Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: chapter and verse (used idiomatically: no)
Another is , linked with that , it 's the fear of men , and here again , we see that with Pilate , he lacked the courage of his own convictions and in this respect this story 's absolutely up - to - date in the vast majority of cases people who say no , I will not receive Jesus it is not because of so called intellectual doubts , that is only an excuse , because his reasoning his far above our reasoning . The real reason is I am frightened what folk will say , or I do not want to give up this particular habit of mine . A wise man back in Proverbs , he reminds us and he puts this solemn warning , and he reminds there and he says i in Proverbs , chapter twenty nine and verse twenty five , the fear of man brings a snare . Do you know it is possible because of the fear of people around you , the fear of your peers , the fear of what men may say , of what your family will think , of what your work mates might say about you , it is possible to allow that fear to send you to hell . Nobody on a natural level is that stupid !
Idiom: writ large (used idiomatically: yes)
It was , and remained , his contention that the pure Lugardian principles of Indirect Rule had been perverted by ‘ mediocre careerists’ in the Northern Residencies after the great man left . Indirect Rule , then , with its implicit exaltation of the man - on - the - spot over the man in the central office , set the seal of legitimacy on the centrifugal tendencies long at work in the British Colonial Service , and provided them with a rational institutional expression independent of the existence of a frontier . It became , eventually , the cult of the DO writ large , but with delaying actions at each step of the way by men who thought that power should be concentrated at the level in the system they themselves happened to occupy . In Northern Nigeria power did remain in the hands of the Residents , because they possessed historical claims to legitimacy as the standard - bearers of Indirect Rule — a point always emphasized by Palmer in his dealings with junior officers — and because they were linked with the top men in a congeries of feudal autocracies . In other places in which Indirect Rule was attempted , and where no large centralized states existed , such as Tanganyika , the DO enjoyed an undisputed reign .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What do you want to know?’ ‘ How old are you?’ Tammuz pulled a face . ‘ Goddess , I do n't know . I 've forgotten.’
Idiom: keep mum (used idiomatically: no)
I looked for ideas in a book that belonged to my great grandad , and there were some really good poems there so I started writing poetry . Whenever mum was ill I used to get a little card and write a poem and put it on her pillow . There 's a drawer in mum 's room where she keeps every single one . My mum 's very loving . She is too nice for words .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
Letting herself out of the gate , she noticed a familiar figure on the steps outside her door . ' You seemed to be having quite a chat , ' said Hugh 's mother , waiting on the steps . ' I rang the bell , but there was no answer . ' ' He seems to need someone to talk to . ' ' Be careful , he looked quite lost when you left him . '
Idiom: not on your life (used idiomatically: yes)
We had a date for this afternoon but when I heard about Francis it seemed the decent thing to postpone the arrangement . I rang Beryl with condolences and the suggestion that we should meet later in the week . Not on your life ! You 'd think I was proposing to give away her share to a cats ' home . So we went ahead as planned : Beryl , Cathy Carne — you 've met Cathy ?
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
worth $ 100 billion , are lost by people trying to get their PC to do something . The top time wasters ? Waiting for programs to run , reports to print or in - house technical support to solve a problem accounted for $ 19 billion in lost productivity ; checking printed output a further $ 17 billion ; and helping others get to grips with applications another $ 16 billion . There 's a verb to describe these activities in the States : to futz . I wonder how many hours Britons waste futzing around with their Pcs ?
Idiom: take a leak (used idiomatically: yes)
Anne got out of the mini - drama and went upstairs to the Ladies . It was empty and relatively clean . She locked herself into a cubicle and took a leak . It was good just to sit down , and she was tempted to rest her head against the partition and get some sleep . It would be so easy just to give up for a while .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
‘ But as soon as we got to the line I realised he was going to keel over with me and I just hopped off in time . It 's a real shame . ’ Jim Lenehan , assistant manager at the Sheikh 's Kildangan Stud , confirmed that Royal Gait suffered a massive heart attack , and added : ‘ The sad part is that Graham said he had felt as good as ever as they came to the final flight . ’ Royal Gait 's career had been remarkably eventful , and his controversial disqualification from the 1988 Ascot Gold Cup is still the subject of fierce debate . Sold as a two-year-old at the Doncaster Sales to race in Spain , he won a number of races in that country — where he had seven trainers — before making his mark internationally when winning the Prix du Cadran in France as a four-year-old .
