Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: bring up the rear (used idiomatically: yes)
When the nation moved , the three eastern tribes , headed by Judah , led the way . 10:17 gives a slightly difference order for the middle section — Gershonites and Merarites carrying the tabernacle , then Reuben , Simeon and Gad , followed by the Kohathites with the sanctuary . The northern tribes , Dan , Asher and Naphtali bring up the rear . The tribal leaders are the same as those who helped in the census . Ramesses II of Egypt ( Moses ' contemporary ) used this same hollow rectangular formation in his Syrian campaign , so it looks as if Moses was making good use of his earlier Egyptian military training .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
Amongst the others enjoying the retro hustle was Martine Sitbon . Since she has pushed the decade for almost her entire career , one can only wonder what she 'll do now that everyone else has followed suit . Martin Margiela continued with his deconstructed long lean line , this time showing two collections in two separate locations , one in black and the other in white , both lovely and possessing a purity which is integral to his work . Helmut Lang played the same old song too : ugly but beautiful , perfect if you are a model/15 years old / savagely stylish . Jean Collona also slunk through the Seventies and underlined a look that will for at least a year separate the old from the young .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
The mestizo giggled . ' Miguelito goin' get you soon now , leetle dog . ' A mosquito landed on Trent 's nose and bit him . The mud on his lips tasted of rotting vegetation and the stench of it was thick in his nostrils . He inched the rope in .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Deception might be a source of comfort . We might find ourselves warm and contented in a cocoon of untruth . One of the most famous examples concerns the Great Depression – an epoch that policymakers frequently drew upon in trying to come to terms with the post-2007 financial crisis . Many countries in the early 1930s had terrible bank runs , which inflicted immense and immediate damage , decimating employment by bringing down businesses that were fundamentally creditworthy . There was one exception to the general story of Depression - era bank runs : Italy , where Mussolini ’s fascist government controlled the press , including the financial press .
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
' Hmm … ' He pursed his lips thoughtfully and the hidden laughter in his eyes warned her that she might not like his answer . ' Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ' ' Bully for you ! ' She flashed him a false smile of congratulation .
Idiom: turn tail (used idiomatically: yes)
British Telecom plc 's BoaT project , with 50,000 users potentially the biggest office automation scheme currently afoot in Europe , has picked StaffWare as its workflow standard : BT is the first organisation to adopt the new Windows client / Unix server version of StaffWare . StaffWare will be adding some BT - specific features such as the ability to implement a corporate - style graphical user interface and to pick any database of choice . Stone Systems , the would - be Sparc merchant from Hong Kong ( UX No 358 ) , has turned tail and fled the US marketplace shutting down its one American office last week . Silicon Graphics Inc has picked Pericom Software 's teem - X 340 emulation package , reportedly the first VT340 terminal emulator for the X - Window environment , for use with its Indigos . Aurum Software Inc , Santa Clara , California , has announced the Aurum Customer Resource Planning system , a suite of client / server Unix applications which support all major databases and GUIs : the four are TeleTrak , a telemarketing package ; SalesTrak for field sales ; SupportTrak , for customer support ; and QualityTrak , for quality management — prices range from $ 10,000 to $ 200,000 .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: no)
Have Ministers considered taxing people who accommodate students as a business the universal business rate rather than the property rate , and whether that might be a way of avoiding any burden falling on students ? I raise that as an off - the - cuff thought . We must also make it crystal clear how much shopkeepers , who gave us so much flak when we introduced the business rate and the community charge , will now be paying . They will still pay the universal business rate , but what will they contribute to the new council tax ? The council bill must clearly show not only the precept for each level of local government but itemise what they are paying for street cleaning , for dustbin collection , for the police and for the various local government services .
Idiom: body blow (used idiomatically: yes)
His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate -seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War . Apart from the Cuban missile crisis , it was the first political event really to break into my late adolescent consciousness . It was also , I suspect , together with the defeat of the ‘ radical unrest’ in Paris and elsewhere in the spring of 1968 , a final body - blow to any hopes of a revival in the fortunes of West European communist parties . Indeed , it led to the so - called Euro - communism of the 1970s , when communist parties with quite substantial support , as in Spain , Portugal and Italy , began to distance themselves from the policies of the Soviet Union and its satellites . Wenceslas Square was laid out for one of Bohemia 's most attractive rulers , King Charles IV , Holy Roman Emperor , who was born and died in Prague .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
Where 's , where , you got any knitting ? Did you give up did you ? Did you give up on your squares ? Oh you 've got your little game that 's right , keep it on quiet , do it on the quieter one so we do n't Oh have you got , can you have it louder and quieter ?
