Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: take someone for a ride (used idiomatically: yes)
Faced with a growing number of desertions from within Tory ranks over the peace negotiations of 1711–13 , Oxford needed to court the support of the Scottish Jacobite peers and Jacobite MPs to maintain his majority in Parliament . By promising the Jacobites that he would seek to get James Francis Stuart acknowledged as Anne 's successor , he not only won Jacobite support at home , but was also able to neutralise the Jacobite threat abroad , by making it appear that there was no point in St Germain or the French attempting an invasion . Oxford 's bluff worked for some time , but when by late 1713 the Jacobites finally realised they had been taken for a ride , they began to look to Bolingbroke for support . Bolingbroke could not resist the opportunity to control such a crucial bloc of Parliamentary votes , and decided to play them along , but primarily with the aim of strengthening his own position within the party . At the same time he was busy courting his supporters amongst the Country Tories by playing on the theme of the " Church in Danger " , and his strategy appears to have been to unite the various dissident Tories behind him in order to oust Oxford from power , and then try to ensure that Tory political dominance was so unchallengeable that when George I became King he would be forced to work with them .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
In actual fact he was a very vulnerable guy , a very kind guy , but like a lot of people who are vulnerable and sensitive he tended to put up a front to disguise it . Only if you got beneath this front would you find out what a gentle and caring man he was . But you had to get past that first because Bill was always frightened of somebody , perhaps , trying to get the better of him . He was a good actor , and this front was an acted part he 'd assume to get his own way . ‘ Verity was always very approachable .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Second , it introduced the practice of Interim Development Control by enabling authorities to give consent to development in advance of the preparation of a scheme . In this way development was not delayed and working agreements emerged between developer and local council . This had the effect of statutory town planning taking root in an authority without having to persuade a council as to the merits ( and costs ) of scheme preparation . Statutory town planning of a kind therefore got under way after the hiatus of war , with only limited experience to guide it , as summarized by Adshead ( 1923 ) . Neither was there all that much political interest behind it if the minimal debate during the passage of the Bill through the House was anything to go by ( Cherry , 1974 ) .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Jonathon Smith , ex - Davis Cup and Wimbledon player , offers individual coaching ( £ 22 an hour ) at the Royal County of Berkshire Rackets and Health Club , and also privately ( £ 20 an hour ) . More intensive courses are available at weekend coaching clinics run by Roger Taylor at the luxurious Chewton Glen Hotel in Hampshire ( £ 199 per person per day , including full board and tuition , based on two people sharing a room . Happily Veuve Cliquot is kept ready on ice ) . Wimbledon champion turned commentator , Virginia Wade , hosts and coaches four - day tennis breaks , costing £ 654 , at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire . Local tennis clubs can be found through the International Tennis Federation or the Lawn Tennis Association .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: no)
Article 14 allows states which belong to ' economic integration systems ' , by which was meant groupings such as the Latin American Free Trade Association or the Andean Common Market , to agree upon ' special methods and procedures more expeditious than those provided for ' in the convention . These could presumably include methods not involving the use of letters rogatory at all , though given the legal traditions of the region such radicalism seems unlikely . Article 15 preserves the liberty of States Parties to apply existing or future bilateral or multilateral agreements as to letters rogatory , including of course the earlier Latin American instruments . The Inter - American Protocol of 1979 The Protocol was prepared by Committee I of the Second Inter - American Specialized Conference on Private International Law , almost entirely on the basis of successive proposals from the United States ' delegation .
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: yes)
He said he was Peter Ustinov . ' Cops save bride Sarah 's big day BRIDE Sarah Mustoe 's big day was saved from disaster by something borrowed and something blue — a police car with a flashing light . Two traffic police dashed Sarah and her father to the church when her vintage wedding car broke down . Weeping Sarah , 28 , and dad Albert were stranded in the rain as the driver battled to start the engine .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
You alright ? There was a a house , a bungalow two doors from Stuart 's mum . And I popped out to the shop on Sunday the second of November and came back totally and utterly bemused to see them putting a christmas tree up and father christmas in the window and fairy lights all over the place . On the second of November . Oh well .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: no)
And that created a difference of opinion between certain of our members who were not in receipt of any incentive payment , as opposed to those who could clearly indulge in it and , and , and make a reasonable er er profit out of it . Erm when the work study consultants came in , er we inquired as to one , whether their scheme was going to cover everybody because we were not satisfied that the existing scheme gave everybody the incentive that was required to keep people in harmony . And so we had discussions with them and I can tell you , you know , it was at least six months before the consultants ever made any specific move to introduce the system as such er because of our overtures to them , because of the fact that we asked regularly to meet them and to consult on various points . Er one mainly being the , the fact that we wanted an overall scheme to cover everybody , including , including a payment for the lowest paid labourer in the shop . That meant it went across the whole spectrum of the workforce .
