Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
' Am not I King of England ? I must stand firm before my lord of Gloucester — on the morrow , I shall myself command the release of my most loyal advisers . ' A few miles further on , the eleven - year - old fell asleep in his saddle and Gloucester , unwilling to call a halt at that stage and thus delay their entry into London , insisted that he be conveyed the rest of the way in a horse - drawn litter . Thenceforth Edward rode with his uncle beside him . Whilst he missed his brother 's company , he welcomed the opportunity for being alone with his thoughts .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
With regards to basic ideas of freedom and justice , we are as one . We fought as one nation during the war and of course those Englishmen here today old enough to remember the period will recall , I 'm sure , the young American G Is who were part of our community . Since that time there has been an uneasy peace in the world the price of which has been constant vigilance and in keeping that peace our two countries have continued together as the witness of young American Airforce men currently stationed in this country . I am sure that our joint efforts are one of the strongest bulwarks of peace in the modern world . Thank you .
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
Adult males are dark and the females are grey / brown . They are polygamous , each male possessing any number of females . The females lay their huge eggs in the same nest scrape ( up to sixty have been found in one nest ) . Incubation is shared by the cock and the dominant hen . The group of Ostriches in the park do breed .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Here are just a few of the outside suppliers you will use in PR work : printers , typographers , car hire firms , script writers , freelance journalists , temporary secretarial services , home economists , film makers , TV and video producers , directors and studios , publishers , product , label and packaging designers , artists , art directors , photographers , radio producers , telephone answering services , entertainers , pop stars , special newspaper insertions , house - to - house delivery services , in - hospital and new mother suppliers , scientists such as bacteriologists , financial experts , economists , airplane and helicopter services , hot air balloonists . Any service is possible in PR work which is more than half the fun of doing public relations . In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ? It is not only the enormously varied clients and public relations problems which makes your day exciting and different , it is also the number and range of outside specialist services you use . The quality of achievement
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
The Carmen and the Petra models have two heat settings , but the Carmen model is the most powerful at 250W. The Braun Independent 500 Combi brush - tong styled Linda 's hair quickly and easily . ‘ I ended up with the same look as with the hot - air brushes , but it can only be used on dry hair . As my hair is very thick I liked the Philips Hot Sir Brush best , but I would recommend towel - drying hair before using it.’ Tom Gadd , who works in our Shopping In Style department , prefers to wet shave , but we persuaded him to try three different electric razors and one battery - powered wet shaver .
Idiom: all hell broke loose (used idiomatically: yes)
After the shootings in Somerby Road , just 200 yards from Graham 's home , neighbours rushed into the house to find Mr Norris lying in agony on the landing . Pamela Meikle , 50 , said : ‘ I heard a loud bang and then some more . Then all hell broke loose . Phil came running in to the street saying : ‘ He shot my granddad’ . ‘ I ran into Phil 's house and saw the granddad lying on the floor with a hole in his leg .
Idiom: hope against hope (used idiomatically: yes)
There was scant hope that my life would be better than that of my mother and , more dispiriting , even less hope that I would be able to build a better life for my young daughter . Thatcher ’s embrace of the cause of our freedom was electrifying for me . The great dissident writer Nadezhda ~ Mandelstam had seen for us a future in which we could only “ hope against hope ” ; yet here was a leader who saw for us a future not of squalor and moral compromise , but of freedom and opportunity . I still shake my head in wonder that she could embrace the abandoned hope of liberation when almost no one else – not even Gorbachev – could even imagine it .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
There was a heavy spate a week or two later and the river rose a good five feet higher than normal . The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . They reckoned then that anything in the river would have been sent half way across to Norway so that put paid to that search . After that they dragged Loch Craig with a net . I was hoping they would find my curling stone , the one that I lost that night that Stewart Candless 's Metalurjic or whatever it was went into the loch .
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
The events and circumstances surrounding such plots are difficult to control and organise because the characters are supposedly living in the real world . So the choreographer can not make strong contrasts between the style usually used for the other-worldly spirits and that used for the characters living in the particular setting . He can only highlight the atmosphere supporting the plot , especially those circumstances where he has to portray differences between classes and thus general behaviour , idiosyncrasies , etc. , for example the contrast that must be made between the dances for all and sundry in the town square and those for the aristocrats in the ballroom of Romeo and Juliet . Nevertheless every choreographer creating this kind of romantic ballet today has to spend much time creating the proper gestures to replace the words , which in such ballets are never spoken but must be understood . If the dancers perform those gestures with feeling and understanding they will express the moods , emotions and actions of the characters they play .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
It did her morale no good to realize she was in Epping Forest , graveyard of many gangland victims . Ruefully she recalled her quip to Holly . Then the van was leaping over rough ground , getting out of sight of the road . Shade darkened the interior . The driver dragged on the handbrake .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
The water around the continents — on the ' continental shelf — is shallow . The shelves come to an abrupt stop as the protruding land masses plunge into the depths . Most species of marine organism live on the continental shelf . Heat Shallow seas in the tropics may be almost hot — up to 30 ° C ; and the surface layers of the oceans , in the tropics , may be at about 17 ° C , down to a depth of around 400 m.