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
Jose and his wife , Iara , live in the shanty town of Jacarezinha in Caxias , which has the reputation of being one of the most violent in Rio . A number of recent kidnappings were traced to its labyrinthine streets and alleys . Between a fetid canal and a railway line , under the bleaching afternoon sun , a dozen or so young men stand in line , waiting to buy cocaine . The dealers wear silver and gold medallions , rings , earrings , fashionable shorts and trainers . They sell small packets wrapped in white paper , tied with cotton .
Idiom: in the sticks (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite the fact that spiders are all over the place in Dostoevsky , not just in Svidrigailov 's dirty bathhouse vision of Eternity , and that urban potted plants go back to the beginning in Poor People , we are here firmly inside Crime and Punishment in its abandoned first - person narrative form ( ‘ I am on trial and will tell all’ ) : Petersburg evenings and their hanging summer light , noises from below , happy workmen , blessed ‘ living life’ elsewhere , a lonely man in pain passing through gates , over thresholds , slipping up and down staircases , the buzzing By of Raskolnikov 's dream and his awakening , intense time - consciousness alternating with time - oblivion . ‘ At Tikhon 's’ has strayed out of a metropolitan novel into a provincial one which wo n't accommodate it . To take one 's finger off the bounding narrative pulse of Crime and Punishment and to open The Possessed — to open it anywhere — is to find oneself out in the sticks once again : the ‘ our town’ of the novel and the voice relating its affairs bring back the ‘ we’of convict life in The House of the Dead and the more sketchy collective of that remote Siberian community outside the prison walls . The same dilating and contracting principle informs both novels , a first - person narrator who moves between ‘ we all thought’ and ‘ it was just my hunch’ , though the swing is greater in The Possessed and its figuration much more complex . If any House of the Dead notebooks had survived I would expect them to contain sudden leaps of discovery and creative arrivals like ‘ Most important —it 's a chronicle ' and
Idiom: take the mickey (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Did you recognise the voice ? Maybe it was a joke . You know how the other journalists take the mickey occasionally,’ I suggested . ‘ No , I certainly did n't recognise the voice . It was one of those featureless , slightly off - centre voices .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
The Church and the Christian live both sides of the resurrection , and woe betide us if we forget that fact . Fundamentalism — friend or foe ? As you will have picked up , in my opinion fundamentalism is a dangerous enemy which has to be attacked at the level of the mind and of the heart . It is comparatively easy to put it down intellectually . It is much more difficult to show that it is a spiritual dead-end which will only end in disappointment , superficiality and naivety .
Idiom: above board (used idiomatically: yes)
Provided there is sufficient interest , tenders should also result in certainty of sale within a defined period . Sometimes when land is offered for sale by private treaty and there is keen interest from several prospective purchasers , tenders are introduced to resolve the competition . On occasion one hears of unusual circumstances surrounding tenders , where neither the vendor nor tenderers are present to affirm that everything was above - board . It may be possible , due to restricted publicity and advertising , for few tenders to be submitted and personal friends or acquaintances of the agent to be able to submit a low offer , or arrange for an offer to be submitted once all the tenders have been opened . This is of course unethical .
Idiom: take someone for a ride (used idiomatically: no)
It 's not difficult to ride because I already have one at home in Argentina.’ PILLION Several fellow players asked her to take them for a ride as pillion passengers but that treat seemed to be reserved for members of her regular entourage , though I suppose it could be argued she took Steffi Graf for a ride in the semi - finals . Of their 31 meetings , this was their eighth in Florida and Sabatini , invariably revved up hard for the latest occasion , has won seven . Elsewhere round the world she has won only three .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Blackbirds fluffed and posed in the hedge bottoms by my path . There seemed to be a robin singing in every tight bushy tangle and sly magpies slouched about like under - employed waiters seeking tips . In a field where an old horse nibbled the cold grass delicately , a covey of partridges , three strutting chasing moles and an indifferent female , caught my eye . They ignored me safe in the open field where the old ridge and furrow strips and the flatter headlands where the plough was turned were clearly silhouetted by the sun . The noise of mallards squabbling minded me of work and on my way I went .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
A Downing Street spokesman said he was grateful to the BBC for its prompt decision to draw attention to the lapse , and for respecting the confidentiality of the call . By Desmond McCartan Westminster Correspondent Four in dock on car scam charges FOUR men have appeared in court charged in connection with a stolen plant and motor vehicle racket stretching from England to the Republic . The men are accused of the ' wholesale theft or handling of a vast amount of property ' , which it is claimed they smuggled out of Britain , through Ulster , into the Republic .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
It 's this question of different beliefs and different loyalties , ' said Snodgrass . ' If it was n't all so dangerous , I 'd almost be finding it interesting , you know . ' ' Goibniu suggested that I could mark the evenings by telling them tales of our travels , ' Fenella said , remembering . ' One tale each night . I do n't know how long I can keep that up , ' said Fenella .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: no)
The list which defines the limitations for each category is given immediately before the army list itself . Of the five different categories of troops all except for allies are covered by the list in this book . Allies are covered by the Warhammer Armies book for that race . CHARACTERS The portion of the army 's points value which you are permitted to spend on characters includes the value of characters ' armour and weapons , any magic items they have , a steed if they are mounted , a monster if they ride a monster , and a chariot and its crew if they ride a chariot .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
Eventually Ivy herself seemed to sense the need for an explanation . ' My association with Silvio rather precludes marriage . ' They rounded yet another bend , the headlights sweeping over a bald expanse of stricken scanty grass . It had started to rain more heavily , unless they were now actually up inside the clouds . ' If you really want a cigarette very badly I think on the whole I should prefer you to have one , ' Ivy told him .
