Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
One of the reasons is clearly the cloying sentimentality with which all things Irish are viewed by so many Americans : DEC after all is a Boston company , and Boston has a large population that traces its roots back to Ireland . How could the company treat its own in such a shabby fashion ? The outrage was piqued further by the fact that the final play - off was between Ireland and Britain , and sentimentality about a mythical Ireland — a sentiment that does no service to the modern industrial state that Ireland is striving to become — goes hand in hand with staunch anti - British feelings . The subtlety that when Irish people express their antipathy to the British , the real target of their hatred is the English , and that Ayr , the rival plant , is actually in Scotland , where a substantial proportion of the population feels just as strongly about the English as do surrogate Irish nationalists , was quite lost on the protesters across the water . From a wider perspective , the restless tides that govern world trade and industry make plant closures as well as new plant openings inevitable and healthy , and only the neanderthals that believe that it is management 's function to provide jobs for life , and the workers ' function to make management 's life as hard as possible would argue otherwise .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: no)
But he 's making the money by selling them as flats . Yeah . The only difference is he 's had a few thousand extra because it 's got two kitchens and two bathrooms . partitions and Yeah true he 's had that yeah extra fittings .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
She heard cicadas thrumming in the olive trees and her stomach wrenched because of the memories that sound conjured up . ' To what end ? ' She turned her head slightly to look him in the face . This would take some courage but something inside her was urging her to be honest . Her fingers in her lap intertwined to power her strength .
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
Oral questioning , by making the students think for themselves and convey their thoughts with precision , can be an effective cure for vagueness and sloppy thinking . Such questions will often generate discussion among the students generally and thus provide a useful means of stimulating their interest . If a student asks a question to which the tutor can not give a satisfactory answer on the spur of the moment , he / she should make no attempt to bluff but frankly admit ignorance , and , possibly with the help of the class , set to work to find out the answer , or else undertake to find the answer for the next class . 8 . Queries
Idiom: dead as a dodo (used idiomatically: yes)
Quite new kinds of research were opened up , so that whereas the static kind of classifying was a rather sterile tradition , Darwinism presented an attractive research programme . Its trouble was that it could lead to just - so stories rather than to information ; it was more provisional than some kinds of science . But even the safest - seeming science is going to be obsolete sooner or later ; obsolete taxonomy , like that of Swainson or Agassiz , is as dead as the dodo , and those who took the risks of Darwinism usually found it interesting and fruitful . Darwinism never received a welcome in France , where in place of Darwin 's historical and probabilistic method the way forward seemed to be in laboratory physiology . Here the models were from chemistry rather than from history ; the idea was to give an account of how the parts of the organism were formed in embryology , and how they functioned in life .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm i it was strange I know , I ca n't explain it logically , it was just we we certainly we felt in the office that we would somehow know if and when it was gon na happen . And that seemed to be a feeling that was er generally shared , well certainly shared by some of the people in the flats . I mean the first couple of days , we spent a lot of time just trying to cool people down and and stop them panicking and er and stop them going over the top . Erm but then there there came an afternoon where y y there were little sort of crocodiles of of of mums with prams you know , dragging the kids behind , with the prams loaded up with their sort of precious possessions , heading out of the area . And if people had relatives living elsewhere , you know , that 's what they did , on this particular afternoon .
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: yes)
Absolutely meaningless , that sort of jargon . Art 's cruel . You can get away with murder with words . But a picture is like a window straight through to your inmost heart . And all you 've done here is build a lot of little windows on to a heart full of other fashionable artists ' paintings .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Apart from a few species of northern waders which regularly spend the winter in the islands , the rest of the birds recorded are wind - blown vagrants from South America . Our second day had been ' earmarked ' fora boat trip out to Volunteer Point to see the king penguins , and as it is an open beach , landing is always subject to wind and sea conditions . However conditions seemed promising in the morning and we set off with lunch packs in our bags and hope in our hearts ! on the two - hour boat run there are always lots of birds to look at , and soon after we left ' the narrows ' of the harbour entrance we were aware of black - browed albatrosses . Gliding ceaselessly on stiffly held wings , they soared and swooped , appearing alternately black or white as they turned their dark backs or their shining white underparts . Their breeding colonies are mainly on headlands or rocky islands off West Falkland .
Idiom: take to the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
With the Outer Isles forming a breakwater against the Atlantic , the Minch is a much less formidable place than some people imagine . With a stout ship and the right sort of clothes to withstand the weather some good cruising can be enjoyed . Summer gales were rarely of long duration in our experience , and if it blew really hard we used to snug down in the lee of one of the many anchorages and take to the hills for a change . There is plenty of scope for walking or climbing in the Outer Isles and on the mainland , and the exercise is often welcome after being in the cramped quarters of a small boat . One of the last cruises I enjoyed on Viking took us south as far as Oban .
