Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
But , thanks to a combination of high interest rates on traditional deposit accounts over much of this period , coupled to a distinct lack of publicity for SAYE , it has been relegated to little more than a footnote in the long list of savings options . However , according to the Halifax Building Society , there has been a major surge in interest for SAYE of late , thanks to low interest rates . In a nutshell , SAYE is a regular savings scheme offered by just a few building societies which can be opened by anyone aged 16 or over . The rate of interest , in the shape of a tax - free bonus , is set by the Treasury . The investor can make a fixed investment of between £ 1 and £ 20 a month for five years and at the end of this term , interest is added as a tax - free bonus of 14 months ' savings .
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
Through our binoculars we focused on grey plover , curlew , redshank , dunlin , bar - tailed god wit . Black -tailed god wit we would see later , at the mouth of the River Clyst . As we had been warned , our progress was punctuated by the boat grinding to a halt where the water shallowed . Were we to be trapped there until high tide lifted us off ? No , each hitch was only temporary — and the few minutes of unplanned stillness was welcomed by photographers .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Right . Yes . I think he he had a heart attack recently . I think he is off of it now but I think he must be quite a leading light Yes yes .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
Many friendships have soured because the friend or neighbour has lost patience with the protracted repayment and starts becoming difficult to deal with . And never borrow money from a moneylender ( or specialist finance or credit company , as they are usually called ) who charges interest way above the odds , otherwise you will be paying off the debt over two years rather than fourteen months . The small print on the contracts is often confusing and you can end up paying more than you thought for longer than you anticipated . The main thing is to communicate with your creditors . Never evade their letters or telephone calls , it will only make them less amenable to your predicament .
Idiom: kicking and screaming (used idiomatically: yes)
PHOTOGRAPH : GRAHAM TURNER OVERNIGHT FILE Will patients or the computer industry benefit as the new NHS contract forces GPs into the micro - chip age ? . As Jane Feinman reports , for many doctors the technogical revolution is already proving a nightmare Kicking and screaming COMPUTERISATION has become an urgent problem for Britain 's 36,000 family doctors . Their new contracts , starting on April 1 , 1990 , are virtually unworkable without the use of information technology .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Er I ca n't say precisely leave it in the acid for so and so time . So we always this has always been the case for the four five hundred years that people have been doing etching , so they go by a rule of thumb . The rule of thumb is this when the first cluster of bubbles is fully formed , sweep them away with a bird 's wing feather . So I have duly swept them away . Which means that the acid can get back in there .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Hur hur hur . Incidentally the Mirror mentioned that Lee Chapman has a new book out in which he ‘ reveals’ that Frogslegs left in a huff because he thought he had carried the can for the defeat by Rangers . Peut - etre Wilko was aussi pissed off with him because he could n't be arsed away from home … Has anyone seen this book ? Tim
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
The fact that Chant , knowing he was going to be murdered ( that much was cogent ) , should have chosen to set these nonsenses down as vital information was proof of significant derangement . How much more deranged then was a man like Estabrook , who did business with this crazy ? And by the same token was Gentle not crazier still , employed by the lunatic 's employer ? Amid all these fantasies and equivocations , however , there were two irreducible facts : death and Judith . The former had come to Chant in a derelict house in Clerkenwell ; about that there was no ambiguity .
Idiom: plain sailing (used idiomatically: yes)
They all increase the safety risk and delays on the road to the thousands of users every day . Voice over Whilst it might be plain sailing for motorists , the residents say unless action is taken , there 's no end in sight to their misery . In Central News tonight . A man is raped .
Idiom: in two shakes (used idiomatically: yes)
She 'd never teach us ! Only for a fortune , at least.’ ‘ She 'd knock it into you in two shakes . Made of iron , Biddy Bedwelty . What a gel !
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
' Why ? What 's the matter ? ' she asked . ' I saw a light , and I thought it was a ghost , ' I cried , holding tightly on to Bessie 's hand . ' She 's not even hurt , ' said Miss Abbott in disgust . ' She screamed just to bring us here .
