Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
SUSPENSION THREAT FOR FOUL PLAY BROUGHT TO BOOK ! PLAYERS booked or cautioned more than three times in a season could find themselves banned if a motion to Congress gets the green light . Welcoming such a move Sean McCague , Chairman of the Games Administration Committee , said : ‘ I would be delighted if there was a structure put in place , at least within certain competitions , whereby a player could be suspended if booked on a certain number of occasions . ‘ It 's a complex issue because of the number of players involved in different competitions ranging from minor , U-21 , to senior level with both club and county .
Idiom: kicking and screaming (used idiomatically: yes)
Only later will they come to learn the shades of grey in which we are both what we would like and what we would prefer not to be . At this early stage , however , life seems to depend upon expelling from ‘ me’ all that seems to be bad , and later testing out how far others will tolerate or react to the bad in ‘ me’ . Toddlers who kick and scream against the restrictions of their parents are unconsciously testing the limits of where they end and others begin . As far as they are concerned , of course , they are simply wanting another ice - cream , or another go on the swing . If they are over - indulged they will , as likely as not , feel unsatisfied .
Idiom: get wind of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I shall need statements from both of you,’ he said , turning to Tony and me . James Spicer explained that we both had pressing jobs to do and the Inspector agreed to take my statement immediately and that Tony could go off and make his final checks of the golf course and make his statement later . ‘ Right , let 's get this done before the Press get wind of what 's happened,’ said Inspector Drew . ‘ Please may we borrow your office for a few minutes , Major Spicer?’ For the first time I had to tell my story logically , and the effort which this entailed , under the critical questioning of the Inspector , dispelled some of the depression which I felt .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
Whilst the general power to cap the rates of all authorities has not yet been used , the switch in emphasis from concern with local government spending to local authority spending has nevertheless been marked . Almost all the selected authorities ( despite loud protests ) set legal rates within the limits set by ministers ; and councillors in Lambeth — who delayed setting a rate to try and avoid compliance - were subsequently surcharged by the district auditor and disqualified as councillors . A similar fate befell councillors in Liverpool who , although not rate - capped at the time , delayed setting a rate on the grounds that they would otherwise have to make large spending cuts or impose rate rises ( contrary to the ruling Labour group 's manifesto commitments ) to maintain expenditure within the block - grant regime ( Parkinson , 1985 ; Travers , 1986 , especially 164–77 ) . Both in Lambeth and Liverpool councillors were seeking to exploit a legal loophole — the absence of any statutory date for setting a rate - subsequently removed by the Local Government Act 1986 ( which requires a legal rate to be set by 1 April ) . Elsewhere councillors were seemingly unwilling to risk illegality .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
OLD salt Ebenezer Jones has an extra £10,000 to sprinkle around — thanks to Mirror Bingo . He scooped the jackpot and a diamond ring prize after calling house on 52 in our big money game number 229 . Lucky Ebenezer , 74 , and his 75-year-old wife , who has been fitted with a heart pacemaker , will now be taking life much easier at their home in Aberystwyth , west Wales . Ebenezer , who spent 25 years in the navy , said : ‘ We 're not the kind of people who want to go racing round the world . ‘ But we 'll be treating my daughter and our four grandchildren who live next door . ’
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
The young horse quickly learns its position in society and gains acceptance from the other members of the herd as a whole . The position of a horse in the social hierarchy of the herd will also relate to a horse 's self - esteem . Horses at the top of the pecking order will have the highest self - esteem , and those at the bottom the lowest . A horse 's more or less inherited position in the herd can be altered by unusual conditions . An exceptionally aggressive horse may reduce the position of another natural herd leader ; a racehorse that always comes last may slide down the social scale ; whereas a horse low in self - esteem and of a more passive and gentle nature , may , if its confidence is given a considerable boost , decide to dominate other horses formerly higher in the pecking order .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
Afterwards , he said what a great kid I was . ' Based on the novel by John Hersey and also featuring British actress Shirley Anne Field , the film was a mish - mash of production , but McQueen 's strong central performance and some exciting aerial bombing scenes held it together . ' Purely on an action level , ' wrote the Daily Cinema , ' the aerial thrills — and especially the climactic raid which ends in tragedy — are strikingly staged . ' The action of the film was eclipsed by some of motor racing enthusiast McQueen 's off - screen dramas , setting his Savoy Hotel room alight while trying to prepare himself a hamburger , driving at speed into the hotel 's small forecourt and screeching into a U - turn — by hitting a large puddle on the way and drenching other guests — and overturning his car while racing , against the film studio 's orders , resulting in a cut lip , which mean rescheduling some scenes . Each day during filming , the supporting cast were picked up by limousines and taken to Shepperton Studios or Bovingdon RAF base in Hertfordshire .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . erm How much of a problem was that for for tenants living on the flats ? Well we we often had people coming and asking to use our telephone , because either the telephones were erm all out of order , or you could only dial for emergencies . Erm when we moved into the flat , at first , there was actually a telephone box on the deck . And just outside our place , but it was often erm out of order .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
HOW WILL THIS AFFECT LOCAL AUTHORITIES ? It is no exaggeration to say that every committee , every department of every local authority , in Britain will be affected by some aspect of the 1992 process . Some of the changes will affect authorities across the board , others will be specific to particular services . Some of the changes will flow directly from the legislation , others form the new socio - economic circumstances resulting from it . These are the key areas :
Idiom: face the music (used idiomatically: yes)
Treasury chiefs admitted last night the bosses would be filing in to see Mr Lamont over the next three days . They refused to give exact details of which chairmen will be going into the Treasury and when . However , it is known Sir Peter Walters , chairman of the Midland , will be first to face the music . TSB chairman Sir Nicholas Goodison , who is the industry 's chief representative , will follow soon after . NatWest boss Lord Alexander will also face Mr Lamont and senior Treasury officials .
