Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Watch out for adders basking in the sun,’ warned John , ‘ this track is known as ‘ adders’path’.’ The bubbling notes of a female cuckoo rang out as , rounding a bend and finding ourselves with the sea again in view , we settled to picnic . Above us , on a ledge , the conspicuous white breast feathers of a male peregrine caught John ' s eye . He pointed it out to us . It was not the falcon 's nesting site , John wisely keeps all such eyries a closely guarded secret ; Scotland has more than its fair share of egg stealers .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
Do you know , I saw a flicker of fear in those cunning eyes and realised why his Satanic Eminence needed us so much . He was an archbishop , the king 's chief minister , but he was also a cardinal of the Roman church . If such secret missives were sealed personally by him it might be only a matter of time before Wolsey 's enemies at court and parliament began to point the accusing finger in his direction . ' What happens then ? ' my master asked . ' The secrets are placed in a despatch bag and sealed with the chancery seal .
Idiom: early bird (used idiomatically: yes)
BOOKING INFORMATION MEMBERS Non - members may use unbooked courts or play a game with a member on payment of the day membership ( guest ) fee ; unless you are an early bird or night owl where the guest fee is waived for players vacating courts before 09.00 or on court after 22.30 . NON - MEMBERS Court bookings can be made anytime between 09.30 - 21.30 seven days a week .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
By Matthew Lynn . LAUTRO 'S LIFE SENTENCES On February 1 Stephen Wright , an Equity & Law tied agent , stood in the dock of Gloucester Crown Court . The charges against him were read out : three counts of obtaining money — a total of £ 172,000 — from an elderly widow , Angela Minett , and four counts of forgery . Wright pleaded guilty to all charges , and also admitted obtaining £ 207,000 from the Halifax Building Society by deception when he applied for a mortgage claiming , falsely , that he did not have one .
Idiom: go begging (used idiomatically: yes)
In between he was , for much of the time , all over the shop , scrambling pars more than hunting birdies . A dreadful second shot from the perfect position in the middle of the 10th fairway had to be retrieved with a deft bunker shot ; he was deep in the trees at the 11th , where he took five , and bunkered at the 12th , though again at no cost to him . A possible chance of an eagle , or certainly a birdie , went begging at the 13th , where he took three to get down from nowhere but from then on he became a different player . A six - iron second shot reduced the 15th to an easy birdie , he narrowly missed for a two at the next and then finished three , three with first a seven - iron and then a nine - iron which landed close to the flags . After that first round of 75 , on which Ballesteros blamed his putting , this was a distinct improvement and so was Olazabal 's 69 , though one would hardly have known it .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
In both countries , optimistic expansion strategies fell victim to the harsher financial climate of the mid-1970s onwards . BR 's 1973 ‘ Interim Rail Strategy’ , which had initially received government approval , had proposed a doubling of the rate of investment up to 1981 , and its impact was to be seen in the rise in staff numbers by nearly 6,000 during 1974–5 , after years of virtually continuous decline . In Spain , the concern with the public sector deficit put paid to the extremely ambitious ‘ general railways plan’ of 1980 . The plan ( see Guitart 1981 ; RENFE 1980 m : 53–67 ) was expected to create 50,000 permanent new jobs and aimed to put RENFE on a par with the best European railways within a dozen years . It failed to win government and parliamentary approval .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: no)
Make your title search four or five days or a week before completion ( five days if you think there may be a pending registration ) , to enable you to complete well within the period of priority that your search gives you — but remember that to gain full protection you must not only complete the purchase within that period , as with unregistered title , but must also within the same period lodge your application to register the transfer or mortgage . Every District Land Registry sends its replies by first - class mail , often by return of post , to all searches received by first - class post ; therefore it should be your invariable practice to send your requisition by first - class mail , too ; otherwise , being delivered by second delivery ( and sometimes later than that ) , it will only be dealt with the following day . In response to your application you 'll receive , on the back of the form you"ve sent to the Registry , an official certificate of search that will reveal whether any entry or pending entry has been made since the date from which you searched . This official search serves two vital purposes for a buyer:(a ) it gives an assurance that no adverse entry has been made since the date searched from ; and ( b ) it gives the buyer priority for the registration of transfer ( or mortgage , when a prospective mortgagee is searching ) provided the buyer 's own transfer or mortgage is lodged in the Registry before 11 am on the thirtieth working day from the date of the certificate . This gives the buyer a period of at least six weeks ' priority ( " working day " do n't include Saturdays , Sundays or public holidays ) .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
' Sure , ' said Morris , looking round the bar with his noncommittal eyes . ' Well , some people go off to El Vino 's or the Falstaff . But a certain set on the paper come here pretty regularly . You can usually count on finding old Bill Waddy sitting up at the bar here , and old Gareth Holmroyd hovering about somewhere . ' ' Sure , sure , ' said Morris .
