Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
Well I got home , I got everything all sorted out , Gary even left a message on the answerphone saying that he 'd be home round about half past two and that Mm and erm , ha , got home , did n't wanna go out , there was me I got changed , I put on those new leggings I was all in black I thought I looked rather nice , you know , and Gary said what you all dressed up for ? I said oh we 're going out are n't we ? Oh I do n't wanna go now
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
It is difficult to test reliably for chromium deficiency , as most laboratories are not equipped to perform accurate tests . However , in view of the low toxicity of chromium , when suffering with sugar cravings it may be worth trying chromium supplements as a way of overcoming the sweet cravings . Chromium supplements have been shown to help stop the swings both high and low in blood glucose levels . The Women 's Nutritional Advisory Service have formulated a special supplement especially to help deal with the problem of sugar cravings , called Sugar Factor . This supplement is designed as a temporary nutritional prop while you are making dietary adjustments .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
In this approach , trade unions are viewed as pushing for wage increases in an attempt to gain a bigger and fairer share of the national income for their members . Thus , unions are seen to be engaging in a conflict with firms’ managements as part of the class struggle between workers and capitalists , with workers aiming to raise the share of wages in the national income and capitalists aiming to raise the share of profits . Only if productivity increases is it possible in the long - run for both groups to be successful . It follows that any increase in trade union militancy , which reflects an intensification of the class struggle , may lead to an increase in the rate of inflation . In all three approaches , the major determinant of the rate of wage inflation is the degree of militancy exerted by trade unions .
Idiom: when the chips are down (used idiomatically: yes)
She could imagine the gossip in the bar . Sad about that Kelly Connor . Nice little rider , but no good when the chips are down . ‘ Hey , come on , it 's only a seller at Kempton.’ Fayoud 's
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: no)
Moreover , Miller and Friesen ( 1986 ) have tested Porter 's position on this point and concluded that differentiators do also employ cost - leadership strategies and that cost leaders do employ differentiation policies . They emphasize , however , that their results relate to the consumer - durables industries , where marketing , branding and economies of scale go hand in hand . In capital - goods industries , where knowledgeable buyers are more informed about the technical attributes of different products , Porter 's argument about the need to avoid getting ‘ stuck in the middle’ may be more sustainable . This might explain the Gilbert and Strebel finding on IBM and the personal - computer market . Perhaps that was just a case where , in the early stages of the life - cycle , corporate managers acted more like private consumers than industrial purchasers of large - scale equipment .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: no)
Get some print that stays on the paper , you bastards ( invest in laser printing and join the 20th Century ) Certainly not the rather sad , pathetic , melancholic drinking partnership of Terry Staunton and David Quantick . Probably printing the US$ price on the front cover in mad numerals , and the German and Spanish in really small print at the side of the page — you colonialist hypocrites BOY GEORGE Nicest — That ‘ Generations Of Love’ was an optimistic record
Idiom: throw a wobbly (used idiomatically: yes)
I think the longest one lasted more than half an hour . The slightest thing would set her off , usually when she was feeling insecure and wanted attention . She loves the telephone , and she threw a wobbly when I would n't let her play with it . There were moments when I did get upset by it , but I never let her see it . I just held her quietly until she calmed down .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
He told them that it was his custom to take a cold bath and he returned upstairs . His exhaustion finally allowed him to sleep .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
You will surely find one . ( 5/6 October 1777 ) Nannerl also asked Mozart for a short preambulum … so that I may gradually learn it by heart . ( 29 September 1777 ) Mozart duly obliged and on 11 October wrote to his father : I enclose four praeambula ( 23 ) for her .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
Over the past two years , archaeologists have excavated the remains of a medieval village — including its corn and cloth mills — as well as four farm sites , and three buildings constructed of cob . The last house in the valley — West Wortha — will be demolished within the next four weeks , but archaeological work will continue even as the water level starts to rise . The excavation — directed by Peter Stead of Exeter Museum — has been funded jointly by English Heritage and South West Water to the tune of £ 250,000 . Items so far recovered include prehistoric flint instruments , medieval pottery , a seventeenth - century water wheel , eighteenth - century clay ovens for scalding Devonshire cream , and nineteenth - century cider presses and apple crushers . A permanent exhibition on the history of the valley is to be established near the dam in the early 1990s .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
Derek Green says it was much harder than last year … the streams were like rivers and he got swept away once Sally Hibberd won the women 's mountain bike race Sally says she even got lost on the course but the race was excellent and the Brown family race … well Andrew got to the finishing line first but Sarah Brown says that her husband won … and Andrew says he 'll be back next year for another go … wild horses would n't keep him away
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You , me , someone,’ Mathers said . ‘ Except it 's not going to be me . Hi , there,’ he was trying the role for size , ‘ your telephone 's been reported out of order . Maybe I could come in and check it out while you wait in another room.’ ‘ The telephone 's a good method.’