Idiom: tempt fate (used idiomatically: yes)
Ruth understood why in that tender , desperate second . They had used the words so freely in Seville and look what had happened . He did n't want to tempt fate , but fate had brought them together again and now there was only him and her in the whole world . Fernando looked down on her adoringly before allowing his lips to graze languidly over her mouth and cheeks and throat . She felt faint and tremulous under the sweet pressure and then when his lips grew more demanding the faintness was gone and pure sensual sensation clamoured her senses .
Idiom: dish the dirt (used idiomatically: yes)
Passive wanking Vicky Hutchings marches off with Class War , and gets a big surprise 100 reasons not to vote Tory Ships have gone down , taxes have gone up , the Home Secretary got a criminal record , John Major said a lot of silly things . Jolyon Jenkins and Sarah Baxter dish up the dirt Invisible voters A million people could lose their vote because of mental disability , say Dr Billie Shepperdson and Agnes Fletcher . Mike George looks at the plight of the physically disabled
Idiom: leave well alone (used idiomatically: yes)
Another item on this service was to remove , check , clean and adjust the injectors . Having read the LR Workshop Manual this task involves the use of special tools . I have adopted the policy of leaving well alone until they play up and then I will replace them with a set of exchange recons . What are your views on this ? Changing the subject slightly the brake pads and linings are showing no signs of any wear after over 24,000 miles .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
Spurs had come into this match unbeaten in their previous eight matches , and although they have improved their League standing , the cup competitions remain their best hope of success . But , Vinny Samways apart , they lacked the resources to overcome a Forest side , who gradually looked more like the team we know they can be — one which has won this competition in its various forms twice in the past four years . With Keane so powerful in midfield , Nigel Clough dropping deep to hold the ball up and play it forward , the use of two wingers in Kingsley Black and Ian Woan , plus the revived spirit of England captain Stuart Pearce , Forest out-manoeuvred Spurs despite the sodden pitch . Indeed , it was a similar display to the one they produced at White Hart Lane in March when they put Spurs out of this competition in the semi-finals last season . Admittedly , Spurs were handicapped by the loss of Paul Allen early on , but the deployment of defender Jason Cundy in midfield undermined their chances of taking advantage of Forest 's lack of confidence .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Wording of reports and letters to be used in foreign jurisdictions 0202 Regulatory and statutory framework It is important to realise that compliance with the firm 's technical standards must go hand in hand with compliance with the laws and regulations governing companies and the provision of financial services , including the services provided by MAS . Compliance with one set of rules or standards does not ensure compliance with the other . The regulatory and statutory framework in which MAS operates is covered as follows :
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1935 the French were free to arrange their own wine laws , but they are now subject to EEC regulations and I doubt that Champagne , despite its unique viticultural situation , would be allowed to dispense with a maximum yield in favour of an average production yardstick . I would be far happier seeing 15,000 kilograms of grapes in a fine , ripe and healthy year yielding 86.66 hectolitres of juice , than 13,000 kilograms stretched to supply the same volume of juice , leaving 2,000 kilograms of grapes of the same quality to rot on the vine . In the final analysis , however , if the AOC laws are applied effectively , all Champagnes must be passed by laboratory analysis and an organoleptic test ( blind tasting ) which should assure its future quality and reputation , whatever figures are found in the regulation books . Enemies and disorders of the vine With the advent of numerous chemical sprays to combat various disorders and pests , the greatest hazard facing the vine in Champagne today is frost .
Idiom: to a turn (used idiomatically: yes)
Do you know what happened to us last night ? ' These also defend the speaker against refusal and save time , by determining whether to continue . If a right to a longer turn is obtained its ending must also be signalled so that the other participants know it is finished and a contribution from them will not be construed as an interruption . Such signals may include pauses , particular kinds of laughter , and particular filler words like ' Anyway … ' or ' So … ' . This brings us to another sequence of turns : the peculiar mechanisms of closing a conversation .
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
If you wo n't be bored?’ It was a little flirtatious , she admitted that . But pleasing men was second nature to Eloise . She smiled and she lifted her eyelids at a man in a way that conveyed how attractive and interesting he was . It was a harmless habit and besides , she liked Peter Müller .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Off the field he takes the inevitable acclaim and adulation in his stride . He said : ‘ To be honest it 's nice that people recognise your achievements . ‘ But at the end of the day you have to go out and prove yourself , or else it counts for nothing , especially in a hurling mad county like Kilkenny . ‘ Here you 're only as good as your last game , and really that 's the way it should be . ’ The phrase level-headed could have been coined with Carey in mind .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
' I 'm a dedicated movie - goer . ' ' What 's he doing there ? ' ' Lying low . Very low . Almost invisibly low .
