Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He 's not some groovy - looking person we 've picked out for the sake of it . He 's actually involved in the arts.’ Unfortunately , Rebello will only perform once during the series ( in tandem with the singer Jocelyn Brown ) , although Artrageous ! apparently intends to spend more time covering demanding music like opera and jazz than pop or rock . The programme 's brief is to embrace literature and architecture as well as less demanding subjects such as fashion , video and film . But there must be a danger that style will triumph over substance and that Artrageous ! will repeat some of The Late Show 's shortcomings , and end up looking as though more thought has gone into the studio design than the content of the items .
Idiom: neck of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
On the tube home she felt like crying , not because she had left , but for Sharon and Maria , not to say Michael . For herself she was relieved she did n't have to struggle to harness their zippy , anarchic minds any more to a future of filing and fast food shoppers — till for Christ 's sake let 's get married and turn on the telly and have some peace . Maybe in another neck of the woods , with Jeff 's kind of cheerful , simple yet not stupid , certainty , she would make good … For , she thinks , if privileged spoiled people like her ca n't get off their backsides and put their money where their mouth is … ‘ I love teaching .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
One moment , nothing . Eggs . Next moment , up and running . Dozens of us , scuttling . You know ?
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Pull up a beer , you guys , and utilize the accommodation . ' Lloyd picked up a beer can , lifted Beeby 's legs up with one hand , sat down on the sofa and let her legs fall across his lap . I sat down on the cases of beer and Patterson perched on the edge of an armchair . ' Tel here works in the City , ' I opened . ' He 's got a problem . '
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
During these alternating runs both players receive on average 2.5 points per move ( the average of 5 and o ) . This is lower than the steady 3 points per move that both players can amass in a run of mutual cooperation ( and , by the way , this is the reason for the ' additional condition ' left unexplained on page 204 ) . So , when Naive Prober plays against Tit for Tat , both do worse than when Tit for Tat plays against another Tit for Tat . And when Naive Prober plays against another Naive Prober , both tend to do , if anything , even worse still , since runs of reverberating defection tend to get started earlier . Now consider another strategy , called Remorseful Prober .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
Cooperation and coordination between the United ~ Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions has been deepened further , as reflected in the United ~ Nations System - wide Special Initiative for Africa .
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant?’ ‘ I see what you mean . There could be one or more brains behind the killing but whoever struck the blow , albeit a henchman , was Kingsmarkham born and bred.’ ‘ That 's right , Watson . You 're catching on .
Idiom: carrot and stick (used idiomatically: yes)
c Using the carrot and the stick Some of us do n't realise the extent of our ‘ carrot and stick’ power . We do n't use it because we have n't realised our resources . To estimate whether you have this power ask yourself : ‘ What do I have , or can do , that the other person wants and needs ?
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
There would be less and less for him to do without the outlet at the Amtel clinic . And , therefore , less reason to go on , to take the occasional risk . He did n't want to play the game part time . The risks were still there and the satisfaction alone would n't justify them . He would get Rakovsky the desk set , then retire before they retired him .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
Over the next five years , implementation of links between 150 pan - European locations will be installed . DATAPRO COMPUTERS BUYS ABS , SHORTLANDS FROM TRAFALGAR ABS Computers Ltd , formerly the Allied Business Systems small business computer manufacturer , has long looked a vestigial part of the Trafalgar House Plc empire , too small to turn up in the annual report , and giving the impression that top management was unaware of its existence . If that was the case , well the Hove , Sussex - based company has now come to the boardroom 's attention , and it , together with sister software company Shortlands Computing Services Ltd , has been sold to Datapro Computers Ltd of nearby Horsham . Datapro , whose name threatens endless confusion with the US market research company of the same name , was very active on the acquisition front three years ago ( CI No 1,338 ) , since when things have been relatively quiet .
Idiom: yes and no (used idiomatically: yes)
well no , er lets put , lets , lets , lets put that to the vote , erm have you ever advertised for love ? , either through a dating agency or of course many many newspapers carry erm , what , what they called , lonely hearts columns , now its alright you can vote , I 'm not going to pick on you particularly because er so few , so few of you have admitted to doing it , well five people here have , dare I ask if any one would like to say whether or not it was successful , yes . Well yes and no , erm , every body that seemed to get involved there seemed to be some strange thing missing erm , like finance for instance oh
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
In the end , I accepted a derisory sum , and left his shop feeling sore and cheated . Yet , directly I stepped out into the sunshine again , my superior self took over , and I looked at the matter differently . I had good solid francs in my pocket , and what did the watchmaker have ? A precision instrument whose chief virtues were useless to anyone in this age . Its undeviating accuracy in recording the passage of time to within one twenty - millionth of a second was a joke in a world that still went largely by the leisurely passage of the sun , where stage - coaches left at dawn , noon or sunset .
