Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: no)
Unaware that the first tightening tugs on the net around her family 's attackers had begun , Chrissie Stone arrived back at the house at six that same evening , the boot of her small car loaded with supermarket supplies . She parked outside the garage and turned off the engine . As she went round to the boot she saw the furtive movement in one of Mrs Aldiss 's bedroom windows . Busybody , she thought . It had not occurred to her that the snooping might have been on a more professional level .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Full - length games are edited down to show the highlights in a way which sometimes irritates the purist . The subtleties of the contest — running off the ball , watching an individual contest between two players rather than following the ball around through the camera lens — may be sacrificed but these failings have not deterred the audience . The football authorities have debated endlessly about the impact of these changes on their game . Clearly television is not the only reason for falling gates — affluence and a consequently greater variety of choice in entertainment , a desire to participate in physical exercise rather than watch , hooliganism , suburban family - centredness , and feminism are other factors all pulling more or less in the direction of declining live attendance . Banning TV coverage might lose important revenues without bringing back the crowds .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
Assisting with the creation of a viable payments union in the area that used to be described as the Soviet Union would be the single most important contribution that the Twelve could make to that unstable and dangerous part of the world . By stabilising that part of the world , we would be making our contribution as a building block to better world monetary arrangements which will be important once the ecu is a means of exchange and a currency that can look the yen and the dollar in the face . As my right hon . Friend the Prime Minister has said many times , we should work as hard as we can in the heart of Europe to lead our partners away from the cause of Euro - dirigism and Euro - protectionism , which if allowed to develop under the influence of Madame Cresson and such people would render the entire Community less competitive in global markets and blight the prospects of the developing countries to the south and east of the existing Community . Once we have incorporated the Maastricht treaty into our law — presumably , as my right hon . Friend the Prime Minister said , in the first Session of the new Parliament — we must press on in the second half of 1992 , when we have the presidency of the Community , to set out more clearly our vision of a common European future . In this brief speech , it is not appropriate for me to attempt that task but I shall give the House three examples of the sort of arrangements for which the Government should press in the second half of 1992 when we have an opportunity to carry them forward .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: no)
The Great River was the highway for many towns and villages ; the only highway that was still safe . The horses of the company were making the most of their rest . Their wounds had healed and they were in full flesh again , frisking by the riverbank when they were disembarked to graze . On the fourth evening of their waterborne journey they tied up at a place which had thickets of hazel and birch growing near the water . The ground was boggy underfoot , though there was grass in abundance between the trees .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . No wonder he 's pushing it through doors he do n't want to come within gate . I hope they get to bottom of it . Well I 'm fed up with lying .
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: yes)
Mhm . But it 's not going to be the answer to the problem . How does it make you feel , the fact that er the way that areas such as Complex have gone downhill ? How does it make you feel as a person human consequence . It makes me sad , it makes me angry and erm I do n't know erm what other feelings it causes in me .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Short term measures include improved routes for buses on the city 's main radial roads , traffic calming , investigating park and ride facilities , as well as Scottish Office proposals to extend the M8 to the City Bypass , a northern bypass of Dalkeith , and dualling the A1 . There are also plans to upgrade the rail system with a new station at Wallyford , and sites for new stations will be safeguarded elsewhere . In the longer term , provided finance becomes available , the Plan proposes a new Light Rapid Transit system to eventually run east to west and north to south across the city . In the meantime , the Plan will safeguard the routes . Other safeguarded longer term schemes include Scottish Office proposals for a second Forth Road Bridge and other improvements to main roads .
Idiom: ruffle someone's feathers (used idiomatically: yes)
However , wry humour was not a quality I detected in the lady . But back to our conversation . I tried to reason but succeeded only in further ruffling her feathers . ‘ Who told you that you could buy a coffin from us?’ she demanded . I told her ; I could almost feel the bristles down the phone .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
The RSA 's records lists forty - eight paintings and watercolours exhibited by JTR from 1865–1886 . I have still to find one . Of all JTR 's contemporary Brother Brushes the one that has stood the test of time in not just an historical context is William McTaggart . He was the son of an Argyll crofter and although mainly concerned with landscape and seascape he was the first Scottish artist in the 1890s to place people in that landscape without sentimentality . JTR was not around to see the beginnings of political comment in Scottish art ; his life took a new path far removed from the galleries and drawing rooms of artistic Edinburgh .
