Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
You go down there they slap you on the wrist you walk away from it and go and do it again . What about if you 'd received a harsher sentence ? You 'd think twice about doing it would n't you ? If they like sentence me straight away for doing something like I 'd think to myself is it worth it ? When the new Chief Constable took over in March he ordered an immediate review .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
Furthermore , the number of different sounds ( phonemes ) used in English speech is greater than the number of letters used in handwriting , adding further complexity to the recognition of speech . 1.2.2 Document Processing Although the use of electronic media in the business world is increasing , there remains a vast amount of communication that takes place on paper . Evidently , the arrival of the’ paperless office’is still some years distant . In addition , there are numerous textual resources around the world that are only available in their original ( paper ) form .
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: no)
Sure . Yes . But , at the same time , you should go some place else To get a different view To get a different view , and yet I it 's been very interesting it 's been very interesting
Idiom: kiss and make up (used idiomatically: yes)
Shall we be friends Do n't want kiss and make up ? No . No .
Idiom: get the boot (used idiomatically: no)
Er he 's bought , he 's bought her two other things which we were gon na get her so we do n't have to buy her those either . Ooh . So erm I got her roller boots . I 'm gon na get her a dolly which you push his left arm and his , he cries and he 's teeth grow or something . She wants that .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
Terence Conran once said to me : ‘ the reason why you and I do things well is because we had our apprenticeship in restaurants,’ and I actually think that 's a very valid point , because you 've got twenty planks to the one function of actually serving food . You 've got to order , you 've got to prepare , you 've got to have the right environment — the character of the place — and you 've got to sell what you 're offering , for example . The original plan was that Anita would do the cooking and her husband would serve the customers , but she did not enjoy being behind the scenes and eventually taught Gordon to be a fine cook while she spent her time out front chatting up the customers . After two years , however , Gordon too got the wanderlust urge and planned a horse - back ride from South America to New York that would take him two years . Anita encouraged him to go and decided that while he was away , running a shop would be a less demanding occupation than working all hours in a restaurant .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Expanded vs. Extended We will examine the various different types of memory in next month 's installment , but for the moment the following rules of thumb will guide you : 8086/8088 based machines There 's no choice here — you must use expanded memory . Specify as much as you can reasonably afford to use for a cache bearing in mind any programs you may use that require expanded RAM .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
The latter , though , might just be assimilated to the factors that the subject has to take into account under operant conditioning . The trouble by this stage , however , is that an adequate account of the effects of admonishments , threats and exhortations would enmesh one further in the semantic question posed by the original problem . Some may see the bird 's warning cry as falling short of lying for a further reason . This is the absence of any higher intention , or evidence for such , that the receiver should believe something by recognising this very intention . This extra Gricean ingredient in the conceptual analysis of linguistic meaning applies not just to cases of lying but to linguistic communication in general .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
Not only black immigrants but Irish immigrants as well . You get a number of convenors and shop stewards who are Asian , West Indian or Irish . It is unlike East London , where over the last ten or twenty years the heart has been torn out of manufacturing industry in the docks and with it has gone traditional working - class organisation . Grunwick Photoprocessing could be any factory employing Asians in any part of Britain . In 1973–74 the firm made a profit of £ 26,719 after tax ; the starting pay of some of the workers was £ 28 for a 40-hour week .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
In the north , while in Aragon the CNT militia pushed forward from Barcelona in an attempt to recapture the former anarchist stronghold of Zaragoza , elsewhere the rebels seized the initiative . From Pamplona the army and the Carlist Requeté advanced northwards and by September , with the help of Italian bombers , had seized Irún and San Sebastián , thereby cutting off the rest of the Basque country and the north coast from the French border . Other detachments headed south from northern , rebel - held cities in an advance on Madrid , only to find themselves humiliatingly held by urban militia groups in the Guadarrama mountains north of the city . This last disappointment bestowed proportionately greater importance upon developments in the southern sector . While military , Falangist and Carlist units , fanning out from rebel - held Seville , Cádiz , Córdoba and Granada , set about conquering the rest of Andalusia , Franco 's Army of Africa and its accompanying Moorish troops pushed rapidly northwards from their southern beach - head into Extremadura and towards Madrid .
Idiom: flog a dead horse (used idiomatically: yes)
Okay . do it all and ge , and then be told by Roger , no I do n't want it like thi I think he 's like flogging a dead horse here I really do ! The lying bastards ! Need a good scientist who say that last July went and discovered a planet larger than the earth in another solar system and now said , oh it was all a mistake !
Idiom: get cracking (used idiomatically: yes)
At one team meeting Billy asked me if all the travelling , and the time and money it took , were really necessary . I told him it was and he said fine . Nearly two years later he told me that in each of those ten Crusades , people on the committees had said that , although everyone had agreed on certain tasks to be done , they only actually got cracking on them a couple of days before I was due back ! That kind of effort is worthwhile , because it motivates and energises workers . There is no substitute for personal contact in this work .
