Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
The villa 's owner , Count Robert de Beaumont , was a willing tongue . He was , he said , amazed by Mellor 's readiness to accept freebies . ‘ My first impression of Mellor was that he did n't need to put his hand in his pocket . Mellor likes wine . He ordered .
Idiom: weather the storm (used idiomatically: yes)
Dr Hopwood says : ‘ As long as people follow these rules they should be alright.’ MERSEYSIDE teenager Angela McKerrell was convinced she had flu . She felt aching and feverish , so she climbed into bed hoping to weather the storm . But soon after she was writhing in agony , her muscles racked with pain . Angela , 19 , from Woolton and presently studying medicine at Nottingham University , says : ‘ I had all the classic symptoms of flu so I put it down to that .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Is not the hypocrisy and confusion in the Opposition ranks shown by the fact that , when that judgment was announced , the legal affairs spokesman for the Opposition was immediately in the media demanding my right hon . Friend 's resignation , while the shadow Home Secretary was demanding that he remain . After a weekend 's contemplation , the shadow Home Secretary now says that my right hon . Friend should resign . Does my right hon . Friend agree that the case breaks new ground , that he acted at all times on legal advice and that wise counsel should permit the case to go before the House of Lords rather than rush to judgment now ? Mr. Baker I am grateful to my hon . Friend .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: no)
Challenging the mystique of medicine The optimistic consensus on medicine which had helped to sustain high and growing health expenditures in the Western world throughout the 1960s began to dissolve in the 1970s . Medicine 's achievements and potential were put under the microscope and re - evaluated more critically . The power and function of the medical profession were subject to a disparate but intense attack . The roots of disillusion lay in the widening gap between medicine 's claims and its achievements .
Idiom: out of this world (used idiomatically: yes)
Had he survived the maelstrom of the psychedelic ' 60s , guitar god Jim Hendrix would be pushing 50 this year . But , as everybody knows , it was n't to be . Hendrix had just managed to squeeze his way into the ' 70s when the Grim Reaper of rock ' n ' roll dragged him out of this world , leaving only the man 's music and ‘ wild man’ image behind for future generations to remember him by . The Jimi Hendrix Exhibition , which opens at The Special Photographer 's Company from the beginning of May , celebrates the guitarist through a series of images which show the man , the musician and , more importantly , the rock icon which immediately flashes to mind whenever the name Jimi Hendrix is mentioned . It is an impressive body of photographic , graphic and specially commissioned work which has been put together by former NME photographer Adrian Boot and editors Neil Storey and Rob Partridge , with encouragement from Island boss Chris Blackwell and the head of Are You Experienced Ltd , Alan Douglas .
Idiom: part company (used idiomatically: yes)
And manager Graham confessed : ‘ In football , there is no such thing as a job for life . ‘ Managers are only safe for a year at a time at maximum . If you are unsuccessful over a period of time there 's always a chance you will part company.’ Striker Andy Clarke last night warned Norwich that Wimbledon were in the mood for another upset . ‘ We only seem to start playing when faced with teams near the top of the table,’ he admitted .
Idiom: rise and shine (used idiomatically: yes)
That improvement upset the old fifty - yard rhythm but it did n't much matter . I looked at my watch instead and stopped every fifteen minutes for a rest . The moon rose high in the sky and shone unfalteringly into the woods , a silver goddess that I felt like worshipping . I became numb again to discomfort to a useful degree and plodded on methodically taking continual bearings , breathing carefully , aiming performance just below capability so as to last out to the end . The archer had to have a face .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: no)
Asian Nationalism at Sea CAMBRIDGE – Will war break out in the seas of East ~ Asia ? After Chinese and Japanese nationalists staged competing occupations of the barren landmasses that China refers to as the Diaoyu ~ Islands and Japan calls the Senkaku ~ Islands , angry demonstrators in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu chanted , " We must kill all Japanese . "
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
This process is unique to Stoddard Templeton in the UK , and produces exceptionally high quality and good value carpets such as Elgin , Oban and Highland Tweed . . TUFTED CARPET are made by stitching the yarn through a woven polypropylene backing and either left in loops or cut to give a pile surface . Carpets produced in this way include Templetwist Elite , Templetwist , Variations Twist , Variations Tweed , Variations Saxony and Croftweave . .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
