Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But when I lower my hand , ride as fast as you can!’ He half turned , dropped his hand and kicked his horse into a gallop . Ranulf and Maltote following suit just as the two crossbow quarrels came whirring out of the darkness , skimming the tops of their heads . They needed no second bidding but rode as fast as they could , not pausing until they thundered through the half - open gate of Godstowe Priory , putting the porter into such serious agitation he appeared almost sober for once . ‘ Close the gates !
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
I thought he was having us on exaggerating — because there were always people hanging out , trying to crash Malcolm 's scene . But this time , it turns out he was telling the truth . His line was that he 'd lost contact with Malcolm because he could only stand to be with him for so long at a stretch . Then he 'd have to go off and do something else for a while before he could stomach being with him again . They were like Little And Large in a way , but I never did work out which one was the straight man .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
Botham produced one of his more inspired performances . He captured three quick wickets before Richards and Lloyd ( who passed 7,000 Test runs ) steadied the ship , but then had Richards lbw , although umpire Meyer later admitted that he may have made a mistake and had considered recalling the batsman . Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one - handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . Even so , Botham took 8 for 103 , the second - best return of his Test career , as West Indies were all out for 245 . Viv Richards shows his reaction at Gower 's exit as the ritual dance begins .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Her body was found in the attic of the All Travellers Quest Guest House near Swindon railway station . She 'd been sexually assaulted and strangled and her body forced into a suitcase measuring 2 ft 10 by 2 ft 6 . Today friends and colleagues were coming to terms with her murder . Mrs Campbell lived in the Morden district of Swindon with 2 of her 3 sons . She 'd been divorced for 12 years .
Idiom: get on like a house on fire (used idiomatically: yes)
11 If the year of our folly 1990 had started inauspiciously for me , then the Fates , Lady Luck , Lord Chance , God , Life , Evolution — whoever or whatever — immediately thereafter set about the business of proving that the entangled disasters distinguishing the year 's first few days were but a mild and modest prelude to the more thorough - going catastrophes planned for the weeks and months ahead … and this with a rapidity and even an apparent relish which was impressive — if also bowel - looseningly terrifying — to behold . Gav and my Aunt Janice got on like a house on fire , a combined location and fate I occasionally wished on them as I lay awake listening to the sounds of their love - making , a pastime I sometimes suspected I shared with people in a large part of the surrounding community , not to say northern Europe . I had made the mistake of volunteering to sleep on the couch in the living room on the nights that Janice stayed at our flat ; this offer was made with what I thought was obvious sarcasm one evening while Gav and Norris were attempting to develop a technique for cooking poppadoms in the microwave . They were having an intense and appropriately heated discussion on the problems of cold - spots ( as evinced by the fact that their first attempts came out looking like braille roundels ) , and on the unfortunate instability of three poppadoms balanced together — caused not so much by the jerk they received when the turntable started up as by their movements while they cooked and swelled — but eventually my flatmates settled on the concept of standing the things up individually on the glass turntable , and so instigated what they termed a ‘ brainstorming session’ in an attempt to find a suitable support mechanism .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
This latter is perhaps the most noteworthy from Cognos ' viewpoint , since early indications were that this is a port brought forward from 1993 . The products are version 7.0 of PowerHouse , the end - user SQL query tool Impromptu , the Powerplay executive decision tool , the non - graphic end - user and reporting tool InQuisitive and the application and maintenance tool Architect . Cognos ' core development work is all done on Sun workstations at its Ottawa R&D centre , and as early as last June a version of PowerHouse 7.0 for SunOs was finished and ready to ship , simply awaiting the executive green light . According to Cognos ' ebullient senor vice president of R&D Ron Zambonini , porting from one Unix platform to another is a commercial decision only , since it 's not a technologically difficult move : ‘ I want to be on every Unix in the world.’ As part of the same announcement , Cognos , which derives the vast majority of its business from the proprietary mini world — 20,000 of its 35,000 PowerHouse licences worldwide are on its traditional platforms like Hewlett - Packard MPE or Data General MV — is positioning Cognos as a client / server tool , with the Unix platforms as servers and Microsoft Windows 3 . x as clients .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
I ca n't stand brandy . Here it is drunk with soda before dinner and straight after . Fairfax and Lady De Marr have already had a few by the time I join them . ‘ Germans shit on a little ledge and look at it for hours before flushing,’ says Lady De Marr . ‘ Off on her favourite subject,’ says Fairfax .