Idiom: thanks for nothing (used idiomatically: yes)
A none person . No smoking , no alcohol , only eating food that was good for you . ' ' Thanks for nothing . ' ' Do n't get snappy . As I said , that 's what I thought when I first met you . '
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
Jitters took careful aim , and got him with a headshot . The foreigner stumbled on a few steps , his brains leaking out around his earphones , and collapsed in a heap . Bloody buggering serve him right ! He tried to sing ‘ God Save the Queen,’ but blood came up from his chest . He realized he was due for shipping home to Blighty .
Idiom: spit it out (used idiomatically: yes)
I wondered if it was the usual supper for prisoners . I spread a little of the peculiar fat on a piece of bread and put it into my mouth . Its complete lack of any taste was so nauseating that I spat it out and decided to eat the rest of the bread by itself I was finishing this when there was the sound of boots in the passage again . My door was opened and a very young - looking man in a peaked cap was shown in . The giant nanny had unlocked the door for him but kept in the background and gave me no sign of recognition .
Idiom: thick as thieves (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm going to be in Dublin.’ ‘ But not in her world . Anyway , you 're grown up now , it 's not for you to be as thick as thieves with the likes of her .’ ‘ I like being as thick as thieves with her . She 's my friend.’
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Once it arrives in America , a team of experts from Stoddards will set it up and help to train the new operatives . This is the second Bonded Machine that has been bought by Wellco from Bonded Developments Ltd , a company jointly set up by Stoddards and Pickering Staplina . Already , there are further orders in the pipeline as another machine has been bought by Shaw Industries of Dalton . It will built from scratch by Pickering Staplina in their Lancashire factory . Shaw have already installed an ex - Stoddard one - metre - wide Bonded Machine for development work .
Idiom: full tilt (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh , dear . As for the chasy games ( also too undignified for the other girls to join in ) , it is to that that I owe the mark on my cheek . I was sprinting full tilt across the playground , with the ‘ bad boy’ of the year hot on my heels , as it was ‘ boys after girls’ . It was wet on the ground , + I slipped , but unfortunately the same bench that I mentioned previously happened to be in my way again . I banged my left cheek off it as I fell , + I now have a permanent dimple to tell the tale .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
He paused a moment , still looking down at the body , the head in the centre of a spreading pool of blood . ‘ Keep them alive until I get there,’ he added as an afterthought . He put the two - way back in his pocket and slipped away , swallowed by the gloom . Behind him , Paxton 's body lay amongst the frozen dancers and entertainers smiling down blankly as if welcoming him . Blood from the hideous wound washed over the title plate of the tableau , which proclaimed happily :
Idiom: make a go of (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's one of Britain 's most popular businessmen , Richard Branson . It 's completely addictive I think an anybody that gets involved in the airline business will say the same . I think for me I love erm er er er I love a challenge , and er I suspect the fact that before I went into it people said it was erm something which was erm absolutely impossible er er and that the their was no way that one could make a go of it erm made it made it made it perhaps all the more challenging to try to prove them wrong . For the crew this is just another New York flight , but it 's been a rough ride for Virgin Atlantic . Having won a libel case against British Airways over the much publicized dirty tricks , it 's set to announce losses exceeding fourteen million pounds for nineteen ninety two , and all airlines have been tightening their belts in the recession .
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh my god . Ooh . And we 've got a circuit breaker touch and go . Yes , yes . Thank god he 's got a circuit breaker .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
They need no special wiring and may be thermostatically controlled to come on at 3 ° C . An outside cistern could be kept from freezing by hanging a light bulb near it and leaving it on all the time . If a pipe has frozen , it can be thawed out with a hairdrier or by wrapping towels soaked in hot water around it . You will know which pipe is frozen because the tap at the end of it will no longer be working . Somewhere , there will be a plug of ice stopping the flow .
Idiom: have other fish to fry (used idiomatically: yes)
The Sun agreements were the first part of a strategy devised by Adobe 's four month - old Display Products Group to take the Unix field by storm — and there remains the Interactive Systems Unix side of Sun 's business to be mopped up , Ybarra reminds us . With Unix coming down to the desktop and moving into the commercial arena , Adobe feels their two paths are beginning to come together , even if Unix still represents only a tiny piece of its business . With Sun and ICS down the hatch , Adobe has other fish to fry . It would love to count Unix System Labs as a catch for Display PostScript — so far USL has just nibbled and taken the Adobe Type Manager for print functionality in Unix . Hewlett - Packard too is on its list .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
Eltharion lost nearly all of his family and saw his ancestral lands ravaged and burned in the cataclysmic Goblin invasion of Yvresse led by Grom the Paunch . To this day he holds a bitter hatred in his heart for all Goblins , so he is subject to the psychology rules for hatred when fighting Goblins . If he is in combat with Grom the fury of Eltharion 's blows is such that he gains + 1 on his rolls to hit and + 1 on the strength of his hits . TYRION AND TECLIS Among the High Elves the names of Tyrion and Teclis are spoken with hushed respect .
