Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
Both he and my mother were keen for Thomas and me to go and live with them there , but I preferred to be independent . So here I am . And my brother , who 's a trainee diplomat , is doing a stint in Brussels , so he 's abroad , too,’ she tacked on , for good measure . ‘ Would n't it have been simpler for you to be independent back home?’ Vitor enquired .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , I 've got ta have a chance to win again No chance Where were they , five five games on ? Er , no you won six five Did I ?
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
SID VICIOUS : Looking down on creation THE AUTHOR ( left ) gets on Will 's wavelength WILL SINNET : the least pissed off half of the Shamen NB IT STANDS FOR NEW BANDS THE SOUND OF SPEEEED
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , well the New Cut , you see , years ago , they used to be the entrance to the dock . Cos if you g if anybody go down there now they could see where what we call the Pier Head , so ships had to go up there and turn in to the lock gate . Now , the lock gates are right , the river , so they can come up straight in , previous they used to have to go up , up the river there , new cut and then turn into the dock . So there were no lock gates originally ? There were no lock , no lock gates this end .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
And so that the village benefits from the wood in some way , erm like there 's a teak plantation they 've got going at the moment , and in ten years time , the teak will be used to carry electricity , so that the village can have some electricity as well , I mean it 's to do with giving the village something as well as trying to help the environment . And our other project will probably be in Malaysia , where we 're hoping to be able to fund lawyers to go and visit the indigenous tribes , and educate them about the Malaysian process of law , because at the moment I 'm sure you 'll know that various indigenous people have been blockading the logging roads that go on to their demarcated territory . erm Because the loggers have been , as I said earlier , logging 24 hours around the clock , and they 're supposed to be logging over a 70 year cycle , and they 're not because the companies have only got three year licenses , and basically the indigenous people have just had enough , so they started to block the logging roads . But they were then held in remand in prison , and did n't really know how to defend themselves , so this project will be sending lawyers into the Long Houses of the indigenous peoples , trying to educate them about the process of Malaysian law , and work it into their system of customary law , which is known as ADAT , whereby within the Long House , all the community leaders and the members within the community debate disputes over land rights , the forest , the use of it , and try and get them to use their customary law with a knowledge of the Malaysian legal process in order to form associations and fight being thrown into prison because they 're trying to defend the forest . A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
Furthermore , teaching of expert systems has now been introduced into some of the engineering syllabi in the training schools . Finally , during my time in post I have lectured to every one of the Senior Engineering Management courses that have been carried out at RAF Cranwell . Our work should bear some fruit in the future . 24 . In addition , I had hoped to put in motion programmes in 3 separate areas and I hope that they still may be started in the not too distant future .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
Co - operatives of women are in evidence all over Palestine . With the establishment in July 1988 of the Palestinian Women 's Higher Council , Palestinian women took a very important step in ensuring the consolidation of their advances . In their first underground leaflet , the Women 's Higher Council stated the following : ' To our great masses of women , to the steadfast mothers , sisters , to our women heroines behind the iron bars of the zionist jails and in the revolutionary camps — to women workers , peasants , students — You had a central , important and distinguished role in the great Intifada — had part in its continuity , escalation and in sparking its flame ; this role has expressed itself in the wide participation of women in all fields of daily confrontation and resistance since the Uprisings first day . In addition , there is also the significant role that women played in emphasising and reaffirming the strong bond and solidarity among the people . Consequently , this unselfish and untiring determination has raised the women 's movement to a new qualitative stage …
Idiom: heart of gold (used idiomatically: yes)
They were sturdy boys , dark like their mother , and full of spirit . Breeze liked them at once , and they liked her . They offered to take her down to the sea , so off they went — accompanied by the Dares ' three dogs , hideous mongrels with hearts of gold . It was a lovely walk to the cliffs . They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland .
Idiom: on the fiddle (used idiomatically: yes)
Mrs Thatcher does n't care and Katie 's pregnant and alone , ravishing Reagan 's over there and I 'm working my fingers to the bone . Tara . The rich get richer and the poor get poorer , my accountant 's on the fiddle and I 'm an overdrawer . Mrs Hardy 's … ’ ‘ Stop , stop , stop , stop , stop , Larry .
Idiom: sign of the times (used idiomatically: yes)
They failed . Print , paper , and newspapers enabled the rise of new types of political systems based on expanded popular participation . The transition was not smooth , but those who understood the signs of the times early gained a historical head start .
