Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: no)
DOWNPATRICK races will start later than usual next Wednesday — at 4.00pm with the last race at 6.30pm . Course manager Ian Duff has put the starting time back from 2.30pm in the hope of boosting the attendance and he pointed out : ‘ With the televised football not starting until after 7.00pm there should be enough time for people to leave their offices , go racing and come home to watch the soccer.’ The meeting will be completely sponsored by Sean Graham Bookmakers and there will be six races on the card — the Maiden Hurdle , the Handicap Hurdle , two Maidens , the Flat Race and the Novice Chase . Battle of Britain heroes honoured THE five surviving Northern Ireland heroes of the Battle of Britain were honoured last night .
Idiom: on top of the world (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , and eh , can do more harm than good so it 's better wait . Yes , that 's what we 've done . Yeah , well you do n't expect him to be on top of the world do you ? No , but all . Or do you ?
Idiom: true to form (used idiomatically: yes)
IN USE As hard as Marshall try to convey the message of versatility in this type of combo , I defy anyone who plugs into it for the first time not to go straight for the overdrive sounds : ' If it 's a Marshall then it 's going to rock , whether it wants to or not ! ' True to form , the Valvestate S80 is more than happy to oblige and at low volume the Boost channel switched to OD2 handles everything thrown at it . Power chords have that distinctive bite while still retaining sustain and clarity for individual notes . Using the contour control , it 's possible to change the character of the sound from British bite to almost an American West Coast wash , while maintaining that essential edge which Marshall amps are famed for .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
The 3.4-kb mRNA is expressed highly in B16 melanoma , in albino ( c / c)skin ( which contains melanocytes but no pigment ) and in skin from agouti ( A / A;combination of yellow and black ) and non - agouti ( a / a ; black ) mice ( Fig . 2 a , lanes 3 , 4 , 9 , and 10 ) . The 3.4-kb mRNA is not expressed in W / W v skin ( lane 17 ) , which lacks melanocytes , or in any skin that exclusively produces yellow pigment due to mutations at the agouti locus ( lanes 6 , 7 , and 8) . Of particular interest is the expression in a t /a t mice , in which the 3.4-kb mRNA is expressed in the black dorsal skin but not in the yellow ventral skin ( lanes 5 and 6 ) , in contrast to expression in black ventral skin of a / a mice ( lane 10 ) . Thus in cases in which pigment is produced , the presence of the 3.4-kb transcript correlates completely with the presence of black pigment , consistent with the effects of p mutations on eumelanosomes , while having little or no effect on pheomelanosomes . The 3.4-kb mRNA is expressed in skin of mice homozygous or hemizygous for the original p mutation , but at a very reduced level ( Fig . 2 a , lanes 11 and 12 ) , consistent with genetic data indicating that p is a low activity rather than a null mutation .
Idiom: twist the knife (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Silas is still longing to go to bed with me , so you can wish me luck that I 'll get him there eventually — but in the right circumstances , of course.’ A cloud seemed to descend upon Lucy , causing her to remain silent . In this matter she had no desire to wish Doreen luck , because the mere thought of Silas 's naked body lying stretched in a bed beside Doreen 's slim form only served to twist the knife that had stabbed at her previously . Nor was the conversation doing anything other than drag down her spirits , so she brought it to a close by saying , ‘ I must go back to the office . If I were you I 'd change those spike heels for walking shoes and explore the place .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
I always take a shower so have little experience of bath taps . 2 If I WERE to a take a bath I would not turn both taps fully on since this is bound to result in a freezing cold bath . 3 Even if I DID turn both taps fully on , I would not attempt to fill my bath with the plug out .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's a race , okay ? " Before Joseph could agree or disagree , his brother had mounted up and was laughing loudly as he urged his coolie along the boulevard at top speed . Joseph could see tufts of grizzled hair protruding from beneath the sweat - soaked turban wrapped around the head of his aged coolie and he did n't have the heart to order him to gallop . He was stripped to the waist and as he jogged along between the shafts a few coins — obviously his meagre earnings for the day — jingled pathetically in a leather pouch fastened to the back of his belt . Before he 'd gone a hundred yards Joseph saw a burly French colon cuff an Annamite coolie roughly about the head at the curbside after descending from his pousse - pousse .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I thought you were working flat - out already ? Your poor wife ca n't be seeing much of you as it is.’ He pulled a face . ‘ Ca n't be helped , I 'm afraid . We need to push forward all the time — that 's the driving force behind any kind of business.’