Idiom: for keeps (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He is a very talented player who is currently pushing Rob very hard for the fly - half shirt . ‘ Players of Stuart 's talent are the reason why I believe England will get stronger , even when the older guys retire . ‘ Australia are playing this game for keeps and so are we . We have devised a game plan geared to winning more than entertaining . Stuart is accustomed to that approach with Bath .
Idiom: go with the flow (used idiomatically: yes)
Washington . The US Department of Energy this week gave the go - ahead for a $ 39-million project to rebuild the core of one of the world 's largest solar power plants with the goal of generating commercial quantities of electricity by 1998 . Going with the flow in California The Solar Two project at Barstow , California , is a successor to a 10 MW power plant that ceased operations in 1988 . Combined with the sharp increase in solar energy research proposed by US President Bill Clinton for fiscal year 1994 , which begins on 1 October , the new agreement between the department and an industrial consortium is a powerful symbol of revived federal interest in renewable energy research .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
He had to get his act together one way or another.’ He gave Robyn an intent look . ‘ I know I 'm no angel , Robyn , I know my temper gets the better of me at times , but you must understand the pressure that I was under too . I had to consider so many other things , so many people . Mark had a lot of talent , so much to live for.’
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
The Smiths , Vanns and Wards each had six branches , the Johnsons five , the Langtons , Holmeses , Noones and Abbotts four and several others had three . Kinship links through frequent intermarriage and numerous personal friendships cemented the bonds that gave Wigston and similar places a real sense of belonging to a community . The old agrarian basis of the economy survived well into the Georgian era but the enormous growth of population made a new form of local society unavoidable and the Enclosure Award of 1766 put the final seal of approval on changes that had long been underway . Prior to these changes , Wigston was typical of many Tudor and Stuart parishes where smallholders managed to hang on to their property for generation after generation . A few rich families began to emerge at the top of such societies and the numbers of poor cottagers grew significantly , but the old - established middling families long remained the backbone of many a rural community .
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
With its exclusive design this limited edition casual top is a must for the fashion conscious ! It comes in sizes S , M , L and XL and at a cost of just £ 6.75 is an affordable way to thrust yourself into the very forefront of the 1990 's fashion ! But do n't just take my word for it . Here 's what others have had to say about this amazing shirt : GEOFF BANKS:’ Quite the most striking and uniquely designed piece of fun - wear I 've seen in years.’
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: no)
Alright , number five then , Healthmaster is not available to , and this caused a few upsets as well , erm , A employed persons , well quite obviously it 's available to them . B , retired persons that was the right answer , right , B , retired persons was the right answer , now some of you put D , anyone not gainfully employed and I did think I 'd explained it clearly My daughter 's doing a media degree actually , and she just brought er , one of those things home with her period is one of her fieldwork , as part of her fieldwork is to interview people , is that what your background is ? Not really no , I mean , erm , I did a three year national diploma in music , music recording Ah , right
Idiom: like peas in a pod (used idiomatically: yes)
When everyone had their drink Kate sat beside her mother . Patrick looked at them . They were like two peas in a pod , both with the same high cheekbones and widow 's peak . Both had a slightly Roman nose . Individually , all their features were beautiful , but altogether they just missed being wholly lovely .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
You know.’ ‘ Not bad I s'pose , but it brought you down a bit.’ ‘ All those foreign voices , it got on my nerves.’ ‘ Bloody wops.’ Mr Berkley hovered by the box - office .
