Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
Any attempt to redress the situation backfired . The couple invited newspaper editors to a series of private lunches at Kensington Palace , to appeal to their better nature , but to no avail . The editors revelled in the honour , ate their lunches and went back to their offices to continue publishing every last tit - bit they could find . The Prince and Princess allowed the television cameras into their home , so the public could see for themselves that they were a close and happy family . After a hour of simpering sycophancy from the presenter , the Prince took the viewer into his garden , where he said he loved to sit and think and talk to his plants .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Ronald M Birse He was educated at private schools in London , then served his apprenticeship from 1879 to 1882 in the locomotive works in Bow . From there he went to Doxford 's Marine Engine Works in Sunderland , after which he served at sea as fourth and third engineer on several steamships . From 1885 to 1889 he acquired more railway - engineering experience , first as an inspector of engines and railway materials for ( Sir ) C. Douglas Fox and ( Sir ) Alexander Rendel [ qq.v.]respectively , then on the London and South Western Railway in conjunction with the Vacuum Brake Company . From 1889 to 1906 he worked on railways in many other countries : the Central Argentine Railway appointed him district locomotive superintendent in 1894 , but in 1897 he was summarily dismissed for being late in returning from leave in England ; in 1900 he went as locomotive superintendent to the Cuban Central Railways , in 1902 to the Lagos Government Railway , and in 1904 to the Lima Railways in Peru .
Idiom: keep a low profile (used idiomatically: yes)
It was possible , therefore , so far as Hitler was specifically linked to the boycott at all , to see him only in connection with presumed justifiable action , and detached from the ' unfortunate excesses ' of Party activists . As is well known , the boycott was less than a resounding success in terms of popular reactions , and , as an organized nation - wide affair , was called off after only a single day . The relative lack of resonance of the boycott can only have indicated to Hitler that he had been right to keep a fairly low public profile on the ' Jewish Question ' . For the lack of overt reference to the ' Jewish Question ' in his major speeches , and the omission of his name as a signatory to the boycott ' appeal'can only be seen as a deliberate policy to detach the Führer himself in his public image from the violent anti Jewish rhetoric and actions of which he privately approved . As we have seen , it appears that , despite his own obsessions , Hitler was politically aware from an early date — perhaps as early as 1923 — that a wider currency than anti - Semitism was needed to distinguish the NSDAP from the purely sectarian politics of other völkisch groups , to extend the Party 's appeal , and to make a serious bid for power .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods . The next item is the report ( A5 - 0105/1999 ) by Mr Koch , on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy , Transport and Tourism , on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European ~ Parliament and Council directive on the harmonisation of examination requirements for safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road , rail or inland waterways ( C5 - 0208/1999 - 1998/0106 ( COD ) ) . Madam ~ President , we can not and must not accept the fact that we hear ever more frequently of accidents causing major damage on our roads , but also on our railways and waterways , not solely but at ~ least partly because those involved do not take the transport of dangerous goods seriously enough or because - as a result of ignorance or a lack of training on the part of the drivers or others responsible for the various vehicles - a minor accident has all too often become a major disaster . As an Austrian , I still have a vivid memory , as , I believe , we all do , of the catastrophe which cost so many human lives last year in the Tauern ~ Tunnel , where subsequent work to rebuild the parts of the tunnel which had been destroyed in this fire continued for many months at huge expense .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Well no you do n't actually , I mean y you are free to ignore our advice and Yeah I I know that , Yeah , but I mean but I mean that would be my advice as a doctor , to stop smoking , in the long term . Mm . Certainly .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: no)
went she got the books back . And did that . See a all all I 've done is put down here what what you 've paid in my book . Mm ? I mean , according to this , somebody 's checked this .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh no,’ he said . ‘ Once was enough . I 'd rather be dead than fight on one of those things.’ ‘ Die , then,’ said the Loremaster , as kindly as he could manage . Lio ! rt and Liartes were already striding back across the turf to where the servants stood waiting with their mounts .
