Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Reverse transcription of RNA was performed as follows . Poly(A ) + RNA ( 1 m g ) was mixed with oligo ( dT ) 12- 18 ( 0.5 µg ) and water added to a total volume of 11 µl . The mixture was heated at 70 ° C for 10 minutes , quick chilled on ice and 4 µl of 5 reaction buffer ( 250 mM Tris - HCl pH 8.3 , 375 mM KCl and 15 mM MgCl 2 ) , 2 ml DTT ( 100 mM ) , 1 ml 10 mM dNTP stock and 1 µ l M - MLV RNAse H- reverse transcriptase ( BRL , 200 units ) were added . After incubation at 37 ° C for 60 minutes the reactions were diluted to 100 ml with water . PCRs contained 2.5 µl of 10 PCR buffer ( 150 mM Tris - HCl , pH 8.8 ; 600 mM KCl ; 25 mM MgCl 2 ) , 0.625 ml 10 mM dNTPs , 1 ml of each primer ( 30 ng / ml ) , 0.2 ml Taq DNA polymerase ( Cetus , 5 units / ml ) , 1 ml template cDNA and water to a total of 25 µl .
Idiom: no smoke without fire (used idiomatically: yes)
One of Morton 's many sources was Gilbey , a friend of the princess since her teenage years . Morton , asked whether he believed Diana 's long - time friend and confidante would now publicly declare his love for her , said last night : ‘ The way things are at the moment , nothing at all would surprise me . ‘ He is in many people 's minds the next logical man to fill Charles ' place and there is no smoke without fire.’ Gilbey was the man Diana trusted to reveal sympathetically her suicide attempts and her disastrously unhappy marriage . She authorised him to speak to Morton .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course John does not mean that the Christian becomes sinless overnight . He knows full well that Christians can and do sin , and if we pretend otherwise we are lying ( 1:8,10 ) . But he is insisting , in black and white terms , that the divine sonship , mediated by the Spirit , must show itself in changed behaviour . We can not go on untouched in the old self - centred ways if the Holy Spirit has made his residence within us . Fellowship
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
The much - hyped sleevenotes are just a bunch of insubstantial and dull quotes taken from an insubstantial and dull American biography . Some of the artwork is nice but if you 've got a tenner or more to spend on nice artwork then you 're probably the subject of a public inquiry at the moment so you 're likely to be more than a little preoccupied . It goes without saying of course that the music itself is impeccable , sixteen mythical bolts of lightning vindicating all those who believe that R.E.M. are the ultimate culmination of thirty years of rock guitar . Songs like ‘ Carnival Of Sorts’(from the early ‘ Chronic Town’ EP ) and ‘ Radio Free Europe’ , ‘ Perfect Circle’and ‘ Talk About The Passion’(from ‘ Murmur’ ) remind us that R.E.M.
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
The Department of Transport should ' take immediate steps to speed up the rate of progress of road maintenance research , ' the MPs said . There should be new types of pavement design and extra research into the relative costs of concrete and bitumen roads . Green light for Belvoir The SURPRISE ministerial announcement last weekend to allow mining close to the Vale of Belvoir in Leicestershire means that the plan for a new pit at Ashfordby will get the green light before the contentious issue of where to put the mounds of unsightly spoil that the pit will produce has been settled . Two working parties are due to report this summer on the issue .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
Faye was lying on the outdoor lounger on the veranda as she had been yesterday , and she greeted Belinda briefly , her face creased with tension , before turning to Tom . ' Dr Greene has deputised you to show me the sonogram pictures and explain them , I hope . ' Her tone betrayed the fact that she had been keyed up about it ever since the procedure had been done this morning at the obstetrician 's consulting - rooms , and Belinda hoped Faye had been keeping careful tabs on her blood - sugar level in case it was being affected by her mood . ' Can I get to my room round this way ? ' asked Belinda quickly as she slid her suitcases from Tom 's grasp and began to walk to the corner of the veranda which led around to the side of the house . ' Yes , please make yourself at home , ' Faye answered , but her politeness was mechanical , and Belinda suppressed a grunt of effort as she lifted the cases .
