Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
Easter hatching SCIENTISTS at San Diego Zoo have an Easter egg with a difference . It is blueish in colour , six times larger than a chicken 's egg , and about to make ornithological history . The egg belongs to one of five known Californian condors that are still mating in the wild . The chick inside is the first of its species to be incubated in captivity .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
She responded by selling her toys to raise money for cancer research and now , at the age of ten , has raised £4,000 . On Friday her remarkable courage will be recognised on Esther Rantzen 's Hearts Of Gold ( BBC1 , 8pm ) . A fund raising book of Joanna 's poems is also being published ( Heart Of Gold , BBC Books , £4.99 ) . Here , Joanna , her mother and father John tell Penny Wark of their struggle to come to terms with tragedy . JOANNA 'S STORY
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
Sprinkle with the rest of the oil and the marjoram or oregano . Bake in the oven for 20–30 minutes . Serve on squares of bread , or with bread for mopping it up yourself . This keeps well in a screw - top jar in the fridge . Delicious warm or cold .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
Two thousand supporters marched to the Belfast Magistrates ' Court with the accused who were all found guilty . After some discussion , Paisley , Wylie , and Foster decided to refuse to pay their fines and to go to gaol . As had happened previously , the fines were paid anonymously but the magistrates had made it impossible for an outsider to defuse the situation on this occasion by also binding them over to keep the peace . They refused to sign the bond , arguing that to do so would prevent them from making any public protests . On 20 July , Paisley , Wylie , and Foster entered Crumlin Road prison .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
in specific terms I ca n't remember , I would have certainly of said that for the year er nineteen eighty eight we should build into our budget an amount , what that amount was I ca n't remember , but er that was , that was never given the go ahead how was it dealt with internally ? , I mean you have the idea , you want to expand advertising , which means you 've got to spend more money and you said it was never given the go ahead , who at the end of the day would decide about whether it had the go ahead or not ? well the board would which board ?
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
‘ If you 're not in by half past seven on a Sunday night you 've no chance of getting a seat,’ a regular member told me . Full time secretary Peter , who won the Club Mirror Manager of the Year award last year , is backed by an energetic and enthusiastic management committee headed by president Ted Harker . Retired joiner Ted is not just a figurehead , as many presidents are he plays an active part in the running of the club and was recently honoured by the CIU and the club for completing 25 years in the post . The Buffs is well - known for it 's work for charity and on Easter Monday all proceeds from a lunchtime ‘ bandbox’ and evening show featuring Lee and Marie and Feelings will boost an appeal for the North Riding Infirmary . The irrepressible Kay Ward , famous for her naughty jokes and amazing vocal talents has a new alternative show for those of stronger morals , and guess what ? no saucy comments , just sensational singing from Kay in her new , smut - free role .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
It 'll serve him right if he fails the exam ; he does n't study at ~ all .
Idiom: rough edges (used idiomatically: no)
His strength of character was invaluable in dealing with the guards and his commitment to his fellow hostages was such that he would listen quietly and matter of factly on the occasions when we all had a heart - to - heart about the little ways in which we got on each others ' nerves . As with Brian , and I hope myself , Terry worked on these areas to try and even off the rough edges . Tom , on the other hand , did n't seem to have any rough edges . He was a gentle man by nature , but he would suddenly fall into a depression and lose all confidence in himself . This often happened when he thought that one or all of us were laughing at him , especially if he interpreted our teasing as mocking his intelligence .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Everest : Blessed re - created George Mallory 's 1942 climb for TV Local games Further to the correspondence on children 's games , the local history branch of the East Lothian Community History and Arts Trust is also interested in the subject . We have a package of games we take round local schools . What interests me is the singularly local nature of some phenomena .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You presume rightly . Now to the division of space . That 's your bed on the left and you can have the two bottom drawers of the chest.’ Amiss heaved his suitcase on to his bed , unlocked it and began to unpack . ‘ Why is Ganesh an elephant ?
Idiom: cross swords (used idiomatically: yes)
' And why do you say that ? ' ' They 'll be too busy consoling each other and agreeing with each other about what a bastard I am . ' He took an unconcerned mouthful of his whisky and rolled it in his mouth as he smiled and told her , ' Alas , you see , your brother and I have crossed swords again . ' ' You 've had another fight ? What about ?
