Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: hell for leather (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Alastair?’ ‘ Yes — I was to meet him at Glasgow and I was late . But a taxi driver — his taxi was ah old London cab — swore he 'd beat the train to Kilmarnock , and off we went , hell for leather along the road beside the railway track . It was the most exciting drive I 've ever had in my life . The taxi was clattering away and I thought it would fall apart at any moment .
Idiom: mean business (used idiomatically: yes)
' We have sites in France and the UK and now we have a strong presence in Germany — a cohesive team fighting to achieve the same objective . ' He said establishing an ASC at Bremen was of ' immense value ' in providing the groundwork for this latest development . It gave a clear message that Courtaulds Aerospace meant business in Germany , he said . Options for Clarifoil It is already a business committed to export , with 80 per cent of the film going abroad and 30 per cent of that destined for continental Europe .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Although the evidence for these flights is little better than anecdotal , sufficient information is available in his published and private papers to make possible the construction of a reproduction of the latter machine , which was successfully flown for a television film in 1972 . The aeronautical pioneers in the nineteenth century were constrained by the lack of a lightweight power source . Cayley was convinced that the steam engine would never be suitable , and he experimented from 1799 with hot - air engines , and from 1807 with engines fuelled by gunpowder . Nothing came of the latter , but about 1838 he demonstrated a fairly successful hot - air engine in London , suitable for a road vehicle . Letters published in Mechanics ' Magazine from 1826 to 1856 attest to Cayley 's interest in many technical topics , including a projected caterpillar tractor , the safety of railway travel , projectile design , and an artificial hand made for one of his tenants .
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: yes)
But his captain Kim Barnett believes Morris 's England career can take off again and if he adds greater consistency and a harder - edged professionalism to exceptional natural gifts . ‘ With players like Gooch , Lamb , Gower and Botham approaching the end of the road at international level an era is coming to a close,’ says Barnett . ‘ There will be places up for grabs , but batsmen with less ability and in most cases less experience have overtaken John . There 's no reason for the door to stay shut for good over that flying incident , but it will only be opened if he wants it enough.’ Morris turned up for the new campaign with a sensational 133 , the first 100 off 60 balls and the second 50 off only 16 , against Minor Counties champions Staffordshire in a pre - season testimonial match for Barnett .
Idiom: hold court (used idiomatically: yes)
He nodded , beaming and satisfied , saying , ‘ We 'll apply for our permit next week.’ We all loaded into the Volvo and went down to Shellerton Manor where everyone trooped in to see Harry . Tired but cheerful he held court from his chair and accepted Mackie 's heartfelt kiss with appreciative good humour . ‘ I 'm so glad you 're alive,’ she said , with a suspicion of tears , and he stroked her arm and said lightly that he was too , on the whole . ‘ What did it feel like?’
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Our ’ mentality is odd too . The reader must make what he can of it . Everybody in ‘ our town ’ feels indignant about the insult to the respected old gentleman , and a proposal gets off the ground to give a subscription dinner in his honour ; but finally ‘ we ’ think better of it , ‘ perhaps realizing at last that a man had , after all , been pulled by the nose , so there really was n't any cause for a celebration . ’ ‘ Social unsteadiness ( shatost ) , as Shatov says . ’ What has bitten ‘ us ’ , the transpersonal Gadarene motif of The Possessed , manifests itself through the dotty plan for a dinner just as eloquently as through the murder in the park .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
The connection of past events to present experience of conflict is really crucial . Ask yourself again if there are any contact points between the hurts or wrongs of the past and your present difficulties . In Peter 's case , the whole sad business with Julian had made him jumpy to say the least . Peter is now an extremely suspicious person . He has made himself so by resolving never to make the same mistake twice .
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh I see . Yeah carry on . whoever listens to this first off anyway . Right , we 've done it . So erm
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: no)
Hence , if all goals are deep or the branching ratio is large , it will be very slow . It also takes up a lot of memory for OPEN , remembering all states which might lead to a solution . The process of constructing all N 's children is called expanding N. Note that the order of children in the FOR loop is not specified . This order will depend on the representation of the task . Depth first search
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
Right . I think this is better cos I think the Friday one is fuller . So I think we 've done the right thing . Erm , what 's your surname again ? okay .
