Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: yes)
But he remembers to throw some directly at the little black ones that are not really ducks , he ca n't remember what they 're called . A wet nose brushes his hand , startling him . He looks down and sees red fur . It 's the setter . ‘ Hello , Thor,’ he says .
Idiom: hit the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The word 's out . The name . It 's a long shot , but Cowley 's sixth sense usually hits the mark … ’ ‘ And the punter?’ ‘ Name of Pat Weaver .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
I can not remember a single one where the risks which gave rise to the accident could not have been measured and prevented with effective safety training , management commitment and — above all -sufficient funds . It saddens me that , while most annual reports say ‘ … we will do our utmost to preserve our most important asset : the skills contained in our workforce’ , when I visit the workplace I see the tell - tale signs of accidents in the making — blocked exits , unguarded machines , untrained work people . Go to any firm and ask to see their written safety policy — legally required under Section 2 ( 3 ) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 — and those without a single word on paper will make their excuses ( and this includes nearly every UK Football Club ) . This year , in its Plan of Work for 1989 - 90 and Beyond , the Government 's Health and Safety Commission identified management failure as the main cause of accidents at work . It was four years since the last Plan of Work was published — an indication , surely , of how low on the Government 's list of priorities is the place of safety at work .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
He added that the new fees would be ' hard to justify . ' Bank charges are already very high and wide - ranging for people requiring overdrafts and other facilities . ' And yet the banks already earn interest on customers ' money on current account , which they do not pass on . ' Banks ended charges for people in credit in 1984 as they faced competition from building societies . But now they claim the cost of free accounts is too high .
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
More often , it turns into loss of direction or of purposeful organization , because no one is willing to separate herself from the rest in order to take charge . I was once invited to a weekend conference of ‘ rural women’ to give a workshop on astrology . It was a dismal , disorganized weekend and a waste of valuable opportunity ; everything was left to ‘ flow’ , which in practice meant that many events did not even get off the ground . Time - keeping was out of the question , structure was notable largely by its absence , and at the end of the weekend someone stole the funds , thus breaking even the bond of collective trust which was assumed to exist . The only organized contingent were the men , who had been relegated to run the crèche in a nearby hall , set up each morning with military precision .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , here we are taking a longer view . Always Defect resists invasion for a long time . But if we wait long enough , perhaps thousands of years , Tit for Tat will eventually muster the numbers required to tip it over the knife - edge , and the population will flip . But the reverse will not happen . Always Defect , as we have seen , can not benefit from clustering , and so does not enjoy this higher - order stability .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
Medved accuses Steven Spielberg of using his Peter Pan story , Hook , to advance his theme of kids being good and adults bad ; while the storyline of Home Alone , about parents who accidentally leave their eight - year - old son behind when they go on holiday , promotes a picture of adult ineptitude and childhood self - sufficiency . Kevin ( Macaulay Culkin ) manages to get the better of a couple of adult villains . But kids have a long tradition of getting the better of adults , going back to the Famous Five and beyond . But that 's just part and parcel of a Hollywood attitude , according to Medved , that regards swearing and sex as normal activities for kids today . The Famous Five did n't swear and , as far as we know , they did n't have sex .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
Data were recorded by means of notepads not tape-recorder . Initially the field-worker 's relations with respondents in the field were especially and unusually warm , which runs counter to the norm in ethnographic research . She was seen as a light relief from the boredom or demands of the shift , and , as a female , she was treated as a pretty face in a working environment which is heavily masculine . As contact in the field increased , and the presence of the fieldworker became routine , her treatment by respondents similarly became routine . It was only at that point that we felt confident that the field-worker was being talked to by respondents as a person rather than as some novel sex object , and the veracity of what they said could be treated by us with more confidence .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
She did n't rush back to his table , but the next time she was passing by she stopped . ‘ The lodge was apparently named for the rock to the left of the cove opening,’ she informed him dispassionately . ‘ Anpetuwi means woman who lies naked on the rock.’ Something burned bright and hot in the bottom of those eyes . ‘ Is that right?’ he asked , one eyebrow lifted , the intense blue of those eyes asking her a different question entirely .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ If I do,’ she warned , ‘ people will come running — from those other boats.’ ‘ I would n't bet on it . They 're more likely to steer clear of involvement.’ His eyes were boring into hers , mesmerising her . Despite her threat she doubted if she could summon up enough voice to scream .
Idiom: light at the end of the tunnel (used idiomatically: yes)
ing of the Zombies New ~ York – As spring comes to America , optimists are seeing “ green sprouts ” of recovery from the financial crisis and recession . The world is far different from what it was last spring , when the Bush administration was once again claiming to see “ light at the end of the tunnel . ” The metaphors and the administrations have changed , but not , it seems , the optimism . The good news is that we may be at the end of a free fall .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
He had also been ignoring his health . His son had to dismiss the Crimean commander on his behalf because after catching a cold Nicholas had insisted on inspecting troops in twenty - three degrees of frost . The Russian winter , famous for defeating the country 's enemies , this time put paid to a tsar . On 18 February /2 March 1855 Nicholas died of pneumonia . Despite the beliefs of foreigners , he had not really been a warmonger .
Idiom: at a pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
The numerous tension members could be simple piano wires . The problem of tension joints in bamboo , however , was always a serious one . This philosophy produced strong and excellent aeroplanes so long as one was quite sure which members were in tension and which in compression , for , though a strut could at a pinch take tension , a wire could not take compression . In some of the more elaborate biplanes it was not always easy to tell which way the loads were going and it was a stock joke at one time that the way to check the rigging of a certain aircraft was to put a canary between the wings ; if it got out something was wrong . S. F. Cody , of the ‘ Cathedral’ biplane , was addicted to elaborate rigging and furthermore , not very technically minded .
Idiom: catch the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
Sigarup stooped and touched her feet . Shafts of bright sunlight pierced the smoke as it welled up from the eaves and spread across the roof in a fine blue film . , Kāli came out into the doorway with a plate of puris and a small bowl of oil . The bronze plate caught the sun and flashed its glinting radiance back across her face . She gathered up her skirt and climbed the notched - pole ladder to the shrine on the upper roof . Inside she put the puris down on the altar for Bhawāni and Maiyu and lit the lamp .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
A BURGLAR who left his snarling rottweiler behind when he fled from the law launched a midnight raid on a police station and nicked it back . The robber had run off when he was spotted breaking into a house — but the 10-stone dog was ‘ arrested’ in his car . Last night the police admitted : ‘ Now the dog is on the run as well.’ They had planned to photograph the monster at Winchester , Hants , hoping someone would identify his owner . But the thief beat them to it .
Idiom: get a handle on (used idiomatically: yes)
These iterations should start coming off the line in the first quarter , another delay for what was supposed to be the standard Viking . The 40MHz species , let alone the 36MHz , was after all a compromise chip when Sun and TI earlier discovered the 50MHz would be harder to make than they thought . Sun had difficulty getting a handle on the actual yield situation because week - to - week data on the silicon lots varied , Gadre said . After a while however the truth became apparent as the team fought for each quarter - megahertz boost , he said . In the last few weeks an obscure speed path that was constraining 40MHz yield was identified and stripped out .
Idiom: charity begins at home (used idiomatically: yes)
David Bullock , Chairman , Alton Conservative Assn . ' Fight is on to save our River Wey ' Sir , — I agree with Mr. A. Blackham 's comments to Mid - Southern Water with reference to the Flood Meadows and ' Charity beginning at home ' . My husband and I were very angry to receive from M.S.W. to contribute to Africa and Asia to assist their water flow , when just down the road from our house the same company had caused the flood meadows to dry up . I wonder if the company have any idea how much wildlife has been killed by the lack of water .
Idiom: breathe down someone's neck (used idiomatically: yes)
Either electronic , or more usually human breakdown . Besides , my office in Monaco is not the most efficient . It is what happens when the boss is not breathing down their necks.’ ‘ Can you call the office ? Check if the ship has already arrived in Bandar Abbas , or if there 's any news from Djibouti , the last port of call?’
Idiom: pass the time of day (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We are the party that has put the police back on the beat,’ says the Indian doctor . ‘ The streets are safe . It is a real pleasure to see these young lady constables and to pass the time of day with them.’ Other members of the group shift awkwardly at this picture of Arcadia in Southall , until an economist announces coldly that ‘ it is axiomatic that anything the state does it does worse than the private sector.’ There is a code to all of this .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
But they 'd better start thinking about how they are going to pay for it . While the Barcode Battler is expected to sell for just £ 40 , and software comes free , it could add thousands of pounds to the family shopping bill . To play the game , children run the hand - held electronic device over the barcode of any product . Each barcode , on a can of baked beans , a packet of biscuits , or even on the back of TODAY newspaper , is worth a different number of energy points . The more energy you get , the easier it is to beat opponents .
Idiom: two a penny (used idiomatically: no)
' Money . You received twenty thousand pounds for your work on Operation Eagle paid into a Geneva account . ' ' And me stuck here without two pennies to scratch myself with . ' ' Twenty - five thousand pounds , Mr Devlin . Paid anywhere you wish . '
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Their success gave them a power that everyone wanted to share ; their commercial momentum carried the whole pop world along . And theirs was a comforting rags - to - riches story . Frankie themselves were typical graduates of the 1970s post - punk provincial scene ( five lads from Liverpool ) in which Bowie boys became punks and skins , dyed their hair repeatedly , hung out in the gay clubs with the furtiveness that marks everyone on provincial streets in the small hours . In Holly Johnson 's words : My social security number was written on the side of my head .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Now it also goes on to say that 's going to affect electricity prices which will rise , now how will that compensate with , with nuclear electricity ? Erm well it depends erm the , the economics of power production are extremely erm er complex and , and t to a certain extent arbitrary erm and erm I mean there , there are various ways that the government can actually get out of this fix because obviously it 's caused a lot of concern to close the , the mines , and one is actually to , to subsidize the mines and put the price on to electricity bills er the other is to subsidize the mines er but pay for it out of the , out of , er out of taxes so it 's a basic , instead of paying for it on your electricity bill , you pay for it on your tax bill , yeah . A and the , the justification for doing this would be that in the long term we will need the coal therefore it 's ne it 's necessary to keep er a viable coal industry going . Er er er th that 's a fairly logical argument in fact . Erm it 's one that is er different from the normal philosophy of this government which tends to er work on er relatively short term economic forces , let the market sort things out is , is , is generally their philosophy .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
Have you got one like this?’ ‘ Not exactly.’ ‘ It 's better even than when I was home — all my brothers and sisters in bed with me . This is more peaceful.’ ‘ But you want to go home one day , do n't you , Gabriel?’
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Someone else shouted ‘ Wo n't be long now , Piper ! Get your pipes ready ! We have got the bastards on the run ! ’ I looked across and gave them a wave and wondered if they would still be alive next time I visited Breville . I believe we have settled down to accept the situation .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Homeless drive SHELTER had launched a campaign to end the use of bed and breakfast hotels for temporary housing after official figures for England showed a 41pc drop from 11,280 to 6,650 in the number of households in B&B accommodation for the year ending June . Shelter director Sheila McKechnie , welcoming the drop , said : ‘ With one last push , we can end the use of B&B once and for all.’ Lawyers ‘ in Libya’ EDINBURGH solicitor Alistair Duff and leading Scottish defence QC Lord Macauley have flown to Tripoli to meet the alleged Lockerbie bombers , BBC Reporting Scotland said last night .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You only find out after marriage what a load of rubbish they are,’ as Mr Llambias puts it . Each firm can , of course , carry out due diligence work on the other , but an experienced intermediary has more experience of exactly what to look for . A firm going it alone will be restricted in the number of other firms it can approach without the news that it is looking to merge leaking out . An intermediary can keep its client 's name secret , at least in the early stages . And even before doing this it can examine the firms already registered with it for suitability .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: no)
He laughs again , and crosses to his one way window . ‘ I tell you what I really do n't like,’ he says , staring down at the club floor below , ‘ I do n't like if I do n't know who are friends and who are enemies . I do n't like if I ca n't see what 's on the cards . That 's what I do n't like . It 's why I never gamble.’
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
At the same time they were given standard L.C.C. combined tail lamp and route number stencil carriers fixed under the landings of their double - flight staircases . For the time being these carried the route number 2 . When the turn of the modern bogie cars came to be repainted , they took the numbers 375–399 and retained their colourful enamelled iron advertisements . NO ex - South Metropolitan car was ever renumbered , although a number were repainted in the official London Transport livery .
Idiom: moment of truth (used idiomatically: yes)
Whereas the candidate has , in a sense , asked for it by choosing to enter the precarious and high - profile world of politics , the husband or wife in the wings has every right to feel resentful . Being married to even a would - be politician involves many sacrifices which may achieve no more than being landed with a morose husband ( or wife ) hanging round the house for the next four or five years . The traditional ceremony by which candidates must stand and face the music as the returning officer reads out the results presents the moment of truth for all to see . Here is Paddy Ashdown , clasping his wife Jane in a huge , protective embrace at 3.41 am in Yeovil . His seat is safe but high hopes of Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power in a new administration have already faded .
Idiom: one-horse race (used idiomatically: no)
Simon Rae Counting out the Eighties . Oh God , another 10 years down the drain ; More damage for the mirror to explain : Those whisps of grey , new veins across the nose , The growing paunch that half obscures the toes … Outside the bathroom door the long dead news Is served again in dozens of reviews ; The colour sups dementedly parade Pictorial pickings from the past decade : A cast of horribly familiar faces , The winners of a hundred one - horse races , The media icons of a 10 year binge When loads of money was society 's hinge — Money for an image or a slogan ; Money — lots and lots — for Terry Wogan , And other stars who live the live of Riley : Madonna , Joan ( and Jackie ) Collins , Kylie … Beyond the tabloid visions wars galore , Catastrophies disasters by the score , Plagues and famines — countless thousands died . The Third World 's poor stayed poor , and multiplied .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
But Obama ’s strategy in Syria seems to be “ speak loudly and throw away your stick . ” Obama has made it clear over and over ( as has NATO Secretary ~ General Anders Fogh Rasmussen ) that he has no interest in intervening militarily in Syria . And the US response to the latest Russian missile shipment ? Secretary of State John ~ Kerry said : “ I think we ’ve made it crystal clear ~ we would prefer that Russia was not supplying assistance . ” The US has cast aside one of its most important foreign ~ policy tools , creating an incentive for the Syrian government and its supporters to keep fighting until they are in the most advantageous position possible to negotiate a settlement – that is , if they have any incentive to negotiate at ~ all . If you are a dictator facing sustained political protests , be as brutal as possible and incite sectarian killing .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
And why does Nick Baker always find things so very amusing on his Radio 4 series examining the backwaters of the magazine publishing world ? During his session with the unfortunate staff at Caterer and Hotel Keeper he was always wheezing with laughter at something that did not really seem to warrant it . Twice I thought it was local interference or a plane passing overhead and twiddled the tuning knob . Dear Feedback , it is up to the listener to decide how funny things are and not loutish Mr Baker . There , getting the hang of it now ?
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: no)
fellow peasants carry Colas into Mother Simone 's kitchen hidden in sheaves of corn so that he can meet Lise . They intend to carry out Lise and Colas by the same means . The trick does not work , but at least it leads to the hiding of Colas in Lise 's bedroom and the awful discovery of the two of them together just as Alain has received the key and goes to claim his bride . Many English stick dances , like those elsewhere , are believed to be ancient rituals in which the performers are enacting some job necessary for the well-being of the community . Such dances are the source of ‘ occupational gesture ’ ( mime ) and use movements which describe a certain work process .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
We walked carefully together , clicking our sandals on the cement drive . I wore my dark glasses even for these few moments , as my blue eyes were always straining in the brilliant light . Known as ‘ Um Yusef 's burgah ’(Um Yusef 's mask ) , they were always getting lost and being found by some kind soul who returned them to me . We reached the bungalow of Sheikha Grandmother , crossed the porch and pushed open the carved wooden doors of the dining room . Kicking off our sandals we walked barefoot into the air - conditioned cool of the big room .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
I still had the guitars , though . I could n't get rid of the black Martin , purchased in a moment of island madness instead of a car . Or , come to think of it , the Fender , or the Gurian or the umm , other Martin . Then , one day last year , I dropped the blond Martin through the front of the black one . I was literally in shock for a whole day .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
A young black child is waiting on the edge of a body ~ of ~ water near some buckets
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Now the , the initiations are controlled by the elder men who have all , all the wives and if you do n't behave and join the club and conform to what th the crown elders expect , you wo n't get initiated and i if you do n't unless you say you wo n't get any wives and the guys who are doing the initiating the initiated are the very same guys who have all the daughters . So a young man really has to get initiated and conform to what the elders expect if he 's going to have any reproductive success at all and that 's exactly what happens . So these guys undergo these horrifying initiation rituals to prove you know that they want to join the club band and i if they pass the initiation test then they 're joined in and then they 're given a wife . In many societies David McKnight tells me the man who does the circumcision who actually chops off the foreskins as it were , owes you a wife for it and he says in many of them if you give a man your foreskin then you 've got a right to demand a wife . He says he knows cases where wives were n't given , and there were then very serious er conflicts broken up , because the man who did n't get the wife then thought he 'd been cheated and apparently his complaint was you know er wife I give you my foreskin .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Jochim won it Greyson not a very good ball Gemmell wins it back for Forest now Black forward Collimore 's offside and that looked a very close decision . Ooh I 'd like to look at that one again Alan . I mean that 's bang in front of us and that 's that 's the sort of area they 'll be looking to play the ball down the sides for Collimore 's pace and I would n't wonder on it . I would wonder I made him , well it does n't clearly show it there , I made him onside from our position . Meanwhile Agnew lifts it in and there is another offside decision and this time it 's gone in Forest 's favour .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: no)
Fish photography is probably best started with a species that stays relatively still on the gravel . This gives one the chance to focus and shoot , taking care to keep the camera pointed at a small angle to the aquarium glass . Of course it goes without saying that the aquarium glass must always be perfectly clean for best results . Good subjects are large cichlids or catfish , since the camera needs to be further away to capture the whole fish , making it easier to focus and giving greater depth of field . Care has to be taken not to frighten the fish when first approaching and when the fish are accustomed to you and the camera , they generally take no notice of the flash .