Idiom: easy does it (used idiomatically: yes)
Members of TI will promote ‘ standards of conduct’ , though they will not have to keep to them from the start . The aim is to target and then monitor reform - minded governments — Ecuador might be the first — and create ‘ islands of integrity’ : countries whose officials abjure bribery in the hope of shaming others into doing the same . Even with his easy - does - it approach , Mr Eigen may have trouble finding recruits . Although several American companies have agreed to help fund TI , most German companies he approached showed ‘ no real enthusiasm’ . Developing - country governments have been more willing to join the cause .
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: no)
In £ 2 , £ 5 and £ 10 denominations with a choice of five attractive cards , National Trust gift vouchers are redeemable against nearly all shop merchandise . There are now nearly 200 National Trust shops around the country , and the town shops , which are open all year round , are taking on a new look . Many are being refitted with the same smart new decor which will make them easier to spot on the high street . The property - based shops , most of which will re - open at Easter , will continue to be decorated in character with the building and garden to which they are attached . A new tea - room has opened in York at 30 Goodramgate and operates six days a week ( excluding Sundays ) all year round .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh well perhaps the new handyman was more Y what about the possibilities eventually ? I mean the chaps in the tennis club are saying put it down . Erm because it 's an eyesore . What about having some sort of one of these superloos or some vandal - proof toilet there , you know if er people actually pay to go in it , it would n't be so bad .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Penry put a finger under her chin to raise her face to his . ‘ What is it?’ he asked softly . ‘ Got cold feet about meeting yourself face to face?’ She nodded dumbly . As their eyes held Penry 's changed , narrowing to a sudden glitter between his lashes .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: no)
Those were the words that stuck in Dauntless 's brain . Now , Dauntless had no hope . Maybe he would continue to ride pointlessly around the forest of Haling Heart until he died in the saddle , and maybe even then he would still ride pointlessly around . Sometimes , he wondered whether he might have died already and not realised it . Perhaps the only thing that kept Dauntless Javelot from perishing of dreariness and despair was the fact that no matter how long he rode through the forest , he never seemed to visit the same place twice .
Idiom: take the wind out of someone's sails (used idiomatically: yes)
" No … none intended I 'm sure . " Joseph Hyde tilted his head back and Patrick leaned forward to catch what he was saying . " That 's taken the wind out of his sails . " " Now why do n't you tell us about this Irish Republican Army , " Tom Rooney said to the gunman . " It was decided to change the mane of the loyal volunteers to the Irish Republican Army . "
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Roger Poole , the ambulance unions ' chief negotiator , said that the Government was putting the lives of Londoners at risk . All ambulance crews would continue to stand by at their stations for 999 calls . ' This is a crass decision by Mr Clarke and the Government is playing dangerous game , ' he said . Mr Chris Spry , for the London Ambulance Service , said that the South West Thames regional health authority had asked for the army 's help . About 50 military vehicles will supplement 53 from the police and voluntary organisations , such as the St John Ambulance .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
Five other nice but provocable strategies ended up nearly as successful ( frequent in the population ) as Tit for Tat ; indeed , one of them won the sixth run . When all the nasties had been driven extinct , there was no way in which any of the nice strategies could be distinguished from Tit for Tat or from each other , because they all , being nice , simply played COOPERATE against each other . A consequence of this indistinguishability is that , although Tit for Tat seems like an ESS , it is strictly not a true ESS . To be an ESS , remember , a strategy must not be invadable , when it is common , by a rare , mutant strategy . Now it is true that Tit for Tat can not be invaded by any nasty strategy , but another nice strategy is a different matter .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: no)
‘ There was never enough to eat.’ Sarah was allowed to dust and polish in Mr Bradford 's rooms , a duty given only to trusted servants since it meant moving many of his important papers , but when she went in there after her return she dropped one of his boxes and everything was scattered over the carpet . She picked the papers up hurriedly and put them back before anyone should see , but it seemed Mr Bradford , who was a powerful man at the Doctors ' Commons , had complained that they were out of order . There was a great fuss and bother and Mrs Bradford sent for her . ‘ I 'm surprised at you , Sarah,’ she said .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
Twenty four . Twenty four . So in twenty four hours it will be exactly as it is now having gone all the way round , yes ? Can anybody tell me how long it will be until A is on this side and is on that side ? No .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The Russians are too clever for that . Any bases where these little babies are operating are going to be way off our orbital paths . They track every piece of hardware we got up there … just as we keep tabs on theirs.’ Manville looked bewildered . ‘ What , then ?
