Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Ignorance was to play into the hands of the enemy ; knowledge through education was power : It is argued that to speak out on this subject is only to suggest the very evil you want to cure , and to do more harm than good … Let us recognize once and for all that the modest silence … has landed England in child harlotry . Enforced silence was no guarantee of innocence or security . To classify and measure the extent of immorality — to quite literally put it into discourse — was central to getting the problem under control .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: no)
Mr Rocard 's troubles do not stop there . As growth in France 's economy slows ( to an expected 2 % this year after two years near 4 % ) , unemployment ( currently 9.2 % of the workforce ) is rising and budget receipts dropping . For a party whose left wing has long complained that French price stability was won on the backs of the poor , this is a tricky moment . The finance minister , Pierre Bérégovoy , appeared this week to rule out an increase in either taxation or the budget deficit . The prime minister , by contrast , is said to be against more spending cuts .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
After a while Moran tired of looking at the newspapers and went outside though it was almost night . ‘ What happened?’ Michael asked laughingly , hoping to make light of what had taken place . ‘ Rose went to bed,’ Mona answered without looking up from her books and though the boy thought about it for a while he did not ask anything further . When Moran came back he was even more restless .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: yes)
Undoubtedly , a fixed rate mortgage would also appeal to Linda 's cautious nature . Many fixed rate schemes allow you to use a pension plan as a repayment vehicle . The Newcastle 's cap and collar mortgage , where the interest can not rise about 10.75 per cent or fall below 9.5 per cent for a full seven years is a good bet , especially when you consider that over the last 10 years , the average interest rate has been around 12 per cent . Should Linda want to move over the next seven years , she does not have to worry because the loan is fully portable . Consequently , she can carry the scheme over to her new mortgage .
Idiom: come hell or high water (used idiomatically: yes)
It would appear that they — unlike Labour — have an understanding that sexuality is socially constructed . Capitalism , being patriarchal , socially constructs sexuality within a heterosexual framework ( the inter - relationship between capitalism , patriarchy and heterosexuality is outside the scope of this chapter , unfortunately , but is overdue for socialist analysis ) . It hardly needs to be said that Tories are capitalists , and therefore to a woman ( Tory women playing a significant role in this ) subscribe to the view that the dominance of heterosexuality , notably the White Heterosexual Family , is to be preserved come hell or high water . Tories know on which side their bread is buttered — the heterosexual side . At the very least , heterosexual appearances must , and will , be maintained .
Idiom: smart alec (used idiomatically: yes)
Alternatively , as adults they may make their own decision to live an ordinary life and not pursue brilliance . John Knee is a quietly - spoken 40-year - old schoolteacher from Malvern in Worcestershire . It 's difficult to believe that he was expelled from nursery school at the age of three for being a ‘ smart alec’ . At six he could solve complicated mathematical equations and play chess at an advanced level . ‘ My mother told me it was like having red hair .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
So you 're right at the head of the pecking order ? Pardon ? You 're right at the head of the pecking order , when the cash generation starts you 'll be first in line ? Er , we will , but the pecking order er , the pecking order is the subject of agreement and it 's public . Er , but I mean clearly the , the debt and the guarantees are paid down first and so for the reason we are high up in the pecking order , because we provided the er , the loans and the guarantees .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
The Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea seeks to reduce to ground zero a massive mountain of copper capped with a summit of gold . There is yet more ‘ tungsten in the Yukon , vast deposits of copper and molybdenum in Arizona , still more copper and molybdenum in both northern and central Chile . And dotted in mines and quarries from New Zealand clockwise around to Easter Island , the ocean is littered with cobalt , zirconium , titanium , antimony and almost everything else under the sun . And with almost every mineral , so also every kind of food and crop . There is rice in abundance , of course : China , Japan , Indonesia , Thailand , Burma , Vietnam and Korea produce ( and then consume ) most of the world 's annual crop of 400 million tons of the grain of Oryza sativa .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
Scum fans are getting to cocky , unfortunatly I have a few friends and relatives who have not yet seen the light , They think they are unbeatable at the moment and could do the domestic treble . I not too bothered that Scum Could get to the league cup final and FA cup final ( as long as they lose ) , I hope they do with several replays along the way . This hopefully will cause them a fixture congestion around April / May with us hopefully been able to pick up the pieces . From : Date : 2 Dec 93 16:50:06 GMT
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: no)
I manoeuvre the dental floss into place in front of an aghast Lucker , and whip them away , as Laverne instructed . Lucker stands by with a lit cigarette , just in case it does n't work . I 'm covered in a fine glossy sheen of drying mud so maybe they never got a good grip in the first place . We do n't mention Lucker 's gaff with calling me Julie . The pattern seems to be , and fast changing circumstances dictate this more than anything , not to dwell on problems .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What makes you so sure of it?’ He avoided her question by asking another . ‘ Are you hinting you have no wish to set eyes on this place again?’ ‘ Of course not — I love the place … ’ She bit off further words , feeling irritated with herself for having made that admission .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
