Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
More impressive still was the menu in the college dining - room , something which the salivating Mutahhar singles out for special praise : ' Pheasants , partridges , herons , fish , roasted fowl , grilled kids , fried loaves , brightly - coloured sweets of different kinds and other good things were heaped everywhere in large quantities . ' Pomegranate syrup prepared with a mixture of sorrel was served as a drink and betel nuts were brought in on gold and silver dishes after the meal . As they ate , the students sat cross - legged on carpets brought from as far away as Shiraz , Damascus and the Yemen . The curriculum of the college centred on Muslim jurisprudence and Quranic studies , but Delhi had a reputation for astronomy and medicine and it is probable that these were also taught at the Hauz Khas . Medicine was a particular interest of the Tughluk Sultans , and Sultan Muhammed 's nephew Firoz Shah founded no fewer than seventy dispensaries and a Shifa Khana ( or Central Hospital ) where free food , drink and medicine were supplied to the sick at the expense of the treasury .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
At the far end was a small rocky hillock as if huge boulders had been jammed together by the hand of some mythical giant . At the base of this cliff was a large cavern . Mandeville drew his sword and we followed suit , though God knows what we expected to find . We strode cautiously across as if the old hag might appear at the mouth of the cave , uttering curses and dire prophecies , yet everything remained silent . Benjamin stopped and pointed to the entrance .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: no)
There was cheese , pickled onions , corned beef , cottage loaves , pig 's pudding and even a gallon jug of ale . However , Mary , Jack and Charlie did n't stop but made the excuse that they had to go back to work . They left , and while the adults were talking and stuffing themselves , I picked up a piece of pig 's pudding for Frankie who was still huddled by the fire . I found it was stale so I replaced it and was about to make him a corned beef sandwich when Dad asked , ' Where 's Pete ? ' ' Who 's Pete ? ' the lamplighter asked .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: no)
Okay . So no problem there . You think you got Did you did you see which ones you got full marks on ? Erm yeah . I did n't do this I d I did n't quite finish this one cos we only had erm one and a half hour to do the two - hour paper like .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's only on the lottery where you can go on there . Two , three , four if I give you five alright ? I 'm pissed off ! I might as well go to nine go for nine alright ?
Idiom: on the hoof (used idiomatically: yes)
By that time , however , refrigeration techniques had ensured that meat could be brought from much further afield : beef from North and South America , mutton from Australia and New Zealand . By 1910 the inhabitants of Britain consumed a million tons of meat over and above home produce . Much of the beef from the United States in fact arrived in cattle ships on the hoof . Typical was the American meat traffic to Birkenhead . The cattle arrived at the landing - stage at Woodside , spent 10–14 days in pens ( ‘ lairages’ ) recovering from the crossing , and were then slaughtered .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
It is entirely plausible that Thaksin did help finance the protest . It is also likely that some radical hot heads wanted to overthrow the government by mob action . But to insist that protesters , old and young , fathers and mothers , numbering as many as 150,000 , were willing to risk their lives sitting under a scorching Tropical sun for two months only for money strains credulity . That the elite believes this story is one indication of just how condescending and out - of - touch its members are .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
In his commentary on Psalm 136:7 he observed that the Holy Spirit ‘ had no intention to teach astronomy’ but had used popular language ‘ that none might shelter himself under the pretext of obscurity.’ Nor was Luther tied to the verbal inspiration of Scripture in any way that demanded a strict literalism when interpreting verses that referred to the natural world . It has been well said of the Reformers themselves that the Bible was the sole norm and guide in matters of faith and conduct , not in everything under the sun . During the later years of the sixteenth century , however , a Protestant scholasticism came into existence , perpetrating a less flexible approach to the meaning of God 's ‘ word.’ Through the systematization of Reformed doctrine , and through polemics with Rome , the Bible became a set of proof texts .
Idiom: out to lunch (used idiomatically: yes)
All okay then ? Yeah ? A couple more to show you then you can practise these when you have a bit more practice time so we can get you out to lunch on time . If you have to bandage a hand for example , okay ? Somebody 's slipped over and they 've got all the grit in their knuckles in the part of their knuckles and you want to bandage the hand or there 's a cut on the hand , even on the palm , we can do that one later when it 's really , when it 's really a gash , gushing blood we can do this afternoon , I repeat again none of these which you 've done this morning will control severe bleeding , get it into your heads this is just to cover to keep infection out , alright , these are not to control severe bleeding just covering a minor wound or a graze , right ?