At subsequent meetings efforts could be made to reduce this quota further . Such an allowance was decided at the 1980–81 IWC annual meetings , when Japan was allowed to catch 890 sperm whales per year off the Japanese coast where stocks are still high despite the 1981 IWC ban on catching sperm whales . On the other hand , Japan must not assume that membership of the IWC means a green light to catch unlimited numbers of whales . The Japanese recognise that the whales in the oceans are not a limitless resource , and that these animals need time to breed and mature . Japanese whalers , as well as those from other whaling nations , must learn to catch whales selectively , and free immatures and females in the breeding season .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
It was strange seeing nuns outside . I felt ashamed for them . We were going all the way along Pond Street . We were going to see a film and I had n't seen a film before . Stage presentation preceding Men of Two Worlds .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
Tough clash for floodlight hosts WITH the two main floodlit tournaments in Junior Rugby just around the corner , many clubs are looking forward to the opportunity to sharpen their skills in preparation for the first batch of league matches . The tournaments are very popular events and the organisation behind the scenes is always excellent . In Portadown 's Nutty Krust tournament , at Chambers Park , the host club start the ball rolling on Tuesday September 21 with a really tough preliminary round tie against RUC . The winners of this game go on to meet Armagh II on October 12 .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Kmart , one of the country 's leading discount - store chains , has its employees scurrying around the aisles with hand - held lasers to zap bar - coded labels on products that are still sitting on the shelf . A display window on the laser gun provides an instant score - card . It shows how many items of the product ought to be on the shelf ; how many are still in the stock room ; the minimum number that the store is supposed to be carrying ; whether fresh ones have been ordered if stocks are too low ; what the current price is ; and whether that price is the Kmart standard , or has been lowered to beat local competitors . The value of this gadget — known to Kmart as a ‘ remote maintenance unit’(RMU)— may go beyond its usefulness as a labour - saving device . According to Kmart 's senior management , it also helps to reassure employees in each of the company 's 2,300 discount stores that they are the masters of Kmart 's computer universe , not its servants .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
People are always being blown up.’ Milton groaned inwardly at the thought of going through the terrorist loop again . He decided to cut corners . ‘ Mr Glastonbury , I 'm afraid we are virtually certain that the Admiral was killed by a member of the committee.’ ‘ But how could this be ?
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
Now if we took this view about parental investment theory , it would immediately erm concentrate our attention if we 're talking about human beings as we are in this course on er one critical factor which er is astonishingly important and that is er body fat . Now you may say well why , why does body fat matter er for female reproductive success and the answer to that if you think about it is pretty easy . A female mammal is if you like erm the egg in in other classes of higher animals a female lays an egg , the egg contains all the nutrients or possibly incubated . In the case of a mammal , the egg is retained within the body so the mother 's body is effectively another part of the egg providing it through the placenta with nutrients and so on . So the state of the mother 's body is critical for the reproductive success of any implanted egg .
Idiom: lose heart (used idiomatically: no)
Amazingly , they have not won outside their Elland Road fortress since April 26 — the day they clinched the League crown at Sheffield United . Perhaps Wilkinson should hold the kind of crisis meeting that Thorn insists is the cause of Palace 's new-found belief . The defender said : ‘ When we lost 5-0 at Liverpool a couple of weeks ago we all got together and had a heart-to-heart . We sorted a few things out then and now we have turned the corner . ’ A delighted Coppell agreed : ‘ Inevitably when you lose a game like that people point fingers and aportion blame .
Idiom: in the fast lane (used idiomatically: no)
But Bristol used their weight to score their only try when Peter Stiff barged through to touch down … That was all they did get … the Gloucester pack huffed and puffed again and blew Bristol down … with Phillips going through for his second try … Gloucester scored three tries in six minutes and this was the best of them … it was made by a kick on from Cummins … the ball bounced perfectly for Jerry Perrins who was unmarked in the fast lane with a straight drive to the line to park the ball … Bristol did n't have their strongest side out but nothing would have stopped Gloucester on saturday … skipper Ian Smith scored the last try … 38 - 11 … just what coach keith richardson wanted So , after an historic climbdown over the pit closures , and a weekend of furious public protests , what of Michael Heseltine ?