Idiom: within an ace of (used idiomatically: yes)
The door opened to reveal a worried - looking Myra . Roman threw her a look that would melt steel and she started to withdraw , but Claudia called her to come in . ‘ Did you want me , Myra?’ she asked as calmly as if they had been discussing the weather and not within an ace of making either love or war . ‘ It 's time we left for the NEC,’ Myra said , her eyes darting from Claudia to Roman and back again . Claudia looked at her watch and exclaimed in shock .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
Everything 's going to be all right . Your father 's telephoning Alan . ' Through the opened curtain Carolyn saw the dawn dimness light up as the rising sun emerged over the rim of the world and the quiet undertow of bird clatter rose to a crescendo of calls and squawks . ' I wish you were coming with me . ' Meg looked up , through the window .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
The muzzle flash illuminated Farrell and the yard around him for several feet as he raked the sub - gun back and forth , spent cartridge cases spewing from the weapon ; smoke and steam rising into the damp air . Windows were blasted inwards by the fusillade . Bullets drilled into wood or stone or sang off the walls with a loud whine . Lumps of plaster were torn free . Part of the guttering at the front of the cottage was blown away .
Idiom: in broad daylight (used idiomatically: no)
Luke adds the extra comment about the failing of the sun 's light . This has led to the suggestion that there was an eclipse of the sun . Another suggestion is that it was a fulfilment of a prophecy such as‘I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight’(Amos 8:9 ) . At the moment of Jesus ' death the curtain of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom . This curtain covered the entrance to the Holy of Holies .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
Now it 's gone now I 'm afraid . Yeah . The reason this figure was produced is erm because one of the comments we had back from the other induction courses er Gareth , the reason we had produced this video was erm structure you 've never shown it , so it 's not necessarily tongue in cheek but it is a strictly sales structure but it will give you a clearer idea of our guide what to do to the role plays this morning , Saturday and tomorrow . So here we go . The sales structure take two .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's hoped to attract a top professional and a very big money tournament . All that remains to be decided is whether the Oxfordshire Way runs round the front of the club house , or through the car park at the back . Now for the final part of our series behind the scenes at Central,’ Inside the Globe’ . This week it 's our drama series , Family Pride , the country 's first Asian soap opera , which goes out at teatime on Thursdays and will soon be shown three nights a week on Channel Four . Wesley Smith reports .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
On 20 September 1941 , the Ministry of Aircraft and Production placed a contract for the production of Horsa gliders with a number of firms , and Wolverton Works , together with three other firms , formed a Wing Group for the production of outer mainplanes and detachable bays , the others being Messrs Cravens Ltd , Railway Carriage & Wagon Works , Sheffield,(holding the Group Chairmanship ) ; LNE Railway , Doncaster & York ; Wolseley Motors Ltd , Birmingham . The Horsa glider was of considerable size , with a wing span of 88 ft , and was 67 ft long . A target figure of 70 machine sets of components was set for delivery by 31 July 1942 , out of a total order of 225 sets , later reduced to 160 . During manufacture , 1,700 production drawings were received at Wolverton , together with some 800 alterations and modifications . There were also some difficulties in the supply of raw materials and a new target had to be set of 35 machine sets .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
' I 've got to be fair to Kaiserslautern , they did not pull nine men back behind the ball , they had a go at us . ' It was , therefore , a proud Rainer Zobel — the Kaiserslautern coach — who said : ' My players have done very well to come here and succeed . ' We knew Wednesday had problems at the back when long balls were played at them , so it came as no surprise when we scored on the break to make it 1–1 . ' The Germans quickly showed they had no intention of simply defending their first - leg advantage , the evidence provided by left - back Oliver Schafer . The man who had the responsibility of marking Chris Waddle managed to get forward throughout the game , the first time after 12 minutes when he stole into the box to rattle the Wednesday woodwork .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah . It 's Danish . It 's not so bad if it 's got picture , you know what 's inside it then . Open it . Oh aye yeah they 'd make me buy it .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
It is particularly interested in Tivoli Systems Inc 's distributed management technology . And , following the current fashion , Informix has also opened a software development centre in Dublin , Ireland . It 'll bring 20 European staff over to get the centre up and running — they 'll be replaced with locally recruited staff over time and be relocated again around Europe . The company expects to open Hungarian and Polish offices this year . TATUNG DEBUTS NEW SPARC CLONES
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
Whereas stem cuttings depend on buds and the surrounding areas of tissue to produce roots , some species ( chiefly houseplants and succulents ) are multiplied from leaves that have not bud attached . Inserted in cutting compost , or in some cases plain water , the leaves first develop roots and then one or more young plants which are later separated and potted up . Again , always use a very sharp blade to make any cuts . Most leaf cuttings need warmth and humidity to strike quickly ; keep covered as for softwood cuttings until well rooted . Whole leaf with stalk ( African violet , peperomia ) : cut a leaf near the base of its stalk , dip the end in hormone rooting powder and insert in compost up to the leaf base .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: no)