Idiom: call the tune (used idiomatically: yes)
But with modern electronic compensation , one finds the drum - kit is reasonably well captured . It was therefore the playback process that caused the banning of the drum - kit . We must remember ‘ he who pays the piper calls the tune’ , and record producers influenced what we hear today . Popular music 's ‘ standard hit’ three minutes long remained the norm for nearly a century , and was only liberated by the ‘ twelve - inch single’ . 10 State - of - the - art piano recording .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
The gentle pressure on her lips suddenly was n't there any more , and she felt bereft . Sadness overwhelmed her . She opened her eyes . And looked directly into Nathan 's . He slowly straightened to his full height and she realised he had been sitting on the bed leaning over her .
Idiom: yesterday's news (used idiomatically: yes)
Environmental awareness rising again in UK The British public is increasingly distrustful of industry on environmental issues and there is rising support for the idea that " the polluter pays " , according to Bob Worcester , chairman of market research firm MORI , which has been tracking attitudes to the environment since 1969 . The impression that the environment is yesterday 's news is wrong , Worcester says . Eighteen million people have bought products for environmental reasons and green activists ( people who have engaged in five or more environmental activities ) form about 23 per cent of the population , or 10 million people . In 1992 31 per cent listed the environment as the foremost social responsibility of business , up from 24 per cent in 1991 .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus opponents of the ordination of women might plausibly say ( as Barth would seem to ) that fundamental to the scripture is male headship . A conservative could adduce , in support of this contention , the fact that in scripture God is overwhelmingly conceptualized by using male metaphors ; that God came in Christ , a male human person ; and that he chose men alone to head the church ( if one thinks that the calling of the twelve bears a relation to the constitution of the church ) . At the end of the day it is a case of choosing what one 's faith will be about — a point which Christians are reluctant to acknowledge . Once one has conceded that , then one has entered the arena of an ' a priori ethical ' position . Among Christian feminist theologians who may be said to have employed in part a ' golden thread ' approach , although not specifically in relation to the question of ordaining women , is Rosemary Ruether .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
The man sank to his knees , but the boys were too excited to care . A group of thirty horsemen had come against Forteviot from the east an hour before , and had tried to set fire to it with burning arrows , and strike down the defenders with slingshot and spears . They were getting the best of it , too , for there were only serving - people left and a few armed men , since the rest went off north with the courier . But then my lord Prior of Scone had appeared like a miracle , with a great army behind him , and had killed every horseman . You could see them for yourself , past the next bit of wood .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
After an efficient counter - attack , which may have been instigated as a ruse , the attacker can move in on another area of his target , one that may be wide open for an effective technique . Care must always be taken , of course , because his opponent may purposely have left the area open to provoke just such an attack . Combination techniques between two adversaries are pretty much tit for tat , the outcome depending upon which fighter has the quickest reactions , the finest timing , the best execution of techniques and the most efficient plan of attack . Combination attacks strike with a series of techniques from different angles and directions . The object is to find a gap in the opponent 's defences .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
Her little squad had survived one firefight , but she 'd already lost a quarter of her manpower and she was sure that the enemy had plenty of reserves They needed rest and medication , that was the first priority . Then , as soon as possible , move on again . Find a place to lie low . Avoid firefights . Guerrilla tactics .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
After the redemption , about $ 292 m principal amount of the 10 % debentures will remain outstanding . The early redemption will result in an extraordinary charge of about $ 9 m after tax against second quarter figures . Pittencrieff Communications Inc , Dallas Specialised Mobile Radio communication services subsidiary of the Edinburgh - based oil company Pittencrieff Plc ( CI No 2,110 ) , has filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission to go public with an initial offer of 4.2 m shares at a target price of $ 11 to $ 13 per share . The company provides telephone interconnect , dispatch and paging services to some 28,000 subscribers on 135 Specialised Mobile Radio systems providing coverage in Texas , New Mexico , Oklahoma , Colorado , Utah and Arizona . The offering is via an underwriting group led by Raymond James & Associates Inc and Southwest Securities Inc.
