Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: yes)
What is certain is that Oakland start their second consecutive World Series as firm favourites , their combination of power ( Jose Canseco and Mark McGuire ) , pitching ( Dave Stewart and Mike Moore ) , defence ( Mike Gallego and Carney Lansford ) and speed commonly seen as too strong for a San Francisco side carrying several half - fit pitchers and vulnerable defensively to Henderson 's base stealing . Yet Oakland were also supposed to wipe the floor with Los Angeles a year ago . Then they were a single out away from going one game up in Dodger Stadium — only for Kirk Gibson to turn the Series on its head with a home run at the last moment . And when the time came for the A 's big bats to show their muscle , they froze like rabbits in the spotlight of Orel Hershiser 's fastball . There is no obvious Hershiser figures in the Giants ' pitching ranks this time , but in Clark they do have a man — like Gibson — in the mood to burn Oakland with the bat .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
Surprisingly the remaining ‘ Whads’ , Holt T. , Sheppey S. , Rawlings G. , Sheppey R. , Sheppey V. , and Rawlings D. , held out to secure an astonishing 2–0 draw in the Bridge 's favour . After such an intolerable display , all those involved in the incident were sacked and Reg Pybus was left to rebuild as best he could . Over the next few seasons debts continued to mount and in an unprecedented move Athletico again made history , becoming the first club to introduce the £ 1 pork pie . The players also felt the pinch . A proposed cut in wages was doubled , they were charged 25 pence for the half - time orange and were required to leave a £ 35 deposit when they took their kit home for washing .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Not only is traffic on their motorways obstructing lorries going in and out of the vast Europoort , but public opposition to air pollution and the taking of scarce land for new roads is intense . Economic and environmental arguments are thus in harmony . Will Cecil Parkinson , the new Secretary of State for Transport , follow suit in London ? It is a daunting challenge . More than a million and half vehicles enter or leave central London every working day .
Idiom: one for the road (used idiomatically: no)
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Idiom: stick out like a sore thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
No it was n't . No . I mean it stuck out like a sore thumb , I mean er by King George 's playing fields erm cos of the , they had n't the , th the , the s other story for that was as I said was we they sent er some of us to a class in Walsall for er aircraft recognition and er the days I went to this class , cos I went as er , er both for the factory and for the Home Guard , so that I could cover both the factory and when I were on duty , Home Guard and we was at a building on the corner of Corporation Street and west , and we was taking classes in there . Then we was taken out of there into the Corporation Street where the fair used to be held and we had silhouettes of different aircraft on poles and holding them up and we er so as we could recognize them . We came back from there back into the rooms that we having instructions in and continued with our lessons .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
I wo n't think about it any more.’ The slight tension in the room disappeared and she was just going to make some conversational remark when he leaned forward in his chair and said , ‘ Well , to show that you mean it , will you accept a small invitation ? I 'm having a few friends in on Saturday evening , along with some new acquaintances , and I 'd like you all to come.’ He paused . ‘ Now do n't say you ca n't manage it .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Some were doubtful whether it would actually work , but all shared a hope of something new , and all were to be given an equal chance . As teams of temps struggled to cope with the mounting chaos , Jackson tried to keep the Equal Opportunities flame burning . She reported sternly to a meeting of the management team that word - of - mouth recruitment might be taking place . Anyone doing this , she said , ' is likely to be acting unlawfully ' . The team , as usual lacking expertise in the particular field , agreed , and laid down criteria for positive discrimination to fight back .
Idiom: bring home the bacon (used idiomatically: yes)
The talk is of targeting , positioning and market share While ELT publishing was still in its youth — in the days when both toes and fingers were needed to count the number of UK ELT publishers — one might have been forgiven for believing there was just a trace of the treasure hunt in its approach to the stern commercial discipline of market development . Rumour had it that , particularly towards the end of the financial year when sales targets were a few thousand off and hopes of bonuses were beginning to fade , the sound of the office globe could be heard spinning as anxious sales staff searched the world for the magic market that would bring home the bacon . Was anything interesting happening in the Emirates ? Were there bargains to be struck in North Africa ?
