Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: keep someone in the dark (used idiomatically: yes)
He described the event , now in its 17th year , as a ' slice of normality ' . Price warning for traders TRADING standards officers are preparing to swoop on retailers who keep customers in the dark over prices . And it was revealed today that ' most ' motor dealers are breaking the law by not displaying price tags on vehicles . Under the Price Marking Order 1992 , virtually all goods must be priced in such a way to allow consumers to see the total cost of the item .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The former argued that nothing less than overthrowing communism – “ regime - change ” in today ’s parlance – would do . The latter approach held that efforts to roll back Communism in the short run were too risky , given the Soviet nuclear arsenal , and that the United ~ States and the West should content themselves with limiting the spread of Soviet power and influence . Containment prevailed , but this hardly settled the debate , as there were intense arguments both over where it should be applied ( Vietnam , Central ~ America , and the Middle ~ East all come to mind ) and how it should be carried out , i.e. , the right mix of military force , covert action , diplomacy and arms control , and economic sanctions and assistance . And now , exactly 20 years after the Berlin ~ Wall came down , we are well into the third phase – the debate over why the Cold ~ War ended when it did and how it did . One school of thought maintains that the Cold ~ War was won as a result of decades of sustained US and Western pressure on the Soviet ~ Union and its allies .
Idiom: there's the rub (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed it would be just as probable as a jump from insect to one of its immediate neighbours . But it would also be just as probable as a jump to any other biomorph in the land . And there 's the rub . For the number of biomorphs in the land is half a trillion , and if no one of them is any more probable as a destination than any other , the odds of jumping to any particular one are small enough to ignore . Notice that it does n't help us to assume that there is a powerful nonrandom " selection pressure " .
Idiom: kicking and screaming (used idiomatically: yes)
You do n't even look like you . This feels like someone else 's drama . She 'd wanted to throw herself on the floor , kicking and screaming to make the words go away , to make the lover want to stay . But being more than ten times the age at which that sort of behaviour is considered acceptable , what had she done ? She 'd said FINE .
Idiom: keep up appearances (used idiomatically: yes)
He chose Wordsworth 's father , John , probably because Richard Wordsworth had held a similar position a generation before . Sir James set John Wordsworth up in the largest house in the High Street of Cockermouth , and later gave him the office of Coroner of Millom . John moved in with his eighteen - year - old bride in 1766 , and kept up an appearance of middle - class solvency . How he was able to do this is a mystery , for he never seems to have been paid by Lowther , not even for the necessary expenses of entertainment called for by an election campaign . In addition to financial worries the job was not a pleasant one : in spite of many years of apparent conviviality , Dorothy realized after her father 's death that ' he had not one real friend ' .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Al ~ Jazeera has pushed the boundaries of information by providing live coverage of major developments in the Arab world and elsewhere . It is a platform for political and religious opposition groups in the Arab countries . It hosts Israeli spokespersons and embraces state - of - the - art broadcasting techniques . In short , it has become a global brand and a role model for other Arab media . Success breeds confidence , but it also attracts envy .
Idiom: the die is cast (used idiomatically: no)
Rebellion was one thing ; severance or denial was something else . The responsibility was going to haunt him for years to come . The die had been cast . He had perceived . But to the ' rebellion'(which may have given rise to something far deeper , as we shall see ) we must add two further emphases which we have italicised .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
Here he is with his hands full after a buying spree in a corner shop . Fitness fan Julian — son of Beatles idol John — loaded up with health foods when he dashed to the store near his Los Angeles home . There 's no mistaking the 29-year - old rocker when he 's out and about with his shopping list . Like so many celebrities he stands out … by wearing shades . De Lorean is to hand back £ 5 m
Idiom: call the tune (used idiomatically: yes)
Mimms is now with his ninth League club , a nomadic journey which began at lowly Halifax , reached a dead - end as Neville Southall 's understudy at Everton and hit its nadir at Tottenham . But his new lease of life has saved Blackburn manager Dalglish from dipping further into Walker 's personal fortune to reinforce a position once regarded as Rovers ' weak link — but now recognised as a pillar of strength . Ruddock to call the tune By Mike Walters ALAN SHEARER was last night hailed as a £ 10 million wonder — by the man who this afternoon must stop him leading Blackburn 's title crusade .