Idiom: touch wood (used idiomatically: no)
Japlac is a high gloss lacquer which produces a mirror-like finish that leaves ordinary paints looking lacklustre in comparison . Its hard , shiny finish means it not only looks smart , but withstands knocks , bumps and scrapes . It is easy to apply and can be used on wood or metal , inside or out , and its quick-drying formulation means it is touch-dry in two hours and ready for over-coating in six . Japlac complies with BS 5665 Part 3 1989 and the European Toy Safety Standard EN71 Part 3 1988 , enabling you to give an exceptionally glossy finish to toys , nursery furniture , climbing frames , and indeed any surface where the safety of a child is of tantamount importance . The 300ml aerosol dispenser is ozone-friendly and CFC free .
Idiom: for my money (used idiomatically: no)
Oh yeah , real snobby oh , aye ! Jammy tike ! Oh , better make space for my money , what ! Nine . Yeah , wa watch her she 's a , she 's in charge of the fun
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Joyce wrote a lot about Dublin , but unfortunately never said anything nice.’ Staring straight ahead at the road before him , the driver went on talking , telling me of his boyhood ambition to be a footballer and of the Mafia - like behaviour of the modern IRA . As he spoke , his language grew rougher and rougher , as if a Jekyll and Hyde transformation were taking effect . When he turned towards me at Dun Laoghaire , he looked the complete tearaway . I swear his nose had n't been broken when I first stepped into the car !
Idiom: rough and tumble (used idiomatically: yes)
We seemed to be peeing more than we could possibly have drunk . Stuart gave a little embarrassed cough , as if to say , ‘ Do n't know about you , but I 'm not even halfway there.’ It seemed the moment to enquire into the planned whereabouts of the hymeneal rough - and - tumble . But all I got in reply was a squinty smirk and the hiss of piss . ‘ No , really,’ I insisted a minute or so later , as I laundered my fingers and Stuart needlessly scraped a fetid plastic comb over his cranium , ‘ where are you going ?
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
For employees at all three sites have scooped some of the biggest - ever awards for their bright ideas to boost efficiency . earning themselves a place in the ‘ BNFL Book of records’ are Sellafield 's & names . And name ; and name ; both benefit to the tune of £ 5,000 or more . Coincidentally , two of the men came up with improvements concerning pumps . His other suggestions were in respect of a chemical pump and an air pump .
Idiom: in your face (used idiomatically: yes)
the first erm hump you go over it 's just a little one toilet Robert ? like that , whoop and then the second one you go whoop and down a bit and it 's , all the water splashes you in your face and that 's the same with the fi third one . Sprains your back does it ? And then the
Idiom: third time lucky (used idiomatically: yes)
CHAPTER EIGHT They sat in the car for a few minutes without speaking . ‘ Do you think it might be third time lucky?’ Juliet said finally in a hesitant voice . ‘ Are you discouraged already?’ asked David .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
He did not turn in at the door of number thirty - seven , however . After what had happened , quite a different destination seemed appropriate . Two hours later , full of beer and bravado , Harry contemplated a reflection of himself in the mirror behind the bar of the Glue pot Inn and calculated that , even when sobriety had returned to drain away his courage , he would not change his mind . If Roy and Charlie Mallender had hoped to frighten him , they had succeeded . But they had also demonstrated , by their eagerness to deflect him from it , that his was no fool 's errand .
Idiom: jump the queue (used idiomatically: yes)
His Christian name is Gerry . MIKE HOOPER is ready to answer Graeme Souness ' call to keep Spartak Moscow at bay tonight . Liverpool 's third choice keeper is set to jump queue ahead of David James and make his first appearance of the season in the absence of the suspended Bruce Grobbelaar . The Echo revealed yesterday how Reds ' boss Souness was considering whether to opt for Hooper 's experience in the Cup Winners ' Cup second round , second leg , knowing that in carrying a 4 - 2 defeat from Russia , his side can not afford to concede on home ground . Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line - up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
But experience has taught me that this is the rule of thumb that can be most profitably proposed and acted upon . I dare to go further : some of the most gifted and earnest among my contemporaries — I think of Edgar Dowers in the United States and Geoffrey Hill in the United Kingdom ( though I except Hill 's wonderful Mercian Hymns ) — fall short of pleasing me as they might , because they seem not to have followed this rule of thumb , and their language is habitually for my taste a shade , or several shades , too grandiloquent or ‘ literary’ . I conclude that Ford 's ‘ critical act’ was indeed ( by and large , always by and large ) the most important of the first half of this century , and that it is , moreover , irreversible . Sicily in The Cantos When was Pound in Sicily ?