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: yes)
Cohen looks to the educational system for his explanation of delinquency . Schools , he argues emphasise and embody middle - class values . Thus , individuals socialised into the working classes will suffer from status frustration , and will adopt an outlook set on turning the middle - class value system on its head . Anything which the school sees as wrong , the working - class delinquent will see as good ; delinquency is explained as a direct denial of middle - class values . In his study , Cohen compares what he terms the ' street corner boy ' with the ' college boy ' .
Idiom: back to the drawing board (used idiomatically: yes)
I trained him myself . Do you fly ? A twin - engined fighter is a beast , I told Messerschmitt he should go back to the drawing board . A beast.’ ‘ He is safe still .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
In the familiar world in which we live , ducklings are not known for their propensity for attacking farmers ; they are classed among the victims of the killing process . But lions are a different matter . Hunters might seek to kill them , but they are quite capable of turning the tables and acting out the agent role . There is nothing outlandish in the idea of lions killing hunters . So here the relationship between the lexical concepts has to be marked in some way to make up for the inadequacy of the words to indicate what part of the general context of knowledge is to be engaged .
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: no)
One company which has stopped covering mortgage payments is Cornhill , which supplied mortgage policies to lenders Lloyds Bank . Luckily Lloyds has found an alternative insurer — Pinnacle — for its 250,000 homebuyers , although the policy conditions are more restrictive . Worse hit are the 3,000 people who bought homes through the Household Mortgage Corporation , who had also arranged policies with Cornhill . No alternative has yet been found for them and unless HMC finds one , their mortgages will be unprotected from this month . Another firm which has stopped offering cover recently is Consolidated Marine & General , who provided the policy sold by the Co-op Bank .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
Repairing leaks in downpipes If a downpipe is damaged , it may be necessary to remove it from the wall and to replace ( or repair ) lengths and remake the joints . Getting an old cast iron downpipe off the wall is not easy and there is a fair chance that if it did n't need replacing when you started , it will by the time you 've removed it . The downpipe brackets are held in place with pipe nails hammered into wooden blocks in the walls , which you will need to lever out . You may also need to apply heat to the pipe in order to separate the joint .
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Formed a year ago the group is one of 14 similar bodies set up by the North East Wales TEC to examine common issues experienced in specific sectors . Mr Ethelson takes over the chairmanship from Trevor Collins , former Safety and Training Manager for Cadbury at Chirk . ' Kiss of life ' cash hope for Laird 's WIRRAL Euro MP Lyndon Harrison spoke yesterday of real hope of a last - ditch kiss of life for closure - threatened Cammell Laird . Mr Harrison said : ' There 's now a tunnel with a chink of light at the end .
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Recipients included Robert Fabry , CSRG at UCB ; Deborah Scherrer , LBL ; and Bob Schiefler , X Consortium in the Academic Driver category ; Mike DeFazio , USL , Armando Stettner , ex - DEC , Bruce Weiner , Mindcraft and Bob Marsh of Onyx and Plexus fame for Unix Evangelism ; Steve Bourne , Vinton Cerf , Jon Mashey and Eric Schmidt for Technology ; Jim Bell , Walter De Backer and Heinz Lycklama for Standards ; Frame Technology , Informix , Oracle and Sybase for Applications ; Larry Crume , ex - AT&T now Lotus , Geoff Morris , X / Open and Yoshiro Yoshioka , Fujitsu for Global Market Building ; HP , SCO and Sun for Business Commitment ; Burlington Coat Factory , DHL , Federal Express , Hyatt and Wal - Mart for using the stuff ; Pamela Gray , Bill Joy and Doug Michels for Lifetime Achievement ; and Mike Azzara , Open Systems Today ; Ed Taylor , Pencom ; and our own Maureen O'Gara for Special Distinction . Two of the crystal awards were stolen during the ensuing festivities . That long - anticipated non - profit X trade association , the X Industry Association , brainchild of The X Business Group , is getting off the ground . They 've picked themselves a chairman in David Harris of Adobe and the board includes Peter Winston of Xhibition , Peter Shaw of AGE Logic , Stephen King of Tektronix , Brian Fitzgerald of DEC and Michael Harrigan of NCD and Anil Malhotra of IXI . Members include ADDS , Grafpoint , Hummingbird , Kinesix , Non Standard Logics , Omron , Shographics , TeleSoft , Visual Edge and Walker , Richer & Quinn .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: no)
( Walker , £7.99 ) . The book is held sideways so that the goings-on on each floor of this noisy block of flats can be shown . The boldly stylised and appealing Can You Find Me ? by Donald Smith ( Tango Books £7.99 ) is a hide-and-seek game book with a difference . Flaps conceal hiding places — obvious and not so obvious — and a detachable child 's figure can be moved around so the game can be played over and over . Also fun is Wendy Madgwick 's Animaze !
