Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's not because he is sick and tired of talking to people ( which would be understandable ) , it is because he is truly very , very shy . He just is n't capable of selling a nut to a squirrel . The chances are that this shyness would have naturally prevented him from attaining such a high profile … but Morrissey slipped through the net and the consequences could be devastating . It is Morrissey himself who is being warped , twisted and cheated by the media . Providing he retains control ( which he has so far succeeded in doing ) , he can play the media and not be affected by the media 's idiosyncrasy .
Idiom: out to lunch (used idiomatically: yes)
When she got downstairs they were both waiting for her , so obviously waiting that she stopped dead and looked alarmed . Now what ? ‘ We are going out to lunch,’ Alain informed her , reading her expression with little difficulty . ‘ I booked lunch at the château and it is time we were off.’ ‘ I 'm sorry I took so long —’ Jenna started apologetically , but he interrupted smoothly , standing and motioning them both to the door .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1809 he had an open - air congregation of 1500 , more than the entire population of the town . Methodism seemed to encircle the little town before it entered it . It took root in various places round the town — Terryhoogan ( or Ballinabeck , near Tandragee ) in 1756 , Clonmain in 1762 , Grange in 1764 , Kilmoriarty ( or Kilmararty , as the old form had it ) in 1767 , Derryanville before 1784 ( ‘ a little village out of all road , surrounded by bogs … thus God has His secret ones , in a little corner of the land … some of the liveliest Christians in the kingdom’ ) . Bluestone is not mentioned by Wesley but a Methodist Society was formed there at an early date . It later declined but was revived about 1770 being still later greatly strengthened by Mr John Malcolmson and Mr Joseph Malcolmson , founder in 1789 of the Bluestone Sunday School , the first in Ulster and the second in Ireland .
Idiom: get your teeth into (used idiomatically: yes)
Use a garden moss killer , then brush off when the moss has died and gone black or brown . Burns blown off course in Portrush wind Juicy task to get your teeth into IT used to be said that ‘ you planted pears for your heirs’ , the inference being that a generation could pass before the pear trees came into crop . This adage was true in the days when pears were grafted onto a miscellany of vigorous rootstocks , which encouraged the growth of great , large trees which took many years before they settled down to cropping .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
He was sent to jail for three years ) Christine Thexton , Ashfield , Newton Aycliffe : I was in a sanatorium for two years having major surgery for a lung complaint , so the King 's death is deeply implanted in my mind . J. Waller , Pears Terrace , Shildon : I was going to visit my granny and as I got to the bottom of the street there was a church or a chapel nearby which was flying a flag at half mast . I asked my granny why and she said that there had been what we now call a newsflash on the wireless saying the King had died . Marjorie Heathwaite , Front Street , Cockfield , Bishop Auckland : I wrote in my diary February 6 1952 : ‘ The King died suddenly , broadcast 11.15am after Mrs Dale 's Diary .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
The designer behind the revival of patterned tights is Christian Lacroix , with his signature clashing colours and distinctive prints . The most glamorous are in gold and silver — the perfect foil for swingy tunics and skinny-rib sweaters . Marks & Spencer has a more subtle version in metallic and black thread . That was the year that was By Tim Satchell
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
But do we get hold of M Ps ? Not a bloody sign of them . And I 'll tell you summat , I 'm getting sick and tired of it . I have one pair of shoes at a time , and I wear them out pretty quick because I 'm doing all the canvassing for our lot . They do n't do it .
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
They walked away , and the exhibit , full of inertia and its own importance , continued to slide and pump long after they had walked on into the next display . The Art Gallery was a box of delights of heroic proportions . Samurai warriors of the Shoguns rubbed shoulders with Eskimos and headhunters . Pots and vases from the dawn of human history , armour for the ‘ small man’ of the middle ages , swords as long as a medium - sized lamp - post , delicately inlaid flint - lock pistols and hunting rifles , rooms and rooms and rooms full of dust - motes dancing in shafts of sunlight , the smell of wax and leather , the long shelves of dead things . Here lay the Siskin and the Lesser Redpoll , the Snow Bunting , the Roseate Tern , the Ptarmigan , white as drifted snow , the Raven , black as midnight ink .
Idiom: run riot (used idiomatically: yes)
Given the distinction , between ideas and things , which leads to scepticism , is it not wisest , asks Berkeley , to say that our ideas are things , ‘ to trust your senses , and laying aside all anxious thought about unknown natures and substances , admit with the vulgar those for real things , which are perceived by the senses’ ? But Berkeley 's claims that his Immaterialism avoided the scepticism endemic in his predecessors , and restored philosophy to the beliefs of sound common sense , were not accepted . His view that there is no reality other than minds or spirits , and their ideas , was taken to be scepticism run riot . All Berkeley 's arguments , according to Hume , ‘ though otherwise intended , are , in reality , merely sceptical’ . To Leibniz he was ‘ The Irishman who attacks the reality of bodies … [and]belongs to the class of men who want to be known for their paradoxes’ .
