Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: pour cold water on (used idiomatically: no)
Even with the best will in the world , we could not do it . With this caveat , he endorsed the Fifth Army proposal for resuming the offensive on the Right Bank . Then , in a remarkable display of vacillation , he proceeded to pour cold water on Knobelsdorf 's assertion that ‘ the fate of the French Army will be decided at Verdun’ though this had been the very foundation of his own Memorandum of less than four months earlier . As soon as it becomes clear that the new attacks would not achieve their objectives within a reasonable period , then we must abandon them and ‘ seek a decision elsewhere’ said Falkenhayn half - heartedly , adding : Our chances of ending the war quickly would certainly be greatly increased if the battle were won ; but if we failed to win it , even after what had already been achieved , our victory would merely be postponed and not rendered impossible , especially if we resolved in good time not to persist with our useless efforts at Verdun , but to take the initiative of attack elsewhere .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
FINAGHY Murder appeal POLICE have issued a new appeal for information about the murder of Michael Edwards . Mr Edwards was killed by UFF gunmen while he lay in bed with his wife at their home in Finaghy Park Central last Friday . Last night police staged a reconstruction of the incident . They are appealing for anyone who saw anything unusual in the area between 9 pm last Thursday night and 12.30am the following morning to contact them .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
She told him once and for all that she would not go to the movies with him .
Idiom: cut no ice (used idiomatically: yes)
I must stop this , she thought , Conrad 's getting drunk : I must be careful for him . He has taken against Demian . Wobbly limbs cut no ice with him . What a metaphor . I 'm tight .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
There was the pretty girl from the village shop wearing an emerald - green dress more suited to a wedding . Exotic scent mingled with the more religious smells of incense , furniture polish and veneration . Putting paid to Daisy 's hour of peace were also hoards of children clambering over pews , chasing each other down the aisles , punching their mothers , and having to be repeatedly hushed for talking . Not children used to being brought to church , thought Daisy . Then she realized she 'd forgotten to kneel down when she came in , and blushing , sank to her knees .
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
But Jane , the Imp Sixer , added quickly : ‘ But it does n't matter — she runs quite fast when she does start.’ Jane was a kindhearted and helpful Sixer , but Christine was inclined to grumble about Sarah . She herself was keen and alert and quick off the mark , and she became cross when Sarah 's slow and dreamy ways lost thee Imps points in team games . Sarah knew she was slow , and she tried hard to grasp things more quickly and to keep her mind on the task or game in hand , but she did n't always succeed . She was long - legged and rather awkward and did n't do things quickly even when she got started !
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
They had to defend the welfare state . At the same time they wished to protect and even advance British influence abroad . Churchill hoped to make a start towards the reconciliation of these objectives with an already over - burdened economy by making cuts to the defence programme he had inherited from Labour . The desire for defence economies also increased his desire to see a relaxation in East – West tensions . But on neither count could he expect a very sympathetic hearing in Washington .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
They should be crowded together . Cook the dumplings over a medium heat until they are lightly browned underneath . Pour in the very hot water , cover tightly and cook vigorously for 2 minutes . Turn down the heat to a simmer and continue to cook for another 8–10 minutes or until most of the water has evaporated . Uncover the pan and continue cooking until all the moisture has evaporated ; the pan should also be sizzling again and the dumplings golden brown and crisp underneath .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: no)
Thus the education of a king 's son was supposed to include learning to sleep in a hard or badly made bed to prepare him for the rigours of a life of non - stop , and sometimes unexpected , movement . With the whole of the Angevin Empire to govern Henry Ii had to travel further and faster than most ruling princes . Despite the rumour that he could fly , all this really meant for Henry was that he was in the saddle so much that he suffered from sore legs . In these circumstances it was inevitable that for Richard and his brothers and sisters their father was a distant figure , always in a hurry . It seems likely that as small children they stayed in the relative security of England while Henry spent most of his time abroad , immersed in what was always to be the central concern of his life , governing his continental dominions .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: no)
The forecast is based on assumptions of variable temperature rises across the region during the next 50 years , from around 1.1 to 4.2 degrees centigrade . Rainfall is likely to increase locally , as a result of higher levels of evaporation and transpiration , with sea level rises averaging around one metre . Among the immediate consequences will be : * seawater flooding of low - lying rice , shrimp and fish farms along coastlines ; * the flooding of large sections of Bangkok , the Malacca coast and western Johor in Malaysia , and much of the heavily - populated northern coast of Java ; * the destruction of many mangrove swamps and salt - water marshes , and the permanent flooding of river deltas . Crop yields would fall as a result of shorter growing periods , and reduced solar radiation due to heavier cloud cover . Although the increase in rainfall would aid irrigation , it would add to the problems of soil erosion and nutrient leaching .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: no)
Guy was greedy , amoral , obsessed with power and self - gratification . She 'd known the kind of man he was . Even if she had n't , the warnings had been there all along , right from his cavalier mockery in St Lucia , the first moment he saw her . He 'd lied about Tara , lied about Nicola Schreider … assured her she was n't his type then pursued her with consummate skill until his ego was satisfied that she was ripe for seduction … She was n't sure if she groaned out loud , but the middle - aged lady in the opposite seat gave her a worried glance before ducking quickly back into her magazine .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
It will then be important to gather information on local dietary and agricultural practices and beliefs to assess the feasibility of improving the production , storage , and consumption of local vitamin - A - rich foods , the introduction of new foods , or fortification of a locally consumed food . Other potential strategies include the provision of vitamin A supplements to at - risk groups . Although likely to be the least cost - effective strategy for the improvement of vitamin A status in the long term , even this approach is a highly cost - effective child survival intervention . The Ghana Vitamin A Supplementation Trials ( VAST ) were a collaborative research project between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the School of Medical Sciences of the University of Science and Technology , Kumasi , Ghana , with support from the Ministry of Health of Ghana . The project was funded by the Health and Population Division of the UK Overseas Development Administration .