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
The team members previously worked on developing the software optimising compilers for Elbrus , and it is this technology in particular that SunPro wants to take to the US . Groups in Novosibirsk and St . Petersburg will work on enhancing SunPro 's Fortran and Pascal Sparcompilers , whilst a unit based in Moscow will be optimising the Sparc compiler to allow applications to run faster . Although Sun has other existing engineering projects which utilise Russian expertise — also lead by Dr. Babaian — these are focused purely on research , and Sun claims that in employing Russian scientists to develop commercial products it is breaking new ground for a Western firm . EUROPEAN ROUNDUP Farnborough , Hampshire - based , Knowledge Software Ltd 's Open Systems Interface Checker is now available on Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations , the software costs £ 10,000 for a single user licence : OSIC checks adherence to open systems standards , including X / Open 's XPG , Posix and ANSI .
Idiom: pass the buck (used idiomatically: yes)
In this context one paragraph in the Archbishop 's recent controversial article in The Director is surely enlightening : The successful are always tempted to regard their success as a sort of blessing or reward for righteousness . This can lead to judgements being made about the unsuccessful , the unemployed , the poor and the unintelligent which are both uncharitable and untrue . One can legitimately ask Dr Runcie what are the temptations facing those who are unsuccessful , in regard to their own failings and failures — indulgence in self - pity ; trying to pass the buck ; bitterness , even resentment . Under such circumstances would he agree that judgements could be made ( inter alia , by himself ) about the successful , the employed , the better - off and the intelligent , which are both uncharitable and untrue ? Letter : Cynical comment
Idiom: you pays your money and you takes your choice (used idiomatically: yes)
COMMENT Myopic mindsets When it comes to the state of mental health services , you ' pays your money and you takes your choice ' . In the past few days ( see News page 1 ) we have had to contradictory testaments to the way psychiatric services are surviving in a post - Griffiths ' world . For David King , head of the Mental Health Task Force , most of the infrastructure for a community - based service is in place , and there is a fair degree of optimism that , in Mr Micawber 's terms , ' something will turn up ' .
Idiom: go to ground (used idiomatically: no)
Only the Christ 's pack and the Auckland backs had a real edge on us , though we went backwards in every scrum . New Zealanders really do scrummage and referees take a liberal view of the metre and a half law . ‘ We did surprisingly well in rucks and mauls and , as expected in New Zealand , most players went to ground and looked for rucked ball . Schoolboys play with more aggression and pace than in Britain . Minimum stoppages are the order of the day’ .
Idiom: no holds barred (used idiomatically: yes)
Instead , the country ’s murky and increasingly fractured politics are now driving its fate . One need look no further than the ongoing power struggle in the run - up to this autumn ’s planned leadership changes , or official figures showing that rural protests have been increasing at the same rate as China ’s GDP . The sudden downfall of Bo ~ Xilai – and the call from Yunnan Province for the removal of the two Politburo members closest to him – is just one example of the no - holds - barred infighting now taking place in Zhongnanhai , the closed leadership compound in Beijing . Indeed , the internecine squabbles are said to be so vicious that there have been rumors , denied by the regime , that the Communist ~ Party ’s congress at which a new president and prime ~ minister are to be anointed this autumn , might be postponed . The Party ’s abrupt vilification of Bo after lauding him for his leadership in Chongqing has fueled public cynicism over his orchestrated downfall and laid bare the leadership ’s thin ideological core .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had . We crave new discoveries and the attendant excitement and promise — that is what drives many of us into science in the first place . The idea that established science was somehow attempting to censor cold fusion research is utterly out of line with what science and scientists are all about . An art in science is to judge when an outlandish notion is worth pursuing and when to ignore it . As students we read the textbooks , attend the lectures and are guided into research .
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: no)
And it is hoped work will continue after the initial two years , perhaps with support from the business community nearby . HM SYSTEMS SET FOR PENTIUM AS USER PUTS NOTEBOOK TO THE TRUCK TEST London - based HM Systems Plc which , with its Minstrel workstation was one of the first vendors to ship an 80486-based machine , says it also plans to be one of the first off the mark with Pentium machines . It is presently working on a Pentium - upgradable board for its Expresso line of personal computers which it intends to have ready by the summer . Some new ‘ business computing products’— it will say no more than that — are also planned for the end of the year .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
Ahsan claims that since coming to power the PPP has knocked out 12 of the 24 known heroin laboratories in Pakistan . Narcotics agents believe a conservative estimate of the number of laboratories is between 200 and 300 . The most prolific refining and distribution areas is Ribat , which lies at the crossroads of three countries — Afghanistan , Pakistan and Iran . Heroin labs are said by Afghans to be in the Chagool mountains , operated by fundamentalist mujahedin commanders belonging to the Hizbe Islami . Just south , across the border , lies Gerdi Jangel , another major distribution and processing town .