Idiom: basket case (used idiomatically: no)
It was because the rebels believed that he had stashed away rather more cash abroad than might be necessary to pay his tuition fees that Doe met an end still more grisly than that of his Romanian guests . Whereas his state visits to Washington , London or Bonn had given Ceauşescu enormous status even within Romania , his tireless travelling around the Third World helped to undermine respect for him at home . It was one thing to have turned his own country into an ' underdeveloping ' society , but to seek out the company of the other basket - cases of the world economy was to add gratuitous insult to already grave injury in the minds of most Romanians . Although the endless state visits to Harare or Mauretania always climaxed with the publication of pompous declarations and assertions that trade was going to increase by generous percentages within a few years , the consequences of these visits were negligible apart from providing a few more exhibits for the trophy rooms in Bucharest . However , the buttering - up of Western politicians was not wasted .
Idiom: bury the hatchet (used idiomatically: yes)
James 's book rather rewrites history when he says that he wanted Niki to think he 'd been psyched out . The truth is simpler : Hunt was in top form and Niki was n't . After the race , the two men met and sensibly buried the hatchet . Since Hunt won and Niki dropped out with suspension troubles , Hunt was now within reach of Lauda . Watkins Glen was a race Hunt and McLaren expected to win , Japan was an unknown .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
you know , just to , to keep up with , with the times really . mm , mm Well I work as a psychotherapist and it seems to me that for some people change is impossible and when that is the case then its my job to help them to come to terms with who they are and what they are and how there going to remain , but the other side of it is helping people to change and I have to say usually its to loose weight , that 's the biggest reason people want to change . Well I can say personally that I went from a size twelve to a twenty and its a medical problem , its the , not an eating one though , you know any thing to with any diet or any thing like that , completely medical so er it takes a bit of coping with when you 've been slim and then all of a sudden you have this weight that , no diet will remove . I recently lost three stone in weight and wondered how else I could improve myself and I was lucky in that I had had a mastectomy for a cancer about seven years ago , so I went ahead and had breast reconstruction .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
He had turned away and was uncovering the drawing - board as if he had no further interest in the subject . Merrill stared at his back , but he seemed to have forgotten her presence . I will get to the bottom of it , Merrill resolved . But there 'll be a better moment than this . After all , Luke was still something of an unknown quantity , and she had to be sure of her ground when the right moment came , otherwise he would annihilate her .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
In some ways I envy what has happened to Paul Downton who , while he was with Middlesex , spent a couple of winters with James Capel , the City stockbrokers . When his unfortunate eye injury forced him to quit the game early in 1991 , he had learned his trade and was offered a full - time job . I 'd like to spend a couple of winters in sports PR and marketing , while my name is still on people 's minds before I retire . But with companies everywhere cutting back on staff , opportunities are pretty scarce . What firm is going to take on an untrained man in his forties at a time when it is being forced to lay off people who have been with their business for years ?
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
And in quieter side streets , where there is a potential disturbance of local residents , customers will have to drink up by 12.30am . Any licence holder wanting to open beyond those guideline hours will have to appear personally before the board to argue special circumstances . SALE MOVE : Shopping centre to change hands Take - over at Cameron Toll by Barbie Dutter NEWS REPORTER
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
Look , Lee.’ The glass of the door to the patio was bumpy , mottled and had deflected a ray of sunlight on to Hosanna as he basked on the step , making him golden , religious . Lee turned her head to the right to look down at him . And there was Gabriel , sitting on the stairs that led up to the bedrooms . His chin was in his oversized hands and he was beaming .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: no)
I 'm going to get the line in two balls where the black .. Yes . Then eh , on the ball 's . Yes . Yes , yes .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
The diminutive midfield player Archie Gemmill once called him ‘ the chocolate soldier’ , adding with barbed wit , ‘ if Souness was chocolate he 'd eat himself.’ ‘ Archie was 90 per cent right’ , says Souness never slow to admit his failings , ‘ there was a lot of truth in what he said . We are going back to 1978 , maybe I was a bit vain and thought the world revolved around me , but it was my way of motivating myself , and it worked with Archie Gemmill , every time I played him after that I kicked him up in the air.’ Souness has never shrugged off his vanity . In a career that took him to Genoa where he played for the local side Sampdoria , he assumed an almost Italianate sense of style .
