Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: bury the hatchet (used idiomatically: yes)
The series of hints came at the end of an extraordinary visit to South Korea . The trip , planned to boost trade with Britain and acknowledge Seoul 's move towards democracy , was totally overshadowed by rumours over the state of the royal marriage . Last night 's developments came just 24 hours after TODAY revealed how Diana had agreed a secret pact with Charles to bury the hatchet for the sake of appearances . They were forced into a crisis meeting late on Tuesday after increasing criticism of the way they had allowed their private problems to overshadow their public duties . Their Korean hosts were said to be upset at the way they barely acknowledged each other in public except for a few surly and petulant exchanges .
Idiom: put the wind up (used idiomatically: yes)
Control Data Corp is this week tipped to announce its adoption of Hewlett - Packard Co 's PA RISC chip , which it will use in systems that 'll sit alongside the MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC boxes it already builds and OEMs . Although a closer relationship with the Silicon Graphics Inc / MIPS unit would seem the most plausible direction for CDC , it has shunned this route . A story which appeared in last week 's Electronics Weekly , saying the company was considering another RISC was placed with that publication , CDC admits , ‘ to put the wind up Silicon Graphics and MIPS.’ Although CDC would not come clean with its actual choice of another RISC , it ruled out Sparc , said DEC 's Alpha was just vapourware and admitted it had been positively influenced by HP 's technology commitment . CDC 's decision wo n't be made public until it wraps up its latest internal re - organisation ( UX 381 ) .
Idiom: on the horn (used idiomatically: yes)
This is best done at harvest time when hay and straw can be bought straight ' off the field ' and cereals are cheapest . Fences and hedges Little Boy Blue , come blow on your horn , There 's sheep in the meadow and cows in the corn . … or perhaps worse , your bull has broken into your neighbour 's heifers or your lambs are on the road where they could cause an accident .
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ MARRY in May and rue the day’ run the words of an old saying . Perhaps today it should be turned into a couplet with the second line being ‘ Half your pension 's too much to pay!’ The emotional trauma of divorce is well known , but the financial complexities are only now beginning to hit home . The position in Scotland is established by the Family Law ( Scotland ) Act 1985 , which included a modernisation of divorce law . The principle behind the act is that marriage should be regarded as a partnership which is dissolved on divorce allowing both parties to have a ‘ clean break’ and go their separate ways .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Twenty percent of your current salary . Additional voluntary contributions with Prudential erm since about nineteen eighty eight the Prudential erm entered into a scheme with the Teachers Pensions Agency er whereby you can actually er pay additional contributions to the Prudential . They invest them in various ways and at the end of the day you can use that erm policy to actually top up your pension or provide for increased family benefits and because it 's a the administration costs er costs are sort of less than than you get with erm you know sort of taking out a policy with an individual company , on a one off basis . So it 's erm the deductions are actually made from you know through the county council payroll er each month . And you receive an annual statement erm and at the end of ea end of period or when you a are actually retiring then you will be contacted and you 'll receive you know sort of guidance on how to that money .
Idiom: as luck would have it (used idiomatically: yes)
After Saturday 's four two defeat at home to arch rival Swindon Town , the U 's tonight face Port Vale in the first leg of the second round of the Rumbelow 's League Cup . And they find themselves with a goalkeeping problem — Mickey Inotta is at Port Vale ; Mickey has this been resolved yet ? Yes Jane it has , as luck would have it I was late arriving , had to run through the rain , ran into the main stand and by pure accident ran into the Oxford United dressing room and there was Brian Horton , he said ‘ Hallo Mick , how s the poster Mickey’ as he always does , and in fact he gave me the team news and that is — Ian Walker makes his senior debut tonight with both Alan injured , also two other changes;Jackson comes in for Gary Smart and one surprising one , Steve McLaren for Mark Steen . But one thing I can tell you about Port Vale , the ground has vastly changed from last season , the terracing 's been improved , their seating , it 's pure luxury apart from the press box , because I still have to climb that suspect wooden ladder , and perched on top of the main stand is a shed where I 'm speaking to you from Jane . ; Fjm Mickey , my heart bleeds for you .
