Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh aye so anyhow , oh dear Oh dear , right let 's make a move I tell That blinking election is getting on your nerves Oh I 've had enough of it and it has n't even
Idiom: toe the line (used idiomatically: yes)
with ease up and down , amorous and free to alter , though not substantially like us , who toe the line between steep banks , slightly hobbled , more and more in step . The Allotment Path
Idiom: watch this space (used idiomatically: yes)
The bands are Steed , Brick Supply , Watersnakes , and Mojo , all of whom are signed to Graeme Robinson 's new label , Circulation . If you ca n't make the Orange , the bands will be performing in Darlington early next month . Watch this space . RUMOURS have abounded about the fate of The Ritz in Hartlepool , but matters seem to have resolved themselves and The Rye will definitely be playing there on Bank Holiday Monday to launch Northern Electric 's Culture Shock project . Run by Durham Street Studios , this is to find the best 12 Nort - East bands to take part in an intensive ten - date tour of schools and colleges .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
European business students in Oxford are ready to push at the open door . 14 years ago , Vivienne Bernhard came to England from France . Already qualified , she had to start from scratch . Now she 's a Health Authority Secretary , but then the opportunities were scarce . Freedom of movement for individuals will be one of the cornerstones of the new Europe , enshrined in the single Europe act , due to come into effect on the first of January 1993 .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
When decisions are continually made with respectful consultation it is very seldom that authority is ever actually involved . It is only when all the options have been considered , all the ideas have been exchanged and the husband still considers his plan to be more appropriate that both he and his partner understand he has the responsibility to follow that plan prayerfully . He does so believing that if , in the long run , it is not the best for all concerned God will intervene through circumstances or additional information . This happened to us a few years back . After two years of searching we found a house that seemed to meet all of our requirements .
Idiom: say uncle (used idiomatically: no)
And I 've seen him , he 's made me cringe , he used to have a cigar cigarette lighter and he used to fill it with this L P G stuff . And I 've seen him standing ope in front of the open fire with his back to the fire going like that and you can see the heat shimmer stuff coming off and you know it 's the L P G. I used to say Uncle I do n't lie , you know you 're do oh I 've been doing it for years you all that sort of thing you know . You could n't get him to alter his ways . But it 's just one of those things .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
By Michael White in Strasbourg THE European parliament yesterday signalled renewed determination to use the drive for economic integration to close the ' democratic deficit ' , producing a 10-point plan which , despite the suspicions of Conservative and Labour front benches , could have profound implications for Westminster . Addressing the 12 heads of government at the start of the Strasbourg summit , Mr Enrique Baron , the Spanish Socialist who is Lord Henry Plumb 's successor as president of the parliament , urged the leaders to go all the way towards full European union provided it is ' based on the characteristics which we share in common— those of parliamentary democracy ' . His blueprint for evolving ' a genuine parliamentary democracy ' will be discussed at a preparatory conference next spring which the European parliament will hold with the Council of Ministers and the bureaucratic Commission . Its aim , with the likely support of West Germany and the Commission President , Mr Jacques Delors , will be to ensure that institutions of democratic accountability are developed in parallel with the supra - national instruments of economic and monetary policy - making like the proposed central bank .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
AN ice - cream van driver and his assistant escaped when their vehicle was fire - bombed as they served customers in the Ballieston area of Glasgow . The attack has raised the spectre of another war between ice - cream operators in Glasgow . Ten years ago , violence between rival organisations came to a head with the deaths of six members of one family in a fire - bomb attack on their house . The latest attack by two masked men on an ice - cream van on Sunday night forced the 48-year - old driver and his 24-year - old assistant to jump to safety as the vehicle was engulfed in flames . The incident , which happened while several people including children were milling around the van , is being treated by police as attempted murder .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Joe 's squad for the world team event is Michael Watt , Bruce Topping , Graham Henderson , Jayne Plunkett and Ann Stephens of Ulster and Michael O'Meara , Mark Peard and Sonya McGinn of Leinster . Meanwhile the world 's top players have turned down a tempting financial offer aimed at attracting them away from the Ulster Milk Games match between Europe and Asia in Belfast on June 8 . The Belgium federation offered players considerably more than Belfast to take part in an exhibition game on June 7 , but fortunately they prefer to compete in the prestigious inter - continental event . Among those coming over to Belfast are world silver medallist Thomas Lund ( Denmark ) and double world and Olympic champion Park Joo Bong ( Korea ) . Province set for US bonanza
Idiom: out of sorts (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's alleged Gary Corbett held her by the legs and swung her against a wall at the flat in which they all lived at Forest Green in Nailsworth , near Stroud in Gloucestershire . Witnesses have said that the day before her death , Danielle was quiet and strangely floppy . Her mother had said she was teething and out of sorts ; listless . Corbett told polic that he never lost his temper with the child and never smacked her . He claims he was alone with the child changing her nappy when she was sick , stopped breathing and died .
