobbledegook with it that I 'm I 'm ge I 'm getting lost my mind is getting lost in the gobbledegook Cos I know what Have you watched the programme ? Watched the programme ?