Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: no)
That 's an amazing 1,639,369 EXTRA copies over the three days — more than the whole circulation of the Daily Express and bigger than the combined sale of the Daily Star and Today . Never before in the whole history of Fleet Street has there been anything like it . Trust the Mirror to get in first — we always keep you right in the picture . DAY ONE : First revelations DAY TWO : Second sensation
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
Often , you have asked yourself if there is a power out there that is supposed to help when you need it . You have asked why it does not give you what you require . The answer to that is that nine times out of ten you do not know what you really want , you do not know your own mind and have not made a choice . You are hampered by fear of the consequences of a new choice , the fear of the unknown , of being alone , of the world you have readily accepted in the past . By not knowing and by feeding these fears , you have played into the hands of the mentor whose dedication is to keep you away at all costs from your higher self and who will feed off your essence and life energy , as without these it can not live .
Idiom: on the wagon (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He has gone into the mole country.’ ‘ They used to take an interest in the way they made corn - stacks in the old days . To make it harder for vermin to get into 'em they used to draw a wagon alongside a stack , and stand on the wagon with a scythe and then trim the stack . They moved it round the stack . Those stacks looked as if they had been turned out of a tin.’
Idiom: when all is said and done (used idiomatically: yes)
But , at length , the drawings and sketches were laid out and the plans for Flaherty 's new steam - powered melting pot which had unaccountably been packed by mistake put away again . Weights were placed at all the corners of the sketches to stop them springing back into tight rolls . ‘ And there it is , your throneships,’ said Bith , beaming , because when all was said and done , had n't they produced the finest old sketches ever heard of and was n't there good reason for them to feel proud ? Goibniu was pleased with the designs . The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: no)
THE WINTER Olympic sports of figure skating and ice hockey should provide a fascinating backdrop full of balletic grace and full - blooded aggression . But The Cutting Edge ( Cert P.G. ; General ) , a sort of Dirty Dancing on ice set in the competitive world of international skating , left me cold . While there are some fabulous skating routines , beautifully choreographed by British Olympic gold medallist Robin Cousins , it all fairly predictable from the moment our two bolshie stars accidentally slam into each other behind the scenes at an Olympic event . D. B. Sweeney plays Doug Dorsey , a working class lad whose bright future in the National Hockey League is ended by a playing accident that leaves him with permanent eye damage . Even so , that does n't stop him being introduced by Russian coach Anton Pamchenko ( Roy Dotrice ) to bitchy ice - queen Kate Moseley ( Moira Kelly ) as a prospective dance partner .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
The family came originally from Northamptonshire , making the transition from small open - field farmers to professional men in the seventeenth century , and its association with the Anglican Church was already three generations old when James was born . After attending two preparatory schools , he was admitted as a scholar to Winchester College in 1752 . As he was only seventh on the Oxford roll in 1758 , his last year , his place at the sister foundation ( New College , Oxford ) was by no means assured . He was provisionally enrolled at Oriel College , Oxford , and it was not until 21 July 1759 that he was able to celebrate his acceptance by writing the first line of the diary : ' Made a Scholar of New - College ' . In 1763 he was ordained and graduated BA .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
He feels that his own experience in education will be particularly valuable . ‘ It gave me something that I am sure I can put back into the local community,’ he said . Mr. Keech aims to be in the community house each weekday morning but , during the rest of his 20 hours of employment each week , he will be out and about on the estate . He particularly looks forward to the new community centre being built and , with a personal interest in sport , is keen that while still remaining a play area , the football field is developed and used for more formal games . ‘ I would like to think that eventually there will be a game there each Sunday morning,’ he told the Herald this week .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
I was n't a little nonplussed . I never had a fear of going it alone , do n't get me wrong . I 've gone it alone more times than a hermit with attitude . But it was going to be a real bummer not having the little guy around to chat with while I single - handedly solved my cases . I refilled my piece .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
It suddenly dawned on Tom that he 'd been doing it wrong all along .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
They 've worked at it and we have n't , that 's the difference . It 's a parallel universe . We inhabit the universe where Carter made it and there 's another one where we made it and they 're getting pissed off about us.’ JP : ‘ I wrote to them and said ‘ I ca n't afford to buy your records , so will you take a couple of ours and swap?’ They did , so I 'm sure they must be bloody good blokes .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
She would n't break down . She would n't let him see that he had hurt her in a way that Harry Martin and all his tricks could never have hurt her . She would never let him know that he had broken her heart . CHAPTER TEN ‘ And you 're sure you 're feeling better , Fran ?