Idiom: sail close to the wind (used idiomatically: yes)
For instance , in choppy water it is worth sacrificing your angle to the wind for a little more speed to punch through the waves . You can feel if the sail is sheeted correctly by the pressure in the arms ( assuming that they are spaced equally about the CE ) . If the pressure in the front arm decreases then you are sailing too close to the wind . You can practise this skill by deliberately steering a bad variable course ad feel the pressure changing in the hands . With practice this skill becomes instinctive and you do n't have to think about your sailing — you can just switch yourself to ' automatic pilot ' and concentrate on other aspects of the race .
Idiom: life and limb (used idiomatically: yes)
The veteran comic and singer Des O'Connor was named ITV Personality of the Year after beating Clive Anderson and last year 's winner , Michael Barrymore . Love Hurts , starring Zoe Wanamaker and Adam Faith , was BBC Programme of the Year . The Cook Report , in which the reporter Roger Cook risks life and limb to investigate fraudsters , won the ITV Programme of the Year class . TV 's Mr Grumpy — Victor Meldrew , played by the actor Richard Wilson — was left gasping : ‘ I do n't believe it’ after One Foot In The Grave and Absolutely Fabulous , starring Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders , lost out to Birds of a Feather as sitcom of the year . Lesley Joseph , sexy Dorien in the show with Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke as the wives of two jailbirds , was there to pick up the award .
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
Delighted , I laid the trout on the shingle and went in search of Blair . He came wandering towards me , obviously having admitted defeat , and I fell in beside him , companionably in step . As we walked up the river I began a monologue about how difficult it was to catch Don trout . ‘ Not a river for beginners , Blair,’ I explained . ‘ You really have to be an expert to have any chance of success .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
If the light is warm , say yellow or yellow orange , the halo will tend to be warmer , orange or red - orange as in the halo around the bus headlights in London Bus . The reverse is true of cool lights . A green light , like the go light in the painting , may be surrounded by a blue halo . PRAYING FOR RAIN I was n't disappointed .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
A virtually unbreakable vacuum flask for coffee on the beach — the titanium or stainless steel ones from Thermos will last for ages Travel Benders from Clairol — for an instant curls to add bounce to sun , sea and sand - damaged hair Picnic equipment from Lakeland Plastics — stock up on ice- mats , insulated sandwich boxes and bottle bags , picnic cutlery , and cool boxes and bags An emergency dental treatment kit from Dentanurse UK Ltd ( £ 8.80 including p&p ) , which includes a sterile needle to fit any syringe in case you need urgent dental treatment The Mobile Alert , £ 24.99 from Smith Industries .
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
Then they built a sand - castle with ramparts and a moat and turrets , and stopped off at a café on their way home and treated themselves to a delicious cream tea . It was there that they bumped into some friends of Alexander 's , a couple with two young children of their own , and spent an hour chatting with them round the café table . They were an ordinary family , all born and bred locally , but their relationship with Alexander was both friendly and relaxed . Lisa found herself watching him as they chatted about this and that , quietly amazed at the easy way he fitted in with them . She kept trying to tell herself that he could no longer surprise her , and yet he continued to do just that .
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
How far should Nonconformity work to avoid the type of praise given by the Bishop of Ripon in his 1892 article on Spurgeon : ‘ The Puritan type may mean heedlessness of culture and loss of sweetness and light , but it also means seriousness , earnestness and a courageous bearing.’ Was this to be regarded as a compliment or a criticism ? In the attempt to win society 's approval by a cultured ministry that had both sweetness and light , would Nonconformity produce a ministry cut off from the faithful ? Would one pay too high a price for approval ? As one reporter said when talking about the Baptist minister and ex - butcher , William Cuff of Shoreditch : ‘ When God calls into His vineyard men who are not scholars , we do not show our wisdom by disapproving of the choice.’