Idiom: out of your mind (used idiomatically: yes)
He was instructed to tell you everything you wanted to know but make you squirm a little on the way.’ ‘ You … you … You 're out of your mind ! So you 've got me here , very clever , but for God 's sake what do you want me here for?’ No smiles now , no mockery or teasing .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
Edward Hopkins , The Black Swan , Frome , Somerset BA11 1BB,(0373 ) 65247 . Cutting tenons on a table saw . The guards are removed so great care has to be taken and hands kept well clear of the blade ( below left and right ) . This operation is not to be attempted by novices . Because of their bracing action the joints have to accurate
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Doors were shut 45 minutes after the show opened . One fan Daniel Hale , 16 , of Long Levens , Gloucester , said : ' It was chaos . ' Daniel , who spent £ 75 on new games and equipment , added : ' We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ' His pal , Oliver Callaghan , 15 , also from Long Levens , said : ' Things got out of hand , but it 's been fantastic . ' One fan who did n't mind the crush was student Allan Brett who scooped £ 10,000 after winning the National Computer Games Championships .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Ted was a clever , tricky player with neat ball - control . He was difficult to dispossess and he liked to beat his man and create space for his crosses by craft rather than by sheer pace . His skill on the ball meant that he was occasionally useful in an inside berth , but the Palace were seldom more than a struggling outfit while he was with us and it is doubtful if many Palace fans ever saw him at his best . Ted 's career ended abruptly with a badly broken leg in a Football Combination match and he joined his home town club , Bradford Park Avenue , as assistant trainer in 1954 . BULCOCK , Joe
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps even comparisons with Joy Division 's bruising basslines and the dry crunchiness of early , burly Happy Mondays might be permissible ? ' That 's what we always were anyway , loud guitars and plenty of rhythm . So , on that extremely simplistic level , we were the Happy Mondays , ha ha ! ' Ha ha ha ha ha pardon ? ' …
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: no)
But only the occasional innocent — so far as she could tell — twang of the springs of the hideous black and red sofa punctuated the interview . A : Mr Vansitart , what courage it takes to think ! To acknowledge that we stand alone on this whirling ball of rock which we call earth , hurtling God knows where through space , and that there is no God to hold our hand ! God not so much the Prime Mover we can do without him — but the God who understands what 's going on . There must be some really nice , other , stationary , less inconceivable place , we think , than the world ; some permanent non - whirling static heaven somewhere where fairness and justice triumph .
Idiom: play into someone's hands (used idiomatically: yes)
But it also can not be defined simply as any political movement that panders to the masses by promoting simplistic policy proposals . While populists might be particularly prone to advocating facile solutions , they hardly have a monopoly on that tactic . Moreover , impugning populists ’ intelligence and seriousness only plays into their hands : See how the arrogant , entrenched elites , they will counter , dismiss the common sense of the people . Populism can not be understood at the level of policies ; rather , it is a particular way of imagining politics . It pits the innocent , always hard - working people against both a corrupt elite ( who do not really work , other than to further their own interests ) and those on the very bottom of society ( who also do not work and live off others ) .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
Iraq 's action in creating it was described as " environmental terrorism " by Allied spokesmen . The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . Measuring some 35 miles by 10 miles , and heading south with the current at the rate of around one mile per day , its threat is exacerbated by the fact that the Gulf is a shallow sea , with an average depth of only 35 metres . It also has little natural turbulence or tidal flushing . This would mean that marine life would have no chance of escape , while the natural dispersion of the slick would be delayed .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
One after the other , each " owner " would then sing his stretch of the Ancestor 's footprints . Always in the correct sequence ! " To sing a verse out of order " , Flynn said sombrely,"was a crime . Usually meant the death penalty . " " I can see that , " I said .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
As the 1990s began , almost every western industrialised country was investing heavily in new rail links and traffic controls to combat growing levels of air pollution from traffic . Britain , however , had fought to impede European agreements requiring catalytic converters on cars and even as London 's traffic slowed to pre - First World War speeds , planned to build vast new roads and to cut rail services . Just as officialdom saw the legendary return of salmon to the Thames as evidence that Britain 's water pollution was cured , so it gloried in the Clean Air Acts of the 1950s and turned a ' blind eye ' to dying lakes , moribund trees and the links between car exhaust and human health that became apparent in the 1980s . On current plans , Britain will probably remain the largest exporter of air pollution in Western Europe . Acid Rain : Power Stations and Air Pollution
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet Jesus is insistent . No building can stand without firm foundations , and neither can a marriage . The person who hears his words and obeys them ‘ is like a man building a house , who dug deep , and laid the foundation upon rock ; and when a flood arose , the stream broke against that house , and could not shake it , because it had been well built’(Luke 6:48 RSV ) . What can you do to start rebuilding the foundations of your marriage ? Ask each other what one manageable action you can perform which will bring the other happiness .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: no)
Madeleine Harvey , of Coniston school in Reigate , said : ‘ He walked around with shoulders hunched , head bent , unable to communicate with anyone very well , with hands over his ears to block out the noise of other people.’ From the family home in Betchworth , Surrey , Nicholas 's stunned father Peter said : ‘ I want to know what I can legally say about this whole sad and unhappy upset.’ But the row was far away from the little genius as he got to grips with the wonders of computers . Dr Peter Stokes , head of education at the West London Institute , which is running courses on how to teach gifted children , said : ‘ He is an exceptionally bright boy for his age . He typed in the letters of the alphabet without hesitation and his name and address fluently .