Idiom: below par (used idiomatically: yes)
This stock will be redeemed at par on 19 May 1999 . Traditionally , private investors find it difficult to accept a loss on redemption . Treasury 8.75 % 1997 at £ 97 1/8 to yield 9.48 % to redemption is one of the few medium dated gilts still below par . Now that tax rates on income have fallen to a maximum of 40 % , there is less incentive for individuals to buy low coupon gilts to take advantage of the tax - free capital appreciation . However , in the five to 15 year life range the highest net redemption yield for a 40 % taxpayer is 6.20 % on Funding 3.5 % 1999/2004 , which stands at £ 65 3/4 .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
Clearly he was working under more or less constant stress . This was partly self - induced through the precarious complexity of his affairs and his suspicion of dealers , partly imposed by the difficulties implicit in negotiating and getting paid for commissions ( which he did receive despite the title ) and his public notoriety . As a behind - the - scenes view of an artist 's life it makes an interesting comparison with other recent artists ' lives — Rodin , John , Modigliani and Picasso — all of whom he knew . It is when we get away from the domestic scene that the more serious flaws become apparent . Epstein had one of the most important collections of African and Oceanic sculpture ever assembled in this country and introduced a number of contemporaries to non - European art ; most recent scholarship puts the beginning of his collecting activity in 1912 when it is documented but Gardiner places it in 1904,(i.e . before Derain and Picasso ) when Epstein was a penniless student in Paris .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
Blue notes JAZZ Toni Morrison Chatto & Windus , £ 14.99 PLAYING IN THE DARK : WHITENESS AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION Toni Morrison Harvard University Press , £ 11.95 Andrea Stuart In her latest novel , Jazz , Toni Morrison has dipped back into a time before cross - over , when African - American music was all - black , in her quest for a uniquely black literary language . It 's 1926 , and Harlem 's wonder years are in full swing . The sun that glitters on the city streets captivates , just like gold . ‘ History is over , you all , and everything 's ahead at last,’ crows the novel 's narrator , with the triumphant born - again optimism that characterised a generation of black people who migrated north in search of new beginnings .
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: yes)
Now LASMO aims to keep its own directors and managers up to speed with high - calibre intelligence from all quarters . But , according to Keith , this will take more than simply organising hardware and writing the appropriate software . He said : ‘ In a company such as ours there is a huge reservoir of potentially valuable information simply lying around untapped , maybe in someone 's head or gathering dust in a file somewhere . We need to get it onto management information databases [ MIS ] , where it can be accessed and used by the EIS system when required . This is something which , historically , we have not paid enough attention to , however implementing an EIS will force this very worthwhile discipline on the whole company .
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
VAT and for a small amount it 's not worth it really One of the dogs gone down there ? I am sick and tired of picking up the mud Hello Ken Oh , we 're trying to see if any pick up the nails in the wall , you know
Idiom: put your shoulder to the wheel (used idiomatically: yes)
All this meant that the tradition of ‘ visiting’ remained inherent in the new welfare provision for young people . As one settlement worker remarked , while the after - care committees provided ‘ many more opportunities for direct personal service than there had been in the past’ , the exchange system brought the home visitors and the club managers into the ‘ industrial side’ and , therefore , united the social and industrial welfare of adolescents . But it should be kept in mind that the home visit , for reasons of either vocational guidance or after - care , was intended to do more than simply attend to the school - leaver , who was urged to ‘ put your shoulder to the wheel’ in order‘to reduce to a minimum the number of inefficient citizens’ . The procedure was also designed to exert an influence on the parents . In ‘ Suggestions for Helpers’ , Birmingham care workers were advised to make parents feel that their visit was the result of a desire to be ‘ really helpful and friendly’ .
Idiom: from A to Z (used idiomatically: yes)
Was the night school classes were they quite beneficial ? The night school classes were very er efficient because the teachers that taught in the night school were actually bakers . Expert bakers in the trade and er they showed you it from A to Z. Although some of the things that you were taught you maybe never got a chance to do them in the bakery . You were only a sort of number in a bakery and er worked at a table along with the rest .
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: yes)
I vividly remember how disappointed I was when I bought my garter bar . I simply can not afford to buy gadgets and not use them . It is the only gadget I have ever bought which actually got pushed under the settee where it gathered dust for several years before I really came to terms with it . Now , like all my other gadgets , it is a real friend and I reach for it several times a week to help ease and speed up specific tasks . What is a garter bar supposed to do ?
