Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: no)
The Princess of Wales , we are told in today 's Daily Mirror , swapped place cards at a dinner to avoid sitting next to him . I think he deserves better . Not least because he is the first senior politician for some time to write a book that is stylish , witty , beautifully observed and therefore vastly superior to the plodding tone employed by most ex-Cabinet ministers who confuse being there with being able to write an interesting account of what happened . ACHTUNG STRANGE ‘ LEARN German , says Duke of Kent ’ read a startling line on Ceefax last Saturday .
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: no)
She had nine and they 're all fine citizens . Stamp out vigilantes THE rise of vigilante justice in Britain is alarming and I 'm glad your article Getting Away With Murder highlighted it . Businessman Norman Weller may have acted in self-defence when he killed a thug but he should have called the police . When we begin to take the law into our own hands we become little better than those individuals who vandalise our homes and mug old ladies .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
My pedal car ? My , my umbrella ! ? With the long - handled brush , I jab down hard between those squashy pink legs — again , again , again — till the vinyl head squeaks round the bend . ‘ What 's going on in there ? Come on , James , unlock this door.’
Idiom: off the cuff (used idiomatically: yes)
Unable to stop paddling for fear of capsizing , Tony and I can not put on our anoraks and within a few minutes we are soaked by the freezing combination of sea and rain . My glasses are creased by running water and I can no longer see past the end of the boat . I ask Tor , who has come across to see how I am coping , if this is normal , a guarded , off - the - cuff way of informing him that I am shit - scared and would like the weather to change . It is , he says , pretty bad . Can it get worse and still be survivable ?
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
My flatmate moved out a month ago , and in that month I 've used it as an excuse to binge . I eat everything that 's bad — fried food , chips , fish fingers , chocolate , cream . I just never let people know I 'm doing it — I save it for behind closed doors . I 'm really careful about putting the rubbish out . I worry about what my neighbours might think , seeing me dumping three or four black bin-liners outside when they know I 'm living alone .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
Revising it yesterday to be honest . That 's a good one . got all pictures in it . Yes it has , but these are , those are , I 've seen those before and they are very nice graphs , I would recommend them to anyone . Right .
Idiom: no smoke without fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Thirteen , thirteen supposedly are innocent Irish got killed by para 's by militaries included in the crowd , and all the other 's , the Irish say that basically there were no I R A gunmen there which is according to there 's proof that they have , they were , erm and like that , the para . It 's all a load of bull shit basically , it seems , it seems that the para 's were certainly under fire , with nobody knows and erm , it does , the only thing that is blatantly clear , all these lying transferred by the para 's and they were like dragging them away and stuff and the only , there 's only one member that 's had any thing to do with the I R A that they can find out about , that 's one so at least nine were n't firing definitely , erm , three may of done or may not of done so it looks like the only thing that basic the same is looks like at least nine were innocent , you know its all right for No smoke without fire thought yeah , makes you I ca n't see what 's good its doing twenty years afterwards , the people had time to think about it and use their memories for twenty years , nineteen seventy - two it happened and they 've just sort of done it . Yeah but
Idiom: go by the board (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Adjustment’ is the polite , IMF word for grinding down whole nations and entire populations . It goes like this : when the IMF devises an adjustment package — as it has done in over 50 countries — social service budgets are cut to the bone . Health , education , transport and other welfare spending goes by the board . Food subsidies are reduced or thrown out altogether and food prices may double or triple overnight . Governments are forced to prune state employment , while businesses can no longer obtain credit and therefore retrench .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: no)
Disadvantages : Some part - timers regard Koi dealing as a way of making easy money . When profits fails to come up to the mark , corners may be cut . May not be there next time if you have a problem with fish you bought from him . 4
Idiom: neck of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , er make it entertaining is er fits in very well with what Debbie might have to say , which is to do with the Northway Community Centre Low Alcohol Week , called ‘ Welcome to L A’ . Now that 's the first time L A 's come to Oxford I think , but , that 's all this week , and we 're having er different programme of different various events and perhaps Debbie would like to comment on both . Yes , this , this is your , your neck of the woods Debbie , what 's , what 's happening ? Right , well I work in quite a number of Community Centres across the City , and Northway Community Centre which has a bar with quite a large turnover , a lot of members , er has agreed to host this project for the week , which is promoting healthier drinking . So it 's actually manage , it 's actually managed to get a bar to er invite people in and not drink alcohol ?
