Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Extradition case By BY SIMON MIDGLEY , Education Reporter A man on the run from Crumlin Road prison , Belfast , was ordered to be extradited from the Irish Republic . Justice Desmond Windle ordered at Dublin District Court that Anthony Gerard Sloan , 35 , from Summerville Drive , Belfast , who is serving 20 years for possession of an M-60 machine gun , be handed over to the RUC at the Co Louth border . Sloan has 15 days to appeal .
Idiom: jump the gun (used idiomatically: yes)
There is no indication that the Labour party would meet it . Mr. Julian Brazier ( Canterbury ) Does my right hon . Friend agree that , although I welcome the economic measures to assist the Soviet Union — granted , as he rightly says , because of the courage of President Yeltsin in implementing his reforms — the other side of the coin is that it would have been a terrible mistake if we had jumped the gun and granted the assistance before the reforms were implemented ? It is unlikely that Boris Yeltsin would be implementing those reforms if we had jumped the gun , as the Opposition wanted . The Prime Minister
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
I was able to stand alongside Jack and offer some advice . He had been moving his body slightly as he came into the shot , and the club head was being thrown slightly off line . After half an hour or so he was happy that the fault had been corrected — for the time being . I reached one of my favourite pubs in Barnes at nine o'clock . It is one of the few pubs in London where the landlord and his staff have mastered the art of pulling a really good pint of bitter : one with a creamy head which lasts right down the glass .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh my god ! Look at all this stuff . I 'm pissed off with that thing stuck up me nose . Ah . I 'll take them to work .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
I said yeah , nobody bloody want 's us do they , that 's why . . They all realised they 've got there own life to lead Mm and that she will not let them call their soul their own . well it 's like Elly , you know , I mean even she said she 's , I can really see , she said I even said it in an argument the other day , cos none of them could see at the time
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
If the historian has been attempting to seek the truth , such work should have breadth and balance . However , not all historians set out with this purpose . A British historian writing in 1900 may have written under the influence of a glorious Empire , or ardent early socialism . An historian writing today , in a country where truth is influenced by ideology , will not write objectively . At the most extreme , consider how History was written in Orwell 's " 1984 " .
Idiom: chew the cud (used idiomatically: no)
And when you were carrying it on your back into the sheds for the cattle , the juice would be would be soaking through the bags . Your back would be soaking wet . It was not very healthy food erm we gave up doing that because er as you know cattle , they chew their cud . Well they like to cut their food in their own length , and roll it into balls in their mouth and then they can er regurge it up and chew it . Well with this stuff , they could n't do that and then they they they their stomach used to get compacted the they they they could n't er could n't er get their cud up and caused a lot of stomach trouble .
Idiom: down at heel (used idiomatically: yes)
Not to mention the informative highlights programme at the end of each match day . What do we get during the Five Nations , which in itself is one of the great institutions of British sport ? We get down at heel match coverage , slotted into Grandstand . Yes , we do get Rugby Special on a Sunday , at a time when most of the rugby fraternity are spending time recovering from the previous day 's actions , catching up with family life and preparing the next week 's work . I think we 'd all like to see a highlights programme the same night as the match , when emotion is still running high .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
But there is still considerable room for manoeuvre . A straw in the wind will be who is appointed to an important new quango that will control university funding , the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council . If , when the list of members is handed down from the St Andrew 's House — Scotland 's Whitehall — it contains a majority of business people , it will be a message from the government that Scotland is not ready for consensus . It will also be an opportunity missed . Scotland 's health boards
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd hate her to suffer , because of you.’ Dr Reid 's bungalow — half a mile or so up the hill — was a house of character , a real home , filled with the personality of the man himself . This was hard to pinpoint , for as a doctor he was , to say the least of it , a sloppy , unorthodox dresser — a fact echoed by his large airy living - room , with its couple of ceiling fans , lazily turning . I had the impression that there were hands anxious to tidy up , but never succeeding . Large armchairs , with loose covers , looked comfortable , but when I sat in one it had a broken spring .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
The fruits of the YCCC group seeking to make connections with Highlander were almost immediate . Highlander was able to put the YCCC in touch with other community groups in the mountains which had a wide variety of similar experiences of toxic waste dumping in their communities . The rugged topography of the region , the sheer scale of the distances involved , and the fact that each community by - and - large had come to regard their problems as being unique to themselves , had served to significantly play - down the magnitude of the problem of toxic waste dumping . Simply by putting relatively isolated community groups together Highlander is able to convey a sense of purpose to these groups which springs from the confidence gained by the realisation that their problems are not confined to themselves , nor in most cases caused by any deficiency or fault of their own , but are rather due to outside forces of oppression which are also being used against other people in other communities . Sharing the problem at once halves it , reduces the feeling of victimisation , and helps to establish the larger dimensions of what had previously been regarded as a local problem .