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
Excuse me , what is the shortest way to go to the station ?
Idiom: work like a charm (used idiomatically: yes)
The right punishment is the one which seems right to the parent and which works . It all depends on the parent , on the child , and on the misbehaviour . A slap on the hand or the behind works like a charm for one parent - child combination . Another mother only feels like a brute for hours afterwards ; and another child is made furiously resentful by this indignity . A brief isolation in his room sweetens up one child in five minutes .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: no)
CALENDAR CREATOR PLUS FOR WINDOWS Oh , what hectic lives we lead . It 's go , go , go from dawn to dusk , and getting your life in order can be a nightmare . Just as well there 're computer programs like Calendar Creator plus for Windows to help get things organized . The program 's concept is easy to understand .
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: yes)
The market-leading Philips TurboDrive VR422 , worth £349.99 , has the fastest performance of any VCR on sale . We 've also got £30,000-worth of video sets , worth £75 each . There are 50 sets of eight tapes up for grabs , all of films that wo n't be available in video libraries until the autumn . In October there 's Basic Instinct , The Super and Cape Fear . November winners will get Wayne 's World , The Lawnmower Man , Do n't Tell Mom The Babysitter 's Dead , Memoirs Of An Invisible Man and The Hand That Rocked The Cradle .
Idiom: all things being equal (used idiomatically: yes)
The fundamental point that you have to grasp is that parents want any transfers between their siblings that will result in a net gain for the , a , sorry , parents want any transfers between their offspring that result in a net gain for reproductive success . It does n't really matter to the parent , which offspring has gained , as long as there is a net gain . All other things being equal . The offspring , however , do n't take the same view . For them , all other things being equal , they will only be selected to make a sacrifice , where the benefit is twice the cost .
Idiom: seen better days (used idiomatically: yes)
The film crew gathered around to admire this splendid piece of furniture , clearly an antique of considerable interest , possibly value — if it was in good order and free of worm and rot . Did it still work ? Hannah smiled , pulled out a stool ( which had seen better days ) and began to play . She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . In reality she had n't touched it in years .
Idiom: watering hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Most of the farm weights and unofficial weights are of the crude variety ( compared to the loom weights ) but when you add their existence to the three bronze coin weights that also came from the same field something of a picture starts to build up . Farmers in the past , just as now have had to weigh their goods somewhere , but it seems a curious activity to carry out in the middle of a field and down through quite a number of generations ( the weights span at least two centuries ) . I still have no explanation for why things needed to be weighed in this area , and what connection it could have with the watering hole , but I am certain that my finds from the four sides of the pond resulted from these activities . The fourth side of the pond proved to be the busiest and also the best in terms of good finds . From this section came the really nice , but unfortunately broken , 17th century spur that is illustrated .
Idiom: draw a bead on (used idiomatically: yes)
Man for man a unit of Elf longbowmen is more than a match for most opposing troop types . The problem is one of formation . The optimum formation for missile troops is a long thin line from which as many archers as possible can draw a bead on the foe . Indeed , absolutely the best place for missile troops is on a hill with two levels . From here they can be drawn up in two ranks , both of which can fire , and they can draw line of sight to almost any place on the field .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite their growing unpopularity , the Laudian bishops continued to pursue their objectives with great vigour throughout the 1630s . In 1637 Laud attempted to impose his sacramental and ceremonial brand of English Protestantism on the rigidly Calvinist Scots , a move that precipitated both the Bishops ' War and a profound political crisis in England . Yet , even as this crisis came to a head , the bishops remained unrepentant . In the summer of 1640 , they pressured convocation into publishing a new set of conservative canons , which both confirmed the innovations of the previous decade and demanded that the clergy swear an oath not to support any alteration to the government of the church ‘ by archbishops , bishops , deans , archdeacons , etcetera’ . The imposition of this notorious ‘ etcetera oath’ was , however , a tacit acknowledgement that their policies had proved unpopular and had brought the office of bishop into serious disrepute .
