Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: no)
The 4320 jigsaw has a variable speed control mounted in the trigger , a lock-on button to maintain the desired cutting speed and has the air flow cleverly directed forward to clean dust off the cutting line . The bevel allows cuts of 0°–45° to both right and left , and the machine comes with a Perspex guard over the front of the blade to protect the operator . The 500 Circular Saw has a bright red lock-off switch fitted which only allows two-handed operation for operator safety , and prevents the machine from being started accidentally . There is also a telescopic blade guard to protect the operator , and a riving knife to stop the timber from jamming . Standard equipment includes a tungsten carbide-tipped ( TCT ) blade .
Idiom: back to square one (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh yes the watercress man on a Sunday afternoon and er all the various things were s fruiters , fishmongers , all used to bring their stuff round . How did you know they were in the street , did they have a call ? Shout , they 'd shout something but er well since we 've been living up here , my mother used to give , the man used to come for the order for the grocery , the baker used to come round , the milk used to come round , they all used to come round at she 'd ha she did n't have go out for heavy loads of stuff to bring in it was all delivered , but when they started some new technique of er of ordering by computer , it 's going to come back to square one again you know , they 'll be delivering stuff in the same jolly old way hey . Could be yes . Yes do n't you think ?
Idiom: down the drain (used idiomatically: yes)
If the developers succeed in winning over Environment department inspector , Roy Foster , they plan to be up and running in three years . Evidence will be heard at the Palmer Hall in Fairford all this week Still to come on Central News , billions down the drain ? Is our transport policy a waste of money ? Winter in Bosnia .
Idiom: heart and soul (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Are you saying that when I showed you Milada Pankracova 's letter to Cara , that was the first you knew of any interview?’ she asked , still feeling a shade staggered and needing a little more clarification . ‘ I 'm afraid so,’ he replied . But , before she could begin to feel at all mortified , ‘ Did I tell you how glad I am , heart and soul , that you came?’ ‘ Oh , Ven,’ she sighed . Though when some seconds later her brain began to function , ‘ So Lubor was n't teasing when he seemed suprised that you 'd agreed to an interview !
Idiom: in the same breath (used idiomatically: yes)
They represent much more a decline in the use of all classical legal categories . The Theodosian Code too has little to say about trusts . Mostly when they are mentioned they are mentioned in the same breath as legacies . The reason for this , however , is that almost all the references are found in what are intended to be exhaustive lists of ways of acquiring property : heretics , for instance , are debarred from acquiring under any title including legacy and trust ; curial property received in any way ( including legacy and trust ) is taxable . The same applies to the cases in which trusts are contrasted with inheritances : they are intended to stress the fact that the law applies to intestate as well as testamentary dispositions .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
As this trend grew , they were joined by young people who were scarcely more than potential alcoholics . They were spared that last ten or fifteen years of literal hell the rest of us had gone through " . Thus it is possible to hit a spiritual " rock bottom " in addictive disease while still having employment , family and possessions : each person 's disease and recovery is unique to him or her . What happens after recovering people leave treatment ? Again it should be emphasised that many sufferers never receive counselling ( except from a sponsor ) or go into residential treatment in the first place and that residential treatment centres have no place other than to help sufferers remove blocks to their understanding of the principles of recovery of the .
Idiom: cut loose (used idiomatically: no)
They 'll think you 've run and I 'm after you.’ ‘ I do n't understand what 's happening,’ Allen said , and then suddenly stood still and burst out laughing . ‘ I know,’ said Marian , smiling , ‘ it was the horses … their faces when they found you 'd cut loose the horses.’ ‘ You saw?’ he chuckled . ‘ I saw you lying in front of that bush .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
Mhm . And er . No they I think they 're the same type of people by and large , as as we had here before . Really . Do
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
Indian cotton throw , £ 22 , from Habitat . Overthrow made from ticking , 130 cm wide , £ 13.50/m , wire basket with candleholders , £ 21 ; all from The Conran Shop ; we painted the basket red , twined ivy around it and lined it with moss , before filling with fruit . Spode Fleur De Lys cone china in red : 10 in dinner plates , £ 28.60 each , 6 in side plate , £ 13.28 , and vegetable dish , £ 141.52 ; all from department stores . Brettingham table knife , £ 4.99 dessertknife , £ 4.75,table fork , £ 3.25,dessertfork and spoon , £ 2.75 each , teaspoon , £ 1.29 , and tablespoon , £ 3.25 ; all by Cosmo at DH Evans . Napkins , £ 5.50 each , by Le Jacquard Français from Liberty .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
Well you can it 's like standard repair . Dave these computer been you know up in the air for about six months and Dave said you 've got ta get it repaired he said , cos you know y he 's got ta print out on it and everything Aha , aha a lot of his work is , sort of , rather than getting copies you just do a printout
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
He says it 's tremendous how everyone 's put their ishoulder to the wheel . It 's thought the main school will not reopen until September nineteen ninety three when all repairs have been completed . Join the club . The students juggling with their futures . The bubble bursts .