Idiom: come out in the wash (used idiomatically: yes)
But first I shall be consulting my solicitors , the League Managers ' Association and suing the club for unfair dismissal , without a shadow of doubt . ‘ It will make great listening at an industrial tribunal . Everything will come out in the wash , and Flashman will deserve it all . ’ Fry feared the worst when he arrived for training yesterday morning to find his wife had called him three times already . Mrs Kirstine Fry had suffered the misfortune to open a registered letter from the increasingly unpopular Flashman , dismissing her husband and outlining six reasons why he had to go .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: no)
He insists that boots with reinforced soles and crampons are as essential on steeper icy slopes as is an ice axe . ‘ When you go on to a slope with hard snow and ice which is relatively steep then you need stiff sole boots which have an iron bar under the rubber,’ he said . ‘ This lets you kick into the snow and get a grip unlike summer boots or bendy - sole boots.’ He added that two of the Mayo family which his team found were wearing ‘ bendy boots’ and there was only one ice axe between them , even though they had strayed on to a climbing route . Yet donning even the best equipment will be of little use without the training to use it properly .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Even when you arrived tonight,’ he told her , ‘ I could n't see which way the wind was blowing . I decided I 'd have to tell you how I felt after the wedding when I thought you might be feeling more moved to accept advances from a Bluebeard . But as soon as I set eyes on you all rational thought deserted me . My carefully wrought control collapsed … as you 've just witnessed!’ He ran velvet fingers up and down her bare shoulder .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: no)
( Despite the claims of some sixteenth - century kabbalistic masters , most people get just one bite at the cherry of human life . ) Second , she has not only cleaned up her act , she seems to have adopted a remarkably apt late twentieth - century camouflage : from Baltic peasant to stereotypical dyke 's delight is a transition not normally catered for in those women 's magazines that offer readers new looks for new lifestyles . Third , she claims to have authorisation from Mephistco to boot me off the assignment . The first two of these little surprises , just possibly , have credible explanations . But the last ?
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
McLean 's summation was nothing if not accurate . They had chances to regain control at 2 - 1 , the best when O'Donnell fired tamely past after a sweeping end - to - end move but Motherwell 's composure had already gone . Even before Thistle scored , Sammy Johnston had the ball in the Motherwell net , but was ruled offside . Motherwell failed to heed the warning , and paid the penalty . Perhaps they should also pay the psychologist .
Idiom: second childhood (used idiomatically: yes)
That one missed us . His later childhood , I should say ; not his second childhood — that he evaded by dying — and his first was Manchester . But out there in the bush , from the age of ten ,
Idiom: act of God (used idiomatically: yes)
He waved his hands despondently . ‘ Who knows?’ he sighed . ‘ Perhaps it was an act of God.’ I got up , washed , dressed , and Benjamin and I went down the great sweeping wooden staircase . We heard raised voices from the main hall but Benjamin insisted that we first walk out on to the porchway and take the morning air .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Another point there size and equipment of kitchen and dining room . It would be no good putting together menu and arranging to do two thousand covers if you 've got spacing for twenty persons , would it ? By the same token , if your equipment is small pieces of equipment then you would not have the facility to do a large volume of meals . If you think of it in relationship to the size of your cooker at home and the size of the convection ovens in the eighth floor kitchen or in they 're much larger and therefore you are more able to cook volume . It 's alright .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't know what you think 's going to come of it . Riding for a fall , I 'd say . ' She rang the bell , and there he was , suffused in the warm golden light of the hall , his sleeves rolled up , pushing that silver forelock back from his eyes . There was the smell of meat roasting . They both spoke at once : cries of welcome from him , apologies for lateness from her ( she was , by sixteen minutes ) .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
In such a situation it is sometimes possible using very simple stimuli to dissociate the effects of stimulus - response compatibility from those due to eye - hand connections ( Berlucchi , Crea , Di Stefano and Tassinari , 1977 ) but the relevance of the different anatomical pathways in situations employing more complex stimuli is doubtful . Generally speaking , therefore , difficulties of interpretation in this area mean that very rarely does the tachistoscopic paradigm allow any firm conclusion to be drawn as to whether an observed inferiority of one half field of vision is due to time or information loss during callosal transfer and/or to less efficient processing by the contralateral hemisphere . Nonetheless any differences in some aspect of the responses made by subjects to stimuli presented in left and right visual fields may plausibly be attributed , in the absence of more compelling alternative explanations , to differences of one kind or another between left and right cerebral hemispheres , at least where a visual field effect clearly over - rides the effect of stimulus - response compatibility factors ( e.g. Anzola , Bertolini , Buchtel and Rizzolatti , 1977 ) and/or procedures to counterbalance the effect of the responding hand are incorporated into the experimental design . Although this review has so far concentrated on those findings which reveal most clearly opposite visual hemifield superiorities for verbal and non - verbal ( especially visuo - spatial ) stimuli it is impossible for one familiar with work in this field not to be struck by the lability of the laterality effects reported ( Cohen , 1982 ) . Failures to replicate results are common .