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
URANUS and Neptune have been trundling through this part of your chart for some time which may explain all the false starts , not to mention the general instability . The two planets meet on February 2 , August 20 and October 24 . The implication of this is that something that is no longer capable of supporting you — this may involve beliefs and people as much as material structures — will fall by the wayside . The strange factor is that what may evoke this process could be a rather wonderful event , perhaps linked to a relationship or career matter . July is also important for home and family matters .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
Nor was he able to believe in the religion of his community . Anti - Semitism was not , it appears , a major threat in an environment where many kinds of threat and affliction — such as its gangster debt - collectors , the ‘ menodge men’— competed for consciousness . His mother died early , worn out by making ends meet and by her husband 's gambling . Glasser still stands in awe of this formidable , feckless man . His sisters were to flee the family , precipitating an ordeal of severance which compounded others and marked him to the quick .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
Kit Everard had calculated that the Rebecca made a sitting target ; she would draw the enemy and pin down some of the fighting men , on both sides . But when he surmised the attack was due that night , Tom Ingledew agreed that they would have to sacrifice some fighting capacity on that front — and even some lives — in order to gain the maximum advantage from keeping the sloop as a decoy . In the interval between night and day , when it appears all colour may have been leached from the world in the blood wedding of sea and sky the night before , the men in Tiguary 's warrior band crept softly towards the English compound , some picking their way in the sulphurous stream , others moving in single file along the banks . They aimed to pass over to the other side of the stockade through the gap between one section and the other , where the bridge spanned the stream . They considered this the most vulnerable point in the settlement 's defences , as Kit himself recognised .
Idiom: one over the eight (used idiomatically: yes)
Here , what 's in the glass?’ ‘ Brandy,’ said Joe . ‘ Mister , do n't you try gettin ' me one over the eight . Not a drop of gin or brandy ever touched me lips in all me born days . I ai n't goin' to let it now , either ; I ai n't goin' to be taken advantage of.’
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
The Arrogance of Chinese Power NEW ~ DELHI – Success breeds confidence , and rapid success produces arrogance . That , in a nutshell , is the problem that both Asia and the West face in China , and which has been demonstrated once again at the G20 summit in Canada . Rising economic and military power is emboldening China ’s government to pursue a more muscular foreign ~ policy . Having earlier preached the gospel of its “ peaceful rise , ” China is now beginning to take the gloves off , convinced that it has acquired the necessary muscle .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
Did she create a new economic dynamism , or did she leave the United ~ Kingdom bitterly divided , more unequal , and less cohesive than before ? Did she destroy the power of vested interests and create a genuine meritocracy , or did she entrench bankers and financiers as the new elite , with disastrous consequences ? Indeed , one issue that has come under the microscope is Thatcher ’s reforms of the City of London in the late 1980s . In 1986 , her government was instrumental in what is known colloquially as the “ Big ~ Bang . ” Technically , the main change was to end “ single capacity , ” whereby a stock trader could be a principal or an agent , but not both .
Idiom: kiss and make up (used idiomatically: yes)
This is her sister . She 's written a couple of times , and now she 's arrived in person . Seems a naive little bitch : very anxious to meet her famous sister again , and kiss and make up some pathetic family squabble.’ ‘ What did you tell her?’ ‘ I did n't see her .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
Victor ( BERJ ) Burge was the constituency agent … , . until he developed cancer . He resigned from the Conservatives after they threatened legal action over the loan . And even now he ca n't believe he 's off the hook . He says he has n't seen this year 's accounts . The Association chairman says their finances are now in order , thanks to the generosity of Conservative supporters .
Idiom: every nook and cranny (used idiomatically: yes)
The people sought truth in every nook and cranny , and it was there between them that the truth was crushed .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
As the golden eagle is a protected species you prohibited by law from going anywhere near its nest . Out in the open the bird can fly enormous distances , so even if you spotted one , the chances are it would have flown miles away before you could get your camera ready to shoot . Perhaps the only way of getting a picture would be to take one in a bird sanctuary . Q I am currently planning a backpacking holiday and intend to walk the area to the north - west of Fort William in Scotland .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
The toaster went , the china went , the furniture was sold and they started again , creating something more individual and modern . They spent a year painting designs on the walls , finding new designer furniture to replace the old and making modest alterations like removing doors to create space and light . Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the revamped house is Philip 's wallpaintings — not murals in the conventional sense but huge , graphic geometric designs in red , white and grey . As he is used to painting large canvases , a huge blank wall was not a problem . He made no sketches in advance but got straight down to work with pencil and ruler , drawing the outline before filling in with emulsion paint .