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
He was mounted on a chestnut thoroughbred who was already becoming over - excited at the thought of the day ahead . His companion rode side - saddle , a beautiful dark - eyed girl in a shiny top hat and immaculate riding habit , mounted on a pure bred iron - grey Arab . As they rounded the final bend in the long drive and the house came into view , the man reined back his horse , as did his companion . ' I always think , ' the man said , ' that Brougham is almost impossibly perfect . ' ' I actually prefer Chatsworth , ' the girl replied .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
A musical performance by Thomas Witzmann , entitled ‘ Watercolour’ , will accompany Roscheck 's exhibition ; the storefront window is to be covered in bubble wrap against which Witzmann will play various instruments , including a garden hose . Otto Schweins has brought together two thirty - year old artists , Michael Schulz and Jürgen Stollhans , in an exceptionally consonant collaboration which both artists at first resisted . Provisionally entitled ‘ Black Nature’ , Stollhans has created a room within a room by papering the small gallery with a high dado , printed in black and white from woodcuts based on sixteenth- and seventeenth - century floral patterns . Schulz , who will be featured at the Sydney Biennial in December , makes fetish sculptures using natural materials . The main sculpture is a small scarecrow made of canvas stuffed with dried leaves .
Idiom: go to ground (used idiomatically: yes)
This will be the case especially where the actual affidavit boasts of " highly placed sources " who can be summoned to verify the allegation . " Private Eye " fell into this trap when it beat off an interim injunction from Robert Maxwell by promising to prove at trial that he had financed Neil Kinnock 's foreign travel in the hope of being awarded a peerage . Its defence of justification was withdrawn at the trial when its alleged " highly - placed sources " went to ground . It narrowly escaped being called upon to name them ( see later , p155 ) but its conduct in promising a plea of justification and persisting in such a plea until the last moment was punished by damages of £ 50,000 . The jury found the libel itself to be worth only £ 5,000 .
Idiom: like the clappers (used idiomatically: yes)
Wycliffe 's manner betrayed nothing of his sharpened interest . ‘ Just after I left Joe , this side of the corner of Bal Lane . He was going like the clappers.’ ‘ Towards or away from town?’ ‘ Away from town.’
Idiom: dressed to kill (used idiomatically: yes)
' It 's going to be such a party ! Champagne for some , Coca - Cola for others . And we shall all dress up to kill . ' ' What are you going to wear , Emmie ? ' Oliver said .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
Although partially ruined , the watchtower had been rebuilt and fortified by Skarsnik 's Goblins . Now it was crammed with Night Goblin archers , and on top there was a huge rock lobber crewed by fierce Orcs . As the Dwarfs marched forwards Orcs and Goblins closed in from their hiding places in the slopes to left and right . Behind them a huge force of Orcs moved to block their escape . The Dwarfs were surrounded by foes on all sides .