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
said : ‘ This regrettable incident happened in the run - up to the closure of the CTC plant.’ CTC is a feedstock for CFCs and the plant was due to close end of March in line with C&P 's policy to phase out CFC production by 1995 . A Royal seal of approval Teesside ecologists Ken Smith and Bob Walters received the royal seal of approval for their environmental training work . Prince charles presented them with three accolades — including his special patron 's award — at the National Training Awards organised by the Department of Employment .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: no)
Nine of these still contain their fuel rods . He was also told that 11,090 containers with low - level radioactive waste were dumped in the Kara Sea , and that at least five barges holding large quantities of nuclear waste are floating or have sunk off the island of Novaya Zemlya ( a former Soviet nuclear testing site ) . In addition , the Soviet submarine Komsomolets , which caught fire and sank in the Barents Sea in 1989 , is known to contain two smashed nuclear warheads . Hauge says his assessment is still incomplete , since he has not yet had access to Soviet military records . At a meeting of Russian and Norwegian experts to discuss ways of dealing with nuclear pollution in the Arctic , Russian experts confirmed that at least seven reactors dumped in the Kara Sea still contain nuclear fuel .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
And if you take into account that the words , A general presumption against , were common phraseology in policies in the nineteen eighties and we now use the er play against presumption we now have to use the phrase , Will not normally be permitted . I would suggest to you that given that and also the wording in the justification under the old Policy E three , that in fact you could hardly get a tissue paper between this policy that is now before you and the previous policy . They are in fact almost one and the same and they use er one and the same justification . And so it seems to me that what has got to be proven , and I come back to the point , is that something has changed and we have n't heard anything that has changed er in in that time . In fact the justification er for the present policy actually talks about erm the erm , This policy has generally been successfully implemented across the county .
Idiom: call someone's bluff (used idiomatically: yes)
He knew this from the way he felt attracted to it . It was a contemptuous sop of a clue , something they thought they could afford , but it might be useful . Obviously they thought that by letting this sort of thing out they would have an excuse for putting him away if he ever attempted to call their bluff , " Ha ! " they would be able to say,"Crazy ; read too much SF . Bonkers ; let us put him away and keep him under sedation and have done with him,"That was the way their minds worked . That realisation was supposed to put him off , but he was too clever for them .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ And if you could meet Swire Sugden yourself he might listen to you being an honourable an ' all that,’ said Otley to my amazement , I never knew he was a royalist . Soon he 'll be tugging his forelock . ‘ I 'll do that,’ she said , ‘ bit of MI5 stuff behind the scenes , eh?’ ‘ While we dig away at the front,’ I said . The Hon . Mrs Grindlewood - Gryke , ‘ You can call me Mollie’ , had been a widow since 1979 when her husband was lost in a blizzard .
Idiom: go native (used idiomatically: yes)
He garbage - dispersed the whodunit concepts because it was always this monster woman behind the scheme to remainder the hero . No wonder Tunney was so susceptible to Daine 's Dream . He 's probably gone happily native in there . ' The head gave the impression it was about to say something , but did n't . In the view , Ronald Colman strangled Shelley Winters , quoting from Othello as he did so , killing with a kiss .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: no)
I know he is a bit This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . Just before he got a good grip he went , he got a grip and he was just about to squeeze this , I went I sort of went of tiptoes and I goes , I 'll let it slide this time . You know when I look vexed , I goes , because I havn't seen you for few weeks , and he walked away , come are you walking back with us ? Yeah .
Idiom: eat your heart out (used idiomatically: yes)
But just now we are concerned with you . You are another matter . If you think I shall allow you to sink into this silly shame of yours and eat out your own heart until you die of despair , you are in a great mistake , boy . Now you will get up and make yourself presentable — I 'll see to it that the wardrobe shall provide you with clothes that will fit tolerably — and you will come to supper at my table and take your place among your peers , and behave yourself like a man and a Talvace , instead of a sick and thwarted girl . ' ' No ! ' said Harry , startled and stung into what was almost a cry of pain .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
Look , Rory , I 've been wrong about a lot of things in my life , but never more than I have been about you , right from the start . Because of Lisa , I created a picture of you in my mind . I decided you must be hard , self - seeking , ambitious to the point of ruthlessness , and immoral to boot.’ He reached out one hand to stroke her cheek . ‘ Discovering that you were in reality generous , caring , sensitive and stunningly sexy was hard for me to cope with .