Idiom: take someone for a ride (used idiomatically: no)
All at sea … We go offshore power - boat racing with the best in Britain . and simply batty … the woman who takes her baby bats for a bike ride . RUNS=0:10 Two social workers have been suspended from work following allegations that they smoked cannabis while supervising three teenagers on a holiday in Torquay .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
A keen sailor , he has just completed a course for yacht master offshore . Music and painting are also high priorities . Dr Florin retains a strong commitment to communication and is at present reading up on Eastern Christian icons with a view to writing something on the subject . Rev Dr Hans W Florin , Chimes Cottage , Church Lane , Sidlesham , West Sussex PO20 7RH , UK . Tel ( 243 ) 641465 .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
The other hairy moment was when one of them tried to eat my camera . I was furious and punched it , its skin was surprisingly rough and split my hand open . ' But his philosophy that when your ' time 's up your time 's up ' saw him through and he 's back to tell the tale , though sadly he chose not to include the pictures he took at that time . ' They were incredible shots , powerful and practical images all of them , but I wanted beautiful photographs so anything nonethereal stayed out . ' Working with creatures of such speed it was important that he used exactly the right type of camera .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: no)
Tom equalled the championship record of 276 with a 70 and I thought it would be a long time before it would be broken . Tom Watson proved me wrong only four years later . I was over the moon for Tom , but I was also cold , wet , and in agony with my legs . Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . They were a bit big for me but they were lovely and dry and I was feeling great when he came in with a bottle of champagne .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
She shut the door gently then went to her daughter 's room . She opened the door and went inside . Lizzy lay in bed , with just her head showing . Kate tiptoed to her and looked down . Her long dark hair fanned out across the pillow .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Just what was the object of Barbara 's terror that viewers had only seen so far as a suction cup visible through a circular lens cowl ? The Dalek machines provided the answer a week later . With an unhuman shape , gliding motion , array of gadgets and grating voice , their fame spread , by word of mouth , like wild - fire throughout the schools of Britain . They were unlike anything ever seen before and for a while even the term ‘ Dalek Operator’ , credited at the end of each episode , substantiated the myth that they were actually radio - controlled robots . Part of the fascination lay in the mystery of what exactly lurked inside the casings .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Arsenal face two tough Cup trips in four days after last night 's postponement . The game has been switched to January 6 , straight after the FA Cup tie against Conference giantkillers Yeovil . Scarborough were disappointed that a deep frost on their ground — named , ironically , after frozen food manufacturers McCain denied them the chance to face Arsenal . Everton out to land Hodge Des Kelly
Idiom: be my guest (used idiomatically: no)
' No one has time to attend to you . You 're supposed to be making your guests feel welcome . ' ' They 're not my guests , ' I told her . ' They 're all spasmo . ' ' Do n't you use that word , ' she said .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
They should be able to place jobseekers in work much faster .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Finally , the last consideration , again I believe that to be a location question which I propose to deal with under the heading two C. So the new settlement is one element of a comprehensive approach to development employments in Greater York . I would make the point that it has taken thirty five years for us to reach this point where we have comprehensive strategy for York , we have battled with er various greenbelt boundaries in the past , I think there has never been erm a total review development plan requirements for the Greater York area , no more of its implications on possible greenbelt boundaries , we now have that and the greenbelt local plan , Southern Ryedale local plans are being progressed on the basis of that strategy , and there are other plans in the pipeline . And I think the special character and position of the York as one of this country 's most important historic , historic towns fully justifies the exceptional step of new settlement . The second planning policy guidance note which erm the new settlement tracked as was the policy guidance note number twelve , and I wonder if I can grapple for a moment with the S word , sustainable .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But you don't?’ Robyn turned and faced Anne . ‘ Whether I find him attractive is neither here nor there . We fought like cat and dog the whole time we were together — or at least most of the time,’ she added , remembering , ‘ he made my life an absolute misery!’ ‘ You sound bitter,’ Anne remarked with an expression of surprise .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
I took two of me and two of me and Marie . In the ones with both of us , we was laughing like mad . They 're real nice pictures — I keep them in my pocket and take them out sometimes to look at them . We look real happy in them . It ai n't like I 'm scared , but to tell the truth , swimming , s a lot harder than I thought .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , I admit our engineer Lieutenant McCafferty is a dazzling exception ; but he 's a one - off case , he never goes near his engines anyway . In any event I assumed the man in the overalls was the engineer and he was the one who caught my attention . He had a vicious gash on the back of his head as if he had been blown backwards against a very hard , very sharp object.’ Grierson said : ‘ Or been struck by a very hard , sharp object?’ ‘ Either way , I suppose .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: no)
In 1959 The Once and Future King was adapted for the stage as a musical called Camelot , by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe . Starring Richard Burton [ q.v.]and Julie Andrews , it opened on Broadway and was an immediate hit . This sudden acquisition of wealth finally put paid to White 's writing career and he became more and more morose and more openly homosexual . Following a highly successful lecture tour of America in 1962 , described in America at Last ( 1965 ) , he died suddenly 1 July 1964 while crossing the Mediterranean . He was buried in Athens .
