Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
They crossed the city and began a long , slow climb up through the Alfama district . Children in rags ran along beside them ; festoons of washing hung from windows ; piles of garbage buzzed with flies , and at every other doorway some blind or leprous beggar held out a hand for alms . " Why are so many of the woman in black ? " she asked . " Oh , " Maria Teresa replied lightly,"the peasants are perpetually mourning their seventeenth cousin twice moved . I think they enjoy it .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a horrendous attack which leaves me stuck for words . ‘ All three had injuries inflicted by possibly a knife or piece of wood . ‘ Mr Smith senior had his wrists bound with a tie behind his back . ‘ Harold had a sock stuffed in his mouth and his hands bound with a dressing gown cord . An attempt had been made to remove Mrs Smith 's underclothing.’
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: no)
See the roller smooth tyres wheels that could pull nothing up there . No . But with its own weight going down you could er Oh we got it up . You would need steep rope for your pulleys ? Oh yes .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Are the greatest club in the land happy to settle for that kind of substitute ? I fear it is a transfer made in desperation and it could put Ferguson under real pressure . Dublin was the focal point of a Cambridge side who played the ball long , got it forward quickly and were condemned for their tactics . I have my doubts whether he will fit in at Old Trafford . And if he does n't , where does that leave Fergie ?
Idiom: true blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Offered a settlement that would have retrieved half the gold , Moreira sternly refused — and has not had any of it back . Undeterred , this week he committed his currency to the European exchange - rate mechanism , where despite the lack of gold reserves it appears to be managing bravely . City Diary : Red health service goes true blue MOVES are afoot to privatise the Russian health service . I expect to hear this morning from Yuli Voronpsov , the country 's deputy prime minister , that private contractors are moving into the Kremlin Hospital in Moscow .
Idiom: lend an ear (used idiomatically: yes)
Arthur felt anxiety in the grip and spoke into the pullet neck on the upstage side . ' You 've got your weight wrong . ' ' Lend me your ears , ' Fred orated , altering his hold and guttering at the knees . ' It 's your right foot . ' ' I come to bury Caesar , not to praise him . '
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever it is , it needs to have been thrashed out endlessly with the top leadership of the business and to be able to be expressed in a single , understandable , clear and unambiguous sentence . The ideal organization and the one which has the best chance of success is one where , if you ask anybody from the chairman down to the newest recruit on the shop floor what that business is trying to do , you 'd get the same answer . The answer need not have exactly the same words as your prize sentence , but the answer must indicate clarity at every level . Clarity , ownership of the objective , and widespread knowledge of it only come from endless repetition and endless iteration and endless checking that the objective is still possible , and relevant . Your people will be switched off the moment the objective that you have set appears to be unobtainable .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
11 Haitians of all political persuasions scattered in panic when the first shells , and even cannonballs , began to hit . Although Port - au - Prince was under fire from the oldest and most primitive of artillery pieces , which were so ill - preserved as to be as dangerous to their operators as to their targets , the effect was still terrifying to the populace , who were unused to the banshee wail that echoed overhead and preceded bone - crushing explosive impacts . Henri paused briefly under an archway , a glimmer of sadness pulsing within him . He was delighted , of course , that the objective he and his colleagues had worked towards for so long was finally approaching , but it was disheartening to see such damage and disruption being inflicted on what was , after all , his home .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
Concealed ? It was the first time that Rab admired Doctor . A fucking pin to kill you , but he wished , this tumbling day , Winnie in the room , that she would get a move on . ‘ You 're still very thin.’ The doctor looked at Rab , in a critical way .
Idiom: hit the bottle (used idiomatically: yes)
Teachers report a common range of such self - indulgences : allowing yourself ( in the middle of a bad patch ) to give in to temptations like cream cakes , cigarettes , a bottle of your favourite booze or a spending spree . As with the other strategies , though , there will be some people for whom this advice is inappropriate : for example if they are unable to avoid feeling guilty , or if the risks involved feel just too great . People with members of their family who are or have been alcoholic may , very understandably , be too scared of ‘ hitting the bottle’ themselves to allow even a temporary licence in that area . People who are under medical direction to lose weight or quit smoking may likewise be quite rightly unwilling to give in to their impulses . But it is a matter of realistically weighing up the pros and cons .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
It is still open today it ai n't in some docks . No . No , but it is in the fish dock . Oh dear oh dear . No the experience has been very good you know , going through life all that time .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: no)
Hotel Firenze Hotel Bisanzio ∗∗∗ Tucked away on a quiet , sunny square just 50 yards from the lagoon , this is a fresh , modern hotel adorned with many original paintings by the owner 's wife . There is a lounge - bar , a small sitting - room and a public courtyard with a well . The accommodation is cool and spotless and staff pride themselves on offering a warm welcome .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Penguin Critical Anthology , ed . Sullivan ) , we have to acknowledge that it was in many ways an attractive society , and an admirable one . That we are dealing with a privileged élite goes without saying ; as also that it depended on the institution of domestic service . But there appears not to have been , for instance , any of that sterile rivalry between man and wife which is now the bane of middle - class society with any claims to cultural or intellectual interests ; plainly Mrs Lowndes and the young matrons who were her friends did not seethe resentfully at having their intellectual and imaginative capacities shackled to kitchen and nursery , whereas their husbands could exercise theirs in the great world . Moreover — and more to the point — if as literary intellectuals we feel frustrated at having no channel of access to the figures who exercise decision - making power in our societies , Mrs Lowndes shows us a society in which literary intelligence had direct access to such centres of power , by way of the conjugal bed as well as over the dinner table .