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: no)
TEACHERS ' REPRESENTATIVE : LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS & OUTSIDE EVENTS : Lists are available showing the many teachers who were active in this way during 1990 , helping to fly the Medau flag . Many thanks to all of them and perhaps the list may inspire a few more in 1991 ! AGM :
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
RECOVERY OF EMBRYOS Conditions for the removal and culture of embryos need not necessarily be aseptic but should be dust free and as clean as possible . Since cultures are unlikely to be maintained for more than 4 or 5 days they can generally be kept free of bacterial contamination by conducting all manipulations in sterile media with flame - pulled glass mouth pipettes under dissecting microscopes in a dust - free area , for example surrounded by Perspex dust covers . Details of reagents , media and equipment are given in Section 5 . Eggs and embryos ( particularly during the 1-cell and 2-cell stages ) are extremely sensitive to environmental stress .
Idiom: out of this world (used idiomatically: yes)
Living with the dead is my life . I have to journey through . There is no genie to snap its fingers and whiplash me out of this world I am living in . I have to carry on journeying in , in and through and back . Oh , Gabriel .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
With Morsi ’s victory , some now fear that the Muslim ~ Brotherhood will seek to implement radical policies aimed at Islamizing a Muslim country that is already conservative , but that has had a secular government for decades . Others do not believe that the Muslim ~ Brotherhood will go so far , but nonetheless doubt that the Brothers will defend a secular , truly democratic regime in the ongoing negotiations with SCAF on a transition to civilian rule . In either scenario , Morsi has little room to maneuver in a country that , for the time being , is in political limbo – with neither a constitution nor a parliament – and whose people want tangible results in terms of good governance , institutional consolidation , and improvements to a tottering economy .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Is alright with you ? . If we eat under the table over . No seriously . The best place is to hide it underneath .
Idiom: in the sticks (used idiomatically: yes)
This forms a dihedral angle of about 12.5 degrees either side of the kite . The upwards and outwards inclination of the kite either side of centre is what provides lateral stability . Making the bend in a bamboo stick is surprisingly easy over a candle flame or similar , but be careful not to burn it at this vital centre point of the kite ! Being larger ( for imperialists , the height is 30 in ) , the spars are much thicker , say 6 mm bamboo or 3/16 in dowel , and they do not have to flex . Instead , two much thinner battens are fitted to steady the lower apron and , being left free at the front or upper ends , they are able to maintain the sail shape while the rear end of the kite flexes in the manner of a soaring bird 's tail feathers .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
His feet in their little red shoes just reached the edge of the seat . He was tiny . He was wearing blue trousers and little white socks . He stared ahead through the windscreen , his hands clasped in his lap , and she started to drive again . On and on they went , and the scenery never changed .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
The nets are released at dusk , and drift with the ocean 's currents and winds , fishing the rich top 15 metres ( 50 feet ) of the sea , to be retrieved the next day . The lack of international controls in the North Pacific Ocean , and the proliferation of the salmon , tuna , billfish , and squid drift-net fleets over the past two decades , has resulted in the development of a North Pacific fishery so huge that during the 6-month season , the 1000 or so vessels involved deploy 35 million km ( 1.9–3.4 million miles ) of netting . Japanese authorities have turned a blind eye to the rapid expansion of their drift-net fleet . In 1973 , the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries , recognising the possible adverse effect of drift-nets on fish stocks , issued an ordinance which limited the length of all Japanese drift-nets to 12 km ( 8.5 miles ) . At that time , their drift-netters were operating mostly within the Japanese 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ ) , and the development of larger vessels and the expansion of fishing grounds to include the high seas had not been expected .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
At that time , thanks in particular to the work of Morgan and his colleagues on Drosophila , we had an abstract model of how genes are arranged on chromosomes , and of how they are transmitted from generation to generation , but we did not understand the chemistry of genes , or their replication , or their role in protein synthesis . Today we are beginning to acquire an abstract knowledge of development , in terms of gradients and prepatterns and gene - switching . But although we may be confident that a gradient exists , and influences subsequent development , we usually have no idea what it is a gradient of , and rather little idea of how genes are actually switched on and off . More precisely , lots of people have ideas , but they do not all agree .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
A distributed computing profile will follow next year , based upon the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment technology that X / Open recently endorsed . Prices for the profile specifications go from around $ 35 — £ 20 — to $ 400 — £ 225 — for combined sets . The complete set runs to some 7,500 pages and weighs a daunting 16Kg on paper , but will also be available on CD - ROM . XPG4 will be updated constantly over the next five years before the introduction of XPG5 , which is expected , by that time , to specify fully functional , object - oriented technology from the kernel level upwards . As well as specifications defined by its own workgroups , X / Open will adopt de jure and de facto standards from other organisations , vendors and consortia already doing relevant work including ISO , IEEE , the Object Management Group ( objects ) , SPAG ( interoperability ) , SQL Access Group ( database access ) and the Network Management Forum ( Omnipoints distributed network management ) .