Fig19 Steering by inclining the rig forwards or backwards Fig20 Steering without moving the rig Fig 21 Steering on a run . By pushing the sail over to the left - hand side of the board the CE is also moved , causing the board to steer to the right . Notice that on a run the feet are placed across the board and the body faces the front
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: yes)
There was an urgency about United 's forward line yesterday , in the knowledge that Cantona was sitting on the bench . In fact , he made his entrance after the interval because of a foot injury to Ryan Giggs , and took his place alongside Hughes , with Brian McClair dropping into a deeper position on the right . Cantona tried hard to get involved , and within five minutes might have stolen the show , had it not been for a fine interception by Keith Curle following a fine run and cross down the left by Lee Sharpe . After that , Cantona strove desperately to get in the game . Even if his colleagues ignored some of the good runs he made , City 's defenders certainly did not .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Can we get a light inside there?’ ‘ The main switch for here is over in the shed,’ Sam said as if automatically , his mind 's attention elsewhere . ‘ There 's nothing in the dock except maybe a couple of beer cans and a radio some clumsy bimbo dropped when she was teetering out of a punt in high heels . I ask you … ’ ‘ Harry was n't impaled on a radio,’ I said .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
The work of Miliutin and Reitern made plain that the Russian government retained its commitment to reform even in the immediate aftermath of the emancipation . Having addressed themselves to the army and the treasury , the authorities turned to the Orthodox Church . Ecclesiastical dignitaries had been contemplating certain reforms of their own , but pressure for a radical approach to the church 's problems had been generated by a rank - and - file priest and by laymen . The priest , Ivan Belliustin , devoted a lengthy manuscript to the wretched lives of the non - monastic clergy . Their education , he said , was irrelevant to their duties , their poverty such that they had to spend most of their time keeping body and soul together .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
As I crouched down in the trench I thought of the French family just a short distance away from us . They would probably be down in their cellar . They seemed to take everything so calmly , the shelling , the dead animals lying around , British soldiers all over the place . I wondered how they would take to steak and kidney pudding , oxtail soup , and plum duff . My mind had suddenly switched to my dinner date with the French family .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
' They are here for the sea , sand and sun , bodies spread out in clumps and clusters on the beach . Whether they come for the day , weekend or week they leave whatever troubles they have at home and come to lie , look and be looked at . Radios , blankets and chairs ritually stake out a territorial claim — space for beach bodies to occupy , albeit with a tentativeness born of knowledge that strangers are just a fingertip away … ' In a conscious break from recent lengthy works such as his trilogy ' In Penumbria ' , ' Nexus ' and ' An Adjustment of Expectations ' , in ' Beach Bodies'Adrian Gatie glances at the summer visitors to our beaches . Surreptitiously photographed at very close quarters he shows us moments in the sand — moments private and not so private .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
From JOHN LICHFIELD in Washington THE US and EC have reached agreement in principle on common limits for public subsidies to the steel industry on both sides of the Atlantic , based closely on existing Community rules . But the two sides were still at loggerheads yesterday on the details of expanded , voluntary limits on EC steel exports to the US , to replace five - year - old quotas which expired on Saturday . In extensive talks in New York and Washington over the weekend , the European Commission and US government also radically disagreed on how a transatlantic steel subsidy code should be policed and enforced . But official negotiations were still in progress yesterday .
Idiom: kiss and tell (used idiomatically: yes)
By July the Minister 's secret trysts were laid bare . His father - in - law accused him of breaking his marriage vows and questioned his integrity as a Privy Councillor . Antonia went on to kiss and tell . Mona 's court case brought a rotten smell . There was , in the end , no such thing as a free lunch .
Idiom: alive and kicking (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Tens means more running rugby and more rough and tumble for the top 16 sides in England . Keeping the ball alive and kicking . Using the forwards to create the overlap in the wide open spaces . Male speaker
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: no)
Yet NewCo is a big gamble , notably on the American courts . It is precisely because there is uncertainty about how far judges will continue to load costs for asbestosis and pollution on to insurers that so many Lloyd 's years have been left open . Mr Rowland may be right to think that the worst is over ; it is increasingly recognised that to expect the insurance industry to foot the entire bill for pollution would bankrupt it . But if he is wrong , NewCo could go bust , taking the ring - fence with it . New investors , at least , will not suffer from the huge losses run up in 1990 and 1991 .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
An armoured glove filled with a sadist 's hand had reached into his heart and torn out his joy in life and put in its place a seemingly permanent sense of loss and despair . He survived but had forgotten how to live . His smiles were mirthless , his eyes stared out from behind bars far stronger , far more treacherous , than the real bars and mesh of the Cages . But a day had come in the Sixties when he was in one of the elephant houses and was staring up at an elephant as it walked neurotically round and round its tiny area when a sudden memory of some of the places he had been kept in during the war had come to him ; no space , no freedom , no life . At Sobibor he had not cried out , nor flinched , before the horror and the death he saw .
