Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: by the back door (used idiomatically: yes)
Frank wanted to be needed , that was it . Everybody needed to be needed , but she 'd magnified her own need . She was smiling to herself as she let herself into her kitchen by the back door . The house was quiet except for the sound of carol - singing from the TV set . She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
The Eiger dreams , too , were a mistake . ‘ Yes , you probably have overdone them,’ he agreed . ‘ But at least you had the sense to realise Charsky 's performance on the Neva embankment was a dream , and that he was the man in bed with Anna . Victor would have got it completely wrong.’ ‘ It sounded all too perfect.’
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Speech is the most rapid form of human communication — faster than both handwriting and the output from a trained typist . From the human perspective , it is highly convenient since it is almost universal in its use and requires no special training on the part of the user . The automatic recognition of human speech is , however , an immensely difficult problem , and the actual progress so far achieved falls far short of original research expectations [ Wheddon , 1990 ] . The other natural and widely used mode of human communication is that of handwriting . This medium has existed in nearly all societies for centuries , in a variety of forms .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
The reason that such a sequence of events might horrify a patriarchal - capitalist state are obvious — but the women 's liberation movement is also ambivalent about paying housewives . On the one hand the Wages for Housework campaign declares : Our housework goes on behind the scenes , unnoticed , un - counted , uncharted as long as it is unpaid . But if we demand to be paid for it , if we demand Wages for Housework from the State , we are saying first of all that housework is work … we are saying that we women need money of our own — if we were n't forced to depend on men for money , we would n't have to put their needs before ours , to service them sexually , physically , emotionally … we say TO BRING UP CHILDREN IS WORK and we want a WAGE for all the work we do — whether cleaning offices OR homes , producing electrical parts OR babies . ( Edmonds and Fleming , 1975 , pp . 7 and 94 )
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
3 . What would be the effect on the profit if goods costing £ 6,000 were excluded from the opening stock figure ? Answer guide : As the cost of the goods sold , especially with a small business , is often calculated by taking the opening stock plus purchases less closing stock , the effect would be to reduce the cost of sales figure and thereby increase profit . 4 . What are the effects of omitting goods costing £ 500 from the year end stock figure ?
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
Then they would thrash out their anxieties in bed , moaning and coming to false understandings . Two cultures rarely understand each other , especially when one is waxing dominant . The weaker often needs to copy the stronger — for every one of her foreign bombing campaigns conducted with supreme arrogance and ruthless certainty he had his own dirty little war on distant barren islands , his own vicious murders on the Rock . Were they playing out these scenarios in sex ? Did he want to be dominated ?
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
But the result , according to Mr Damant , is a less useful figure of profit . There is , of course , nothing really new about the principle of unfudgeability . Standard - setters have long realised that there is a trade - off between objectivity and relevance in accounting information , and on the face of it , unfudgeability is simply a pejorative term for objectivity . In terms of the ASB 's proposed statement of principles ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September 1991 , pp 99–103 ) , fudgeable information lacks the primary characteristic of reliability , and the secondary characteristic of comparability . Whether unfudgeability is a new principle is a relatively trivial point .
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: no)
The Manageress there erm I was there and she , I , after I 'd been there eighteen months , she had a heart attack and the girl took up her tea tray , one of the girls took up her , because she was n't on duty till about just quarter to six to do the money . It was my job to go to all these various places and collect the money and take the numbers on the till and collect the money and put it in a bag , put it in the safe . That was my work , then when she came down on duty , she would sit one side of the table with her books and I would sit the other and count all the money , you see , then I would take this money er , in a bag , through on to the black through the , past the ticket collector and take it to the booking office and they took it from me and took it when they took their money to the bank , you see . Well do you know sometimes I 'd taken it through and perhaps a train would come in , a London train would come in and people were crowding through . We never thought anything about being mugged in those days , you see , and er and th that 's what happened , as I say , so we took lots and lots of money ,
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Think again . Since the first quarter of 2009 , when the US economy was bottoming out after its worst postwar recession , exports have accounted for fully 41 % of the subsequent rebound . That ’s right : with the American consumer on ice in the aftermath of the biggest consumption binge in history , the US economy has drawn its sustenance disproportionately from foreign markets . With those markets now in trouble , the US could be quick to follow . Three regions have collectively accounted for 83 % of America ’s export - led growth impetus over the past three years – Asia , Latin ~ America , and Europe .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
Never again.’ ‘ You 'll have money problems as long as you gamble , Adam . Annabel was determined to get a grip on herself and do as Scott advised : remember 1965 as the year she stopped having to go to auditions and 1966 as the year in which she blossomed into a successful young New York hostess as she met Andy Warhol , Lenny Bernstein , Baby Jane Holzer , and all the other gossip - columnist fodder . By July , Annabel was a Junior Friend of the Metropolitan Museum , a Friend of the Museum of Modern Art , and a patron of the Bronx Zoo . She also allayed her insecurity with a massive spending spree ; each charity dinner required a new ballgown , and each new glittering friend — contacts for Scott — required a glittering party .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
Judge John Petrie said he took account of Wilson 's admissions to police but he could see no alternative to imprisonment , especially since some of the charges involved supplying other people . War tale is true today ALTHOUGH set in 1914 , Jennifer Johnston 's ‘ How Many Miles to Babylon?’ carries in it notes that still strike a chord today . The Lyric Theatre has chosen this war time story of love and loyalty to launch its 25th anniversary season . The tale of two young men , friends in boyhood , who serve together in the First World War may sound like something Rolf Harris would sing about , but there 's more to it than that .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: no)
On the day of the studio there 's usually a good atmosphere in the office . It 's tense , but it 's fun , too , and once we have all the guests safely at our South Bank studios , we can really start to breathe easily . A car picks them up from wherever they 're staying and there 's usually a phone , so they can ring us up if they get stuck in traffic jams , or if there is a last - minute change of plan . In the afternoon , we have a rehearsal , but without the guests . I just walk through the basic moves so the cameras can plot where everybody 's going to be , and we try to work out how long people will take to walk down the stairs so we can play the right amount of music .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
But I sa I said to Chris , When is it ? She said , Week three . Er and I said , Give or take a few days , and she said , Yeah . So if it 's inside week four then that will quite reasonable , does that sound okay ? Okay has anyone had a think about what they want to do ?
Idiom: kick up a stink (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Hope you wo n't take this the wrong way . I 've asked Forbes to issue you a formal warning of expulsion from the union if you touch work which is in anyone else 's job description . It 's for your protection , so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink . Oh , and we 're backdating the warning to cover the stuff you returned to him last week.’ My weekend began very pleasantly .
Idiom: sweep the board (used idiomatically: yes)
DONAGHADEE Sea Angling Club members are having quite a season fishing the big boat competitions on the west coast . Club members contested the two - day international festival at Belmullet which attracted over 196 anglers from all over Europe . Once again the Donaghadee lads swept the boards , landing the top two places overall . For a change , Michael McVeigh had to be content with the runners - up spot , losing out on weight to his clubmate Mike Berry . Donaghadee 's Gerry Bell won the prize for the best out of state angler , making it a hat - trick for the local club .
Idiom: on the double (used idiomatically: no)
TAKE the Circle Line to discover the ancient city of Chester at its best . No , the walled Roman city has n't unearthed an Underground among its excavations . But a circular tour on top of a double decker bus . Cost is £3.50 a person — or £8 for the family — and the guided tour holds a hidden bonus . Tickets are valid all day enabling you to alight at one attraction before re-boarding a later bus and heading to another .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: no)
Judge Louis B. Stefan said he had based his decision on the Barnes trustees ' appeal for desperately needed funds to restore the 1924 foundation building and improve climate control . He also ruled that the tour would be a one - time abridgement of the identure to the will of Albert C. Barnes , the collection 's founder , which emphatically prohibits the sale or loan of any of the foundation 's works . Paintings are expected to come off the walls in preparation for the tour after 1 January 1993 . The tour is expected to bring in $ 7 million . While many are praising the ruling for providing a chance for some to see such masterpieces as Matisse 's ‘ Grand Riffian’ and Seurat 's ‘ Les Poseuses’without the required pilgrimage to Merion , Pennsylvania , critics of the decision are echoing a warning they have offered since the Barnes attempted to deaccession works last year .
Idiom: kick the bucket (used idiomatically: yes)
When my old man kicked the bucket last month , he left me only enough money to pay my debt with .
Idiom: make it snappy (used idiomatically: no)
' Hello . That you , Kurt again ? Make it snappy — I have important visitors . ' He listened , said yes , he 'd grasped it . ' Keep me up - to - date on their progress .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
DESIGNS ON STEPS Garden steps are not subject to the same regulations as those inside the house , so you have to decide for yourself the proportion of tread depth to rise which suits your site . One easy ‘ rule of thumb’ is that the depth of tread ( front to back ) , plus twice the height of the riser , should equal 650 mm ( 2′ 2″ ) . A rise of two brick courses ( 300 mm , or 6″ ) would therefore leave half of 350 mm , that is 175 mm ( almost 7″ ) , for the riser height . Although garden steps do n't have to conform to Building Regulations , steps which lead from the house to the patio are designated as being part of the house , so they do .
