Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: knock it off (used idiomatically: no)
Yes , I mean I won one . We have n't eaten it I 'm bringing it for you . No , you did n't have to knock it off you had to choose thingies on a card . It was good at the fair , Mum . And Mum , if Dave and Anna call round for me tomorrow morning can you tell them we 've gone to the Prince Charles baths and to come there , and Mum , I went to the shoemender 's to collect my sandals , but they were shut and I need them for tomorrow evening because — Oh , thanks Mum .
Idiom: go halves (used idiomatically: no)
half eight , getting on quarter to nine , it was jam - packed and I did n't get into the college . It 's a ten minute bus ride . I did n't get into that college until gone half nine . Oh , really ? To my lecture .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
cos I was sort of lying in bed sort of late noticed who it was one night when Paul came up and I was n't asleep and I saw like this bright light Mm and Paul was coming up the stairs , I said is that the police , is that a police car ?
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Airflow over the upper surface at the centre section where the chord is broadest has been improved by open mesh close to the leading edge spar . Top of the line demonstration team , who won all honours in a 1991 UK tour , L to R : Dan Tabor ( the originator ) Ron Reich ( the outstanding individual performer ) Pam Kirk and Michael Dennis . This converts the leading edge into a turbulator , behind which the airflow has a better transition over the top of the kite . All of these design developments have been used to gain a commercial advantage by offering that ‘ extra something’ to be different in a very competitive field . It is difficult to differentiate between flight performances of many of the third generation designs , particularly when one can not expect a constant windspeed .
Idiom: flash in the pan (used idiomatically: yes)
Moreover , if you accept the ordinary laws of science , you have to suppose that human life and life in general on this planet will die out in due course : it is merely a flash in the pan ; it is a stage in the decay of the solar ~ system ;
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
Having initially believed the story to be " fanciful " , Sick said that his mind had been changed as a result of " the weight of testimony " provided by the hundreds of interviews which he had conducted whilst researching the affair . Sick also suggested that several people claimed to have seen Bush at the Paris meeting , although he admitted that he was not yet convinced of the veracity of this aspect of the affair . The story was also fuelled by a book , My Turn to Speak , written by Abdolhassan Bani - Sadr , who had been President of Iran in 1980 - 81 . The State Department 's initial refusal to issue Bani - Sadr with a visa to visit the USA to promote his book , followed by its sudden reversal of this stance , had the effect of increasing press interest in the former Iranian President . Speaking in Paris on May 2 , Bani - Sadr confirmed that " certainly there was a secret deal between the Iranian mullahs and the candidates Reagan and Bush to delay the release of the hostages in exchange for … arms " .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
HE MAY not say it in public , but George Graham has a clear message this morning for Ian Wright : ‘ I can always get another forward but see what trouble you 'll have leaning backwards on a broken career ’ . Make no mistake , Wright 's short fuse is a serious business and if Graham is to lose a top player through suspension , on top of all the headlines on his ill-discipline , the Arsenal manager may soon wonder if he is worth the trouble . He already has Tony Adams banned from the heart of his defence over Christmas and the last thing George wants to worry about is problems at the other end . On top of that , Wright has his England future to worry about because much as he may look forward to an avalanche of goals against San Marino in February , first he must ensure his presence in the team , then be in control of himself when the chances come . I know how desperately Wright wants to be looked upon as the natural replacement for Gary Lineker , and this is one of his problems .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
As a rule , access to the T - Card computer is free of charge .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
I feel I would like to write to you on how they are operating the Railway today . The BR stated that 200 lives were lost thrown out from the carriage door on the ‘ Inter City’ trains ; this happened on the curve on the track , at this point the speed was 100 mph ( suicide ) . So I ask them to do the right thing and put a 50 mph speed restriction , together with the CANT of the track and provided the doors are properly shut which is the responsibility of the staff not the passengers , they will have no further trouble . Mr Young , I would like our 200 membership to know my comments on this subject . Thank you for your remarks on my talk in the Journal .