Idiom: go bananas (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Mm nice . will go bananas . The Heart Foundation Shop . Well what 's wrong with the Heart Foundation Shop ?
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
Furthermore , these giant corporations possess such wealth and power that they not only affect our lives , limbs , health , and property from the forceps to the grave , but they also bend the political democratic process in such a way that their interests are often prioritized over those of the electorate , consumers , employees , and shareholders . The outcome is that national states , which exist to prevent life being poor , nasty , short , brutal , and solitary , are a match for the unreasonable person who commits conventional crimes , but ' are no match for the resources and size of … great corporations : General Motors could buy Delaware … if DuPont were willing to sell it'(Nader and Green 1973 : 79 ) . In the final analysis , it may be that national states and their control agencies are relatively autonomous of a particular social class , and that in that sense could , under the right circumstances , become an instrument , at least for a specific and limited objective , of any particular class or alliance of classes or pressure groups . Under their temporary influence , the state could introduce some or all of the liberal reforms outlined above . These would undoubtedly deter smaller corporations and bring down the incidence of corporate crime , particularly amongst the relatively smaller national - bound corporations , and even those larger corporations whose capital equipment is relatively fixed and who need the local more specialized work force .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
This was seen by workers at the London Hazards Centre who were quickly able to supply exactly the required references . This sort of action is still infrequent and perhaps not very significant , but it gives hope that the enthusiasm that was much in evidence at the conference can help to revitalise the labour movement — this time globally organised , just like capital . Most concluded that ' face - to - face ’ was more pleasurable , but e - mail was cheaper and more efficient LETTERS A few years ago , my predecessor as NSS editor , Stuart Weir , decided to use an article by me about famine in Sudan as his Christmas edition cover story .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Over 10,000 customers now make use of the opportunity of having their installations , production facilities or buildings monitored around the clock by the Security ~ Service .
Idiom: go to ground (used idiomatically: no)
He next surfaced in Amsterdam in 1969 as an insurrectionist amongst the more seditious members of the hippy community and was instrumental in provoking clashes between them and the police . He was never caught . He went to ground and was n't heard of again until 1975 when word reached the CIA that he was training the Marxist MPLA soldiers in Angola . After Angola he went to Nicaragua where he fought with the Sandanistas until the downfall of Somoza in I980 . Since then he 's become involved in illegal gunrunning operations across Europe .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed , DEC president Bob Palmer , was missing from what should have been a showpiece event . Indicating that it can no longer afford to keep Unix SVR4 out of its price book , the Unix SVR4 personality comes out of DEC 's CalComp / Telecommunications labs which of course , has been quietly supplying SVR4 to the firm 's telecomms customers for some time . An SVR4-on - Alpha plan has been in the works for as long as a year ( UX No 386 ) and was made all the more likely when Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA announced it would implement SVR4 on the high - end Alpha AXP systems it is to market . DEC , which admits it has been locked in a ‘ defensive position’ over Unix , will sell version 1 of the personality as a layered add - on product to the 64-bit OSF/1 1.2 . Version 1.1 due by the end of the year , will include system administration facilities lacking from the initial release .
Idiom: show a leg (used idiomatically: yes)
On return from holiday he enquired how the strange ecclesiastical garb had suited his friend . ‘ Not too bad,’ came the reply , ‘ but I was glad to get that surplice off and get my trousers back on again.’ Gaiters , you would imagine , would have been banned years ago , as they enable the dashing bishop to show a leg in its full shape . Of course the converse can be said , as several knobbly and bow - legged clerics would humbly be the first to acknowledge . ‘ Black gaiters and breeches are not dignified , not cheap and not practicable,’ said George Reindrop , the recent Bishop of Guildford .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: no)
Ben turned towards him slowly . ' Say again ? ' Sandy Morrison , only slightly over six feet , held out his hand . ' Welcome to Glasgow , pal , ' he said . Riley looked up at the tall Scotsman and nudged Ben in the ribs .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
John Willis , Channel 4 director of programmes , said of the game show : ' It may offer contestants a dream home , but it poses the audience fundamental questions about society 's attitude to the homeless and the problems they face . ' He added : ' Despite the national outcries that Cathy and other films engendered , the scale of the problem today seems to be greater than ever — if only by the sight of the homeless we see camped in the streets of our cities . ' The season opens with an episode of the newsroom comedy Drop The Dead Donkey in which reporter Damien goes under cover to spend a week as a down - and - out . — PA Man denies killing alleged accomplice By John Robertson Law Correspondent
Idiom: rare bird (used idiomatically: yes)
The muddy or sandy beds and long damp grass make ideal habitat for such birds as dunlin , which are mainly seen in winter , and of course a variety of ducks and geese . There are mallards , teals , of which I have seen a few recently in the Camel estuary , always an abundance of moorhens and coots , and here and there the odd tern . I have never seen an avocet in Cornwall , but I 'm told that this rare and unique bird has been spotted on these marshes . The water itself also has a wealth of life . You will often find starfish in pools on the beach , and there are always plenty of gobies and blennies .