Idiom: drop someone a line (used idiomatically: no)
His girlfriend , Janey , gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday , to help erase the memory of the death of their seven-month-old son at the start of the season . Amazingly , he only got the chance to go for the try because Cardiff players over-ruled skipper Mike Hall . Trailing 6-3 , Cardiff won a last-chance scrum on the Swansea line and the players pressured Hall into running the ball rather than going for a drop goal which would have given them a draw . The result was a great half break by the skipper , Adrian Davies was on hand for a chip to the line , and a charging Ford claimed the five points to the delight of the 14,000 capacity crowd . Rob fires warning
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
At tertiary level , there is a variety of courses of a very high standard . However , the support for research , particularly basic research , is severely limited . This has implications for advanced training of students in techniques relevant to modern industrial processes , it severely limits the ability of lecturing staff to be fully up to date with new technologies and it limits the ability to provide ' state - of - the - art ' technology and training at tertiary level for both indigenous and multinational companies . The argument is often made that what is required is applied research to deliver products and processes directly to industry . Undoubtedly , this approach is absolutely necessary but because technology advances and changes so rapidly , failure to keep up will give a very limited life to any industry .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: no)
Large lakes , many of them strongly saline , are reported from several of the oasis areas ; freshwater lakes are also present even in high latitudes , and temporary lakes form in summer alongside many glaciers . Small coastal summer ponds are rare on the mainland but plentiful in the maritime and peripheral Antarctic regions . Lakes form also on poorly - drained ice , alongside glaciers and ice - caps , on snow - covered ice - sheets , and between ice - sheets and ice - filled moraines . Some are long - lived , fed by annual influxes of melt - water . Others are temporary , flooding during the summer melt and liable to sudden drainage through rifts in the ice and other causes ( Hambrey , 1984 ) .
Idiom: ten a penny (used idiomatically: no)
what pushes well if you go to somebody it pushes the cost up does n't it ? Mm . And a lot of the commercial ones charge you about ten pence a Oh some of them charge you ten plus VAT do n't they ? Mm .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's a hideous idea , Peng Yu - wei . An unimaginative , small - minded idea . Just another way of keeping tabs on things . I can see it now . You would make a great electronic wall chart of the Domain , eh ?
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
' Oh , really ? ' Polly 's irony could n't smother the pain that lanced through her . She turned her head away , afraid it might show on her face . All Giles had wanted in return for the small gifts he showered on her was affection . But she had quickly learned that his definition of the word went far beyond what she understood it to mean .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
A Year of Reckoning for France and Europe PARIS – France is at a crossroads . It has numerous valuable assets , but it can not postpone long - overdue reforms , or else it will become increasingly irrelevant in a fiercely competitive global economy . This is the economic challenge that President François ~ Hollande , Prime ~ Minister Jean - Marc ~ Ayrault , and all of us in the French government must confront .
Idiom: forbidden fruit (used idiomatically: no)
He tried to think back to the first Mystery he had seen , but he could only remember ‘ Eve’ as that unshaven , white - skinned man who had left them outside the lock - up in Greathaven and gone to find work on the boats . Gabriel wrapped the white cloak tighter around him , and pulled his curly hair as far down to his shoulders as he could . He could see Lucier waiting behind the pageant in his serpent 's costume for his cue to emerge from the Mouth of Hell and tempt Eve with the forbidden fruit . ‘ Such a nice face,’ thought Gabriel . ‘ He really should n't play Lucifer.’
Idiom: in the driver's seat (used idiomatically: yes)
Up , down like a … ’ ‘ And there was no need,’ said Betty , gathering momentum , ‘ to tell that poor woman what orchid means.’ Lydia , who was still too drunk to feel repentance , slid lower in the driver 's seat , limp with remembered mirth . Orchis is Greek for testicle , which is what the roots look like , and Lydia had told the company so , because Mrs Molesworth , gazing fondly and favourably on her husband , had divulged that he had bought her orchids on the recent occasion of their wedding anniversary . ‘ Anyway,’ said Lydia , sitting up , ‘ it was Beuno who went on about the golden emerods.’
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
We 're going to have to heat it up a little bit . Now again I 'm treating it carefully I 'm not just sticking the bunsen underneath and blasting away at it . I 've got the Graham wanted to well unfortunately Graham this one 's a bit dangerous so I 'm having to do it so if anything goes wrong it 's me that gets it and not you . Well because I 've got all the dirty chemicals Sh . Please .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Turner admitted difficulties in motivating his side . ‘ It was a game no one wanted to play and I now have the added problem of a key defender , Lee Howarth , collecting a bad knee injury . ’ Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win . ‘ My lads did all that could be asked of them , especially as a couple of them had to work all night in order to get time off to play . I was also very pleased with the way Adrian Blake handled himself . ’
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once Where you ? thrashed them out of sight , could n't fucking believe it , when you 've seen a pool table , erm , pool game go on for two hours , that 's when you know you two hours . How can you play on a pool table for two hours ?
Idiom: heart and soul (used idiomatically: yes)
Blunt called , across the vibrant sea - shanty . ‘ How old it was,’ Woodruffe shouted . He looked impatiently at Woolley , but Woolley was putting his heart and soul into the music . ‘ Uh … madame … ’ Blunt said .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Do n't you ever realise,’ said Helen , ‘ that the way we live is unlike the way other people live?’ ‘ On the whole I should have thought that was cause for satisfaction.’ ‘ Actually,’ she continued , ‘ when I come to think of it — you never go into other people 's houses , do you ? Anyway , if a sanitary inspector came in here I should think the whole place would be condemned.’ ‘ What else are you going to chuck out?’ enquired Edward , with resignation .