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
Roger Bootle , chief economist at stockbrokers Greenwell Montagu , said yesterday : ‘ I think the recovery has been waiting to happen for the last couple of months . It was held up by election uncertainties.’ But he warned the surge could run out of steam as high levels of debt , rising unemployment and international uncertainty resurface . Peter Spencer of stockbroker Shearson Lehman said the prospects for a pick - up were so improved the Government should be careful on interest rates . A ‘ token’ cut in interest rates of half a point to 10 p.c . was nevertheless likely to happen before the end of the month .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
We must ensure that there is local flexibility when assessing housing benefit so that it is sufficient to meet the charges that are imposed locally and to ensure that the gap does not widen . We must also ensure that the Department of Social Security and of Health reach a clear understanding about the way in which the community care system will operate in future . From my reading of the evidence , it appears that there is a certain amount of buck - passing between the Ministers in the two Departments about who will identify the gap , where the resources will come from and who will come clean about the budget that will be set for community care provision . The local authorities need to know now how the standard spending assessments will be calculated so that they can make definite financial plans . Such planning is crucial if our hopes for community care are to be realised after 1993 .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
Prisoners executed in Arizona during the 1920s . The gas chamber , Maryland Penitentiary . A checker game on death row . SRI LANKA PARADISE IN TURMOIL
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
31 . It follows from that provision , and in particular from the passage which I have emphasised , that it is necessary to reject the United Kingdom 's argument that no infringement of article 52 has taken place because the nationality requirements do not prevent nationals of other member states from establishing themselves in the United Kingdom and operating fishing vessels there , but only from doing so under the British flag : British citizens are not subject to that restriction . I would add that if all the member states made the registration of their fishing vessels subject to residence or domicile requirements of the type laid down in the United Kingdom Act , nationals of other member states established in the United Kingdom would not even be able to carry on any fishing activity under any flag , because they would not be entitled to fly the flag of any member state . 32 . The above also holds goods as regards shareholders and company directors who are nationals of other member states .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: no)
Raised on Iggy Pop , Robert Anton Wilson and The Ramones , The Horde are finally threatening to fulfill their true potential . Their first single on Mother Records , ' 100 Boys ' , captures them at full throttle , a Carmody self - dramatisation tied to glorious high energy punk - pop . They 've been around along time , however , and there are those , Gavin Friday included , who would put their meandering career down to a Dublin penchant for beer , bars and general untogetherness . Whatever , Carmody is an unassailable optimist who has never been seen in anything other than sprayed - on black jeans , winkle - pickered Chelsea boots , leather jacket and cap . His natural habitat is a mythical boho zone where Carnaby Street fop meets Haight Ashbury hippy in some timeless punk garageland .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 'd take us an hour to get there . This is really close.’ His shadow touched her lightly on the nose . ‘ You 're not going to believe your eyes.’ Their destination , Sandy discovered a few minutes later , was the Liston Hall boat house .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Whispers of smoke were visible on the arrows . Twenty flaming arrows hit the juggernaut . The cab caught fire . ‘ Down,’ the Doctor shouted , pushing the poet 's head into the sand . As Blake wriggled , he heard the sound of an explosion and felt a rush of cold air .
Idiom: watering hole (used idiomatically: yes)
It was almost exclusively a Protestant gathering — sober , energetic , hard - working , careful people who spoke endlessly of business , land , and alliances . Nora enjoyed the undercurrents and tensions she felt in the light - seeming chatter all around . Even when they bent to sip tea , their sharp eyes , like those of wary creatures at a water hole , flickered this way and that above the teacup rims . Nora had smiled at and nodded to Wolff several times but the affair was almost over before they found occasion to be casually alone together . They wandered into an elegant little classical temple , with a statue of Hygeia — somewhat marred with birdlime — in the middle .