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
Not that he complains , most G Ps earn over thirty thousand pounds a year . But despite his workload he still manages to spend two afternoons a week at Stroud 's cottage hospital . Without G Ps like Dr Horner , the fifty bed hospital would grind to a halt . It has no full time consultants and now the G Ps are warning they may be forced to give up the hospital work because the Department of Health is planning to put them all on new contracts from next year . The proposed new contract for general practice is trying to force general practitioners to spend far more time sitting in the surgery waiting to consult with patients .
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: yes)
Here they go on youngsters but they 've got to come back stars . It 's a celebration of a time in the 30 's when to forget the depression , you put on your taps to go into your dance . Star of many a West End musical success , Bonnie Langford dances her way through two and a half hours of showstopping song and dance . Bonnie Langford explains that the songs from the show were big hits in the time of the 1930s depression . The original stars Ginger Rogers , Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler first belted - out these numbers nearly 60 years ago in Hollywood musicals like the Gold Diggers of 33 and 35 , Footlight Parade and 42nd Street itself .
Idiom: cock a snook (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do n't think the same way as other designers,’ he shrugs , shuddering at the billowing skirts , fussy bows and complicated ornaments that are characteristic of the set - piece ball gowns of the Paris couture . ‘ For me , sumptuousness of fabric is more effective than importance of shape.’ His glorification of the subtle and simple cocks a snook at the overblown excesses that have given Paris couture the kiss of death . Yet ironically , it is in the couture — the dying art of dressing the world 's 1,000 richest women — that he sees the seed of his own future as he tires of elevating ready - to - wear to an art form . ‘ As Emporio spreads and grows , I will concentrate more on doing a few limited pieces for the special clients who buy my signature line,’ he smiles , betraying a special fondness for those who grudge no expense for a new take on a shoulder - line , a fresh twist to this year 's lapel that simply can not be copied in a less fluid fabric at a lower price .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
As Donna Cassidy who looks after all our recordings in Dublin says once a hit always a hit you know . But what do you think has made this one so special the By Request C D and video and everything ? Well probably because er you know we try and keep up er er certain standard every year and er you know it 's very important doing a video that you have the right songs for it , you know to get a story book set up for each song and this one we felt when we had it finished was probably you know the best we 've done so far and lucky enough we 've been proved right . Are you comfortable with videos because we do hear a lot of artists who are not comfortable on video . Well we are we like doing the videos because er in the early days we had a lot of problems I suppose with ourselves and with the video people because they had planned ideas for the songs .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
but now and again there 's some like erm sub - circuits or whatever , sub programming that you 'll appear right there 's Mermaid Towers right , you appear and you get trapped for seven years listening to this old man The old hermit . stays on it on the game for about twenty minutes and he just sort of talks on and on goes more , more , more . I used to be a carpenter you know .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
If we make further savings in the course of the next financial year the benefit will be felt by the citizens of Cambridge and it 's no good promising them things which we ca n't deliver . This is a budget that promises what it will deliver . That bears the fruits of past , sound financial management , preserved services and looks for as many efficiencies as possible . Far be it for me to say that this is the sort of budget that conservatives ought to applaud because it is after all , a budget that is guided by a feeling that councils should provide services and they should orientate their services to the least communities , to be guided by equal opportunities and by egalitarians and that 's what this group has always stood for , this is the budget that we present tonight and I would hope that it would get a far better and far larger measure of support than perhaps of course been the case in the past . Is there a second ?
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
Leeds ' pride will have been wounded , but wounded animals are the most dangerous.’ Wilkinson took his team south yesterday with big question marks hanging over the fitness of Dorigo , goalkeeper John Lukic and midfielder David Batty . But a defiant Wilkinson said : ‘ We have had a few days of mourning after the European Cup defeat , but this match gives us another route back into Europe and we know how important it is to stay on it.’ Maradona 's magic rubs off on Gazza Ben Bacon
Idiom: hit the jackpot (used idiomatically: no)
Voice over Football fans were dancing in the streets over in Hereford too … United hit the jackpot at last with a 3 - 2 win over Northampton Town … their first win in four weeks Voice over Here we go again .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
BY HUGO DAVENPORT Barrie 's classic ; a kiss of death in Amazonia ; and k. d. lang in Alaska THE word ' hook ' is Hollywood slang for the distinctive twist in the plot set - up of an otherwise familiar generic story . It is designed , like a fishing lure , to catch the audience 's eye and yield a rich haul at the box - office . And , just as an effective fishing lure may be fabricated from cheap , shiny metal , it is generally possible to summarise a commercial movie 's hook in one sentence . What , then , is Hook 's hook ?
