Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the soup (used idiomatically: yes)
It is not the general property or universal of weighing two pounds , whatever it is , that is flattening the napkin . The general property will exist just as it did — at least on several views of general properties — if the weight of this bottle of wine changes and the napkin is not flattened in the same way . Yet more decisively , it is not all of the general property , including that part or whatever that is involved in the soup tureen , which also weighs two pounds , that is flattening the napkin . We come to the idea , then , that what is flattening the napkin is this bottle 's weight , an individual or particular property of this bottle of wine and of nothing else whatsoever . We come to a spatio - temporal individual or particular , but not one which is an ordinary thing .
Idiom: chop and change (used idiomatically: yes)
I would n't trust anybody I was talking to that lady , paper shop you know where you used to wait for Les mm you know when Les , oh she says there 's been about half a dozen people at that paint shop , sends chops and changes she said she said , she said I have n't lived there for three and a half years has she not ? no , she says er I 'm in a bungalow now
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
England voted Tory . In 1987 , I did n't have to concern myself about Doomsday scenarios as I was staying in Manchester . Yes , it opened my eyes to the plight of socialists and Labour Party members in England and to the fact that not all the English voted Tory , particularly in the north . As the campaign progressed , I became increasingly angry at the attitudes of my friends at home and how different they said things were there , believing , as I did and still do , in the importance of a Labour victory for Britain as a whole . In Manchester , as in Scotland , it was a good night for Labour but overall the result was still devastating .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
It is the Night Goblin shamans who brew up the Mad Cap mushroom brew which sends the Goblin Fanatics drink into a whirling frenzy . Because he is constantly handling , tasting and eating fungi the spores tend to work their way into the shaman 's skin , penetrating his bloodstream and saturating his body . These spores take root in the Night Goblin 's flesh and gradually start to change him . If the shaman is exposed to the insidious effects of the fungus for too long he may eventually turn into a giant shaman mushroom . A magic - saturated shaman mushroom is very potent indeed , containing the essence of the shaman 's magical power .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
They dominated the first quarter of the match with Raducanu plundering some tidy line - out ball . Despite this , they never made their pressure tell . Perhaps the fact that all they had to show for their early efforts was a couple of Alexander penalties spoke volumes for their attacking frailties . Indeed , the South African 's boot eventually accounted for all of their points . This inability to translate pressure into points seemed to erode their tenacity and the forwards , in particular , lost concentration .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: no)
Adam ! ’ He gave no sign of hearing , but a faint shrill cry seemed to echo distantly . It 's inside my head , Ruth thought ; I 'm such a coward , I hear things that are n't there . She set her lips and dragged Adam out of the fire , hooking one of his arms round her neck . He leaned on her , not wholly unconscious , but she could tell he did n't know what was happening to him .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
For example , the foot may slip between mat modules or , because of excessive friction , the foot may not turn as it should , resulting in a twisting stress . As before , apply your freezing spray or a cold preparation and lift the ankle between bouts to help reduce swelling . Have the doctor check the ankle for injury to the bone and , if none is indicated , firmly bandage the foot so that the ankle is supported . You may use strapping as a temporary measure , and while this will inevitably reduce freedom of movement , it is the price you must pay for carrying on . After the competition , you should attend the injury with a lighter bandage and work the joint as much as possible .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
FAST is now planning to join forces with the UK 's 1600 trading standards offices to clamp down on what it believes to be a serious number of professional software crime rings . More information from FAST on ( 0628 ) 660377 Samsung has clearly decided it 's make or break time for the company in the UK PC market , launching a completely new range of low cost machines and adding a couple of new laser printers to boot . The new PCs include a 386SX/33 , a 486SX/25 and a 486DX/33 plus a number of notebooks . Samsung is clearly looking to shift the 486SX box in numbers , pricing it aggressively at £ 729 .
Idiom: head over heels (used idiomatically: yes)
But she was n't feeling easy with him now , and as he pushed an easy - chair closer to her couch , and sat down opposite her , she had the uncanniest feeling that he was n't going to let her out of the room until she had told him every last bit of what there was to tell . Which , she privately admitted , was no more than was his due , seeing how , believing her to be someone else , he had wined her , dined her , housed her — Abruptly she shut her mind off . She would tell him all about her not being Cara Kingsdale , but , of the stupid idiot Fabia Kingsdale who had fallen head over heels in love with him , he would hear not a thing . ‘ I 'm sorry,’ she began . ‘ I know that does n't and ca n't excuse the way I came here and attempted to pass myself off as Cara , but I 've otherwise tried to keep to the truth , as far as possible.’