Idiom: off the top of your head (used idiomatically: yes)
What direction to go on , on their closes ? Yeah , I mean Alright let me ask you something then , off the top of your head how many closes could you put a name to ? Well I do n't know you know what the name we 've used Come on then how many , er just
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: yes)
No , in reality the solution lies with the manufacturers . Why are n't they up in arms ? These people must be losing them sales hands down all over the country ! Perhaps they 're doing okay without having to try too hard . Perhaps they know how a guitarist 's mind works : the more daunting something is , the more they want it .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
He was shot getting away with the ransom.’ ‘ And two others got away by the skin of their teeth . I 'd be surprised to hear they were still in the country , and if they are they should be lying low.’ The jeep was bouncing them about mercilessly as the Brigadier tried to get back to the village in time for the Captain and the Substitute to go back to Florence and eat . ‘ But if they 're given money for the food … ’ the Substitute was trying vainly to put a bouncing lighter to his cigar .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
It had to be shared . Some years ago I saw Sister Gemmell of the Church Army on television . She was then working among ' down and outs ' and prostitutes in London . She was asked if she believed there was life after death . She replied : ' No . '
Idiom: bums on seats (used idiomatically: yes)
I have to say once again that this , once again sorry I told somebody else this , this is the most attractive product we do I believe . The schools are seem to be able to make them look attractive because of the photography and things like that . And they are used to get bums on seats . Since the parents choice charter came out it is it is essential for all school , state opt - out grant maintained independent , to promote themselves . And that 's why this has been so successful .
Idiom: dog eat dog (used idiomatically: yes)
It was desperation stakes , a last throw of the dice , but workers in Ballybrit agreed to take a 10 per cent cut in wages , all to no avail . There is no bitterness towards Ayr in Galway . Everyone knows that in the contracting world of producing computer hardware it would always be a case of dog eat dog . Unfortunately for Galway , the perception is that Michael Heseltine had an Alsatian teamed up against an Irish poodle . Until about three weeks ago there had been a belief among Digital employees in Galway and the Industrial Development Authority in Ireland that Digital 's plant in Ayr would lose out .
Idiom: to a turn (used idiomatically: yes)
Looking back , I remember that we children never expected mother to have any dinner . She always took a bit of bread . Now it has come to my own turn and I do n't like it . ' Nor did early twentieth - century state welfare provision do much to alleviate the position of working class wives because it too assumed the existence of the bourgeois family model and a family wage . Married women found themselves either excluded entirely from , or treated very poorly by , a whole range of measures designed to work through the labour market .
Idiom: sign on the dotted line (used idiomatically: yes)
OSF SIGNS UK 's PROTEK AS BUSINESS PARTNER The Open Software Foundation plans to establish a string of new business partnerships across Europe and the US and which will provide support , training , education and consultancy services for users and potential OSF technology customers . First to sign on the dotted line is UK distributor Protek Ltd , Maidenhead , Berkshire , which will focus on the Distributed Computing and Management Environments . With OSF 's help , Protek will have a training and integration centre up and running by May with a range of hardware platforms running DCE . It 'll be staffed by eight Protek employees currently being trained by OSF and Protek will bring a further 50 industry consultants onto the project in the near term .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
That Sunday marked the beginning of a new phase in Leonora 's life . The mere fact that Penry Vaughan wished to go on seeing her , however few and far between their meetings , did wonders for her self - esteem . It also compensated very thoroughly for the disaster of her relationship with Guy , who received short shrift when he telephoned on his return to London from Wales . She made no mention of her disastrous trip to Brynteg , told him she 'd met someone else , and wished him good luck with deliberate finality when she said goodbye . At first Leonora was n't sure precisely what Penry had in mind regarding their relationship , and lived in a state of tension between his phone calls .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Two devices were discovered in the morning and the others were found last night . The first two were placed in shrubbery only yards from the main buildings of Shell 's Seafield House offices at Hill of Rubislaw and BP Expro 's main headquarters at Dyce on the outskirts of the city . Both areas are monitored round the clock by surveillance cameras and detectives are hoping that the hoaxer has been captured on tape . Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9 am . Nothing was found at the Alten and Bridge of Don buildings after an initial , detailed search , but the other objects were uncovered much later .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Even you ca n't go against the wishes of a dead autocrat like Uncle,’ replied Peter , ‘ though it 's probably your dearest ambition ! Anyway,’ he went on , ‘ I do n't know what all the fuss is about . Either you 're worried that Sarella will get her hands on the money , or you 're worried I will . There 's nothing you can do about the latter , and as for the former you 'll simply have to stop worrying . I can assure you , there is no danger whatsoever .
Idiom: get a handle on (used idiomatically: yes)
So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them Horse Heavy , they 've got big handles on them , three of them , and they were drags Ah yes , drags . They were drags , that 's right , and they were heavy .
