Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
But one of two new rulings deemed experimental for one season , is dividing the rugby world . Faster Simply , if a team take the ball into contact and the referee decides it has become unplayable or the situation has become stationary , the defending side get the scrum put-in . Advocates — who include England manager Geoff Cooke , Australia manager John Breen and French coach Pierre Berbizier — insist this particular law encourages quick ball presentation , players to stay on their feet and faster , more open rugby . Opponents insist the law is having the opposite effect , encouraging new ways of killing the ball in contact situations and increasing the amount of kicking from hands .
Idiom: in the swim (used idiomatically: no)
But this does not indicate that the particular swim where you are catching 3 lb to 4 lb barbel will only produce fish in that size range , for once that shoal moves out it is not unusual for another shoal to move in , be they bigger or smaller . What you must beware of , however , is using all your bait on a massive shoal of small barbel . These fish in the 1 lb to 2 lb class can be a hundred or more strong in a shoal , and if you begin catching this size of barbel it is likely they will remain in the swim , feeding off and on , for as long as you have bait to keep them interested . As the size of barbel in a shoal becomes larger , so the number of fish in that shoal will be fewer . So if you begin catching barbel in the 4 lb or larger bracket it is well worth sticking it out until they move on or you have caught most of them .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
of merely needing … Her brief , stifled yawn has frazzled my patchwork wings to the bone . … I glimpsed you as I fell , you venerable
Idiom: neck of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
Hauser puffed at his cigarette . ‘ The penalty of growing affluence . Once upon a time the only crime in this neck of the woods was domestic . A jealous husband using an axe on his wife . Sometimes the wife used the axe .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: yes)
There are accounts of dogs of Mastiff type being exported from Britain to Rome through an agent known as the Procurator Pugnacium ( provider of dogs ) . Only the best were good enough to grace the amphitheatres ; a second class performance by man or beast was not tolerated and would probably lead to the inevitable ‘ thumbs down’ . It is reasonable to assume , therefore , that there would be a residue of canine stock , who for one reason or another would be deemed unsuitable to die for the perverted pleasure of the gloating Roman nobility . The dog which the eleventh legion would have taken with them would need some herding instinct , be fleet of foot and be powerful enough to guard the herd against wolf or bear . Colour or general type was not important .
Idiom: spend a penny (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Just this once , then,’ said the chief inspector . ‘ I 'm only doing it because I want your mother to have a quiet lie - in , so you can turn that thing off for a start.’ ‘ You are an angel , Daddy,’ said Sheila , and she added dreamily , ‘ I expect Clytemnestra has spent a penny by now.’ Clytemnestra . Of all the stupid pretentious names for a dog …
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Before becoming a coastguard officer , Mr Baker spent six years seeing much of the world as a radio operator in the Merchant Navy . Mr Lack is a former boat builder , skipper / examiner of the Ocean Youth Training ships . He has trained handicapped youngsters at sea and is a lifeboat crew member . The pair will spend about a month at the Thames Coastguard station and take a further training course at Highcliffe , in Dorset , before taking up their duties at Walton on the Naze . Hockey
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
These are parasites of the family Dactylogyridae and respond well to a treatment of Sterazin , which is an effective cure for most parasitic crustaceans , gill parasites , lice and internal parasites . Mbuna look best in sunlight See the light Q My 40 gallon Mbuna tank is filtered through a Fluval 303 , and part of the return is through a trickle filter . Nitrite is nil , and nitrate is low .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
It was difficult to forget that the Mercedes car he was travelling in — which lay in a tangled mess by the roadside near Lockerbie — belonged to the famous bookmaker Tony Queen . Macari 's story was no less dramatic . In 1984 , when his successful playing career still had a few years to run , and his gambler 's mantle had been taken by the rugged striker Alan Brazil , Macari moved into management with Swindon Town . In many respects it was a compulsive and unexpected decision which flew in the face of other better offers . Manchester United had offered him increased terms to stay on the club 's playing staff ; several years later Chelsea offered him even more money to leave Swindon and he became the elite London club 's assistant - manager , but on both occasions Macari put the unspectacular west country side first .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Sounds fucking horrible innit . time after time I tried to walk away I come to depend on you I give you all the love I had in me . Da da da da da that 's love and I ca n't believe it 's true da da you better stop before you go and break my heart . Chantel can sing with a big fucking . I thought that was funny you know .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
I did say in fairness that most of the fault was my own . Dr Carne Many of your colleagues in the broadcasting field are well - known to me , how can I persuade them , when they go to the bar that a Perrier or a tonic water might be just as efficacious as alcoholic liquor ; and how can I persuade them to stop smoking before they have a heart attack ? Mr Falk I wish I knew because then we might be able to prevent about 50 % of all heart attacks .