Idiom: go to ground (used idiomatically: no)
' What 's the point of all this lying ? ' She came over and sat on the bed beside him . ' Did you go to the recreation ground , or to the shops , or back to Hill View to play with Barry ? ' Philip shook his head . She must be mad if she thought he 'd do that , go anywhere near Barry .
Idiom: streets ahead (used idiomatically: yes)
— GIBBS GOSSIP SPAIN 'S STREETS AHEAD GARTH GIBBS HERE 'S further bad news for the Beeb 's soap , Eldorado , reeling in the ratings : Granada have just sold Coronation Street to the Spanish .
Idiom: on the double (used idiomatically: yes)
Mural unveiled : A large - scale mural design at a Hartlepool restaurant is to be unveiled on May 20 . The mural by artist Oscar Romp is painted on the double gable end of the Il Ponte restaurant , Northgate , Headland , and is designed to act as a celebratory entrance piece to the Headland area of the town . Bowls chance : Teenagers have the chance to learn to play outdoor bowls with a new season of courses organised by Hartlepool Council .
Idiom: knock it off (used idiomatically: yes)
What 's wrong with it ? Ge get it out on the hanger that 's it ! Do n't knock it off ! Bring it over . St. Michaels , oh yeah !
Idiom: odd one out (used idiomatically: yes)
So briefly , it was started in the er , late sixties early seventies , companies with over a thousand employees which had their member states er , at least nine hundred of them at the moment that particular covering at least thirteen point six million people . Well this is growing all the time due to mergers and takeovers . At the moment they 're just a voluntary body , but it looks as though works councils will become mandatory for eleven of the twelve states in the E C , with the implementation very soon of the European Social Works Council Directive , Britain as usual being the odd one out , because of course it 's part of the Social Chapter . Gillian Shepherd told other E C Ministers Wally , Wally I 'm sorry to interrupt you , colleagues , you 're starting to babble a bit , I know you all want to get to the European Fair and the wine and the cheese and all that sort of thing just bear with us for about ten minutes .
Idiom: leave no stone unturned (used idiomatically: yes)
It is important that a lawyer should leave no stone unturned even on minor points and harp on the same subject to achieve a break through in an impasse .
Idiom: never say die (used idiomatically: yes)
It is the stuff from which social history , and columns a century hence , are made . Eldon Lane is a half a street away from Coundon Grange : in the age of innocence , cub reporting and beer at 1/9d a pint , it was the column 's regular beat . They were also the days of a community serial killer called Category D , and of Eldra the never - say - die Eldon Lane and District Redevelopment Association . We remember well its prime movers : Charlie Hopper , the gallant sub - postmaster ; Tom Robson who had the paper shop in Low Deanery Street ; Bob Jackson whose family business described itself still does as a ‘ lifetime furnisher.’ Maybe we thought they had n't a cat in hell 's , or in Coundon 's .
Idiom: touch wood (used idiomatically: yes)
You 've got no worries have you?naughty girl have you ? . Touch wood . Touch wood . No . Once .
Idiom: make short work of (used idiomatically: yes)
Tune in to … BBC Gardeners ' World , on Fridays at 8.30pm ( repeated on Tuesday , 5.30pm ) where Geoff Hamilton passes on more organic gardening advice from Barnsdale every week Geoff 's Barnsdale buddies make short work of kitchen waste Wildlife will grace your garden more often with this cotinus Organic advice
Idiom: true blue (used idiomatically: yes)
What is also clear is that the miners ' strike left deep ideological scars . Just as much as there is little trust left among many miners for government commitment to their industry , so there remains a deep - seated hatred for the miners among Conservative politicians . Arthur Scargill is just as much the devil incarnate to the true blue supporter now as he was in the front line at Orgreave Colliery . When government ministers talked during the mid-1980s about their justification for nuclear power , it nearly always included a catalogue of fearful threats which started with OPEC and ended with Scargill . In fact , apart from industrial disputes , the nuclear industry 's pessimistic predictions about supplies of fossil fuels have been proved wrong in practice .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
At the time I thought she was keen for me to do my bit to help others but I 've since found out that while I was getting a prick in my arm she was ( I know what you 're thinking ) getting some peace and quiet . When I walked into that church hall I was unaware of what was to come next . After reading the notice about all the nasty sexual diseases under the sun which I should n't have had,(back then , Aids meant things you stuck in your ears or what mum kept in her bedroom drawer ) this rather butch looking nurse pricked my thumb with what looked like an elaborate stapler . After she had squeezed blood out of me and squirted it into little bottles , she said ‘ Thank you very much’— I thought ‘ That was n't so bad’ and was halfway out the door when a nurse redirected me to a bed and rolled up my sleeve . My heart was pounding and realisation sank in when I saw the needle being prepared to go into MY arm .