Idiom: kill the goose that lays the golden egg (used idiomatically: yes)
Are you more say on a more personal level , was it at all obvious during the lodge meetings that people who were out people were out , were under pressure to go back ? Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated . Erm I think they probably thought their jobs were at threat or the continuation of employment in their quarry and the quarry would shut down which manage management had certainly hinted at , yet which I considered to be a bluff , because no one 's gon na kill the goose that lays the golden egg . But in a lot of people 's minds , no I do n't think there was that you know that threat . There certainly was n't in mine because I 'd I 'd been sacked .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Over the bridge , where brown , peaty water flows fast in winter spate . A raven flies past , looking dead black in the flat lighting , and croaks his way up the valley . On to the main road , which runs through the island and , apart from the sheep eking out a sparse living on the dead heather , there is little moving until I come to the head of Whalfirth , a long arm of the sea which pushes in from the west until it nearly cuts the island in half . I stop at my usual vantage point and even before I have switched off the engine I see the otter . It is fishing about fifty metres offshore , flicking its tail as it dives , and staying under the water for only thirty seconds or so .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
Then a man in white ran through the door with a gun in his hand . He shot the girl and the bearded man before they could move . The hijacker in the black shirt came out of the Captain 's cabin behind the man in white , but two other men in white came through the door and shot him too . The two prisoners , in their yellow raincoats , tried to get to the door , but the men in white knocked them to the floor and handcuffed their hands behind their backs . Carl looked down .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet He said to me , ‘ Cecilia , you have two blessings , you love beauty and cooking . What more could you desire?'’ Turning to look at Millie again , she ended , ‘ But one always wants more : just to see His face in the night , not in plaster , in the flesh . But I tell myself it will come . God 's will be done.’
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
the studious anglepoise must have that blank sheet off by heart Romanesque The Lion of Adultery
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
Sex appeal swung him in to the White House Isla Whitcroft BILL Clinton used every last drop of his charm and charisma to make the most important conquest of his life . He won the hearts and minds of the American people — but mostly their hearts . Like John F Kennedy before him , Clinton 's appeal to women voters proved to be crucial .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
Instinct is simply a habit with which a creature is born . The less the capacity to learn and consider , the greater is the habit instinctive . The child born under the influence of certain cultural , social and religious thinking , automatically develops those mental traits and will normally seek companionship among like - minded individuals . Within a community , we seek out for our companions , those whose thinking is similar to our own . This is easier for us , for it presents less challenge to the habits of our mental and emotional processes .
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
Clunk , clang . We touched bottom and , while the gate was still straining open , surged forward with a sudden collective urgency and wheeled in formation out of the entrance hall into Wymark Street . Only then , in the shock of the open air at last , did we break ranks and go our separate ways . The rain sliced my neck like a miniature guillotine . I turned up my coat collar to meet my hat brim and hunched defensively , like a bedraggled bird .
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You 've got an erection!’ she said , accusingly . This , thought Robert , was something of an optical achievement on her part . It had been touch and go whether she would get herself anywhere near , let alone actually on , the bench . ‘ I love you,’ went on Robert , ‘ and I want to have sex with you , and —’ ‘ Shut up , Bobkins!’ said Maisie.’
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
The main companies are Daimler - Benz , BMW , Porsche , Jaguar , Volvo and Saab . In this sector of the market profits per car sold are generally considerably higher than in the mass - produced car market . Companies such as Rover , Alfa - Romeo and Seat became increasingly caught in no man 's land , insufficiently large to compete on effective terms with the Big Six and yet unable to gain a secure niche in the market which would enable them to compete with the luxury car makers . ( After a complex series of name changes , Rover had replaced Leyland as the name of the whole company . ) All three companies mentioned above were involved during 1986 in merger negotiations with one or other of the Big Six .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
TOKYO – On March 11 , a year will have passed since Japan was struck by the triple tragedy of an earthquake , tsunami , and nuclear accident . According to figures announced by the country ’s National ~ Police ~ Agency , the Great ~ East ~ Japan ~ Earthquake left behind 15,848 dead and 3,305 missing – the largest loss of life due to natural disaster in Japan since World ~ War ~ II . Searches for the missing – mainly at sea – are still continuing . The number of buildings affected by the earthquake or the tsunami include 128,582 completely destroyed , 243,914 partly destroyed , 281 completely or partly burned , 33,056 flooded ( including 17,806 above the ground ~ floor , and 674,641 with other types of damage . Approximately 320,000 people lost their homes , of which more than 90 % continue to live in temporary housing .