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
A better term might be ‘ informed eavesdropping’ . Some might be willing to grant the general thrust of what has been said , that teaching and research are different kinds of activity , but still be reluctant to accept that teachers in higher education do not have a major responsibility to conduct research . Is that not one of the distinguishing characteristics of an institution of higher education , that its staff do , by and large , conduct research and feel themselves under an obligation to do so ? As an empirical observation , that is normally the case ; that set of shared norms is part of the culture of institutions of higher education . But my argument is that that culture should not be accepted uncritically .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
Dustin had to suffer under a fourteen - piece latex mask , which took five hours a day to apply under the hot , steaming make - up lamps . ( Far worse torture was to come in Tootsie . Playing old was child 's play compared with acting a woman . ) ‘ I defy anyone to put on that make - up and not feel old,’ Dustin explained . ‘ I could n't see too well with my contact lens cataracts , and the crew would walk me over to the wheelchair where they had to wheel me on to the sound stage .
Idiom: take no prisoners (used idiomatically: yes)
I want to reach people . I want to blow people 's minds.’ The man is on a mission and he intends to take no prisoners . He lives in Newcastle and he is 21 years old . It 's in his adopted home town that I first witness him .
Idiom: bright young thing (used idiomatically: no)
Senex , Ye Olde Thatched WANTED VERY BADLY : a nice , old - fashioned nurse complete with spectacles and grey hair . Offered in exchange : free choice of any number of bright young college things , all fully - equipped child - psychologists , handicraft - workers and advanced thinkers . Tired Twins , The Homestead , Hampstead 20 March 1974:Any desperate measure in a recession …
Idiom: marching orders (used idiomatically: yes)
If you 're the captain of England , or any team , you can show your frustration if you 're losing a game to a late goal like the one we had just scored . ‘ As I was about to come on the ref told me , ‘ I 'll be watching you closely . If you do anything of that sort to get a reaction , I will give you your marching orders’.’ Pearce played down the incident , which came just after Gary Mabbutt 's winner in Spurs ' 2 - 1 triumph , saying : ‘ It was nothing.’ Meanwhile , Gordon Durie reacted angrily to Tottenham 's claims that he does n't want to play for them .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
The levels of exploitation to which the majority of Salvadoreans are subjected are sometimes hard to believe . They work incredibly long hours with no day of rest for a monthly income which in the United States would not even amount to a basic daily wage . Women are up well before dawn and may have only five or six hours sleep a night in the effort to make ends meet . Whether engaged in subsistence farming or any variety of work in urban areas , the situation is the same . In paid work outside the home , women lose out on all scores .
Idiom: not a pretty sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Knowingness , in fact , is everywhere . Spielberg 's last attempt at an adult theme was the nave , saccharine spirituality of Always ; and yet , paradoxically , his children 's Neverland lacks innocence . All directors , including Spielberg , grow up , and in this film the result is not a pretty sight . The Arts : Shakespeare with fizz BY CHARLES SPENCER
Idiom: knock it off (used idiomatically: no)
They 're ever so old ! I knocked it off . I mean , I 've had them since Linda was fifteen . This tastes lovely !
Idiom: have a cow (used idiomatically: no)
He had sores on the backs of his hands which he picked with his black , horny fingernails . Both Davide and the plaintiff 's lawyer chuckled afterwards that he was definitely on to a good thing . The widow had lost ; she had to pay the costs and the fine and she began falling behind in the rent to the landlord since she no longer had a cow and its milk to sell . She had to give up her land , Davide remembered , and move out . The man she had spellbound stayed behind ; her enchantments had been pitted against an energetic opponent , who exulted when she left , cursing her as she trudged away pushing a small cart with her possessions .