Idiom: on thin ice (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I just hope we will be safe , Roger,’ he murmured . ‘ Oh , Lord save us , of course , Master ! As bullocks on thin ice.’ ( Looking back , I wish I had n't said that . Words uttered in haste often have a prophetic ring to them ; within a month Benjamin and I would be fighting for our lives on icy waters in Somerset . )
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
This would allow the select committee , under its chairman , Mr Frank Field , to take evidence from all interested parties , including the British Medical Association , before line - by - line scrutiny of the bill begins . On the broadcasting bill , 58 Tory MPs have signed two early day motions criticising the thrust of the Government 's legislation . The first , initiated by a former minister , Sir Geoffrey Pattie , calls for tendering to allow the size of the bid and the programming quality to be judged in tandem when awarding contracts . The second is put down by a another sacked minister , Mr George Walden , who opposes the bill in principle . He also voices concern about loss of quality once the bill is put into practice .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: no)
Her poem ' Thankful for What ' was cast in bronze on a plaque 45 feet high at the World 's Fair in San Francisco . The Rt . Hon W.L. MacKenzie King , Prime Minister of Canada , admitted shyly to Edna Jacques that he had been an ardent fan for over 20 years , and Mrs Nellie McClung , the Canadian novelist , said to her ' You have the gift , Edna dear , to ring bells in the hearts of the people ' . After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . Over the years Fred Workman and I had kept in touch and in a note with his 1973 Christmas card he had mentioned Edna 's rise to fame and fortune , and gave me her address .
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
Whitlock saw the anger in Philpott 's eyes and stepped forward with a placating smile . ‘ Let Uncle Tom get it . My ancestors had plenty of practice , it 's second nature to me by now.’ ‘ It 's okay , C.W. , I 'll get it,’ she muttered . ‘ Sabrina!’
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer . If the record is n't happening in any of the media , it is probably best to cut your losses and pay the bill . When you approach pluggers or press officers , bear in mind that this is how they make their money , and the amount of enthusiasm which they show for your product may not be a true indication of the coverage which they can secure . Indies The rise and fall and rise again of independent record companies is a topic of great debate within the industry .
Idiom: man of straw (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm fairly certain that it was twice . BARGEPOLE I am now a man of straw . Everything I own is now to be delivered up to Her Majesty 's Inland Revenue . Unfortunately , I own nothing , as I tried to point out long ago , but there you go .
Idiom: put up or shut up (used idiomatically: yes)
Come on Rich . Your as tight a bloke as cherub is . Put up or shut up . Yeah , we would have won anyhow . I might as well just save my pound and give it to whoever fucking wins that thing cos I 've never won it .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
Felt her naked legs against Lucy 's . She felt like every adagio ever written . ‘ Well , here I am in bed with a woman,’ said Lucy . ‘ I 've never done this before . I might just throw a total number .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: no)
The horse moved on to unsound ground , feeling the danger and scrabbling for a foothold . There was no foothold and Maggie gave a cry of fear as she too felt the ground give way beneath them as they slid over the edge towards the lake . Somehow , she stayed in the saddle . It was sheer chance and not any skill at all . She heard Ana scream her name but it had all happened so fast that she was stunned .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: no)
Now fortune had brought him a creature in an even lower position in society than himself . Noah intended to repay to Oliver every insult he had ever received , and to make the new boy 's life a misery . After a few weeks , Mr Sowerberry decided that he liked Oliver 's appearance enough to train him in the undertaking business . Oliver 's permanent expression of sadness was very suitable , the undertaker thought , for collecting dead bodies from houses and accompanying the coffins to funerals . One day Mr Bumble came to tell them about a woman who had died in an extremely poor part of the town , and Sowerberry and Oliver went to collect the body .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
This stage is the skilful stage when you too can do professional presentations effortlessly ! Even this , however , is n't the end of the story because of the very real danger of complacency creeping in ( see page 35 ) . The more skilful you are , the more you tend to cut corners which , if unchecked for long periods , degenerate into bad habits . The answer is to drop back to conscious competence every now and again to check things out and eradicate the bad habits . Strokes
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
This up - to - date , beautifully produced book , full of sparkling colour illustrations , is a must for anyone new to an interest in wild birds . You can buy a copy from an RSPB shop or by mail order from RSPB sales , or from any good bookshop . The crucial thing to remember in all this is that you are looking at birds and getting out and about in the countryside — the birds may just be the excuse — because you enjoy it , not to pass an " A " level . So , if you find that after a year you still ca n't tell a sparrow from a dunnock , it will not matter . Do n't get depressed — bird identification is difficult and there is no quick way to proficiency .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
but we obviously have to cut off at a certain time to er get the accounts and audited in time . So there will be a slight improvement on that position but erm I do feel that we have to continue to do them the costume plays we ca n't just say oh we do n't make a profit on it , we ca n't do it , I think that would be a very shortsighted erm philosophy . They are basically the nuts and bolts of the er the report , if anyone has any questions questions I 'd rather not hear it , Has anyone anything they would like to ask the treasurer , or comment , Kenneth ? Where did the er donation of sixty seven pounds seventy five come ?