Idiom: mum's the word (used idiomatically: yes)
For the teenage girls of the Nineties , it seems , love conquers all . CASE HISTORY 1 MUM 'S THE WORD IN AMBER 'S LIFE HAVING sex for the first time does n't frighten 15 year old Amber Armitage . Instead the young woman is looking forward to it .
Idiom: go for broke (used idiomatically: yes)
On paper on form hereford had no chance but they gave it everything and took an early lead with a try from Ivan Powell … Coventry used to be one of the best teams in England … they've won the cup twice … now they 're in the second division and they had a hard time on saturday … five penalty kicks saw them through … with three tries … none of which were that dazzling … it was Hereford who entertained … their last try was something special something to remember … Dave Rogers went for broke … went for the line on his own and made it … a great effort but Coventry held on to win by thirty four points to fifteen … so just one Central South team in the cup now … and that 's Gloucester who come into the third round … for a tough old game on Tyneside … that 's in three weeks time even though they lost Hereford still went and celebrated … and we 've a few more Central South folk to congratulate tonight … here they are
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
Very little guidance is given to students , who enrol ( with some exceptions ) in the subject of their choice and shift around at will , taking around six years to complete their first degree . In the sciences , a student 's progress is fairly strictly monitored by exams ; there is not so much control in other subjects . Nevertheless , some research - orientated academics feel strongly enough to go against the grain and form a sort of elitist under ground for their best students . Another egalitarian principle that some researchers think holds back research is the ‘ Gieskanne’ or watering can principle for supporting research in universities . Each professor has a right to money and manpower resources depending only on his level of seniority and not on his track record in research .
Idiom: in the offing (used idiomatically: yes)
Like the Jews the Scots were a talented and creative people who had exported themselves all over the world ; there was hardly a country anywhere where a quorum of doctors , dentists , teachers , sailors , engineers , could not be assembled for a Burns Night supper or St Andrew 's Day dinner . It was Scots who had invented the steam engine , tarmacadam , the telephone , the Dunlop tyre , chloroform , Listerine , penicillin , television ; Scots who had risen to command foreign armies and navies and whose courage as kilted soldiers in the First World War had led the Germans to dub them ‘ the ladies from hell’ ; Scots , of whom one had helped to found the Bank of England , who had made Edinburgh into one of the great financial centres of Europe ; Scots who had provided Westminster with more than her share of British Prime Ministers ; Scots who with only a tenth of the population of Britain , had yet supplied England with one fifth of her professional classes . With all this and North Sea ( some would say Scottish ) oil in the offing , who was to say we were unfit to govern ourselves ? I was told this was a retrograde step : what I was advocating was narrow nationalism in an age of increasing internationalism . Nationalism , yes , but not narrow : what Burke meant by ‘ the little platoon’ , and a modern writer in small being beautiful , for the greater the overall unit ( and the Common Market was then looming ) , the greater the necessity for autonomy within that unit , if those being governed were still to feel in touch with those governing .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Stirling wrote his account of the affair and a refutation which was published in the regimental journal . Part of the surviving force was left at Kufra , while others were flown back to Kabrit to refit and resupply . A memo by a lieutenant - colonel on the staff ( whose signature is illegible ) to the Director of Military Operations at MEHQ gives an insight into what was in the pipeline for L Detachment , ‘ which went out on the last operation hurriedly and ill organised . An attempt is being made to provide them with some form of base organisation without which they can not develop full effectiveness . Before further operations are undertaken , it is most advisable to reform the squadron which it is intended to use shortly.’
Idiom: cut loose (used idiomatically: yes)
The park was reached via a slippery slope . As we slid at speed down the escarpment we took care to avoid nettles and barbed wire , then we 'd squeeze between the splintery struts of the Essoldo 's picket fence . Once through , we really cut loose . This bit of park had just enough hint of wilderness to be readily transformed in imagination into prairie , canyon , rain forest , river delta , open sea . Our hinterland of the imaginary actually consisted of grass tussocks , brambles , a grove of willows , some hawthorns , a beech tree or two , drainage ditches , a slow and deep brook with steep banks , a weir , twin tunnels which took the stream beneath the main Derby to Nottingham road and , upstream , a wooden footbridge and wobbly stepping stones .