Idiom: have an eye for (used idiomatically: yes)
They include Tony Marlow ( Northampton North ) , John Carlisle ( Luton North ) , Nicholas Winterton ( Macclesfield ) , Ann Winterton ( Congleton ) , Harry Greenway ( Ealing North ) , Bill Walker ( Tayside North ) , Sir Trevor Skeet ( Bedfordshire North ) , David Porter ( Waveney ) , and Andrew Hunter ( Basingstoke ) . They each have a tendency to have a very close feel for what the public 's ‘ gut’ thinking is on this and , indeed , other matters . They also have an eye for a catchy phrase . This , for instance , is Tony Marlow questioning the prime minister on 3 June 1992 after the Danish referendum result : ‘ Would my right hon . Friend suggest to Monsieur Napoleon Delors — who today , rather than showing humility , seems to be showing his customary arrogance — that , henceforth , 2 June ( the day of the Danish vote ) should be a public holiday throughout Europe , to be known as the day of the people , the day of democracy or , even better , the day of the nation state?’ The prime minister answered that he was not sure that he would ‘ put it that way’ .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
Both the interrogators had been doing their job for so long that they no longer thought much about what they were saying . They were as familiar with their patter as music - hall comedians . ‘ Perhaps you can just let me have a few details … Nothing important , of course … We respect your status as a prisoner of war and do n't ask you for military information …
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: no)
Well actually I 've , I 've , I 'm toying with the idea , I have n't quite made my mind up , erm I 've seen some wax waistcoats Oh wax jackets but they 're a waistcoat and I 've , I 've ordered one really just to see what it 's , it 's like , because erm at the moment I can , I just try and get a bit closer to the door , I think we 'll go round again , erm cos in the , in my club book at the moment , I , I can get twenty percent off and which brings it down to , it 's twe well say thirty pound so twenty per cent off it brings me down to erm brings it down to twenty four pounds and then erm with my commission off that brings it down to just under twenty one pound mm so I 'm toying , that 's what I 'm toying with at the moment , is this erm wax jacket
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
Yesterday , Miss Emily Grenfell had momentarily been at a loss , wanting to know where her fiance was and realizing to her dismay that his safety was in the hands of the shoemaker 's daughter . Emily had taken her revenge swiftly , severing the ties that had long been between the Grenfells and the Morgans . But serve her right , she had cut off her own source of fine delicate shoes , she would not find their like again , not in Swansea . Hari prided herself that while she had the skill and the strength of any shoemaker , she also had a flair for design that most cobblers lacked , Emily would learn that lesson to her cost . She set to work on Emily 's shoes , pride insisted that she finish the job she had begun even if she was never paid for it .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Are you sure you 're going to be all right on your own , George?’ Elaine 's voice was concerned but deep inside she hoped he would not decide to go to the party . The last few days he had been getting on her nerves . George fit and well could get you down , but George ill was a nightmare . ‘ You go to the party , dear , and give everyone my best .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
And then anything could have happened . France were not at their best . Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . You can not ask for more than that . AIR MILES
Idiom: call the shots (used idiomatically: no)
The ideology of enterprise culture has finally permeated the remaining institutions of British cultural life . So where does this leave the independent sector ? Caroline Spry , the Channel 4 commissioning editor responsible for series like Out on Tuesday and Women Call the Shots , thinks it 's no longer possible to use the word in its old sense any more ; most of the other women I spoke to agreed with her . Once it meant political independence and freedom from commercial pressures , but given the increasingly prescriptive and bureaucratic nature of grant - aid that has become a dubious notion . Today , in the climate of deregulation , the term ' independent ' is generally used in the purely economic sense , to refer to the growing number of smaller commercial companies operating outside the BBC / ITV duopoly .
Idiom: hard cheese (used idiomatically: yes)
Keep your main meal light and healthy , and try not to eat it late at night . Balance acids and alkalis Research has shown that the average Western diet contains up to eighty per cent of acid - forming foods , like meat , bread , eggs , and hard cheese . Ideally , you should eat that percentage of alkaline foods instead . Too much acid can cause digestive upsets , whereas an alkaline diet can help to decrease cravings for baddies , such as sugar , alcohol and ciggies .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Underlying Mr Singh 's campaign has been an implication that boys receiving awards and honours have not really been deserving of them . This was made explicit in his letter through a particularly unpleasant charge , that a top appointment at Stewart 's Melville was made only to protect the school from the impending action by himself . It goes without saying that this charge is baseless and that the boy in question was selected entirely on his very considerable merit . Racial awareness , in this matter as in the other , is not the school 's problem , but it is clearly troubling Mr Singh . I can only repeat that we esteem his son 's achievements , that we wish him well in his future and that his family has good cause to think kindly of a school which has provided an excellent education , many opportunities and much success .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Praise is a hugely powerful management tool particularly when selectively employed and linked to great expectations . Your school may well have school rules and even a discipline policy but do you have a policy for catching children being good ? As a rough rule of thumb there seems to be a ratio of 90 per cent teacher comment of the ‘ do n't do’ and ‘ stop it’variety to 10 per cent praise . If we placed as much effort into making a fuss of children when they are good as we do when they are naughty we might make even greater gains . Not that I 'm suggesting that we should be soft when children do wrong but that we just reverse the ratio of our attention and energy from the negative to the positive .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
It is hell in there . ' Just moments after the French left , the Serbs fired ten shells into the landing zone wounding the two Canadians and a young Muslim girl . Two of the three British Sea Kings assigned to the operation then returned to Srebrenica with the sole objective of rescuing the Canadians , coming under renewed Serb fire as they did so . The senior pilot in the operation , Lt Cmdr George Wallace , told how a ground fired missile passed within 1,000 yards of one of the Sea Kings as they approached Srebrenica . ' The missile was so close that the warning system in the cab illuminated and fired off defensive flares , ' he said .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
Matsushita says its new material can power road signs , radio relay stations , irrigation pumps and outdoor clocks . It will also run domestic appliances in areas of Japan with no mains supply . Green light for ' plastic sand ' A PLASTIC grain that could stop deserts spreading has passed its first field trial . The grain is a polyacrylamide called Agrosoke , which can absorb 40 times its own weight in water .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The Government 's official secrets legislation in 1989 was guillotined after only two days in committee in the lower House . Discussion on the Prevention of Terrorism Bill 1989 was also arbitrarily curtailed . The control of Parliament is perhaps even better illustrated by the fact that few pieces of legislation have been lost in the Commons in the ten years since Mrs Thatcher became prime minister — the Shops Bill comes to mind , but there is talk of its reintroduction in a future session . A whole series of laws bears the personal imprint of the Prime Minister — the abolition of the Greater London Council , the poll tax , identity cards for football supporters , to name but a few . All that unpopularity in the country or in the Commons manages to achieve is a revolt by a handful of predictable Tory rebels , a few careful speeches about the need to present policy better , and a vague anxiety about the results of an election not due to be held for years .
