Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
The reputable shareware libraries in the UK do provide a very good service , in that they make sure that a : the author receives his payment , and b : the user receives the goods . We mention this because it is not unknown for some US authors to encash money orders and neglect to send the goods . Also , the UK Customs people seem to have a penchant for opening packages with disks in , and whilst I 've never heard of anything going missing from such a package , they never seem to have grasped the idea that magnets and x - rays do n't mix well with floppy disks . The choice is yours , but I 'd be very tempted to shop around the shareware libraries until you find one that will ask for an amount of money you consider reasonable . Your letters are very welcome at Practical PC .
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
These drawings were originally prepared on the assumption that the Tussaud carriage was built in 1811 in preparation for the Russian campaign of 1812 in which it was reputed ( erroneously ) to have taken part . ( Its two predecessors were , however , very similar and the first did take part in that campaign . ) William Bullock 's description being comprehensive , the writer has taken the liberty of adapting this to include details from the French National Archives . Painted a dark blue , the dormeuse was embellished with e frieze ornament in gold . The undercarriage and wheels were vermilion edged in blue and heightened in gold .
Idiom: jump the gun (used idiomatically: yes)
Silicon Graphics Inc has retained GE Capital Computer Leasing Co to write leases on its workstations : GE Capital also finances IBM Corp , Amdahl Corp , Digital Equipment Corp , Hitachi Data Systems Inc , and Apple Computer Inc computer leases . CLEARPOINT OFFERS ADD - ON MEMORY FOR DEC 's UNANNOUNCED ALPHA BOXES Talk about jumping the gun — the machines are n't even announced for another three weeks , but Hopkinton , Massachusetts - based Clearpoint Research Corp reckons that there are potential users out there that already realise they ordered too little memory for the things and want to be prepared by having add - on memory ready and waiting on site . The company has announced its first family of memory upgrades for Digital Equipment Corp 's new Alpha APX - based ( should n't that be Alpha AXP : when you 're busting someone 's embargo , it 's as well to get the name right ) DEC/3000 systems — now that is a name new to us , but is it right ? ‘ Aggressively priced and shipping immediately , the new DCME - A15 memory upgrades are available in 32Mb and 64Mb capacities,’ says the company , adding that they go straight into ‘ the DEC/3000 Model 500/500S deskside Flamingo and Model 400/400S desktop Sandpiper systems,’and run under all available Alpha operating systems .
Idiom: look the other way (used idiomatically: no)
They left the hospital and went to wait for the bus . Gloria did n't pause to say anything to the cheery porter at the gates , nor did he call out to them . He was looking the other way , sorting mail . Dot knew that Gloria was sad . She was n't chatting to other people in the queue .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: no)
The most serious danger , however , is that the ‘ people bit’ gets lost — plans often assume that people will work and prosecute them in logical , rational ways , which of course they do not . The reality is a good deal messier and more risky for those managing the change . The temptation is always to deny this rather than confront it , to revert to plans on paper , stick with the safe rather than the exciting even if , at the end of the day with this route , little is achieved . In order to continue to learn about the practical potentials of partnership we must devise intelligent ways of gathering information about quality developments . Such evaluation must carry realistic expectations about the timescales and pace of change which is possible in partnership activities .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Take for example E D I or email . So I can for instance use erm Paradox or use Dbase as a front end to access and send email or E D I messages . But on top of being able to access any information resource inside your organization using open server , also deliver a set of off - the - shelf gateway products to integrate with other relational database systems . So we can provide you with off - the - shelf gateways which integrate these sources into the architecture from Oracle , , Infomix , R D B , R M S , D B Two , Unisys , Kix etcetera . So we can actually integrate most of the erm dominant relational databases that are out there or in your organization into this architecture to protect your investment in those technologies .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh yeah oh as you say a bit of a character Yeah right so go down and see him , and then go over to that place near Red Row and see if they 'll cut that wood for you we can see it 's just gone half past two now , I want a ball game on the fence post post today I offered to help he said he 's got a mate to help
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
I feel there 's something bad associated with it . ' ' But what ? ' wailed Holly , as Ruby floated down the room and out of sight on her way to the street . Rain put the photograph in her bag . She had no use for it but suspected Rosie had been alarmed . Then they all turned their attention to the real work of the day .