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
He says we 're going toward a two tier system and those dependant on the state are seen as failures . It 's thoroughly unpleasant . But while the arguments continue in Westminster , families such as the Grassies 's are hoping the reforms will make it easier rather than harder to make ends meet . BARRY LEGGE MP / Con Milton Keynes SW Mr. Legge , is n't any change going to see the needy worse off ?
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: no)
As the only country with first - hand experience of modern missile warfare at sea Britain will benefit from its hard learned lesson . If the United states Navy had operated Sheffield , Congress would have openly debated the affair and heads would have rolled . Is the British MoD really serving anybody 's best interests by refusing to come clean ? THIS WEEK Britain plans new nuclear dumps
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
So the easiest thing really is obviously is if I get the thing sorted out and then , turn it Yep . around and er we 've had a word with Elliel this morning . Mm . Yeah .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: no)
It was a magical place to be on a hot Majorcan night . ' Oh , no , you do n't , ' Fernando called out as she dropped the towel and prepared to dive off the edge to join him . ' Do n't what ? ' she laughed , teetering to keep her balance on the edge . ' Off with that bikini ! ' ' That 's not fair ! ' she protested , stepping back to steady herself .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
At last I sat down on the edge of the stone basin of a fountain in the centre of a lonely Square , and sang , as I bathed my face and eyes in the clear , fresh water -
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
In part , Southey 's changed manner reflected his desperate irritation with someone whose procrastinating habits had become unignorable in the cramped spaces of 25 College Street ( Coleridge admitted to Southey that ‘ you sate down and wrote — I used to saunter about and think what I should write’ ) . But more important were Southey 's fundamental doubts concerning the likely success of Pantisocracy in any form . Coleridge remembered with bewilderment the occasions of some more memorable disagreements on the subject : during a strawberry party at Long Ashton ; crossing the bridge below Bristol High Street after visiting the Fricker family ; on a two - day excursion to Chepstow and Tintern with Joseph Cottle , Edith and Sara , during which , with poetical appropriateness , they all got lost in pitch darkness above Tintern Abbey and Southey ‘ marched on like a pillar of strength , with a lady pressing on each arm’ . The final breach grew from Southey 's good fortune in being offered an annuity of £ 160 during the summer of 1795 . Thereupon Southey announced that , Pantisocrat or no , his private resources were his own , and that on the Welsh farm each person should manage his own affairs .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed , Tokyo ~ University economist Fumio ~ Hayashi has demonstrated that the main reason behind Japan ’s 20 years of stagnation has been the decrease in the quantity of work performed by the Japanese . The government itself has led the way here , starting with its decision to close public administration buildings on Saturdays . Japan ’s banks followed suit . From 1988 to 1993 , the legal work week fell 10 % , from 44 hours to 40 . This , as much as anything , helped to bring Japan ’s long - running post - WWII economic “ miracle ” to its knees .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Such a test much be wide enough to safeguard public morality , yet narrow enough not to encroach on private taste or conscience . It must balance the claims of freedom and responsibility . The current British test meets all those requirements , but if clarification is needed , then the following is an attempt to interpret the test in the light of practical experience in applying it to films and video recordings . It draws on the form of words suggested by the Williams Committee for their scheme of prohibition , and the purpose is simply to redefine the essence of the deprave - and - corrupt approach for those for whom the old form of words seems too far removed from the values and habits of today : The exhibition or supply of any film , video or sound recording or any other publication shall be prohibited by law if the manner in which it depicts or describes violence or sexual activity or crime is such as , when taken as a whole , to encourage the imitation or toleration of behaviour which is seriously harmful to society by a significant proportion of those who are likely , having regard to all the relevant circumstances , to read , see , or hear the matter contained or embodied in it .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Moreover , if banks wish to attract more borrowers , they might well consider how they can soften the rather forbidding image which we found they have for so many people . The Payment of Wages Act allows employers to make it a condition of employment that new employees should be paid through a bank , but prohibits them from doing this with existing employees ( though of course individual existing employees can agree voluntarily to accept bank - account payment ) . If a number of employees insist on cash payment , an employer can not simply scrap his old cash - payment system , and so gains far less from instituting bank payment than if he can simply switch to bank payment as the general rule . So the insistence of some employees on cash payment tends to slow down the trend to cheque or transfer payment , and therefore to that wider use of bank accounts which we see as bringing considerable advantages to consumers in money management and cheaper credit availability . There are of course some real disadvantages in the switch from weekly to monthly pay , and the switch from cash to a bank account which tends to accompany this .