Idiom: by a long shot (used idiomatically: yes)
" Are scientists close to cloning a human ~ being ? " " Not by a long shot . "
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
He realised with a shock that he was nervous — as nervous as a randy adolescent on a hot date — and likely to be about as subtle ! Damn . He fished a cigarette out of his pocket and flicked the lighter . The end glowed in the twilight . She was watching him .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
The sky was gloomy , and the shortest streets were choked up with a dingy mist , half thawed , half frozen , whose heavier particles descended in shower of sooty atoms , as if all the chimneys in Great ~ Britain had , by one consent , caught fire , and were blazing away to their dear hearts ' content .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
It had , however , been the only one that Rory had been able to lay hold of , and at first he had been proud of it . ‘ English popgun,’ said Mallachy , morosely . He held his hand out for it , but Rory hesitated . ‘ We could push it through the letter - hole and pull the trigger . No one would get hurt.’
Idiom: sink or swim (used idiomatically: yes)
CONJUGAL / MATERNAL He was in The Hague : he had done it . Now it was sink or swim . The rupture with his father would never be absolute , and even now , after a dreadful parting scene , the old man had apparently offered to lend his son money . Perhaps Vincent 's mother had put pressure on him , or perhaps he had his own reasons for softening the blow .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
Nigel Twiston-Davies anticipates a bold show from Tipping Tim , but Cool Ground and Miinnehoma , both beaten at Ascot on Saturday , are unlikely to run . Ladbrokes bet : 4-5 The Fellow , 5-1 Bradbury Star , 8-1 Docklands Express , 10-1 Deep Sensation , Kings Fountain , 14-1 Tipping Tim , Pat 's Jester . Rix on a roll RACING Editor Henry Rix hit the target again on Saturday with yet another winning nap . His best bet of the day , impressive Lingfield winner Carlowitz ( 5-1 ) , coupled with next best El Volador ( 11-8 ) rewarded followers at odds of over 13-1 .
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
A pleasing picture and the type of challenge that Willie , for one , would be happy to tackle again . ‘ There was a lot of tricky brickwork to complete,’ he says . ‘ But the skills of our workforce won the day — and the prize at the end of it.’ They 're ringing in the changes at British Telecom 's new residential training centre in Milton Keynes . Wimpey Construction UK , Eastern has just completed the £ 25 million centre , the largest building project to be completed in Milton Keynes in the last years .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You 're early,’ he said . ‘ I hardly expected you before midnight.’ ‘ The Faskally boatman brought me across the foot of the loch and I came straight over the hill to the Brig of Grandtully.’ ‘ So he is friendly?’ ‘ They are all friendly on that side.’
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
One of them even took off to perch indignantly on a rooftop a good sixty yards away . Despite our strong protestations , this was to be the pattern of " flight or slaughter " for the whole journey . Human pedestrians faced the same treatment , but knowing the rules they were quicker off the mark . It was even more frightening when we reached the cooler highlands , where at night people would huddle on the road for warmth , barely visible and apparently asleep , yet able to leap dexterously out of our path at the last moment . Narrow and deeply potholed , the road coiled without any protective barriers next to vertiginous drops to the valleys below .