Idiom: fly off the handle (used idiomatically: yes)
I only asked her what she paid for that dull - looking dress and she flew off the handle at me .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
IT ALWAYS COMES as a surprise to Nancy Kominsky that so many people still remember her for her television series in the late 1970s . Her modesty in the face of such popularity is endearing , especially as it is for her self - confidence in front of canvas and tv camera for which she is probably best known ! Literally thousands of people have benefited form Nancy 's instruction and she has perhaps been one of the greatest advocates of the Sunday Painter school , encouraging an increase in the popularity of painting as a pastime for people of all ages and from all walks of life . ‘ I believe everyone has innate creativity’ she confided in me , ‘ but with some it just takes a little bit of coaxing before it will surface’ . Nancy 's method of coaxing is to tell the individual he can do it and , if he follows Nancy , he will do it , ‘ I always succeed’ she assures me .
Idiom: plan B (used idiomatically: yes)
Uneconomical routes waste time . The distances between combination fences should be walked and noted and you must decide which route to take if there is a choice . Always have a plan B in case your original choice becomes impractical for any reason . Always ride through the course in your mind before you set off . Twenty minutes sitting quietly in the horsebox beforehand gives you this opportunity .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
TEST STARS FACE RAP WIGAN Test stars Martin Offiah and Kelvin Skerrett could face a League rap after missing the medal ceremony at yesterday 's Charity Shield against St Helens at Gateshead . Offiah also went straight to the dressing - room following the 1991 Premiership final at Old Trafford . League spokesman David Howes said : ‘ Offiah and Skerrett will be disciplined . The maximum punishment is non - receipt of the medals and a disrepute charge.’
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: no)
‘ That has a lot to do with my state of mind at the time . I almost became a born - again Christian on the flight over from Australia . Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born - again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice . He was actually asking God to show me some sign . In fact later on during the flight , when I 'd unravelled myself from this guy and was playing poker with some French people , I asked God to give me the sign then , in the hand I was about to get .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Non - marketing factors . The market This must be analysed with a view to ensuring that as many potential consumers as possible will have the opportunity to purchase the product or service . Channel compatibility with similar products in the market place is important ; consumers are quite conservative and any radical move from the accepted norm can be viewed with suspicion . Unless there are sound reasons for so doing , it does not make sense to go outside the established channel .
Idiom: hold the line (used idiomatically: yes)
It has been argued that the form the expansion took - monetary expansion rather than tax cuts — is proof of this intention . On the other hand , the United States carried out a series of crisis measures apparently aimed at shoring up the dollar . In the last week before convertibility was suspended in 1971 , $ 2 billion was borrowed by the United States from other central banks to try to hold the line . The United States certainly pursued a policy of ‘ benign neglect’ towards the dollar , expanding the economy for domestic reasons with little regard to the effect on the exchange rate . By early 1973 it was clear that they would do little or nothing to protect the exchange rate from the impact of domestic policies , and indeed increasingly resented the attempts of European and Japanese central banks to prevent the dollar rate from finding its own level .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ GET A GRIP , MAJOR’ DAVID BRADSHAW PUNCH - DRUNK John Major was given a veiled warning by Tory MPs yesterday to get a grip on things . Sir Marcus Fox , the powerful chairman of the Tory backbenchers , suggested that the Premier was in need of a break and his Government in need of a tougher approach . He called for ‘ tougher and newer policies’ which must be sold to the public ‘ with panache and style’ .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps what 's even more remarkable about this supposedly ' new ' market is that it is n't new at all ! There have been presentation graphics programs around for several years now in the PC marketplace ; programs such as Harvard Graphics , Lotus Freelance , Daverelle , Genigraphics and 35 mm Express , all merrily turning out graphs , charts and text for use as presentation aids . What has boosted the market in recent months , however , is a vast influx of software in the Macintosh marketplace backed up by a considerable marketing campaign by Apple in alliance with some of the biggest names in the business like Kodak , 3 M and Tektronix . Apple , following its success in the desktop publishing market , was out to capture a new niche before anyone became aware that it probably was n't really a niche at all but a fairly well established business . The introduction of some pretty slick software has been paralleled by several new hardware devices ; film recorders , LCD display tablets and colour printers being the most important , at prices significantly less than before .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Killed in action on 8 February 1918 , leaving a daughter aged seven and a son aged five.’ Mr Palmer had the grace to turn white . ‘ I also know that Mrs Chapman has arthritis which makes it almost impossible for her to climb those stairs to the little flat,’ I added for good measure . He now looked considerably perplexed . ‘ Yes,’ he said .