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Greed and hypocrisy deserve to be punished . ' She quailed under his searing glance over her body . ' I object to the way you 've dressed like someone from the pages of a Dickensian workhouse and turned up with your belongings in carrier bags as if you 're on your way to the laundromat . ' ' My suitcase — ' ' Yes , yes , I know the story .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
In his summing - up , Mr Justice Drake had told jurors to remember that the ' hurt ' caused to Mr Donovan lasted less than a year and would end with a verdict in his favour . Contrasting Mr Donovan 's distress with that of victims of industrial injury , the judge said : ' You should have in mind it is not a case where you are awarding damages for someone who has suffered some physical injuries which will be with him for the rest of his days . ' Bear in mind there are people who suffer lifelong injury which can never be put right . What does a miner who has irreparable damage to his lungs and lives a miserable life say when he reads of huge awards of damages in libel actions ? ' Just bear that in mind as a thought .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1986 the European Court held that this requirement was incompatible with the right to provide services across national frontiers . The requirement of establishment imposed by the West German rule could only have been justified by the need to protect policy - holders . In the view of the European Court other means falling short of requiring a place of business on West German territory could have done this equally well . One reason why companies established in one member state are entitled to do business in another without setting up a permanent place of business in that state is that such a requirement might unreasonably inflate their costs . The right to provide services caters for the firm seeking to enter a new market , or dealing only occasionally across a national frontier .
Idiom: fly a kite (used idiomatically: yes)
Ray 's next trick is to add a fourth kite round an ankle . For some people , though tradition is more important than novelty . Kites have been flown in all cultures at all times . The message is , kites flying is serious stuff , not just an afternoon spent getting blown about on top of a hill until your kite gets stuck in a tree and you go home . PAUL COPPERWHEAT
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't think that anyone would doubt that the treatment Dr Carrington received was extremely caring and humane ; but can we be sure that in other cases this will necessarily be so ? Can we be sure that doctors will not continue to force treatment on a patient who has said ‘ Enough’ , yet not cease treatment or hasten death too soon ? No doubt the good doctor will always do the right thing , but can what the right thing is be stipulated in advance or written down ? The doctor has to make choices , and choices should involve principles . Here we meet a central theme : ca n't we demand that the doctor set out the principles on which he acts for all to see ?
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
In ‘ The Bathers’ at the Tate the figures are clustered as they are in the decorations . They occupy a cove with the sea and steep cliffs behind them and a sailing boat anchored to the right . Colours are plain and strong which , despite the underlying sketchiness , makes the picture less ephemeral than it seems in black and white and so further removed from the heavenly evocation of ‘ The Zone of Love’ . Nevertheless the setting is rich which metaphorical possibilities . On the beach these women are between things — the sea and the land .
Idiom: on the same page (used idiomatically: no)
Which is the cover for these ? What on the same page ? Oh I do n't know , I think it 's on the same page as use the brown somewhere Yeah
Idiom: from the cradle to the grave (used idiomatically: yes)
That was Russian democracy . Now we are having to stand on our own . That 's difficult , when you were brought up to believe you would be looked after from the cradle to the grave . ‘ Anyway , what the Government want is a symbol of unity . Something to unify the people .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
There was a lot more work about . Coetzee knows a good deal about an attempt to kill the chief of the ANC 's military wing and leader of the South African Communist Party , Chris Hani , with a car bomb . He tried , but failed , to kill several other ANC people living in exile across the Lesotho border , and in an armed attack , using submachine guns and hand grenades , he led the attack on Joyce Diphale 's house in Gaberone , Botswana , which left its intended victim unscathed . He prepared to kill Marius Schoon , a white member of the ANC , in exile in Botswana . He was to use a black briefcase fitted with a concealed 9 mm pistol and silencer .
Idiom: economical with the truth (used idiomatically: yes)
Getting on a Winner MICHAEL WINNER and I ceased to be on speaking terms after I described him as a very average director who made very average movies . He thought I had been economical with the truth . Which , to be fair , I had . I should have added that he is an absurd , self-important figure with as much charm and sophistication as your average lavatory brush .
Idiom: bread and circuses (used idiomatically: yes)
Great strides had been made , but the elimination of poverty , Johnson 's ultimate aim , was far from complete . The programmes also came under increasing criticism as a traditional American dislike of " hand outs " reasserted itself . One leading Republican called OEO " the greatest boondoggle since bread and circuses in the days of the ancient Roman Empire " . The war on poverty was only one part of the Great Society programme . In two other important areas , Johnson succeeded where Kennedy had failed .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
Clearly the RAF would be happy to show me their trophy - winners — while my cunning instincts told me that this would be the best place to do food - tasting ! Readers will appreciate that even if a combination of Sgt Bilko and the Roux Brothers was running the Cookhouse , with only £ 1.43 to feed an adult with three meals a day it is not possible to challenge the Savoy Grill . Uxbridge did me proud , however . Their hospitality would doubtless have extended to me sampling the food in each of the three messes — but not wanting to risk either myself or the computer 's Carafe programme developing hiccups , I enjoyed visiting each mess and settled for eating in the Sergeant 's Mess . In each mess the menu was sufficiently wide to make one dither a bit because there were several options that looked appetising .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
More so than in the first leg . There is a fortune on offer for the side that go into the European Cup 's mini - league , the build - up has been intense and not many of the players will have taken part in a bigger or more crucial event . And this time there is no second match to get anyone off the hook ! This time the fear of conceding an early goal will outweigh any desire for an instant lift . Expect some caution in the first 15 minutes , until the players are warmed up and have judged the mood and tempo of the game .