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
And then when I was eighteen er eighteen , yeah , started paying my board then . Pound a week . Er while you were working did you still try and get sort of like odds and ends and little bits of money ? Yeah , wh when you was on short time , ooh yeah . We used to , I 've sold card of the match , at , at cricket matches .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: no)
But I mean this is something that we . Ah , they 're costly . Though we 've got to pursue with leisure , well I think as part of this front line review we 've got to , you know , throw everything up in the air . Yeah . And say , you know .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
Where can I access Gmail ? You can access it through www.gmail.com or through www.google.pt , then clicking on the Gmail button that appears on the page .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
Now go on , get one of your most glittery frocks on and give those kids the performance of your life . Do n't you think they deserve it?’ She could almost feel the internal battle raging within her , and for a long moment could do nothing but gaze at the stage , torn between seeing it as a hostile no - man 's - land and home . But at last she gave a tiny nod . ‘ OK .
Idiom: far and away (used idiomatically: yes)
There is a facility in that for people who choose a home that has a higher charge , to arrange a third party to make up the difference , and we have a number of those , those type of contracts . The position , just very quickly Chairman , is that our costs are very much in line with the lower end of our planning group of authorities . On the list you see in appendix one , there are six there that are showing charges lower than ours , although I 'm not sure , one of the Dyfed , and I 'm not sure how they differentiate between normal and high , in terms of er , occupancy , I suspect it 's in line with our low dependency , high dependency definition in the private sector , and you 'll see in the report that we do say that far and away the majority of people coming into your own homes are in the high dependency category . Erm , so we are at the lower end of the authority charges . The other thing that 's important to bear in mind which is in the report is you 're not necessarily comparing exactly like with like , when you compare your provision with what we 're currently buying in the independent sector .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
I paid the woman next door a quid to look after Lee and Max , bought a roller and tray and a paste brush — another quid — borrowed a paste board , and at 8 a.m. skipped off to my first commission . Two a.m. the next morning found me dragging my aching body and borrowed paste board back towards home , having just stuck the last piece in place . Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . Seduced by better money , Malc became a bus conductor and the bad times began . He was working with other 19-year - olds who did n't have a wife and two kids to support , and Malc was n't mature enough to resist the lure of booze and birds .
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
' You see dears , ' said the old lady , ' no one , least of all a great detective , believes what they read in the newspapers . ' ' Which reminds me , ' said her friend . ' We took the liberty of asking our friend Percy Hoskins to join us for dinner . He should be hear in a trice , for his departure from Paddington was scheduled , I believe , for nine minutes before five . ' There was a short silence now in which anyone with good enough hearing to detect a pin - drop would have detected the sound of hundreds of little grey cells jostling and barging each other in frantic efforts to arrive at a perfect understanding of the day 's events .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
You can then use one of the location commands . This time use Find which highlights matching records in the Input range . Once you have explored the first match — which you can do using the left and right arrow keys , press the Down arrow to find the next record ( pressing the up arrow goes to the previous record ) . If you hear a beep when you press one of these arrow keys then there are no more records to be found . Step 8
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
We had delivered it but they had n't taken it from the gate house to you know , normal procedure but they , we delivered it normally but they had n't taken it to the exact part of the hospital it was going to . So , Julie sent the patient a bunch of flowers and sh , and said sorry for the de , for the delay , you know it 's there tomorrow , and she had this , she had it done again . But really , what , all they wanted to do was save face from the hospital because it was n't our fault but she used a bit of you know , we wo n't embarrass the hospital we 'll say And then our customer 's happy . bit of customer care , but really
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
The ducks will be hatched at the plant but the ducklings will be raised by local farmers who will send them back for packaging and freezing when they are around 10 weeks old . The key element of the project will be the relationship between each processing plant and the local farmers responsible for raising the ducks . There are plans to establish a Duck Raising Association so that local farmers can participate in the running of the plants . It is hoped that the project will help supplement rural incomes and also utilise land currently derelict and unsuitable for paddy cultivation . Birmingham Chamber of Commerce