Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: settle a score (used idiomatically: yes)
' Quick now , Cap'n ! ' breathed Aunt Clarabel , ' Back to your ship and away ! Take 'em along Witchball Street , Tom , and down to the quay that way . I 'll stay here an ' settle a few old scores with our precious Mayor an ' all ! ' As Tom hustled Pugwash and the pirates away , she ran back to the Jolly Jailer . ' Out with ' ee all ! ' she called to her customers in the bar .
Idiom: lift a finger (used idiomatically: yes)
Back in the sixties , when the kids seemed to think of nothing but politics and sex , I used to pray God almighty that my Daniele would never turn out like that . It never occurred to me that he might turn out even worse , a vain , spineless , ignorant lout with no interest in anything but clothes and television and pop music , who would be rotting in gaol at this very minute if his family had n't come to his rescue . But when his own father needs to be rescued little Daniele is too busy to lift a finger , like the rest of you . Cinzia I pass over in silence . Women can not betray me , for I have never made the mistake of trusting them .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
He is still extremely grateful to the SMH , though his results on behalf of the paper since have gone a long way to repaying any debt of gratitude . Teething problems of a new job and country aside , he was instantly able to appreciate the technical merit of photography in the pure light of Australia . He joked : ' In England , if you were sent to a rugby league match at Batley on a night you had to park your car on the touch line and leave the headlights on and hope the players would run into the beam of light so you could get a picture . You were pushing film to the limits , working at 3200 asa . All of a sudden you 're in Sydney , where you 're using FP4 film at 1000th at F5.6 .
Idiom: white hat (used idiomatically: yes)
This day , tradesmen of Ilkley , White Hats versus Black Hats ! Pick shafts for bats and all men must play in top hats , or be fined a crown!’ Tall black or white hats ( ‘ tiles’ ) have been worn for matches ever since . Supper and entertainment followed the matches , and the speeches , recitations and songs were considered an important part of the proceedings . One of the after - dinner speakers said the day had come to be regarded by tradesmen as the holiday of the year .
Idiom: better the devil you know (used idiomatically: yes)
Crucial Forest envisage the return of Webb , who left them in a Pounds 1.5 million deal three years ago , as a crucial step along the road to safety . Fenton said : ' Better the devil you know , and we know Neil Webb . We had good times when he was here before . ' He linked up well with Stuart Pearce and Nigel Clough , and we had a good run of success .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
JOHN EDWARDS Leeds Utd 1 , Liverpool 4 DAVID JAMES made a four - hour motorway dash to stake a claim for Liverpool 's number one jersey , then admitted : ‘ I am still in a daze.’ The 21-year - old keeper attended a Birmingham tribunal with manager Graeme Souness for a ruling on his transfer fee from Watford . He motored north to link up with his Liverpool team - mates after being valued at £ 1million , plus a further £ 300,000 if he makes one hundred appearances and wins an England cap .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
It says much for the sense of humour of the untidy , bespectacled architect that after the initial shock of the Princess 's request , he accepted the relatively minor commission of building a dolls ' house for the Queen with enthusiasm , and immediately visited the Princess to discuss the project , bringing with him a mutual friend , Sir Herbert Morgan , President of the Society of Industrial Artists . All three were aware that the King and Queen had , after four years of war , come to represent to their subjects all that was best in the domestic and public virtues , and that there had been current for some time an idea of presenting to them a gift as a mark of national respect , thanks and loyalty . The prospective idea of the dolls ' house began to fall into place . In the aftermath of the First World War , many skilled British craftsmen were out of work . From every aspect theirs was a changing world .
Idiom: rise from the ashes (used idiomatically: yes)
And I did n't know whether to laugh with pleasure or to cry with pain . ’ Oh , well , Miss Lightbody , we can all benefit from a change of routine now and then.’ ’ Well , here 's to a new life rising from the ashes of the old , eh?’ But such occasions marked the limits of our intimacy . I must own that the possibility of taking matters further did cross my mind and infiltrated my uncensored dreams , but it would have been unwise at the time and later I was glad we had left things as they were .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
( 2/10 ) Against Huddersfield ( 1–1 9/10 ) and Scunthorpe ( won 2–0 16/10 ) Smithard played well as did Tony Grant who got two and Martin Littlewood who bagged one . Leeds are second in the NIL , 5 points behind Middlesborough . All good games going by the reports and super goals to boot . With a bit of luck on their side these young fellers could make Leeds once again the finest side in Britain , as under the Don . I 'd rather it was with them than buying expensive misfits all the time .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: no)
Color television ! Bah , I wo n't believe it until I see it in black ~ and ~ white .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Although Shelley smiled only faintly , Byron roared with laughter and said , ‘ Let me tell you of an inscription I once saw scrawled on the wall of a low jakes in Chelsea . It said , ‘ The cazzo is our ultimate weapon against humanity’ ! Though the Italian word was not employed , come to think of it . Can you recall a graffito more charged with knowledge?’ ‘ And maybe self - hatred , too,’ I ventured , when I saw Shelley was silent .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: no)
All his business is strictly table - top stuff . Of course , the contacts he 's made the circles he moves in — would make it possible to fund his own operation.’ ‘ And this one was under the table.’ ‘ Oh , yes . The guy he spoke to was American .