Idiom: hope against hope (used idiomatically: yes)
Outside in the street , still waiting in the cold wind were the friends , neighbours and complete strangers who had come to show their support for the families . The grandmother of two of the children sobbed when she knew for certain they would not be coming home . She had hoped against hope that somehow the panel would realise that an enormous mistake had been made . She tried to be a strength for her daughter , but was overwhelmed by the enormity of what was happening to them all . The quiet sympathy amongst the waiting people was tinged with anger , and an Orcadian farmer voiced the feelings of them all when he said that bureaucracy had gone too far .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
Haines obviously finds the idea of one machine for all , possibly based on Taligent , conceptually attractive , but says he has not heard anything in IBM about a merging . LONDON PARALLEL APPLICATIONS CENTRE PUTS ITS MASPAR TO THE TEST ON OPTIONS PRICING Fiendishly clever computer trading of financial instruments using hideously complex algorithms is all the rage on Wall Street and increasingly in Tokyo , and now researchers at the London Parallel Applications Centre , based at London 's Queen Mary & Westfield College , are developing special library tools for financial modelling with the support of Digital Equipment Co Ltd and Oxford mathematical library supplier Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd , or NAG . Their two - year project initially involves the implementation of software on a massively parallel Single Instruction , Multiple Data system , with a view to converting it for Multiple Instruction , Multiple Data systems at a later date . The finished result will be a Fortran-90 mathematical library tool that NAG will likely market and that it is hoped will encourage the use of parallel machines in non - linear programming such as scheduling , planning and optimisation .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Whether or not he is justified in doing so is irrelevant . What matters is that he does n't have the time to be doing things like this . Talking back at these people is a complete waste of his time , when he could and should be working on his games or art or studying for university .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
Granuloma inguinale is endemic in India and cases are also seen in Africa , the West Indies , and the southern states of America . It is caused by a bacterium called Donovania granulomatis . This bacterium can be found in the shin lesions and has the appearance of a safety - pin when visualized under the microscope . It has not been possible to pass the disease on to animals or to human volunteers by inoculation of the organism . The incubation period is not accurately known , but may be as much as two months .
Idiom: full of beans (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Wildish said : ‘ I would n't have thought she had been sleeping rough.’ Doctors were expected to decide in the next few hours whether Nicola would be allowed home today . Mr Wildish said she had been chatting cheerfully and was full of beans and looking forward to going home . ‘ She is still in bed but smiling profusely she has a lovely pair of eyes.’ After snatching a few hours sleep , the teenager breakfasted on cornflakes as she talked to her relieved parents , who sent a message of thanks to all those who had helped in the search .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
Charlie said calmly . ' But not for you ! ' Pet stated , pointing an accusing finger at her . ' Not you ! All of a sudden the far wall exploded inwards and a broiling mass of water burst into the room .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Partnerships , small scale as well as large , need a clear sense of purpose made explicit in objectives , they need a strategic plan for achieving these objectives which is communicated to and understood by those involved and they need a review and evaluation process built into the whole to determine what is being achieved . Planning advice for those responsible for establishing partnerships of various kinds is now widely available . Rational planning models have several shortcomings — there is the danger that the plan becomes all important , the wider goals get lost . There is the danger that the plan becomes fossilised , static and unresponsive to new intelligence or other changed circumstances . 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 .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: no)
Or else , because one is lifted up in the air , to be unsettled and therefore restless , anxious , tense and doubtful . It describes a state of mind which is the result of an awkward position . Many modern expressions capture this ambivalence , such as being ‘ up in the air’ or being ‘ hung up’ . When Jesus says to his disciples , ‘ You are not to set your mind on food or drink ; you are not to worry’(Luke 12:29 — the only New Testament use of the word ) , he is saying that God 's care for us as Father means that food and drink are not to be a hang - up , an occasion for doubt and anxiety which constantly keeps us up in the air . A fourth word ( dialogizomai ) is the root of our word dialogue .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
The navy uses this channel for a system called Sofar ( sound fixing and ranging ) to , for example , track submarines . Fin whales are not known to descend to depths as great as 1500 metres . However , it is likely that they too could use the channel by bouncing their calls off the continental shelves which slope down into it . If so , their sounds now have to compete with the sounds of submarines in the Sofar channel . Nearer the surface , their communications may also have been seriously affected during this century by the low - frequency din of modern shipping .