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
And also like Braid he had won the Open Championship four times by 1908 but he was to win twice more in 1911 and 1914 . This achievement of six wins is still unbeaten . Rowland Jones , from Wimbledon Park Golf Club , was a promising golfer but never made the grade in comparison with the Great Triumvirate of Vardon , Braid and Taylor . The celebration started with the Club 's President , Valentine Fleming , driving himself in , after which the match commenced . The Standard 's report on the course opening ( May 16th , 1908 ) concentrated on every detail of the combatants ' 36 holes .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
A family of brothers , fathers and uncles on the front table took an instant dislike to me and , slamming their pints on the table , sat back with arms crossed and regarded me in stony - faced silence . The mood spread backward , rolling down the room like a tidal wave of hostility , the sound of slamming beer mugs following in its wake . In the silence that followed I could hear the beer pumps hissing behind the bar at the back of the room . ' That 's enough , lass , ' said the chairman from his microphoned pulpit beside the stage and drew the curtains on me . I stepped through them , anger replacing fear and humiliation .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
Companies justify the cost in employee time in terms of improved public relations and eventually recruiting a better trained work force . National and local competitions There are a great number of competitions aimed at schools ranging from major awards for curriculum quality and innovation to colouring in photocopied drawings for a five pound prize from the garage down the road . Often the prizes can run to several hundred pounds ' worth of equipment for the school plus valuable cash prizes for children . Some competitions yield better results than others , particularly worthwhile are environmental projects and also some of the prestigious art competitions .
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: no)
' Oh ! ' He could see it now … the softest light in the room beneath . Carefully , oh so softly , the old man and the boy folded to their knees . ' It 's them … mating like dogs . ' Luther chuckled , an ugly sound .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
HOMES TO ‘ PLUNGE BY 15%’ IAN MILLER /DAVID BRADSHAW HOMES will fall another 15 per cent in value before they hit rock bottom , an influential City report has predicted . It warns that unless the Government changes policy , the housing slump will continue until 1994 — with the South continuing to be worst hit . The shock report from City bank Morgan Grenfell says 1.5 million borrowers now owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
At the moment that uncouth fellow is taking up quite a lot of space in all the artist 's new works .
Idiom: kicking and screaming (used idiomatically: yes)
Well both are awkward , I said , but I will stand a light spanking if I can come home with you after . Er never you mind the children , she said , you go home , I 'll take charge of him . And she got hold of me in her arms and carried me kicking and screaming into the school . And I was very upset for the first day , then I started settling down . And I would n't leave her side .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
The chief inspectors would be responsible for the curriculum in all schools . As well as supposedly advising the Secretary of State on policy and standards , they would take on the responsibilities of the Secretary of State , the local education authorities , the governors , the heads and the senior management of schools . For good measure , it appears that the inspector is meant also to advise in respect of a number of other matters , including resources . I was interested that the hon . Member for Leeds , Central said nothing about the importance of separating inspection from advice . I recommend to him a good paragraph in ' Raising the Standard':'We propose that every LEA should be placed under a legal duty to maintain a local inspectorate of schools , separate from any team of advisers or advisory teachers . '
Idiom: cut loose (used idiomatically: no)
Jed walked to the door of the warehouse . He stared up into the sky , his vision pulsing . The stars floated free like buoys cut loose on a dark sea . No markings any more , no guidelines . Adrift .
Idiom: teething troubles (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I 've got a big lion,’ Anna announces . Then she insists on showing me a toy that ‘ goes off pop!’ For Christine , a nursery school teacher living near Manchester , now that most the ‘ teething troubles’ with Anna are over , there is only one sadness : that she did not bring back a second child . ‘ When I look at Anna , I am reminded that , in just that one orphanage , there are still all those beautiful children with so much wasted potential.’ But to bring back even one infant was struggle enough .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
After we had asked ourselves all these questions , it was clear to us that developing the show and selling it had to go hand in hand .