Idiom: horses for courses (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ If she 's two lengths up entering the home straight she should win,’ said John who considers Name Crisis the danger . ‘ There 's no doubt about her getting the distance , but in this top grade it 's essential she sets off in front . ‘ At Romford , horses - for - courses punters will make Simple Trend a good thing in the heats of the Joe Magnus Rose Bowl heats . Course specialist Simple Trend ( 9.56 ) , a closeup third in the £ 10,000 Mel Attreed Champion Stakes over tonight 's trip last month , has an easier task this time . Crayford punters will probably make consistent jumper Spot On Spur ( 9.06 ) a good thing in the Ladbrokes Freephone 524 Hurdle .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Today good , unconverted barns in his area sell for about £75,000 . ‘ But the cost of buying and converting a barn is higher than building something from scratch , ’ says Wood . There is no real rule of thumb for how much it costs to convert a barn . ‘ To be on the safe side , double the price for the cost of converting , ’ says Marcus Lyon of William H Brown in Malton , North Yorkshire . ‘ You could hope to convert a £125,000 barn for Pounds 80,000 , but by the time you move in you would probably find you have spent nearer the cost price of the barn . ’
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Given the confusion surrounding their plans for railway privatisation , perhaps the Government ought to demand the same test for all of its would - be railway experts . The Duchess of York 's ANGRY COLUMN The ginger toff who 's quite pissed - off Look , Quite frankly , I mean I just do n't know why I 'm writing this column , OK ? Because I 'll have you know that I 'm on strike .
Idiom: no dice (used idiomatically: no)
The British , perhaps sensitive to intense American lobbying over the issue , want to adopt the directive as it stands . The French want a mandatory minimum level imposed of 60 per cent of programmes made in Europe . If no accord is reached by Friday , the directive will die anyway , under a time limit rule . Botswana goes to the polls on Saturday , when seven parties will contest 34 seats in the country 's single chamber . President Quett Masire is expected to be nominated again as the presidential candidate of the Botswana Democratic Party , which has ruled since independence in 1966 .
Idiom: take the liberty (used idiomatically: yes)
It had all been Mum . He came back and crouched by her side , staring at the garden as he spoke . ‘ I took the liberty of calling,’ he said . ‘ Dad!’ she interrupted him . ‘ You can come any time .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
It was unfortunate that Blackburn J. chose to describe liability under the rule as resting upon ‘ an absolute duty to keep it [ sc . the water]in at his peril.’ Though stated as a rule of absolute liability , there ‘ are so many exceptions to it that it is doubtful whether there is much of the rule left.’ The liability may be strict , but it is not absolute as the exceptions to the rule indicated by Blackburn J. himself show . Recently , moreover , as we shall see , the courts have tended to erode and rationalise the rule so as to reduce the ambit of strict liability and to bring the rule more into line with the predominant modern philosophy of no liability without fault .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
Most prominent amongst these are terms that mock the miller as an impotent and inadequate cuckold . It is difficult to miss the phallic connotations of the weapons the miller seems to make such a show of having about his person:— the diminution in scale to the " " joly poppere " " may already hint at the bawdy belittling the miller is to suffer . That the miller 's knives substitute for his sexual potency rather than reflect it is indicated by the superiority of the clerk 's performance in bed with his wife to anything he has managed for a long time : He has fathered two children , but , like Bayard , his sexual energy is now exhausted . As a result , when it comes to his turn to be on top of his wife again , he falls down backwards on to her ( 4281 ) , the wrong way around for sexual intercourse , as she sleeps with John after their night - time labours . There are many elements which establish a broad and strong line of continuity from the Miller 's Tale into and through the Reeve 's Tale .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
I would have to seek Neil out and tell him that his old acquaintance was now , if not necessarily dangerous , at the least some kind of villain , who needed careful watching . Neil had told me that he might spend the daytime hours between tides over here on Seal Island . He was working at present on the rocks at the north - west point , which were only accessible at low tide , or from a boat . I thought that , in spite of the noise of the birds , I would have heard a hammer going down there along the cliffs . In any case , there was not enough time left for me to go that way to look for him .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
Well cos see I do DOB all the time so I know what it is . Yeah well I I said to Geoff I thought about it , but I did that come to me quite quickly but Geoff could n't think of it could you Geoff ? That 's that 's like erm when we had a new girl once we put on the card BANW banw . Mm . So she said what does banw mean ?
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
From RICHARD HOUSE FOURTEEN - year - old Manoel Jorge Santos had no idea of the perils awaiting him in Sao Paulo when he fled from a broken home and brawling stepfather , trudging 50 miles to the city 's cathedral square in search of a new life . ‘ You 've got to be careful : they cause lots of trouble,’ said Manoel , glancing nervously at the groups of patrolling military police and the slate - grey truck used to cart away vagrant minors who spend their days here sniffing glue , bathing in fountains , picking pockets and sleeping rough . Street children like Manoel now fear more than temporary incarceration at Febem , the Dickensian state orphanage that has long been a synonym for alienation and violence . They fear torture , sexual brutality and death at the hands of organised death squads allegedly paid by tradesmen to ‘ clean up’ the streets .