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: yes)
Not for the first time she wondered cynically whether she craved Tyler Blacklock because he was tall , darkly handsome and unattainable , or because he was fast becoming a very rich and influential man . Certainly , it was these qualities that drew her to him in the first place , but now … these were not the true reasons why she stayed with him . She had tried hard not to fall in love with him , preferring to play the field and maybe trap a man whose heart was fancy free . She laughed softly . Things never turned out the way you wanted them to .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
c. You may need to prepare all your own language learning material . In a language which has no written from , or one for which no pedagogical grammar has been prepared , you will have to learn the language from scratch , eliciting all your own language material , planning your own language learning programme and writing your own drills . This material must be checked thoroughly with a language assistant before it is used . In the process of developing these drills , you will have produced the central core of a pedagogical grammar .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: no)
Airtours ads : Going underground Nigel Hicks is particularly impressed by the way Airtours has nursed its cash pile . ‘ Normally when you have that kind of money it would be burning a hole in your pocket . But the management is quite cautious . ' middle managers TOO MUCH ROUND THE MIDDLE Traditionally , a substantial layer of middle management has been necessary to push large quantities of information around an organisation .
Idiom: yes and no (used idiomatically: yes)
A Heart without a soul ‘ WAS IT ONE OF THEM IN - DEPTH things you have to really think about?’ asked the cabbie who drove me from A Hard Heart . Well , yes and no . Although ‘ in - depth’ may not be part of Howard Barker 's vocabulary , I am sure he believes his play is far from superficial . On the other hand , I did n't have to think about it at all to decide it was flamboyant , asinine pretentiousness .
Idiom: go up in smoke (used idiomatically: yes)
RONALD ANDERSON / Gallery Owner Voice over Counting the cost of a fire which has brought his business to a standstill and caused ten years of research to go up in smoke . Ronald Anderson was woken in the early hours of the morning . Black smoke was coming through the walls of his bedroom above his art gallery on the High Street of Broadway in Worcestershire .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
The cool thing would be , during the three - day end of year exams , when you 're allowed to do them at home , to be seen drinking the Students’ Union or in a pub around here , being terribly laid back while everyone else was hunched over their desks in their rooms.’ Moggach is very conscious of the fact that she ‘ dipped her toe in’ and then retreated . As she describes in her book , she was an adolescent girl coming to grips with growing up and kicking against conventions ‘ but only in this rather middle - class way . I did n't entirely freak out , I just dabbled : I dabbled in all sorts of things.’ She never dropped out of University and she always worked ( when no - one was looking ) , but she never really felt a part of the University itself , so much as a part of Bristol the city .
Idiom: when the chips are down (used idiomatically: yes)
Second , that Lakoff ( 1987 : 317 ) certainly admits of a limited relativism as between ways of conceptualising a domain within the same language , since the system is not monolithic . ( This is the intra - language consequence of Putnam 's internal realism . ) Finally , however , when the chips are down , Freeman would have to claim that any true account that was incompatible with his — that makes his false or irrelevant in some sense — would be a misinterpretation of the play 's intrinsic structure , that cognitive model which really underlies it . Ultimately , Freeman must reply , following Chomsky ( see Freeman 's note 16 ) , that we are working towards a true theory of the rich structure of the mind , and if this constrains possible interpretations , that is simply the way the mind works . The best cognitive theory we have motivates the best valid interpretation we can get .
Idiom: spill the beans (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh Jeff , ring , you soft - drawling American snake . ‘ Well,’ says Harriet in the darkness . ‘ Are n't you going to spill the beans ? Here , you have n't been drinking.’ Her voice is flat , not bright like five minutes ago .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
Good marketing means that time will have to be found to listen and respond to what others have to say , time and attention will need to be diverted from other activities . Does good marketing mean playing safe and staying traditional ? There is a risk that people will become over cautious unwilling to rock the boat and upset others by taking on new ideas . Parents will be more interested in the school and may ask awkward questions about their children 's learning , particularly when new approaches to teaching and learning are introduced . Volunteers will want to know where the string , sellotape and gun tackers are kept and will need organising .
Idiom: the ball is in someone's court (used idiomatically: yes)
Without input from members , this branch of CPRW will be unable to play an active and effective role in Montgomeryshire . We hope to see you on the 7th December , especially people from the south and west of the county . The ball is now firmly in your court ! Yours sincerely , DRAFT 1993 VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAMME