Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the make (used idiomatically: yes)
It is true that , as Calvino himself declared in his generous presentation ( on the back cover ) of De Carlo 's first novel Treno di panna ( Cream train 1981 ) , the book recounts a youth made up , among other things , of sharp - eyed observation and an ‘ insatiability of the eyes’ . Giovanni Maimeri wants to see , certainly , and gradually assembles the kind of equipment that a modern , young observer needs , a second - hand Ford to cruise the Los Angeles freeways in , a telephoto lens . His alertness , however , hardly resembles the quizzical interrogations of the puzzled but essentially self - effacing philosopher Palomar ; it is the wide - awakeness of a picaresque hero on the make . The narrating self not only sees , but wants to be seen to be seeing : the registration of detail , also praised by Calvino , and the reproduction of objects , gestures and expressions are conscripted into a form of obsessive and narcissistic display on the part of the observer . What is seen takes second place to the act of seeing .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
As Maurice found out . Just too late . ' She smiled , patted Charlotte 's arm and walked slowly away , the clip of her heels on the marble floor lingering even after she had turned a corner and vanished from sight . 17 BEATRIX : Come into the lounge and make yourself comfortable , Maurice .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
Is it that the overall proportion of Management to staff is too high so the balance is being put right ? Are outsiders being recruited without reference to any existing scale ? Is it not good enough for ‘ Managers’ to be sent with briefs , memorised in their heads , to have fireside chats with the best and brightest , telling them that in this day and age their promotion is really the ability to retain their jobs . You can hear it now , ‘ With so much unemployment out there , with cost cutting everywhere that it is the only realistic target left’ . But that course of action defies the logic of business .
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: no)
Previously , March 25 had been New Year 's Day with attendant ceremonies leading to a climax on April 1 . Even after the change over , people continued to mark April 1 with small gifts or pranks . We still do this but call it April Fools Day . At the time of the change nearly all the nation 's wealth was linked to farming and the land . The animals and crops could n't change their breeding and growing habits to suit , so the financial year stayed tied to April .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Most advanced economies around the globe are facing similar problems . All countries need to draw firm conclusions from the current crisis . In the euro area , instead of continuing to deny that monetary union limits national fiscal sovereignty , they must come to terms with economic reality and follow stricter budgetary rules . When the global financial crisis erupted , the euro shielded countries that in comparable circumstances would have been plunged into a deep currency crisis . This shield may , perhaps , have worked too well because the more weakly performing countries faced no discipline from financial markets .
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: yes)
Now there would be 18 million . ' The popularity of American wrestling has shown there is a market . ' Regal Fox steals show Ray French Bradford N 21 , Widnes 10 .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
There were occasions , for example , when the board felt a conflict between the need to distribute profits to meet the short term aspirations of the City and making medium and longer term investments in the business . ‘ We think it would be better as a private company , without that pressure’ , said Mr De Haan , though he said the move did not reflect any disenchantment with the City . Mr De Haan said the original reason for going public was his father 's concern that as a private company , with no market in its shares , the family might one day be faced with the prospect of having to sell the entire business to meet death duties . The group got underway as a holiday company when Mr De Haan senior , who owned a Folkstone hotel , began arranging holidays for pensioners in the ‘ off season’ . Since then it has widened its scope considerably , with packages ranging from the traditional fortnight at an English seaside resort to treks through the Himalayas and month - long tours in South America .
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
Meanwhile , the only alternative seems to be for the baby to be looked after by her mother , and she will go and visit in the evenings when her father has gone off to his night work . Although her twenty - six - year - old boyfriend has an income from his job managing a shop , he has so far taken little interest and no responsibility for her or the baby . He just comes round once in a while and they go out . She is finding life very tough and depressing , stuck in her room , her baby in hospital , with little hope on the horizon of a proper home or family life . She is quite bitter about what has happened , resentful at what she sees as the inconsistent attitudes towards pregnancy and teenage motherhood held by members of her family and other West Indian people and still upset at her father 's extreme change in attitude towards her when he found out she was not his daughter .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: no)
‘ That 's what I said to Vladimir Ilyich . Naturally he cribbed it for the title of a pamphlet , when what I actually meant by it was some advice . I urged him to have a few of the young daughters of the gentlefolk before he established the provisional government at the Smolny Institute . He was headstrong enough , although not as cold and passionless as they later made out.’ We went on walking for a while , in silence .