Idiom: mean business (used idiomatically: yes)
To this end we all need to be engaged in a programme of progressive disengagement from injury to animals . It is not enough to talk generally about reverence and respect any longer . We have to mean business , and this means taking on those people who , as a matter of business and commerce , profit from the exploitation of animals whether that exploitation takes place in the circus , the zoo , the slaughterhouse , or the trade in exotic species or so - called ‘ food animals’ . As consumers in a capitalist society we have great power to bring pressure to bear . If you had asked cosmetic companies ten years ago to stop experimenting on animals they would have replied , ‘ No alternative.’
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
So where , if I 'm putting twelve thousand in for sort of a , a holding fund for , for individuals I might put three thousand into a local society so they can pop down to the Nottingham Building Society for any bits and pieces , and th the , the bulk of it can go into a postal account to , with a better rate . But er I would warn you about er er accounts which obviously tie your money for a lot longer than maybe six months or a year because you 're always at the mercy of the er of the er building society then if their rates turn down or if you want access , you 've got penalties , and I think if , there 's no point in chasing interest rates through building societies generally , because if you take an average over five years , there is n't a lot of difference between one society and another . And you know what 's happened I mean there 's a lot of trickery involved where they get you into an account that if you read the small print it says Ju rates guaranteed until June ninety three and as soon as June ninety three , and as soon as June ninety three comes around , your , your seven percent becomes five percent . So you 've always got that thing to think about . So with building societies generally , it 's got to be somewhere you like , somewhere that you , you 've got instant access to , stick to the major players .
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: yes)
Below : Kent , the late Pete Erskine and Charles Shaar Murray endure another frantic day , 1979 NME Christmas ' Party ' , 1976 — spot Chrissie Hynde in Dr Feelgood 's audience Punk had turned pop music and its attendant culture on its head . The vitriol , talent and critical edge of NME made it indisputably the thinking kid 's po paper , especially after its nearest rival Sounds nailed its colours to the laddishness mast in the shape of Oi ! and New Wave Of British Heavy Metal . NME was unashamedly smart - aleck , political and cooler - than - thou .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Both President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime ~ Minister Vladimir ~ Putin have repeatedly pointed to the need for an economic turn to Asia . Dozens of protocols and agreements on new projects have been signed with China . Some are already up and running . Nevertheless , Russia has yet to devise a long - term and comprehensive Asian strategy . The main force holding Russia back is , to put it bluntly , ignorance .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Christie will be telling connecting stories and anecdotes about herself and the trade,’ explains executive producer Jay Suber . And for Americans who can not get enough , CNN has arranged for a gruelling daily schedule of Brinkley on four other topics : food , travel , showbiz and health — laughingly titled Living In The Nineties . Not to be outdone , Crawford has a new MTV show in the pipeline , plays co - host to the channel 's seasonal specials , and recently started the odd appearance on MTV Europe . Where will it end ? How about Newsnight with Naomi ?
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
George has remembered . Exactly it 's about childbearing is n't it , I mean having hips is also to do with your shape sexually is n't it . I mean it 's going in and out at the right places but it 's also to do with childbearing O K. So George is changing the subject there completely kind of off the wall is n't he , er this comment ? And so what does this reveal about him then . Why did he suddenly do that ?
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Now , it would appear from this article , that this ideal is shattered and a two-tiered Europe is on the cards . One for those who travel by aircraft and one for those who travel by train between London and Paris . The presence of immigration officials and police on board trains is comparable to the scenes of 1930s America where migrant labourers were turned back at state boundaries . What criteria would police and immigration officials use in their search for ‘ potential terrorists ’ on a train that they could not use at a static checkpoint or airport ? Do terrorists or illegal persons travel exclusively by train ?
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
Date : We d , 5 Jan 1994 11:52:19 GMT Subject : Bits and bobs On the teletext today it had a few words from Fergie saying that he reckoned that the no . of points they need to win the league is 84 . At that rate of going they need only scrape 26 points from 17 games which SHOULD be quite an easy task . He also said that teams such as leeds , arse - nil , norwich , newcastle and blackburn had each put up a brief fight but none were good enough to sustain a serious challenge .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
In Roman Catholicism male hierarchy is reinforced by the hierarchy of the celibate over the sexual , making the sexual female the bottom of its ladder of holiness . But even in a Lutheranism which has had married priests for four centuries , the notion that the mere presence of a woman acting as priest pollutes the sanctuary can still be a powerful belief . Women in Christianity today stand at the crossroads between two directions . One direction seeks to neutralize gender differences . Femaleness , including female bodily states , such as menstruation , pregnancy and lactation , are defined as making no difference to women 's basic abilities .