Idiom: fast and furious (used idiomatically: yes)
And we seemed to have lost erm Nick Harris and manager Brian Horton , but hopefully we 'll be going back to that , so let 's move to the Berks and Bucks Intermediate Cup ; Fairmile Hospital against Milton , this match finished Fairmile Hospital one , Milton three ; waiting to report , David Taylor . Yes , there was to be no Cup upset this afternoon as Hellenic League leaders Milton United overcame their Reading Senior League opponents at Fairmile in the Berks and Bucks Intermediate Cup fourth round . Two goals from Milton 's leading scorer Nigel Mott and one from Neil Allen put this game beyond doubt , the opening encounter was fast and furious with bone jarring tackles from both sets of players , and referee , Mr Merchant from Newbury did well to keep it from boiling over . After fourteen minutes , Paul Biddle went close for Milton as his corner went just over the bar . Ian Humphreys and Duncan Mitchell were making space down the right wing for Milton as the visitors started to click into gear , searching and probing for a way past the Fairmile defence .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
The very primitive signalling systems available and the extreme difficulty of ensuring that any order was understood and obeyed were equally important obstacles in the way of an original or aggressive admiral . The improvement in signalling methods which Kempenfelt and others brought about in the British navy in the last decades of the century was a greater contribution than the idea of ‘ breaking the enemy 's line’ to the defeat of Napoleon . Decisive naval battles were also made less likely by ideas which persisted throughout the century as to the way in which wars at sea should be fought . In France and Spain , and to a lesser extent in Britain , it was widely believed that the most important function of a fleet was not to seek out and destroy that of the enemy but to protect the colonies and seaborne trade of the State to which it belonged and capture or harass those of its opponents . The restrictions which ideas of this kind imposed on the French navy were particularly serious , and can be seen influencing France 's strategy at sea throughout the century .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
Her heart soared as she realised that this was a new adventure , an adventure through darkness into the greater darkness which might , just might , be even more beautiful than the slow throbbing of living blood , richer in iron than the veins of any mine , passing through mighty arteries , driven by the rhythmic pounding of the great beast 's heart . So she waited eagerly . Suddenly far above her head she saw a little shaft of light . It grew until it was a window and out through the window she could see down a long tunnel ; and beyond that the sun shining and the mountains rising over the fruit trees . Wider and wider , the dragon was opening its mouth .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
Tom had just one word to cut so that out of this sentence , forever , disappeared our Mary .
Idiom: see the light of day (used idiomatically: yes)
He predicts that bidders , including insurance companies and investment management groups , will form strategic alliances with societies , initially using the branch networks to sell their own financial services , and later agreeing full mergers . ' Building societies are being approached almost daily with offers of this kind , ' he claims . John Franklin , director of corporate finance at the merchant bank Morgan Grenfell , whose clients include both societies and prospective bidders , is convinced a bid for a society is on the way : ' The first merger will see the light of day early next year . ' Any bid would probably be with the blessing of the society 's management . But some societies fear hostile bids — a subject on the agenda at the Building Societies Association council meeting tomorrow .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
Fred Davies has formed a company to build special buses for the disabled . But instead of basing it in Northallerton , where he runs the Sundial Hotel and founded the now defunct York Trailers , it will be in Shildon , near Darlington . Mr Davies has been at loggerheads with Hambleton District Council over the future use of his hotel in Darlington Road . Last week a Department of Environment inspector heard a planning appeal seeking to change it into a nursing home . Hambleton planners opposed the scheme because the Sundial is in the middle of the town 's industrial belt and considered unsuitable .
Idiom: at your fingertips (used idiomatically: yes)
— Four runners - up will be spoilt for choice and each win £ 500 to spend at Freemans 3rd PRIZE — Five runners - up will each win £ 200 worth of Freemans fashions — style at your fingertips ! ENTRY FORM Shopping together
Idiom: do me a favour (used idiomatically: yes)
Shadows on the Mountain " Ireland , " said Gerald Hussey,"is the fairest country in the whole world , and there is no place in all Ireland more beautiful than the Corcaguiney peninsula . Will you do me the favour of remembering that , Sara ? " They were riding back from Castlegregory , and had stopped at the top of the Connor Pass to rest their horses . The sun was low over Mount Eagle and the western sky was beginning to blaze with its evening glory .