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
The beautiful china mark moth is less common , but an equally destructive pest . Instead of burrowing into the foliage it makes its home in the stems of aquatic plants . As spraying is out of the question , the pool owner must resort to gathering all damaged floating foliage . Even small floating pieces should be collected as these may contain caterpillars in the process of constructing their shelters . Caddis flies
Idiom: turn over a new leaf (used idiomatically: yes)
The players themselves have no thoughts of flying any national colours . This is the first of the year 's four major championships , still in many ways marking the official start of the season — for all the tournaments that have preceded it . Faldo , perhaps above all , will be hoping to turn over a new leaf . He did not do himself justice in 1991 , never getting his timing right in his early - season preparations any more than he did on the golf course . Throughout the summer he was playing ‘ catch - up’— though he never did .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
' Has n't this door been locked ever since I put that coat up ? ' ' I 'd better be on my way . ' Patrick eased the faded sea pink out of the pocket and stuck it in the buttonhole of his shirt . Then he slung the strap of the bag over his shoulder . ' Thanks for your help . '
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
The Rock Garden promises to be the city 's largest live music venue with a restaurant and bar , and will be aiming to maintain the high standards of fine fare , good music and unique atmosphere , which has made the London Rock Garden at Covent Garden such a huge success . From the music point of view , the encouraging news is that Jeff Brennan , formerly of The Underground in Dame Street , has been appointed Entertainment Manager at the venue . With his eye for talent behind the scenes , it seems the Rock Garden is destined to become a prized showcase for the best in Irish rock . Not to mention the grub . Karen Sloan of Levi 's and Smiley Bolger celebrate the launch of Levi 's Opportunity Rocks in Charlies .
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
And other costs , such as readers and having to buy books because you ca n't borrow them for long enough from libraries to get them recorded or brailled , er those sorts of things really are n't taken account of and you 're simply going to have to borrow money er to pay for your disability in effect . Does it surprise you that the government seemingly has got into a rather insensitive and delicate position over this ? Well , I mean , it 's a sticky wicket for them anyway politically and I suspect as with a lot of legislation quite recently they simply have n't spent the time in committee and in consultation to iron out the details and they 've come unstuck when it 's come into the public domain and it 's been easy for people to throw up the paradoxes that are coming up from the legislation , the moral paradoxes . And so yes I do n't think , there does n't , there was n't a great deal of consultation before the Bill was published with representatives of sort of disabled students and that sort of thing , so in a sense they 've reaped what the've sowed . Meanwhile , Higher Education minister and local MP Robert Jackson has revealed that the government is to offer disabled students extra benefits .
Idiom: get down to brass tacks (used idiomatically: yes)
But I want to know how this is going to affect people in the streets . I 'll tell you a number of and facts . Let 's get down to brass tacks . All right . John Cochrane .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
They had a Navy contract for F231 frigates . ‘ That 's whaur yer Uncle Wullie works,’ said a dad , proudly . We all waved at Uncle Wullie , in spirit if not in the flesh . The cold grey of the newly painted hull would soon be doing trials off the Isle of Arran . Would Uncle Wullie go for the ride ?
Idiom: forbidden fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
Natural rain water is an essential part of spiritual purification because of the link with the original water created in the Garden of Eden ( Gen. 2 . 10 : ‘ And a river went out of Eden to water the Garden … ’ ) . Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . Although while we are alive we can never return to Eden , we can benefit from the ever - flowing waters of Eden . Water , the original substance which God created when he made the world , represents change , and immersing oneself in a natural body of water is the only way of changing one 's spiritual identity .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Our aim is nothing less than than to make Britain the best trained and educated nation in Europe.’ Speaking the day after Neil Kinnock depicted education and training as the commanding heights of every modern economy , Mr Straw insisted : ‘ We do not believe in the best for the few , but the best for all . In education , quality and equality must go hand in hand.’ Labour 's plans include a programme to provide nursery education to the parent of every child aged three or four who wants it and a doubling of the proportion of young people aged 16 to 18 in full - time education and high quality training within a decade . They also promise a ‘ return to learn’ entitlement of up to a year 's full time education for people aged more than 50 and who left school at 15 or earlier .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
Maybe one day they will . But , in any case , the organic primeval - soup theory is not the one I have chosen for my illustration of the kind of solution that we must look for . I did choose it in my first book , The Selfish Gene , so I thought that here I would fly a kite for a somewhat less - fashionable theory ( although it recently has started gaining ground ) , which seems to me to have at least a sporting chance of being right . Its audacity is appealing , and it does illustrate well the properties that any satisfying theory of the origin of life must have . This is the ' inorganic mineral ' theory of the Glasgow chemist Graham Cairns - Smith , first proposed 20 years ago and since developed and elaborated in three books , the latest of which , Seven Clues to the Origin of Life , treats the origin of life as a mystery needing a Sherlock Holmes solution .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
My idea was to have my carers living in , as I did not like the idea of people popping in and out to see to me . I had some experience of this when I lived at home , having to wait hours for the district nurses . I prepared an around - the - clock chart detailing all my care requirements . It came to something like 60 hours and I decided that I could share it between two people . I costed this on the basis of staff receiving standard wages and being told on their contract that they would work 30 hours , to cover 24 hours a day .
