Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
So far , The Famous Grouse Finest Scotch Whisky is the first and , at least until the end of June , the only sponsor of the 1991 Rugby World Cup to have announced its commitment to the 1993 World Sevens tournament . The sponsorship involvement was evident during the World Sevens qualifying tournament in Catania , Sicily , where advertising boards with ‘ The Famous Grouse ’ , which is the flagship brand of Matthew Gloag and Son Limited , were conspicuous in their solitude . CPMA Managing Director , Nigel Rushman , claims that several other sponsors have already signed for the Sevens spectacular in April at Murrayfield , but for a variety of reasons none has come out of the woods yet . According to The Famous Grouse Director , Matthew Gloag , the company 's interest in the next year 's tournament in Edinburgh had been almost a foregone conclusion due to the enormous benefits of having been involved in the 1991 World Cup . ‘ When we entered into a sponsorship agreement with the Rugby World Cup Limited , no one believed that the event would be such an outstanding success .
Idiom: under lock and key (used idiomatically: yes)
This factory specialized in the manufacture of dip pens capped with silver facsimiles of Queen Victoria 's crowned head . Only one such pen survives . It is kept under lock and key in Scotland Yard 's Black Museum . It was found at the bedside of Mary Kelly , the last of Jack 's victims ! Before concluding this section it is worth drawing the reader 's attention to the so - called suicide , by hara - kiri , of the Japanese writer , Yukio Mishima .
Idiom: die on the vine (used idiomatically: yes)
The success of the Anglo - Catholics and the revival of the Church of England produced by both Evangelicals and High Churchmen did not fit into the plan prepared for the new century : it is no coincidence that both Anglo - Catholicism and the new Free Church Councils were mainly confined to England 's towns and cities . It was Protestantism , not Anglicanism , that should be the vibrant , all - conquering force . The Church of England was meant to wither and die on the vine , not to survive . Many Nonconformists , including here especially the Wesleyans , felt that the defence of Protestantism was now their concern . ( For many years the Wesleyan Methodist Year Book included a section on the ‘ Statistics of Popery’ , something not found in the annual publications of the other main denominations . )
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
' There will come a day , sooner or later , when he will not want to see Lulach . Lulach will understand . But Thorfinn will be at a crossroads he can not leave without help . ' Eochaid said , ' If he sent for you , would you come ? ' Sulien said , ' He will not send for me . '
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
The broad comedy he brings into the drama is , like the operatic emotions of the romantic plot , performed with masterly finesse . As not only Chubei and Umegawa but also Yohei and his wife find themselves under sentence of death from the Shoguns ' inexorable laws , both couples make a suicide pact . In Yohei 's case , this collapses into a craven botch — hilariously acted by Ryo Amamiya — in which he more or less accidentally dispatches his wife but ca n't bring himself to take the plunge and throw himself into the river as promised . While this interlude spoofs the love - suicide convention , though , Chubei 's story spectacularly dramatises it . In a thrilling climactic scene during a howling blizzard in the mountains , he and Umegawa do kill themselves .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What are you afraid of ? You 've admitted that you want me . And I did n't think that you were into playing games.’ ‘ I 'm not.’ Her voice was tight .
Idiom: spit it out (used idiomatically: yes)
A matter I 'm obliged to keep in the strictest confidence , but It is , I can not stress too strongly , of the profoundest importance . ' The tortured syntax made Gentle blunt . ' Spit it out , then , ' he said . ' Not on the telephone . I realize this request comes without warning , but I beg you to consider it . '
Idiom: the rest is history (used idiomatically: yes)
Transitory moments are offset by big set - piece scenes with many characters : a difficult birth , and a fair where Candy discovers she can upstage the leading lady by a lewd trick with a cigar between her legs . Then comes the train journey to Chicago , the low life amid the bright lights , and the dawning of wisdom in the form of the Civil Rights brigade . The rest is not so much history as anti - racist herstory . The events are presented in episodic form , as a continuous narrative tossed antiphonally to and fro between the actresses . This was the method pioneered in the RSC 's Nicholas Nickleby but , in contrast to that brilliant tapestry , the effect here is one of relentless monotony .