Idiom: break cover (used idiomatically: yes)
Only it worked both ways . The shed was at least twenty yards away and there was no cover . She took several deep breaths , then broke cover and sprinted in a zigzag weave across the open ground . The first bullet struck the earth behind her , spitting up a mound of soil . The second bullet followed almost immediately , this time in front of her , and she had to fling herself the last few feet , landing heavily against the side of the corrugated iron door .
Idiom: part of the furniture (used idiomatically: yes)
My scepticism has been reinforced by the recent work of Frederick Crews , who for many years was a leading psychoanalytic critic in America . During the 1970s he began to lose faith in the whole Freudian programme , and in his recent book , Skeptical Engagements , he provides detailed and substantially supported arguments for abandoning it . Freud is not , however , likely to be generally rejected , since he is so much part of the valued cultural furniture of the West . Furthermore , attacks such as Crews 's are , as he acknowledges , not taken seriously and replied to in their own terms , but treated as symptoms of repressed disturbance . Freudians , like Marxists , can not step outside their own forms of thought to admit that they might be wrong ( unless , like Crews , they undergo a deconversion ) .
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
But it kept the Salvadorean government 's free - market economic model intact . One legacy of the bloodshed and disruption of the 1980s is a desperate need for foreign aid to rebuild the region 's crippled economies . In a nation renowned for its historical amnesia , it is unlikely that the deficit - ridden US government will be prepared to foot Central America 's reconstruction bill for long . Within months of the invasion of Panama , Guillermo Endara , the US - installed president , resorted to a public hunger strike to demand that Washington follow through on its promises . The left 's attitude to yesterday 's ' yankee imperialists ' has also evolved , partly through necessity .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
The raiders escaped with cash , jewellery and electrical equipment . Fire alert : Two fire engines and a hydraulic platform raced to North Tees Hospital , Stockton , yesterday after cooking fat on a cooker caught fire . The fire was out on arrival . Theft warning :
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
the old boys have been telling us the stories and it 's brought a tear to the eye Male speaker It 's very emotional , to say the least Male speaker I am proud to be one of the last apprentices
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Below : model of the sleek Kamov Ka-62 , a fan - in - fin mainly composite 12-seater , to be offered in the West with R - R / Turbomeca RTM322 Turboshafts . Israel 's IAI are collaborating ( David V. Stephens photos ) . ARI predicts that the all - metal racer will be able to reach 500 knots at sea level , sustain 450 knots while pulling a 3 g turn , and go supersonic at altitude . Pilot Skip Holm is a former USAF and Lockheed test pilot who was involved with the development programme for the F-117 ! stealth aircraft , and is a regular competitor at the Reno Air Races , taking the Unlimited championship title twice . as if its race / record plans were n't enough , ARI says that a modified version of the aircraft , with a single engine and two - seat cockpit , may be marketed as a homebuilt kit .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
These were not gods with whom you could speak . At the house of the Chief Scribe , Reni 's major domo was waiting at the gate to meet them . He guided them through a broad passageway flanked with heavy half - columns surmounted with lotus blooms , and protected by the couched forms of rams , Amun 's beast , in sculptures larger than life . They entered a large garden , which was protected from the heat by the umbrella of a huge and ancient vine , the shadow of whose leaves dappled the paved floor . From an intricate system of pipes , water flowed everywhere , in fountains and little artificial streams , irrigating a profusion of plants , set in the earth or clustered in countless pots , whose unaccustomed variety and colour dazzled the eye .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
LEGAL FIGHT : Belinda Janet loves her Freedom JANET JACKSON has dumped record producer boyfriend Rene Elizondo after a make - or - break holiday in London . They spent 10 days here recently in an attempt to patch up their stormy two - year romance . But the reconciliation bid failed , with close pals saying the pair have ' grown apart ' .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: no)
The surprise was total . Chuck Moxon and his partner took the suspect barn . Moxon snipped off the padlock , his partner went in on the roll , coming to his feet on the dusty floor inside the barn with his handgun drawn . Apart from a petrol generator , something like a kiln and a bench with an array of chemistry glassware , there was no one there . The six men plus Brown who took the farmhouse fared better .