Idiom: come a cropper (used idiomatically: yes)
Hastings hot favourite to lead Lions By Norman Mair LONG before England came such a cropper at Lansdowne Road , there were many besides the Scots among the British rugby fraternity who were already positive that Gavin Hastings would be revealed this morning as the Lions ' captain for the forthcoming tour of New Zealand . Had England this season won a third successive Grand Slam under Will Carling , it would have been mighty difficult to go against his record . Yet there were many even among his admirers who acknowledged that there were latent dangers in having the country who were certain to provide the numerically strongest contingent additionally furnishing not just the manager and assistant coach but also the captain .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
Instead , he sagged back in his chair and took no further action . I dare say he felt that all this modern stuff was a bit beyond him , and I must admit that it is getting beyond me . I can not believe that Access genuinely charge interest on repaid money , which means that his bill was a cock - up and the brass - faced hussy at Southend was a liar . I should be interested to hear readers ' verdicts on the matter . A different story
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
So the best thing to do is to have it last thing at night as you plonk your head on the pillow . And then if your blood pressure does go down a bit it does n't matter cos you 're lying down . The important thing is that if you get up at night to have a wee , you beware that you may feel a little bit lightheaded , so you get up slowly , sit on the edge of the bed , you stand up slowly , and when you 're happy you 're off , off you go . Okay ? Now if you do n't get any problems with the first dose , then you 're fine and then you can carry on .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: no)
One industry spokesman comments : ‘ The overall performance of computerised management systems within the hotel industry relates more to the attitudes of managers towards training and the commitment of their suppliers than it does to the ‘ superiority’ of the individual systems.’ Two contentious issues are the cost of training to managers and the same managers ' grasp of systems ( or the lack of it ) . It is claimed that catering colleges have failed to get to grips with the developments of technology , acknowledge its importance and provide students with a level of understanding based on the industry 's needs . How successful a computer installation is will depend largely on how clearly the customer and the supplier have defined , at the outset , what the system is supposed to achieve . As Checkout Computer Systems ' Tim Webb points out , people 's expectations of technology often exceed the computer 's remit .
Idiom: bugger all (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Say what can I get them for then ? Say , bugger all ! Well , quite . So they do n't want to
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: yes)
It is also possible to induce hypnosis by means of fascination . This can take more than one form . You may be asked to concentrate on a pinpoint of light or on a particular spot on the ceiling while the therapist makes his suggestions of relaxation . This helps your eyes to grow tired and your eyelids heavy , so that you soon feel you need to close them . Another form of fascination is to concentrate on the hypnotic spiral , which is a large disc bearing black lines which disappear to a single central point .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
Go through gate at the bottom , cross the boggy ground to a stony lane . Go east and take a similar lane north . At the crossroads turn right to cross the Halsetown - Vorvas road by a former chapel ( 508 387 ) . Follow the tarmac road opposite for 70yds and at the right hand bend turn left into the fields . The path leads into a green lane .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
Sexual relations between generations become incestuous , but sexual relations within the same generation are totally free . The evidence for this is the system of kinship terms which Morgan found in various parts of the world . One such example given is Polynesia , and the evidence depends on the fact that in Polynesian kinship terminology , only differences of generation and sex are recognized , so that all males of the generation directly preceding one 's own are referred to by one and the same word , which was glossed by Morgan as ‘ father’ ; similarly , all females of this same generation are referred to one term , which can be glossed as ‘ mother’ . It was on the basis of this kind of observation that Morgan decided that there once existed in Polynesia a social order when sexual relations within one generation were so unspecific that all men of the ascending generation were ‘ fathers’ and all women of the ascending generation were ‘ mothers’ . This was because no - one could be sure who exactly within this group begot him .