Idiom: close shave (used idiomatically: yes)
The BaByliss Epilady , £ 37 , works on a similar principle ; a soft metal coil is drawn over the skin and as it vibrates hairs are trapped within the coil and plucked out . Our Verdict : If you do n't want to visit a salon , a depilator gives good results and is obviously more convenient for regularly removing stray hairs although it may be painful at first . Close shaves Electric razors are now more sophisticated than ever . Useful points to look for are cord / cordless functions and travel cases so the shaver can be charged up and used while travelling .
Idiom: heart to heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc said on Tuesday that when its accounts for the 15 months to end - March 1992 , were signed last year , the group 's accountants , KPMG Peat Marwick , had not signed the audit report of its principal subsidiary , Enterprise Computer Services , the Daily Telegraph reports : the subsidiary 's accounts for that period are now in the process of being filed and will be qualified by KPMG Peat Marwick on a going concern basis ; Louis Kemp , new finance director , wants to know how it happened . BILL GATES , ALL HEART Novell Inc chief Ray Noorda 's contribution to Bill Gates ephemera is the comment after their two companies had had a disagreement : ' To have a heart - to - heart with someone , you 've got to have two hearts … '
Idiom: turn the screw (used idiomatically: yes)
He had left her alone deliberately on that Sunday night , and again on the Monday , but by the end of Tuesday even his iron control had disintegrated in the face of his overwhelming need for her . Since then he had tried to stay away from her , and it seemed she was doing the same , which did nothing to cool his interest . Take tonight , for example— and just to turn the screw she had wound him to fever pitch before letting O'Shea in ! Not that it had been difficult , he thought disgustedly . One touch and he was climbing walls for her .
Idiom: in no uncertain terms (used idiomatically: yes)
Again they swallowed my story and gave me a year 's conditional discharge . Oh , I piped up , does that mean I get off ? No it does not , young man , snapped the magistrate in no uncertain terms and explained how it all worked to me . As I was leaving I made a big show of asking to see the guitar one more time . I paid good money for that , I said , ca n't I just have a last go on it ?
Idiom: in cold blood (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Twas vengeance , pure and simple . I 've never seen Guy like that . In battle he 's unstoppable , but I 've never seen him kill a man in cold blood before.’ ‘ Not vengeance . Justice.’
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Similarly , when a Cabinet minister or district governor went on tour , a ZANA journalist would usually go with him , sending stories back to Lusaka . An analysis of news originating anywhere away from the line - of - rail showed that it frequently came from such a tour , which shows what difficulty the news media had in getting rural news . Only when transport was made available for some other reason did journalists — meaning , as a rule , Government journalists — get a chance to report news from Zambia 's rural areas . At other times they did not have transport and so did not travel . Local news tended to be dull and repetitive , as the following typical example shows :
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
When they hit the rock there was a huge crash , and white water flew everywhere , thirty , forty metres up over the Longstone rock . Grace stared out , over the waves , past the rocks and islands . But — thank God ! — she could see no lights , no ships . No ship could live in that sea tonight . ' Grace !
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
But I think she was like me she did n't really want to get rid of her baby . But er he did the boy did suffer with a bit of stomach trouble in later life and she always blamed herself . But I 've never really known about the Slippery Elm stick , wh , er did n't get to the bottom of it , you know , what it was . Well there were one or two that was a bit , got on their high horse , you know and say , It 's disgusting and that , but er I never did because er in cases like that I think there but for the grace of God , you know I I would n't condemn people , in those , we were living in very abnormal times you see . I mean people were dying , men were dying , my brother died , he got killed in the War , pe every day you went to work and somebody would tell you , So and so 's died , you remember so and so , he 's died .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: no)
They make their way to Rome where both are quickly recaptured and sent to the Gladiator School for training to meet the lions in the arena . The Doctor , still mistaken for Pettulian , learns of a conspiracy against Nero in which the murdered lyre player was to play a major part . He decides , literally , to play for time and makes a debut at Nero 's banquet that evening . Promising a passage of music so delicate that only those with keenly refined hearing will perceive it , the Doctor gives a recital — in total silence . With no - one wishing to appear insensitive or dull - witted the audience gives an enthusiastic response , thereby upsetting Nero .
Idiom: wheels within wheels (used idiomatically: yes)
In her mind was she comforting her cat - creature as the virus bombs began to rain down ? Jaq daydreamed about a subsequent year when Baal Firenze had first made himself known . For there existed wheels within wheels wheels within wheels . The Inquisition was by no means the be - all and end - all of the fight against corruption ; nor was the secret inner order of the Inquisition the ultimate either . The order of the hammer , Ordo Malleus , had been founded thousands of years in the past in deadliest secrecy — before the wounded Emperor had even entered his life - support throne .