Idiom: like the clappers (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh , that was in a country lane somewhere . Mr Morpurgo was driving two other students back from a pub . Drunk , of course , and going like the clappers as they all do.’ ‘ Was Mr Dysart one of the passengers?’ ‘ Not as I recall , sir , no .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
french dressing Seductive simplicity and relaxed elegance are the key to modern chic — and nobody flaunts it better than the French . With continental classics in vogue , you can both follow suit . Bonne chance ! CLOTHES SHOW PROMOTION
Idiom: stay the course (used idiomatically: yes)
Greece ’s youth unemployment rate now exceeds 60 % , and Spain ’s is above 50 % . With the destruction of human capital , Europe ’s social fabric is tearing , and its future is being thrown into jeopardy . The economy ’s doctors say that the patient must stay the course . Political leaders who suggest otherwise are labeled as populists . The reality , though , is that the cure is not working , and there is no hope that it will – that is , without being worse than the disease .
Idiom: get the nod (used idiomatically: no)
What level of employment land provision would you support in Selby ? I would assume that the County Council 's assessment of need at a hundred and twenty two hectares does take cognizance of the s the anticipated growth in housing . And I 'll obviously be corrected on that if I 'm er I 'm getting an an affirmative nod from Mr Potter . So erm on on the basis on the assumption on the assumption that you 've put to me , then I would be prepared to accept that a hundred and twenty two hectares would be a reasonable level . Thank you .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
You have the sense to realise that taking out your anger on him is not the answer and will threaten your relationship . So ask your GP to refer you for counselling . Talking about your worries to someone not directly involved will help you to express your feelings and come to terms with your previous experiences . It may be difficult to open up at first , but when you do you 'll be on the way to overcoming the traumas of the past and rebuilding your self - esteem . ‘ A gang of youths has made me too frightened to go out’
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: no)
to work the way he the other ones . . Th this shark has got nine lives I think . Yeah . Could be it 's brother .
Idiom: ten a penny (used idiomatically: yes)
Apart from what he found in bins — sweets , unopened crisp packets , seven corned beef sandwiches hygienically wrapped in foil — he went into a Chinese takeaway in a slummy area and asked for ' Fried rice leavings ' and we got a massive pile each , full of scraps of prawn and mushroom and sweet-'n ' -sour pork . The people seemed friendly to him as if he often went there . The girls looked at me knowingly while the boss went behind for the stuff , and when they said , ' Ten pence , please ' they turned to me . I handed over a coin : that meant I 'd only got two left , but it was the fattest and quickest - gobbled 10p I 've ever spent . I got furious with him about three times .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah , the inflammation will often spread down here and make you feel grotty . Yeah . Now you rea fo w with a story like this you really need a erm a , a decent does of antibiotics and given the of the unpleasant taste and the pus you can see , ordinary penicillin probably wo n't do the trick , so we need to use something with a bit more oomph Yeah . than that .
Idiom: slip of the tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
I congratulate my hon . Friends the Members for Tooting ( Mr. Cox ) and for Newcastle - under - Lyme ( Mrs. Golding ) on their speeches . I think that my hon . Friend the Member for Tooting displayed the facts well , and it was perverse of Conservative Members to pick him up for a slip of the tongue when he gave an incorrect figure , which it is relatively easy to do . The hon . Member for Epping Forest ( Mr. Norris ) , although well intentioned , made many mistakes . If he had read the Duke of Edinburgh 's report or the reports of the Conservative - controlled London Boroughs Association and Association of District Councils he would know that some of his arguments were invalid — I put it no stronger than that .
Idiom: dead wood (used idiomatically: no)
Bear in mind that , while we may group and classify according to this or that pruning rule , you must expect to meet exceptions . When they occur , your catalogue and reference list will point this out — you really can not know too much about each and every rose in your garden . Hybrid Tea bush types After attending to the basics or primary aspects — removing completely all dead , diseased and feeble wood ( you wo n't find much of this in the first year ) — seek to prune to outward - pointing buds that will grow out along the line of growth , not sideways , so that this growth leads to an open cup or shuttlecock shape . At the first pruning , take each stem down to a suitable bud , so that ideally it is reduced to no more than 3–4 inches ( 8–10 cm ) in length . At the second and subsequent prunings , a widely advocated rule of thumb guide is to reduce the stem length by about a half .