Idiom: clean as a whistle (used idiomatically: yes)
Just get a wee look in , just check the inside . Magic . Magic , clean as a whistle . Bill , there there 'll be a tiny wee spot of water down at the bottom here Bill that 'll maybe take today just to dissolve away . Mm .
Idiom: never say die (used idiomatically: yes)
But she was suddenly sure that she knew ! ‘ No,’ she said , ‘ I want to go home,’only for Rose to ignore her plea , and say , ‘ Come on Sally - Anne ; never say die!’ And before Sally - Anne could do anything about it the tall young man was tucking her arm in his , and walking her briskly along at such a pace that she was horrified to discover that Rose and her companion were gone , lost behind them as fresh crowds emerged from yet more emptying theatres and dance halls . Panic - stricken , she tried to pull her arm out of his , but her companion ignored her struggles , saying , ‘ Come on , ducks , no need to bovver ourselves with supper ; let 's ‘ ave our bit of fun first,’ and pulled her along into the alley where Dr Neil had found her .
Idiom: in cold blood (used idiomatically: yes)
The DGSE then decided that the only other option was to destroy it . The simplest method would have been for a French submarine to wait for the Rainbow Warrior somewhere on the high seas and sink it with a torpedo but that posed the problem of what to do with any survivors . Even the DGSE might have baulked at letting them drown or shooting them in cold blood . Funding an operation of this kind required the authorisation of the office of France 's prime minister , Laurent Fabius , and he was certainly not going to give that without the president 's approval . Mitterand was a proud man who agreed with Fabius and his defence chiefs that no boatload of lunatics , probably under Russia 's influence , was going to stop France 's nuclear programme .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
It made it difficult to come back but I think I am improving . I 'm much better.’ His new found maturity on and off the court is impressing many and diluting the controversial image he has carried with him since turning professional four years ago . A speech following a triumph in Australia in Adelaide this year concerning his war - torn nation of Croatia earned him praise . And his decision not to take part in the World Team Cup this year because Croatia had not been recognised was treated with respect rather than disapproval .
Idiom: run a mile (used idiomatically: yes)
Aha ? and they never even You run eight miles ? Aha . Jesus Christ !
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
It was set up by three sisters with funds from their family 's whisky business . The eldest sister died five years ago and up to the age of eighty - two she drove her Aston Martin from Duns to Glasgow , twice a week at eighty miles an hour , to take an interest in the family business . Since her death , the trustees have gone public — anonymous gifts have been replaced by open ones in memory of the three sisters . FORTHCOMING REUNIONS Calling all 1970s Catering Students
Idiom: be my guest (used idiomatically: yes)
Monsieur de Craon could catch spiders in the webs he weaves . ' The Prince nodded briskly and looked round . ' Be my guest , Master Corbett . In an hour I will meet you in the scriptorium . ' Corbett bowed , withdrew , and spent the rest of the time kicking his heels in an antechamber before a servant imperiously summoned him up the great staircase and ushered him into a brilliantly decorated room .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
Navalny , a 37-year - old anti - corruption lawyer , has been a thorn in Putin ’s side ever since . Recently , he announced that he has presidential ambitions ; in the meantime , he is seeking to become the mayor of Moscow ( arguably the second most important political post in Russia ) . The mayoral campaign is now in full swing , with the election on September 8 the first in Moscow in ten years , as Putin had simply been appointing loyalists as mayors and governors throughout the country . The incumbent mayor , Sergey Sobyanin , who has the full support of the Kremlin political - media machine , has been receiving personal - approval ratings above 90 % in recent opinion polls .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
At five to eight , the deadline , I decided to make a run for it , and was within sight of the doors when , without any warning at all , my stomach muscles suddenly began to roll up like a shop blind and I was violently and horribly sick . Doubled up with pain , I found support between two Lada cars ( what else ? ) and emptied my insides with great gasping spouts . I was carrying a good supply of handkerchiefs and managed to keep myself clean , but it was ten past eight before I had recovered sufficiently to move , with attendance at the concert now out of the question . My next problem was how to get back to the hotel before my stomach gave a repeat performance . Public transport was definitely out .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
I pass through the small valley between the ruins , through a field where a group of women and children are shearing the small island sheep . It 's like a pastoral . The older woman and two younger work while the three girls dance around , jump on and off walls , till my presence quells them . A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings , intimate as those at Skara Brae . I sit on a flat stone in one — the straw thatched roof would just have cleared my head — imagining what was kept in the neat stone alcoves .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: no)
Microchip Technology Inc , making field - programmable microcontrollers in Chandler , Arizona got its initial public offering of 1.5 m shares , 1.3 m of them new , away at $ 13.00 a share . Alex Brown and Sons , Cowen & Co and Montgomery Securities co - managed . OPTi Inc , Santa Clara designer of a range of core logic chip sets for 80386 and 80486 desktop and notebook computers , filed with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to go public with an initial offer of 2.5 m shares , 2 m of them new , at a target price of between $ 9 and $ 11 per share . The company wants the $ 18 m or so net proceeds for financing accounts receivable and inventory and for working capital . PaineWebber Inc and Needham & Co will co - manage the underwriting group for the offering .
Idiom: no questions asked (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ If they were happy enough to let me through the door then they should have been happy to let me win their draw . ‘ I even travelled to the disco on a bus supplied by the hotel . There were no questions asked about my age then.’ But Fred Dougan of the Gosford House said that tickets for the draw clearly stated ‘ persons under eligible’ . He also supplied Sunday Life with a faxed copy of Simon 's winning entry where he has stated his date of birth as 30th March , 1974 — making him 19-years - old .
Idiom: keep a lid on (used idiomatically: yes)
If anything , he 'll need calming down — and the best way Taylor could achieve that would be to tell him , whatever happens against Turkey tonight , that he 'll be in the team for the next five games at least . Goalscorers are under the microscope more than anyone for England after the retirement of Gary Lineker and that reassurance of a definite period to prove himself would settle Ian . Keeping the lid on his bubbly personality has always been an important part of managing Ian Wright . On the team coach to away games when he was with Crystal Palace he could n't sit still for five minutes . He was always getting up to wander down the aisles , interfering with the card school or listening in to people 's personal stereos .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
ADVENTURE software house Magnetic Scrolls — known for The Pawn and other popular games — has signed with Virgin Mastertronic , part of the Branson empire . Scrolls ' previous games were published on the Rainbird label before British Telecomsoft sold out to the US giant , Microprose . Microprose is continuing to issue games on both the ex - BT Rainbird and Firebird labels . But the latest Rainbird game being played here — First Contact , just out on the Atari ST — is packed in a green box instead of the blue ones loved by BT . It does n't seem quite right for a game where , for the first time , you meet intelligent alien life forms , and kill them .
Idiom: jump the queue (used idiomatically: yes)
The former European champion has to beat Cuban Jose Ribalta at Wembley Arena on April 22 to gain a final eliminator against South African Pierre Coetzer in a £ 2 million contest next autumn . Manager Mickey Duff has had talks with Coetzer 's management who are prepared to set up a deal . ‘ You can call it jumping the queue,’ said Mr Duff . ‘ It is my job to grab the chances and then it is up to Frank to take them.’ Coetzer , who is ranked No 1 by the World Boxing Association and No 2 in the International Boxing Federation list , would probably fight at Wembley .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
We moved in closer to the stream and , attracted by something ( though now I have no idea what ) I went to the stream edge . I ducked under a large rock and stepped forward . Planting a booted foot securely on a rock in the stream , I stood up . It is difficult to know what of the next few seconds I remember , or have pieced together , or have been told by Nathan . I think I heard a loud , but muffled thump .
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
A GANG of professional thieves who staked out a house in Bentworth last week got away with a £ 20,000 caravan . Now the angry owner , whose home has been burgled four times this year , is offering a £ 500 reward for information . Twenty - three year - old Allen Taylor is ‘ sick and tired’ of the continuing attacks on his parents ' house and is appealing for help . The latest raid at Ashley Road happened between 6 p.m. and 7.15 p.m. on Friday evening . It is believed that the gang had been watching the property from a nearby field .
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
He wondered if he ought to be very formal . Whether or not he could call himself a Chief Rabbit , he had no experience of this sort of thing . The Threarah would no doubt have risen to the occasion perfectly . He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . He decided that it would be best to be plain and friendly .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
Putting on the style Examining the house , piece by piece The revitalised image of the historic Phaidon Press is well reflected by these two related books in which accurate and informed scholarship is conveyed to a wider and more popular audience than under the old dispensation . While , at a superficial level , the titles might well mislead , a swift glance at the contents is reassuring . Inevitably , there are bound to be risks when breaking the mould by attempting fresh patterns of presentation or using imaginative , unconventional layouts .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's him , da , da , da , Cannonball Run No I did n't see The Bill serves her right I was cringing serves her right
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
This leaves MI5 in the enviable position of being accountable to no one nor having to explain anything it does or is alleged to have done . If MI5 had obeyed the 1952 Maxwell Fyfe guidelines then there would have been little cause for complaint about its activities over the past 35 years . But MI5 deliberately ignored them as and when it suited because it believed no prime minister or Home Secretary would interfere nor would any member of the service break ranks and tell the truth about what really went on inside MI5 . By 1988 the number of leaks about MI5 's illegal activities , from people like Peter Wright and Cathy Massiter who had first - hand experience , had reached such proportions that they could no longer be ignored , even though the government made every attempt to denigrate the motives and character of such people . As a result in December 1988 the government was forced to introduce the Security Service Bill to replace the Maxwell Fyfe guidelines and clearly identify MI5 's role , providing legal safeguards against improper behaviour .