Idiom: live wire (used idiomatically: yes)
Help , help ! There 's a fire ! She 's a real live wire . 2 . The train went slower and slower .
Idiom: put a foot wrong (used idiomatically: yes)
They 've got a fine album and a string of great singles a long way behind them , but the Demonz have yet to have the mass market fawning at their feet , unless you count their brief appearance in the video for ‘ The Bouncer’ . ‘ Junglist’ is lyrically typical : fast , furious , endless and uncompromising , and musically it 's among the wildest ‘ Jungle House’(to use the current revolting , faintly racist expression ) tunes you 'll hear . This lot rarely put a foot wrong , and here , all feet are guaranteed right . Fatter than a Weight - Watchers ' enrolment evening . STRONTIUM 50 : Fighting For The Future
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Haefliger 's Mozart is ultra romantic , and he commands an enormous daytime range . His range of colour and tonal shading makes you sit up . It goes without saying that a beautiful piano was used for the recording , and that Haefliger communicates and obvious sense of joy in performing . Perhaps he does go a little over the top with the rubato in the slow movement of K332 , but no - one could really object to such sincere intentions when they are delivered with such conviction and zest . K333 in B flat is , perhaps , a little tamer , and a shade bland , particularly in the slow movement .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: no)
She kept hold of his arm and shook it till it became elastic and extended out of its socket like a conjuror 's string of handkerchiefs . ‘ Mr Paris.’ Charles opened his eyes warily , disgruntled at being dragged out of his dream . ‘ Mr Paris . I am Doctor Lefeuvre.’
Idiom: there's the rub (used idiomatically: yes)
When I meet Morrissey , at the Hyde park Hotel , he 's dressed from head to foot in black . So am I. The whole tableau is idol meets fan to an embarrassing tee . Happily , my finally getting to meet him coincides with the release of one of Morrissey 's great records ( they seem to alternate quite evenly with duff ones ) , so there 's no awkward rub between the fan 's loyalty and the critic 's ' responsibility ' to the ' truth ' . Viva Hate ! feels implausibly fresh : the music 's breathing again , free of a certain stuffiness and laboriousness that had set in seemingly irreversibly in The Smiths ' twilight period . All due respect to Johnny Marr ( though the haircuts never get better … ) but , like most people ' blessed ' with skill , there was a tendency to be used by one 's versatility rather than use it .
Idiom: hope against hope (used idiomatically: yes)
For the first year of their marriage , they had both been so happy — enjoying every day to the full and sharing every precious moment ; living , and loving — and laughing — together . Then , gradually , a change had come over him . Ruth loved him as much as ever , and hoped against hope that he still felt the same way about her , but somehow , something had been lost . It was as if a light had been extinguished ; the colours which were once so bright and clear had grown blurred and faded . She had tried to talk to him about it .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: no)
You could drive to a track where there was a parking circle and from there walk fifty yards uphill to a gate , a garden , a cottage built of granite and constantine . Its virtue was that it had no neighbours and it had been picked out for just that reason : no - one to ask questions , no - one expecting to start up a friendship . As you walked from the house to the sea , the sound of the wind in the trees became the sound of waves on the rocks . Because Zeno was edgy , Carla was telling him a story . It was a story that began in sadness , but came out well — the story of herself .