Idiom: one of those days (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The fire … and everything ; I did n't mean to snap so.’ His eyes met hers and it was a slow , thoughtful look . ‘ It 's been one of those days , has n't it , Robyn?’ he murmured evenly . ‘ Perhaps we 've both been a little affected by the way things have gone . I lost my temper too — I 'm sorry for shouting about the fire .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
If , as seems likely , she consolidates this position via the single market , while gaining de facto control of the single currency , one could well envisage a scenario in which a strong Germany was bad for Europe . If industries in other countries were weakened or depleted by German domination , and if the single currency removed the competitiveness of weaker economies while the Social Charter , with its minimum wage , insulated German workers from competitively low wages abroad , then one could well imagine economic decline and rising unemployment on the periphery of the EC financing the German stranglehold . Even if this did not happen , the idea that in the ‘ new Europe’ envy , rancour and resentment can be abolished by a Europe directive is optimistic to say the least . As Hobbes observed , men are not like bees , ‘ Men are continually in competition for honour and dignity … and consequently there ariseth among men on that ground envy , hatred and finally war … ’ . Who is to say that the poorer countries of Europe are to be happy with a dominant Germany just because it is said to be good for ‘ Europe’ ?
Idiom: wither on the vine (used idiomatically: yes)
As for Unix , as we said way back in 1984 when we forecast that it would come to dominate the mainstream market , it is fundamentally quite inappropriate as the basis of a robust commercial operating system because it is designed for free sharing of resources and code between users , where one of the most important requirements of a mission - critical operating system is that the crass behaviour of some idiot wo n't bring the system down . Warning of the dire peril IBM faced at the hands of Unix , we suggested that so many parties were working on the thing that over time it would accrete to itself all the missing features that commercial users demanded , and that instead of simply trying to muddy the Unix waters as IBM did for so long , it should recognise that its most convincing answer to Unix was right there under its nose in the form of VM . As a starting point for a full - function open operating system , VM could scarcely be bettered , but IBM in its wisdom poured money into MVS and allowed VM to wither on the vine . It is not to be doubted that there are still thousands of mainframe users that want nothing more than to continue with the kind of computing they have always known , using the environment with which they are familiar , and in which they have invested a large part of their lives . Tragic
Idiom: take the liberty (used idiomatically: yes)
But they took advantage , the boys did and they do n't care at all ! Ye , yes that 's right , mm . They take liberties . Yes , they do , they do , it 's a shame ! Of course not !
Idiom: kill the goose that lays the golden egg (used idiomatically: yes)
The company also offered to provide £ 30,000 towards the construction of a Sports and Social Centre , primarily for the mine employees , but also to be used by the people of Loughrea … Finally , the company donated part of a site which it owned on the shores of Loughrea Lake , to the town of Loughrea … These various factors combined to ensure that the local elite ( even if they were capable of considering it ) would not attempt to kill the goose ' that laid the golden eggs ' . Thus , for a small expenditure , the company assured themselves of the acquiescence of , and acceptance from , those who dominated Loughrea 's economy and social structure . While opencast mining lasted lead emissions were estimated at 43–46 tonnes annually : this dropped to 3–6 tonnes annually when underground mining commenced .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Did the floaters find a safe haven early on ? Were they ever truly susceptible to doorstep persuasion ? Perhaps it has really been so much hot air . A poll for the Peterborough Evening Telegraph suggests that the Tories will scrape home . But it predicts that Dr Mawhinney 's 7.9 per cent lead over Labour has been whittled to 3.4 per cent(Con 42.3 per cent ; Lab 38.9 ; Lib Dem 16.1 ) .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over The master craftsman behind the new master of Wimbledon . Swindon 's John Reynolds the man who pulled the strings for Andre Agassi . Throughout the tournament it was John 's neat handiwork … that helped the great showman to the title . Male speaker
Idiom: have your work cut out (used idiomatically: yes)
You have to paint the whole house all by yourself ? You sure have your work cut out for you .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
One I do n't much like , and ca n't quite believe in , but it 's there.’ ‘ What is it ? What 's on your mind?’ ‘ I was pretty close behind Gus Hambro last night . I know you realised I was following him .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
Names and schools have been freely suggested , but where one guess is as good as another one had better ignore them all . The fragments show that the horses were standing , or walking quietly ( a lovely little contemporary chariot - horse from Olympia may help us see them ; and cf . fig . 84 ) , and the charioteer stands quite still , feet together , weight evenly distributed , hands forward with the reins ( perhaps a goad also in the left ) . There is a slight twist of the torso to the proper right , and the head is turned a little further . The treatment of the short - sleeved belted chit on of light material is assimilated in the taste of the time to that of the heavy chit on ( figs . 73–4 , 76 ) , though the structure of the garment is quite different . The deeply fluted skirt is unbroken by the limbs beneath .