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: yes)
Nor can a notice in the foyer adequately forewarn an audience of a work 's potential for outrage . But even if it could , are we to outlaw the artist 's capacity to shock , to appal , to disturb profoundly in the interests of truth ? If outrage were the sole test of legality in the arts , then the Impressionists would never have been allowed to organise the Salon des Refusés , Edvard Munch would have been driven into permanent exile , and the score of Stravinsky 's Rite of Spring would be gathering dust in some criminal museum like the Italian negative of Bertolucci 's Last Tango in Paris . Outrage condemned Shostakovitch , and it is an odd test indeed to be proposed in the defence of literature and the arts . A major difficulty with such a test is that familiarity may breed tolerance rather than contempt .
Idiom: on cloud nine (used idiomatically: yes)
Together with his son Jonathan , he raised £ 5,000 for charity . Two thirds of the money was donated to the Exeter - based Diabetes Research and Education Centre Trust , and the remainder went to CLIC ( the Cancer and Leukemia in Childhood Trust ) . ‘ The general feeling of being on cloud nine once I had completed it has lasted,’ he told ACCOUNTANCY , ‘ and has provided a very welcome psychological boost.’ Russian into business . Market stalls might not hold that much interest for the average Briton , but for Ekaterina Likhoda from Nizhni Tagil in the Russian Urals,(see below , far right with South Wales Society president Paul Marshall — also pictured on the far left are Ekaterina 's interpreter , Olga Lewis , and Michelle Thomson , owner of the fruit stall ) it was all part of an unusual business - study trip arranged for her by the Institute 's General Practitioner Board . The enterprising 35-year old mother of three had written to 043The Timesin March asking for advice on starting up trade .
Idiom: by dint of (used idiomatically: yes)
I take it you are n't in favour of the idea?’ His voice was low , the deep tones carrying only the faintest hint of a Scottish accent that time and distance had helped him to shed . Fran had read all she could about Luke Calder before the interview and knew that he came from the poorest part of Glasgow and that he had got to where he was today by dint of sheer hard work and determination , but , looking at him now , she found it hard to imagine that he had come from anything but a moneyed background . From the top of his sleek dark head to the tips of his expensive handmade leather shoes , he exuded an aura of wealth and power . It was only that faint burr in his voice which hinted at his background and made her realise that behind the elegant façade lay pure steel .
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
Put these in a shallow dish and look for small animals on the stems and on the underside of leaves . If you live in a low - lying area where there are ponds and canals , there may be plenty of mosquitoes and gnats around in summer . These will visit your aquarium and lay their eggs there if you leave the aquarium uncovered . You can then watch them go through their larval and pupal stages before finally hatching out as adults . As larvae they feed on microscopic water animals ( see Chapter 5 ) .
Idiom: in your blood (used idiomatically: yes)
’ Neighbours , this is no struggle . It 's a fight for every bit of soil . It 's for something deeper , something in your blood , that no one can take from you.’ Voice over The battle cry of 1948 which saved the life of an Oxfordshire village .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
I ai n't seen ' er about fer ages . P'raps she 's snuffed it.’ Fred cut into the pieces of meat with a vengeance , fighting the urge to shake the chattering Bessie Chandler by the scruff of her neck until she snuffed it . ‘ P'raps she ' as,’ he replied quietly . Bessie was not finished .
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
Or the project will test their understanding of why it is particularly bad to break a promise . One main reason is that I know that the other person thinks I will act as promised and therefore she will do something which she would not do otherwise . Also , young children 's answers to examination questions may be off the mark , not because they do not know what they are being tested for , but because they misinterpret the examiner 's intention . They may think the experimenter wants to know himself and not realise that he just wants to know whether the child knows the answer . Award Title :
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
A powerful backblast blew one coating of dust from his clothes and replaced it with another that was tinged with soot . The Chelonians milled about confusedly in the sudden darkness , their optical aids realigning frantically to provide them with a coherent picture of their environment . The Doctor wiped his bleary eyes with his scarf and doffed his hat to the landing spacecraft . ' I think my luck has finally changed , ' he said happily . Death Of A Salesman
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
I was , in Robert Pirsig 's immortal phrase , caught in a gumption trap , expending more and more energy in a blind alley of endeavour from which I needed to quietly reverse in temporary resignation . So I switched off the PCW , ignored it for a week , played pool and drank frequent large tomato juices . When I came back to the world of RAM and ROM , my subconscious had apparently been connecting up some loose neurons , and everything fell into place . My approach to computers then and now remains the same . Identify what you want it to do , learn how to make it do that , ignore everything else .