Idiom: go to the dogs (used idiomatically: yes)
But it also reflected a considerable degree of confidence . We are a long way from those factory - owners of the 1830s , living in constant fear of something like slave insurrections ( see The Age of Revolution , epigraph to chapter 11 ) . When master - manufacturers talked of the danger of communism which lurked behind any limitation of the absolute right of employers to hire and fire at will , they meant not social revolution but merely that the right of property and the right of domination were indistinguishable , and a bourgeois society must go to the dogs once interference with property rights was permitted . Hence the reaction of fear and hatred was all the more hysterical when the spectre of social revolution once again irrupted into a confident capitalist world . The massacres of the Paris Communards ( see chapter 9 above ) testify to its force .
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: no)
But what can I do ? I can not endure the thought of marriage , even with a person of equal or superior degree to myself , and have declined several proposals of that kind . How then , with the distance between us in the world 's judgement , can I think of making you my wife ? Yet I must have you . Pamela , judge for me , tell me what you think I ought to do .
Idiom: jobs for the boys (used idiomatically: yes)
Their influence helps explain Mr Smith 's oh - so - cautious approach to the modernisation of his party . The local council contains what is known as ‘ the Monklands mafia’ . The crusading Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser assails this almost weekly for its alleged distribution of ‘ jobs for the boys’— and girls , many from the councillors ' own families . Sectarian - cum - geographic rivalry adds spice . Of the two former mining - and - steel towns that dominate the district , Coatbridge , which Mr Clarke represents , is more Catholic ; next - door Airdrie , the heart of Mr Smith 's constituency , is more Protestant .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
His wife walks out on him . Meryl Streep as scru scruffy as the ex - singer becomes his friend . And Tom Waites is another one of his down and out alley pals . Sounds good do n't it ? Eh ?
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: no)
Her limbs froze . Instead of fire there was ice in her veins . She opened her eyes . The bedroom door had burst open and Peter was striding into the room . In a dream , she saw him skid to a halt , taking in the scene at once as it must have appeared — his brother bending over his fiancée — and , thought Sarella in dismay , taking in my submissive expression as I stupidly allow this dark monster to maul me .
Idiom: with open arms (used idiomatically: no)
Before they left , they heard the Regent declaring that if Edward Plantagenet sat tight and did not attempt any attack across Tweed , then he might lead the Scots force raiding deep into Northumberland , even as far as Bamborough where Edward 's young Queen was known to be installed . That ought to fetch him . To rousing cheers from the town walls , the relieving contingent came to the South Gate , which was ceremoniously thrown open to receive them , Seton himself there to welcome Ramsay with open arms . Burdens unloaded , the escort was sent back , horses and extra mouths to feed being undesired . The gates clanged shut again , Berwick succoured , after a fashion , with a day to go .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
Costumes , scene changes , music and lighting all blend together to give the feel of life in the early twentieth century . Attention is paid to every detail particularly the stunning costumes . Full marks to costume designer Catherine Dobson , who uses colours and style to reflect each character 's personality . Sisters Ursula and Gudrun , convincingly played by Tracey Wilkinson and Angela Lonsdale , are dressed in vivid shades of orange and blue to contrast their fiery and cool tempers . Stewart Morritt , as Gerald , and Jack Randle , as Rupert , grappled well with their roles , both literally and metaphorically .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
A high quality product demanding care from conception to retail shelf was necessary . The Milton Keynes - based group , which kills 4,000 cattle and 25,000 sheep a week in the season , is expected to take an initiative in that area later this year , and Mr Canvin was giving little away in his address to the Safeway - sponsored Strathclyde Food Project seminar . ‘ We have a link with some 250 farmers and we are working with them to produce what our customers — the consumers — want at the end of the day . They get rewarded on the basis of the Europa scale and classification and the fat finish of the animal whether beef or sheep . ‘ We have been working with producers over ten years directly — we are very anti - market — and we have a distinct interest in the husbandry and the food and the breeds of the animals .