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: yes)
' Mores ? What mores ? ' ' If you 're — uh — gay , as they insist on calling it these days , then I 'll just have to accept it , but I shall always blame myself , always wonder where I went wrong with you , wonder whether it was that school I sent you to , I was never sure if it was a mistake or ' ' MOTHER ! ' ' What ? '
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He 's fixed it.’ Owen nodded . ‘ Well,’ said Mahmoud , ‘ it was always on the cards . He 's a member of the Royal Family . They would n't want to go too close to the Khedive .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Year round the hedgerows produce constant flashes as Yellowhammers flit in and out . Her the narrow lanes are most pleasant for cycling , horseriding or even driving out in a pony trap for there is so little traffic and so much nature to be observed . A commanding view of practically the whole of the marshlands between the wolds and the North Sea can be had from a spot near the hamlet of Muckton , on the edge of the wolds . Old Lincolnshire folk claim that in the 1920 's one could stand at this point and see no less than sixteen windmills noiselessly at work . Windmills
Idiom: grease someone's palm (used idiomatically: yes)
Unfortunately , you wo n't get anything done in that office unless you grease someone 's palm .
Idiom: from the word go (used idiomatically: yes)
Combined everything except bedroom , there was one separate bedroom Only one bedroom ? Yes erm , it was very obvious from the word go that they did n't want us . It was for a single person really was n't it there ? Well I would of thought so , although today it must be admitted that single people , do n't get offered one bedroom flats , but then in those days there was n't the shortage of accommodation that there is today
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
The future of our company is at stake . We have been heavily in the red for the last couple of years .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
It empties the pocket and I thought the car keys were in there , my car keys . Oh . And erm thrown , thrown them away , out of my pocket ! And I did n't think of looking there ! Had my car keys in there .
Idiom: take it or leave it (used idiomatically: no)
The novel at times resembles a rambling monologue in which the narrator sometimes performs disconcerting antics , sometimes speculates about the theoretical nature of fiction . Even more than Sukenick 's , Raymond Federman 's novels repeatedly blur the boundaries between criticism and fiction . Federman 's later novel Take It Or Leave It ( 1976 ) appears to be even less orderly than its predecessor . Like Burroughs ' Naked Lunch , it carries a directive that the sections can be read in any order but , unlike B. S. Johnson 's The Unfortunates , it is not presented as a boxed set . Although pagination has been excluded , the novel is nevertheless bound in a fixed order .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
To understand why it should have attracted Nietzsche so strongly at this time , we must turn to the background of his academic specialization , and his great love for Greece . Nietzsche 's school , Pforta , had its impressive classical tradition , but his own decision to specialize in classics did not come early or easily . In 1859 the self - conscious schoolboy had written that the most important rule of school life should be"to educate oneself equally in all sciences , arts , faculties and ensure that body and mind go hand in hand . One should guard against specializing in one 's studies " ; and in himself he noted " an extraordinary craving for knowledge and universal culture " — something like an instinct for " wholeness"was clearly , if naively , operative . Soon , however , restlessness and some undefined ambition began to be apparent .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
Until the end of the month a selection of them spanning a forty - year period may be seen at Matthew Marks . Kelly also has two shows of brand new work on the boards these days : one , of paintings at Blum Helman from 11 November to 2 January , and another at Castelli from 21 November to 19 December in which he abandons the wall in favour of a large piece meant to be looked down upon and circumambulated . Previous floor paintings , done in Europe , were in black and white but the one for New York is in colour . Painting the figure , of course , continues apace , practiced by those who have devoted lifetimes to it and by those who are only beginning . Philip Pearlstein can be seen in the new Hirschl & Adler space in SoHo from 7 November to 5 December , Eric Fischl at the newly - configured Mary Boone gallery from 7 November to 19 December and Volker Stelzmann , who matured as an artist in East Germany , shows ‘ Berlin Today’ a series of twenty - five paintings in the spacious new quarters of the Forum Gallery .
Idiom: call a spade a spade (used idiomatically: yes)
There is no space to go into detail about the ding - dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed . One depressing surprise , though , was afforded me by a report on neighbourhood shopping centres . Many of us have the idea of Australians , above all , being people who call a spade a spade . But town planning and sociology in Australia evidently produce the same junk - words as they do elsewhere . ‘ There was no change in the number of establishments devoted to the sale of comparison goods’ , for example .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
Figure 1 Figure 2 Credit marketing at the crossroads Richard Webber looks at how increased sophistication will improve credit marketing while reducing badly targeted junk mail From time to time one feels that an industry is approaching a critical point , one at which the pursuit of future success requires quite a significant reorganisation of existing thought patterns .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
He simply puts his head down and keeps on scoring goals — lots of them . Just ask Antrim , Offaly and Wexford . All have found to their cost that on his game there 's simply no stopping the hurling genius . Reflecting on the rise and rise of Kilkenny hurling he said : ‘ We struggled the whole way through 1991 , yet reached an All Ireland final . ‘ Twelve months ago we came on leaps and bounds , and surprised even ourselves by winning the All Ireland .