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
Well — what if there were , they had had a lot of him and would find through loss , perhaps , all sorts of qualities in themselves and others they would otherwise have missed . Even Crump himself might be better meeting his Judgement now , after a life of useful business , than later when the disturbances of retirement — already foreshadowed — would most likely have made him less of a man than he was now , less happy , less useful , perhaps even diminished , by turbulent pettiness , in the very qualities which might now ensure his redemption . There was a place — he recalled it now — Burkett had pointed it out to him when they were fishing on Derwent Water — a sheer cliff coming suddenly out of woods and fronting the valley . Just a walk in those woods , a move closer to the edge to peer down and enjoy the full Lake Tourist sensation of Beauty in Horror , a lost footing , a clutching at Mr Crump for help , a swinging of Mr Crump around , a letting of Mr Crump go down , down , down into one of the most favoured of the Lake Tourists ' sites . Hope smiled to himself : the smile broadened , and to disguise his true feelings he turned the smile on Mr Crump ; who was greatly encouraged as he had been talking about the slave trade on which much of his father 's great founding fortune had been based .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
' Advances in packaging technology paralleled the growth of self service shopping , particularly in the field of transparent wrapping materials . ' Part two of the archives ' look at the history of packaging at Sainsbury 's . Croydon again , showing egg boxes on shelves . Egg basket , 1953 . Walnut pack with cellulose window , 1951 .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
In social research , perhaps the most famous example is that of Elton Mayo 's study of American girls in a factory , where his observations of the importance of the creation of social groups led to the development of a whole school of thought in social psychology . New facts found by accident may be the starting point for new theories and social observers are certainly not lacking in opportunities for chance stimulation in their ordinary everyday life , since they themselves live among the phenomena which they study . The difference of approach illustrated here between the apparently hard - working development from carefully formulated theory towards new ideas to be tested where there are gaps in the subject on the one hand and this last - mentioned almost accidental following - up of ideas that just seem to occur out of the blue , would , on the face of things , seem to make it difficult to use two such disparate methods of enquiry in one discipline . But it is by no means difficult if one has a procedure for social research and this procedure we shall now consider by working from an empirical approach to enquiry . SOME WRONG IDEAS ABOUT THE WORD ‘ EMPIRICAL’
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
She had to leave today . Nicolo would be furious ; she did n't even want to think about the extent of his rage . But to stay , to lie in his arms and each time know that he was dreaming of another woman , would not just break her heart but shatter it . She rolled on to her belly and clutched her pillow . Her hair fell across her face , and she thought she could detect the faint scent of Nicolo 's cologne lingering on the golden strands .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
COMPUTER games consoles are getting better , cheaper and smaller than ever before . And the latest clash of pocket - sized titans is Nintendo 's GameBoy versus Atari 's Lynx . Both have dinky LCD ( liquid crystal display ) screens , tiny flat joystick pads , and plug - in games on equally dinky cartridges . Both are built in Japan , though the Lynx was designed in California by Epyx , a software house which ran out of development funds and sold the product to Atari . Nintendo 's is a pocket version of its Entertainment System currently gracing over 15 million American TV sets , though it is actually incompatible with it .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ One of the Doctor 's assistants.’ ‘ A secretary , perhaps?’ the sergeant surmised with a suggestive look . ‘ His bodyguard,’ Ace said coldly , not liking his jumping to conclusions one little bit . ‘ Dressing like some Dodge City card - sharp might be your idea of fun , but bodyguard?’ The sergeant laughed aloud .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
Susan queried , trying not to look too eager . ' A drink would be very nice . ' ' That 's agreed then , ' said Tom , moving beside Maggie , staking his claim . ' The Lobster Pot 's nearby , ' Susan replied . ' Sounds great , ' murmured Tom .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
For , for the piano , he 's re - discovered a veritable crock of gold . When the unexpected appears to be all part of the plan Alan Hutchison reports on the behind - the - scenes organisation for yesterday 's visit to Edinburgh by Prince Charles . POLICE motorcycles revved into action and strategically - placed plain clothes officers exchanged last minute information over their walkie - talkies . But just as the security net began to tighten in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday a group of Japanese tourists made an unscheduled appearance .
Idiom: prop up the bar (used idiomatically: yes)
He was closely followed by students Matthew Powell , Roger Knox . Catherine Coey was the first woman to cross the line in a time of 45min 57sec . The race was created 21 years ago when a psychologist , propping up the Gannochy bar , laid a £ 1 bet that no member of the University ' could , without mechanical assistance , do the return trip of five and a half miles from the Gannochy to the top of Dumyat [ 418metres]in less than an hour . ' On Graduation Day 1971 the £ 1 was lost by three minutes . The first ' official ' race was held in 1972 and it has been held annually on the first or second Wednesday in May ever since .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: no)
David Lacey on the anti - climactic run - out at Rotterdam No samba in Brazil 's new step . BRAZIL 's 1 - 0 victory over what amounted to a Holland B team in Rotterdam on Wednesday night continued the process of pragmatic regeneration they have undergone since the desultory performances in Europe last summer which left some observers wondering whether they would qualify for the World Cup at all . Happily for their manager Sebastiao Lazaroni , the Brazilians are now unbeaten in 15 games and embarked on a run which they hope will carry them to Turin next summer on a wave of confidence and efficiency . Sweden and Costa Rica must already be bracing themselves for a high tide . Scotland , too , although the state of their sea defences will depend on the course the opening phase has taken by the time the countries meet on June 20 .