Idiom: get the boot (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm bloody sure you can get your boots cleaner than that , Jones!(condition 2 ) You 're supposed to come on to parade with clean boots , Jones!(condition 3 ) It 's my job to see you 've got cleaner boots than this!(condition 4 ) then we may be sure both that the sergeant means his words to be perceived as an order , and that the private will perceive them as such . The private , for his part , may try to challenge the felicity condition invoked , and , if he succeeds , he will take away the status of ' order ' from the utterance .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
Bugger me . Do they really ? Well last Wednesday my supervisor put on my clock card A A. So I said why ? I said I 've been sitting here all lunchtime trying to sort out what bloody A A is apart from Alcoholics Anonymous .
Idiom: take to the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
Under the energetic Hemsted , orders were issued forbidding the building of manyattas and the carrying of spears , and the graduation ceremonies for the current age - set of warriors were hurried through . The result was a warrior rising in 1922 , when the members of the Laitetti manyatta refused to disperse . After killing a number of traders and native policemen , and an elder who had counselled prudence , they took to the hills , where a detachment of the King 's African Rifles surprised them and drove them out , with about twenty casualties . ‘ Enforced labour’ , wrote Hemsted , commenting upon the episode , ‘ is the only antidote , and among such a race as the Masai is indispensable to progress.’ He did not doubt their ‘ capacity for culture’ ; it was their ‘ environment’ which was ‘ fatal’ .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
He believed she did not love him because he was like his father but he could not blame her for this because he knew he was unlovable . He was lazy , he wasted his time , he was an ugly , pale little boy with a permanently running nose . Worse still , he was ungrateful : everyone told him that his mother had had a hard life , that she worked her fingers to the bone , but it meant nothing to him . The knowledge of his own ingratitude convinced him that he was wicked and worthless . All his childhood he had been frightened of his own shortcomings .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Mary 's nobles detested her insolent consort almost as much as she did and , either from genuine loyalty to her or in devious application of their own power politics , conspired to remove him . The leader of this band was that dashing Earl of Bothwell who had shown signs of becoming Mary 's latest favourite , and who was soon to show even higher ambitions . On the face of it the queen herself was innocent of any involvement . Yet the favours and appointments she showered on him must surely have given Bothwell reason to assume that he could interpret her secret wishes . Mary 's own conduct towards her dissolute husband was also open to a number of interpretations .
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I climbed the rocks.’ ‘ Well , well , you encourage me . Ten whole words out of you at a stretch ! One more question , then.’ He spread his long , lean hands on the arms of his chair , and the rubies in his two rings took the candle - light and burned into crimson .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
Above all , the client should be advised of the need to adopt proper contracting procedures to ensure that the terms are properly incorporated into its contracts . The most carefully drafted terms will be useless if they are never incorporated into the client 's contracts . The client should therefore be advised to present the terms clearly and legibly , and to resist the temptation to use small print , faint ink or to try to impose its terms on its trading partners by stealth . These matters are covered in more detail in the next chapter . Incorporation of Terms
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
Richard Knight , Robson , Dave Walsh , Lamb , Blackburn , Readshaw , Michael Lowrie . STRIKER Bernie Slaven last night promised his full backing for Middlesbrough 's promotion drive . Republic of Ireland international Slaven said : ‘ I do n't want to rock the boat . ‘ I can assure fans I will continue to give my best . Promotion is important for the punters and the club.’
Idiom: into thin air (used idiomatically: yes)
British energy studies estimate that total energy consumption could be reduced by anything between 10 and 65 per cent over the next 35 years — depending on the political will . They have also shown that 60 per cent of the energy released from fossil fuels is wasted . Thirty per cent dissipates when the original fuel is converted into usable electricity , gas , petrol or solid fuels ; and another 30 per cent vanishes into thin air because of inefficient systems and appliances in homes , industry and transport . In a recent report by Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) to the House of Lords it was stated that Britain could reduce electricity demand by 70 per cent , just through energy efficiency . The report explains ‘ It would cost five to ten times less than building conventional power stations to meet demand , and it would have a significantly lower environmental impact’ .