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Provision of a rapid and immediate support service to all RBGE staff for day - to - day problems with word processing and some other software , and for routine hardware problems , including printers . Assistance with network management software , including daily and other regular backup procedures , and with standard network hardware maintenance will also be provided to TCS staff . Setting up and running preventative maintenance programmes and anti - virus software updates . 2 . Preparing and implementing a fault - logging and response diary , and databases for hardware and software inventories , contract and call - out maintenance reports ( including repair costs ) , consumables stock control and Health & Safety assessments .
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
Thinking woman 's pin - up Inspector Morse finds himself in sunnier climes for a new series of ITV 's most popular detective drama . Never has he been so at home as in Italy , land of food , wine , his beloved opera … and romance — which plays a leading role this time around . Kevin Whately follows in John Thaw 's footsteps as the ever - faithful Sergeant Lewis ; guest stars include Diana Quick , Jim Broadbent and Frances Barber . From 5 February . Michael Aspel , who made his first TV appearance in 1957 , hosts The Trouble With The Fifties , an LWT special which revives the decade 's golden moments with vintage clips and an audience of anyone who was anybody at the time .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
30,000 men would , James was assured , rise to support him , provided he came with at least 5000 French troops and arms for the whole Scottish force . The government in London was kept well informed of what was happening and the rebellion might never have got off the ground but for the effects of the Act of Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland , which came into effect on 1 May 1707 . Although the two countries retained their distinctive systems of law and church government , they had henceforward ‘ one and the same Parliament , to be styled the Parliament of Great Britain ' , common citizenship , a common currency and the same taxes . Article II laid down that if Queen Anne failed to leave an heir the succession should pass to a relatively distant claimant , ‘ the most excellent Princess Sophia , electress and duchess dowager of Hanover , and the heirs of her body being protestants’ . The Act of Union stirred up the latent nationalism even of non - Jacobite Scots .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Once , when I was young and stupid , but I 've always been thankful my intended bride broke our engagement when she found a wealthier man than the young fool who was working flat out to save the almost bankrupt business his father had left him.’ His voice dropped to a seductive murmur . ‘ We could be happy together , once you come to terms with the fact that marriage is n't on my agenda.’ ‘ It 's on mine,’ Claudia said bleakly . ‘ So I must decline your offer .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
It is strange to see , however , how a ‘ supra - personal’ quality can be hinted at in a girl or woman , coming close to the archetypal spirit . In the street , or on the train , you may glimpse a face that seems to be that of a Greek goddess , an African queen , or a Renaissance angel . Only if you look more closely do you notice where the image falls short . Your goddess , perhaps , is chewing gum . Your queen has a nasty way of scratching her nose , and your angel is in a sulk .
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: no)
They returned late , exhausted . Instead of laying the dining - room table formally , Fru Gertlinger served supper on trays in the music room , so that the friends could listen to the gramophone while they ate . They lounged like Romans , taking it in turn to get up , take off the record , snip the wooden needle sharp , wind the machine , place another record on the turntable . ‘ D'you imagine that some day someone will invent a gramophone that will play a record with a whole opera on one side , so that we could put the prelude on with the soup and have the finale with our cheese without having to get up?’ On Friday evening , while they were listening to Gerhardt sing In Wunderschönen Monat Mai , Fru Gertlinger burst in uncharacteristically .
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: yes)
As it was , in the weeks that followed Herr Bremann 's death , his lordship began to devote more and more hours to the matter of the crisis in Germany . Powerful and famous gentlemen became regular visitors to the house — including , I remember , figures such as Lord Daniels , Professor Maynard Keynes , and Mr H. G. Wells , the renowned author , as well as others who , because they came ‘ off the record’ , I should not name here — and they and his lordship were often to be found locked in discussion for hours on end . Some of the visitors were , in fact , so ‘ off the record’ that I was instructed to make sure the staff did not learn their identities , or in some cases , even glimpse them . However — and I say this with some pride and gratitude — Lord Darlington never made any efforts to conceal things from my own eyes and ears ; I can recall on numerous occasions , some personage breaking off in mid - sentence to glance warily towards my person , only for his lordship to say : ‘ Oh , that 's all right . You can say anything in front of Stevens , I can assure you.’