Idiom: bugger all (used idiomatically: yes)
Were n't the bloody come down would I ? Oh . No you 'll get bugger all . Could do what the . Well we 'll go down now going to dinner , we 're going to dinner with him .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
However , he said practical problems face the Polish people in their quest to improve the local economy . They have no money or Government aid , road links are poor by western standards , sewage is collected from tanks outside houses every day and in Gdansk a huge heating system pipes heat along overground tubes to parts of the town . Slack planning laws mean hotels are growing up all over the place , said Nick — who quickly threw out his own idea that the West has all the answers to the problems . ‘ We tried to encourage the people to work with each other , and talk to politicians , because they argued a lot about what they were going to do all the time,’ he said . ‘ But that feeling of solidarity really came through,’ added Nick , who was overwhelmed by the friendliness of the people he met there last summer .
Idiom: cast your mind back (used idiomatically: yes)
he 's not gon na want to know . Hang on a second , you know , what 's this all about then . So what we can do at this point here , Mr Prospect if you cast your mind back to when we first met , tell me how you feel , how , how do you , how , how do you feel today has gone now what should he say ? Fine thanks , very , very beneficial , yeah . Something er i it 's unlikely to be a negative response so if you
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
A third issue of Britain 's BT , worth up to $ 1.5 billion , will be made in mid - July . Other big sales in the pipeline include those of Singapore Telecom and East Japan Railways , and a string of privatisations in France and Italy . International equity issues are all the rage . Several trends have contributed to the growing attraction of peddling a new share issue in a number of markets simultaneously . Cash - strapped governments are being pushed into privatisations that are too big for domestic stockmarkets to absorb at prices that are acceptable to the seller .
Idiom: in the soup (used idiomatically: yes)
Okra : Or ladies ' fingers . Shaped like a chilli . Use in both soup and stews . Salsify : Or oyster plant — the long tapering root has a flavour similar to oysters . Seakale : Young blanched stalks can be eaten like asparagus spears .
Idiom: hold court (used idiomatically: no)
Numbers in the thirteenth century varied : there were eighteen in the extensive forest of Essex , and only two in the small forest in Rutland . They shared with the foresters a general responsibility for the safe keeping of vert and venison , the sheriff could seize their lands if they failed in their duty . They supervised and assisted the foresters in finding , arresting , questioning and attaching Forest offenders , and in holding the attachment courts and the special inquests upon beasts of the forest . They kept under their seals the rolls of presentments of Forest offences committed within their wards , for production at the Forest Eyre . In 1287 William de Vescy , Justice of the Forest north of Trent , ruled at the Nottingham Forest Eyre that :
Idiom: all hell broke loose (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Should you have any further questions , I suggest you put them to Commissioner Zen himself.’ The Public Prosecutor pointed Zen out with one finger , and as everyone turned to look he slipped through the suddenly passive ranks to the safety of his office , closing the door firmly behind him . Immediately all hell broke loose . ‘ What 's your reaction , dottore?’ ‘ How did it feel finding Miletti 's body?’
Idiom: out of thin air (used idiomatically: yes)
This synthetic collateralized debt obligation ( CDO ) did not finance the ownership of any additional homes or allocate capital more efficiently ; it merely swelled the volume of mortgage - backed securities that lost value when the housing bubble burst . The primary purpose of the transaction was to generate fees and commissions . This is a clear demonstration of how derivatives and synthetic securities were used to create imaginary value out of thin ~ air . Indeed , more triple - A CDOs were created than there were underlying triple - A assets . This was done on a large scale , despite the fact that all of the parties involved were sophisticated investors .
Idiom: go to seed (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ And I do n't feel so piggy myself.’ He patted a paunch that had swelled considerably since Gentle had last seen him , and was testing the seams of his shirt , which , like him , was florid and had seen better years . He still wore his hair in a pony - tail , complete with ribbon , and wore an ankh on a chain around his neck , but beneath the veneer of a harmless flower - child gone to seed he was as acquisitive as a bower - bird . Even the vestibule in which they embraced was overflowing with collectables : a wooden dog , plastic roses in psychedelic profusion , sugar skulls on plates . ‘ My God you 're cold,’ he said to Gentle , ‘ and you look wretched .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: no)
The thing that really pisses me off is the hypocrisy — these guys all rant on about how they 're so shat upon because they 're black but it 's OK to shit on women . Bigotry is bigotry whoever 's dealing it out . ' When are these guys gon na start using their brains instead of relying on their balls — macho arseholes . They come up with excuses when they 're accused of misogyny — like ' We do n't dis women , just some women — just bitches and ho 's ' . F— OFF !