Idiom: in two shakes (used idiomatically: yes)
So it was deliberate ! I knew it . If I did n't think you 'd go blabbing your side of the story all over town , I 'd have you out of my house in two shakes.’ ‘ How do you know I wo n't go ? It 's no fun living with someone who thinks she 's a cross between Virginia Woolf and the Queen Mother .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
He went home for about two weeks and then came back again . Keith was a right proud Dad . When we used to go to town he used to get her out and carry her . I was n't allowed to push the pushchair . But once we got home that was it .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
William is reading a book entitled Rats , Lice and History . He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . There are probably other examples , but these are the two that most spring to mind while contemplating William on his park bench . It is hard to say why , just something about him . William knows the book practically by heart .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
The grey slates and shales of the Silurian rock are obvious as you walk . From here you walk north - east following forest paths and tracks for just under a mile . The route then curves around to head south towards Grizedale Tarn . Continue on tracks heading east around the bottom of the tarn and after around ⅓ of a mile turn right and head south . After around ⅔ of a mile the route curves around as though it 's heading towards the village of Satterthwaite only to curve round back east — keep a look out for Borck Crags , rocky outcrops you can see to your left .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
You could see the pulse beat in his neck . You could smell him too — a whiff of new soap and old changing - rooms . You could see the broken veins on his nose and see the puffy skin above his eyelids , bunched up like old crêpe curtains . And you could watch those little blue eyes that never quite met yours . It was my dad all right .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
CASEBOOK 1 WE ALL know some shops are struggling to survive . But sometimes they go over the top with tricks to get you to buy . One well-known DIY store promised ‘ 20 per cent off ’ when some of its prices had actually gone up . The price used as the original price had been bumped up so that the 20 per cent off claim could be made .
Idiom: talk out of turn (used idiomatically: no)
I can well imagine how he must have looked that day , framed by the doorway of the vehicle , his dark , severe presence quite blotting out the effect of the gentle Hertfordshire scenery behind him . Those were , Mr Charles recalls , strangely unnerving moments during which he too , despite not having participated in the preceding behaviour , felt engulfed with guilt . The silence seemed to go on interminably , before either Mr Smith or Mr Jones found it in him to mutter : ' I suppose we were talking a little out of turn there . It wo n't happen again . ' A moment to consider this , then my father had closed the door gently , returned to the wheel and had proceeded to continue the tour of the three villages — a tour , Mr Charles assured me , that was completed thereafter in near silence .
Idiom: sick to death (used idiomatically: yes)
With them she talked , looked at the latest exhibitions , ate in tiny restaurants in the Quartier Latin that smelled deliciously of garlic and wine and smarter ones in the Champs - Elysees , wandered about the city marvelling at how little physical damage the Nazis had done , and had a marvellous time . Only a few of her friends had been active in the Resistance , but it was clear that neither they nor anyone else much wanted to talk about the choices they had all had to make . That suited Comfort , because she was sick to death of war stories and all she wanted to do was forget the whole horrible business and somehow get her life back on to its prewar footing . Buying her new clothes helped , with all the half - forgotten luxury of choosing the models in Dior 's grey - and - gold salon and returning for fittings as the suits and dresses were moulded to her figure . After the depressing makeshifts to which she had been reduced by British rationing , the sensation of wonderful materials against her skin was almost as pleasing as the vendeuse 's comments about ‘ Madame 's wonderful figure’ and striking face .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Emergency organization . The emergency organization of the German sites was supplemented early in 1996 by appointing emergency managers who are on call around - the - clock .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: yes)
The referee allowed the reknowned loony Cantona to hurl a canary to the ground without a caution , amongst many unpunished fouls . Mad Eric has personalised his scum top by wearing the collar standing up and ironing down the front corners to make it look like a cravat — he now looks like Victorian Dad out of Viz . Berk . I knew it would n't be cut and dried vs Man City so I was pleased with the result . Deano 's confidence must have been boosted getting the winner . Listening to 606 on Radio 5 : a scum rang up complaining about Leeds fans anti scum chanting .