Idiom: strain at the leash (used idiomatically: yes)
' Today we hunt , tomorrow we go . ' The rest of the party were waiting for us in a courtyard full of yapping dogs ; long , lean greyhounds , black , white and brindled . They stood straining at their leashes whilst , on the other side of the yard , a pack of mastiffs whimpered in protest at the muzzles on their grizzled snouts and the lash of their whippers - in . Maids hurried round with cups of hot posset , stable boys and ostlers shouted as horses were brought out , saddled and made ready to mount . Southgate 's and Bowyer 's were fiery , hot - tempered , rearing and kicking the air with sharpened hooves .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
Many policemen do appear to have a standard low opinion of black people , are convinced that the majority of the black population are criminal , and believe that a black person is guilty until he can , if he can , prove his innocence . And , from my experience , I can only believe that in some measure , the courts are guilty of supporting the police in this attitude , for the sake of maintaining a status quo . I believe that most of the incidents that I have described will strike a chord with the vast majority of black people . Not many seem to have escaped this type of harassment . Roy Dickens , one of our 400 metre runners , told me that on one occasion he and his brother Brian were shopping with their mother when a white man mugged an old lady and ran off with her handbag .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
The basic histopathological phenomenon in pernicious anaemia is severe chronic atrophic gastritis in the proximal acid producing gastric mucosa ( type A chronic atrophic gastritis ) . The atrophic process gradually causes the disappearance of all acid producing parietal cells ( total atrophy ) and leads to achlorhydria . The antral mucosa is , as a rule , devoid of atrophy and achlorhydria causes hypergastrinaemia through sustained secretion of gastrin from antral G cells because of the loss of negative feedback of acid . It has long been known that pernicious anaemia predisposes to development of gastric adenocarcinoma . Intestinal metaplasia , achlorhydria , and the formation of carcinogenic N - nitroso compounds are suggested pathogenetic factors .
Idiom: with knobs on (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes . Erm I do n't know Sort of restoration with knobs on Right . who actually
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Perhaps I 'm kind of emotionally retarded … but basically I 've just written about things how I 've felt about them , myself , emotionally . Things like revenge , which you talk about as almost an Old Testament feeling , I see as completely now . It 's just one of those things this society has suppressed , along with any other strong or extreme outburst of emotion . I think there 's a certain numbness in the world today … that accepts certain kinds of violence , but is against other kinds of violence . , So you have a kind of ethics of violence ?
Idiom: fight tooth and nail (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , erm , we were worrying about erm , the government being weak in representation in Europe over the two pin plugs , Yes we were , well you can guarantee they 're gon na fight tooth and nail over this job creation scheme , to stop it . Mhm . Why do they do it , Douglas ?
Idiom: be my guest (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Do you mind if I go for a swim?’ He shrugged . ‘ You are my guest so you must do as you please.’ Yesterday she had been his prisoner . How easily she had let him manipulate the transition .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
' Hullo , Miss Mitchell , ' Pringle said . ' You 've taken Peter Russell 's cottage out at Pook 's Common , I understand . We used to be in the same practice , Peter and I. Now he 's doing his stuff under the desert sun . Nice little cottage that , but Pook 's Common is really the back of beyond . Far too cut - off to suit me .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: no)
The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) was reported in early August to be unable to trace more than a few hundred of the many thousands of Iraqi soldiers who died in the Gulf war fighting , nor had details been given of the location of mass graves . There was no consensus as to the credibility of the commonly mentioned estimate of 100,000 Iraqi war dead , no official figures having been provided despite the obligation under the Geneva Convention for the military authorities to attempt to account for enemy dead . The US Defence Department had provided on May 22 the approximate estimate that Iraqi military casualties had been around 100,000 dead , but warned that this estimate could be 50 per cent out either way . The non - governmental environmentalist organization Greenpeace published in Washington on May 29 the first comprehensive survey of the human and environmental impact of the Gulf war , based on interviews with relief workers , reporters and US officials . It estimated that 100,000 - 120,000 Iraqi troops had been killed , as well as 5,000 - 15,000 civilians , and that 2,000 - 5,000 Kuwaitis had died during the Iraqi occupation and in the war itself .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Rather it is a real moment of the developing totalisation … ( I , 48 ) This means that the process of totalization must be kept moving by the critical investigation itself on which it comes to depend but which by the same token it can never subsume . Every time that Sartre asserts the enveloping movement of the historical process , while adding emphatically that he has yet not proved that such a totalization exists , he must always simultaneously introduce a counterstructure of repetition , so that his argument seems to fluctuate , like the groups that he describes , ‘ in a state of perpetual detotalisation ’(I , 579 ) . This is why although he dares to pose his overwhelming question , he can never be in a position to answer it with more than an assertion and the promise of more totalizations .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
But Jack is bored with what he does . At his age , and where he lives , he does n't really have much hope of getting anything more advanced , though he is certainly intelligent and able . The trouble is , he lets his frustration get the better of him sometimes and snarls and snaps at anyone who is not too much in authority over him . For the last year or so he 's gained a reputation as ‘ Jack the sniper’ . He has n't told anyone how frustrated he is .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Come to think of it , a Jew has never come to my door trying to convert me to Judaism . A point in their favor !