Idiom: the biter bit (used idiomatically: yes)
I liked the menu.’ The young man glared at Harry with something close to resentment . The role of the biter bit was clearly not one he cared for . He leaned across the table and lowered his voice . ‘ Listen to me , Barnett .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Fortunately , the German spirit that found expression in the Reformation , and with it gave rise to the first German music , has never yet fully lost itself in the dominant Alexandrianism . It is still uncorrupted and the hope is that it can now generate the rebirth of German myth . The destruction of Greek tragedy went hand in hand with a nullification of Greek myth and a degeneration of the Greek national character . These correlations must be insisted on . Hitherto , the Greeks had instinctively interpreted their experience through their myths and so given it " the stamp of the eternal " .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
I had it in the car to Mm , and you ca n't took it in my hand and my pictures in the bag . That 's a word search . No .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ She 's bloody clever , and poor as a church mouse . I told you , she 's married to some pathetic scientist from Aldermaston . She 's going to model for us so she gets grub on the house . You know what ? You gave a very fair impression of a man who 's never seen a woman undressed before … ’
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
It seems clear that this approach contains elements familiar to both the social workers and the nurses on the team . The work they do with clients is similar to the routine surveillance and monitoring , and the " management of daily living " which is part of the training and tradition of CMHNs . By the same token , it is sufficiently close to notions of family oriented casework , and also the administrative liaison between other service agencies or departments which are familiar features of a social worker 's role . The drift towards this common ground appears to be a result of the general desire that the team " work together " , but the absence of any explicit guidance about what this means . Thus , the lack of rules about case allocation and re - allocation procedures , and a consequent separatism which has grown up between social worker and nurse caseloads , mean that team members work in a similar way to each other , but in parallel .
Idiom: long in the tooth (used idiomatically: yes)
Probably the most awful little squeakies.’ ‘ They may be quite grown up . Nancy 's unbelievably long in the tooth,’ Haverford told them . ‘ Her mind 's going too . I met her walking up by the castle , great big straw hat , floating veils , general appearance of a female Friar Tuck out for a constitutional.’
Idiom: put your foot down (used idiomatically: yes)
Branson felt in no mood to be conciliatory , let alone generous — even to Oldfield . ‘ Mike,’ he complained to Draper , ‘ is richer than the label is . Sometimes you have to put your foot down and say no , a contract is a contract.’ This , he felt , was very much one of those times . Underlying his bullishness was a feeling of incredulity that Oldfield , one of his oldest friends , should be taking such a step at all , and that Oldfield could have drifted so far away from him without Branson having read the warning signs .
Idiom: in Dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
I wo n't go on about the England game — you know what happened — except to say it was crap being there . The only reason I did n't get rounded up before the game and incarcerated in a Marine barracks was cos I was in a pub in the Hague downing Guinness and cheering on Ireland ( another thankless task ) . Trying to get in the ground the right way , I was stopped by a riot policeman 's shield and shouted at in Dutch : only the fact that I could reply in Dutch saved a potentially ugly misunderstanding . Inside the ground , flares were fired into the England sheep pens after both goals by some Dutch klootzak , and coins and a chair or two flung back by some English dickheads . After the game we were held for exactly one hour , then herded onto to a train which did n't move for 40 minutes .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
Given its captive market , why does NIE have such a poor track record in improving efficiency , productivity and profits ? Why has it been necessary to have endless debates about developing phase 2 of Kilroot as an oil or coal - burning plant , which is the expensive and the dirty option ? Why was the lignite option given such short shrift by NIE when it was raised a few years ago ? Hon . Members from the Democratic Unionist party are constantly asking me that question . Why has it taken so long to bring interconnection back on to the agenda ?
Idiom: fit as a fiddle (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I sure would have , if I 'd had the chance . You 're pretty burned out after interning . You seem fit as a fiddle , Mr Blake . Close call , though . Watch those almonds , eh?’