Idiom: in cahoots (used idiomatically: yes)
However , the Assamese are in a minority in several parts of the state , outnumbered by various tribes and by immigrants from Bangladesh ( hence several bloody clashes between the ULFA and militant tribesmen ) . So , however much terror it inspires , it is far from certain that the ULFA will control a majority of Assam 's legislators . Nonetheless , the ULFA has the support of a fair chunk of the population and , more important , is in cahoots with the Asom Gana Parishad , the regional Assamese party that ruled the state till it was sacked last year . Indeed , information from sacked ministers and sympathisers in the police ensured that the ULFA 's leaders all evaded the army crackdown that followed . The ULFA may now simply oblige the Asom Gana Parishad to accept its nominees as candidates for election .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
The market was huge . It was great and I was lucky to find it . I started collecting small perfume bottles in black and silver . ' Now that she 's 22 I wondered whether she had thought of fleeing the family nest and finding her own place . ' I 'm thinking about setting up a place of my own , ' she admitted .
Idiom: for keeps (used idiomatically: no)
She was paid four shillings a week and given her midday meal . She thought it was good pay , but well earned . Every week she was able to give Aunt Sarah something for her keep and she had a little left over to save . She managed to persuade Ernest to take a proportion of this to augment his savings . It was hard for him to scrape together more than a few coppers at a time .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Unlike my mother I can not draw anything but the curtains , so I was bottom of the class at this . The second day we had to knit our design . At the teacher 's suggestion I then found myself colouring some swing tickets at happened to be in my knitting bag and attaching these to a very poor piece of knitting . I recognised it as an apple tree , but no one else did . Even had it been the best apple tree anyone could knit I can not see that I would hang swing tickets on it ( so badly coloured with felt tip pen that the Infant 's class would be ashamed of the work ! ) .
Idiom: square the circle (used idiomatically: yes)
Amid the euphoria of its seven - point opinion poll lead , the party 's own pollsters have reminded it that in the South the Conservatives lead 47 - 33 while in the Midlands and Wales the race remains too close to call . In these regions , the Conservative vote is down respectively by only 5 and 3 per cent on 1987 , not enough to suggest widespread Labour gains come 1992 . In a masterly television interview on Sunday , John Smith , the shadow Chancellor , exuded competence and an almost Gladstonian fiscal probity , but there was a ring of the Sixties about the accompanying discussion between MPs and experts which left the impression that , in squaring circles , the Labour Party remains endemically the party of inflation . The abandonment yesterday of unilateral nuclear disarmament ( although not the intention of abandoning Britain 's nuclear deterrent at the earliest opportunity while other countries keep theirs ) was done in the same spirit of moralism which had gone into the banning of the Bomb . Once more the world was treated as a convenience wrapping for Labour 's parochial and predominantly internal preoccupations .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: no)
Consistency is implied by the ‘ every time’ comment . ( c ) The length of time spent ‘ working’(ie doing the right thing ) is certainly recordable . 4 Mrs Smith should thank Mr Smith every time he gets the children ready in the morning .
Idiom: know no bounds (used idiomatically: yes)
Many of them built up vast fortunes under my father 's regime , illegal fortunes , I hasten to add . They know that if I do bring a new democratic freedom to my country then it 'll mean the confiscation of those fortunes . And as you know , greed knows no bounds . They 'll go to any lengths to reinstate a dictatorship that will protect them , just as my father 's regime did for forty - five years . I 'm the one obstacle in their way .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
The word dependant will not be used in this way as a noun . Other terms will be defined in context where appropriate . While this book is primarily about the various methods social workers can develop in work with elderly clients and their families it is necessary to first explore a number of major theoretical issues which bear on practice as follows : 1 later life families and their relationships ;
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
A man with a helmet painted red is riding a blue motorcycle down the road
Idiom: kick up a fuss (used idiomatically: no)
Alex asked suspiciously . ‘ I 'm not awfully sure,’ Felicity said airily . ‘ Wo n't he kick up a fuss when he discovers they 've gone?’ ‘ Not as big as the fuss I 'll kick up if he says anything . He would n't want to end up sharing a cell with Mike Tyson , would he?’
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
( e ) A correct cut , properly angled , just above the bud . Like a wound in your own flesh , a clean cut heals quickly , but a jagged , ragged , bruised gash can take a long time to heel and is open to infection all that time . Whether it is a spur of useless stem which does not , can not , heal quickly , or a bad cut from blunt secateurs , disease spores are ever ready to accept the invitation of a door carelessly left open . Node is the name given to the swollen area of the stem at the base of each leaf created by the special cells which store carbohydrate energy elaborated during daylight by the green leaf .