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
A very thin rope is fixed thirty centimetres above the ground . People who want to become the King 's most important officials jump and dance on this rope , and whoever jumps highest without falling gets the best job . Sometimes the King orders his lords to dance on the rope , to show that they can still do it . This sport is , of course , rather dangerous , and there are occasional deaths as a result . It seems a strange way of choosing officials .
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
Friends of the Earth groups around the world have been publicising the plight of the rainforest and have had particular success in Brazil , supporting Paulinho Paiakan of the Kayapo and other tribal leaders . The UK division of FoE produces the Good Wood Guide , a simple run down of tropical hardwood products and their alternatives for consumers and manufacturers alike , so that all interested parties can be sure of buying hardwood that has come from sustainable sources . The Good Wood Guide seal of approval is a voluntary labelling system that manufacturers are encouraged to take on board if they can honestly say that they use wood from sustainable sources — so look for the seal of approval . In January 1989 Thailand shocked the hardwood industry by introducing a complete ban on logging in all its forests . The pressure for wood is now expected to move to Vietnam and Laos .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
Collaboration is , in part , the key to ' Homebrew ' . Beside the big - name featured artists from America , other , no less vital , support has come from Britain . Such as the group Trout , aka album producers Cameron McVey and Johnny Dollar , who composed the music for the song of that name , and then decided to continue working together as recording artists . And Porter 's Head — an unsigned Bristol outfit that are protégés of Neneh and Cameron — whose frontman Jeff Barrow wrote ' Someday ' . ' It would be really cool if everybody was up there in the photos , ' says Neneh , ' but the slightly tacky side of the pop star stuff is that it 's all focused on one person . '
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
' Their final clash was always going to end in tragedy . I did n't want you to be caught in the crossfire when it came . Charles will have to make his move , now . He 'll have to find a way round that clause in Edward 's will . ' ' Tony thinks it 'll be Damian Flint … '
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
Good one two ; a first for young Jason Rowbotham who 's on trial with the club . And it was close . Touch and go until the very last minute when Andy Arnott got a third for Gillingham , the end for Hereford ; the end of a night of football fireworks . Hundreds of Maxwell pensioners have been lobbying Parliament on the eve of the anniversary of the publisher 's death . They were calling on the Government to replace millions of pounds , plundered by Maxwell from pension funds .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: no)
She set up the business with a £ 4,000 bank loan and shortage of capital persuaded her to expand through franchising . The decision set in motion a chain reaction that was to become an international phenomenon — hundreds of shops , all a mirror image of her original concept no matter where in the world they are located . The Body Shop went public in 1984 and the company 's shares have consistently dazzled City analysts with their high performance . As one leading business magazine put it . : ‘ Body Shop 's star in the City is not so much rising as super - glued to the roof of the firmament.’ The same magazine declared The Body Shop the second fastest growing medium - sized business in Britain in a survey of two hundred firms .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
She told me she was sorry we were going , and we 'd been a credit to the school . ‘ She must be sickening for something,’ Breeze declared , after a moment of stunned silence . ‘ But , well , when you come to think of it , it will seem a bit flat without us next term . Half the Sixth Form gone ! Funny , we never thought we 'd be Sixth , did we ?
Idiom: be my guest (used idiomatically: yes)
' It 's simply a matter of courtesy . I shall have to phone her straight away . ' ' Be my guest . ' Pulling the door open further , Rune waved her towards the outer room and the telephone . ' I 'll find the country code for you . '
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: no)
Social Welfare The social welfare system as it operates in practice leads women to low - paid jobs . Many married women whose husbands sign on for the family find themselves forced to seek work in the black economy in order to make ends meet ; this is often seen as less risky than the possibility of their husbands being caught . Another example of welfare related problems was cited . In some of the Derry shirt factories women had to quit their jobs when their husbands became unemployed due to low / inadequate wages .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
And Clayton 's not allowed to open his big mouth . Put it in the shed and lock it up . out of sight all your tins and glasses . Yeah . outside like .
Idiom: friends in high places (used idiomatically: yes)
T : Yeah , but that 's what you said about that REM pile of crap . Definition Of Sound : heaven - sent Destroy The Boy : friends in high places THE CLASH THE UNCUT CRAP