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
Court cases continued to be held in the town for the next 100 years , with the bowed front added in 1839 to provide living quarters for the gaoler . Inside the gaol little has changed . There are still 8 of the original 14 cells with fully working locks , but its security record was poor to say the least . Male speaker There were a number of escapes .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
As its outgoing president , Jean - Claude ~ Trichet , put it , the ECB has “ only one needle on [ its ] compass , and that is inflation . ” The ECB ’s refusal to be a lender of last resort forced the creation of a surrogate institution , the European ~ Financial ~ Stability Facility . But everyone in the financial markets knows that the EFSF has insufficient firepower to undertake that task – and that it has an un workable governance structure to boot . Perhaps the most astonishing thing about the ECB ’s monochromatic price - stability mission and utter disregard for financial stability – much less for the welfare of the workers and businesses that make up the economy – is its radical departure from the central - banking tradition . Modern central banking got its start in the collapse of the British canal boom of the early 1820s .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
The dangers of routine and passivity to the often joyful and serene spirit which infused abolitionists grew greater as direct British targets for the cause largely disappeared from the late 1830s onwards . When ' scarce anything [ was]more likely to mar a … man 's reputation than to be thought opposed or indifferent to the cause of abolition , but when slavery was a distant and foreign institution , the urge to respectability could predominate over the vital flame in antislavery . While the drama of the mass mobilisation phase remained , however , with its engendering of collective determination and the warmth of fellowship , rank - and - file abolitionists could shake off ' coldness and opposition ' and ' Be steadfast . Be active ' . A feeling commitment was also the continuing outcome of the rigorous self - scrutiny religious men and women undertook as a matter of course and especially in retrospect at the end of the year .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
By Clifford German SHARE prices weakened sharply after a sound start based on the overnight strength of Wall Street and the FT - SE 100-Share Index swung through nearly 40 points . It gained 14 points in early trading but was down almost 25 points before rallying in the last hour to close 20.3 lower at 2,818.0 , with just under 600 million shares changing hands . Brokers blamed fears of rights issues from ICI and Glaxo this week , and higher than expected bad debt provisions at National Westminster for the change of mood . NatWest slipped 16p to 443p .
Idiom: you could have knocked me down with a feather (used idiomatically: yes)
She guided him to an armchair and sat herself on the edge of a Victorian sofa . ' What a terrible thing about poor Alfie ! You could 've knocked me down with a feather when they tol ' me . ' She studied her plump , ringed fingers . ' I come over quite queer .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh , I doubt not , not on The Strand , Aggie , for a beginner.’ She swung round to him , grinding out in a low voice , ‘ She must n't have been any beginner , not goin , by the uncles the child 's had . And what 's strikin ' me now , she took the child with her when she was on the game just as a draw.’ ‘ That need n't have been , Aggie . We talked about that , did n't we ?
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
Wisely , Roxburgh wo n't change it , but says : ‘ By including Durrant it gives me an added dimension and an option to our midfield play.’ STREAKY It suggests that the 26-year - old Ranger will be a bench man until such time as someone takes a knock , runs out of steam or the game has been won with some 20 minutes to go . If there are any changes to the side which beat the CIS it will be the return of Maurice Malpas for Tom Boyd at full back and Gordon Durie taking over from Kevin Gallacher up front . But Boyd and Gallacher will be on standby , along with streaky striker Duncan Ferguson , probably the best youngster in British football .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
it needs a well trained body , a flexible mind and feelings that can be analyzed and used . It requires lots of experience of working with other people in varied situations . But that sensitivity in my book is what is going to give you a tremendous amount of pleasure in your retirement . If you 've got it to use and you plan your retirement is , is n't that if what you 're hoping to do ? Go places and do things ?
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
When I stopped , she turned her nose to me again and whiffed it across my hand again , huffed , and walked off . She was the first pig I 'd ever met , and she set me thinking , and reading up on pigs . When you say ‘ pig’ , does a highly intelligent , social mammal spring to mind ? One that lives in tight - knit family groups with a well worked out hierarchy and a complex communication system ? Is the pig in there with the whale and the dolphin , the dog and the monkey , in that charismatic class of clever animals whose heads we 're forever trying to get into ?
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Mum can I try and make a different . Yeah . No you ca n't get it under the table . I should go and get the other box and then you 've got all the other bits and pieces as well . Where is the box ?