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: no)
As the PR officer in charge of internal affairs , he launched an eight - time - a - year publication for employees , called Profile , which won him an Editing for Industry Certificate of Merit as a solo editor . Hunter had by now become one of BAIE 's leading lights in Scotland . He had been on the committee of the Scottish region , as it was ten called , since 1984 —‘they flung me on as naive new blood’—— and was vice - chairman for two years before becoming chairman at the tender age of 25 . As a regional chairman , he had a seat on the national — or UK as the Scots prefer it — BAIE Council , which he found a strange experience . ‘ I remember going to my first meeting,’ he recalls .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
He rested his face against his airy pillow , and did not cry out or struggle , and the sighing song of the West Wind , full of fine rain and glancing sunshine , streaming clouds and driven starlight , netted him around and around . She put him down as the little grey man had foretold on a huge grey granite stone , pitted and scarred and bald . He heard her whisking and wailing on her way , and he bent down and laid the cock - feather on the stone , and behold with a heavy groaning and grinding the huge stone swung up in the air and down in the earth , as though on a pivot or balance , disturbing waves of soil and heather like thick sea - water , and showing a dark , dank passage under the heather - roots and the knotty roots of the gorse . So in he went , bravely enough , thinking all the time of the thickness of rock and peat and earth over his head , and the air in that place was chill and damp and the ground underfoot was moist and sodden . He bethought him of his little key and held it up bravely before him , and it put out a little sparkling light that illumined a step at a time , silvery - pale .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
DEAD CALM ( Warners ) Tense thriller concocted out of the most unpromising elements : three characters , two boats , and a lot of water . Psycho at sea . LICENCE TO KILL ( Warners ) Licence Revoked was originally going to be the title for this last Bond film , and if only they had .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
She knew the geography of the place ; she might easily have followed Newley down to Miller 's End . The problem here was the lack of motive . She had come to terms with Newley 's affair with Arabella ; she believed that she had her husband precisely where she wanted him . Other candidates presented themselves : Brassard must know Miller 's End and he might have come to hate being bullied by Newley ; Yorick blamed Newley for his own failings , and was hysterical enough to kill on impulse ; Henry , having predicted Newley 's death , had a vested interest in ensuring that the prediction was fulfilled ; Zaza might have been seduced by Newley and then spurned It was useless : he had no evidence .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
I see her face clearly , the care lines and pouches have gone , it is the face of a young woman . Her expression is stern . Though her lips do not move , I seem to hear words : I am to go back — to sort out this nonsense , once and for all . That 's not fair ! I 'm not ready .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
These vary from things like ports that do not work because the sockets do not connect to their expansion card , to obscure faults such as motherboards which only work when the weather is hot . Some are simply not set up correctly . Now would seem to be a good time to buy PCs , but there could well be a certain amount of hassle before your new wonder computer is up and running properly . Next month we will return to general computer hardware matters , with a look at some simple pieces of hardware to read bar codes . SHOP TALK
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
To lands across the foam . Imagine that Great Britain May fly its flag again And raise its head across the world , A race of gentlemen .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
How about the blue we bought together ? ' It was a tactful way of explaining that change meant evening dress for her and dinner jacket for him . Poor little sweet , he thought , splashing in the hot water in his father 's bathroom . It was all very strange to her , but she 'd soon get the hang of it . She did n't mind him telling her things , and learned very quickly .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Susan Scott , Margaret Lismore and Ken Stacey 's names pop up in her closet , alongside London designer names bought in the sales at Belfast shops Earth and Propaganda . Name : Andi Occupation : Lead singer with Sunshine Age : 25 Fave Labels : Everything and anything that catches her eye . Fave Shops : Hyper Hyper and Top Shop , London ; Miss Selfridge , Castlecourt ; Propaganda , Belfast . Favourite item : A fake fur coat , with movie star appeal
Idiom: kick ass (used idiomatically: yes)
They relax with sexy manga or violent computer games . They shun society 's complex web of social obligations and loyalties . The result : a burgeoning young generation of 100,000 hard - core otaku who are too uptight to talk to a telephone operator but who can kick ass on the keyboard of a PC . Zero , 25 , a self - proclaimed otaku , flunked out of the maths department at Tokyo 's Keio University because he did n't like being ordered around by teachers to whom he felt superior . ‘ They could n't deal with someone like me,’ he says .