Idiom: make a pitch (used idiomatically: yes)
Science is no more dead than any of its rivals , but flip through Omni , the most successful science glossy , and it 's clear that the appeal has changed . It ca n't sell itself through purity of motive nothing can . It 's much too late to make a pitch on consistency no one person knows or understands more than a fraction of one discipline among many anymore . It promises , not a bedrock to philosophy and lifestyle , but a feast of weird explanations , a mental trip . Boffins are n't demigods anymore , they 're acid rock .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . I 'm sure they did do it well . All that time must of had a ball ! I thought that was so this is , we had a bad night 's sleep ! I would have said while I was putting out my washing cos I did it last night on purpose for the gas man coming in .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Start from the fillet or thick end of the ham . Remove the first slice , then continue carving until approximately one third of the way down the ham . Cut down to the bone to avoid excessive wastage . 2 . Turn the ham over and continue slicing the middle third of the ham .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
Senior Euro - rebel Sir Teddy Taylor said people should have a say about ‘ handing over’ their rights and freedoms . ‘ Why , why , why ca n't we have a debate on a referendum?’ he asked . Chairman Michael Morris said a debate was out of order , but hinted it may be permitted later . Labour 's Dennis Skinner joined in the calls . ‘ It 's high time that the voice of the British people was heard in this House,’ he said .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
RAC TOLL booths on motorways will simply push motorists on to other roads and that ‘ must not be allowed to happen’ , an RAC report claims . Introducing pay - as - you - use booths on motorways was also ‘ out of the question’ on grounds of both cost and environment , it said . Salmon secrets THE secret night - life of salmon has been revealed thanks to infra - red cameras .
Idiom: go the extra mile (used idiomatically: no)
It 's easy for a man to win — But I 'll hate you all the while . I shall go the extra mile And condone your every sin — I 'll be nice to you and smile .
Idiom: up the spout (used idiomatically: yes)
spout and down no , Insy winsy spider climbs the spider 's web , I think that 's how it goes The spider went up the spout is me , down come the rain and out come the sun , all the sun came out in the rain , Insy Winsy spider climbed up again Well that were n't too bad , but not very good What , what else shall we do ?
Idiom: money talks (used idiomatically: yes)
' But then , our Mr McWhirter 's a law unto himself , is he not ? ' said Glenda , tossing a splendid lock back from over her eye . ' No doubt he will shuffle in five minutes after the first parent comes , and shuffle out half an hour before the last one goes . Money talks . ' ' Do n't underestimate him , ' said Septimus Coffin , tugging at his tufty moustache . ' He may be the world 's most tedious teacher and its driest personality , but he has one admirable quality : he is totally honest .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
A 450-page , hardback volume , illustrated in colour , the guide is due to be issued in 1991 . Editing and updating will be an on - going process with new editions published every two to three years . The book is set to provide comprehensive , authoritative and independent guidance on the performance requirements , state - of - the - art practice and economics of the design , construction and maintenance of flat roofs . It will become an essential reference for specifiers , architects , building surveyors , maintenance engineers , building owners , contractors , building control officers and professionals in training . A three - year research programme to assess the life - span characteristics and as - built performance of flat roofing systems in underway .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
Had the mighty champions really reached the end of the road ? Was the underdog about to have his day ? When , in the first Test at Trent Bridge , Gooch and Broad put on 125 for the first wicket the smiles were widening all the time ; when the last wicket fell with just 245 on the board we knew where we really were . When a sound start was then followed by a sparkling 80 from Richards , a classical 84 from Hooper and a thumping 72 from Marshall , with even Ambrose making 43 , we knew exactly what was what , and when Richards declared on the fourth evening at 448 for 9 , leaving England with a day plus 51 overs to survive , there were probably not many people who thought they would make it . But the last day belonged to Gooch and Gower , with Gatting also fighting well ; Gooch finished with 146 and Gower 88 not out , greatly helped by Marshall having to go off injured .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , that 's because I 'm a short guy.’ He makes a strange , strangled sound that I 'm afraid I 'm going to describe as a short , sharp chuckle . BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE is who he says he is , because he is who he used to be , because Dudley Moore is to all intents and purposes Dudley Moore , actor , musician , mascot , clown , then there are a few details and descriptions and facts and figures that have to be mentioned . The highlights of this short story are these : born on good Friday 1935 , numerous operations as a child on a club left foot , po - faced and basically afraid of the world until he was thirteen , bullied at school , fighting it by becoming the class clown , playing the piano and showing off , off to Oxford , Beyond the Fringe , doubling up with Peter Cook , growing up to be five feet two ‘ and a half — every half inch counts’ , losing his virginity at 23 , Sixties success as Pete'n'Dud , a series of relationships with faces such as Celia Hammond , Tuesday Weld , Suzy Kendall , Susan Anton , love affair break ups and make ups , psychotherapy to sort out the hangover of a painful , frightening childhood , doubting Dudley , depressed Dudley , filthy Derek and Clive albums , worried about being 30 , happy about being 40 , frightened of being 50 , worrying Dudley , Dudley and jazz , Dudley in Hollywood making it big with 10 and Arthur , restless Dudley , manic Dudley , Dudley and son Patrick , million - dollar - a - film - Dudley , chasing chickens for Tesco , still small , still smiling , still pinching himself to believe it 's all real . Dudley in LA , Dudley losing weight , Dudley going to the toilet …