Idiom: plain sailing (used idiomatically: yes)
Pat Nevin scored the third five minutes from time . The win takes Scotland above Portugal and into joint second place with Italy in the battle to qualify for next year 's finals in the US . However , it was not all plain sailing for Andy Roxburgh 's men . Scotland failed to capitalise fully on their pressure and the fillip provided by McCoist 's first goal after 15 minutes . The Leeds midfielder Gary McAllister missed a penalty later in the first half during a frustrating spell for Scotland .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Make six small balls out of the red marzipan trimmings , each about the size of a pea , and press them gently into the red base , spacing evenly apart . Press the mouth end of the bendy straws into each ball to secure . Bend the straws over the top of the cake and then trim their ends so that the points meet in the centre of the cake . Secure these in place in the centre with a large ball of pink marzipan . 8
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
The final point could hinge on the Government being prepared to drop a financial clause , introduced in the bus privatisation programme , which limits Caldaire to 35pc of any offer above £ 1.3 m . Mr Freeman gave no indication when he would make a decision . Caldaire said it would needed at least £ 3.7 m if it was not to end up out of pocket . To do that , a buyer would have to stump up at least £ 8.5 m . Mr Fallon said : ‘ I welcome Caldaire 's willingness to move providing the conditions are right.’
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: yes)
But rumours of his ' flings ' have long plagued her . Last night , Mick 's mother Eva said : ' It 's too early to say anything . Time will tell . ' COURT MAN IN 30 ft LEDGE DEMO A MAN perched precariously on a crumbling ledge yesterday — threatening to jump and protesting his innocence of a burglary conviction .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: no)
They had not gone far when again the clerk heard that long , moaning howl . He quietly drew his dagger and braced himself . They turned a corner and Corbett had to hide his trembling at the appearance of the small , squat , one - eyed man who seemed to rise out of the darkness before them . His head was covered by a tarred leather hood . He wore a dirty brown apron and sweat gleamed on his naked forehead .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: no)
It 's not a patch - up . It 's a major attack , if you like , on a 1969 shopping centre . The market will return to the cobbles on Market Square , and shops will stay open when construction starts early next year , with Friar 's Square Mark Two ready for business in spring 1991 . And plans have been revealed for a £ 16 million shopping market as part of the redevelopment scheme for Gloucester Docks . It 'll be known as the Southgate Arcade .
Idiom: draw the short straw (used idiomatically: yes)
I wanted a good start and a bit of luck with the weather . I prayed the weather would be on our side ; sometimes you can draw the wrong straw with the weather and you 're finished . Well , we did n't draw the short - straw but the weather was cold and windy and the course was playing long and tricky . It was tough to make pars and every time we did we were tickled to death . Birdies were definitely hard to come by .
Idiom: stand up and be counted (used idiomatically: yes)
The CEGB know it , the local authority know it , we know it , you know it , and the inspector appointed to carry out the inevitable inquiry will know it before he hears the first evidence . Alas , we must all go along with the charade which will take months , cost millions and produce enough his balloon a dozen times . ' If , as Stop Hinkley Expansion suspected , such fatalism was not shared by the general population of the West Country , then it was vital to get the silent majority to stand up and be counted . A new phase of the campaign began . Welsh activists had already printed special postcards on which to register an objection to the scheme .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
He probably has no serious rival on either side of the Atlantic , though to a much smaller audience of discriminating parents the English psychoanalyst , the late D. W. Winnicott , speaks ( 1964 ) with a similar skill ( as does Dr Hugh Jolly to readers of The Times ) . The second way in which this trend can be seen is in the content of advice given . That it is more permissive goes without saying : permissive both to the child and to the parents . But it is changed too in that it is not so much the details of infant care that are laid down as the principles which should be followed in deciding the details . Parents are no longer told what methods to adopt , but rather the frame of mind in which to adopt them .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
During the evening they will join in une cercle and chantent ( sing ) some songs . ( You do n't pronounce the en in chantent ) . Why do n't you count up the French words in italics and see how many you can learn by heart . Then try learning the following words : Can you think of any other ‘ French’ words that are spelt exactly the same , or are similar , in English ?
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Kilroy Silk ? Could any TV presenter or politician stop talking long enough ? For the record , the St John survey found that the preference among men for a kiss of life would be from Catherine Zeta Jones , of The Darling Buds of May. What ! No Zoe Wanamaker ?
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
I said to him . ' It does n't make sense . You only get one life , do n't you ? How can you start it over again ? It 's started already , has n't it ? '
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
THE FERGUSON 68K4 The Ferguson 68K4 is a ' giant screen ' Colour Television . With its super planar black matrix tube and anti - reflective 68 cm screen … you really do get a better , larger - than - life picture ! The 68K4 is capable of receiving Nicam digital stereo transmissions and with its impressive two - way speakers , allows you to enjoy top quality sound when watching your favourite programmes . Fast access to hundreds of teletext information pages and a matching stand for your Video recorder , makes this one of the most impressive new products currently on rental .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Subject : Sports personality of the year Was anyone else as terrified as me at the prospect of the Scum getting the team of the year award last night ? It goes without saying that they do n't deserve it , but considering how much the Beeb fall over themselves to shower praise on them , I thought it was a certainty . While I 'm not a rugby union man myself , I 've never been so pleased to see Will Carling and the boys get an award . Mind you , I ca n't remember Leeds getting the same kind of coverage a year ago that the Scum got last night .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
I was n't with Marie or nothing — I was all on my own , like . I was pretty pleased with myself . They 're real nice cards — there 's some that got pictures of a blue sky with a big white star and some men on a camel and that . And there 's some of baby Jesus in his bed with all these cows and sheep and stuff looking at him all gentle like . Baby Jesus was real poor , so he had to grow up on a farm and that , and when he got bigger he went round with some friends telling everyone about God , and then he died .