Idiom: run riot (used idiomatically: yes)
A Bill sticker THE BILL Tonight ITV , 8 pm DS GREIG fronts an undercover operation where the aim is to nab a burglar who has been running riot pulling off dozens of break - ins around a local housing estate . WPC Ackland is hot on his trail — but for some reason never manages to catch him in the act . Then a couple of pensioners are robbed of their video , camera and watches bringing the case to a head .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Bankers do not usually forget that sort of thing . On the other hand , the long communal memory of the banking fraternity seems to be a thing of the past . There seems to be a particular blind spot concerning Czechoslovakia and , come to think of it , Captain Maxwell was a Czech before he was British . Whether there is anything in that I can not say , but one of the golden rules of banking , ‘ once bitten , twice shy’ , seems to be waived for Czechoslovaks . It all revolves around some new Czech bond issues .
Idiom: go to ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Her soldier companion urged her forward along a gully , which they crawled along until a gap between two boulders gave them a clear view of the landscape . Two Nazi infantrymen were scurrying towards the cover of a large rock . The Norwegian killed the leader with a single shot , but the other man went to ground . It was the first time Ingrid had been under small - arms fire . She was nervous .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: no)
Voice over More than 30 uniformed and plain clothes officers carried out simultaneous raids on homes across Cheltenham early this morning . They swooped on 8 separate houses and flats , including 3 houses on the Hesters Way Estate . Howard Banton , the solicitor 's clerk at the leading Cheltenham law firm of Robinsons was one of the twelve people arrested . 14 year old , Fay Johnson was in bed when police arrived in St Peters Square in the early hours to arrest her aunt and uncle , Steven and Tracey Goth .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
If the hon . Gentleman asks me whether I agree that the Irish issue should be pushed upstairs and taken off the Floor of the House , I certainly do not . The matter must be resolved on the Floor of the House and within this forum . I see why many hon . Members on both sides of the House would want it to be pushed upstairs out of sight and out of mind . That would be a substantial problem for everyone concerned with the north of Ireland . If the hon . Gentleman says that there is a device whereby legislation could be scrutinised more efficiently , I would look at that .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
When the king had died peacefully in bed in 1968 he had been left exactly as he was for the first six months to make sure he was n't simply astral - travelling . This was also the period beyond which the Tominah priests could allegedly no longer cause the dead to walk . Only then was his black cat ( a participant in many of the rites ) ceremonially informed of his death , and his body reorientated towards the south - west — the " land of souls " — initiating a whole symphony of rituals which only now were coming to a head . " All being well , " Ranteallo informed us , " within a week now we can transport the household and the king 's Tau - Tau to their death - house in the Rante for the culminating rites . " Tau - Taus , together with textiles and carved panels , are amongst the Toraja 's artistic products most coveted by ethnographic collectors .
Idiom: call the shots (used idiomatically: yes)
McCullough is learning fast . It 's clear that ace coach Eddie Futch has taken a shine to him . Futch , 82 next birthday and a father figure among America 's great boxing trainers , is the man who calls the shots in heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe 's gym , and it 's now certain Wayne will box in a down - the - card role when Bowe defends his world title in either Washington or Atlantic City two months from now . Meanwhile , Olympic champion Michael Carruth turned in a solid performance in Dublin last night with a 19–7 win over Ulster champion Eddie Fisher . Fisher had little answer to the experience and ring craft of the 25 year old from Drimnagh .
Idiom: lose face (used idiomatically: yes)
Hitler had no wish to provoke an armed conflict that he was not certain of winning . This left the Danzig Nazis in an awkward situation since they had specifically whipped up anti - Polish feeling as part of their election campaign . They felt that they had a much stronger position than before and that a certain amount of muscle flexing was now unavoidable if they were not to lose face with their supporters . When the Danzig Polish Accord came up for ratification , the Nazis ordered that all Polish Harbour Board officers should be replaced by German and Danzig officers . The Poles were furious and determined to resist any such move .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
' I 'm going out ! ' No . 3 was directly opposite the palace , only a minute away , but he was stopped twice by tourists whose thick German accents he could n't begin to understand , and then by having to settle a violent argument between two drivers who had managed to crash while manoeuvring their cars out of their parking spaces . He eventually gave this one up and left them both threatening the car park attendant , but it took him half an hour to cross the street and ring the bell at No . 3 . Just as she had said , the porter 's wife opened up the main door and the inner gate from her room and then poked her head out . Her door was set back so that she did n't see him until he was past the cars in the centre of the courtyard .
Idiom: to a nicety (used idiomatically: no)
Clarac 's momentary hesitation was telling . He was a man who prided himself on having everything at his fingertips , but he had not counted on Berdichev 's directness . Clarac was used to social nicety . It was how he functioned . He approached such matters slowly , obliquely , over wine and sweetmeats .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Morels are not unique to Michigan . In Europe a closely related species , also called the morel , is equally prized by gourmets . American morels can be found all along the Canadian border . Even parts of Ohio and California can provide a field day for patient pickers . But Michigan is , by all accounts , the home of the best .