Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: yes)
Sea Rover 's Captain and crew were jailed in Holland after two years of cat and mouse games with the Customs of several nations . To the public it must seem incredible that this sort of thing can happen but all too often the loopholes in our laws are exploited by rogues like the crew of Sea Rover . Fortunately , many of these loopholes are now being closed by new amendments and , hopefully , there will be less frustration for the law - enforcers who , in the past , have seen many villains slip through the net after they have worked hard to bring them to justice . This incident inevitably raised the old argument of whether or not it would be wise to carry arms on our Cutters . The policy of arming any law - enforcement officer brings its own problems , particularly those of a psychological nature and the aspect of proper training in their use .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
McCreery knew that on the following day his HQ would have difficult talks with AFHQ representatives , who would arrive with a brief which , for operational reasons , would present 5 Corps with great difficulties . It was to the interest of HQ 5 Corps to ensure that the Army Commander was fully conversant with their concerns . And we think that Gen McCreery would have given short shrift to anyone who tried to pull the wool over his eyes . These conclusions are confirmed by what happened at Eighth Army HQ over the following two days , as we shall come to shortly . This is of particular importance because of the impression which Tolstoy sought to convey in The Minter and the Massacres that attempts were made to withhold from McCreery on his visit to 5 Corps a true picture of what was happening .
Idiom: make a killing (used idiomatically: yes)
Sales are likely to drop further over the next three years , says the report . Investors set to make another killing CLEVER Ulster investors are set to make a killing on the forthcoming NIE and British Telecom share sell - offs , a local building society boss predicted today . Bill Webb , managing director of the Progressive , said Northern Ireland investors know just how to play the market — and win . ‘ In our experience of past privatisations , customers have dipped into their savings to fund the share purchase and then returned to us a month later to deposit the proceeds of an immediate sale.’
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
The ideal situation , of course , would be to be empathic and in rapport with the horse . However , ideal situations are hard to come by , and the next best thing is to be able to perceive a horse 's changing emotions — especially if they indicate that we are likely to lose control of the horse in the near future ! There 's no way that a farrier can shoe a horse that is so angry or frightened that it is rearing and leaping all over the place . Neither is an overexcited horse likely to win a showjumping contest , because at every jump he is likely to get more and more excited and to concentrate less and less on what he is meant to be doing . We need the horse to listen to us , but we must listen to it , be receptive to it , so that we can anticipate and offset the real possibility of a horse 's emotions becoming too extreme and consequently it being most uncooperative .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
The book concentrates on the good old days of airliners , flying Dakotas over the Himalayas , rope starting the Dak when all else had failed , Avro Yorks on the Rangoon - Singapore route , an undercarriage collapse on an Ambassador at Southend , transporting horses in a Bristol Freighter ( known to all as the Frightener ) , and tales like these fill the pages taking the reader back to the days when flying was still an adventure . Flights of fancy FOR ANYONE with an interest in hot air balloons , David Iggulden 's book Hot Air Ballooning is an absolute must ! Crammed full of stunning photos of balloons of all shapes and sizes this book tells the story of ballooning through the ages . With chapters on the history of ballooning , record breaking flights and mad , mad , balloonists , all the intricacies of hot air balloons .
Idiom: feeding frenzy (used idiomatically: yes)
four IN THE DARKNESS of the Dream , he floated . His feeding frenzy exhausted , he was torpid , unable to pay attention to the rat in her maze . For the moment , he was the shaper of her world , the worker of her destinies ; but he was too tired , too caught up in his own changes , to follow her progress as conscientiously as he should have done . A swarm of ghosts gyred around him in a multiple helix , allowed some measure of self - determination by his preoccupation , furtively snatching their existence from his body and his mind .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
We have already stressed the need for you to keep your notes and assignments in properly labelled and categorised loose - leaf folders . But you also need to learn at an early stage how to manage the paperwork on your desk . If you develop good habits they will stand you in good stead in your business and managerial career . They will also save you hundreds and perhaps thousands of valuable hours ! Here are some simple rules for managing paper :
Idiom: part company (used idiomatically: yes)
So basically they 've broken their contract with me and he 's not even responded to that letter . So But his response is likely to be well part company , is that it ? I anticipating that is what response will be because I have er basically called him and er Okay .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's just a good workshop , yes Which I was for shying off anyway , because I do n't think it 's any of our , our business . I 'm mean they 've got export people that know about that , and E C people one of those things . Yes , that 's right , so I said you know , it 's on a general level , I said yes , fine . But , er , other people start bringing up sort of problems with the French tax situation on such and such a structure of company or whatever , which is not anything we want to get involved with .