Idiom: sail close to the wind (used idiomatically: yes)
I dare say the slippery bastard had a good reason . He left a fair old mess behind him , by the way , when he disappeared . He 'd been sailing close to the wind for years and everything was just about to blow up in his face.’ Tom reached for the newspaper , turning it towards him . He scanned the print , seeing that it echoed more or less exactly the story Swansborough had just told him , then turned his attention to the photograph alongside — three people , obviously dressed for leisure .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
Jesus , for an alleged hammerman to get married once is a crushing admission of defeat . To go out and do it again , and then wheel the goodamn babes out for the inspection of the nation is beyond comprehension . Mind you , Sam Snort never placed rugger buggers very high on the pecking order where horizontal jogging is concerned . These poltroons seems to think that it 's a big deal to hoist a few pints of Smithwicks after an afternoon spent with their heads stuck up some geezer 's back passes . Jesus , what a bummer .
Idiom: take up the gauntlet (used idiomatically: yes)
( One also has to recall Joffre 's preoccupation during the six months preceding the German attack with the establishment of a line - of - withdrawal behind Verdun , on the Left Bank . ) So there seems little doubt that the vital decision was de Castelnau 's , and his alone . The little cavalryman , embodiment of all the ancient martial instincts and panache of the race , had taken up the German gauntlet . France had done exactly what Falkenhayn had expected ( and hoped ) she would do . At least in his judgment of French national psychology , Falkenhayn 's appreciation had been accurate .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
We would continue to enhance System 7 even if Taligent were a sure bet,’ said Chris Espinosa , Taligent business manager at the Apple Developer Group . Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . The Taligent offering is a 32-bit operating environment being built from scratch around a new object model . The full - blown Taligent operating system is not due until mid-1995 or later . ‘ Taligent wo n't replace 32-bit operating systems until the end of the decade,’ said Richard Guarino , IBM 's assistant general manager , strategic development .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
Poverty , the colour - bar , the English ( oh god the English ) , the rich , and a whole lot of Coloured Bores as well … Everyone sits on verandahs endlessly and drinks.’ He wrote , sitting beside a swimming pool , with a rum and ginger to hand , whilst Ricky lay in bed with a hangover . ‘ Our hotel is 2 minutes walk from a nightclub called the Glass Bucket — I am not sure this is a v. good idea . But there — its done now.’
Idiom: lame duck (used idiomatically: yes)
That is no concern of yours : you already own the assets which Anglo - Welsh want so much . Anglo - Welsh claim that their offer is ‘ extremely generous’ . However , they know that your Company is not a lame duck , but widely described as one of the best managed in the industry . They are perfectly well aware that we have a unique portfolio for profitable growth : a portfolio of opportunities carefully and successfully identified by Palatine 's own management over the past two years . What they are trying to buy are assets which can best be developed by Palatine itself , including some which can only be developed by Palatine as an independent brewery .
Idiom: look on the bright side (used idiomatically: yes)
' Everyone would think I 'd been messing around ! I 'd like another one , actually , but I ca n't see it happening now . ' ' Look on the bright side . You managed two more than I did . ' ' You 've never been married then ? '
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: yes)
The first solitary bomb fell in the Orkneys in October 1939 . If Hunt 's account is correct , his identification of the voice based upon years of listening to Joyce 's street - corner oratory , then the blackest irony of Lord Haw - Haw 's career was to die for such rubbish as this . ' To die for faction is a common evil , ' said one of Joyce 's most - quoted English poets , John Dryden , ' But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil . ' Apart from the destruction of the Channel ports , the greatest amusement of 1939 for English listeners lay in the increasingly desperate claims of the German radio to have sunk the aircraft - carrier Ark Royal , the only modern carrier in the Royal Navy at the outbreak of war . She was indeed torpedoed by a German submarine , but that was two years after the claim that she had been sunk in September 1939 .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: no)
We 'll try that , though , shall we ? Let 's have somebody engaged . erm What about 3485 , remember , off the hook . Alright ? Now , we 'll have Anthea , you can call somebody on 2409 , okay , and ask to speak to Jo .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
The real balance effect . The important difference between Keynesian and neo - classical economics is that in the extreme Keynesian model , wages and prices are assumed to be inflexible ( at least in the downward direction ) whereas in the extreme neo - classical model , wages and prices are assumed to be completely flexible . This means that the Keynesian model may be more relevant in the short run ( in which wages and prices do not have time to adjust to demand and supply changes ) , but that the neo - classical model may be more relevant in the long run ( in which wages and prices do have time to adjust ) . To illustrate the difference between the two schools of thought more clearly , it is useful to derive the aggregate demand ( AD ) curve and the aggregate supply ( AS ) curve . The AD curve