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a good idea taking your own dressing gown though was n't it ? Mm . There was one girl there today , she was about fifteen or seventeen and she had to put her coat on over the top of the gown because it was Oh . all open down the back and you had to walk out through a huge waiting room full of people .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , Rupert , back to your solitary meal in your neo - Edwardian house rather too far west of St John 's Wood,’ said a voice near Penelope . ‘ And I must away to my Green Line bus — Lydia will be keeping something hot for me.’ Penelope dared not stop or turn her head , for she realised that Rupert must be close behind her . It was fortunate that at that moment the handle of her basket , insecurely mended , should suddenly give way , scattering the contents over the pavement — a library book , some oranges , and a rather shamefully adolescent bag of liquorice all - sorts . ‘ Let me help you — why , it 's Father Ainger 's wife 's sister.’
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
After the children returned to school in mid - August there came haymaking and harvesting the oats . Cutting was mostly carried out with a scythe although a few were able to hire machinery for the purpose . Chris lent a hand with the binding and stacking , reliving her farming and Land Army days . Later there were the potatoes and turnips to harvest , and a threshing machine visited each croft in turn to deal with the oats . Then , with the return of the sheep to the village grazings , we knew that winter was once more upon us .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: no)
More than that , the abandonment of syllabic metre means losing the principal stylistic character , the distinctive " key " of the Odes , for it is in metrical subtlety that Horace finds , and recommends to his reader , what Yeats has called " the fascination of what 's difficult " ; and it is out of that difficulty that the delicate , devious style of these lyrics uniquely flowers . Horatian metres both dictate and accommodate Horatian syntax ; in every poem there are striking effects of word order which , on the one hand , may be said to have been contrived , or willed by the poet , but on the other can be seen as arising from metrical necessity . The novice reader , unaccustomed to bearing a word patiently in mind until its partner belatedly arrives , is repeatedly confronted with questions of normality — what is the " normal word order " in poems such as these ? The answer is , that the only norms are normal abnormalities , judged against the usages of prose . If we can talk of " prose norms " in Latin generally , we will presumably define them as an order of clause elements according to which , in principal declarative clauses at least , the Subject precedes the Object , which is followed by the Verb .
Idiom: fall in line (used idiomatically: yes)
ANNABELLA LWIN : For allowing Malcolm McLaren to exploit her girlish sensuality and feed a thousand under - age sex fantasies . 9 All the female rappers who 've fallen in line with the misogynist myth by calling themselves degrading names like BYTCHES WITH PROBLEMS , OVERWEIGHT POOCH and HOES WIT ' ATTITUDE . 10 All the women that appear in American Metal videos in various states of soft - porn undress , notably the blonde in Warrant 's ‘ Cherry Pie’ , a sexist 's dream of tawdry suggestiveness ( you can imagine the lyrics ) .
Idiom: go to ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Unfortunately ambush is n't always possible . There may not be any suitable places to use , or your attackers may all be equally fit and able to stick together while they chase you . With no help around , you may have to resort to another tactic — a risky one : going to ground . Hiding is fine provided you are sure that the chances of discovery are absolutely minimal . If the gang does track you down to your hiding place , you are definitely out of luck .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
A year ago , the 40,000 population achieved the unique feat of driving out the army , which has terrorised the Indian highlands for more than a decade . Since that day there have been no killings , shootings or kidnappings in the town . While the rest of the inhabitants are in bed , citizens ' patrols keep the peace — groups of 15 men in cowboy hats , holding aloft the ragged blue - and - white national flag as they walk the cobbled streets . At intervals , a whistle rings out over the dark lake , giving the all - clear . The town forced the army to withdraw in December 1990 , after soldiers opened fire on a peaceful demonstration , killing 13 villagers , including a nine - year - old boy .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
Fortune was smiling on him , it was all coming together , and it was right it should . He looked ahead to where the road curved openly up to the left , free road ahead , that 's where he was going up on that open road ahead with this great sense of power behind his eyes , behind his shoulders , in his thighs . He was back in bed with Betty , getting there , getting there , his foot on the accelerator as he shot across the main road that took a steady morning stream of vehicles to the coast . He had a fraction of a second to be surprised at finding himself in the middle of all this traffic , when up there , that was his road , up there , that 's where he should have been by now . He had driven straight into a brick lorry , and car and driver coalesced in the final spasm .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've got to leave that problem to the experts . The problem I ca n't leave is what do I do if Dickie just passes ? Break his heart now by saying the school 's too expensive ? Or wait two years and break it then ? ' I said tentatively , ' Suppose in two years ' time the situation was different ? '
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
But such Machiavellian gestures on the part of a benevolent ruler increasingly cut less ice with the people . After 1981 , the Securitate and other security forces were used as the prime means of settling industrial disputes and demonstrations . It was not surprising that even within the upper reaches of the Party discontent began to come into the open , or at least to be expressed clearly behind closed doors at meetings of the Central Committee or Council of Ministers . By 1981 , Virgil Trofin had been downgraded , like so many former protégés , and was now Minister of Mines and Petroleum . Suddenly , at the Central Committee meeting in November , he failed to respond to the criticisms levelled at his ministry for failure to meet plan targets in the standard manner , neither would he take the blame for the strike at Motru .