Idiom: shipshape and Bristol fashion (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps , she used to think in those days , perhaps it was my fault that Mum died . In the last few years , though , she had realized that Dad enjoyed both the grumbling and the cooking , ironing and cleaning . It gave him pleasure to keep things , as he said , " shipshape and Bristol fashion " . Was n't he one of the best postmen the GPO had ever had ? Thirty - five years and no letter ever mislaid or wrongly delivered .
Idiom: weak at the knees (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I did ? How?’ He grasped her suddenly nerveless fingers in his hand , sending her a smile with enough voltage to make her weak at the knees . It was only for the benefit of anyone who might be watching , she reminded herself grimly , but she could n't ignore the tremor of longing deep within her , a longing almost too strong to contain . ‘ Come and dance with me,’ he said , and his fingers cut into her tender flesh as he grasped her arm .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: no)
' The problem is not serious and he should be ready to run here at Longchamp in two weeks , ' he said . ' Arazi has been working like his old self and I hope he can go back to America for the Breeders Cup and win like he did last year . ' Brief Truce was unable to benefit from Arazi 's absence — he was beaten a neck by All At Sea , who became Henry Cecil 's first Group One winner of the year . ' If the going stays soft she 'll go for the Queen Elizabeth at Ascot , otherwise we 'll wait for the Champion at Newmarket , ' said Cecil , who tries to win his fifth St Leger on Saturday with Allegan . But yesterday 's race proved another boost for the Doncaster chances of favourite User Friendly , who beat All At Sea in the Oaks .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Such was the improvement in turbo cars in such a short space of time that they were soon capable of producing anything up to 1300 b.h.p . Renault showed they had a winner for the first time at the 1979 French Grand Prix when Jean - Pierre Jabouille ( Fra ) was first , with team - mate Rene Arnoux third . Other manufacturers soon followed suit , notably Ferrari and Alfa Romeo . Ferrari , in 1982 , were the first Constructors ' champions with a turbo car and within four years all manufacturers were running turbo - charged engines . Ken Tyrell , an opponent of them since 1979 , was the last manufacturer to power his cars with turbo - chargers .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: no)
No ! What 's the matter ? Your jumper goes in , not the bottom drawer but the next drawer up . You found it ? Yeah .
Idiom: banana republic (used idiomatically: yes)
But France 's centre - right opposition has cried foul over the reinforcement of the stakes held by state firms in a company controlled by the Socialist government 's urban affairs minister . The Credit Lyonnais bank and insurers Assurances Generales de France and Unions des Assurances de Paris increased their joint stake to 42.1 per cent from 17 per cent . Francois d'Aubert , a centre - right UDF deputy , and Alain Juppe , general secretary of the Gaullist RPR party , demanded a public enquiry into what d'Aubert termed ‘ banana republic ethics’ . ‘ This enquiry should determine under what conditions … a state bank — Credit Lyonnais — and two nationalised insurance firms helped a serving minister offload Adidas at a nice price,’ Mr d'Aubert said . He has long criticised the bank 's practices , dubbing it ‘ Crazy Lyonnais’ for rash lending .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: yes)
Catholic chapels and private houses were pulled down , and the riots spread to the East End with riots against Catholic inhabitants in Spitalfields . The riots continued for three days , climaxing on 7 June when it was finally quelled and the half - mad leader of the Protestant Association Lord George Gordon taken to the Tower . The biographies of those arrested tell a similar tale to those of other eighteenth - century riots . They were not a common riff - raff . Almost all of them were supplied with sound testimonials and professed a proper trade .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
you could sort of wear it while you 're playing Yes , great idea What you wanna do is leave it in the squash club , in the actual er court Oh yeah , good idea take it down and put it in the bottom of the
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Goria , 49 , a former Christian Democrat prime minister , had long been a favourite target of opposition MPs and was unpopular in the country because of the chaotic and tactless way he introduced a hated property tax last year . While householders fumed in queues to find out how they should pay , he was sunning himself on an Indian Ocean holiday . Italian finance ministers are subordinate in the ministerial pecking order to Treasury ministers and are mainly concerned with the collection of taxes . Mr De Lorenzo , under suspicion in a vote - rigging inquiry , confirmed his resignation to reporters and said it was ‘ irrevocable.’ De Lorenzo 's move follows a decision by his Liberal party to retract earlier threats to pull out of government unless Amato gave him public support .