Idiom: go to the dogs (used idiomatically: yes)
A transfer tribunal has ordered Preston to pay Tranmere thirty five thousand pounds for goalkeeper Steve Woods . Clydbeank are n't very happy about the decision . And finally tonight , if you 're going to the dogs at Armadale , Eubank runs in the fifth and Madonna goes in the tenth . Nut the big showdown is in race two , a dog called McCoist runs off scratch with another pooch called Macari getting a two yard start . Must be something to do with the age difference .
Idiom: and then some (used idiomatically: yes)
An important part of his contribution to theory was the analysis of the demand for money and its differences with the quantity theory view . It is to these ideas that we turn first . The monetarist attack on Keynes 's ideas is considered next , and then some brief comments are made on the empirical issues which divide these schools of thought . 11.2.1 KEYNESIAN THEORY The traditional Keynesian approach divides the demand for money into three elements : the transactions , precautionary , and speculative demands .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
Fluke or what ? I think the lines must have been down . Yeah , out of order . Tony got up at six in the morning . Oh great !
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Is it the right sort of market ? Are you prepared to take it on or what ? And he says , ‘ Well actually I know someone down the road who 's happy to take 10 million on’ , And then you 're in business . It might even be a foreign investor not plugged into your fancy computerised system.’ There is also the problem that machines hate to take on risks .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do n't remember them as students , but then they were years ahead of us . We were small fry compared with them . But the name Woodall rings a bell . I 've got a feeling I 've met him somewhere — perhaps on one of my locum jobs.’ Sophie was looking thoughtful .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
No matter which musical instrument you want to learn to play , the most important thing is not to make any mistakes from the beginning on , because mistakes are always imprinted on your mind more easily than everything you do right .
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Everybody has heard of the Milk Race . It 's a great event and I hope it continues . The amateur side of racing , in particular , would go downhill if riders did not have the Milk Race to aim for.’ Supporting The 36th annual event was the last before the Milk Marketing Board disappears in its present form , although an announcement is expected before the end of this month on what involvement , if any , their successors , Milk Marque , will retain in Britain 's national tour .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
OPEC has never had market power , but Saudi ~ Arabia has , and Saudi market power has always been assigned , mistakenly , to OPEC . The Saudis did not like the recent meeting . They decided to go it alone . Can they deliver ? The answer is no .
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: yes)
takes pay , and waits for another piece of sheeted furniture to sit there and be dusted … He dreams of making hay , while the wireless shines . The Gardener Up and down the lawn he walks with cycling hands
Idiom: give someone what for (used idiomatically: yes)
Just you wait till Ma sees you — you 'll catch it . In fact , I 've a good mind to tell Sam on you . He 'll give you what - for … ’ Dolly handled the situation differently . ‘ You ca n't let your mother see him like this .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
It is mixed . it on the agenda and I 'd quite like to talk about it today . But erm I think really at the end of the day staff have only really had just that one day workshop , Mhm . some of which went better than others
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: no)
According to the script , after an initial twenty minutes of Anglo - Saxon bombardment , the Turks would be weeping with fear and humiliation , and devoting much of their on - field activities to figuring out ways of being granted political asylum , rather than returning home to their doubtless murderous regime , where they would be summarily sent to work down the sewers for ten years . Well , the script was mislaid in the familiar maw which has snaffled up many a pleasing English scenario , and they were lucky enough to survive with a one - goal advantage at the finish . The distinct possibility of a Turkish equaliser must have sent the Wapping Contingent scouring the bottom drawer for elegant headlines like ‘ Wot A Load of Turkeys’ , or ‘ A Squawking Great Balls - up’ . But it was not to be . The result did our boys a certain amount of good , but now — following our own bizarre 3–3 draw in Poznam — we will have to venture abroad in the fervent hope that Poland can do us a Big Favour .
