Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on top of the world (used idiomatically: yes)
The geography of the island is simple . On each side the inhabited coastal strip rises steeply from the water 's edge ; rises to the two volcanic peaks of Pachamama and Pachatata . ‘ Peaks’ is actually to give the wrong impression , anywhere else they would be no more than hills ; but on Amantani they give a commanding view of Lake Titicaca and make you feel as if you 're on top of the world . A trail marked with simple stone arches every half mile or so leads to Las Ruinas on top of each , but it 's easy to lose yourself in the maze of secondary trails which weave between the small fields . The landscape reminds me of the west coast of Ireland , of Inishere , the smallest of the Aran Islands on which I once spent a few days — the same tradition of building walls to clear land as much as to protect .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
Only two passengers got into the car , a man and a bear . Cecilia saw the bear and thought for about five seconds that it was real . Then she saw the man 's face through the open mouth and immediately turned her head away so that she appeared to be looking at something of consuming interest outside the window . Anything of that sort , people in fancy dress , people in obvious disguise , caused her intense embarrassment . The train started and soon plunged into the tunnel .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
That approach is okay , I guess , but if you 're completely aware of each note you play and where it lands in what part of which measure , over which chord , that 's you in total control . ' How long does it usually take you to come up with a solo that meets the demanding criteria you 've just described ? ' On the new album I went to extremes , and for each song I had two or three complete lead breaks worked out for every solo , prior to actually going in to make the album . Then , when we were demoing the songs during pre - production , I recorded the different lead breaks on separate tracks . Having done that , we listened to them over and over , took the best parts from each solo and I worked on composites from there .
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He killed a dame,’ explained Cook , ‘ strangled her with a string of pearls . The cops will get him . Nobody gets away with murder in this City.’ ‘ There 's always a first time.’ Experimentally , she flicked the cold steel safety catch on and off in her pocket .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ In the Nicaraguan view , a military solution in El Salvador is impossible,’ a western diplomat said . ‘ Realistic’ seems to mean negotiation acceptable to the FMLN and to the Salvadorean army , which would have to participate to ensure that any subsequent deal should stick.’ An attempt by Mr Cristiani to put the Sandinistas in the dock at San Jose is likely to prompt Mr Ortega to raise the human - rights record of the Salvadorean Government , especially the murder on November 16 of six Jesuit priests , probably by a renegade army unit . ‘ They [ the Sandinistas]were very concerned after the Sam-7 aeroplane incident’ , one analyst said . ‘ They could see it was distracting attention from their own priorities over contra demobilisation .
Idiom: cut and thrust (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Because I was for so many years a one man operation,’ he says , ‘ I was always right at the centre of things . In that respect , I was different from other reporters who were on a big story one day and a ‘ bun worry’ the next . ‘ But I 've enjoyed every minute of it and remain as fascinated today by the cut and thrust of politics as I ever was . ‘ Mind you , there does n't seem to have been a moment 's peace since I started out in the Irish News away back in 1929 . But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: no)
The notion of a " post - Creole continuum " , first put forward by De Camp ( 1971 ) , is an attempt to explain the complex linguistic situation in those places where there is a long history of native speakers of British English in contact with speakers of an English - based Creole . It applies to the case where two highly - focused varieties of language ( see Le Page and Tabouret - Keller , 1985 : 115 ) , with identifiably similar vocabulary but social statuses at polar extremes , coexist in one society . The " continuum " which is said to link the high and low varieties results from the fact that individuals in the community have differential access to these varieties depending on their social status and social relationships at home and at work . If individuals in the society ( except for those at the very top and the very bottom of the social ladder ) are socially mobile in each direction to some extent , then the " continuum " can be seen as consisting of a collection of individuals whose linguistic competences in intermediate varieties ( or " lects " ) overlap to form an unbroken chain linking the archetypal Creole ( or " basilect " ) with the Standard ( or " acrolect " ) . Here is De Camp 's description of the continuum as it applies to Jamaica ( 1971:350 ) : no one can deny the extreme variability of Jamaican English … in Jamaica there is no sharp cleavage between Creole and standard .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
Well I know you 've been told different people different things . I 'll go and have a word with him See what he says . chance of that . Mm yeah well I posted that one today for you .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: no)
A gas water heater ! Oh . They 've got ta disconnect the gas to get the water heater off the wall . And fix it to the Well Mark will be back there tonight and he can switch it on when he comes home .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
First of all it 's a , it 's a most astonishing theoretical phenomenon that this should happen , and in fact it took a whole half of century later before an explanation could be found as to what , what was happening . Many applications that involve superconductivity , and around us today we see I think lots and lots of erm important applications . What comes to mind erm is that in the last erm fifteen years or so erm we 've been able to make magnets using superconducting wire , and these magnets erm involve very very large magnetic fields , much larger than one could ever get using a , a copper - wound magnets which were the , way when you did things previously and erm there are an enormous number of applications . The most recent , and it 's quite exciting , is to use magnetic resonance imaging to look at erm nuclei in the body and to see what they 're doing and where they are , and that 's going to be very exciting but it involves having a very very large magnet in which one puts a whole patient all at once . This is a medical diagnostic tool .