In any event , I think I put this to you financial status , okay , so you 've got a job and you 've got er er a reasonable income , what financial status straightforward thing that financial status does n't say what your outgoings are . You might be divorced and have all of family to keep . You might have ageing parents who you support and god knows how much other outgoings which are hidden and then you have to go down that road and say that you 're going to look at at financial status you 're going to have to say and exactly what are all of your outgoings in and now down going to get real unpleasant intrusion into people 's business . Horrible and I 'm I lived quite happily for long enough to remember certainly means testing and my parents . Who would have shu sh shuddered at the very thought that we are even considering such a time in this day and age .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
We begin with Shatov . The object goes , as I say , with his impulsiveness ; he is the man who roars ‘ Shatov is out ’ when an unwelcome visitor knocks at his door . The cap also goes with Shatov as migrant , as a railway-station man , a traveller between Russia , Switzerland , and America , a man with an old foreign restaurant bill in his pocket . It also goes with the people he moves among , the ‘ circles ’ and ‘ sets ’ of The Possessed , many of whom are travellers too , and with the ‘ quintet ’ which he does n't belong to but is entangled with , which he tries to kick himself clear of , and which dumps him in that pond and leaves his cap behind . Peter Verkhovensky , the real murderer , who manipulates the members of the quintet , whose dupes they are , travels more than anybody .
Idiom: oil and water (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet , when one of the local farmers , grinding the bony soil of a resisting field , felt the earth give way and drop him into a narrow grave , and discovered there a store of gravegoods disposed around the human remains , the interval of the centuries seemed to close . The seed corn left to accompany the dead could sprout again — as a boy , he had heard reports of successful experiments on damp rags in the dark — the coins for the ferryman , fallen among the collapsed lips and tongueless jawbones of the discovered dead , could be buffed and brightened until the curls in the hair of Demeter , caught up in rich ropes under a garland of corn floating with ribbons , gleamed glossily again , and the Cupid on Riba 's emblematic ship , facing out to sea with his drawn bow over the whorl of the prow , stood out in silver against the duller ground . When a vase emerged unbroken — especially the tall storage amphorae for oil and water - when its millennia - old husk of mud and chalk was scraped away , it appeared to Davide like a living body released from the torpor of an unnatural sleep , from a kind of illness , its rounded shape tender , pointing a foot , like an absorbed peg - doll , its intactness a triumphant resurrection . The matrons with their marked brows , hooped earrings and prominent noses had hardly altered , though the scarlet and mulberry cloaks painted in the tombs had vanished from all but the youngest and luckiest women among Davide 's kin , for a single death in the family charred them all , turning young and old into sable - winged crow - women — in churches , at the threshing , at the well , as if flocking in the turned field . Davide recognised his own people in the mourners of the tomb wall - paintings , women who strode forward in sandals , arms linked in a chorus line to send off the dead with exuberant and noisy rites .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Duke 's miracle caused a sensation . Young Australians clamoured to become his disciples . By the time he left Sydney surfing had taken root in another continent . Claude West , who had watched Duke that day , won the newly inaugurated national surfing championships from 1919 to 1924 , and once saved the life of the Governor - General , Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson . Many years later , it would be said of Australia that it was not a sea - going nation but a surf - going one .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Legislation making the making of racialist sentiments a criminal offence was first introduced in Britain in 1965 by the Race Relations Act . The common law offence of sedition , which consists of stirring hatred amongst different classes of Her Majesty 's subjects had fallen into disuse , and an unsuccessful attempt to use it to prosecute for the making of anti - semitic remarks appears to have discouraged prosecuting authorities from seeking to persuade the courts to mould the common law to deal with new problems posed by those who promote ill - will in an increasingly multi - racial society . For reasons to be explained , the original legislation was found to be defective , and was amended in 1976 ( and placed into the legislative context of the Public Order Act 1936 ) , but even after amendment it still gave rise to complaints that it fell short of the aspirations of its promoters in its effects . When the Bill was introduced into Parliament in December 1985 , it made some important but relatively minor adjustments in the pre - existing law relating to racial hatred offences . During proceedings in Committee in the House of Commons , it became apparent that there was all - party support for extending the law rather further than was initially proposed , and this Part of the Bill was substantially redrafted .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
The doctor retorted that he broke into her office and stole them from files . She said the lengthy sexual fantasies were simply transcriptions of her dreams . The documents , now evidence in the case , include flash cards with orders to the student to ‘ run over every day until you know them all by heart and are starting to believe them’ . One card read : ‘ I 'm your Mom and I love you and you love me very , very much . Say that 10 times.’