Idiom: take a dim view of (used idiomatically: yes)
Not least BARRY MOONCULT who went so ape - dropping crazy , he was spotted stumbling out of the party while it was in full swing armed with a stash of joke bombs , which despite being pretty harmless ( containing about as much genuine explosive as your average cap pistol ) make a loud enough bang to put the fear of God into the most ardent of atheists . Armed thus , and in the mood for , erm , fun , Mr Mooncult stormed down to Paris ' notorious Pigalle red light area and proceeded to lob his ‘ ammunition’ at puzzled transvestites . Public NME takes a dim view of types who persecute innocent human beings who just happen to enjoy the feel of women 's lingerie against their bollocks , but did find it quite funny that the be - wigged ‘ bomb victims’ were so convinced it was an aerial attack they raced into a nearby hotel to beat up a perfectly innocent couple snogging on a balcony . In the end , Mooncult was spotted and had to race for his life down a backstreet pursued by no less than 15 hairy sailor types in cocktail dresses and six - inch heels . Meanwhile , the night was nearly ruined for everybody when a horde of beery Welsh rugby fans descended on the venue and proceeded to expose their gargantuan bellies in a threatening manner and generally menace the anorexic pop people present .
Idiom: sleep like a log (used idiomatically: yes)
Not little Cindy ! Not little Cindy , little Zoe , yeah . Yeah , she sle , little Zoe sat on her lap and just slept like a log , she was obviously tired . Yeah , and little Zoe , did say well she was absolutely shattered perhaps she did n't know what to do with us . No , it 's alright .
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
Generally , guitars are ( and should be ) judged by touch and by listening . The manufacturers are having to rely on hyping specification minutiae because , as you say , they have nothing truly original to offer . Even the much - lauded Ibanez RG series is little more than a go - faster Strat in the final analysis . The only way to build truly distinctive guitars today is to make them as ugly as possible . Pointy - shaped guitars spell attitude and , presumably , the pointier the guitar , the more of this attribute it bestows upon its wearer .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
Look for the full name and address on the ad , so you can trace the company , especially if it asks for money in advance . Be wary of PO Box numbers . Read the small print ; you never know what you may find . For example , it may say 72-hour delivery guaranteed but only if you pay an extra £ 25 . A common inclusion is E&OE ( Errors and Omissions Excepted ) .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Both can be contacted on ( 0642 ) 253716 . Truck fire : Fire crews were called when tyres on an articulated tipper truck carrying slag from British Steel 's Redcar blast furnace caught fire early yesterday . A BS spokesman said it was not a serious incident and comfortably dealt with by fire brigade personnel . Hi - fi help :
Idiom: off the top of your head (used idiomatically: yes)
He contrived to look hurt . ‘ Are n't you being a little harsh , Lissa ? Do you always form opinions straight off the top of your head?’ He sent her an enquiring glance . ‘ Where you 're concerned , two seconds would be stretching it .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
Imaginative porters can also top up their salaries through complicated deals with nightclubs and restaurateurs who are keen to have them recommend their establishments . Restaurant PR Elizabeth Crompton - Batt says she makes an effort to ensure that all concierges are kept informed of new openings : ‘ We certainly write to them and sometimes they come along to launch parties.’ In the main , most hotels seem happy to let their concierges work the system to their advantage , providing their more entrepreneurial traits do not get the better of them , as they did in the case of those at the Heathrow Penta . A spokeswoman for the Savoy Group said that anything a concierge earned on top of his basic salary was ‘ entirely his affair . We do n't see any conflict of interest .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
The young girl is playing on the edge of a fountain and an older woman is watching her
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
She was beginning to discover that Lucenzo chose his words carefully and he did n't indulge in idle remarks or mere social chit - chat . But why show interest in the colour of her father 's hair ? One possibility came to mind . Some imagined connection with Corosini . ‘ I very much doubt it,’ she answered coldly , pleased to disprove whatever theory Lucenzo might be harbouring .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Then , suddenly , it was as though she were making love to another man . He could n't get the idea out of his head . There , on the deep - piled carpet of the elegant apartment on rue du Faubourg - St - Honoré , she had been making love to a man incarcerated in the slums of Beirut . From the handgrip he found lying by the door , he pulled out his lightweight kimono and put in on . It took a few minutes in the kitchen to make the mug of strong chicory coffee to which he added a liberal lacing of brandy .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
In some groups the use of geometric shapes is predetermined by the coarseness of the weave , but in others it reflects a conscious desire to adhere to traditional forms . When assessing a village rug , first take into account the nature and complexity of the design . As a general rule , rugs employing bolder , more overtly geometric compositions should be judged by the same criteria as nomadic rugs , particularly if they are also dyed in a limited palette of austere or primary shades . In contrast , the finest and most prestigious village rugs should be judged by the same standards as workshop items . Workshops rugs
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
That was until Norman Tebbit spotted what he believed was the biggest chance of holing the impenetrable protective layer around the bill . In urging Tory rebels to back Labour leader John Smith 's amendment — which has lain dormant for months — he saw a chance to defeat the Government . The Foreign Office lawyers were caught on the hop , leaving junior minister Garel - Jones to tell the Commons that if the Labour amendment went through , excising the protocol which allows Britain to opt out of the social chapter , the whole treaty would have to be torn up and all 12 countries begin the painful process again . It was meant to frighten off the Liberal Democrats , but failed . Instead it backfired by offering the rebels the very goal they had been seeking .