Idiom: go native (used idiomatically: yes)
If you look at the amounts of money involved , they are incredibly small : the National Gallery in 1993/94 will receive £ 17.8 million in total . Now if you relate that to other things the government does like , for example , financing a fighter aeroplane , which costs £ 30 million , the sums are so small , one would hope there would be some shift in the allocation of resources towards the museums sector and the arts generally , because they are such extraordinarily important features of British life , not least in commercial terms . The last Minister for the Arts but one , Tim Renton , made a remark to me about the difficulty of speaking up too energetically for the arts sector in the House of Commons , for fear that the other MPs would say , ‘ Ah , poor chap , he 's gone native’ . Do you think that there is even a sort of ‘ them and us’ attitude , a feeling that the arts world is an ever open maw that cries out for endless sums of money and that the proper business of government is to resist ? I think there is some truth in that , all the more so , I 'm afraid , at a time when Britain is borrowing more than £ 50 billion a year , and there 's a resistance to any reallocation of resources .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
The Stamford Bridge faithful turned on the keeper and jeered him until after the players had left the pitch . But Beasant said : ‘ I do n't agree with the crowd 's reaction . In the dressing room all the lads said the crowd were out of order . ‘ But this thing is tending to happen at lot at Chelsea . Gareth Hall was an emergency left back and the fans were on his back when he miskicked a ball .
Idiom: pop the question (used idiomatically: yes)
IT WAS an unlikely setting for a marriage proposal . The bride - to - be and her groom were wearing oilskins and there was a Force Four blowing across the Solent . As their 35 ft yacht , the Blue Doublet , bobbed about on the choppy waters , Commander Tim Laurence finally plucked up the courage to pop the question . Princess Anne , who was at the helm of the boat she chose with his help , gazed back and told him simply : ‘ Yes.’ One aide let into the secret of the wedding plans said : ‘ All we have been told is that the question was asked on board her new boat .
Idiom: swings and roundabouts (used idiomatically: yes)
Sorry , just one other point on W O P there , I may have got it wrong , did you say earlier on that er , that if you get H I V , so the W O P benefit is n't payable , what about the al , did we say the allocation of W O P will still continue ? yes , you do n't , er , once it 's established it 's not changed at all throughout the plan , so if you , if you get H I V , and you ca n't have W O P , it 's just tough I 'm afraid . But on the other hand if you , if get serious illness and , and W O P benefit comes into effect , you 've got a load of benefit from it so it 's swings and roundabouts , on that then . Ah , so you can still get the W O P benefits from , it 's the same as the thing earlier on ? It does n't mean that the W O P is cancelled all together , when
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: no)
It is inflated by the feeling that it should be large enough to " vindicate " plaintiffs by showing the world that their names deserve respect , and perhaps even larger to " console " them for the insult and injury of having their names taken in vain by circulation - grabbing newspapers . A refusal to correct or apologise for an obvious mistake will enlarge the damages , as will the seriousness of the libel and the degree to which it is repeated . By the same token , the promptness of the apology , the honesty of the mistake , and pre - existing flaws in the plaintiff 's reputation , are matters which go to reduce the final sum . Where journalists who give evidence in libel cases do not answer questions which identify their source of information , the Court of Appeal has recently held that they are in peril of suffering much heavier damages if they lose the case . The extent of circulation and the prominence given to defamatory remarks are factors which will influence the final award : a libel in the national press comes more expensive than the same libel in a small local newspaper .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
The sleeve for the hemiplegic arm is gathered together , and the unaffected hand goes into it from the cuff , in order to draw the hemiplegic hand into the sleeve up to the wrist . The sleeve is straightened out up the arm with gentle stroking movements by the unaffected hand . To hold the sleeve up , the patient may take the collar between his teeth while he reaches behind his neck to bring the shirt behind his back . Alternatively , he might spread the front of the shirt across his body to stop it from slipping down his arm . Leaning forwards , the patient then slides his unaffected arm into the second sleeve .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
Computers , he believes , are far from ideal as conceptual tools in the early design process , but their dazzling versatility has become a design force in its own right . ‘ All kinds of typographical fireworks are now made possible by computers and that has generated its own trend : if this or that trick can be done , then it soon becomes fashionable to go ahead and do it . For a highly fashion - conscious teenage magazine , perhaps , it becomes the norm to have the type dancing about all over the place , with grotesque or perversely distorted images perceived as ‘ up - to - date’ and a more sober or considered treatment considered as old - fashioned as flared trousers and kipper ties.’ Here Edwards pauses momentarily . ‘ Or are those back ‘ in’ now?’he asks .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
I was hoping you 'd show me.’ She stood back and peeled off the shirt with a nonchalance only a trifle marred when a button caught in her hair . The air left Penry 's lungs with an audible hiss as he helped disentangle her , his square white teeth biting into his lower lip when she stood naked in front of him , hands behind her back as she eyed him diffidently . ‘ I suppose bodies are pretty everyday things to a doctor —’ He caught her in his arms , swinging her high against his chest , his mouth seeking hers .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