Idiom: armed to the teeth (used idiomatically: yes)
Who will pay for your costly cancer treatment if you lose the health ~ insurance policy that came with your job ? It is wrong to assume , as some ultra - free marketers do , that the absence of social protection makes you stronger . The ambition of a country and a society born of the principles of the Enlightenment can not be to create a people armed to the teeth with guns yet entirely disarmed in the face of illness .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
All householders living below the line were to be charged a local drainage rate , and this line still dictates the area of jurisdiction of internal drainage boards , whose annual expenditure is considerable and influence on the environment profound . In addition , the Medway Letter Line is the basis for calculating the cost benefit of all schemes carried out on rivers by water authorities and other organizations . As a method for calculating benefit and consequent eligibility for grant , the eight - foot line is , to say the least , haphazard . The concept of ‘ known’ flood - level is still vague , and was even vaguer in 1933 . The Medway Letter Line was meant to include ‘ unknown’ floods , as well as recorded ones , and as information on flooding has become more sophisticated , it can now be seen to have overstated the benefit area by attempting to be on the safe side .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's right . Quite clearly you ca n't roll the dice the first time you win . Well it 's just one of those unlucky things . The only times the die is rolled to advance the token is when a word is identified within the one minute time limit Yes .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: no)
This last point raised the interesting possibility that not only is the brain the seat of the mind but also , different parts of the brain might be involved in different aspects of mind . Nevertheless , none of the data really substantiated the imaginative tour de force of Gall and Spurzheim ( in Kolb and Whishaw 1985 ) who , at the turn of the nineteenth century , argued that the human cerebral cortex is subdivided into functional areas , each responsible for a different mental faculty . Although the details of their theory are now seen to be clearly wrong , their insight , that different parts of the brain are responsible for different processes , has stood the test of time and research and informs much of our current understanding of the brain . The century and a half of research that followed was largely fixated on testing out this hypothesis of ‘ localization of function’ . In truth , Gall and Spurzheim 's theory of localization was ahead of its time because there were no suitable methods available for testing it , although test it people did .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ And you 're further suggesting he 's engaged in terrorism . That he 's using his vast profits from drug - smuggling to finance his terrorist activities?’ ‘ It 's possible , but I do n't think so.l think the two activities are being run in tandem.’ ‘ A drug - peddler is one thing . A terrorist quite another .
Idiom: catch the sun (used idiomatically: no)
In so far as some of these considerations relate specifically to the environment of the unit , they are worth mentioning here . For example , it is suggested that : " The rooms should be grouped in a simple manner , easy for patients and visitors to find their way around ; the whole building should be on one level and should look as far as is possible both externally and internally like a house not a hospital : there should be a clearly defined main entry / exit point for patients , staff , visitors and supplies which should have a ramped approach and in which the main door should be lockable : WC and washing compartment should be shared between pairs of single bed rooms and should be readily accessible to the sitting and dining rooms ; the bathroom should be readily accessible to both day and night areas ; the WC and the bathroom should be equipped for wheelchairs and standing users : the sitting and dining rooms and the external enclosure should be accessible by wheelchair : rooms should be differentiated in colour and finish while remaining domestic in scale and character : an informal , welcoming and comfortable reception / waiting area is required at the entrance to provide shelter and waiting spaces for visitors : the area between main entrance and sub - section entrances is likely to be an extensive area of circulation and will be the hub of the building but it could also be , spaciously , rather than an enlarged corridor , a positive amenity and focus if designed as a conservatory , for example , to contain plants or even birds and fish providing a stimulus to patients ' visitors and staff , and , finally : the safe external enclosure ( to which I referred earlier , ) should take the form of a walled garden matching the materials of parent buildings , suitably softened with appropriate planting . It should be sheltered from the wind and should catch the sun and should be easily accessible to the building perhaps by a partially covered or glazed canopy : planting should be simple , bold and easily maintained , with more variable and small scale flowers and herbs being grown and planted so they can be changed seasonally . Raised beds and planters , even a raised pool or a table and bath for wild birds are attractive to the elderly . " Finally given the schedule , the detailed room description , and these architectural considerations,(amongst others ) an attempt has been made to draw up some exemplar plans and two of these are illustrated .
Idiom: show a leg (used idiomatically: yes)
Apparently he always reckoned a pretty girl with a lovely smile was more important than any other quality ; so the teeth had to be good . He then asked to see my legs . I was terribly embarrassed ; not only was I a convent girl but the skirts were worn down to the ankles and women just did n't show their legs in those days . Angela told me not to worry ; Mr Tiller was used to seeing girls ' legs . I pulled my skirt up a little but he said he 'd have to see higher than that to make sure my legs were n't bowed at the knees so I did as I was told .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
The conventional accounts of violence against women suggest that most men who are violent to women are mentally unstable in some way . They argue that these men have suffered bad childhood experiences which have prevented their normal development . These accounts imply that incidents of violence against women are few and far between ; that they are products of a few sick individuals . However , these explanations of violence against women do not tally with the evidence of the extent of the violence nor its continuity with other forms of male conduct towards women . Rape and battering are merely one end of a continuum of aggressive forms of behaviour of men to women .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Rooted in tradition , yet progress - oriented and with a global horizon , they develop solutions in diagnostics and therapy that are often absolutely " state - of - the - art .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: no)
And there , sure enough , was the interior of old Jean Damiani 's soap factory with a row of moustachioed Palestinians piling up bar after bar of soap around the walls . Each man in the picture was staring blankly at the photographer , a bar of soap in each hand as if caught in the act of some doubtful ritual . ' When you get back to Beirut , ' the Israeli said , ' you must ask Damiani if he 's got that picture . ' Beneath the hill on which the serail huddles , the great iron gates of Jaffa port still stand next to a row of small stone shops , their Arab architecture belied by the Hebrew names above the windows . David Damiani set off from here with his family in April 1948 , and it was not difficult to see how clearly the old factory and the church above the city must have stood out on the horizon as the Argentina slipped past the tide bar and steamed for Beirut .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
The communities can deal with these health procedures themselves and no doctor or more specialised health personnel is needed . However , people often object to having to take a bath after using pesticides because this conflicts with their traditional notion of hot and cold . They see the practice of taking a bath , which is cold , after being hot and sweaty from work , as being harmful . So , on the one hand , people are encouraged to reclaim traditional practices while at the same time they must come to terms with the abandonment of other , often related , traditional conceptions . At the beginning of the popular health system many people had an ambivalent attitude to traditional herbal remedies .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
My God , what sort of life must her husbands have had?’ ‘ Not too good , I 've heard,’ said Greg , not adding that he had just been grilling the doctor who signed her second husband 's death certificate . ‘ You realize she 's trying to be unbearable so that your husband sees they get a move on with her house?’ ‘ Did she tell you that ? How rotten of her to spread the family troubles all round the town .