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
' All the same , I wish he 'd come home , ' she insisted . ' The sea makes me frightened . ' She recalled the docks , and the way the sea screamed and wailed like a soul in torment , throwing itself against the piers with a wild vengeance that struck terror into her young heart . ' It 's like a real person , ' she said , ' it gets angry , and it drowns people . ' ' That 's a fine way to talk , Cissie Armstrong ! '
Idiom: within an ace of (used idiomatically: yes)
By Barry Lucas Dagenham 4 , L Orient 5 . DAGENHAM and Redbridge went within an ace of upsetting their Second Division neighbours Orient in the FA Cup , eventually going down 5–4 after twice leading by a two - goal margin . Both managers agreed that it had been a classic Cup tie . Dagenham boss John Still said : ‘ That was the best match that I have been involved with in 14 years of management .
Idiom: in the swim (used idiomatically: yes)
' No , he had his own flat then . ' ' Maybe he 's just staying with his mother until he finds a place of his own . ' ' Hmm , maybe , ' replied Rachel thoughtfully , then , changing the subject , she said , ' I think I 'll go to lunch now , then later this afternoon I want to get in a quick swim . ' When Rachel arrived at the pool the attendant came out of his office and smiled when he saw her . ' Oh , it 's you , Sister ; that 's all right , I 'm sure you can go in . '
Idiom: lose your head (used idiomatically: no)
Ken did , however , fight against playing in drag . ' He was too embarrassed by it ' , says Gerald Thomas . Ken did n't have to put on drag in Carry On Screaming , the first of three 1966 releases , but in Carry On — Do n't Lose Your Head , he did get to wear a woman 's frilly corset which did n't go all that badly with the curled wig he wore as Citizen Camembert , the ' big cheese ' of the French Revolutionary secret police . By the time Follow That Camel went before the cameras as the third ' Carry On ' picture that year — filmed ' on location'with Camber Sands on the then almost freezing Sussex coast , doubling somewhat unconvincingly for the North African desert — the distribution company for the ' Carry Ons'had changed from Anglo - Amalgamated to the Rank Organization . It took a little bit of deft footwork to satisfy themselves that the first firm would not object to Rank using ' Carry On ' in the title .
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's also the album 's most lyrically pointed song , Stipe offering a slight return to the eco - concerns of ‘ Green’ as he bemoans the banality of pop radio while ‘ the world is collapsing around our ears’ . The other major departure on ‘ Out Of Time’ is Mike Mills stepping forward to take the lead vocal on two tracks : the cheery garage pop of ‘ Near Wild Heaven’and the bloodrush charge of ‘ Texarcana’ , which evokes memories of the days of ‘ Reckoning’ . Stipe continues to take a back seat on ‘ Endgame’ , a largely instrumental piece with horns and strings taking centre stage while the singer ululates in the wings . As diverse as the music may be , there is a seam of despondency in Stipe 's words , a world - weary tone of resignation . ‘ This could be the saddest dusk I 've ever seen’ he laments on ‘ Half A World Away’ , while the desolate ‘ Low’sees him in gloom overdrive to a bass and bongos backing .
Idiom: all in a day's work (used idiomatically: yes)
Identifying these will often give you some ideas about the path you would most like to take in the future . Also , by looking at the activities you are good at and enjoy you may well discover talents and abilities which you have not considered before as being useful in a job . For instance , you may think that running a household and looking after your children is all in a day 's work ; however , the planning skills needed to do this could be a very useful quality to have in some jobs . So in this chapter you will find some pointers for looking at what you might think are everyday activities . These will enable you to assess for yourself what your strengths and weaknesses are , as well as the areas in which you might like to consider working in the future .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
Wycliffe gave no sign , and Sara was left with no option but to continue . ‘ I was afraid something had happened but I never imagined anything so … so awful . I saw the light in Matthew 's office and I went —’ ‘ Did you bolt the yard door behind you?’ ‘ Yes , I did.’