Idiom: old as the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
Biomass will combine a range of recycling techniques to deal with the 40,000 tons of domestic waste generated by the 125,000 residents of Halton every year . Waste will be sorted centrally at a waste stream sorting plant ; easily recyclable materials such as metals , glass and plastics will be sent to reprocessing plants in the region ; organic material will be composted and sold for fertiliser ; heat generated by the decomposing material will be used to warm ponds to farm prawns and crayfish , and gas will be sold to a local power - generating company . Tim Midgely , a director of Biomass , said : " The technology we 're using is as old as the hills . It 's crackers no one has done this before . " * The Department of the Environment has confirmed that it has no immediate intention of raising its target of recycling 25 per cent of domestic waste by the end of the century .
Idiom: keep your head (used idiomatically: yes)
Keep still a minute , let 's have a look , come here , Sam , Sam Hey , Sam , Sam , come here . Keep your head still a minute we want to look at your nutter . It looks much better does n't it ? Getting your fur fur back .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
She stopped moving and appeared to be listening . The only sound she 'd be able to hear was the crackling of the fire . Slowly , she opened her eyes . She looked at the burnt - out hopper and the forest savaged by the cataclysmic explosion . The red weed bordered the site of the devastation .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
During the run of Round the Horne , Ken had found himself — probably reluctantly — hosting a meeting at Farley Court of Horne and the rest of the cast . It was due to begin at eleven am , Bill Pertwee told me . ' We arrived at 10.55 and rang the bell . There was no answer . Then , there was a voice from inside .
Idiom: watch this space (used idiomatically: yes)
That means that the product has not been optimised for the 486 or Pentium , and wo n't take account of Pentium features such as the dual pipeline , or work around some of the clock cycle quirks that emerged in the 486 post technical documentation . It all sounds as if the compiler technology — an essential element of the Pentium 's claimed performance benefits over the 486 — is n't quite there yet . Watch this space . UI HELPS DEVELOPERS PORT BETWEEN SVR4.2 AND SOLARIS … Unix International will use UniForum to launch a guide to the porting differences between Unix System Labs ' SVR4.2 operating system and Sun Microsystems ' Solaris , in an attempt to counter the widely - held perception that the two are incompatible .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
There were important and influential citizens of Jerusalem , such as Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea . There were people who provided him with houses — such as that in Bethany — which were comfortable and large enough to accommodate , at the very least , his immediate entourage . There appears to have been a substantial number of ‘ rank and file’ supporters scattered across the whole of both Galilee and Judaea . But where did these numerous individuals stand in relation to the context of first - century Judaism ? What , if anything , distinguished them from ‘ the other Jews’ , sometimes hostile , sometimes sympathetic , milling around as supernumeraries in the background ?
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: yes)
He studied with K. F. Rammelsberg , professor of inorganic chemistry , and attended F. L. Sonnenschein 's lectures on chemical analysis . In August 1856 he moved on to Paris , engaging in independent research in the laboratory of Charles - Adolphe Wurtz , then one of the few first - rate chemical laboratories outside Germany . There , in the course of less than eight months , he wrote the three papers which are his main claim to fame . The first , ‘ On Some Derivatives of Benzene’ , was a straightforward account of the preparation of two new bromine derivatives of benzene . The second was of a more theoretical nature , dealing with the constitution of salicylic acid .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
In exchange , Aunt Tossie remembered winners they had ridden , fours and sixes they had hit , centuries they had made , and their handicaps in polo . Champagne came with the fish . Hours previously the fillets of sole in their bass carrier - bag had travelled by train , and on the handlebars of Twomey 's bicycle , to the kitchen and to Mrs Geary 's genius . Yesterday they swam to their deaths , tonight , tamed to perfection , they lay in a discreet miasma of herb - scented butter . Aunt Tossie , calculating astutely that fasting gives an edge to appetite , had put Nicandra on Robert 's right hand .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
' The lasers are set for automatic response . The remote would be blasted out of the sky in less than a fiftieth of a second . ' Berdichev turned his head and looked at Clarac , for the first time letting a brief smile signal his satisfaction . ' Good . I want nothing to stop The New Hope from making its maiden flight three months from now . '
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
Cos I 've since spoke to God Mr Chairman . and he is , as you do , as you do , and he assures me that er we will get the fire station . I do n't wish to underestimate it the , our attendance times around the Meridian Park area , the large new build area Mr Chairman erm , our attendance times there are shocking to say the least . No fault of our brigade at all , there 's a desperate need for the southern fire station to go ahead without any doubt whatsoever , lives are at risk and the longer we leave this the more the costs will keep increasing and er I I believe that the airport money should be used to build Another one now , it 's all gone now
Idiom: cut loose (used idiomatically: no)
LaBudde filmed entire schools of tuna trapped in the nets : ‘ ... the collective mass of their bodies temporarily pulling entire sections of net far below the surface . Here , in the seemingly endless expanse of clear blue , hundreds of fish hung strangely suspended in the water , the nets that held them all but invisible.’ LaBudde also reported that the two drift - net vessel skippers to whom he had spoken in the North Pacific both admitted to periodically cutting loose large sections of net in which whales had become entangled . Whales enmeshed in a drift - net are condemned to a slow death from starvation or suffocation . LaBudde believes that drift - nets are the prime suspects for the disappearance of dozens of young humpback whales in the North Pacific , who have been failing to return to their Hawaiian breeding grounds in recent years .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
On the other hand , a shot taken from a high angle to look down on the subject diminishes it and suggests a feeling of superiority . Conversely , shots taken from a low angle impart a feeling of inferiority or weakness . High and low angles are often used as point - of - view shots in which we are seeing the scenes through the eyes of one of the characters . Since film is a language which is expressed primarily in visual terms , it makes sense to plan your movies in a visual way , and the technique of storyboarding is often used for this reason . A story - board is a script presented as a series of drawings , so that the composition of each shot , and the flow of images from shot to shot , can be designed into a movie from the earliest stages .