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
' When I see these unreliable , irresponsible comments , it strengthens my resolve to go forward with the case , ' said Venables . Interest ' He can mud - sling , try to save his face , do anything to try to turn public opinion against me but I 'm strong enough to say , ' Say it , do n't make innuendos ' . I do n't think I 'd be going to court if I had anything to be concerned about . ' He says he does n't screw his employees maybe he has made an exception in my case . '
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
The deeper it is , the more it scrunches . Whether or not you have a dog , display a sign on the front gate that says ‘ Beware of the dog’ . It has the same effect as the fake burglar alarm box — the intruder will think twice and move on to another house that does not present any problems . The outside of any house or flat should be well lit at night . Floodlights are not necessary , although if you have a large garden you may consider strategic lighting within the grounds , but the back and front door should have lights that come on automatically at dusk and stay on until dawn .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
But when the journal Visual Education first appeared in Britain in 1950 , it showed evidence of a great deal of worthy grassroots activity ; the very first issue contained reviews of new materials written by local " visual aids groups " , a valuable feature that has been retained ever since . Interest in such LEA activities as the development of film libraries was also apparent , and politicians were echoing the claims of the AV campaigners in very similar language ( see , for example , Gould , 1950 ) . Despite such claims , it is hard to avoid the conclusion that in both the USA and the UK , the audio - visual movement rarely came to grips with the need for an elaborated theory going beyond the use of audio - visual materials as decorative additions to the traditional lesson . A recent study concluded with the recognition that research had not yet identified any variant of the existing system that was consistently related to students ' educational outcomes ( Averch et al , 1972 ) . Moreover , as Jamison , Suppes and Wells penetratingly noted :
Idiom: thick and fast (used idiomatically: yes)
Sandy , are you finding any difference between the boys and girls in the way they 're reacting to your experiments and course ? No , no difference whatsoever . All of them enthusiastic — questions are coming think and fast , not at the end of a lecture — I think we actually slightly dominate them because we 're not school teachers , but quote with a big U ‘ University lecturers’ , but get them down in the laboratory and the questions come thick and fast from boys and girls — no difference whatsoever . So it 's too young at the moment for the girls to feel that they ca n't do science . They have n't been put off science , they have n't decided that it 's unwomanlike , or unladylike to be a scientist ?
Idiom: rare bird (used idiomatically: yes)
A doubt that is genuinely systematic would lead its advocate to a state beyond argument , beyond language and even beyond rationality to a nirvana - like silence of nonconsciousness . As Pascal warned , ‘ No one can go that far , and I maintain that a perfectly genuine sceptic has never existed . Nature backs up helpless reason and stops it going so wildly astray . , How about that rare bird , the man who professes that he is a ‘ complete sceptic’ ? Listen to him carefully and you will soon find that his scepticism is far from complete . He holds to it in a most unsceptical way — that is , with a fair degree of dogmatism .
Idiom: sit tight (used idiomatically: yes)
Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want , but dig in their heels rather than reduce their own asking price . That , as much as the cost of mortgages , is why the system has frozen solid , with hardly anyone buying or selling . Most people sit tight rather than lose a slice of what they see as their rightful ‘ profit’ . And they look down their noses at schemes devised by builders which may offer £ 100 a month to encourage a potential purchaser of their existing home . Unless a lot of people start looking beyond the bottom of their pockets , many houses will remain unsold for at least another year , because the Government is unlikely to bring interest rates down until the run - up to the next general election .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
New Zealand , which used to have a habit of joining up with its main western allies in other people 's fights , has ruled out sending soldiers . The neutralist and anti - American feelings let loose during the prime ministership of David Lange in 1984–89 have taken their toll : nearly two - thirds of New Zealanders like this stand - offish attitude . India knows its quest for peace talks through the Non - Aligned Movement will bear no fruit , but it is in keeping with the popular mood . Indians tell the poll - takers that their country should stay clear of the whole business . Hindus blame George Bush and Saddam Hussein equally for the war .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
Hereford lived dangerously but by half time were still managing to keep afloat . United began shipping water after the break , a goal from the Fourth Division 's top scorer , Dave Bamber doing the damage . United almost contributed to their own downfall , but Blackpool 's finsihing let them off the hook . By now , United were in need of a lifeboat , but sadly there was no one on hand to rescue to them . Fortunately , Alan Judge was in fine form , pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: no)
Problems ( again not attributable to readers ) were also caused by items which are not adequately identified by the pressmark supplied in their catalogue entry ( 9 % ) , and by serials , of which the location of a particular issue may not be evident from information available in the Issue Hall ( 6 % ) , while the sending of call - slips to an inappropriate part of the Library also caused some delay ( 4 % ) . 1.4 DELIVERY TIME By time - stamping a call - slip on its submission , and by recording on its second copy the time of its arrival , accompanied by the relevant book , in the Reading Room , it was possible to determine the time taken for a reader 's request to be satisfied . Since , however , there are legitimate reasons for certain categories of material taking longer than others to be delivered , it would be pointless simply to calculate the mean delivery time for all requests . The delivery times for different categories of material are , therefore , discussed separately in the sections which follow .
Idiom: kill the goose that lays the golden egg (used idiomatically: yes)
It is ! But they ca n't see it ! All of them around they kill the goose that laid the golden egg . Well that 's the trouble , they do ! Yes .