Idiom: get stuck into (used idiomatically: yes)
' Hold your guard up , laddie , ' were the words barked out again and again whenever fists reached chins . By the time Charlie and Tommy climbed through the ropes , Tommy had made it clear to his friend that he hoped to get away with three minutes ' shadow - boxing . ' Get stuck into each other , you two , ' shouted Trentham , but although Charlie started to jab away at Tommy 's chest he made no attempt to inflict any real pain . ' If you do n't get on with it , I 'll take on both of you , one after the other , ' shouted Trentham . ' I 'll bet ' e could n't knock the cream off a custard puddin ' , ' said Tommy , but this time his voice did carry , and to the instructor 's dismay , Trentham immediately leapt up into the ring and said , ' We 'll see about that . '
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
What are they called ? I saw a whole border of them in Germany , but they were the only plants without a name tag ! They have quite sharp thorns on the back of the leaves . It is a half - hardy annual , and is available from most seed companies . Sow the seeds in a propagator at 64 ° F ( 19 ° C ) in Feb / March , and set out young plants in the garden in late May , or after the last likely frosts in your area .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
God grant that here in this great home of eager thought and enlightened action and generous friendship the bitter cry of outcast London may never be intrusive or uninteresting but that year by year her choicest sons may be arrested by it . By the 1890s , however , it seems that the wave of public - school interest in clubs had passed , and there developed ‘ an intensification of the snobbery which had always been latent in them , and of the mere athleticism which caricatured the mens sana in corpore sano tag’ . Nevertheless , among the middle class , there were few institutions so revered as the schools , and their influence in clubs was held to be of great consequence as reformers regularly called for public - school men to come forward to work in the clubs . In 1908 Russell wrote of how the club movement sought to emulate the schools , ‘ the special pride of the country’ . The significance of this , he said ,
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
The parties in government have not found the social forces with the potential of making revolution ( or counter - revolution ) pressing to be shaped and led . Labour governments have been able virtually to ignore the demands of the left without provoking massive popular protest ( albeit at a cost of running down the party 's membership and activist support ) while the Heath government found that its tough anti - union stance , however much in accord with'public opinion ' , was unworkable , with the electorate recoiling from its practical consequences . In a word , governments have made themselves unpopular with their manifold ' failures ' , those failures are traceable to their basic failure to restructure the social relations of British capitalism , and yet there has been no social force with the ' will ' and capacity to enforce any radical restructuring against the opposition which any such move must encounter . There has been a kind of stalemate in the class struggle which has placed governments in the position of tackling deep - rooted problems with technocratic instruments of strictly limited effectiveness : they have held the line on the balance of payments by means of periodic deflation , which has not really solved anything ; they have periodically checked inflation and attempted to rebuild industrial profitability by means of ad hoc incomes policy but have been unable either to maintain popular support for such policies or to push forward to a comprehensive planning of prices and incomes , investment and consumption . Against this background , the magnitude of the political problem facing the socialist project becomes apparent .
Idiom: thick and fast (used idiomatically: yes)
Kirkby 's Hoko , himself the WBC world champion at nine stone , had just watched unfancied , virtually washed - up Colombian Ruben Palacio teach brilliant Barking boxer McMillan some harsh truths about life in the spit - and - sawdust cockpit of the big fight league . McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life . The protests flew thick and fast that McMillan should have been allowed to keep his crown because he was , mystifyingly , three rounds ahead on two judges ' scorecards and , more realistically , one in front on another . But Hodkinson had seen more than enough . If their domestic showdown does ever take place , he reckons : ‘ I have to say it would be easy money for me.’
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
The running of multiple sessions has been another means of saving which , though not always a problem , has led to truncated teaching sessions , late - coming and absenteeism on the part of teachers and pupils . Teacher absenteeism is also exacerbated by general shortages of goods and services : teachers , like other employees , can spend half their days chasing scarce consumer goods for their families , instead of being in the classroom . Many also have second or third jobs to make ends meet . The SHAPE education reform project The SHAPE project , launched in 1985 , grew out of the educational reforms proposed in the late 1970s but never systematically carried through because of the economic crisis .