It will hardly ever be the case that the Soloist can not trump when not able to follow suit .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
The hon . Gentleman came in just five minutes ago . I stood up for six questions , not least for question No . 3 , in which I have a constituency interest . In the light of the by - election result in Scotland and the fact that we have an opportunity only once a month to put our constituency interests , I appeal to you not to hear frivolous comments from Conservative Members but only real issues that concern Scottish Members of Parliament . Several Hon . Members rose Mr. Speaker
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
It remained in the possession of the Stewarts until the reign of James V , in the first half of the 16th century , and is likely to have been used occasionally by the royal family when they were visiting Ayrshire . When it was about 400 years old , it was sold to a branch of the Wallaces of Craigie Castle . It changed hands again several times but its subsequent history is of no consequence to this narrative . The Stewarts reigned for 333 years , through 7 Scottish kings , a queen ( Mary Queen of Scots ) , and 7 monarchs of Great Britain , making theirs the longest monarchical dynasty ever to rule in these islands . In addition , two 18th century heirs who had legitimate claims to the throne , but are now known as the Old and Young Pretenders , were both of the House of Stewart .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
Jules had already disappeared indoors and Alain merely matched his pace to hers . Maybe he was giving her time to look around , but now she did n't want to . The old bitterness was back with a vengeance and she kept her face averted . He suddenly muttered in exasperation and took her arm , making short work of the steps . ‘ Ciel !
Idiom: cross the Rubicon (used idiomatically: yes)
Pay , the right of association , the right to strike or the right to impose lockouts were not covered by the social agreement . The German Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl declared at the summit : " What we are doing now is irrevocable . On the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon . There is no going back . " Italian Foreign Minister Gianni De Michelis described the union treaty as a " victory for Europe " and " the most significant change in Europe since the adoption of the Treaty of Rome " ( establishing the European Economic Community in 1957 ) .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Working closely with the trade Thomas believes that it is also vital to work closely with the trade . ' We have never believed strongly in doing consumer advertising for the sake of it — PR and advertising have to go hand in hand . That was one of the reasons why , when we set up Headline , I called myself sales and publicity director , as opposed to marketing director , because I wanted to make it perfectly clear that we were a combined department . I believe in running a department where sales and publicity people are talking to each other all the time .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We can put this afternoon in the ‘ of no consequence’ category , too,’Ashley declared brightly . He opened his mouth as though he was about to say something , but then he closed it again . While he might have dismissed her , Vitor appeared to find it disconcerting that she should turn the tables and dismiss him . But , of course , it would not happen too often , she thought astringently . ‘ You 're saying we should forget it?’ he enquired .
Idiom: up to no good (used idiomatically: yes)
P G Wodehouse asked , ‘ Has anyone seen a drama critic in the day - time ? Of course not . They come out after dark , up to no good.’ But I am bound to agree with Kenneth Tynan who wrote this definition of a critic : ‘ A man who knows the way but ca n't drive the car.’ The Guinness book of theatre quotes , which costs £ 7.99 , is compiled by Michele Brown who readily agrees that actors and authors are every bit as cruel about actors as critics , viz Richard Burton talking about his wife Liz Taylor : ‘ She has a double chin , her legs are too short and she has a pot belly.’
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
The categories are in the most disgraceful confusion . You have fastened two buttons too many , my muff box is in my right - hand pocket ; my entire system is in ruins .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
But they are willing quite willing apparently to give and receive pets as presents and millions of them end up getting abused neglected and destroyed . Every year we see that doleful little puppy on the television screen and every year thousands of people give pets for Christmas . The R S P C A have to pick up the pieces and they 've launched a campaign to try and stop it and joining me now is Alan . Is this Alan Oritt , Alan ? Correct yeah .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's fine . Perhaps you do . That 's fine too , as long as you bear in mind that moderation is the key to staying healthy . Think of a pint of beer , or two glasses of wine , as the maximum for one day , rather than the minimum . Drink more than this and you run the risk of developing high blood pressure , which in turn can lead to heart attack or stroke .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
The DEA had already expressed an interest in getting him back there , he said . If Coleman was willing , he was ready to second him to Hurley to protect the security of DIA 's mission in the Middle East . While working on the DEA / CIA operation Hurley had mentioned , Coleman could keep tabs on DEA 's Cyprus station and provide ‘ back channel’ reports on what it was up to . The Colemans were willing . During the first week of December 1986 , Donleavy came down to the Windfrey hotel at River Chase , Alabama , just south of Birmingham , for the first of several briefing sessions .