Idiom: away with the fairies (used idiomatically: yes)
Yesterday , both Mr Fenton and Dr Reid were preparing a further assault on the media . That will be an attempt to discredit disclosures made by one of the W children as the ravings of a psychotic who , Dr Reid claims , ‘ is now in a mental home in Invergordon’ . Teasing by schoolmates and pressure from social workers has , in the eyes of Dr Reid and Mr Fenton , ensured that the child , who can only be referred to as OW , is ‘ away with the fairies’ . Dr Reid said : ‘ I think what the children have suffered since social workers took them into care in November 1990 has been a lot worse than they had from their father.’ The fact is , however , that OW was given a supervised work training placement , helping care workers in a centre for the mentally handicapped for two days a week .
Idiom: good offices (used idiomatically: yes)
In the same year the Duke of Norfolk gave Creevey notice to quit Thetford , receiving a long but futile rebuke in return . Creevey returned with his stepdaughters to England in the autumn of 1819 . Creevey was returned to Parliament in 1820 as MP for Appleby , through his friend Brougham 's good offices with Sackville Tufton , ninth Earl of Thanet [ q.v . ] , holding this seat until 1826 . He was thus a witness of the political crisis of the ‘ trial’ of Queen Caroline in that year . But his speeches in Parliament were less frequent and more restrained .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
Mosaic identified ‘ prosperous pensioners’ , ‘ leafy suburbs’ , ‘ singles and flat dwellers’ . The whole electoral roll could be broken down into sub groups and the linking feature was the post code — all speakers stressed the importance of capturing this particular piece of information from customers and respondents to questionnaires . Geodemographics , he added , could be used for targeting direct mail , analysing retail catchment areas , market research sampling , databases , by local authorities for utilities planning — and by the book trade . BMRB collected post codes and was an Acorn user . By collating the data one could , for example , identify and target the strongest , or weakest , buyers of romantic fiction in the last 12 months by social group .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Revolutionary romanticism is severely censured by Lukacs for the same reason . The arbitrary introduction into the cultural sphere of what Lukacs describes as a " schematic optimism " simplifies and hence falsifies the contradictory reality of the concrete historical situation . By the same token , positive heroes are also regarded with scepticism by Lukacs . Far from being typical in the Lukacsian sense of synthesizing the decisive problems of a particular epoch , they degenerate to the level of the " topical " , a fictional means of supplying appropriate , ideologically correct solutions to current political problems . Globally , Lukacs 's retrospective indictment of the glaring inadequacies of Stalinist socialist realism is conducted in the name of a return to genuine realism .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
For further information write P.O. Box 480500 , Kansas City , MO 64148 or call ( 913 ) 451–8801 . Castelli archive for sale : Getty in the running NEW YORK . The rich archive of photographs , letters , documents and memorabilia assembled by New York dealer - supreme Leo Castelli is up for sale .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: yes)
Research grants worth £420million have been announced by the EC , revealing its plans for the third set of Esprit projects . But it may not be enough according to some industry commentators . US-based companies will play a major role for the first time , but the Japanese are not expected to be heavily involved . Main change introduced in the Esprit III programme is a new category of research called the Open Microsystems Initiative ( OMI ) . Its aim is to establish R&D projects so as to : ‘ Make the European Industries competitive in the design , manufacture and use of future integrated circuit microsystems , ’ according to the EC 's documents inviting companies to take part .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
Out of the grave ? ' Stone said nothing for a moment , staring at the CI5 man , perhaps still not sure of whether or not he was doing the right thing . He sipped his scotch , then said , ' All over the place . Here and there … everywhere . ' Bodie looked over at him .
Idiom: out on a limb (used idiomatically: yes)
Tories now fear , however , that the whole sorry episode has damaged the Prime Minister too . As one minister said some days ago : ‘ The Prime Minister 's loyalty is to be admired but there must be limits . ‘ Would he have gone out on a limb for anyone other than David ? I fear not.’ PAUL FOOT
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . How can it be too high ? Well we are losing we 're breaking even on it . We 're not It says we 're losing money there .