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
Anchor Ford , which has 18 dealerships and is part of the nationwide Reg Varney group , was among the 61 dealers that signed up with Ford Credit last year . Karl Hamer , Anchor Ford divisional director , with three dealerships in the midlands , says : ' I earn more money because Ford 's package is better than any other — and better too for the buyer . ' . Making waves : Ford uses dummies to test the quality of mobile phones Meanwhile , the credit arm is shifting to plc status , as a full Ford subsidiary , to give it access to a wider choice of borrowing sources and ' to offer more competitive interest rates ' , says Chairman Alec Murray . While its finance arm is advancing strongly , Ford 's plans in the mobile phone market are even more ambitious — it intends to clean up .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
like a glorified er filofax . Two hundred and ninety nine plus VAT is the retail value . Erm which is points up a weakness there on the public relations side there I mean going back to their post share repurchase they said that they 'd got no new products in the pipeline , no research and development really sort of throwing anything up in the near future . Two or three months after that he 's got a new product out they 're trying to keep it slightly quiet and saying that it 's not a world beater and sort of er go back to their more in innovative . But there again that 's the shareholders er do n't see you know like to get a bit more er information and good public relations for the company .
Idiom: hold the line (used idiomatically: yes)
This influential view suggested that social democracy in the mixed economy had to reculer pour mieux sauter : it was necessary to call a halt to the expansion of public sector service expenditure to allow an industrial regeneration , which would then , at some later stage , permit social objectives to be given priority again . Once these views were accepted by the Labour leaders , the social democratic cupboard was bare . Callaghan , Healey and company could only ‘ govern’ : holding the line against inflation through incomes policy ; bemoaning the ‘ intolerable’ level of unemployment ; waiting for an expansion of world trade to lead a recovery and for North Sea oil to give room for manoeuvre on the balance of payments . The Labour left , meanwhile , did not manage to mount a convincing enough case for its ‘ alternative strategy’(the far left had no half - way credible strategy to propose ) , while the trade union movement was not united in pushing for any positive quid pro quo in exchange for wage restraint , having rejected the Bullock proposals for Industrial Democracy , but was increasingly tugging for a return to ‘ free collective bargaining’ . If this makes it seem inevitable that Labour 's electoral support should slump , it has to be pointed out that , according to the opinion polls , Labour might well have won had an election been called in 1978 .
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
He drinks like a fish ! HOUSEWIFE Joan Carey brought daughter Nina 's goldfish back to life with … a swig of scotch . When Nina found Goldie lifeless in his tank at their Manchester home , Joan revived him with the kiss of life and two shots from an eye dropper . Sheffield is foreign to crazy officials SYDNEY YOUNG
Idiom: make a clean break (used idiomatically: yes)
You could imagine him guaranteeing a lot of things , or at least saying he guaranteed things a lot . John said , ' I do want to go on helping people . ' ' Make a clean break and resume elsewhere . It 's another plus you have no family . ' ' That 's necessary ? '
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: no)
They may beat us at cricket and bike racing , but we are better on crags ! That other well known Peak raider , Ben Moon , the real king o'Crookrise , has just repeated Jerry Moffatt 's testpiece of last year , Liquid Amber at L.P.T , confirming grade and quality . Ben has also been giving those Yorkshire boys a good seeing-to with an on-sight flash of Kleptomanis ( F8a ) at the Holywood Bowl , a one-day ascent of the Yorkshire Ripper ( F8b ) at Kilnsey , and he got Magnetic Fields ( F8a/8a+ ) first red-point . All of this and he 's not even recovering from any broken bones ( Ben 's specialty over the last few years has been to break a bone and then come back and do or repeat the world 's hardest route ! ) Maybe he 'd better go and buy himself a new bike , that 's always a good way to break bits of the human body .
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: no)
I 'm going to ring her . No , do n't . She 'll take it from me . How are the people at your house ? Oh wonderful !