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: no)
Right . Erm and the other aspect of course is when . We do like people to give us a commitment on the spot on on all of those three counts . Er when we have a training course for all of these companies . There 's no way we 're going to send people out er to sell advertising er particularly as the majority of people have never done that before .
Idiom: on the stump (used idiomatically: yes)
Her father stood behind her , sweating and beaming , and behind the bridegroom stood the Duke , tall and shaggy , holding a long pine branch covered with fresh green cones . The clusters of needles spread above the young couple 's heads like a canopy . Angus Cameron stood up on the oak stump which Donald used as a chopping - block , held out his hand to each part of the crowd as though drawing them into the circuit of the ceremony , and said , at first quietly , then gaining volume as he felt the truth of his words : ' Alexander McLaggan , Mary Stewart — you love each other , and must we d each other , and that is right and good . We all of us feel your happiness and we have come to celebrate it with you , and with your families . Alex — have you the ring ? '
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Because this is where we came in . The world may change , but somehow this vocabulary of complaints against declining standards and morals is immunised against change . And the ‘ golden age’ is there once more : glimmering in the distance , just out of sight , back over the next hill , twenty years ago , ‘ before the war’ . The Original Hooligans THE TRADITIONAL ‘ WAY OF LIFE’
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
The chub take slugs absolutely savagely , as though they have not fed for a week and their very lives depend on seizing that particular specimen . It is as though someone has swung an invisible sandbag at the rod , it curves over so fast and far , and so suddenly . Many times the chub take slugs so viciously they rip them clean off the hook , and the only thing you can do to improve matters is to thread the line through the full length of the slug with a baiting needle , attach the hook and pull it back so that one end of the slug is lying in the bend of the hook . Then pinch a small shot on the line at the other end to stop the slug from sliding up the line . Another effective way of catching summer chub is by fly fishing .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: yes)
A sudden realisation burnt into her mind like a brand . When they reached the bedroom there would be no Rosa tonight to protect her , to save her from herself . Frightened out of her wits , playing for time , Luce said in a voice that sounded thin and high , ‘ I 've been thinking , I 'd like to see your ancestors.’ ‘ Tomorrow,’ he promised , without pausing in his stride . ‘ Tonight,’ she insisted .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
After just six weeks , Rigby was playing her first gig behind Gedge and Solowka in a band called The Truth , who were obviously nothing to do with the chart group of the same name . The Truth played together almost solely during the early hours when they would return from the pub and thrash their instruments until sleep beckoned . Little progress was made and matters came to a head when Rigby told Gedge she wanted Solowka out of the band . She had known Solowka since infant school and thought he was often arrogant . Placed in this awkward position , Gedge stayed loyal to his long - standing girlfriend and asked Solowka to leave .
Idiom: breathe down someone's neck (used idiomatically: yes)
And the ideas were flowing . Like a woman inspired , she was dashing off design after design , as though nothing could stop her . Three days had passed before it suddenly struck Lisa that she had so far been spared her most dreaded aggravation — the aggravation of Alexander Vass constantly breathing down her neck . She had passed him once or twice , fleetingly , in the corridor , when all he had subjected her to was a brief ‘ good morning’ . And he had stopped her in the lobby once to enquire , ‘ How are things going ?
Idiom: streets ahead (used idiomatically: no)
Ooh nothing at all . That 's a shame is n't it ? blooming street ahead nearly . No , not quite . Well .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
In the early 19th century , however , new legislation inadvertently deprived the press of its fiscal advantages , and its publishing petered out , to be revived only after the Second World War . The university Senate announced that the press 's primary objective should be ‘ the publication of commercially unremunerative research work’ , a remit which its founding secretary , Archie Turnbull , jokingly paraphrased as ‘ losing money intelligently’ . A brilliant if at times eccentric leader , he built up the press from scratch into a respected publishing house , noted in particular for its work in the literary field , and in machine intelligence , now known as artificial intelligence . He developed an interest in archaeology , reputedly because this was what his daughter was studying at university ; whatever the spur , EUP was rivalled only by Cambridge University Press in this discipline . Despite the varied subject matter of EUP 's books , they shared a distinctive appearance , their covers designed by ex - bomber pilot George Mackie , head of design at Gray 's School of Art in Aberdeen .