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The big supermarkets , or what seemed big supermarkets then , which disfigured numerous high streets in the 1960s , have now been replaced by a much larger generation of stores . The life of a new shopping precinct may be no more than twenty years . Two cardinal points must be borne in mind . First , any new shopping development should not only respect the character of the town but should also , as far as possible , be reversible — that is , relatively easily removed when it is no longer needed . And second , it must be conceived and laid out in such a way as to support existing shops and shopping streets .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
The boys aim only to get one over on the girls while the girls dream of being romantically swept off their feet . Each song is a well crafted pastiche on the styles of the day and all are peppered with subtle and clever nuances to evoke memories of pubescent frustration . It 's cheap , cheerful and trashy but on another level it 's a well focused snapshot of the time of social change , emancipation and free love . Wide boy Gary chats up Sue but she does n't want to be called a slut . Rick fancies Sharon from afar but neither has the confidence to make a move .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Synopsis : A mystery explosion has trapped the four time - travellers inside the TARDIS . Plunged into near darkness , none of the control systems are working , leaving the craft , to all intents and purposes , hanging dead in space . The aftermath of the explosion has left all four companions suffering various degrees of concussion , states of mind leading tempers and suspicions all round to rise in the silent , shadow - filled atmosphere of the dormant craft . Recovering gradually , the travellers find it impossible to re - activate the TARDIS 's flight systems , and even machinery that supplies food and drink , though still in action , registers ‘ Empty’ .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
We watched a new entrant to the profession looking around at her colleagues for clues as to how to resolve the tensions , whilst doing as little damage to her integrity ( and her career prospects ) as possible . What we offered her was a range of ‘ types’ to choose from , ranging from the idealistic and dynamic to the cynical and incompetent . But these caricatures do not tell us much about what is going on with real , complex individuals behind the scenes . Now I want to look at teachers ' lives from a particular point of view . : that what our hypothetical observer is actually witnessing is people coping , in a great variety of ways , with stress . This chapter is about the way in which the existing predicament of teachers leads them to become stressed , and it is also about whether stress is inevitable in such circumstances or not .
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: yes)
He has been instrumental in the Sudbury surge this season , instilling fresh confidence and team spirit in a side that has changed little in personnel . The familiar blue and white hoops were held to a 9–9 draw at Berry Hill on the opening day of the season and since then they have won every league match . The crunch game came at the second hurdle when Sudbury toppled the mighty London Welsh at Moorsfield , after which they have gone from strength to strength , bolstered by a refreshing brand of running rugby . Sudbury keep the side that defeated Camborne 22–10 last weekend with number eight Dave Cook having failed a late fitness test on an injured ankle . Cook sustained that injury during the win over Basingstoke last month .
Idiom: the biter bit (used idiomatically: no)
Bubbles Rothermere stars as the wife of an important proprietor ( ' you wo n't believe this , but she took her maid to a ball recently ' ) . The novelist Candia McWilliam is the toast of every literary chatterbox soirée ( ' what was she called before Portsmouth ? ' ) and Lady Antonia Fraser - Pinter is a perennial bloom in this whispering glade . Dempster represents the biter - bit brigade , being a fairly constant topic whenever journos gather together . Best literary gossips include A. N. Wilson ( who is n't above some royal chat as well ) , Henry Porter , Taki ( international division ) and Frances Coady . Auction houses :
Idiom: jump the gun (used idiomatically: no)
While pursuing a complaint through the grievance procedure is sometimes worthwhile , you do not forfeit your right to claim constructive dismissal if you have been treated so badly that you decide that raising the matter through the company 's internal procedures will not help you to achieve a fair deal . Nor is it necessarily fatal if you give notice to terminate your contract and work that notice out , rather than walking out on the spot . Jumping the gun Do not make the mistake of reacting prematurely when a problem occurs . Unless a serious breach of your contract has taken place , or your employer has made it clear that it will take place , you should not leave in a huff .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
The man in brown colored shorts is walking on the rocks beside a river
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
He said : ‘ It was after John Bond had left and we ( Orient ) had to play at Burnley on the last Saturday . We had to win to get into the play - offs and they needed to win to stay in the League . In the event , Burnley won and it was all sweetness and light.’ Stevens hits back Scott McMunn
Idiom: all wet (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's so lovely and big , so nice and hard . Can I have it for my very own ? My pussy 's all wet and greedy . I want your hot cock up me , now . Please , Major .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
" Something like that , " Patrick grinned . Half ten ! Well , he would be home in an hour ; the dinner party would be in full swing and if his luck had held he would n't even have been missed . He did n't want to think of what would happen if his mother discovered that he had been out of the house . Katherine Lundy closed the door to her son 's room .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
Some of my comrades and I were standing guard ; Ivan ~ Pavlovitch and another man - I do n't remember his name - well , they hid behind the window - curtains in the room where the Staff was having a meeting , and they heard a great many things .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
And there is no point in packaging an author brilliantly unless you believe in that author . At the end of the day , customers are n't going to come back unless they are satisfied.’ Getting out and about Thomas ' work routine takes out of the office a good deal , to spend time in the trade with key accounts , with the home sales force and in export markets . ‘ I do n't really have an average week .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: no)
‘ He told me he would leave the priesthood and find a home for us near his parents in Bolton . He told me to leave my job , to put the house on the market . We even went up to Bolton to break the news to his family , while my family started to pack up here . ’ A telephone call with the most devastating news followed . ‘ I 'm not coming back , Monika , ’ he said .