Idiom: off the beaten track (used idiomatically: yes)
By Tim Satchell BESPOKE sandwiches — where the customer chooses the bread and the filling , prices from 70p to £1.40 — are now available at Parliament 's newest cafe , at 7 Millbank . ‘ Five or 10 minutes walk from the House , it is off the beaten track , ’ says Tory MP Colin Shepherd , Chairman of the Catering Committee . ‘ But the bespoke sandwiching is a popular innovation . ’ In the new year , the Catering Committee will choose a name for the new cafe .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
O. bidentata is a variable species ; particularly with regard to the shapes of the dorsal and ventral arm plates , the tentacles scales and the disk armament . Mortensen ( 1933a ) considered O. fraterna to be a variety of O. bidentata apparently more commonly found in the cold water regions of the Atlantic . If such a geographical distribution holds good then O. fraterna should be treated as subspecies distinguished from O. bidentata bidentata by the nearly bell shaped dorsal arm plates which are sometimes contiguous on proximal arm segments and by the ventral arm plates which are notched on the distal edge . Recent work by Tyler & Gage ( 1982 ) has shown that the deep sea populations have a different reproductive cycle to shallow high Arctic ones . As yet there is no morphological features which can distinguish them as separate species , except perhaps the features mentioned above but this needs to be investigated .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
But his gaze touched Rosalba to her undefended depths . Davide , called by his father to the piano , took up a sheet and set it on the mahogany lyre stand . His father struck the first chord and Davide began , ' One day , one happy day You appeared to me , And ever since that day I 've lived in trembling — Trembling with an unknown love , With a love like the heartbeat of the world , Mysterious and haughty , Both torment and bliss in my heart … . ' He went red to the temples as he forced a ff on the last phrases , and shyly stuck a hand on his heart in emphasis ; while all fell silent and lowered their eyes , wondering at that excruciating delight which Alfredo experienced -Rosalba especially , Cati indifferently .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
One of the most disgusting traits exhibited by the liberal is his inability to smell shit when it 's under his nose . Thus Brit pop bands have righteously railed again and again against South African or Central American fascism and yet managed to ignore the mess on their own doorstep . Agit - pop records about the north of Ireland are few and far between , most radical acts seemingly all too willing to swallow the ‘ official’ British government line — that both sides are as bad as each other(they're mad , these Irish ) and that if a few , crazed ‘ terrorists’would just stop murdering people everything would be OK . ‘ Sad Affair’ heroically attempts to put the record straight , putting the blame firmly where it belongs , on the real terrorists — on Britain . Marxman join the ranks of the likes of Hiphoprisy and Consolidated , bands who are bangingly right - on to the hip - ho beat at a time ( as we are constantly being reminded — YAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN ! ) when to be anything other than either defeatist or mindless is utterly unfashionable .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
I opened my eyes , and saw the younger painter bending over me in the clear morning light , so near that I seemed to see only his large black eyes between his drooping curls .
Idiom: in cold blood (used idiomatically: yes)
She knew it so well , and though time and distance had separated them , it made her heart beat double . ‘ Claire , I wanted you to know … they've murdered poor old Donny . Killed him in cold blood . I 'm finished with them . I wanted you to know,’ he said again .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Lorimer eyed her intently for a few moments . ‘ You are still a handsome minx , Cleo Sinister , I 'll say that for you . But you broke my heart once , crushed me into the dirt . Can I ever forgive you that?’ Cleo blinked her huge dark eyes slowly .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
Yet , even doing something she so loved , she could n't quite banish the memories . Ryan , his charm , his humour ; those impossibly blue eyes , the golden hair , the laughing handsome face ; and the awful thing was that , if he came back tomorrow , she did n't think she 'd be immune , despite all that he had done . She wanted to hate him , and on one level she did , but part of her still wanted him , and that seemed the worst betrayal of all . Wanting a man who was such a louse . Oh , Mum , she thought in despair , why did you have to move ?