Idiom: make a go of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He thinks he can do what he wants and the rest of the world should line up behind him and follow . I wo n't do it — because I know it 's wrong.’ ‘ Oh dear,’ Louise said , unhappily , ‘ I did so hope that you two would make a go of it , but with all the rows I do n't really know , I 'm sure … ’ ‘ But do n't you and Uncle Jim ever disagree?’ ‘ Yes of course , darling , but you know , each sex has its different strengths .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: no)
April 23 is Saint George 's Day . He is the patron saint of England and is always shown as the dragon killer . Watch out for his flag being flown from the church towers on this day . Pancake Day This year Shrove Tuesday fell on March 3 .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Right , what what we 'll do is I mean we can confuse the Chow test looking at the residual sum of squares er from each of these sums as the regressions on sub samples , comparing them with the residual sum of squares on a regressionary of the whole sample and the computer will actually do it for us . Right , so it 's one I want to , I did n't get time to do last week was to tell you where you specify that you want to perform a Chow test , right , and the computer will generate both of both of Chow 's tests with one , the first one is where we 've got enough observations in each sub sample , right , to estimate the regression , right , however , you may , you may detect and figure there is some structural change right at the end of your er sample of observations or alternatively right at the beginning . Now in those cases we ca n't use the normal Chow tests we 've got more parameters to estimate than we have observations , right , as a result Chow developed a second test , right , from structural change where we do n't need er erm to estimate essentially the regression in the sub sample which has got very few obser observations but in that Chow , that Chow second test is often called a test of predicted failure , right , Microfit will calculate both of those tests and bear in mind I mean that we 're spending a lot of time on er parameter constancy , we must bear in mind that parameter constancy is vitally important if we are going to make these inferences possible be about policy making on the basis of our estimates . Now if our estimates , say for the marginal to consume or the incoming elasticity of demand , right if our estimates are based on a regression in which the real or the underlying marginal propensity to consume or income elasticity demand is varying from plus four to minus two , you know , is our point test generate from , from regression analysis they are going to be completely meaningless . We want to have some degree of confidence in that er the parameters that we estimate right have remained relatively constant over our sample period .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Much of the funding so far has come from the US , through the Environmental Protection Agency , the Agency for International Development , and the US World Wide Fund for Nature 's conservation fund . Dennis Tirpak , of the EPA , spelt out his organisation 's involvement : ‘ We see our role as having provided seed money , but we hope that the centres would be able to pull on substantial sums from foundations and industries.’ Chandler stressed that the centres will not depend on US staff , ideas or money in the long run . ‘ We want to make the centres independent , so that they will search for clients . We are just the first ones.’
Idiom: settle a score (used idiomatically: yes)
If the president falls , they too may suffer . The Hawiye clan , which dominates the rebel group currently threatening Mr Barre , is not thought to be vengeful . But the numerous and well - educated Isaak people of the north , some 50,000 of whom have been killed by the government , are the type to settle scores . Some observers are more optimistic . Somalia , they say , has anyway been without effective government over the past year .
Idiom: heart and soul (used idiomatically: yes)
In part , it says : ‘ I have not met bad people , I have never been robbed and whenever I left a village , people waved me with tearful eyes . I carried their love and blessings all along … I believe in my heart and soul that everyone has an equal responsibility to work together the peace and harmony of this world . ON THE ROAD LOTHIAN AND BORDERS Police has made a big step forward in crime prevention work with its new information caravan .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
In part it must mean that past generations of people have created a culture and it has been handed down to the present generation . This point is exactly what Freud was concerned to establish . His concern is with the culture which the past generations had created to be handed down . Why do human cultures contain something which can be called ' religion ' ? What were the problems these people were trying to handle with their various religious rituals and beliefs ?
Idiom: one of those days (used idiomatically: yes)
Shock defeat for top Swede STEFAN Edberg 's hopes of a third successive US Open crown came to an abrupt end when Karel Novacek pulled off a shock victory at Flushing Meadow . The third seed was beaten in four sets by the 18th - ranked Czech and the highly - rated Swede was forced to admit : ‘ It was one of those days.’ He added after the 7 - 6 6 - 4 4 - 6 6 - 4 shocker : ‘ I thought I had a chance to come back but it ended so fast . ‘ Karel played a good match but I was always struggling with my timing .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
After predictably brash , bright and breezy powerpop run - throughs of ' Bill ' and ' Pumpkin ' , Seaweed deliver a stupid , sexy and slyly squiggly head - screwing dubversh of ' Squint ' , which goes on far , far too long unless one is savagely drugged . The Whigs mangle the ' Paint It Black ' riff and insert it vigorously and repeatedly into the dry , dusty shell of a sad song about masturbation as a lifestyle priority rather than an optional extra . Breaking down the walls of knobache is , of course , the most clichéd subject possible for a pop song but this is both swirly and burly and rarfer tasty . SKID ROW : Youth Gone Wild Blond pop sextoy Sebastian Bach once bowled me over with his combination of genital - stirring good looks and demented spiel .