Idiom: get stuck into (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Quins are different , but they 're a good club . The guys here have all sorts of different pressures on them , not least at international level . Such commitments makes it hard for them to really get stuck into each and every league match . Now , I 'm not like that . But they are .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
What the hell does he mean , help ? She watched his black , angular figure move at a sedate , clerical pace , across the grass . But her thoughts seemed to get lost in the heat . She was beginning to feel dizzy . Time to go home .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
He then ordered that the house be destroyed . It was only after a passionate entreaty by his relative Lady Frances Wingfield , who lived in St. Martin 's , that Cromwell relented and he later presented the widowed countess of Burghley with a portrait of himself . During the siege Stamford had rung its church bells backwards in order to summon Royalist support and in response Cromwell threatened to raze the entire town . Lady Wingfield again interceded and as Bentley Wood says ' a woman 's argument was too much for him , and he gave way ' . The town was captured instead , but not without loss .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
The association of Fred Dawes with Crystal Palace lasted a further 18 months . He was appointed Assistant Manager to Ronnie Rooke and , after Rooke 's resignation at the end of November 1950 , Dawes became joint - manager with Charlie Slade . It was a poor situation in which to have to assume control : Palace were rock bottom of the League with only nine points from 18 matches and had crashed 1–4 at home to Millwall in the 1st round of the FA Cup ; their seventh consecutive defeat . There was to be no heroic , story - book recovery . Palace faced re - election at the end of our worst - ever season with a dismal playing record , and with as many players appearing in the side as there were goals scored — 33 in each case !
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
Jodie Foster in Little Man Tate VIDEO The Pope Must Die — Papal pandemonium as larger - than - life Robbie Coltrane heads for divine expiration . Class Action — Father and daughter Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio do battle in a crowded courtroom . Robin Hood , Prince Of Thieves Kevin Costner is the sexy Swashbuckler .
Idiom: pull out all the stops (used idiomatically: yes)
Sue had designed it in the shape of a dove and the message read : ‘ How to give your MP the bird’ . I looked at the line - up listed in the programme and at the stop - press late additions : Everything But The Girl , two of The Communards ; Harry Enfield ; The Oblivion Boys , the list went on . Barbara had pulled out all the stops . I walked inside the dance hall . Chris Jury , who had masterminded the whole thing and was entirely responsible for what was happening on stage , was taking some musicians through a soundcheck and , like Gina , was completely absorbed in what he was doing .
Idiom: black and blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Others argued with the view I expressed that life these days , because of changes in the law over the years , is better and fairer for women . One bitter wife disagreed : ‘ I have ended up with my children in a Women 's Hostel , still black and blue after the battering I got from the drunken unfaithful bully I was stupid enough to marry . Life now may be better for some women , but there are still plenty who are helpless victims … .’ I ca n't dispute that .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
Leslie spoke . ‘ Sorry , Mum . We 're out of order.’ ‘ Who wants a cuppa?’ Maura tried to defuse the situation .
Idiom: fall off the back of a lorry (used idiomatically: yes)
Between 1986 and 1990 , it exploded . Last year , turnover was £ 174 million and profits £ 33 million , a compound profit growth rate of 82 per cent(making it Britain 's 93rd - best profit performer over the period ) . Somewhere along the line Montague had learned a valuable lesson : that money can fall off the back of a lorry . ‘ The principle of our business is that an asset can be financed and paid for , including interest and capital , in the first half of its working life,’ he says . ‘ After that , cash basically falls off the thing.’
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
Her mother was n't at home , and her father wanted to see her to the car , which was parked in the street . She forbade him to accompany her beyond the door and walked alone over the golden sand past the flower - beds to the gate . She had a lump in her throat and an enormous yearning to say something beautiful to her father , something that could not be expressed by words , and so without quite knowing how it happened she suddenly turned her head and with a smile tossed out her arm in the air , easily , flowing , as if to see each other many more times . An instant later she recalled the forty - year - old lady , who twenty - five years earlier had stood in the same place and had waved at her father in the same way . That upset and confused her .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
They learn all the wrong ways of doing things and so learn what to avoid . How to Play This section , then , like child 's play , suggests a number of exercises and games which will help to develop an awareness of how the board behaves . They are all a type of experimentation , which was outline as being an important part of learning in the opening chapter . There is , though , a danger of doing an experiment when you have already decided on the result you are looking for .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Conclusion The musical needs of parishes and congregations differ from place to place , and the way in which they are met is determined largely by the resources available . What is possible for a large suburban congregation is out of the question for a tiny congregation in a rural situation . Where there is a skilled director with commitment and an attractive personality in an inner - city parish , it may be possible to produce excellent musical results . The village church without either organist or choir may limp along with three half - hearted hymns and two fingers on a harmonium .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
They can adapt to kennel life but they MUST have lots of human contact . HEALTHY EATERS As a general rule , Dobermanns usually have good appetites and , therefore , it is not uncommon for them to get fat — a combination of too much food and too little exercise is not good for this breed ! Graham advocates an hour of free running every day . The breed is prone to occasional stomach troubles and bouts of enteritis so a good - quality diet is essential .