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
The information below give you an idea of what is currently available on the market . If you want more or have any doubts about your suitability for racers , then seek advice from a specialist retailer . You can find your nearest one in the running shop directory at the back of the magazine . Not pictured but also currently available on the market are : MIZUNO RCT RACER TP
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
Copyright protects expression not idea . Therefore , in principle , it is quite acceptable to write a novel about a secret agent in the style of Ian Fleming as long as it does not contain copies of parts of James Bond novels . The late Ian Fleming did not have a monopoly in tongue - in - cheek , humorous adventures about secret agents , but a novelist might commit the tort of passing - off if he changes his name to Ian Fleming or uses the name James Bond or the 007 code in his novel . Copyright protection , however , does not extend to ephemeral things such as skeletal plots for novels or ideas for computer programs unless and until they are recorded in some form or another and , even then , it is the ideas as expressed which are protected , not the underlying concepts . A literal copy of a computer program infringes copyright if made without the consent of the copyright owner .
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: yes)
JUDITH Spratt was Miss Northern Ireland three years ago . She still balances her job working in insurance with her part time modelling work . Currently appearing in a Sealink Stena TV commercial , Judith can also be spotted on billboards across Belfast city centre . She said the work could be demanding but that if the agent handled a career properly the modelling life could be a great experience . Not to be taken seriously
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Boss William Courtney says many more people were cut off for non - payment , but the shares added 2p to 455p . Anger in the glens CHANCELLOR Norman Lamont came under heavy fire on booze tax yesterday . Pieda , a powerful economic group , has attacked him for his crippling levy on whisky and says the excise tax policy on the famous tipple is ' against the national interest and discriminates against one of the UK 's top five exporters ' . Whisky has export earnings of £ 1.8bn and gives the Chancellor £ 1bn a year .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
From the corner of her eye , she watched him pick up the first coil of rope . ‘ I 'm going to tell you another story , Ingrid.’ He slipped a loop around one of her wrists , and passed it under the table to secure it to her other wrist . ‘ I told you how my interest in bondage began . Now let me take you a step further.’
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Women always do . And , let 's face it , you 're more of a pair than we two are . It was at the back of my mind all along , you and him . I thought , once I 'm sorted out — well , I knew there would be no future for us . I felt you 'd both hit it off .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
' Any damn fool … could think of questions ; it was answers that separated the men from the boys . ' He regards the Splendours and Miseries of the Academy 1 59 study of literature as quite separate from life , with evaluation and affective responses rigorously excluded : The failure to keep the categories of life and literature distinct led to all kinds of heresy and nonsense : to ' liking ' and ' not liking'books for instance , preferring some authors to others and such - like whimsicalities which , he had constantly to remind his students , were of no conceivable interest to anyone except themselves ( sometimes he shocked them by declaring that , speaking personally on this low , subjective level , he found jane Austen a pain in the ass ) . Changing Places , published in 1975 , is set in 1969 ; when Zapp reappears in a later novel , Small World , set ten years later , he has changed his attitudes , in accordance with major shifts in the Zeitgeist . He is now a poststructuralist and has abandoned the great Jane Austen project , as he disbelieves in the possibility of any kind of definite textual meaning or interpretation : ' every decoding is another encoding . '
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
If they want to establish questions of industrial concern , they should get themselves elected to the section conferences . I know there 's some unhappiness in the Apex conference about the way things went in the past , I give this small amount of advice . The Apex conference must come to terms with the nature of that amalgamation and that said that the Apex conference would concern itself with matters of interest to white collar workers . Matters of general interest have always been reserved here . We ca n't compromise on that principle , we have to ask you to oppose motion one one O.
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
The answer , says a spokesman , is very definitely not . For nearly 50 years the most strenuous activity in Middlesbrough Cycling Club has been snooker , in tandem with bingo in the next room . ' We still get dozens of calls from people asking how to join the cycling club , ' says 72-year - old secretary Tommy Jennings . ' They 're quite disappointed when I tell them they 're welcome , but there 's not much point bringing their bike . ' The chain of events does have links with the age of the wheel thing , however .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
The Profitboss does n't tolerate this . He knows that if you play games with budgets , costs go up and profits go down . The Profitboss comes clean : with his boss , with his people , with his colleagues . His budgets are clean too . He puts into them what he genuinely believes he needs to achieve the required levels of profit , and he can justify each figure .