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
Stella moved , and as the light caught her Merrill noticed that on the fine tanned skin there was an etching of small lines at the corners of her mouth and around her eyes , but she was still a very beautiful woman . Apparently Richard thought so , too , for after a moment he led her away to the bar . ‘ By the way , Rob,’ Merrill said quietly , ‘ Luke is here , but he 's tired and he 's taking a bath . I met him in the hall —’ she explained , and was going on to warn Rob to tone down his exuberance when she saw Luke coming towards them . ‘ Why , talk of the devil,’ Rob interrupted , his slightly nervous tone making Merrill 's warning superfluous , and betraying the fact that he was n't as confident about Luke 's reaction to the party as he had led Merrill to believe .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
As the House is aware , these proposals are opposed by the entire police service of this country by the Police Federation , by the Police Superintendents Association and by the Association of Chief Police Officers . They have taken this position not because they are resistant to change , but because they believe that these proposals will politicise the British Police Service and they are in my view entirely right to have that view . Instead of the present arrangements which have served us so well , a politician in London for the time being Home Secretary will appoint five members to the authority , or roughly a third when the size of the authority is larger than sixteen . They would be people who 'd be able to do that police authority in Norwich , in Chelmsford , in Newcastle in Penrith and all the other force areas in England and Wales . My Lords what has this got to do with the quality of policing in this country ?
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
10 The yield to maturity on a conventional gilt is 9.78 per cent and the real yield on an indexlinked gilt is 2.5 per cent . What is the break - even inflation rate ? If the expected rate of inflation is 10 per cent , which gilt is the better buy ? 11
Idiom: fall from grace (used idiomatically: yes)
Whilst most of us , for example , can cope with having the occasional murderous thought about people we love , or work with , there are other people for whom such thoughts constitute a profound assault on their self - worth , and who must , therefore , either suffer that sense of worthlessness or involve themselves in an intense effort to deny or rationalize the thought . To take a specific and vivid example , it is very common for mothers ( and fathers ) to feel a violent impulse towards babies who can not be pacified . For some of these parents the injunction against such feelings is not too strong and they can accept their falls from grace with a certain amount of equanimity . ( It is easier to do so if you have friends who can own up to feeling the same way . ) But for others such an impulse provides the clearest evidence of their unsuitability for parenthood and their inadequacy as a person .
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
An old tea pot with a cracked lid turned out to be a present Granny had received on her wedding day and so , of course , it had to be kept . A pair of old shoes was put aside to be thrown out before Granny remembered they were the most comfortable she 'd ever had . Even a biscuit tin full of buttons and other odds and ends was finally put back in the pile of things to be kept because , as Granny said , ‘ You never know when they 'll come in handy.’ Well , this went on and on until the pile of things Morag and Granny had cleared out of the cupboards was nearly all gone . The trouble was that the pile of things they had put aside to back in the cupboards again was almost exactly the same size as the first pile .
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: no)
Jones injury setback WALES scrum-half Robert Jones could miss the East v West clash on December 28 after pulling a hamstring in Swansea 's 28-0 victory over Newbridge . He missed the West Wales training session in Swansea yesterday and said : ‘ I felt it go when I was running . It stiffened up overnight . Not having ever had an injury like this before I do n't know how long it will take to heal .
Idiom: bring up the rear (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a biting cold that almost turned the pleasure of the riding into a chore , or a want for it to end . Back at Nathan 's sledge he is too cold to be bothered to ride again so we hoist it on to Odd - Knut 's sledge and ride on . Nathan and I bring up the rear , and soon we are alone , with Nathan buried beneath the nylon sledge cover . We are going down towards the forest and the Arctic night is awesome . The trees and mountain ridges have a magnificent stark beauty .
Idiom: down in the dumps (used idiomatically: yes)
The other woman shook her head bemusedly , sending her tousled red curls tumbling about her face . ‘ What on earth has got into you this morning?’ she said wonderingly . ‘ When I left you last night you were positively down in the dumps ; today you 're — you're … ’ she made a helpless gesture with her hands , searching for the right adjective ‘ … you 're sizzling ! What happened ? Did Adam Burns call you?’