Idiom: on the side of the angels (used idiomatically: yes)
Guatemala Breaking the rules THE government of the United States wants to show it is on the side of the angels , but finds too few of them in Central America . It has just taken the unusual step of calling home its ambassador to Guatemala ‘ for consultations’ . The ambassador , Mr Thomas Stroock , had earlier complained of ‘ the inability of the Guatemalan government to protect the human rights of its citizens’ .
Idiom: twist the knife (used idiomatically: yes)
As Marianne walked to the door , she turned away , unable to look at the woman who 'd brought her world crashing about her ears like a fragile house of cards . ‘ Something tells me you wo n't be joining us for dinner tonight.’ Marianne laughed as she twisted the knife still deeper . ‘ I do n't suppose anyone will even notice you 're not there . And do n't worry about Dane — I 'll look after him.’
Idiom: slip of the tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
NEW ~ YORK – Do nations have psychological processes – even Freudian processes , such as collective egos that can be injured , and repressed guilt feelings that can well up from the collective unconscious – just as individuals do ? I believe that they do . I also believe that just as an individual ’s dreams and slips of the tongue reveal his or her repressed knowledge , so a culture ’s “ dreamwork ” – its films , pop ~ music , visual arts , and even in the resonant jokes , cartoons and advertising images – reveal the signs of this collective unconscious . Moreover , a nation ’s “ irrational dreamwork ” often reflects its actual condition more truthfully than its “ ego ” – its official pronouncements , diplomatic statements , and propaganda . So take this theory with you when you see James ~ Cameron ’s Avatar , and watch for two revealing themes : the raw , guilty template of the American unconscious in the context of the “ war on terror ” and late - stage corporate imperialism , and a critical portrayal of America – for the first time ever in a Hollywood blockbuster – from the point of view of the rest of the world .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
A number of KSA members also offer ‘ Servicecare’ on domestic appliances supplied by them . This is an independent , five - year parts and labour warranty , which is sold at a competitive rate . If you 're seriously tempted by a ‘ never - to - be - repeated’ offer , take the advice of the KSA and check the small print . Does the price include everything shown on the company 's glossy ad , such as appliances , taps , sinks , plinths , worktops and decorative edges ? The likelihood is that it does n't .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Practical PC is ever mindful of its readers ' wishes . With this in mind , we 've got a new rating system for PCs on review — Jo Lawton checks out Watford Electronics ' Aries Mini - Tower to show you how the new system works . Benchmark tests are commonly used to give the reader some idea of how well a PC performs — is it fast , slow , or average , is its video performance up to scratch , what sort of speed does the hard disk go at , and that kind of thing . The big problem with Benchmarks , though , is that they only tell you how well a given machine runs that particular benchmark . What they tend not to tell you is how well a given PC stacks up against others …
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
' Because Hatton gets scared or fed - up and threatens to rat on him . He may even have tried blackmail . ' ' I should n't be a bit surprised , ' said Burden , spreading butter on his roll . The butter was almost liquid . Like the rest of humanity , he reflected , the Carousel staff were disappointingly inconsistent .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