Idiom: sleight of hand (used idiomatically: yes)
If these arguments are true , they ask , then ‘ what legitimizes the extraordinary efforts and resources that go into compulsory schooling?’(1979 , p. 5 ) . Finding no answers , partly because they do not spend much time looking for them , they assume that it can not be true ; the differences must be ‘ sufficiently deep and of sufficient significance to warrant , at least in a literate society , the continued emphasis on schooling and the acquisition of literacy’(ibid . ) . This is the political and ideological basis of their analysis of literacy which , by a sleight of hand , is presented as the ‘ neutral’ , ‘ objective’ findings of the scientist , appropriately couched in the technical language of their academic discipline . They and others who employ what I term the ‘ autonomous’ model of literacy appear , then , to believe that this model insulates them from the arguments I have been discussing . The supposedly technical and neutral nature of the ‘ autonomous’ model of literacy which they employ appears to absolve them from the charge that they are making ideological claims about cultural difference .
Idiom: out of this world (used idiomatically: no)
The next sections are for those who wish to reach that ultimate being within , and touch the total freedom of action . These sections will introduce the principles involved , clarifying , explaining and analysing the steps which are necessary to reach that perfection of being . Contrary to belief , this does not lift you out of this world in which you live , but it does allow you to take your rightful place within this world in the totality of your being . If you do not want that guidance within , that 's all right too . When to do something , when to stop , all these things which are in tune with the rhythm of your life are the result of listening within .
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: no)
‘ What would you like?’ ‘ Give us your chicken routine , Ilse.’ ‘ Yes , lay an egg for us , Ilse.’ As Ilse happily slipped out of her thin white overall , Ingrid noticed the audience tossing money on to a plate which was being passed around . Ilse wore no bra , and was twirling her panties around her head in no time .
Idiom: pass the buck (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Because it is , it is en it is encouraging people to become rich and basically people want to become rich . But it seems to me like it 's passing the buck a bit in the way they 're just sort of taking responsibility Yes . Yes .
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
Finally accepting that if they do n't hang together in the face of the threat from Microsoft Corp , their Unix efforts will hang separately , IBM Corp , Hewlett - Packard Co , Sun Microsystems Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc and its Univel Inc unit , and Santa Cruz Operation Inc lined up at the UniForum trade show in San Francisco yesterday to announce a common desktop strategy for Unix vendors — but over time , the effort will extend beyond the desktop to embrace common networking , graphics , multimedia , distributed object technology and systems management . The move means that applications will look the same on machines from each vendor , but not that they will be portable . The six plan to publish the specification for the common desktop environment by end - June , and it will save everyone 's face by incorporating elements of Hewlett 's Visual User Environment , IBM 's Common User Access Workplace Shell , Sun 's Open Look and DeskSet and SunSoft ToolTalk interapplication communication , and Unix Labs 's System V.4.2 desktop manager and the Open Software Foundation 's Motif tool kit and window manager adapted to take care of users familiar with Open Look . On networking , all three of Open Network Computing+ , Distributed Computing Environment and Novell Inc 's NetWare Unix client support will be supported . The specs will be submitted to X / Open Co Ltd for inclusion in the Portability Guide , and the standards - making consortium , seen as more neutral than the Open Software Foundation , will publish specifications for Motif , taking away some of the political heat from the decision .
Idiom: do a runner (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ And I told you all about it when his excellency had finished kicking you around.’ ‘ You did , yes.’ ‘ And , as Bill seems to have done a runner , is it not down to ourselves , as the very last of the First Hierarchy of Hell , to aid our evil master in his plan to unleash the forces of darkness upon this planet?’ ‘ It certainly is.’ ‘ Then down you go , then .
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
More money than scents among men STYLE conscious men are splashing a growing fortune on making themselves look and smell good . Gone are the days when the average man would be happy with soap on a rope in his Christmas stocking . Now he is more likely to ask for a body spray or shower gel . Men 's toiletry sales are the fastest growing sector of the market and are expected to peak at £ 337 million this year , more than double that spent in 1987 .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: no)
Where there is seasonal flooding or irrigation , as in West Africa , rice is cultivated — and specialised cash cropping is increasing in the savanna zone as a whole . Despite these changes , some of which have proved to be environmentally degrading , there is still a food crisis because population growth is rapid ( 2–3 per cent per annum ) and farming systems are failing to provide the necessary increase in productivity of c. 4 per cent per annum ( Okigbo 1985 ) . For example , Tarrant ( 1987 ) has shown that while world cereal yields are increasing , those for Africa are actually declining and exhibit increased annual variability especially in semi - arid regions like the savanna . Hadley ( 1985 ) also documents the poor success rates of many development projects in African savannas where , overall , crop and arable production have grown by only 2 per cent , necessitating a massive increase in food imports . It is also significant that the small improvements in productivity are due not to better production methods , but to increases in animal populations and the amount of land under cultivation .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ This is the hat I wore to my wedding.’ He looked up . There was a big rear - view mirror over the bar so he could see the glances being exchanged behind his back . He could see the pity surfacing . ‘ You know , it 's strange , Wayne , but I 've completely forgotten what she looks like.’