Idiom: watch this space (used idiomatically: no)
You 'll then find out where they went to — a few clues : it will be -2.2 ° C , only one thousandth of the country is cultivated , only a third of the population have radios and there are 15 hotels in the country . Intrigued ? Watch this space . Spaghetti Star to Sales Manager So you saw the cowboy in the spaghetti western on the cover of the last magazine , well it seems that the only way was up for Steve Perry from Pest Control , Birmingham South .
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: no)
but it 's erm it does mean that you can , so to speak , design your teeth as a sort of decent engineering job and make them fit with one another and slide over one another and grind and so on . So , along with single tooth replacement , you get differentiation of the tooth rap , so that you get canines and incisors and molars and all sorts of different nicely and complicated teeth . Then there are a lot of changes that went place took place in locomotion . erm mammals , in other words , learnt to gallop and their elbows rotated backwards and their knees rotated forwards . Their backbone changed so that it would bend in a vertical plane erm the limb girdles changes and a whole number of other things changed associated with locomotion . Then a number of things we ca n't follow in the fossil record , but we know must have happened .
Idiom: put someone in mind of (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps he was not as far short of solving this case as he had supposed . Trying to avoid the undulants ' over - affectionate advances , Bernice moved deeper into the jungle . The ‘ trees’ put her in mind of the Bridge : nests of translucent pink roots which burst from the powdery soil and curved upwards into single trunks which soared above her head and fanned out again into an inverted cone of branches . Put a beachball at both ends and the comparison would be perfect . A faint breeze caressed the back of her neck .
Idiom: have a cow (used idiomatically: yes)
The quadripartite Allied government sought to agree on how to control , in the most detailed way , every facet of the running and administration of Germany , a country where , at that time , there had been a complete collapse of the economy , the agricultural system and everything else without our ' help and interpretation ' . In those days the interpreters were allocated on a first - come , first - served basis , irrespective of relevance of experience or choice . Fate decreed therefore that my very first exposure to this unlikely world was as interpreter for the British representative ( a pleasant dairy farmer used to having a hundred cows he knew by name ) at the milk pasteurization subcommittee of the Central Agricultural Control . The United States representative , as I recall , had a background in a state university , the Russian had run a vast collective farm and the qualifications of the French representative did not emerge during my short acquaintance with this example of Allied teamwork . The interpreting was sequential and formal .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
they take more petrol , but servicing - wise they do n't require as much Rubbish they 're probably a lot more expensive to run than this Well just because this is a Jag H J six convertible , it 's neither here nor there Oh , what the whole part of the problem running is , is the depreciation thing , the more , the more you spend on a car the more the more depreciation you 're going to get Oh I suppose so
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Diem was assassinated and in the space of 1962–64 , South Vietnam had three presidents . The US now felt obliged to dive whole heartedly into the Vietnam quicksand for a number of reasons . Their fear of Communism and the domino effect , had touched the entire country , and the US citizens felt it was up to their country to sort out the ‘ Reds’ once and for all . The US was still reeling from the embarrassment of the Cuban Missile Crisis and needed to boost morale . In addition there was the fear of puppet rulers — as they believed Ho Chi Minh to be .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Patient John Lyon , 74 , who has a daily dose of half a pint of Guinness , said : ' It 's a great idea and takes the tension out of staying in hospital . ' Silence in dock costs £ 15,000 A ROBBERY trial was halted yesterday because five defendants could not hear a word of evidence in their bullet - proof dock . A workman called to dismantle the floor - to - ceiling glass screen at Southwark Crown Court , London , refused to touch it . The Cleveland firm which installed the panelling for a drugs trial could not take it down until today at the earliest .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
' What 's that ? ' ' That you do n't interfere in any way . That you do n't take it upon yourself to plead my case or to point an accusing finger at Sandra . ' ' But why not ? ' Mandy wailed .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
A has used his back foot to pull the board closer to him , thereby making it far easier to pull himself up . Note how much more upright his rig is compared to B 's , and also that by being further underneath the boom , it is easier to apply pressure to the mast foot . Note that it is the heel which rests on the board , not the whole foot . Fig 59 The water start . Once the rig is free , transfer the hands to a position well back on the boom .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
On the table between the two police officers , in view of Roxie , lay the forensic report on the jacket found in Roxie 's house . ' Come on now , Roxie , you know me . ' Sergeant Henley prided herself on her power to prise out information by a mixture of persuasion and light bullying like the icing on a cake , and although this had never worked particularly well with Roxie in the past , this was no reason not to try it now . Roxie stayed silent as if she was determined not to be cozened , but she shifted uneasily in her chair . ' You can trust me . '