Idiom: swings and roundabouts (used idiomatically: yes)
We spent last Sunday at an agriculture show and paid a fortune for various rides , candyfloss and pointing at the prize ‘ baa - baas.’ It was worth it just to see the fun he had going round in circles on a toy fire engine . But life with Thomas is n't just a merry - go - round it can be swings and roundabouts . We rarely get out at night , because keeping up with the little fella leaves us dog - tired . But in a strange way he has done wonders for our social life .
Idiom: good offices (used idiomatically: yes)
To all intents and purposes , however , they ignored the implications of their demand to enter the public sphere for the role of women in the private sphere of home and family , and chose not to confront the emphasis doctors and scientists placed on the latter . Instead , they focused their main arguments on the position of women who did not marry , using the individualistic framework of nineteenth - century liberalism and political economy to argue for a ‘ fair field and no favour’ and the removal of all barriers that hindered single women from earning a decent living . In particular , they supported their case by invoking the plight of the ‘ surplus’ women , who , through no fault of their own , found themselves either reliant on the good offices of a male relative or obliged to earn their own living . An increasing number of late nineteenth and early twentieth - century feminists , such as Theresa Billington Greig and Cicely Hamilton , advocated the deliberate choice of spinsterhood as the only means to intellectual fulfilment and a successful career . The other main strand in nineteenth - century feminism accepted the idea of women as the natural guardians of the moral order .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
that beats the donkey , I mean all the donkey does is he hits the donkey while he pulls the reins , hits the donkey again and he finds out later that Well the man in the white waistcoat followed the gentleman with the white waistcoat into even if he gets stuck in a chimney , worse thing that he the gentleman in the white waistcoat appeared his only chance he has is Okay , now erm now what 's he supposed to be assessed by the board have they just said er , why are
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
The Steelers now have a tight grip on the AFC Central Division . Their no - nonsense style makes them a better Super Bowl bet than the Buffalo Bills , who routed the Atlanta Falcons 41–14 with reserve running back Kenneth Davis rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns . If Pittsburgh do go all the way , they could find their old rivals the Dallas Cowboys waiting for them . Troy Aikman threw two touchdown passes in their 16–10 defeat of the Phoenix Cardinals . Jerry Rice 's 42-yard touchdown catch led the San Francisco 49ers to a 27–10 win over the Los Angeles Rams while the Minnesota Vikings continued their march to the NFC Central crown when Aundray McMillan 's 25-yard interception touchdown clinched a 17–13 win over the Cleveland Browns .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: no)
He as out of prison , down from Glasgow looking for Iain . It was no use pretending Iain was n't there . Tommy was back with a vengeance . There was a new intensity to his drinking and his drunken anger . ONE DAY , TOMMY 'S round at Hazeldene Drive , trying to get into Ann Nalson 's second - floor flat .
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: no)
Pendley Goldfinch , owned by Mr and Mrs Killick . The same can be said of the next dog of great influence : Ch . Caprido Minstrel of Potters Pride , born 29 June 1981 and bred by Mrs Dorothy Skinner . He won a junior warrant and was top dog in 1983 . Handled by his owner Mrs Slade , he won nine CCs and one Reserve CC .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
of the remaining property in the vessel ; and ( c ) must be managed and its operations directed and controlled from within that member state ; and ( d ) must have as its charterer , manager or operator , a citizen of that member state , resident and domiciled therein , or a qualified company , in circumstances where no exception is made in respect of nationals of other member states , save that the member state has power to dispense with the nationality requirement in respect of an individual in view of the length of time such individual has resided in the member state and has been involved in the fishing industry of the member state ? ‘ ( 3 ) Is the answer to question ( 2 ) affected by the existence of national catch quotas allocated to member states pursuant to the Common Fisheries Policy ? ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? II — COURSE OF THE PROCEDURE 10 .