Idiom: show the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
how to change the language setting on Apple TV From the main menu , choose Settings ( Gear icon ) , select the first option from the list , scroll down and select the first option that shows a flag , choose the desired language from the list .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: no)
' I can not deny that I have had my troubles off the park , or that my mind was on other things for a while , but my head is down and I am concentrating on making a contribution to the team once again . ' All that has happened to me has helped open my eyes and I am still young enough to put the past firmly behind me . ' The last observation , of course , has , down through the years , been the stock response of the Scottish internationalist with his finger firmly jammed on the self - destruct button . It is now up to Ferguson to prove he is doing something more than repeating a cliched defence . Earlier this season , Mark Hateley of Rangers expressed the opinion that Ferguson was the kind of target man Roxburgh 's side lacked .
Idiom: out of kilter (used idiomatically: yes)
Soaring out thought the airlock into the Fraxillian sunshine , I thought of how I must have looked to nay people below . A godlike figure , I thought , descending lightly but with dignity from the sky . It was several preceptors phasing out together , Posi later explained , that threw directional control and some other functions out of kilter . So the tractor bean set me down nowhere near the Divine Sanctum . Worse , the beam shut off while I was still four - metres from the ground .
Idiom: below par (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ A foursome would be nice,’ she mused , ‘ and look at it this way , we can be your chaperons.’ Alyssia strolled out to the car with her friend , relieved that he had remained in the kitchen , and turned to her . ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've been a bit below par this evening,’ she apologised . Simone squeezed her arm sympathetically . ‘ I did wonder whether you did n't want me there,’ she said .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
The idea that the right hemisphere may be involved in processing highly imageable words is supported by data from temporal lobectomised patients which show a deficit in recall of concrete , highly imageable , words , leaving abstract words unaffected , when the lesion is on the right . Contrariwise , left sided lobectomy affects abstract words but has little effect on recall of concrete words ( Jones - Gotman and Milner , 1978 ) . While the above findings suggest that highly concrete words are equally well recognised in left and right hemispheres , it is conceivable that the relevant factor is not concreteness or imageability , per se , but some other factor which co - varies with imageability . One such factor is the age at which words are learned . Words with an early age of acquisition tend to be highly concrete ( imageable ) while words acquired at a later age tend to be abstract .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Alas , as any self respecting twitcher will tell the chancellor , it is not a native of Africa . With its ‘ chack , chack ’ call the Pallas ' Sandgrouse ( Syrrhaptes paradoxus ) lives several thousand miles away in Asia . The male has highly absorbent belly feathers which enable him to store water after immersing his underparts in a water hole . Mr Lamont was clearly confusing it with the Black-Bellied Sandgrouse ( Pterocles orientalis ) , whose natural habitat is North Africa , said the RSPB yesterday . The dumpier , seed-eating , Black-Bellied Sandgrouse , gathers in flocks of several thousand .
Idiom: spit the dummy (used idiomatically: yes)
Dickson then managed to bounce off an umpire boat while doing his 270 ° penalty turn . Exasperated beyond measure , the now balding wünderkind threw his chequered protest flag into the tide . The anti - Dickson camp chortled for hours in the bar about how the boy ‘ spat the dummy’ . ‘ The thing I like about working in Japan is that they are not part of the New Zealand yachting soap opera,’ said Dickson over a post - race Steinlager . ‘ If I came back and trained and lived here again I would probably go back to being the blue - eyed boy .
Idiom: miss the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
We know because we never had none , so we know by absence . It 's got ta be a good thing if you miss it bad enough . Missed that boat , bin ' drowin ' ever since . ' Jerry has a natural edge to him , a wit which darts behind his eyes , and more distrust too , than Willie . He asks again , pushing through our evasiveness .
Idiom: do me a favour (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh I thought if Tracey can get them it might be more reliable to get them from Tracey . Could you do me a favour ? About the interview forms , what you want yeah
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah , I 'll enjoy that . We shall get , you know , sort of , an E or and F and They must , they must be going for rock bottom prices at the moment there ! I saw an E Sierra in the paper for about three thousand that had only done forty thousand er , an estate . Mm .