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
Neither side was prepared to comment on the suggestion , but given IBM 's surplus manufacturing capacity , such a deal would be good sense . The analyst reckons that such additional manufacturing capacity could boost Intel profits by some $ 0.50 to $ 1.00 per share , as early as the last quarter of 1993 . Separately , US PC Week highlights Intel 's unhappiness with the cavalier way in which IBM has been offering to all and sundry the iAPX-86 chip variants it has designed under its second source agreement with IBM , and suggests that the agreement is being renegotiated , and that IBM may get the right to make enhanced versions of the Pentium only if it agrees to strict limits on how many it can make for itself or sale . MICROSOFT ENGINEERS BURNING MIDNIGHT OIL TO GET NT INTO SHAPE Microsoft Corp is reportedly going to by - pass the formality of a press conference to announce Windows NT in two weeks .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
Fabia was soon seated beside the stranger ; in no time his car was gliding speedily and effortlessly along , and in the following half - hour , as they exchanged one or two impersonal comments , Fabia began to recover from her most recent calamity . But as the car sped on , it was still very much on her mind that with her car lifeless , the garage mechanics the only people able to put some life back into it , she 'd had no option but to leave her car back there . It rather put paid to any idea she 'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though . And she could forget about making a visit to Karlovy Vary , that was for sure . However , with Vendelin Gajdusek out of town and that interview still hanging over her head , a missed trip to the third spa town of the triangle , she inwardly sighed , was the least of her worries !
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
Elaine desperately wants to be free : free to fall in love , work hard and have fun . All she is asking for , she says , is to live the same kind of life as everyone else . This would only be possible if she had intensive 24-hour cover : if she could employ carers both night and day who could be flexible enough to adapt to her needs rather than vice versa . ‘ Perhaps I am being selfish,’ she writes . ‘ But my life as it is now is n't worth living .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
Sickle cell disease is a relatively common condition which causes severe problems for those affected . The establishment of sickle cell centres in many cities has led to increased awareness of the condition and greatly improved care for sufferers , and much of the credit for this must go to the dedicated nurses , health visitors and counsellors involved . There is still a long way to go , however , before the disease receives the attention and share of resources which it deserves , whereby an effective screening programme can be established to identify those most at risk . Key points 1 .
Idiom: five-finger discount (used idiomatically: yes)
This is the Lyricist Lounge , where twice a month aspiring rappers run new rhymes past each other in something that 's closer to an old school jam than to videogenic 1992 hip hop . Much of the talent comes from the fiercely competitive world of hip hop dancing : Snakeyes , the Funky Apprentices and Short Cut all show promise , but the star turn is Stretch , a dancer for Ce Ce Peniston and the choreographer on Michael Jackson 's ‘ Remember The Time’ video . Sitting back and taking it all in is another former hip hop dancer , Moet Lo , who lost his Wall Street messenger job when his firm discovered his penchant for the five - finger discount at Polo stores . Moet reckons the wannabes ( or ‘ customers’ ) have n't only stirred up trouble , but have spoiled a good thing with their inept boosting methods . ‘ A lot of guys out there now do n't know that you got ta have the timing and planning for this stuff , and they just go and do it on the spur of the moment and get caught.’
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Anything which features social interaction could lead on to group discussion of some aspect of communication . For example it could be used to get a group to make a list of all the means of communication they noticed , as a starting point for a session on one particular aspect of communication . It is worth checking what is available on video with a view to picking short sequences which could be used as mind stretchers occasionally at the beginning of a training session . One in - house use of cameras popular with many institutions is the recording of visiting " gurus " . On the face of it this seems like a good idea .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Not for the first time in the past few months , Jonadab was disturbed to recognise envy and the seeds of discord in his youngest son . CHAPTER NINETEEN The weather remained piercingly cold , so that whenever men or beasts had need to venture outdoors they were chilled to the bone . The snow did not return until early in February : this time , the Oaks were well prepared . All the sheep were on lower ground where they could be reached by men on horseback , and the womenfolk had laid in stocks of flour and yeast , so that there was no shortage of food .
Idiom: bag and baggage (used idiomatically: yes)
In the galley , she vented her feelings still further by clashing pans and cooking utensils and listing sotto voce the names she 'd like to call Fenton Marshall , if only she were not so dependent on his good will . But how long would that good will last ? He had n't chucked her overboard bag and baggage yet , but he was probably only biding his time until they returned to their mooring . Meanwhile she was obviously expected to make herself useful . As instructed , she gave Fen two or three minutes ' warning and felt the boat change direction and nudge the bank .
Idiom: the rest is history (used idiomatically: yes)
Though he had defeated heavyweight champion Sonny Liston and defended his title nine times , Ali never had a dramatic constituency before . Now a huge one awaited him , liberals looking for expression , eager literati to put in sculpture , worn - out hippies , anyone who wanted to see right done for once . The rest is history : the two symphonic conflicts with Joe Frazier ; the tingling walk with him into the darkness of George Foreman . Then , the Hegelian ' bad infinite ' of repeating diminishing cycles : retiring , unretiring , the torture of losing weight , the oiling of mushy reflexes . The margins of dominance compressed perilously , and the head shots ( negligible before exile ) mounted .