Idiom: rags to riches (used idiomatically: yes)
By then Frankie had reached the stage of being famous for being famous . Their success gave them a power that everyone wanted to share ; their commercial momentum carried the whole pop world along . And theirs was a comforting rags - to - riches story . Frankie themselves were typical graduates of the 1970s post - punk provincial scene ( five lads from Liverpool ) in which Bowie boys became punks and skins , dyed their hair repeatedly , hung out in the gay clubs with the furtiveness that marks everyone on provincial streets in the small hours . In Holly Johnson 's words :
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
" Looks like rine , " said the manager of the Desert Cave Motel which , like most of the town , is built underground . Coober Pedy has produced 80 per cent of the world 's opals since 1915 . It costs A$ 27 to stake your claim roughly A$ 10,000 to sink a shaft and almost everyone here is an opal miner the butcher , the baker , and even the town dentist ( who is said to have the best drilling equipment ) . Coober Pedy ( form the aboriginal kupa piti meaning " white man 's burrow " ) has a large migrant population but it was an Australian who dug me out when I became bogged down in the dull - dust , and an old swagman on the road who warned me to keep an eye on the weather . The storm broke as I drove past Woomera on the way back to Port Augusta and locals there said it was the heaviest rain for nearly 200 years .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
On Wednesday 23 June the Regional Council appointed Dr George McL. Hazel as Director of Highways . Dr Hazel will take up his appointment on 6 August but may be see in and around the Department before then as he gets to grips with his job . Dr Hazel will be known to some staff : he worked for the Edinburgh City Engineer 's Department and in 1975 transferred to the Regional Council , working in the Transportation and Highway Planning Division . He took up an appointment lecturing at Napier Technical College in 1979 : there he became Chair of the Civil Engineering Department .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr & Mrs Hudson of Leominster were the speakers , with some assistance with ‘ props’ from their daughter , an undergraduate at St. Hilda 's . We were grateful toJudith Sorley for suggesting and persuading the speakers . We had been a little apprehensive about our chosen date as the May Fair was in full swing in the streets of Leominster , but everyone managed to reach the right car park and transport their offerings for a bring and buy produce stall which raised over £ 30.00 for the College Appeal . On October 6th we met in Malvern at the Girls ' College for an education afternoon . Four VI formers , two in their Lower VI year and two Upper VI talked to us of their education and plans for the future under the title ‘ Education for the 1990 's’ .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
I mean , she even cooked for you.’ ‘ She did , did n't she?’ he said , frowning . ‘ I could n't have broken her heart . I hope I did n't . She was nice , but somehow it just did n't feel right … ’
Idiom: go up in smoke (used idiomatically: yes)
I shall enjoy my cigar.’ The corset buyer got to her feet grimly and picked up the glass of drinking water in front of her . Before she could throw the water into the wastepaper basket , the reports had gone up in smoke . Albert seemed to notice last , and his face expressed less than anybody 's . Then he rather undercut the room 's prim pity for him by roaring with laughter .
Idiom: rise and shine (used idiomatically: no)
In the dawn of morning there lay the poor little one , with pale cheeks and smiling mouth , leaning against the wall . She had been frozen to death on the last evening of the year ; and the New ~ Year 's sun rose and shone upon a little corpse !
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Tom put the twenty - dollar bill that Mary gave him in his shirt pocket .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
I offered to supply him with a list of Italian engineers and companies with specialised knowledge in the construction of tunnels through hills . I know Italian roads well . Mr. Rifkind did not reply to my letter although I addressed it to him personally at the House of Commons … Doubtless electors will show the disgust and disapproval of this present scheme through their ballot paper . R. Maitland Earl
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
1821 " This Meeting having given due consideration to various kinds of theft committed in the Island — Resolve to stent themselves in a sum ( £ 20) … for the purpose of detecting and prosecuting such persons as may be found guilty of theft . " " This Meeting consider themselves authorised to regulate the practice to be hereafter adopted in Smithies — and direct now that he who comes to the smithy first prepared for work shall have preference in finishing all his work of every kind before any other can pretend to interfere . " 1823 " Now direct the Collector to pay Twenty pounds Sterling as the sum formerly stented , and to be appropriated for the suppression of thieves — of which sum the Collector will be discharged on paying the same to Mr. McAlpine … for his outlay on his dwelling house . " The General Post Office appears in the accounts for the first time . " By 2 years allowance by G.P.O. paid by Niel Currie , Postmr . £ 10 . "
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