Idiom: take a dive (used idiomatically: no)
A late rally dragged the index up to close at 18,560 , still off more than 1,000 on the week . Using a rather perplexing argument , Japan 's deputy finance minister complained with only a slight tinge of panic yesterday that the Nikkei should be at the 24,000 level . On the home front , the FT - SE 100 index took a 34½ point dive on Wednesday as the market reacted to the real threat of a Labour government after polls giving Labour a seven point lead . Investors remained sceptical of Tory damage control and subsequent polls showing a closer race . Despite a few feeble rallies , the index closed yesterday at 2382.7 , down 65.2 points over the week .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Bags of it ! Goodbye,’ and Breeze held out her hand . The other girls followed suit , and the waitress , after a moment 's hesitation , wrung in turn the outstretched hands before hurrying off to attend to the needs of a customer who , to judge by his impatience , was in the last stages of starvation . ‘ We ca n't tip her after that,’ said Felicity . ‘ I should think she 'd rather have had sixpence instead of the fond farewell .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
They may , perhaps , legitimately be so viewed when sexual satisfaction becomes totally dependent upon them to a point at which they take the place of the interpersonal psycho - genital stimuli to which most of us are subject ; or , as in one or two instances , when they are so grossly in departure from presently accepted norms that no correlation of them with accepted stimuli and practices is possible . Homosexuality I shall be in hot water with some gay acquaintances for even listing homosexuality among deviations . For them it is merely the obverse side of natural sexuality from the heterosexual one . In so far as one regards sexuality as a biological means towards the reproductive end I think homosexuality can be regarded as deviant : it is a deviation from the heterosexual norm of most living things .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Obviously once market signals are correctly decoded by agents , output and employment revert to their natural values and money is once again neutral . Finally there is a fundamental characteristic of Friedman 's mark II version of the natural rate hypothesis which , in the light of Chapter 5 , arouses considerable alarm among Keynesians . Figure 6.10 depicts a theory of labour market adjustment which is , to all intents and purposes , indistinguishable from that of A. C. Pigou and his classical contemporaries . Figure 6.10 Friedman 's account of disequilibrium in the labour market At the risk of repetition , it is important to be quite clear why Keynes would have found Figure 6.10 , and the disequilibrium dynamics which are grafted on to it , so profoundly erroneous .
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: yes)
Those referred to at the beginning of this chapter , the dieters who think they ca n't shed weight on 1,000 calories a day , almost invariably belong to the can't - get - away - with - anything group and are not following the essential rules of calorie counting sufficiently strictly . So this is a timely moment to list those rules . Even if you belong to the getting - away - with - murder group , the time will come when you have to follow the rules precisely in order to maintain a speedy weight loss . So here we go : 1
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
I wo n't let them down.’ ‘ One thing puzzles me,’ Whitlock said at length . ‘ Your father repealed the law making you his natural successor once he realized you 'd never follow in his footsteps . So how did you manage to wrestle power from the government after his death?’ ‘ My father was the government .
Idiom: go under the hammer (used idiomatically: yes)
It is expected to sell for between £ 150,000–£250,000 . The stone jetty and landing - stage with staircase is expected to bring bids of £ 50,000–£100,000 and a second carved stone staircase with balustrade is estimated at £ 20,000–£40,000 . Other items of stonework and white marble figures are expected to bring five - figure sums and a total of £ 50,000 or more is hoped for when they go under the hammer on the 27th and 28th of this month . From the gorblimey to the sublime . Spencer 's , Retford , report the recent sale of an unusual one inch high , late 18th century , silver eye - bath .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
This week she has devised the Oblique Crunch , to strengthen abdominal muscles . Do 15-20 each side every other day . POSITION ONE : With your right leg straight in the air and your left knee bent , bring right hand behind head and left hand behind right knee . Press abdomen into the floor . POSITION TWO : As you exhale , use your left hand to pull your left shoulder towards your right thigh .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
It gets very predictable from here , folks , as the grumpy Crane — a leading biologist who nevertheless has kittens at the sight of a snake — and dour old Campbell trade verbal punches and then simmering , sensual looks as they scamper about the jungle trying to rediscover the magic mix . They have to hurry — a giant highway is due to be driven through their neck of the woods at any moment . Full marks to those behind Medicine Man for highlighting the very real threat to the rainforest . Shame they could n't have stumbled upon a more dramatic way of doing it . FORTY million people have ' disappeared ' in the icy wasteland of the Soviet Union , and British archeologist Dr Andrei Miller joins their ranks in the harrowing Lost In Siberia ( High Fliers , 15 , out now ) .
