Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
Those so - vital components are totally unconcerned if they are travelling in the latest in airline development or in a 1940s technology propliner . Unlike a jet operator , the owner of a piston - powered airliner can offer that motor manufacturer ( and other operations like him ) a relatively low fee to have an aircraft packed - out just awaiting the customer 's whim and still make a profit . He has the advantage of low purchase price , low - ish operating costs and even in this day and age — good spares back - up . And so it is that propliners operators have an essential specialist role to play in modern commercial aviation . Any work that involves ‘ waiting’ or ‘ cab rank’service is all the better for the mathematics of operating a piston - powered airliner .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Everyone jumped , including Mr Wormwood . ‘ What the heck 's the matter with you , woman?’ he shouted . ‘ Look at the mess you 've made on the carpet!’ ‘ Your hair!’ the mother was shrieking , pointing a quivering finger at her husband . ‘ Look at your hair !
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
Ian Key SALES rep Adam Nicholson was at the end of a huge traffic jam on the fog - bound M62 when he glanced in his rear - view mirror . Hurtling towards him in the swirling fog was a huge lorry powerless to stop on the icy carriageway . Adam would have faced almost certain death if it had n't been for his quick thinking . ' There was no way I could have got out of the car when I saw the lorry coming towards me , ' Adam , 26 , said yesterday .
Idiom: give someone the creeps (used idiomatically: yes)
Saying nothing . Great red faces , not smiling . They used to give us the creeps.’ She made a gesture with her crippled hand as though brushing away a cobweb , to dismiss the memory . ‘ They were a queer lot and no mistake.’
Idiom: dry as dust (used idiomatically: yes)
The AB do not constitute a court chronicle : successive AB authors ( Prudentius , then Hincmar of Rheims ) had their local concerns , their blind spots , and their own axes to grind . But their unofficial quality brings gains as well as losses : these writers are often passionately involved in the events they record . There is nothing dry - as - dust about their testimony . Further , it can be checked against other contemporary annals , whether produced in Charles 's kingdom but giving a perspective very different from the AB 's ( the brief Annals of the monastery of Fontanelle , or St - Wandrille , near modern Le Havre , for instance , have their own house - based story to tell ) , or written in another Carolingian kingdom , like the East Frankish Annals of Fulda which are just as slanted as the AB , but in a different direction . One type of evidence comes in very much larger quantities from Charles 's kingdom than from any other in the ninth century : capitularies — that is , lists of points ( capitula literally means " headings " ) discussed and/or adopted as law by assemblies where king and aristocracy met to settle public affairs .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: no)
About 60 per cent of my mileage in the UK will be off road and I will be towing a military style half ton trailer . Secondly , differentials . I have heard good things of the ARB air - locking diffs . Do you think they will provide a significant improvement in traction , especially as the cost of fitment would more than adequately pay for high quality winch gear . Noise penalty
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
As powerless as the train , we sat for three and a half hours in the dark — key phrase , that — before a locomotive of more elderly years arrived from Newcastle to give us a croggy . ' It 's an overhead ' explained the senior conductor ( guard , as was ) without elucidating whether the ' overhead'was a flock of Gadarene geese or an itinerant thunder storm , or what . Come to think of it , the electricity bill 's an overhead in our house . Perhaps BR had also left the red letter behind the bread bin , and been disconnected ? After an hour or so we were offered a free drink from the buffet , a new and well intentioned gesture that soon will be seen as an albatross like being asked your height by an undertaker .
Idiom: part company (used idiomatically: yes)
Her mind was determined to dwell gloomily on the future . She needed to come to a decision quickly . In a few weeks she would part company with NCPR . Her savings should tide her over two or three months at her present rate of expenditure . If she economized , and perhaps moved in with William , she could probably last for longer .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
This way she could simply wash it each morning and let it dry naturally — start trying for styles and valuable minutes had to be wasted keeping them the way they were meant to be . I must find a telephone , Harriet thought , as she hurried , head bent against the biting wind , along the Paris street . I ca n't wait to tell Nick I 've got his job in the bag . Then I 'll decide whether to post him the last reels of film in a Jiffy bag or fly back to London with them myself . The thought gave her another fillip of excitement — her first job for Focus Now , the new picture magazine Nick was editing — and it was a corker , she knew it in her bones .