Idiom: lend an ear (used idiomatically: yes)
The first thing he 'll do is help them . Whatever the occasion , whether it be over coffee or in a contentious meeting , the Profitboss goes out of his way to assist his colleagues . He finds time for them , always being prepared to lend a sympathetic ear or give some friendly confidential advice . The Profitboss values the team he works with , values the contribution each member makes to profit . He 'll never get in the way of this , never complaining that " things are too difficult " , never creating barriers in the way of helping them .
Idiom: high as a kite (used idiomatically: yes)
and I yeah I went two months and he give me right , they 're called they 're yellow like round tablets they are , like an aspirin but they 're yellow right ? Yeah . He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . Even my heart was racing and I was frightened This is what I 'm getting all the time yeah .
Idiom: full of beans (used idiomatically: yes)
We passed one mansion with its own swimming pool and wide lawns , which cost £ 30,000 to build in 1965 . Its owner is an African millionaire who owns a fleet of buses . In one nursery school there were 150 children , gaily dressed and full of beans . Their parents pay $ 8.00 a term ( about £ 5.00 ) to have them looked after by smart African ladies . The average wage is said to be about $ 25.00 a month .
Idiom: fair game (used idiomatically: yes)
The rapping is almost exactly like the chanty parts of Cube 's own albums , offering nothing of the intimacy of ‘ Dead Homiez’ from Cube 's ‘ Kill At Will’ . There are flaws : ‘ Lenchmob Also In Tha Group’ is a total waste of time , and ‘ Guerillas In Tha Mist’is an idea already sued twice . ‘ Ankle Blues’ is musically perfect and lyrically revolting , assuming that all white people are fair game and that they all love John Lennon — the ultimate insult . Ranged against those aberrations are ‘ Lost In Tha System’ , ‘ Nut Sac’ and the call - to - arms of ‘ Freedom Got An AK’ . There are , of course , plenty of swear words for those that collect them .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's more fun and is likely to be done more regularly if you share your exercise sessions with a neighbour or friend . Anyone who has difficulty in getting down to the floor and up is safer exercising on a firm mattress . If you can not get out and about , you can continue to be active , either doing housework or gardening ( there are aids to help disabled gardeners ) or doing exercises suggested by the health visitor , district nurse or doctor . Simply tightening muscles , and putting all the joints through a full range of movements , from toes to neck , will help anyone who is chairbound . Healthy eating and drinking
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: no)
Florrie Tremayne went on regardless : ‘ And poor old Alfred with his shop ; he 'd wanted to be a doctor , a GP , plodding along in some backwater for forty years , supported by a sufficient number of loyal patients who hung on his words and swallowed his medicines with no fuss . Instead , he had to settle for a chemist 's shop , and though he still tried to behave like a doctor , it did n't work . To make a living he had to sell things over the counter - like his brother.’ Lucy Lane said : ‘ But apart from that there was a sort of tragedy in his life — at least he saw it as one.’ Florrie looked at the girl .
Idiom: lift a finger (used idiomatically: yes)
I had a right to know , a right!’ In her rage , she leapt up and pummelled at his unresisting chest , hot tears flowing down her flushed cheeks till his cold , emotionless face was a blur . After a while she realised she 'd been beating at him with her fists hard enough to hurt and yet he had n't lifted a finger to stop her . A little ashamed of losing her self - control so completely , she dashed a hand across her eyes and glared up at him . ‘ Carry on .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
As always with KEF , the installation booklets for both the 103/4 and the KUBE are exemplary , models of clarity and good , sensible advice on such topics as positioning , amplifier requirements , wiring up , system fine - tuning and so on . Although the dealer would normally advise on all of this , the routine described is pretty well foolproof . Doubly foolproof in a way , since the 103/4 is , as I had been led to expect from someone in whose ears I have complete trust , one of the most ‘ out - of - thebox’ loudspeakers that I have had the pleasure to use — one can be very quickly up and running with it and feel only the need to make relatively small adjustments to positioning and so on in due course as listening progresses ; such changes with this loudspeaker result in subtle rather than profound modifications to the sound . Two things made an immediate impact . The first was the very complete , ‘ whole’ tonal balance .
Idiom: to a T (used idiomatically: yes)
Nah ! That 's what I mean , they 're the only ones that , you know wanted them to see it really . That is our Eileen to a T ! I could murder her ! I could honestly !
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
If someone got the pendulum , gave it a flick Yeah . and it went all the way round , no problem there . Two pi R. But it does n't , it just does Is it forty thirty degrees ?
Idiom: no laughing matter (used idiomatically: yes)
REALIST Co. Antrim . No laughing matter Mary Kelly and family hit the Manhattan in Belfast 's Bradbury Place ANY parent will tell you that eating out with children under three years old is not the most relaxing experience in the world . The general aim is to pick something that wo n't take long , get them fed quickly and get them out without their inflicting any major damage .