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: yes)
But , the expert insisted , it would still not be enough to bring in higher offers . Rod , working on his own life story with a ghost writer , has promised : ‘ I am going to leave no stone unturned — I intend to delve deeply into the numerous stains I have left on the tapestry of life.’ Only time will tell whether his revelations will include Why The Lamborghini Had To Go . Madonna sex cuts EXPLICIT sex scenes cut from Madonna 's latest film have outraged her co - star .
Idiom: lose face (used idiomatically: yes)
NEW ~ YORK – A gift for words was always US President Barack ~ Obama ’s strongest asset . Now it looks as if his words have trapped him . Having stated in March that the United ~ States would “ not tolerate the use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people , ” and having spoken last year about a “ red line ” that could not be crossed , he will lose face if he fails to react forcefully to the murder , allegedly by the Syrian regime , of more than 1,000 civilians by sarin gas . Of ~ course , the risk of losing face is not a good reason for attacking another country . But why did Obama fence himself in with such rhetoric in the first place ?
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
He successfully invaded Sudan to the south in 1820 , making it effectively a colony , and in some eyes even a part of Egypt . In 1831 and 1833 he went so far as to attack the Turks , until Britain and Russia intervened to protect the Ottoman empire from disintegration . After that , age got the better of him , and both he and his efforts to modernise Egypt languished . Mohamed Ali had both established the last of the numerous alien dynasties to rule Egypt and begun to lay the groundwork for a modern state on European lines . But his immediate successors , following his death in 1849 , made less impression , though the growing French influence in the country did lead to the granting of the concession in 1856 to Ferdinand de Lesseps to build the Suez Canal .
Idiom: cry wolf (used idiomatically: yes)
Taking Disarmament Seriously MELBOURNE – People sometimes forget that the boy who cried wolf ended up being eaten . True , nobody has been killed by a nuclear ~ weapon since the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki , 65 years ago this month . And , with Cold ~ War tensions long past , it is all too easy for policymakers and publics to resist the doomsayers , be complacent about the threats that these weapons continue to pose , and to regard attempts to eliminate them , or contain their spread , as well - meaning but futile .
Idiom: at a loss for words (used idiomatically: yes)
By then he won the right to be an oddity . He discovered an unexpected gift which won boys ' respect . He found that he could make a speech — that is , he could think on his feet , and not be at a loss for words . At the school debating society he won a name ; and he quickly discovered a truth never discovered by some undergraduates nor even by some mature debaters , that you can not speak well unless you care . At that moment the politics of the world was exciting .
Idiom: get your hands dirty (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages . Jobs like cleaning out the dustbins , the drains or perhaps last summer 's baked on grime from the barbecue . Armed with the Steamatic , there 's no need to get your hands dirty and the job is done in half the time . Why scrub the front steps when you can steam them clean ? The same goes for your basement or your cellar and for some of the things you may store there .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
He cared about her pleasure and she responded to him more strongly than she had with anyone . Afterwards , sated and happy , they both slept while the afternoon sun crept into the room and lingered a while on the wall where the photograph had been . Lowell , the first to wake , saw the splash of yellow on the empty cork - board and thought he still dreamed . And then he felt Rose 's warm body pressed up against his . This was reality , whatever that might mean .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's empty . I know , I see it . I tell you what , you to make mistakes in your life , I mean and , I just , well one of those things that that I 'm pleased about , is that I just George when Do n't work . Aye .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: no)
‘ A new hair - carding shop ( No . 54 ) has recently been erected at the west end of the works , built of corrugated iron, … adjacent is a small mortar grinding plant and concrete breaker for the use of the building department . ‘ No . 3 is the new paint shop , a magnificent department where all new vehicles are given their distinctive livery . It has 21 roads , on which about 120 vehicles of an average length of 50 ft can be painted at one and the same time . The shop has its own colour room , containing two colour mills and one white lead mill , these being worked by electricity . ‘ No . 5 is the new lifting shop , 750 ft from end to end , and the longest building in the works .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . Voice over Most genuine discs are now programmed to prevent copying , but the pirates are on the ball , often finding ways to beat the system . Copywrite fraud is now thought to be costing software companies £ 20 m pounds a year . And the industry seems powerless to stop it .