This is assumed provisionally to be true both of finished goods and of their factors of production , of the hire of labour and of the borrowing of capital . We have already inquired to some extent , and we shall have to inquire further , how far these assumptions are in accordance with the actual facts of life . But meanwhile this is the supposition on which we proceed ; we assume that there is only one price in the market at one and the same time ; it being understood that separate allowance is made , when necessary , for differences in the expense of delivering goods to dealers in different parts of the market ; including allowance for the special expenses of retailing , if it is a retail market . In such a market there is a demand price for each amount of the commodity , that is , a price at which each particular amount of the commodity can find purchasers in a day or week or year . The circumstances which govern this price for any given amount of the commodity vary in character from one problem to another ; but in every case the more of a thing is offered for sale in a market the lower is the price at which it will find purchasers ; or in other words , the demand price for each bushel or yard diminishes with every increase in the amount offered .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Industrial towns and mining villages grew fast through migration and their own natural increase ( table 2.1 ) . By 1850 half the population lived in cities of over 10,000 inhabitants , far ahead of any other European country . Urbanization went hand in hand with a rapid change in the distribution of the work - force towards manufacturing ( table 1.7 ) . Much of the housing rapidly thrown up to accommodate the workers was overcrowded and insanitary ( see Ferguson 1964 ) . Contemporary criticism of these deplorable urban conditions ( notably Chadwick 's Report of 1842 , see Flinn 1965 ) eventually led , after long delays , to national improvements in sewage and water systems , building regulations , and local government .
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: yes)
What , for instance , would have been the point of my striving towards sexual attractiveness ? I was in an all - female establishment , and , even when I was out of it , lived in an almost exclusively female world . As far as I was concerned , men and boys constituted a separate species , with whom I had nothing in common , and the last thing I wanted to do ( had I given the matter any thought ) was to arouse their interest , which I feared might be predatory . I had no conscious aim in view . If I had , I should also have had the sense to know when I had achieved it , and therefore when to start eating normally again .
Idiom: better the devil you know (used idiomatically: yes)
My guess is that they might not . Indeed , I 'm not er sure that there are n't still members of both our organizations who believe that right now each of us is supping with the devil . I do n't see it that way at all but if they 're right er I 'd defend your invitation and my acceptance by quoting the old idiom , better the devil you know . You must be the judges of whether or not I 'm the devil or at least his representative , but I hope you do n't see me that way . If you do , let me strike a deal with you straight away .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
Man is , at one and the same time , a solitary being and a social being .
Idiom: cheek by jowl (used idiomatically: no)
Understandably , Tony O'Dalaigh is anxious that what he describes as the ' chaos with Archaos ' does n't hang over reports of the 1991 Dublin Theatre Festival ' I would n't want it all to obscure the fact that in terms of the festival 's visibility and the people who turned up to see the shows we had the most successful festival in years . We did a Romanian ' Hamlet ' last year and no one wanted to know . We had ' Macbeth ' in Japanese this year and we did 100 % business for three nights , that plus shows like ' Derives ' , ' Cheek By Jowl ' , and ' Glad'and ' Digging for Fire'were not only hits with the critics but also with the public . So overall we 'd regard the festival as a great success . ' Tony O'Dalaigh is unperturbed by the negative reception which John McGahern received from critics here .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Called Do n't Go Down the Mine it was written in 1910 by William Geddes and Robert Donnelly . A real tear - jerker , it included lines like : ‘ I saw the pit all afire , … Daddy , you know it would break my heart , if anything happened to you . Later , comedians adapted the words to ‘ Do n't go down the mine , Daddy , there 's plenty coal in the cellar’ . TODAY 'S THOUGHT