Idiom: asleep at the wheel (used idiomatically: no)
Yet again , he had been overdoing things , she thought tartly . ‘ Would you like me to drive?’ she offered . ‘ You 've already had one long journey today and I 'd rather you did n't fall asleep at the wheel.’ ‘ Thanks,’ he said , and handed her the keys . ‘ I know I look tired,’ Vitor said , as they set off north , ‘ and I feel bushed .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
( i ) Trusts could be charged on persons other than a testamentary heir ; on anyone in fact who received a benefit under succession to the deceased . This had immense implications . Not only did it make it possible to conceive of the settlement , a succession of trusts , where a trust was set up in favour of a beneficiary who was himself charged with a trust in favour of a further beneficiary , but it also allowed trusts to be set up on intestacy , which led to the growth of an advanced system of property disposition on death which had absolutely no connection with a will . ( ii ) Trusts were not bound to a set form . The consequence was that they were able to expand in a way not open to the civil law .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: no)
' But I like you ! Now come on , stop being silly . ' Without waiting for an answer , she walked round to the boot and began to take out the luggage . ' Terry … ' ' Do n't be cross , ' Terry pleaded .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: no)
But this was shelved when Oslear was deposed as chairman . An umpire told me : ‘ What 's happened to Don was no reflection on his unswerving attempt to get the truth told over everything that went on at Lord 's . ‘ But , sadly , this may take the pressure off the ICC and the TCCB and many of their officials who seem embarrassed — as though they would have preferred Lamb not to have rocked the boat.’ But last night other umpires stressed that Oslear had not been sacked as chairman because of his battle to support Lamb . One senior umpire said : ‘ Don not being voted back as chairman had absolutely nothing to do with the uproar about the ball - changing .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
Sartre 's extravagances Thus , the world and man reveal themselves by undertakings . And all the undertakings we might speak of reduce themselves to a single one , that of making history . Jean - Paul Sartre Sartre took the opposite course to Merleau - Ponty and sought instead to define a new authentic Marxism .
Idiom: come a cropper (used idiomatically: yes)
Mrs Totteridge was matter of - fact . She could have been speaking of failing to spot an acquaintance in a crowd . ‘ I knew about the pit , of course , since Betty Yaxlee came a cropper in it Friday morning . But I was n't looking for anything in it . I 'd thought there might be a bit of rope or some such in the vestry .
Idiom: on the make (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I want to know it all.’ ‘ The family were distraught when your father came back to Venice to explain that he could n't live without your mother . This … actress , this woman on the make.’ ‘ No . Mother was never grasping,’ denied Meredith , ‘ though I can understand his parents must have thought that .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
This is something that each one of us can do . Please make sure you speak to others around you at church and not just your own special friends . At the same time , we need to make sure we respect people 's desire to have a few moments quietness immediately before and after worship . Many of you have said that you are finding the two morning services a help in meeting others . The slightly more manageable numbers in each service make it easier to spot visitors and relate to one another .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
Er we the Society try our very best to get over the message to people just before Christmas . Please do n't give a pet for Christmas . But unfortunately er it seems to fall on many deaf ears and we the Society as other many charities who deal with animals are left to pick up the pieces . Why is it it seems to me also , and I may be totally wrong here , but it seems people who are least likely to look after themselves are the ones who want to have animals ? I mean you see them walking around particularly people who go for the big dogs , you see them walking around with a big thick necks , the tattoos , the er the boots and the jeans rolled up .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
As for Karen , she left not the slightest impression on me . Apart from that initial glimpse of them both getting out of the car , I literally have no image of her at all . I emphasize this to make clear that what happened the following weekend was as unforeseeable as a plane falling on your house . Dennis told me that he lived in North Oxford , but that was geographical hyperbole . True , the street he lived in was north of the city centre , but that did n't mean it was in North Oxford .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Use the pink marzipan to mould a pixie 's head , and add pink pointed ears and a green cap . Shape a green arm with a pink hand which will bend around the door , and a green pointed foot . Leave the pixie to dry on non - stick paper . 8 The next day , paint the shape of the door on the stalk with black food colouring .