Idiom: bark up the wrong tree (used idiomatically: yes)
Copy for the next issue must be submitted by 7 May Another Crufts win for Carole DOG - lover Carole Birdsall wasn ‘ t barking up the wrong tree when she acquired her four Old English Sheepdogs . All have won prizes at Crufts . Sara ( Brinkley Dream Come True to Palamine ) was the first to win at the world famous show when , in the 1986 , she was judged best the in the Post Graduate class .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
He even hated the word‘party’ . It was almost as bad as the word ‘ hospital’ . In his head you probably went straight from one to the other . ‘ Do n't worry,’ Nathan said . ‘ I 'm staying in tonight.’
Idiom: dead wood (used idiomatically: yes)
They complained that , contrary to the Charter of the Forest : the foresters come with horses at harvest time , and collect every kind of corn in sheaves within the bounds of the forest , and outside near the forest . Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country . Besides this they collect lambs and sucking pigs , wool and flax ; from every house where there is wool , a fleece , and in the fence month , from every house a penny , or a farthing for each pig . And when they brew , they fell trees for their fuel in the woods of the good people without leave , to wit , oaks , maples , hazels and thorns , felling the best first , whereby the good people feel themselves aggrieved on account of the destruction of their woods .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
A man sits in his car at the traffic - lights , waiting for them to go green . He is thirty - seven years old , with a high forehead , and thin hair that stands on end in the slightest breeze . His eyes are a little protuberant , and his lips are set in a faint smile , so that as he leans forward against the wheel , gazing straight ahead through the windscreen , he seems to be waiting for the green light with eagerness . In fact the light has been green for some time already . Howard Baker ( that is his name ) is sitting in front of a green light waiting for a green light because he is thinking .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
Could n't help it , the racket you were making . Thank God you got some expert help or we 'd have been hearing duck screams in our nightmares forever.’ ‘ Just get a move on,’ Angelica said , ‘ so we can use the table . And say hello to one of our neighbours.’ She pulled out the kitchen trash hopper , a laundry - basket kind of affair on squeaky castors , and set Donald on his journey to duck heaven by dropping him into the grey plastic liner .
Idiom: make a meal of (used idiomatically: yes)
’‘Shame on ye , ye plump English trollope,’ he giggled suddenly and rolled onto her again . She got the scissors out just in time . Now she thinks , not his cock but his tongue , I should have cut his tongue out with them , his slow quicksilver tongue ; for he partly took me backwards out of my joy , into an old timidity that 's there still ; and it 's made a meal of me sometimes teaching , when the sharper ones have had me squirming for my lazy luck . Going back to a big house and long lawns , Jen ? said Michael Morrissey 's eyes last week . No , she answers their stare , it 's not true any more .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
With the evidence in hand I see no reason to disagree with your tentative conclusion that it is probably the 1822 issue … ‘ It is considered that the plain wings may have been a regimental design . The absence of the usual six lace darts and the addition of a grenade patch to an NCO 's wing is unusual , to say the least . Mr Fosten quotes a Horse Guards memo dated 17 June 1823 to all Regimental Clothiers : ‘ Patterns of Wings ( and tufts ) to be worn by NCOs and men of the Army ( distinguishing Grenadiers , Light Infantry and Battalions ) have been attached to the sealed patterns of the jackets deposited at the Office of Military Boards , and the Clothiers of the several regiments are directed to prepare their annual patterns for sealing in exact conformity thereto . It is considered that the coats will be fitted with better effect agreeable to this pattern on reaching the regiments and for this purpose the fringe etc . is to be sent in materials to each corps’ .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
Wherever you begin , you 're certain of a pleasant discovery round the next bend and a Fly - Drive package is far and away the most convenient and comfortable way to see all there is to see . Just relax , get in the car and go ! Marineland , Niagara — larger than life The ‘ Maid of the Mist’ takes you closer to Niagara Falls Getting away from it all
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Only one person at a time may speak , and he must confine this remarks to the motion before the meeting . Only one motion can be before the meeting at any time . Anyone who wishes to contribute must catch the Chairman 's eye and the usual practice then is for the Chairman to call on the persons in the order in which he has seen them . However , the Chairman is within his rights to take contributors out of order if he thinks that the debate will benefit by this . Once the debate has finished , and before a vote is taken , the mover of the motion has a right of reply to the discussion .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
She went on a school trip to Tuscany and saw many of the pictures she had known for so long . At first they seemed brighter , smaller and cruder than she had been led to expect by the polite reproductions . Her friend , Rosie Fortinbras , always getting lost between the Pinacoteca and the Duomo in Siena , boasted of having kissed her way round all the waiters in the restaurant in the Piazza del Campo , saving for the last , like a favourite soft creamy centre , little Vittorio with the face of a page - boy in the corner of an Adoration of the Magi . ‘ Kiss ? You can call it kiss if you like .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
However he now admits : ‘ It was stupid . ’ TV 's most famous bar DRINKERS at TV 's most famous bar may soon be saying cheers in another watering hole . Cheers barmaid , Rebecca , played by Kirstie Alley may be opening her own bar across the street and taking most of the regulars with her . NBC is considering the spin-off since Ted Danson quit after 11 years as bar owner Sam Malone .