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
' Oh , do n't say that ; it 's supposed to be my special day . ' ' It is your special day , ' Ellie soothed . Perching on the edge of the bed , she smiled at the woebegone girl . ' And wo n't they all feel terrible about it when they stop to think what they 're doing to you ? ' she asked in a fair imitation of an Irish brogue . ' Oh , Ellie ! '
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Do you think you will be moving shortly ? In which case , check whether the lender you are interested in penalises early redemptions using Column 10 . Use the Charts to help narrow your selection of suitable lenders , which will save considerable time and money in the long run . Please note All interest rates and lending criteria were correct at the time of going to press but readers should check with the lenders for the latest up - to - the - minute information .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
How about they old style pack man that used to come ? Oh er he used to come round with that , aha . He used to go He came up when he would go from Blair and he would come up our glen and he would maybe walk over the hill to Braemar , or over the hill to Clover I suppose . He had a big pack on his back , I do n't know where he stayed He he stayed in everybody 's farmsteadings or some place like that . There was a place he lived further down the glen and the old farmer said I 've no objections to you going in there but give me your pipe .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
For the past 300 years , first as travellers to places deemed exotic , and later as imperial masters , the British have learnt to identify blackness of skin with inferiority , strangeness , and allegedly repellent religious and cultural practices . The decline of empire has only made these deep - seated attitudes more pronounced . It means that the loss of the colonies and the consequent lessening of Britain 's position in the world goes hand in hand with the independence of black nations . Immigrants from the New Commonwealth arrived at just the time that Britain lost an empire and with it her position in the world . For various historical reasons , therefore , British culture is , in a very general sense , racist .
Idiom: make a splash (used idiomatically: yes)
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Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Walk through Life 's Circuit with an equal Mind [ ML , 1 , 75 ] . The concept of aequa mens , a balanced spirit , is originally Stoic , and is also very Horatian ; in Leapor 's work , however , the idea is usually associated with resignation to the will of God . It is interesting to connect this point with Leapor 's ' An Epistle to a Lady ' ; as Leapor contemplates her own death , and the soul leaving the body , the last thing she wishes to see is her friend : ' Be you the last that leaves my closing Eyes [ ML , 1 , 40 ] . Friendship is seen as a spiritual comfort , steadying her spirit for its last journey .
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
Miss Probst points out that the law gives the private sector a strong incentive to clean up at the lowest possible cost . When the Rand study looked at five giant companies with Superfund sites , it found that their legal fees were only 21 % of what they spent on cleaning up , and much less when only one company was involved in cleaning a site . If taxpayers footed the bill , those costs might well be higher . Rand found that some firms were even trying to avoid bad publicity by cleaning up sites before they were put on the Superfund list . Indeed , sometimes there were hardly any transaction costs at all .
Idiom: rule the roost (used idiomatically: yes)
I have a great input in the selection of the side and , when things go well you take the credit , so when they go badly you must take responsibility.’ Anil Kumble took four of the seven wickets to fall today and England could only quibble with one of them — when Graeme Hick looked to have been wrongly given out for 47 , caught off bat - and - pad at short leg . Otherwise it was India 's spinners who ruled the roost yet again , with leg - spinner Kumble finishing with figures of four for 70 . As in Calcutta — where England were beaten by eight wickets — and Madras , where they lost by an innings and 22 runs , the English batsmen had no answers to the spin bowling . The 3 - 0 defeat of England is a first for India and it is also the first time they have recorded a 3 - 0 win against any other country .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
He sucked at his hand . The bitch had teeth like knives . Right to the bone . And all for nothing . Her virginity still taunted him .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course our tap may cause the glass to fill up in lots of different ways . It may fill up very slowly and gradually , particularly where stress is constant , such as when work is over demanding , financial problems ca n't be overcome , or the children are going through a difficult phase . People may then describe symptoms starting ‘ out of the blue’ . Indeed it may seem exactly like this , since after all it is only one more drop of stress , on top of all the other stress accumulated over months and years , which eventually brings the level in the stress glass to a critical point . Other events may cause the stress tap to turn on much quicker .
Idiom: back to the drawing board (used idiomatically: yes)
The Prime Minister I agree with my hon . Friend about the importance of clear - cut and low corporate and personal tax rates . I note that the Opposition 's tax plans have gone back to the drawing board ; after five years of careful preparation , they have been ditched in a period of five weeks . I also note that the right hon . and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith)— who said , when he took on the job that there would be’ no more phoney shadow Cabinet Budgets’— has now promised that there will be a phoney shadow Cabinet Budget . Mr. Kinnock
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Huh , there 's a bit about great grant aided classes just below it . Yes . And this women gives talks and demonstrations or courses and she also had some other courses on paper quilling , gift wrapping and bow making , cracker making and patch work . Erm , now it did cross my mind , that it would be nice just to see it and have a talk and a demonstration , but I think our meetings are too big really for that sort of demonstration , I wonder if we could have it at the handicraft afternoon . I thought it , I thought , we sort of said yes .