Idiom: touch a nerve (used idiomatically: yes)
He was a man who had started out in his career simple and full of hope , but his life had been so marked by violent and terrible happenings that his character was now seamed and rocky like a mountain face which had been opened up by movements of the earth , then partly sealed by lava flows . He was healed , but underneath there were still one or two bruised nerves . The death of Phyllis Henley touched these nerves into life . One thing , however , was very clear : if the murder of Phyllis Henley was connected with the death of the Pitts , as it surely was , then neither Terry Place nor Edward Pitt nor Nona Pitt were guilty . He must look for his killer elsewhere .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
He records : … the festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread was only two days off ( Mark 14:1 ) . ( Luke and Matthew : Luke , who does not follow Mark 's timing to the letter , merely says that the two festivals were drawing near ( Luke 22:1 ) . Matthew follows Mark with regard to the timing but omits the reference to the festival of Unleavened Bread . ) FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
She wanted to dine with him , of course she did — but that was just the trouble . It was because she knew that before the month was out she would have said a permanent goodbye to him that she was greedy to spend as much time with him as she could now . But her acknowledgement of her feelings for him was still new , and even while wanting to be with him she felt nervous , terrified that by some small look or too - ready smile she might give away her feelings — that she did n't want to say that goodbye — and that to do so would break her heart . There was about a minute to go before she should pin a friendly , but nothing more , type of smile on her face and leave her room . And that was when her conscience , which because she 'd got something else to think about had stayed quiet , suddenly started to get to her about the way in which she was deceiving the man she loved .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
the nitrate problem , such as the taking out of service of several sources , the development of experimental denitrification processes and advice and publicity to farmers … The UK nevertheless drew attention to the fact that denitrification processes are in an early stage of development and that further research is necessary and that the protection of water sources may take years to have the desired effect … ’ This set the new tone of the UK 's argument : everything possible was being done and therefore any breaches of European law should be disregarded while ‘ things were brought up to scratch’ . Many people found this a strange attitude from a government committed to law and order . Muggers who decided to phase out mugging by 1993 could hardly expect to be let off , yet the UK expected to go on breaking the law with impunity .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
' A woman 's breast , for instance , has that heaving movement which is quite the opposite of voluptuous . ' The men wore leggings which revealed the shape of the calf and made their movements expressive — a distinct gain for an artist out to capture action . Feeling himself very much at a crossroads , he delivered himself of some reflections on the modern times they were living through . Society was increasingly corrupt , he declared , and values had been turned upside down . One had to return to grass roots .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
' Nothing to do with us ' , says the Press Office , ' we were just renting out the space ' . But of course , the public saw the strident banners hung throughout the galleries . The lenders , whose objects were left in embarrassing limbo when the show made museum history and went bankrupt a month early , may have asked themselves whether they would have been prepared to lend had it not been held at the V&A , and , in fact , it was the V&A which was left with the unbudgeted task of getting the exhibits back to the owners . So the commercial managers of the museum , who hoped this show would be a money - spinner , are wrong : this exhibition has everything to do with the V&A , its good name , its morale , its duty to the public — and its money . What happened ?
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
A second , of even greater significance , was closely associated with it . To its increased range , scholarship added new " scientific " method . Techniques that went back to the age of Aristotle and the scholars of Alexandria were married to contemporary nations , among then the idea , conceived in the time of Leibnitz , of a historiography based on the study of original documents ; and the marriage bore fruit . The ancient world , its texts and its history , were submitted to critical analysis with an unprecedented thoroughness , sense of system and concern for evidence that was , in intention at least , dispassionate and ( in spirit of Kant 's moral and aesthetic philosophy ) disinterested . Learning was superseded by research ; and if the work was pursued with the enthusiasm of a Winckelmann , that enthusiasm was not allowed to affect the outcome of the pursuit itself .
Idiom: been there, done that (used idiomatically: no)
This seems to me to illustrate what I would call the ‘ Breakthrough Phenomenon ’ : the sudden discovery that something which has been assumed to be out of the question is not out of the question at all . Unless my recollection is at fault , it seems to be that two generations ago it was accepted in our society that we did not use firearms . There was no more objective reason why firearms should not have been used in burglaries and bank hold-ups thirty or sixty years ago than today ; but it ‘ was n't done ’ — until it was discovered that it was done , that you could do it . There was never any problem in getting hold of the firearms ; but nobody wanted to get hold of them , because it was ‘ not done ’ to use firearms . Then , after a bit , it becomes not something unacceptable , but something accepted or at least something which is demonstrated to be not out of the question .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: no)
Ooh , he was funny though , he was coming like that , and he 's dying for a stroke Well that dog in the Raven was eating peanuts off Barbara , the mother Marsha the other week ! Doing tricks ! He 's a bloody that idiot ! Yeah , and then
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Working on the river bed with a hose attached to a powerful pump , the diver hoovers up gold- bearing alluvium . This is pumped onto the raft to be processed . The alluvium passes down a sluice where particles of gold , because they 're heavier , are retained behind wooden ripples , and up on the carpet that lines the sluice . When the time comes to recover the gold , the ripples are removed and the carpet is shaken . It 's at this stage that mercury comes into the picture .