Idiom: yes and no (used idiomatically: no)
The ob the obvious answer to that would be we 'd not be in a position to make the proper recommendation in favour of I I suspect . And that would be then a matter for the county to determine how they would proceed from that point . We would of course fully report all of our reasoning at both the yes and no stages of this decision tree . If we had found good reason to say no , to the first question , there are implications for how we say no to the second question . Er I 'm still trying to digest the er implications of er these various er flows but just to comment perhaps at this stage on the possibility or otherwise of er defining a er a district location .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
He bought a ticket to Port au Prince . During the journey he looked out of the window . There were new houses and offices all along the road from his village to Port au Prince . When he arrived , he found a taxi and gave the driver the address . ‘ Do you know how to get there?’ asked Kee .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Fifty Super Nintendo Entertainment System plus Scope lightgun and six Blast-Em-Up games from the August Power Up Pete contest were won by : Richard Kavanagh , Southampton ; Stephen Mahoney , Port Talbot ; Philip Gray , Barrow-in-Furness ; Lisa Smith , Cwntillery ; Kevin Latham , Preston ; P A Lean , Southport ; Mrs H Gilbertson , Leeds ; Mrs L Phillips , St Albans ; Michael Tierney , Great Yarmouth ; C Clark , Wolverhampton ; Andrew Beasley , Walsall . Nick Walters , Wolverhampton ; Mark Wilding , Preston ; K Kinmont , Hale ; Richard Huxley , Lincoln ; W S O'Grady , Plymouth ; Lloyd Fennell , Gwent ; Mrs B Parkyn , Newquay ; Darren Wyse , Southampton ; Alison Jones , Newport , Daniel Smith , Huntingdon ; Mr N C Dowson , Lofthouse , Wakefield . David Barber , Eastleigh , Hants ; Darren Long , Brandon , Suffolk ; Irene Nicklin , Worsley , Manchester ; L G Charles , Nottingley , W. Yorks ; Terry Pierce , Brighton ; Craig Taylor , Liverpool ; D Woodhouse , Blackpool ; A G Nicklen , Farnborough ; L Ball , Watford ; Phillip Randall , Clapham Park , London ; Nicky Goult , Bury , St Edmunds ; Mrs A Yau , London SE16 . Paul Hewlett , Gloucester ; K Elliott , Derby ; Frances Burke , Co . Galway ; Thomas Chapman , Spalding ; Colin Nairn , Dunblane ; Peter German , Telford ; Mrs Laine , Huddersfield ; F Sexton , Upminster , Essex ; Mary C Tann , Luton ; David Cartwright , Hulme , Cheshire ; Lesley Hands , Wembley ; Adam Szymura , Portsmouth ; Mark Liddle , Lowestoft ; Gavin Bisch , Farsham , Surrey ; Dean Walmsley , Clitheroe .
Idiom: Hobson's choice (used idiomatically: yes)
However , some Velcro shareholders do not feel quite so well - disposed to Cripps . A minority group led by Alan Kahn ( right ) , president of Kahn Brothers , a New York broking house , rebelled against the Velcro board late last year . Kahn reckoned that a plan either to make them sell their shares or to force a swap of the shares for shares in a newly - formed corporation called Velcro Reorganisation NV was ‘ in effect Hobson 's choice,’ as he put it in an affidavit filed with a New York Federal district court . In his affidavit , dated 27 September , Kahn alleges that ‘ remaining Velcro minority shareholders will be faced with the unpleasant choice of receiving either a grossly unfair cashout price of $ 21.75 per share based upon artificially depressed market prices , or equity in VRNV , a company which will not be traded on NASDAQ or any other stock exchange requiring the necessity for public filings and resulting in an illiquid market’ . Kahn 's thesis is simply that both because of its profit record and its potential as a brand name , Velcro 's share price should have been a lot higher — in the region of over $ 40 a share .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
And so many did . Dorothea 's hips must be all of forty - four inches and Isabel , with that straight figure , Isabel dressed so dully and her face was colourless . None of the Lavenders had ever turned heads . It all came of being so confined , of knowing nothing beyond the village of Haverstock . But I am well preserved , Alida thought , turning a little to the glass , I have taken care .
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
Peter Yeo roused himself . ‘ Brady and I lunched , and we 've talked several times . He 's been all sweetness and light , promised nothing and done ditto.’ ‘ Do we have to sue?’ the questioner pressed , unhappily , and Tim Reagan considered him wearily . ‘ Mike , that £ 400,000 sits in our last year 's accounts as an asset — a debt someone owes us .
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
Promising to return in the evening , they at last donned bright wet - weather clothes and disappeared into the greyness of the early morning , leaving us — mentally exhausted by our struggles with the French language — to begin the serious work of progressing with the arctic fox film . In the summer , the cliffs provide nesting ledges for millions of kittiwakes , little auks and Brunwich 's guillemots . On the lower , boulder - strewn slopes , the little auks lay their eggs ; higher up are the sheer rock faces where the guillemots and kittiwakes nest . Their eggs and chicks provide food for the foxes , and over the summer months , their droppings fertilise the flat ground below , encouraging a spongy growth of grass and moss and providing rich grazing for reindeer — a neat cycle of life . As autumn arrives , the birds migrate south , leaving the foxes to scavenge from the bird and reindeer carcasses and anything that might be washed up on the shore .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
But that is a generalization . There was considerable variation between countries and between industries . Emphasizing the role of competition between firms in raising real wages may appear to fly in the face of the everyday reality of pay negotiations . But in the golden years institutionalized pay bargaining constituted one of the transmission mechanisms through which the requirements of accumulation , and the competitive struggles bred by them , generated the necessary real wage increases . Negotiations over pay are about changes in money wages .