The records show that Robert Noel Waddington Oakeshott , adviser to the Zambian Government , went on to poll 3,891 votes . The Junior Agriculture Minister , Mr David Curry , is having to break off from his campaign in the Skipton and Ripon constituency to represent Britain 's farmers and fishermen at crucial talks in Brussels and Luxembourg next week . ‘ No politician likes leaving an election campaign in full swing , but Britain 's farmers and fishermen expect me to do the job I was appointed for and I am not prepared to take the risk of measures hostile to the UK getting through because I am not there,’ said Mr Curry , who is defending a 17,000 Conservative majority . As he 's schools minister , we 've been scanning Mr Michael Fallon 's press releases for spelling mistakes so far to no avail . But in one of theirs Labour accused him off being about to ‘ tow the party line’ .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Cabinet under Mrs Thatcher is ‘ not used so much as a formal forum where there are papers saying we have this problem and here are the options for what we can do about it . Earlier Cabinets were much more like that’ , said one senior official shortly before Michael Heseltine converted semi - covert insider objections to the Thatcher style into a glowing neon sign . The Heseltine affair was , on the face of it , about Government involvement in the financial restructuring of Westland , Britain 's sole manufacturer of helicopters . The pros and cons of which financial saviour should be favoured — a bid led by the American company Sikorsky , or a European consortium including British Aerospace — need not concern us here , because to dwell unduly upon them would be like treating the assassination of an archduke in Sarajevo as the cause rather than the trigger for the First World War . In his dramatic resignation statement before a huge press conference in the Ministry of Defence on the afternoon of Thursday 9 January 1986 , Heseltine explained his sudden walkout at that morning 's Cabinet meeting in terms which raised it high above a small , troubled helicopter manufacturer in the West Country .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: no)
I was reading a web journal when it suddenly went to smaller print , how can I get it back to normal ? Ctrl + mouse wheel .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: no)
But the real wonder of pop biopics is that no one has made a movie about Jim Morrison before now ( The Doors opens on March 15 ) . The group , after all , were the Los Angeles rock band — Morrison first met keyboard player Ray Manzarek while they were both attending UCLA 's film course . The singer 's life contained enough misbehaviour to make director Oliver Stone 's job easy ( pace that notorious gig in Miami when Jimbo bared more than his soul ) ; his songs are riddled with references to drugs and sex ; and — making the film a dead cert — he obligingly took an early bath in Paris in ' 71 . He could n't have picked a better place : laid to rest in Père Lachaise alongside such genuine nineteenth - century bohos as Gérard de Nerval , who took his pet lobster for walks in the Palais Royal and eventually hanged himself with a piece of string he insisted was the Queen of Sheba 's garter . Only one disturbing rumour can possibly mar the film 's success .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
Edward Blishen , the presenter , has an enviable gift for sketching in background and perspective , drawing up different strands of what was happening at the same time to make his argument , all with ease . My only problem so far has been keeping track of who , exactly , in the Archives quotations is saying what . Amanda Mares , the producer , might bear in mind that listeners hearing things for the first time need a second or two to focus . This Friday : Beyond the Fringe . After all those politicians , I 'll be ready for it .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Moreover , there are more than 50 similar groups on Facebook . Reaction to Bin ~ Laden ’s death on Al ~ Jazeera and other Arabic news outlets has been mixed . Some view the man considered a mass murderer in the West as an icon , and his death and burial at sea at the hands of American forces will not undermine that perception in the eyes of his sympathizers . Indeed , Egypt ’s former Mufti , Sheikh Nasr Farid Wasil , has already declared Bin ~ Laden a martyr , “ because he was killed by the hands of the enemy . ” ( Sheikh Wasil , it should be made known , has no links or known sympathies for Al ~ Qaeda and he represents a very different Islamic school of thought . )
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Neat work,’ Caroline commented drily . ‘ Sadly , it ended in tragedy . In the dark , panic - stricken by what she 'd done , she ran down the wrong passage , towards the sea instead of towards the land , slipped and fell to her death on the rocks below.’ ‘ Oh ! There 's no justice in this world!’
Idiom: above board (used idiomatically: yes)
They could not have made change of land use profits . In Cramlington they could and did , not only from housing land but also through their subsidiary which developed the town shopping centre , which again in a designated New Town would have been a development corporation function . All this was above board and the developers reached an agreement to pay a per acre developed contribution to the district council towards development costs , as did the county council . They also sold infrastructure and public sector housing land to the councils at historic cost plus interest rather than developed land value . There is a good argument that the exclusion of a development corporation has in the long term been to Cramlington 's advantage , but the opportunity for land development profits was very important .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
She led the way through a vast entrance hall , but at such a rate that Robbie received only a jumbled impression of floorboards polished to the lustre of old tortoiseshell , of panelled walls and copper jugs holding arrangements of dried grasses and ferns . The pregnant bitch was in the vast kitchen , a surprisingly modern kitchen . She looked up eagerly at the sound of footsteps , but then , as she saw the two women , with an almost human expression of disappointment she turned her head away and with a heavy sigh lowered her head to her paws . ' She 's missing her owner , I 'm afraid , ' the elderly woman said . ' Then you 're not — ? '
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
This is why moving home is a major transaction . And why , when you have agreed a price on the home you want , you can not simply hand the owner a cheque then move in . The agreement drawn up when property changes hands must be absolutely watertight . The whole process is called conveyancing . Conveyancing and a Solicitor 's Services