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: no)
' An ' she ai n't got no ' ome ? ' said Linda . ' Poor thing , ' said Mrs Beavis . ' I would n't mind bumpin ' yer in the fog , Sergeant Joe , ' said Nancy . ' Ai n't that ' eart - warmin ' , Bessie ? ' said Mr Beavis . ' Bringing the poor gel ' ome an ' givin ' ' er ' is bed . '
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
Magistrate hands his lunch to tramp JILL TURNER A MAGISTRATE gave his packed lunch to a hungry down - and - out yesterday after the man begged to be jailed so that he could eat . Tramp John Taylor , 69 , pleaded from the dock : ' Could I be put into custody ? I have n't eaten a meal or even had a cup of tea for a whole week . '
Idiom: show a leg (used idiomatically: yes)
A young reporter , Mary Kenny , was despatched by the diary editor to go down to Clarendon Road , complete with a photographer , and get a story . Neville , fresh in from points east , had just been down to Carnaby Street and looked the very model of the new generation . ' They took a very nice photo which mostly showed my legs ' , says Ferrier . ' My legs looked very good . I was posing as his secretary , of course . '
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
Look for one that allows good organisation of all your bits and pieces , and gives easy access to them . It makes life a lot simpler . Baskets for carrying your tackle box , reels , bait , flasks , sandwiches , etc . , and for sitting on , are , I suppose , fine if you fish for only two or three hours at a stretch . Much more and you are well on your way to back - ache and a good candidate for lumbago , not to mention being downright uncomfortable , and your fishing will suffer as a consequence . Most pleasure anglers , especially regular night - anglers , use a rucksack to carry their gear and a bed - chair to sit or even lie on .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Hunting will be restricted to smaller game like gazelle , and exclude big game animals like elephants , rhinos and lions . The ban on trophy hunting was introduced in 1973 as a result of the imminent extinction of some big game animals . Neighbouring Kenya , the major tourist destination in East Africa , may follow suit and amend its ban also . Africa Economic Digest 6 August Conservation : Species
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
you 're not gon na be made a fool of . But I ca n't make that point cos it just gets enemies and it just wo n't do , it wo n't do any good . Well so you 're just gon na carry on being nice and get loads of friends take the piss out of you . Can I have a cig ? Mm ?
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: no)
Again Moores wins it again Whitlow defends superbly . Thomson then knocking it long and Speedy could n't get there ahead of Chettle . Spot on about Whitlow he has n't missed much at all has he ? Stuck at his task very very resiliently . Here 's Pearce Crosby and now Collimore taken off him by Agnew .
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: yes)
Well connected in the city and an enthusiastic supporter of the Conservative party — he is the Librarian at the Carlton Club — Silverman 's professional career began with Procter & Gamble . In the early 1960s — as John Stork had done — he joined Masius Wynne - Williams , a leading British advertising agency , and developed a strong belief in the value of qualitative market research . ( His claim to fame in these years was the slogan ‘ Kleenex Kitchen Towels mops up like a sponge’ for client Kimberley Clark . ) This influenced Silverman 's first commercial venture , a forerunner in the search consultancy business , Lloyd Executive Selection , which offered a contingency service , employing market research techniques and limited advertising to recruit specialist managers in accountancy , law , banking , insurance and marketing . Operating from one room above Bishopsgate Fire Station from 1968 , by the time Silverman sold out in 1976 it occupied five floors in High Holborn , employed nearly 100 staff and was earning nearly £ 1 m . annually .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
She disappeared through a door that George had not noticed before and called over her shoulder , ‘ Take your coat off and get comfy.’ He stood with the drink in his hand , deciding whether or not to make a run for it . Elaine 's houseproud ways got on his nerves but he would rather them than this dirty cat 's way of living . He walked to the chair and looked through the grubby net curtain . The street below was busy .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet , even at times when fighting is less intense ~ Congo suffers from the indirect effects of the war . A mortality survey conducted by the International ~ Rescue ~ Committee ( IRC ) and released earlier this year demonstrates that this conflict is the world ’s most deadly crisis since World ~ War ~ II : an estimated 5.4~million people have died as a consequence of the war and its lingering effects in the last decade . Today , a quarter of a million people are on the run , almost half of them on territory under rebel control and with almost no access to aid . They need food and shelter , clean water and latrines , medical care , and education . Women and girls need protection from sexual violence , which flares up when families are forcibly displaced .
Idiom: heart to heart (used idiomatically: yes)
I have great sympathy with Linford ; what they are doing to him is totally disgraceful . ' That was good of him . He and I had had a heart to heart in the hotel following some comments supposedly made by him about me in the press , more particularly in the Sun . He was angry about the comments , denied making them and I accepted what he said . I just could n't wait to get on with the athletics .
Idiom: hit the mark (used idiomatically: no)
He streaked the junior men 's event with a distance of 57.18 metres and showed his worth by finishing third to Great Britain 's Paul Head in the senior men 's section , making 52.54 with the heavier hammer . Former GB junior Paul Bushnell recorded a javelin throw of 60.84 to claim silver in his age group , but sister Debbie Calloway claimed the family plaudits with her golds in the discus and shot . Formerly with Chelmsford , she is married , 28 , and now competing for Aldershot and Farnham AC , but as an Essex - qualified athlete , she hit a championship best mark of 54.7 with the discus . Jury discharged after failing to reach verdict Man faces retrial on murder bid charge