Idiom: up to speed (used idiomatically: yes)
Colleagues , to promote a culture of health and safety , our starting point must be to establish a network of safety reps in the workplaces and we must have proper funds for training for all of our safety reps that is a most crucial part of the report . The introduction in January ninety three of six European directives has given us a unique opportunity to raise the profile of the G M B both in places where we have membership and elsewhere , when the message gets across how the G M B reps are so well trained and able to represent members on all health and safety issues . To make sure the G M B is at the head of the field we must have a reasonable Health and Safety Officer who would ensure that our safety reps and full - time officers are kept up to speed with all the changes in legislation and to provide the adequate training . This of course had to be monitored and accountable a as it is at present in the Southern region where we can already see the benefits . We urge the C E C to start a consultation process as soon as possible and to put their recommendations into practice .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
I put on his headcollar and tried to lead him but he would n't budge . I gave him a tug and he immediately lifted his near - fore . It was then I noticed a small cut on his forearm , at least it looked small until it opened up and I realised it went all the way through all the underlying muscles . At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived . Copper still would n't move but my vet said it was important to get him to his box away from the flies .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
No more large - scale attacks have occurred inside the US , and everyday life has recovered well . But this apparent return to normality should not mislead us about the longer - term importance of 9/11 . As I argue in my book The Future of Power , one of the great power shifts of this global information age is the strengthening of non - state actors . Al ~ Qaeda killed more Americans on 9/11 than the attack by the government of Japan did at Pearl ~ Harbor in 1941 . This might be called the “ privatization of war .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I ca n't fight the case,’ she said . ‘ If I fight … I will get a life sentence . I have no choice.’ Gregory and Lock were arrested at Bangkok 's Don Muang international airport on February 6 when police said they found a condom filled with 150 grams of heroin .
Idiom: fly a kite (used idiomatically: yes)
Designs are similar but the decorations are distinctive . Team Minimum of two persons . Objective Teams or Solo flyers will endeavour to cause other Rokkaku kites being flown simultaneously to make contact with the ground . This may be by direct knockdown or by severing the opponents ' kiteline . Procedure All teams and kites are spread across an arena with lines extended downwind .
Idiom: hedge your bets (used idiomatically: yes)
Contact the college accommodation office as early as possible . 2 . If the college offers first - year students priority for halls of residence , hedge your bets by applying for a place whether or not that is your first choice . 3 . Consider the pros and cons of halls of residence on campus and off .
Idiom: old as the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
ABBERLEY : You 've no business . You 're too young . PEG : I feel as old as the hills . ABBERLEY ( weeps ): I decide . ( Silence . )
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: yes)
Grunge produced other awards : Nirvana 's ' In Bloom ' won the alternative video trophy , and Stone Temple Pilots ' ' Plush'won as top new artist honour . The best rap video was ' People Everyday ' by the hip hop group Arrested Development . A tuxedo - clad Madonna opened the show with a gender - bending song - and - dance number with three scantily clad women in a brothel - style atmosphere . Wearing a Marlene Dietrich - style tux and top hat , Madonna caressed the thigh and slapped the buttocks of a lingerie - clad female dancer . ' Get the picture ? '
Idiom: keep a low profile (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ And I think anyone who pretends otherwise is just indulging in macho posturing . The point is that sometimes it ca n't be avoided — there are some issues which are so important that you have to take a stand and say to hell with how people react . But sometimes it 's better to keep a low profile . To make changes slowly , and carry the maximum number of people with you.’ It really was rather tedious , she thought , having this kind of discussion at a social gathering .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
When he had given the wounded the water , he made a second trip . This time the woman by the bridge was dead . On his way back with the water , he got lost on detour around a fallen tree , and as he looked for his way through the woods , he heard a voice ask from the underbrush , ‘ Have you anything to drink?’ He saw a uniform . Thinking there was just one soldier , he approached with the water .
Idiom: bring the house down (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , it 's better than just sitting in watching Moira Anderson yowling Caw The Yowes on the television . Sandra Peden , her that works in the Co - operative she 's a Gold Medallist in Elocution you know , well wait till I tell you she came on in a long Laura Ashley nightdress carrying a Wee Willie Winkie candlestick with wee pink bedsocks and a matching pompom hat and did Holy Willie 's Prayer . She brought the house down ! She looked just adorable … and Historically Accurate too I must say . Then she came back later on in a wee Royal Stewart tartan skirt and did Wee Modest Crimson Tippet Floo'er and Tae A Moose and some of the other Guid Auld Scots Favourites .