Idiom: peaches and cream (used idiomatically: no)
5 Serve with baked tomatoes stuffed with grated cheese and breadcrumbs and a salad of shredded cabbage , sliced celery , chopped carrot , onion , sultanas , chopped apricots and chives . PEACH AND REDCURRANT ICE CREAM Serves 4 Cost : £ 2.40
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
JH : What are you working on at present , and are there any particular musical Everests left to climb ? AB : Most recently I have been playing Brahms 's 2nd Concerto a great deal after a break of several years . That started a whole new chain of experiences , both sorting out the piece from scratch all over again , and finding out how to cope with such a monumental work technically without ruining my physique ( I am not quite as young as I was ) ! It gave me great pleasure to play it with Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Proms , and in Salzburg , Lucerne , Berlin , and Japan . The CD should be out any day !
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
John received a hi - fi system and a picture of an African scene from the Company . 50 years combined service Fellow colleagues were surprised , to say the least ! Only six weeks after their first date , proposed and they were married at nearby Bridgenorth in October followed by a honeymoon in Singapore and Penang . We wish them well in the future .
Idiom: lead someone up the garden path (used idiomatically: yes)
Luckily the boatman does n't know them all,’ he muttered . ‘ That 's not funny!’ she said jerkily . ‘ Talk about leading me up the garden path ! Every time I turn a corner , your secrets come out and pounce on me . What 's so important about concealing your title from me?’
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Even so , integrated management can reduce the farmer 's reliance on pesticides . He can time an application of a pesticide more accurately to ensure that the cost of pesticide is justified by the increase in yields , use more selective chemicals , and apply the minimum dosages needed . Such careful spraying can go hand in hand with long - established techniques such as crop rotation , and planting resistant varieties . But for IPM to become a reality our scientific understanding of pests must be transmitted to the man in the field ; IPM demands sophisticated techniques for decision - making and management . Subsistence peasant agriculture and highly mechanised intensive farming are two extremes in agricultural development which present quite different problems for integrated pest management .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
The dog was watering the delphiniums and I was on my knees and elbows , bottom in the air , trying to push the ashtray in from a different angle , in the hope he would n't notice it , when the garden gate creaked open — it was the postman . The dog whipped round and shot off to greet his friend , and I was left lying prostrate with a damp ashtray . ‘ Caught you on the hop this morning!’ said Postie . Caught me bending was nearer the mark . He stared at the ashtray .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
She had kept herself to herself . Owen had the impression that this was the first time for her , as it certainly was n't for the other two . From what they said , she had shrunk into a shell from the moment she had got on board , going off by herself whenever she could . ‘ And that was why she was on the upper deck that night?’ asked Owen . ‘ Yes .
Idiom: lose the plot (used idiomatically: yes)
With the Kulak path , some members of the peasantry adapt successfully to the market system , thus becoming relatively wealthy , while other peasants only become impoverished , so creating internal social differentiation within the peasantry . The wealthy become capitalist farmers , often employing the poor whose impoverishment leads to the loss of their land . The Junker path involves the increasing proletarianisation of the peasantry , who lose their plots to encroaching landlords ( for a more detailed discussion of Kulak and Junker paths , see de Janvry 1981 ) . Pearse identifies the same process as the Kulak path when he shows how the incorporative drive draws out what he calls the progressive element among the peasantry ( Pearse 1975 ) . A small number are able to manipulate the new situation because they are able to get credit , to establish good terms of trade with middlemen and to generally come to terms with the different conditions .
Idiom: give someone the slip (used idiomatically: yes)
Runaway danger man is recaptured A PSYCHIATRIC patient who escaped while on trial for murder was recaptured yesterday . Schizophrenic Clive Wells was appearing at the Old Bailey accused of killing a 63-year - old man when he gave specialist nurses the slip . The ' extremely dangerous ' man was caught in east London . Jury watch Spitfire pilot 's death plunge
Idiom: same difference (used idiomatically: yes)
And I bought it . Mm . Same difference . So how ? Have we used it all ?
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
that Eh ? Neither here nor there . Well you could have gone sort of like round the Rainbow and that way on . That 's what I meant .
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: no)
Voice over Golf the sport 's everyone 's getting interested in these days , there are all sorts among the spectators for the players there 's added interest this year . Places are up for grabs for the Solheim cup challenge against the USA , the ladies equivalent of the Ryder Cup . In this tournament so far , Italy 's Stefania Croce looks like the one to watch . She 's back in the clubhouse heading the leader board 7 under .