Idiom: one of those days (used idiomatically: no)
He had just sat down in front of the television , beer in one hand , chicken leg in the other , feet on the coffee table , and Sportsnight just started . He shook his head , smiling ironically , then took a quick swig from the can , before turning down the volume of the TV and picking up the phone . It had been one of those days when everything had gone wrong : the stake - out at the Saudi Embassy had produced exactly nothing ; a false alarm , and after six , agonisingly boring hours , Cowley had called through the most welcome of messages : Go home lads . Get some sleep . The first time in weeks that Doyle had had the chance to lazily watch a football match , and almost immediately the phone goes .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
For 12 years the Mellor family enjoyed holidays at Jim 's seaside home with the builder and his wife . But Jim says his firm had to settle for less than they expected over work on the Minister 's home in Putney , south - west London . And that left them £ 15,000 out of pocket . Jim , 70 , was forced into retirement after his business collapsed . He said : ‘ We lost our friendship .
Idiom: turn the other cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
If someone slaps your left cheek then you slap his right , only harder . Anyway , I do know they hung Him up on the cross so it did n't do Him a lot of good . That 's what turning the other cheek does for you.’ He said : ‘ I 've got a Bible here somewhere . You could read about Him if you wanted to .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
He 'll probably go straight back down ! Thanks a bunch ! He 's still got ta go all the way round the next one . Yep ! Well it do n't matter anyway !
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
The government has a fifty billion pound deficit and so taxation must be increased in the short term . Voice over But that 's an argument which those in the book business believe simply does n't hold water . I / view Simon Wratten Male speaker
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
So in the context of thirty four workers per hectare as against forty three , Mhm . doing a rough rule of thumb , and that could increase for example for example the Harrogate provision by a third could n't it ? Erm Cos there 's about a twenty five percent in workers per hectare , which actually would lead to about a third a third increase in the provision .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Must have been green . Something in green . This was , at the end of the day when we finally Oh ! sat down and said
Idiom: no dice (used idiomatically: no)
Why swell'st thou then ? One short sleep past , we wake eternally , And Death shall be no more : Death , thou shalt die ! It is a wonderful comfort to know that Jesus has entered into our dying and will deliver us from it . Fear of dying still grips our hearts .
Idiom: pick up the tab (used idiomatically: yes)
The feelings of the copyright libraries when they hear these words is best summed up by Bodley 's Librarian himself : The sort of ‘ asset - stripping’ advocated by David Liddle is neither desirable nor possible for me . Mine is one of those libraries which picks up the tab … Unfortunately the single - copy fallacy , the idea that it is enough that there should be one copy of any book in existence , does have support even within the British Library itself . Lord Quinton remarked at the Loughborough seminar :
Idiom: famous last words (used idiomatically: yes)
and I said you 'll have to fit it together again and she said I ca n't they were all identical squares with squiggles on oh what a Put together yeah do n't worry John I feel fine famous last words I think it was just a bug and I think it was caused by There seems to be an awful lot of people in this staff room today
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them.’ Single parents are likely to find the experience even more traumatic . It may be the first time that they have had to live alone and that a whole new way of life has to be taken on board at a time when they are emotionally upset and feeling the sadness of being parted from their son or daughter . A psychiatrist emphasized the importance of preparing for the emotion of loss and recognizing it when it comes . He described one woman who kept saying , ‘ I ca n't wait for my second one to leave home,’ but was actually denying the sadness she felt .
Idiom: go round in circles (used idiomatically: yes)
On average in a meeting , seeking clarification and giving clarification amount to 44 per cent of all the spoken behaviours . On average in a meeting there are two answers to every question ( the actual figures are 15 per cent for seeking clarification and 29 per cent for giving clarification ) . It is easy to see , therefore , how going round in circles is not a vicious circle , but a circle nonetheless . The reason why people prolong the information loop is because it is a relatively ‘ safe’ way to pass the time . Exchanging information is not as risky as sticking your neck out by suggesting an idea , so people tend to prolong information - swopping and postpone idea - having .