Idiom: know the score (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Can you do something for me?’ she asked without preamble , and went on to explain quickly what it was she wanted done . ‘ As I ca n't stop Paul coming , I might as well make use of him,’ Maureen said cheerfully . ‘ Give me your number , and as soon as I know the score I 'll ring you back . All this on the condition that you satisfy my curiosity later , of course.’ ‘ It 's a deal.’
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
Now say that the applications are completely processor - independent too — that you do n't even have to re - compile them to move them from one machine type to another , and indeed bits of them may even wander from processor type to processor type in the course of execution . Why not add network support so that if you plug an extra personal computer into the local network , everyone 's applications will automatically run a bit faster ( and they already run very quickly indeed ) ? Finally , for good measure , let 's say that the operating system kernel takes up just 13Kb of RAM and the entire executive and developers code will fit onto a single 720Kb floppy when compressed . Virtual Processor This is not fantasy , this is a real - life operating called Taos from Tao Systems Ltd , a small company based in North London .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Dozens of his drawings from Etten and elsewhere are concerned with diggers . It is such a prominent theme that we are compelled to ask why . On the face of it , of course , nothing could have been more natural . Diggers were everywhere around him , the most commonly seen labourers , cutting the peat and reclaiming the land of this ' sinking boat ' called Holland . In Vincent 's case , however , there seemed something obsessive going on .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
The contract is thus a " dual capacity " transaction in the strict sense and the broker enters into it both as agent for the client and as principal . Indeed , if the effect of the exchange 's rules is only that the member is liable to other members ( or the clearing house ) as a principal , he may actually be dealing as an agent in any event , and his client may be able to read through the contract to the market . The broker may , in any event , act only as agent if he is not a member of the exchange at all but deals on the exchange through a member or , indeed , in the case of over - the - counter transactions . This chapter follows the COB Rules in referring to SFA members as dealing as principal or as agent depending on the circumstances . It relates to the COB Rules in force as at 2 June 1993 .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Only Rohmer knew the real truth . ‘ What do you mean?’ whispered Cardiff , and Rohmer felt the cold chill of withdrawal gnawing at his soul . He looked at them with contempt , fumbled in his pocket and found the pill . Turning back to the storm - rinsed windows and the dangerous electrical crackle of Darkfall lightning on the glass , he popped the pill and watched the water running down the glass in ever - increasing and mysterious rivulets . ‘ This building is sick,’ continued Gilbert .
Idiom: squeaky clean (used idiomatically: yes)
SEX , DRUGS and rock'n'roll … NOT ! Verily , Jacob 's Mouse are squeaky clean . There 's just one thing : what happens to band who 've been together for virtually a decade ? They start getting conceptual , that 's what , farting around with triple albums and tripod - style sleeve packaging and getting , like , too bloody heavy for their own good .
Idiom: take the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
Did you take dad 's tea for him ? Yeah . Take his cake did you ? Mm , no . Oh .
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: no)
Ten years after the Jiu Valley miners ' strike , a protest demonstration erupted in Braşov on 15 November 1987 , the day of local elections . The crowd which stormed the local party headquarters and found stocks of fresh citrus fruits in store there , were soon suppressed by special troops . In the aftermath of the events in Braşov , Silviu Brucan became the first old Communist apparatchik to break ranks with Ceauşescu and publicly criticize his policies . It is also striking how far he took issue with Western critics of Ceauşescu 's Romania who saw it as a police - state pure and simple . In his statement smuggled to the Independent in London , Brucan said : ‘ I must take issue with a misconception prevailing in the West that this regime owes its survival to the repressive organs of the State .
Idiom: give someone what for (used idiomatically: yes)
Those who know no better probably reckon they can put one over Mary , passing her off as a cups - of - tea , rustic East Country accent , down - home , fund - raising type . She 's probably a softie underneath , but , like Gillian , does n't suffer fools . ‘ I ca n't help it sometimes , I just give them what for ! There has to be a limit to what you can do.’ she said .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
As one constable stated , the ' Action Men ' who are fitness conscious and orientated towards crime - fighting only adopt this mode ' to get them off doing work ' . ' Bluffers . Like , say they 've been out on a run and there 's a call , they say they ca n't go out because they 're not in uniform and are all sweaty'(FN 26/5/87 , p. 27 ) . ' Good ' work has to be seen as More than crime - fighting : ' Like , this is the sort of job that you come off at the end of the night and say to yourself ' What did I do ? ' But , like , you do n't know what you might have prevented'(FN 20/6/87 , p. 8) .
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: no)
you know we would accept a reco , whatever the Monday 's meeting was . Yes . We we would n't mean sticking out of the wood and saying no . Yeah but In fact , report back just all about meeting and say