Idiom: take it or leave it (used idiomatically: yes)
Karl , please do it exactly the way you did it with Hanna in the last production.’ They began again . With an air of disdain Gesner proffered a hand on a take - it - or - leave - it basis . Therese clutched it , moved closer , stared bravely up into his face and faltered at the total contemptuous sneering disdain she saw there . The duet dwindled to a finish .
Idiom: lie through your teeth (used idiomatically: yes)
TRANSEN - DENTALS I went to the dentist for the annual scale and polish . You know , the one where you sit there and lie through your teeth about spending every waking hour flossing and probing and massaging and never go out of an evening without your single - headed brush , and the Aussie hygienist who looks like Brooke Shields on a good day takes one prod at your gum and it spouts blood like Moby Dick on a bad day and the game 's up there and then . The one where you end up buying , out of guilt , an electric toothbrush costing £ 89 which tickles your gums to the point where you giggle helplessly in your bathroom , alone , and the family get over - concerned and leave jars of Passiflora in obvious places . Well , this time I did well — almost got a badge to stick on my lapel saying ‘ I was a brave girl at Martyn the dentist 's today’ .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
For the record , a five - user version of NetWare 3.11 costs $ 1,100 , a 50 user licence is $ 5,000 . Others may buy UnixWare with the intention of adding or upgrading to a NetWare network in the future . The software is expected to be ported to other microprocessor architectures like the Sparc RISC further down the road . Univel says automated NetWare integration permits the Personal Edition to access NetWare immediately upon installation with no network setup or configuration needed . The company says UnixWare provides shrinkwrapped compatibility with SCO Xenix , SCO Unix , Interactive Unix and applications written to the Intel iABI standard .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: no)
Those comments came just after hed left Leeds , just after his 1st game for them I think . Although Id not read the ‘ full horror ’ . Im afraid its the usual pro footballer thing where they say nice things about the club they ve just joined . I do nt think it was meant as anti-Leeds , but more pro Blackburn . I though batty was above it … and for that I agree 200% he s a c*** .
Idiom: go the whole hog (used idiomatically: yes)
Witting or unwitting ? Carelessness — the thing picked up off the hall mat , thrust into her pocket and forgotten — or deliberate appropriation ? If the latter — why had she not gone the whole hog and burned it ? Well , one would never know and either way the effect was the same . Helen began to shake .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: no)
Thu 9 , Fri 10 7.45 Dominion Safety Last Classic Harold Lloyd vehicle , with new score by Carl Davis , who will conduct Live Cinema Orchestra . Fri 10 8.00 Empire Parenthood Ron Howard 's comedy with Steve Martin as a beleaguered father . Sat 11 10.30am NFT2 Making of a Legend : Gone With The Wind David Hinton 's behind the scenes look at ‘ the moviest of all movies’ ; 10.45am NFT1 The Music Teacher Belgian portrait of a distinguished opera singer ; 1.00 NFT1 Fellow Traveller Philip Saville 's intriguing picture of two Hollywood friends victimised under MacCarthyism ; 1.15 NFT2 Journeys Inland Documentary on the Swiss ; 3.30 NFT1 Icicle Thief Italian parody on the confusion between films and commercials ; 3.45 NFT2 Malpractice Australian account of medical malpractice ; 6.15 NFT1 The Woman From Rose Hill Alain Tanner 's examination of Swiss mores ; 6.30 NFT2 Where The Sun Beats Joaquim Pinto 's restrained dissection of a Portuguese land - owning family ; 7.45 Dominion Safety Last See above ; 8.45 NFT1 Too Beautiful For You ! Gerard Depardieu in unorthodox love triangle ; 8.45 NFT2 James Baldwin : The Price Of The Ticket Karen Thorsen 's tribute to the black writer ; 8.30 MOMI Motorist/3 Cars Auto - culture . Sat 25 11.00am NFT1 Waller 's Last Walk Christian Wagner 's elegiac treatment of an eldery railway inspector 's life ; 10.45am NFT2 In Fading Light Gripping docu - drama on