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
Anything but . But he never sees the awful side of her . When he 's around she 's all sweetness and light.’ ‘ Have you told him what you 've seen?’ ‘ He would n't believe me .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
Only fools — she says , she thought then — overpay . ‘ Then it was 1914 . First of all she came of age , as I said , in the spring of that year . She had known the truth for some time by then more or less , and the legal position , but had never quite managed to have it out with her mother . Anna had recovered to the extent of running a house again — a furnished one in Regent 's Park — and of going out a little .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
But Rourke , 42 , exited with a smile — and a £115,000 fee . Kevin Costner MOVIE heart-throb Kevin Costner has taken over from Arnold Schwarzenegger as Hollywood 's most powerful actor , according to a survey . He claimed top spot with multi-million dollar hits such as JFK . Schwarzenegger slipped because he did n't make anything in 1992 .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
evening so erm she said by the time she 's gone all you know , all day she 's had enough so she 's not stopping now . I dunno , I mean you might depends on the heat I do n't fancy going all the way out there anyway . Well , if you did , if you did Yeah .
Idiom: buy time (used idiomatically: yes)
They 're nothing,’ Geraci commented dismissively . ‘ What marks?’ asked Zen . He was really just buying time before having to deal with Patrizia Valesio . Chiodini took the diary from the pile of documents on his desk and showed him that the lawyer had marked several pages during the previous three months with a red asterisk , the last being two days earlier . Zen walked over to the door opening directly into his of office , taking the diary with him .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Our economic expertise is limited in fundamental ways . Consider monetary and fiscal policies . Despite decades of careful data collection and mathematical and statistical research , on many large questions we have little more than rules of thumb . For example , we know that we should lower interest rates and inject liquidity to fight stagnation , and that we should raise policy rates and banks ’ cash - reserve ratios to stifle inflation . Sometimes we rely on our judgment in combining interest - rate action with open - market operations .
Idiom: scratch the surface (used idiomatically: yes)
I use light spike harrows for covering cereal seeds sown direct onto freshly ploughed land . Chain harrows generally have spikes on one side and are plain on the other . They are used to cover grass seeds and for final levelling of a tilth , but their main use is for spreading dung and molehills and scratching the surface of grassland after grazing or before shutting up for hay . Hoes Hoes are used for the control of weeds between the rows of root crops .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
I guessed that she had been blown far from her oasis , and now there was no landmark other than the wheelbarrow , not a tree , not a blade of grass , not a ripple on the plain , nor a rock bigger than my fist . A moment later the wind lifted her away . She went in wavering loops , following the interminable stream of sand towards the coast of Senegal , sixteen hundred miles away . By five - thirty , I had met up with the lads and , content at seventeen miles , stooped in the twilight to hammer home the twenty - eight pegs . I loved to stop for the night but dreaded the effort of making camp .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
As a former winner at Dornoch ( 1985 ) , where nobody took him beyond the 16th green , Garth has the right credentials for a marathon week 's work — sound legs and wind , a good nerve , great concentration , and all the shots for a course that will test the strong and mock the timid . McGimpsey confesses that he did n't go to Dornoch with hopes of victory . All he tried to do was relax and enjoy himself , ‘ and everything just fell into place.’ 1And that 's what his game - plan will be next week . The less pressure on him , the better he 'll like it .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Under normal conditions of plasticity , if the internal and external stresses are not balanced , the form will either expand or contract until equilibrium is achieved . The strain absorbs the stress . When the body is elastic , the strain converts kinetic into potential energy … like drawing the string of a longbow , or winding the spring of a clock , or charging an electrical condensor , or filling a balloon with hot air … and it looks to be alive . Boundary , skin and lip A body is motionless , in equilibrium , when all the forces , internal and external , equate to nil along its boundary and at its centroid .
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: yes)
But then , she knew he would n't . It was all part of his punishment , to give him food he liked when it could n't be appreciated . ‘ Surely people have better things to do than make a great song and dance about missing a dinner party.’ ‘ I am not making a great song and dance about it,’ she said in a softly dangerous voice and , with a hint of ostentation in her movements , stirred a saccharin tablet into a cup of black coffee . ‘ You ought to eat a proper breakfast.’