Idiom: call the tune (used idiomatically: yes)
Blues at Boosey THEY are playing the blues down at Boosey & Hawkes , the international music publishers and instrument makers , because the recession is catching up with them . Boss Richard Holland , who calls the tune at Boosey , say that the group traditionally feels the effects of recession late in the cycle . And this slump is no exception the music market has deteriorated and times are now getting harder . Nevertheless , Boosey still managed to play a good tune in the six months to June with profits up 10 per cent higher to £ 1.4 million .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
A GUNMAN screamed for mercy after murdering a teenager in a sports shop , a court heard yesterday . The lone killer pleaded ‘ God help me . I did n't mean it , I did n't mean it’ when he came under fire himself , Belfast 's Crown Court was told . Anthony Cartmill , 23 , of Armagh , denies murdering student Robin Farmer , 19 , last December . It 's alleged Cartmill was caught red - handed when his escape was barred by the automatic locking door of the shop in the village of Moy , Co Armagh .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Silicon is one of several elements that biochemistry textbooks like to describe as a ' required trace element whose precise biochemical role is still unknown . ' True , silicon is involved in the formation of bones and connective tissue — tendons , ligaments and cartilage — but nobody quite knows how . Without silicon , plant growth is retarded and animals do not grow properly ( they also suffer damage to their bones and cartilage ) . Everything returns to normal when silicon is reintroduced into the diet . What Mr Birchall noticed was that a diet lacking in silicon seems to have the same effect as one rich in aluminium .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
The people were so strong in the faith for which their forebears had fought and suffered ; their steadfastness and courage , handed down through the ages , lived on in the men and women who only a few years ago had defied the invader of their homeland . She thought of Juliette and Fernand and their martyred brother , namesake of their hero , and in some indefinable way felt at one with them . She arrived in Ales with an hour in hand and left the Golf in a car park alongside the Gardon , which encircles the city centre on three sides in a broad loop . She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . She found a bookshop and browsed for a while .
Idiom: sign of the times (used idiomatically: yes)
Evergreen this farm might seem to be . 15 . A sign of the old times round here perhaps . G. Time to back track and then on we go .
Idiom: chapter and verse (used idiomatically: yes)
erm there is basically , as you know , and as Queenie at the beginning , it is actually the County Council who is the highway authority and we are their agent . The City and the County Councils have looked very seriously at the erm traffic study that the Oxford Preservation Trust commissioned , and they are working on it and working on ways of implementing it within the City centre . Like , for instance , chapter and verse here . Well the proposals are being worked up , so there are n't actual firm detailed proposals at the moment . But what
Idiom: at the drop of a hat (used idiomatically: yes)
This decision would have been complicated by the fact that Albert is also the part - owner of La Hollandaise . But , while he is of Le Patron Mange Ici school ( which always used to be the sign of a good restaurant ) , I ca n't see that it would have been particularly good for business here . His antics and those of his wife would have the environmental health officer round at the drop of a hat . Fornication in the kitchen is surely not allowed under Section 37/3 of Westminster City Council Environmental Health Act … Still , this orgy of food and sex would have suited the dear departed Peter Langan ( with whom I worked for four years ) very nicely .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Searing , excruciating agony ripped through his hand and up his arm until it seemed to engulf his entire body . His scream was muffled by the gag ; the sound was like a child shrieking inside a locked room . As the hand was held on the blazing ring , the stench of burning flesh was clearly noticeable in the hot air . As the hand was finally pulled away , flesh stuck to the ring as if welded there by the heat . Tiny pieces of skin shrivelled and cooked on the red - hot ring and wisps of smoke rose into the air .