Idiom: two-way street (used idiomatically: yes)
Britain , in contrast to the rest of western Europe , is marked by the relative absence of an institutionalised and independent socialist presence in the stuff of everyday life . It lacks the large and heterogenous left - wing presses , the genuinely mass parties ( even after splits and dissolution , the former Italian Communists approach one million members ) and the associational networks that root socialism in the crucial spheres of business and leisure . These institutions provide two - way streets between the organised left and the communities/ identities they seek to represent . The Euro - Left is now looking beyond traditional social democracy , while the Labour Party struggles to come to terms with the old model . Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by - passed .
Idiom: rise and shine (used idiomatically: no)
So she waited eagerly . Suddenly far above her head she saw a little shaft of light . It grew until it was a window and out through the window she could see down a long tunnel ; and beyond that the sun shining and the mountains rising over the fruit trees . Wider and wider , the dragon was opening its mouth . He wanted her to come out .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Lowe was drinking too much , too publicly . At parties , he would n't refuse cocaine . His work got lost in the rush of column items and other people 's fantasies . And all this time , people though he 'd always had it easy , him with his women and his cheekbones and his income . ‘ There 's a tendency,’ he says , ‘ to be very Pollyannaish when you 're getting million - dollar offers for five weeks of work .
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: no)
HEART SHOCK FOR GYM STAR HOLLYWOOD hunk Jean Claude Van Damme was rushed to hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack . The pin-up star of hit movie Universal Soldier collapsed at his home in Los Angeles ’ San Fernando Valley after a strenuous work-out session in his private gym . Reveals the star : ‘ I was gasping for breath and convinced I was going to die . ’ Van Damme was taken to a nearby hospital where tests showed he was okay .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
looked younger . the face anyway . The bloke with the green usually wears the green trousers . But he plays that well every , cos every time I see him play he plays hell of bloody suit ! Yes .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps not surprisingly , he was cautious in later life about committing himself in his relationship with others . He alienated those he feared were becoming too important to him , and they rejected him in the manner to which he had become accustomed . His wife and his son , however , struck a different chord . Maybe because of their bereavement , John felt a special bond of understanding with them . Not that he could have put this into words .
Idiom: a hair's breadth (used idiomatically: yes)
Fearing that any investigation into this anti - communist network might be a prelude to his own eviction from the presidential palace , Mr Cossiga has tried to fight off all attempts to question him about Gladio . The president is fond of repeating that the members of Gladio were ‘ patriots’ . His more startling assertion in a long television interview last week that some members of the banned P2 masonic lodge were also ‘ patriots’ brought Mr Cossiga within a hair 's breadth of provoking a constitutional crisis . During an improvised press conference last Saturday he complained , in a highly emotional manner , of an overpowering sense of political isolation before going on to suggest he might force an early election . Although Mr Cossiga has now backed down , it was his most serious mishap to date .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
But Chaman was very protective and supportive ; it was as if I was still living with my mother.’ She added : ‘ Sometimes I wanted desperately to go home , to see my sisters . Once I went all the way home — but I never went in . I just looked in the window then went away.’ ‘ Did the other eunuchs accept you?’
Idiom: under the wire (used idiomatically: yes)
I had lost him . He might have been speaking Ursprache , for all that I understood . I was firmly in the present , watching the starlings cavort over and under the telegraph wires and the wind shimmer the young leaves into a muzzy Monet . We walked on in silence for a while . He was smoking concentratedly .
Idiom: give something a miss (used idiomatically: yes)
' Is n't there anything to eat in this bag ? ' ' There 's some toothpaste in this tube . ' ' I 'll give the toothpaste a miss , thanks . ' Now there was a rumbling noise . Angalo looked up .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
Already I had ceased to be sure which side I was on . Even Lou 's piranha snapping now began to seem like something read rather than experienced . I put my conversations with Lou and Brenda from my mind , at least for the time being , and had switched on the WP and was enjoying the little moans and buzzes of its warming up , when there was a mighty banging on the door and there stood Hugo . ‘ Why were n't you in the corridor with the door open , waiting?’ he asked . I scarcely had time to close it before he was upon me .