Idiom: out of the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
After the horse was bedded down it was time for Sirrell to celebrate properly , and most of Nantgaredig turned up to assist : he eventually got to bed at 3 a.m. Two hours later he was up again to milk the cows . Desert Orchid is out of the picture as Norton 's Coin ( left ) and Toby Tobias fly the last fence . More of a candidate for last place than first . Norton 's Coin gets up to pass Toby Tobias ( right ) as Desert Orchid ( left ) plugs on to be third .
Idiom: weather the storm (used idiomatically: yes)
JTR There is a road on the brae - head , Portree , where you can see a number of very primitive cottages : it is known as ' Stormy Hill . ' Certain it is , in stormy weather , from any point of the compass you will have a blow on Stormy Hill , and it does further seem as if it were tenanted by those who in the voyage of life have weathered storms quite as real , — long sickness , pinching poverty , and mayhap , in some cases , that very terrible malady when it becomes chronic , a disinclination to regular work ; and their present lot is one of storms , — few comforts and short allowance even of the needs of life within doors , and the wintry blasts without ; and failing health and increasing age give small prospect of much more of the sunshine or fewer of the blasts on this side of the dark River Jordan . As they are for the most part Gaelic - speaking folk , it is difficult to learn from themselves much of their true circumstances ; but there are friends in Portree who would gladly assist any soul who would like to be helpful to the dwellers on Stormy Hill . You would marvel to know that even in that locality Sectarianism has raised its voice .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
His control is through their commitment to forming a clear vision of success and turning it into reality , and that vision includes the highest standards of self - discipline . Yet the Profitboss is not so naive as to believe that people do not occasionally betray trust , do not occasionally fiddle their expenses , do not occasionally get sloppy and hire unnecessary staff . He overcomes these problems not by imposing rigid bureaucratic controls which in themselves are expensive , but by developing his own sensitive antennae to detect people who step out of line . He gets his deviants back into line with a firm , fair and consistent managerial approach . Occasionally he 'll ask a question such as : Why did you need so many taxis in Hong Kong ? "
Idiom: donkey work (used idiomatically: no)
Mistake it for something else or push it beyond its limits and its purpose may be destroyed . Ask it to do more than it can and it may not do what it should . Donkeys have no objection to donkey work , but they can not stand being taken for racehorses or tractors . As soon as we ask what faith is and what sort of mistreatment of faith causes doubt , we are led to the first major misconception about doubt — the idea that doubt is the opposite of faith and the same thing as unbelief . Implied in this is a view of faith that is unrealistic and a view of doubt that is unfair .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
However backward in some respects , its educational level was high , and it was certainly better adapted in 1880 to the demands and discipline of industrial life than the population of any other part of the world except North America . Such human resources were soon to be available elsewhere — notably in Japan — but for some decades they guaranteed to Europe and North America a monopoly of technical invention and discovery . Not one important industrial process was produced by Asia or Africa during the period covered by this book . Almost as important as her mineral and human resources , was Europe 's physical position . A long , indented coastline , with many harbours on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean , gave her easy access to the oceans and had made her the economic centre of the world .
Idiom: quick as a flash (used idiomatically: yes)
' They sent me out to do a match report and while I was sitting at a desk typing it up , Captain Bob appeared in the office , attracted by the presence of television cameras . ' He strode up to me , clamped a heavy hand on my shoulder and boomed : ' Michael , welcome back to the Daily Mirror . ' Quick as a flash , Michael replied : ' Bob , I 'm glad to see you , too . I need you to sign my expenses . ' Maxwell 's broad grin was instantly replaced with a dark scowl as he barked : ' Things have changed around here since your days ! '
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: no)
THE news about the closure of Cammell Lairds , and redundancies at British Aerospace , Umbro and many many others , meant that the end of 1992 brought bad news to many of the people in our diocese . Bishop Gray was very quick to speak out and express his ' dismay and extreme disappointment ' at the announcement of Cammell Laird 's closure . ' It will be like taking the heart out of Birkenhead , ' he said . He expressed his concern for the workforce and their families . In an area of high unemployment , this decision , with its knock - on effect in the local economy , is nothing short of a tragedy .