Idiom: see eye to eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Prince , she suggests , never leaves the recording studio long enough to have time for anything romantic like a candelit dinner or taking lady - friends to the movies . Which still does n't quite explain why , on the Lovesexy sleeve , Cat is represented by the shape of a heart . Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye . The original plan was for her to make a solo album on the label , produced by Prince and featuring songs written by Prince . But Cat wanted more input of her own , which led to her departure from his Minneapolis HQ .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
In many countries militias of widely differing efficiency existed . In some they played a role of significance as sources of recruits for the regular army in time of war — for example in France , where a system of militia service was established by Louvois in 1688 and revived in 1726 , in Spain , in Piedmont and in England after the passage of the Militia Act of 1757 . In others forces of this kind were unimportant or non - existent : in these the defence of the State rested as a rule upon armies raised largely by some modified and limited form of conscription . Such was Prussia , where a new system of recruiting , based on the allocation to each regiment of a defined area , a canton , upon which it could draw for its manpower , was introduced in the 1730s . The cantonists , as the conscripts were called , were however trained reserves rather than regular soldiers .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
Crouching low by the wall of the stables was a black cat , eating a bird whose wings were still twitching . Mungo thought of separating them , but knew it was too late to save the victim . Emerging from the tall , rickety gates separating the yard from the main road , Mungo walked the bicycle across , beside Mr Zamoyski 's shop , before mounting at the crossroads for the long ride . Since he could just make out where he was going , he decided not to use the front light , which in any case would be bound to draw attention to him . The air felt fresh and exhilarating .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
Could the answer be a bit of both ? If Russia is becoming what revolutionary France was under Napoleon , or reverting to Soviet form – shorn of a totalitarian ideology but with an appetite for conquest and re - conquest – what is needed is not the “ league of democracies ” advocated by some conservatives in America . What is needed , instead , is a “ stability league ” that includes prominent actors like China , India , and other countries that are more interested in economic growth than in “ rocking the boat ” of the international system . Such a strategy implies , first of all , a solid partnership with China , not because it is evolving in the direction of democracy , but because it is a status - quo power . Such a strategy could lead to the opening of negotiations with Iran , and of course to a further closing of ranks within NATO .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Featuring music , song and dance , the ‘ Harvest Festival at Queen 's’ features the likes of Sharon Shannon , Begley and Cooney , The Voice Squad , Ten Wheels For Jesus , Cathal Hayden and many , many more . It gets underway tomorrow ( Friday ) . A major new venue for live music is now up and running in Bangor . Known as The Belfry ( formerly The Coachman ) , it is staging a live gig every Saturday night featuring top Ulster bands plus up and coming acts from other climes , and the organisers hope to stage other shows throughout the week , too . A free bus service to and from the venue is available from Belfast .
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: yes)
Goreng 's face gave me no clues ; there was no information there ; sympathy I did n't expect . Then he made a big concession . He said , ‘ You can take it from me — he hanged himself . That 's what happened.’ I mumbled , ‘ Thank you , tuan.’
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
It is even worse now that they have got to pay V A T on those bills as well . These pensioners have to pay standing charges whether or not they use the service , just to ensure that they can use the service when needed . The telephone is very often the only link these loyal citizens have with the outside world they can no longer walk in safety to the local telephone box to make their calls , and even if they could , when they get there it is out of order . It is pensioners in particular who paid for British Telecom when it was owned by the State their taxes ensured that the telephone system in the U K , it became amongst the best in the world . We owe it to these people and British Telecom owes it to these people just let them pay for what they use get rid of the standing charge .
Idiom: put the wind up (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh , that,’ Meredith said , opening his eyes . ‘ That was Rose , not me . You put the wind up her with that crucifix down your sock . She felt I was an undesirable influence , you coming from Methodist stock.’ She thought she had never seen anything so delicate as his left eyelid quivering above the green ball of his eye , nor anything so vivid as the scarlet spots spattering the bow of his tie .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
He understood more , much more , of the man who had looked into Harry Lawrence 's face , and shot him dead . They booked into a guesthouse on the far side of Warminster , and they had time to get into the High Street before the shops closed to buy Erlich a pair of wellington boots , and a rainproof coat that was n't so City , and a hat . ‘ Absolutely out of the question.’ ‘ It 's not as if I 'd ever touch on … ’ ‘ We do not go outside and give lectures.’