Idiom: wipe the floor with (used idiomatically: yes)
Across sand - coloured lino , Turns Medusa on her head And wipes the floor with her . E Pericoloso Sporgersi But a modulation to D flat minor
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Sandrock took the lead early in the game when Cox 's long clearance was brilliantly touched on by McQuilken into the path of Nick Leishman , who volleyed home emphatically . Southwood proceeded to squander a number of chances and Sandrock were indebted to the brave Gardner in goal . They were also indebted to Southwood forward Steve Lynch who , having found himself through of goal , looked over his shoulder to see the linesman 's flag raised and tapped the ball back to Gardner . Had he looked further back he would have seen the referee waving play on , having overruled the linesman . Lynch made amends before long and equalised from close range , but that was all the reward Southwood were to see for their efforts .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
She must n't irritate him . " In what way ? " " Well , I did n't care for the way you were standing there ringing the bell . Anyway , he 's out . " How can you tell ?
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
The essence of Anglicanism is that the basis of our authority is located within the nexus of three sources — Bible , Church and reason . The Bible is for us the primary source of authority but not the only source . Here is the heart of Anglican comprehensiveness — this is why Evangelical , Catholic and liberal can all claim to have equal shares in the treasures of Anglicanism . I think , therefore , that as Anglicans we ought to be affirming more confidently than we usually do the freedom this gives to the mind , the heart and the body to be an integrated whole . Firmness of faith and tolerance of expression is a genuine virtue to offer the Christian .
Idiom: all hell broke loose (used idiomatically: yes)
I prayed that somebody at Reuters would recognise the importance of the message . Somebody did , I learnt later in the day and so did Viscount Lewisham , president of MCC . Journalists woke him up in his bed with the news and , as I suspected , all hell broke loose . The Australian Board has added insult to injury . Not only had they sent a tactless cable but , seeing it was 2 am in England , decided to save money by sending it at reduced rates to be delivered when the MCC office opened at 9 am .
Idiom: jump the gun (used idiomatically: yes)
Well that 's right we ca n't go before our time No I know . You ca n't jump the gun No you ca n't . Who won with the football last night Liverpool or ?
Idiom: black and blue (used idiomatically: yes)
There is a range of 12 sizes , meaning there 's a suit to accurately fit almost everyone . So why pay extra and wait longer for one that 's made - to - measure ? It comes in black and blue , or black and red , as standard , but there is also a range of 225 colour combinations . Options include a knife sheath , or an additional pocket , a dimpled seat patch and a front convenience zip . Now you know the details , fill in the entry form and return it to Scuba World no later than 1 November 1991 .
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
while the pavement artist broods on his picture . Tachiste and collage - maker , he knows that anything goes : scraps and wrappers , boot - prints , impasto of muck … The dogs and drains append the most delicate touches .
Idiom: pure and simple (used idiomatically: yes)
He could not remember now the precise moment at which he had realised , once , time out of mind ago , that he found male bodies inviting and female ones not . He could remember a period of engagement with art — with Greek statuary and the young gods of Renaissance paintings , those bodies officially sanctified on the page or given sexual neutrality as museum displays . Here , you were licensed to admire without discrimination : the body as aesthetic object , pure and simple . Edward had come to realise that he found some bodies more appealing than others , and that the contemplation of them aroused feelings that had nothing to do with artistic appreciation . He made the connection between these bodies and those he saw all around him — clothed , partially clothed , or unclothed in the roaring maelstrom of the school changing rooms .
Idiom: squeaky clean (used idiomatically: yes)
However , I plead guilty in one respect because when Japan 's Shinjiro Kuwabra , manger of SC Properties asked me what I thought about Japan 's giant Cosmo World buying the four courses in the Pebble Beach area , I nearly forgot myself . PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Just as Jose - Maria Olazabal burst into tears for letting squeaky - clean David Frost ' steal ' the final Bophuthatswana Sun City million with a last - hole birdie , I was thinking about 50 year old Angela Uzielli , winner of the Daily Telegraph Woman of the Year Award . According to Lord Deedes , and her husband John who now only plays off 6-handicap , she continues to do the dishes with Fairy liquid and is only mildly interested that tabloid writers are concerned about the injured wrist of Nick Faldo , which threatens to dictate sports pages throughout 1991 . But big golf today , as we know , is in America , where the sun shines .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
This is the sort of poverty we should cultivate ; on the physical side as ordinary men possessing what we have , but on the mental side — as nomads possessing nothing . Each day then becomes a waking to a new journey , to new pastures , and new experiences which carry us spiritually farther and farther from the dead ideas of our physical side and its tawdry goods . What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads . There is a pure joy in this nomadic life of the spirit ; and it confers on man the carefree delight of the gypsy , and all free men who issue forth each day untroubled upon the adventure of life which is the birthright of every man . In the warm sunlight , I feel with certainty that my world is expanding and my mind with it .