Idiom: in the driver's seat (used idiomatically: no)
The preference for fighting ‘ big crime ’ fits into these characterizati ons and led policemen in Easton to continually hope that ‘ big crime ’ would be discovered in the pursuit of the petty . Those very rare instances where ‘ little crime ’ develops into ‘ real ’ police work are recounted by policemen often and told with pleasure and delight . As an illustration of how it can occur , the field-worker was told of an incident in which a driver was asked to stop for failing to wear a seat-belt , upon which he sped off , necessitating a car chase , which eventually ended with two cars being wrecked and a policeman injured . It is not just the situation of the accounting which is important in stories of this sort , for , although the telling of exciting stories is often used to enliven boring work , the moral of these particular action stories is crucial to their accounting . This type of story shows that the pursuit of ‘ little crime ’ can have some satisfaction and legitimacy , which explains in part why most policemen and women pursue it diligently while deprecating it .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
May and June are the driest months , together accounting for only about 10% of the annual rainfall , while more than 12% falls in December alone . Days with measurable rainfall ( >0.2mm ) are fairly evenly spread over the year , with monthly averages ranging from 17 to 26 , and a total of 263 days ( Manley 1979 ) , of which 200 are ‘ wet ’ , with more than 1 mm recorded . On higher ground , the number of such wet days rises to over 220 days per year . Average relative humidity is high throughout the year , ranging from 80 to 88% saturation , with an annual mean of 85% . Though snow is observed falling on 47 days a year at Stornoway , it is lying ( at 0900 hrs ) on only 11 of these days ( 5 in the Uists ) .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: no)
The first one will keep the rope taut as you move offstage and run round the back and take over from the second helper who has been keeping the ' load ' end taut . THE HUMAN PUZZLE Invite a member of the audience onto the stage or platform and show a rope tied together in a loop . This should be at least six feet in length . Place the loop of the rope on your volunteer 's right arm and tell him to place an arm in his pocket .
Idiom: under a cloud (used idiomatically: yes)
For the rest of the weekend there was a downpour , and by Monday , when it finally abated and I could get back to the den , the mink had gone . The mother had moved her family to another den , and I could n't find it . Under dark , heavy clouds , I returned to the den on the river . After about four hours , I heard the familiar squeaks a bit further downstream , and in a while , they appeared , travelling through long grass , the female carrying one kit while another three followed closely . I was surprised to see them up in the tall grasses , instead of moving along the exposed bank , but I realised that the rising river level had forced them up .
Idiom: man of god (used idiomatically: yes)
But on a much more significant level , she turned to the man who is repeatedly described as ' The man of God ' . Elisha was the man that God had equipped for that time in history , in that land , and for the specific needs of individual people around him . Paul described the members of the church as the men of God , when he told Timothy about the value of God 's word . So , in our generation , you and I are similar . We are the people that God has equipped , for this time in history , in our city and neighbourhood , for the specific needs of the people around us .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
Now,’ he went on before she could reply , ‘ I suggest we eat first , then discuss matters — if there is anything to discuss — afterwards.’ Peter nodded . She could tell he was relieved to be let off the hook if even for only a few minutes , despite his words as they 'd come downstairs . She squeezed his hand underneath the table and he gave her a darting smile in response . Marc , of course , letting nothing slip his notice , raised one eyebrow the merest fraction , a gesture that spoke volumes .
Idiom: steal someone's thunder (used idiomatically: yes)
But I have n't got any more details of that yet . They 're working on what they 're gon na say and when they 're gon na do it at the moment . Do you know we 're actually , on some cases we 're actually stealing their thunder . Erm we 've got some stand alone term insurances which are currently paying one pound ninety , so the moment they increase the policy fee they 'll attempt to lapse so we 're writing to all those people now to tell them to increase . What we telling them to increase to ?
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
By romantic the authors mean , in this context , that the passions of men joined with the beautiful forms and great forces of nature and that men identify with these elements . This transformation did little more than reflect the changing current of aesthetics in Western Europe at this time . Most of the painters who came , except J. Farington , were birds of passage gathering ideas which they could incorporate in their future work , encouraged by the writings of Gray , Gilpin , West and many others . Perhaps some were just following the current fashionable tour . The work of these men , with a very few exceptions such as Turner and Girtin , was not intrinsically important and could be divided into topographical and idealistic landscape .