Idiom: buy time (used idiomatically: yes)
The rate card is not , in practice , fixed . There is usually a formal system of discounts , for advertisers spending over a certain level with the station , and perhaps even for early booking , and whenever a station has time to sell which it fears it might fail to dispose of it is possible for the buyer to negotiate on the price . This is one reason why TV buyers may wish to keep part of their budgets flexible beyond the time when they might usually prefer to commit themselves — they may , of course , find that they can not buy the time they want , but this is a risk they may be willing to take in order to get a better price . With TV , especially in the major areas and London in particular , a very heavily sold market , the contractors have in good years been less willing to deal . Some have been accused — rightly or wrongly — of preferring not to sell all their available time rather than to reduce their price , and most areas now follow a practice which can only really work in a seller 's market —'pre - emption ' .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
Hurley went dip - shit crazy . He had his top brass coming in from Washington to look at the operation and the first thing they 'd see at Filanta Court was this 30-foot PLO radio mast . So he pulled all his strings , and although it was politically very sensitive , he got the Cypriots to close the Palestinians down and kick them off the island . Well , he need n't have bothered . His guys showed up from Washington and they did n't want to see shit .
Idiom: call someone's bluff (used idiomatically: yes)
He wiped his hand from brow to chin in the hope of sloughing the illusion off , and in these seconds she opened the door to make her escape . He leapt from the bed , still determined to get past his confusions to the grim truth he 'd coupled with , but she was already halfway through the door , and the only way he could stop her was to seize hold of her arm . Whatever power had deranged his senses , its bluff was called when he made contact with her . The roiling forms of her face resolved themselves like pieces of a multi - faceted jigsaw , turning and turning as they found their place , concealing countless other configurations — rare , wretched , bestial , dazzling — behind the shell of a congruous reality . He knew the features , now that they 'd come to rest .
Idiom: on a full stomach (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Yeah ! She was had on a full stomach . She had to do it before she ate anything . She said most of it was it was n't the actual looking at the hole it was that she was hurting him pushing it in .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Nothing wrong with this ; alcohol is a neurodepressant , knocking out the complex brain circuits involved in civilizing behaviour — the obedience to convention , the shyness , the fear of rejection . Once you have nudged these aside , your ego can dismiss ‘ what I should do’ and get on with ‘ what I want to do’ . However , if you were to make the mistake of drinking too much , diminished anxiety would go hand - in - hand with exponentially diminishing social skills , moral awareness and desirability , as the alcohol is knocked out the less complex brain circuits as well . Drinking too much can also , of course , affect your sexual performance . As she sees you , and senses your interest , her posture changes in subtle ways .
Idiom: come to grief (used idiomatically: yes)
GLEB had been set up by the GLC in 1983 to provide venture capital to start up enterprises and provide jobs in the London area . An endless stream of proposals had poured in for the £ 20 million a year it had to dispense . Many of the earlier ones came to grief , especially workers ' co - ops , where money was handed out for projects such as a vegetarian quiche restaurant in Deptford . Some were simply misguided , others were closer to the edge of the law , but predictably many crashed . However , GLEB made progress with more sane ideas , and was credited with creating or saving 2,000 jobs in 116 different enterprises .
Idiom: break the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1959 , Amory collapsed during his speech . It later transpired that in the days immediately preceding the budget he had found time to eat only once — a poached egg at the Lyons Corner House which was then opposite the House of Commons . Roy Jenkins , chancellor from 1968 to 1970 , acknowledged the strain when he said : ‘ I think it is the most back - breaking job in government and indeed it has broken the back of nearly everyone who has held it since the war.’ But for the final word on the huge difficulties facing Chancellor Lamont in his last ever springtime budget , we should heed the wise words of Prime Minister Major : ‘ It will take some time , it always does , to change the economy . It 's like turning the Titanic round , as you know.’
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
But it would n't , would it ? That war is still going on , Jamie is still wasting his life on a childhood hatred and Edward Swift is still playing them off against each other from beyond the grave . ' Rachel studied her face , so pale and fine - boned , a light sprinkling of freckles on her nose . ' You knew it would happen , did n't you ? ' she said quietly . ' I remember you predicted it before I even left . '
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
A man , whose face she had been unable to see , had suddenly appeared , pulled her out of the shit , and then disappeared . In twentieth century slang , this planet was ' doing her head in ' . She kept close to Spike , making sure he did n't wander out of her sight . They were moving towards the space station . For over five kilometres they had seen debris and signs of an ancient fireball which had scorched the earth .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Writers on administrative law are not all in agreement about the best way of approaching the study of the legal control of administrative action . Some people think that the law of judicial review can not be properly understood unless it is studied against the background of a particular area of governmental activity such as housing or immigration , in order to see how the general rules are use to deal with particular problems . On the other hand , other people think that general rules , such as the rules of natural justice ( considered in Chapter 8) , which apply across the whole range of administrative activities , can usefully be examined and discussed in their own right . An analogy can be drawn with study of the law of contract : books are written both on particular types of contract , such as contracts of agency or sale , but also on the general principles of the law of contract . This book is based on the view that the general principles of judicial review of administrative action are worth studying .