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
Consequently they restricted their output to a level they regarded as reasonable , one that did not undermine their own pay and job security , and that the slower members could keep up with . The Hawthorne researchers stressed the pressure that groups can bring to bear on members to conform to common norms . In this case positive sanctions involved acceptance in the friendship cliques , while negative sanctions meant ridicule and ostracism for anyone who broke ranks and tried to ‘ bust’ the agreed work rate . The prevailing view of such work group resistance has often been that it stems from workers ' misunderstanding of management 's intentions . Indeed , such disapproval is implicit in the very notion of workers ‘ restricting’ output .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus , if the water argument of doubtful validity . Perhaps we are left with the conclusion that the main ingredient in the campaign which resulted in the Foxton Inclined Plane was the enthusiastic advocacy of Gordon Thomas himself . Impractical , quixotic , unsuccessful , are all adjectives that come to mind when considering the strange phenomenon of the Foxton Inclined Plane . That it was erected , operated for a short while and then reverted to ignominious dereliction are all true . But it was a considerable enterprise and it must have had some considerable justification .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've had to work twice as hard to prove myself.’ According to Shimon Samuels of the Paris - based Simon Wiesenthal Centre , the games were first sold on Nazi memorabilia stalls at flea markets in Austria . Eastern Europe also provided an enthusiastic market , as Commodore 64 computers , obsolete in the west , were sold for a song to young people eager for unity and a non - communist identity . Over 140 different games have since been found throughout Germany , Italy , Holland , Japan and , most recently , here in the UK . There is no obvious source and distribution methods vary , although many of the games are believed to be manufactured in Lincoln , Nebraska , home of the US National Socialist Party .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
The Reformation In the early sixteenth century the Reformation made considerable progress amongst the Slovenes , and Protestant schools and churches were established in Laibach ( Ljubljana ) and other Slovene towns . Although the Habsburg - led Counter - Reformation eventually extinguished this movement , it bore fruits which were of enduring significance in the cultural history of the Slovenes . In 1555 Primož Trubar made the first translation of the New Testament into Slovene and in 1584 a Slovene grammar was produced . The works of Trubar and his collaborators were printed in Germany and circulated not only amongst Slovenes but also amongst Croats and Serbs .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
You look for the creases , if you look at this doll is lov beautifully creased and you can see that the creases almost match each other , you turn the baby over and there 's lots of little creases and they match , can you all see that ? Ca n't see . Right you then get your baby , you 'll see the midwives doing this , you stabilize the baby pelvis , because otherwise it will just sort of go all over the place wo n't it , and this doll is , is fairly fixed , it 's not a very soft thing like a baby and you , with your hand you put your finger which is about the same length as the baby 's finger is n't it ? If you think about it , you slide it into where the joint would be along the line of the femur bone , you bend the knee up , and you pull it right up and you rotate it Ouch
Idiom: the die is cast (used idiomatically: yes)
Central coordination would keep the location of industry in step with development . Finally , the case being so clear , a recommendation was made to proceed immediately with Stevenage . The die was cast . A Second interim report ( Cmd . 6794 ) , published in April 1946 spelled out the points in greater detail , but additionally referred to the community aspects of settlement . The Final report ( Cmd . 6876 ) was published in July , dealing with various planning principles , including the question of size : a population of between 30,000 and 50,000 was thought desirable .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
So much is made these days of the high - profile young dance companies who are ' trying to find their own vocabularies of movement ' , that it is all too easy to forget those who have been doing just that , very quietly , for a long time . Two of them , led by British choreographers Rosemary Butcher and Lea Anderson — in the business for twenty and six years respectively — could hardly be more different , despite a shared training in Martha Graham 's technique . In her most recent show , d2 , Butcher 's dancers wore plain black or white trousers and T - shirts and danced from the stage up on to catwalks ; architectural drawings were projected and electronic music accompanied them . There was no narrative or overt expressiveness in the movement , which consisted mainly of high - energy skips and swoops . By contrast , Anderson 's Flesh and Blood suggested the cinema as its inspiration , with an all - woman troupe elaborately costumed in clinging silver lamé .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
In most of the oceans , as on land , the ease of living and the distribution of life changes through time . Life in the ocean depths poses many special problems , requiring special adaptations . Deepwater creatures are few and far between and so have difficulty finding mates . In anglerfish ( above left ) the problem is solved because the males are parasitic and attach themselves permanently to females . Many deepwater creatures stay in touch with each other or lure their prey through bioluminescence : pigments that generate light .