Idiom: for my money (used idiomatically: yes)
There 's a problem . we 'll have to re - issue another one which could take sort of , you know , this time of year it 's over a week so he said well it definitely has . Did he say , I 'm desperate for my money ! Yeah so he said well what do erm and he said the woman up there did n't really ask what had happened ! It was A T S.
Idiom: prodigal son (used idiomatically: yes)
Coming home 's taught me that . I 've no family apart from my mother , no job , no money , no property , no prospects . As far as I can see , England does n't welcome a prodigal son like me.’ ‘ That sounds rather like self - pity.’ ‘ It is , I suppose .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
A wealth of inviting attractions await all visitors who take the plunge … Leeds lies glittering between the valleys of Yorkshire 's dales and the heather of Yorkshire moors . The city 's central positioning — midway between Edinburgh and London — placed Leeds in the heart of the country , and at the crossroads of the North / South M1 route and the East / West M621 . Hourly electric trains connect London to the U.K. 's Northern Capital in under two hours , whilst the regional attractions of York and Harrogate rest even closer to hand . Road , rail , canal and river all flow into the city , making Leeds Waterfront an ideal place to dock .
Idiom: take a hike (used idiomatically: yes)
STREET GURU UNLIKE ANY other time in recent history , the whiff of revolution is in the air . Systems topple , statues walk , long - serving political incumbents take a hike in a huge global shake - up . Such are the changes infiltrating society that now long - serving criminals are helping supply the soundtrack to the big throwdown . But while all eyes are on the hot - spots of Eastern Europe the real action is taking place in clubland .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
Maintaining control over which is the most up - to - date version of the document can be a problem unless there 's centralized organization , logging who 's done what and making sure that everyone 's working on the right version . And then there 're the classic multi - user applications , like sales order processing , where different users have to work on the same file at the same time . If you have a few people taking orders for the same goods , you must be sure that one does n't commit the firm to a big shipment when another has just sold the last of the stock . OK , so you 're convinced you need a network . You 've read the reviews and decided which software you want .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
On what grounds ? Well , as a parent , because I believe that there is a need in Banbury to have a much better offer at sixteen . I think if we are going to go into the next century with any real chance of providing proper education and training in the sixteen to nineteen age range , we need to do the job properly , and frankly I think the offer in Banbury at the moment is not up to scratch . The logical erm conclusion from that was to look at some form of tertiary education and that is what the County Council went out to consultation on . Well do you see this vote against opting out as a basically a vote in favour of the tertiary college plans for Banbury ?
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
The suggestion is that the error is not in the aim but in the energy required . It may be motivation that proves inadequate or it may be investment . A heavily advertised new launch can run out of steam when the level of advertising declines . What has been designed to sustain the effort ? The situation is quite different from that of poor aim — and much more difficult to put right .
Idiom: pass the buck (used idiomatically: yes)
Always pass the buck . Well,’ Kuhlmann removed his cigar to gesture with it . ‘ He 's passed the buck to me so let 's get creative.’ ‘ Creative?’ ‘ The Minister said we ought to circulate Tweed 's photo as well .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
The wandering poor got short shrift — a burial is recorded in the Combsburgh register of an unknown man the neighbouring overseers had refused to receive when dying of cold . The number of paupers continued to increase from 18,600 in the county in 1840 to 22,700 in 1845 . Over the many years preceding the period now being described the ownership of properties and land in Combsburgh had changed hands many times . On occasion , distinguished local people such as Lord Brooks were landlords , at other times the owners were quite remote and took little interest in their holdings . As a national newspaper reported in June 1851 : ‘ Some of the cottages in the parish , from continual neglect and the total absence of repair , are rendered insecure to that degree , that the inmates must be in a continual state of ‘ fear and trembling'’ .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
Dawson grimaced . ‘ Never mind . No - one expects you to go by the book ; it 's not your speed.’ ‘ They 're giving me a week . They seem to think it 's a waste of time.’
Idiom: sit tight (used idiomatically: yes)
I whisper to Crilly . Crilly laughs , almost . He pulls me close and tells me to sit tight . ‘ No whispering!’ shouts the moustached man . They divide us .
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
An avenue of acers creates vertical interest in a formal plan , but potentially large varieties will need to be pruned back in later years . Wildlife Garden Out of the woods Trees in the wild are home , larder and playground to a host of living creatures . With careful selection you can recreate your own wildlife haven .
Idiom: lay a finger on (used idiomatically: yes)
She says : ‘ Smacking is a way of educating the aggressive instincts of children . Aggression is n't something children learn from their parents , they are born with it . I 've talked to some of my son 's teachers about bullying in schools and they say that these children whom no one has ever laid a finger on can not imagine the pain they inflict on others . ‘ The other point is that once you have established a good system of discipline , you do n't have to smack very often . My children were rarely smacked after the age of nine or 10 .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
Charles V 's policy was to prevent this at all costs , and his candidate for Margaret 's hand was his brother Philip , who had been created Duke of Burgundy in 1364 . Margaret 's marriage to either candidate required a papal dispensation , for both were within the forbidden degrees , and Charles put pressure on the Pope to refuse a dispensation for Margaret to marry Edmund Langley . Charles 's diplomacy eventually bore fruit , and on 19 June 1369 Margaret was married to Philip in the Abbey of St Baaf at Ghent . Although Margaret 's father lived on until 1385 , English interests in Flanders were now gradually eclipsed . Bruges was closed to English vessels , and Calais was isolated .
Idiom: fun and games (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's easier to get on an E5 than an E7 down at Cheedale . This improvement in standards can only be put down to cellar training . Next time the left hand section of Cheedale 's Cornice dries out , we should see some fun and games . One thing the supplement does make evident is how little space is left on limestone . Looking at many of the crag diagrams , it 's hard to see where new routes can be fitted in .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: no)
Our Debt to Stalingrad BERKELEY – We are not newly created , innocent , rational , and reasonable beings . We are not created fresh in an unmarked Eden under a new sun . We are , instead , the products of hundreds of millions of years of myopic evolution , and thousands of years of unwritten and then recorded history . Our past has built up layer upon layer of instincts , propensities , habits of thought , patterns of interaction , and material resources .
Idiom: doom and gloom (used idiomatically: yes)
Rateable values can go up after an appeal SHIPSHAPE IN DOCKLANDS ? Despite the obvious setbacks , not all is doom and gloom in London 's Docklands Jack Ozanne What do Bob Geldof , the Lord Chancellor 's Department and the Western International University of the USA ( WIU ) all have in common ?
Idiom: see the light of day (used idiomatically: yes)
An injunction imposes prior restraint , by stopping presses from rolling and film from running . Most applications for injunctions are based on a complaint that the information about to be revealed has been obtained in breach of confidence . Where that information relates to national security , all that the Government has to show is that publication might cause some injury to the national interest — a test which would ensure that the British equivalent of the Pentagon Papers would never see the light of day . The inroad upon the rule against prior restraint made by interim injunctions granted for alleged breaches of confidence derives from the " balance of convenience " test which is applied by the courts . All that the plaintiff need do to obtain a restraining order is to show a prima facie , arguable case , and that the public interest in protecting the confidence is not , on the " balance of convenience " test , outweighed by some urgent public interest in publication .
Idiom: the die is cast (used idiomatically: yes)
The new industrial age presented a vision of hell , of ' dark Satanic mills ' , and the science that supported it was cold , objectified . It was anti - life , and in particular anti - human life . The die was cast . We have all heard of John Ruskin , only a minor artist , but a self - appointed and probably most influential overseer of Victorian aesthetics . But who has heard of David Brewster , minor scientist and in his own way at least as powerful a visionary of the new age of science and industry ?
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
The latest grape harvest in Gloucestershire . These grapes will be used to make the newest wine from the Three Choirs vineyard . ’ New Release’will be bottled and on the shelves in a months time and is England 's answer to the French wine Beaujolais Nouveau . But the greatest coup for Three Choirs this year is that the company has already had an order for its wine from a French buyer . Male speaker
Idiom: touch a nerve (used idiomatically: yes)
The bicycle was obviously shaking the old order to the roots , and with its customary irreverence the socialist Clarion ( 30 July 1898 ) — which had a large stake in the matter , because of the enormously popular Clarion Cycling Clubs — wondered ' how it is no one has written a cycling melodrama , with a hero and a heroine and a villain on wheels ' . No doubt the rapid growth of the Clarion Clubs , spreading the socialist cause by bike , was another of the spectres haunting Old England in its alarmist response to the pedal cycle : The bicycle was a powerful symbol of social change in this era , summing up so easily the fears brewing around popular freedoms and popular amusements , and it seemed to touch a brittle nerve of the process of democratisation . The Times ( 15 August 1898 ) had given the broadest indication of the shock - waves produced by the push - bike when it delivered its editorial judgement on ' The Bicycle as a Social Force ' , which bristled with otherwise unaccountable fears and allusions to deeper moving forces within society . The bicycle was accused of enlarging the scope for theft , and we were encouraged to linger over some of the more squalid details of profiteering and corruption which had accompanied the boom in the cycling industry .