Idiom: easy on the eye (used idiomatically: yes)
But then , perhaps it was n't . She had an eye for the clean lines of a good design , did n't she ? Admitting that he was easy on the eyes was simple artistic honesty . It certainly did n't change the fact that she disliked him intensely . She glanced over at him , seated cross - legged beside her , watching as he tapped an impatient tattoo with his fingers against his thigh .
Idiom: every which way (used idiomatically: yes)
The ground covered by both books is , in the early stages , fairly similar . They begin by explaining how the spectrum keyboard works . And such an explanation is needed , believe me , scarcely a key is free of its overlay of jargon — RND , STEP and NOT share keys with obscure wiggly brackets , slanty lines and arrows pointing every which way . And an elaborate ritual of key presses , in a strict order , is needed to get a key to yield the result you demand . After this the paths taken by the books change .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
DAVID Platt was forced to miss Juventus 's league game with Atalanta yesterday after sustaining a broken nose during England 's defeat in Spain on Wednesday . Platt , who has yet to make his Italian League debut for Juventus , said : ‘ My nose has been X - rayed and confirmed as broken , although I thought I was fit enough to play today . I hope to play in our UEFA Cup game on Wednesday.’ Platt was left out of Juventus 's opening match last Sunday and has been told he may only play in Juventus ' home game . TEL 'S WAR
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
Arrangement fees on your new loan can cost up to £ 200 . Lender 's valuation survey . The new lender will need to ascertain the current value of your property and , inevitably , you will have to foot the bill . Solicitor 's fees . The new lender will charge its legal expenses to you .
Idiom: quick as a flash (used idiomatically: yes)
' You 've been trying to divert my attention from the box ! You devious , underhand , ruthless swine ! ' Quick as a flash , she lunged inside the box for the sheet of paper which she 'd seen there . In silence she scanned it rapidly . Her face drained of colour .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Try , if you can , to remember the look of the feet in Carnaval where they wear go with the black tarlatan , they wore black shoes tied with pink ribbons . John insisted that the ballerina 's costume must take account of the fact that the pas de deux‘is most unfrivolous and very tender — in all the other movements I have used a faint taint of period , but this , being the most lyrical … is completely classical.’ Wigs were out of the question because of the cost , and most of the changes John asked for in the designs were for simplicity in making and comfort in wearing . For a time he puzzled over the best title . ‘ Not Holberg Suite , as Holberg was a Norwegian contemporary of Molière , and the ballet has no bearing on him whatsoever .
Idiom: man of god (used idiomatically: yes)
It was this vision of order that held his vast empire together and on his death the entire vision collapsed , and the realm rapidly fell into decay and disunity . In a practical sense , he encouraged and demanded higher standards of literacy from his churchmen and governors , and issued various proclamations condemning their ignorance of Latin . Schools were started in the monasteries , for Charles proclaimed that ' Men of God should not only live by the rule and dwell in holy conversation , but should devote themselves to literary meditations , each according to his ability , that they may be able to give themselves to the duty of teaching others . ' He even learned to write himself , an art normally left to professional scribes and often despised by members of the militaristic nobility . His signature is preserved to this day on documents .