the dying North Shields fishing industry ; 11.00am Curzon West End Romuald and Juliette Coline Serreau 's comedy about an affair between an exec and his black cleaner ; 11.00am Screen on Green Island Paul Cox 's elegant three - hander ; 2.15 NFT1 Guardian / AIP Seminar ; 1.15 NFT2 Martha Jellneck Kai Wessell 's story of an old woman 's relationship with her meals - on - wheels deliverer ; 3.15 NFT2 I Am Living Portrait of contemporary Indian women ; 4.30 NFT1 The Thief of Bagdad Restored version of Korda 's sumptuous Arabian Knights fantasy ; 5.45 NFT2 I Went to The Dance Documentary by Les Blank on the Cajun music of Louisiana ; 7.30 LFMC Programme 7 : Interior Monologues ; 9.00 NFT1 The Kill - Off Maggie Greenwald 's look at a sleazy East Coast seaside resort ; 8.30 NFT2 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Beeban Kidron 's interpretation of Jeanette Winterson 's autobiographical first novel , with Geraldine McEwan ; 8.45 MOMI Smoking Mirror Funereal British comedy , with Beatie Edney ; 11.15 Rio Chicken and Duck Talk See above .
Idiom: shut the door on (used idiomatically: yes)
It was the semi - finals of the Formula Three and we were all going for it , trying to make sure of a place in the final line - up . ‘ We came together because it looked as if he was going to try to take my line to the corner . I did n't shut the door on him , I left it as long as I dared , but he was going so fast he had n't a hope . He clipped me and spun off into the wall and broke his neck.’ He shut his eyes for a moment , but not before Kate had seen a flicker of private anguish .
Idiom: lose face (used idiomatically: yes)
made some trial runs to Mitcham on 1 September . Victor Matterface , the Brakes Inspector of the Metropolitan tramways , who later became a well - known Tramway Engineer elsewhere , describes how he was called on to visit South Metropolitan depôts as well as in the 1920 's . He was told about Sutton and Penge depôts which he visited and found well run , particularly Penge for fear of losing face with the Corporation , who maintained high standards . Quite by chance he heard that they had another depôt off Mitcham Road , West Croydon and on visiting that found quite a different state of affairs . Conditions were quite chaotic and standards of maintenance were poor .
Idiom: fight tooth and nail (used idiomatically: yes)
Leeds have now dropped to 40 - 1 outsiders to retain the title and manager Howard Wilkinson admitted morosely : ‘ At the start of the season I never imagined we would be in a situation like this going into Christmas . But we have n't played well enough , it 's as simple as that.’ Thorn , the big defender who was also the hero of the midweek Coca - Cola Cup triumph over Liverpool , powered the Eagles ahead with a 29th minute header and Steve Coppell 's men grimly fought tooth and nail to claim their fourth successive victory . Palace 's recent turnaround in form gives some cause for optimism that their relegation fears will recede in the New Year , but if Howard Wilkinson 's men continue to falter they could find themselves being unthinkably dragged into the mire . It would be humiliating for England 's title - holders to have to scrap for survival at the foot of the table .
Idiom: jump the gun (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Michael Craven , of Huby Burn , near Easingwold , said a 400-metre strip of land throughout the two counties would be ‘ sterilised.’ The corridor , amounting to about 40sq . miles , was needed to enable the NGC to make adjustments 200 metres either side of the route if needed for engineering or landscape reasons . Mr Rodney Bennington , an individual protestor , of Welbury , near Northallerton , accused the NGC of jumping the gun by signing connection agreements with Enron and then with Scottish generators before they had permission to transmit the power . Signing the Scottish agreement five months after the Enron contract appeared to have been done ‘ purely to support your evidence for the Lackenby to Shipton line,’ he said , adding the NGC had no statutory duty to connect Scottish power . Mr Eunson said NGC dealt with interconnectors from outside England and Wales , including France and Scotland , who wanted to come into the system .