Idiom: apples and oranges (used idiomatically: yes)
The compound in the jug being tasted , and considered perfect , apples and oranges were put upon the table , and a shovel - full of chesnuts on the fire .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
Sally Gunnell 's well deserved victory in this year 's Olympics ( see left with her gold and bronze medals ) was not just a boost for employer Pannell Kerr Forster — its fax paper now reads ‘ Sally Gunnell — Olympic Champion Another PKF First’— but also for the British team . ‘ She looked over at the UK block as she ran past and the place just erupted,’ Stoy Hayward 's Olympic hockey player Don Williams told ACCOUNTANCY . ‘ It was a great feeling … the icing on the cake.’ Don , unfortunately , did not fare so well . Having lost in the last group match against Australia 6–0 and punctured an eardrum to boot , he admits he felt depressed .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
I enclose a copy of the Roll for the above Sitting . 2 If you are no longer acting for any of the appellants shown as being represented by you on the enclosed Roll , you should inform this office , in writing , at least seven days before the hearing date , enclosing a copy of your letter to the appellant informing him / her that you are no longer acting , giving him / her details of the date , time and place of the Appeal hearing and that he / she must attend to present his / her Appeal and that failure to appear may result in the Appeal being dismissed . 3 In Stated Cases and Bills of Suspension /Advocation in which you act , where prints have not yet been lodged , you should ensure that either six copies of the prints are lodged with , or the reason for the failure to lodge said prints timeously , is intimated to the Justiciary Office , not later than seven days before the hearing date .
Idiom: with open arms (used idiomatically: yes)
Joe turned away from her , thrusting his hands deep into his overcoat pockets , and he sounded very like Martin himself as he growled out , ‘ Suppose , suppose , suppose . There 's as much chance of that happening as … ’ When he hesitated Carrie ended , ‘ As your mother greeting me with open arms . I know , I know . And yet I 'm wrong , there 's more chance of that happening than your mother ever looking upon me with favour .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: no)
The long back legs of such hunters look highly suitable for running , and as they did so the long tail may have been held erect as a kind of counter - balance ( see p. 116 ) . For any kind of prolonged activity , warm - bloodedness would have been a distinct advantage . Under the microscope even the bone structure of these dinosaurs looks more like that of living mammals than cold - blooded reptiles . On the other hand it can be argued that the sauropods like Brachiosaurus were so large , and with a relatively small surface area through which to cool compared with their enormous volume , that their cooling rate could have been slow enough to allow them to sustain more continuous activity than smaller , living reptiles . It has also been argued that the small mouths of the giants simply could not have downed enough food to support a warm - blooded metabolism , particularly plant food that needs a lot of processing before it becomes available as energy .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
For many , the whole idea of using Marxist concepts of analysis is out of the question for a Christian and the spectre of communism has been one of the most divisive aspects . Another fear of the critics of Liberation Theology is that the logic of the argument leads to violence , since violence may be the only means available to overthrow corrupt regimes and this , they feel , no Christian should condone . In many areas , the split is not into a clear cut one of those for and against , but often includes middle groups who are sympathetic to some of the ideas of Liberation Theology but can not go all the way with it . In Central America , three groupings can be identified . The institutional church , preoccupied with orthodoxy and fundamentally opposed to Marxism because it is viewed as materialistic and atheistic , is made up of bishops , priests , laity and religious movements who , though not very numerous , are powerful , partly because the laity of the group belong to the wealthier classes .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: no)
Slaven and Pallister 's close friendship will be forgotten for 90 minutes tonight , and at Old Trafford next Wednesday . There has been good - natured banter between the two since the draw was made . Slaven said : ‘ Pally has said he will kick me up in the air if he gets a chance . I have promised to stick the ball in the net if I get a chance . ‘ I am not sure what type of reception he will get from the fans .
Idiom: quick as a flash (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Jemps got on his feet belligerently . ' This pretty little lady here . Quick as a bleeding flash she was , the way she bunged herself head first into that little black job and stopped that poor bugger what was bleeding like a bloody stuck pig , afore any of your lot got here . But for her he 'd be a stiff this very minute , and I 'm not telling you no lies ! Proper bleeding little heroine your young lady is , Doctor ! ' he informed Old Red .
Idiom: move the goalposts (used idiomatically: no)
Leukaemia rethink plea WE ARE members of Darlington 's Leukaemia Unit Fund committee who can no longer stand by and watch our dream dissolve . Since Darlington Health Authority 's operational policy document was first drafted and given to committee members last year the goalposts have been moved , and Our wonderful new unit , which thousands of local people have worked so hard to raise money for , seems doomed to become a white elephant , admitting day patients only . It seems that the in - patient service , which was at the heart of the Leukaemia Unit Fund Appeal , will not be proved in the new unit for quite some time . We are very disappointed to learn that leukaemia and other haematology patients needing inpatient treatment will continue to be admitted to a general ward , despite the empty beds which will be available in the new unit next door .