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
This , in turn , required a gallery - controlled Telecine Transfer . Telecine Transfer is the recording of film onto tape , normally done in the Telecine Department , but also capable of being fed up to the gallery where a small desk - top electronic camera is set up to record the footage . To all intents and purposes this camera 's output is treated the same as that from any of the cameras down on the studio floor , and can be manipulated accordingly . Up in the ' Fish Tank ' is an area set aside for the Inlay Operator , still many years away from his grander title of Electronic Effects Designer . His equipment is a flat , white topped desk with an electronic rostrum camera mounted above it .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
He really was the most devastating - looking man — tall , confident , charismatic . People automatically seemed to defer to his judgement — or that was the impression she gained . A natural leader of men , well liked , respected , and , as though aware of her watching , he slowly turned his head . His smile was slow , amused . He said something to the men , walked over to the bar , collected a steaming mug and brought it across to her .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Well , I am , Bob . I am very impassioned . Look I do n't want to be so famous that I have to write autographs all over the place , and ca n't travel by bus in case I 'm mobbed . Moderation in all things . But if I was The John Dyson , do you think crowded restaurants would n't be able to find a table for me ?
Idiom: run the gauntlet (used idiomatically: yes)
And most single people and er most young people in particular , fall outside that definition and that means that they really have no access to council housing of any kind and er they also find it very hard to get into the private rented sector , because of er the fact that 's it 's er , the rents are so high , and , and therefore they are at the mercy of erm basically the well , well loosely what one could describe as the bad landlords , the sharks , who will er exploit their situation . Er . And they have the choice between either er running the gauntlet of erm bad landlords , temporary accommodation , the streets , the shelters , friend 's floors , er or simply hoping that er government policy will change , and er at some point somebody will prioritise er the provision of new housing stock . So what , what do you as , as , I mean , it seems unlikely that , that single people will ever be moved right up the list , I mean , do you , do you see any other solution ? Well there are things we can do , er there thing , basically it 's about finding er a way of shifting priorities .
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
So it eventually re - emerges as violent aggression — or as physical disease , depression , ‘ accidents’ or other traumas . Unless we release our emotions , they tend to create unpleasant realities . Matthew grew up in a family atmosphere of sweetness and light . His parents never exchanged a cross word . If there was a difference of opinion , they would hurriedly remedy the situation by changing the subject .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
In the erm in the early days , how did you how did you approach the people who were coming up up to the gate ? I think from what I 've heard , every shift had its own little methods of trying to turn people away or advising them not to come in . Certainly we just told them what the problem was , told them that there was ever such a nice quarry further down the road if they wanted to visit a slate quarry . . And er we were truthful , we tried to put our side of the argument , you know there were the few people who said , well I do n't really care , and drove in . Well you know , you win some you lose some .
Idiom: come to grief (used idiomatically: yes)
Point to Kokos . Anya sulks . ‘ Anyway,’ I continue ( while we have it , let 's press the advantage home ) , ‘ you know as well as I do that these couplings between the separate spheres always come to grief in the end.’ ( I 'm a fine one to talk . Some day I 'll learn to practise what I preach . )
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
With the principle of voluntary hospitalization accepted , and safeguards now surrounding the standards of treatment , the chances are that a better , more professionally trained mental health service will develop . But the most important change of all needs to take place in public and government attitudes towards mental illness . And here there is still a very long way to go . Which is why Mr H is still frightened to return and continues his battle for asylum . The Third American Revolution
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
Liverpool chief executive Peter Robinson does not expect to appeal . Meanwhile , Stuart Barlow will provoke a confused reaction from family and friends in his first Merseyside derby on Monday night . The 24-year - old butcher 's boy was born and bred a Liverpool fan but leads the Everton attack . ‘ It 's a big day for me and my family,’ he said . ‘ I grew up supporting Liverpool and they 'll all be wearing red and white on Monday night — even though they 'll be shouting for me .
Idiom: laughing stock (used idiomatically: yes)
Woe betide the child who speaks correct English ; he will be the laughing - stock of his classmates .
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
Figure I. 4 . Plate from page 177 of Michael Maier 's Atalanta fugiens ( 1618 ) . To learn nature 's secrets , the chemist follows in her footsteps . In the accompanying text , Nature is the guide , reason the staff , experience the spectacles , and reading the lamp , all prerequisites of successful inquiry . Reproduced by courtesy of The Bodleian Library , Oxford ; Shelfmark Vet .