Idiom: light at the end of the tunnel (used idiomatically: yes)
She has not only lost her husband but her father . Some people take longer to grieve than others . I feel sure there is light at the end of the tunnel.’ Quietly and politely , Harriet wished him goodbye . She did not share his sentiments .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
I could n't . I could n't even manage the simplest of manipulations involving extra - sensory perception . Gyggle started off with the most sophisticated of these , the symbol and colour cards , but was soon reduced to getting me to try and guess —and a guess is all I could make — which of three paper cups had a ping - pong ball under it . At my best I did no better than average . Then , when we went back to rotating mentally the computer simulation of the room and attempting to ' see ' possible lines of sight , I had a further shock .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
The question remains as to whether the register of charges maintained by the Registrar of Companies accurately reflects the extent of the incumbrances on a company 's property . Although not exhaustively comprehensive , it does give a reasonably accurate picture and its most serious defects arise not from the register as such but because English law lacks a satisfactory system for classifying personal property security interests . Also , at the end of the day it is arguable that all that the register needs to show are the principal charges over the company 's property since anyone dealing with the company can seek to find out the full extent to which the company 's property has been charged once put on notice that some charges have been created . There is always the chance that the company will not give honest answers but the extent to which debtor dishonesty is a danger should not be exaggerated . Effect of ( i ) non - registration ( ii ) late registration and ( iii ) defective registration
Idiom: all things being equal (used idiomatically: yes)
Under the current arrangements , the priorities within open heart surgery are decided solely by the clinicians concerned . The DHA merely decides the level at which it is prepared to fund its surgical unit . One would expect that , all things being equal , clinical priorities would determine that the most serious cases are operated upon first , with broader and broader indications being accepted as funding becomes more widely available . However , this is not currently an explicit agreement between management and the clinical staff . Indeed , it is possible that clinicians would treat cases which they find particularly interesting or challenging from a clinical viewpoint , rather than those which offer the most returns ( in terms of health improvement ) in relation to the cost .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
So what does Monsieur Bonard say about the suicide theory ? ' ' He is , I think , now prepared to accept it . ' ' Monsieur Bonard knew that something very serious was on Alain 's mind , but he said he had no idea what it was . Some of us wondered if he had an illness that no one knew about . ' ' That possibility has already been explored .
Idiom: take someone for a ride (used idiomatically: yes)
Gazzer had been seriously disappointed in love on this night . His mates had all scored and he inexplicably had n't , in spite of the money he 'd blown on all those lime - green cocktails for the bleached slag in the dress with all the red spangles . It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process . When the evening had ended she 'd disappeared into the pub toilet and from there she 'd disappeared , full stop . Gazzer was not only pissed off , he was seriously out of pocket .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Ah,’ replied Lexandro , ‘ yet what is knowledge of facts worth compared with religious experience ? ’ Experience such as Lexandro had gained , or thought he had gained , in the nerve - glove … He himself spent hours in the chapel reserved for cadets , praying to the image of Rogal Dorn , and to the Emperor , attempting to recapture the moment when he had flown through fire , sure that this would stand him in good stead in battle . As he smelled the smouldering frankincense , he would imagine his own body inflamed and his soul soaring from it like smoke . Tundrish paid no apparent attention , seemingly lost in the scrolling details of a campaign four thousand years in the past .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
That still applies and it may prove difficult to finance . In addition , if there were a lack of confidence in the Government 's strategy for getting the deficit under control , it could require a rise in interest rates with very damaging effects on business confidence . And if a deficit on that scale were allowed to persist Italian - style , the accumulation in outstanding debt would inevitably means higher taxes in the longer run to meet the burden of interest payments . But to act too soon on the fiscal deficit , when the economic upturn is so fragile and unemployment already at such unacceptable levels , could risk stopping it in its tracks . Economic recovery is as much about confidence as it is about deficit financing , as the resolute measures recently announced by President Clinton have demonstrated .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
oh yeah its army property , must cost about , they cost about eighty quid or something What ? the pay slips they use in the can actually marked up and its got the exact You mean you have n't seen them doing it oh yeah the people , matey 's walking along and he 's going like this and he 's pulling it as he 's doing it , he says and he 's doing it in proper time like that , but with one arm going he 's twiddling it , he 's doing it , he says no my feet are exactly like that , very effective but you can actually get fined for loosing them , you have to pay for them and its like a real , shooting sticks as well , you do n't tend to carry erm , these pay sticks you carry them like the old shooting sticks , the old you know ?