Idiom: have a cow (used idiomatically: yes)
So after about a couple of bouts , I thought , alright , and it suddenly dawned on me I did n't know how to stop the tractor . So that was that . The next farm in place and that was dairy cattle , I had five cows to milk then by hand , but only in the morning . The rest of the time I was with the tractor and general farm work , you see . I lived in the farmhouse , he was a tyrant , gosh , he was a tyrant .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's almost impossible to put him down in the tackle , and there are few players about who you an say that . You saw that when he came on against Scotland . He had his hands on the ball three times in one spilling maul . At the line - out he 's not the tallest or the springiest jumper , but yet again he gets his hands on the ball , snapping up all the ricochets . However , Richards is a reactive rather than proactive player .
Idiom: give someone the eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Elizabeth Taylor remembers that brief encounter too . ' My first impression was that he was rather full of himself , ' she says . ' I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ' He left alone as he had arrived . Sybil had gone on ahead to London a week or so before .
Idiom: cut and thrust (used idiomatically: yes)
It was not until the crisis of late August 1939 , when the Nazi - Soviet pact was announced , clearly foreshadowing the impending attack on Poland , that the Labour Party and the movement at large shook off its hostility to the government at least to the extent of supporting , and in the crisis of early September demanding , an early declaration of war . The Labour leaders refused to join a reconstituted War Cabinet under Neville Chamberlain 's premiership , for party divisions were still acute : but , with the Liberals , Labour accepted an electoral truce whereby the main parties undertook to refrain from opposing the candidate of any retiring member 's party at by - elections occasioned during the war . This in no way limited the cut - and - thrust of political disagreement . In the winter of 1939–40 pacifist feeling was still strong inside the Labour Party , and it was reinforced by the anti - war attitude of the Communists and ' crypto - Communists ' , the latter being Labour Party members who , whether under Communist Party instructions or not , consistently supported Communist policies without openly joining the Communist Party . When Soviet troops invaded Finland in November 1939 , for instance , there was widespread sympathy in Britain for the latest victims of aggression ; but D. N. Pritt , although a member of the Labour Party National Executive , attempted to justify the role of the Russians .
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
' So how do we begin the fight ? ' ' We do n't . You can make expensive legal waves , look for caveats , but in the end it 'll be the same . You have shopping malls in Richmond and Clapham . A development site on the Isle of Dogs , the 1974 Offshore Trust , the 1983 Offshore Trust . '
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
You could take home just a few to cut open and look for the young larva or larvae , as in some types of gall there is always more than one larva , each in its own separate section . If the galls are fully grown , cut off the twig or stem and wrap its cut end in cotton - wool or paper tissue that has been soaked in water . Then seal it in a plastic bag to take home . If you find galls on garden weeds you can use a trowel to transfer the plant to a pot of soil . At home , place the plant in a cage , made like the one in the drawing .
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's been with Data General Corp , Via Systems Inc and Digital Equipment Corp. COMPUTERVISION CHIEF SHIELDS HAS TO CARRY THE CAN FOR POOR PERFORMANCE John Shields , chief executive of Bedford , Massachusetts - based Computervision Corp since 1990 , has been made to carry the can for the company 's disappointing reflotation last summer , and has been fired after losing the confidence of its board of directors . He is succeeded by Russell Planitzer , the company 's chairman and the leader of the buyout group that has struggled since acquiring the former parent , Prime Computer Inc in 1989 . The board said its actions were based on ‘ a wide range of factors including financial results that are below the board 's expectations.’
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: no)
The data are inherently scattered , vague and imprecise , and the data sources are many and varied . [ Fahey & Narayanan ( 1986 ) ] My contention is that the prime reason for this situation — in the publicly available data domain — is the failure of librarians and information scientists to get a proper grip on the overall problem and to take effective measures to solve it . It ought to be possible to get to a position where we can say with regard to a specific query : ' These are the most inherently valuable sources available worldwide ' about ' that subject . ' Even such an apparently simple thing as better training in reference enquiry work can reap immense benefits .
Idiom: talk shop (used idiomatically: yes)
In its defence , X / Open says it has already identified how and where OLTP products need to interface , though it does n't specify them and would n't put a timeframe on when the first X / Open - branded OLTP product would be available . Technical and requirement members get voting rights , OSF membership ‘ still a problem’ The new tiers of membership , which become available this month , are intended to add some teeth to the X / Open 's existing system vendor , independent software vendor and user councils , described by X / Open chief technical officer Mike Lambert as pure ‘ talking shops.’ Now , each member at the Technical or Requirements level — be they shareholder , vendor , ISV or user — will get to cast a single vote in the respective workgroups . The new categories are intended to complement , not supersede the councils , and to give participants the chance to influence future X / Open specifications .