Idiom: jump on the bandwagon (used idiomatically: yes)
Italy will show ' works of art of incalculable value ' . The Vatican 's pavilion will provide daily Mass … Jumping on the Expo 92 bandwagon does n't come cheap . Britain has spent well over £ 30 million — two - thirds of it on Nicholas Grimshaw 's pavilion . When the UK decided to be represented at Seville , Mrs Thatcher declared that Britain 's building should be ' quite the best ' .
Idiom: carrot and stick (used idiomatically: yes)
Expert skills may be related to the tangible , like bookbinding or open - heart surgery , or the more intangible , like negotiation or ability to analyse . Knowledge and skills are a valuable source of power that we can build on and develop . Using the carrot and the stick : we can get power through our ability to reward and punish others , to give them something or to take it away . When we are children we first experience this use of power by our parents . If you would like a business to help you with a charity appeal , the ' carrot ' of good publicity may get them to do so .
Idiom: writ large (used idiomatically: yes)
It is a particularly relevant question for those of us who , each season , must find fitness to pursue our sports . It can leave one hopelessly confused as new fitness fashions go in and out of vogue and you come into the orbit of different coaches . And notwithstanding the invariable belief of these coaches that their own programme - of - the - moment is writ large on a tablet just descended from Heaven , there are no absolutes about which kind of exercises are best to get you fit over a short period of time . There are , however , at least some parameters between which the training should fall . That repository of all sports science wisdom , the American College of Sports Medicine , recently re - released its position paper on how to achieve optimum physical fitness — making several changes from its 1978 study .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . KEN GOODWIN / Tewkesbury The 9 others in the dock face a combination of charges ranging from conspiracy to pervert the course of justice to assault . So many defendants have been squeezed into court that extra benches were needed to make one large dock . The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham .
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: yes)
Was it any more accurate , or just the load of mumbo - jumbo I said it was?’ Luke laughed deeply , turning away to stare out over the garden again . ‘ Only time will tell . Ask me again in a couple of months , Fran , and I 'll give you the answer then.’ Why did she have the feeling that he knew something she did n't ?
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , sir,’ he said . ‘ Shall we re - cap on what we know about Charlie Hatton?’ ‘ Thirty years old , born and bred in Kingsmarkham . Two years ago he got married to a Miss Lilian Bardsley , sister of the man he 's in business with . Bardsley 's got his own firm , transporting small electrical goods.’
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: no)
Many of us will know already that our brother Gary Kilpatrick left at the start of January to undertake a Discipleship Training School ( DTS ) with YWAM in Lausanne , Switzerland . I managed to corner Gary for 15 minutes during his going - away party and asked him to share something of his call from God . This may help someone who is struggling with God 's will for the future . It all started 2 years ago last October . Gary became aware of YWAM as an organisation and that God might be able to use him in that organisation .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
By the end of the nineteenth century London 's population was rising by an extra 100,000 inhabitants per annum . In Labour and Life of the People ( 1889–93 ) , his two - volume study of Londoners , Charles Booth wrote : The census returns show that when people left London they usually moved only short distances but that migrants into London came from all over the place . Compared with the rest of the country London 's population was relatively youthful . Differences between the various districts within the capital were , however , marked .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
Whilst the Electoral Register remains the most reliable means of confirming the name and address of a credit applicant , tens of thousands of names have disappeared from the Register in the last year . The Historic Voters Roll will address this problem by providing a mechanism to confirm the existence of any supplied address , irrespective of whether an elector is currently registered there . It will also confirm the identity of the applicant who , for whatever reason , does not appear on the electoral rolls . ' This service was introduced in direct response to the needs of our customer . Rising payment default levels have made it essential for lenders to confirm the accuracy of a credit applicant 's residential history ' , explained Mr McKiernan .
Idiom: play it safe (used idiomatically: yes)
It is not yet foredoomed that the world economy will undergo a substantial recession in the next three years or ~ so : we might still escape . But governments should play it safe by starting to take more steps now to cushion , soften , and shorten the period of high unemployment and slow or negative growth that now looks very likely . It is a fact of nature – human nature , at ~ least – that prudent and appropriate policies now will later seem excessive . At some point , the world economy will begin expanding rapidly again .
Idiom: a pretty penny (used idiomatically: yes)
McIllvanney was quite unmoved by my anger . ‘ Because if she ca n't make money from the senator 's charter,’ he went on , ‘ I was thinking of offering her a job or two on my own behalf . I mean , she 's an attractive girl , so she is , despite her ideas , and she could make a pretty penny out of her looks . Know what I mean?’ I knew exactly what he meant , and I felt a seething of anger at his suggestion .