Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: back to the drawing board (used idiomatically: yes)
Okay well we 're in a really bad situation , I mean we can achieve something at least and perhaps oh perhaps communism does n't work after all , they just seem to be doubting their own beliefs and what they 've read . And that 's the only way I can see a way through this , thinking okay they 've got this ideology , they 've tried it twice and it still has n't worked . Let 's go back to the drawing board and try something else . Cos this , this is definitely not communism in any sense . Right .
Idiom: hit the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Soft music flooded through her helmet , and if she ignored the sensation of movement , she could almost pretend she was sitting at home … almost . They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . Then they hit the main road and he opened the bike up and for an awful second she thought she was going to slide off the back . Unthinking , she tightened her grip and felt him laugh under her hands . His voice replaced the music in the helmet .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
The value of having such materials in brief and physically separate forms is that it is easier to manipulate ideas while they are still in note form than it is once you have written them out in prose . A note - form outline of the essay provides a clear conceptual structure , and offers you an overview , which — when inspected closely — should allow you to assess how coherent it is , and how clearly it moves to your conclusion . Sometimes , it can be useful to write each main point in the argument on a separate card or sheet of paper , and physically reorder them on a table in front of you , joining up the points in your mind with a linking commentary . ( How do you get from this point to this ? What is it that makes you want to put one point before another ? )
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
However , a six at the 14th brought him back level with Woosnam . Meanwhile , both Severiano Ballesteros and Jose - Maria Olazabal had bucked their ideas up . A 68 put Ballesteros safely through to the last two days but a distressed Olazabal , despite a 69 , faced an anxious wait to see if he would make the cut . It was , for all that , quite a struggle for Ballesteros before he at last got his game together over the closing holes for a halfway total of 143 , two ahead of Olazabal , who was one over par for the 36 holes . Ballesteros had birdies at each of the two opening holes and three in his last four for his 68 .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Will I?’ ‘ In theory , yes.’ But there was a faint glimmer in his eyes , like those of a favourite uncle hiding something unexpected behind his back . ‘ I may be able to arrange something . It 's mostly a matter of timing … but I 'll do what I can .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: yes)
She jabbed two fingers into his eyes and he screamed and rolled off her , trying to rise to his feet , blinded by her attack . Her stabbing nails had torn his left upper eyelid and blood from the wound dribbled down the side of his face , some of it running across the orb itself , turning one half of his world crimson . Donna tried to raise the .38 , anxious to get a shot at him , but he knocked her hand down and the gun discharged into the floor . The thunderous retort deafened them both momentarily . He struck out again , this time with the back of his hand , catching her a blow across the face which split her top lip and sent her reeling .
Idiom: on the make (used idiomatically: yes)
But they are still used as nest - eggs and , in particular , they could find favour among directors with substantial interests in multi - nationals . Although beyond the means of most lower - echelon players , they are potentially lucrative magnets for get - rich - quick merchants who syphon illegitimate monies from their clubs through third parties . MANAGERS ON THE MAKE SHARP practice in the transfer market can extend to managers — even those on a guaranteed percentage of all outgoing and incoming transfers in their contracts . If a fee is agreed between two clubs over the sale of a player for , say , £ 100,000 , the manager could go back to his board and gain approval for a £ 120,000 deal .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: yes)
There were press reports of Argentine Army experts denouncing Richter as a ‘ fake scientist’ and his alleged discoveries as a ‘ colossal bluff’ . Rumours of his arrest circulated . Official denials by the Argentine Foreign Office were interpreted as playing for time to avoid loss of face . Richter kept his end up by arranging a press visit to Huemul Island on 21 June , 1951 . Visiting journalists saw buildings which they were not allowed to enter .
Idiom: in Dutch (used idiomatically: no)
He now became premier of a broad - based Cabinet responsible to the president : virtually a return to 1945 . The attempt to legitimise Renville met widespread opposition . Talks with the Dutch went on , but although the Republicans withdrew their forces behind the new agreed boundaries there was no move to begin the plebiscite in Dutch - occupied areas : to the contrary , on 9 March an interim federal government was installed for their projected United States of Indonesia . Of the 16 ministers , nine were Dutch . An unexpected diversion was the announcement by USSR on 26 May that they would exchange consuls with the Republic .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Now Oldfield for Leicester City . Greyson All too easy for Stone to win back . Nice control on the ball by Gemmell Rozario shakes off the first challenge from Whitlow and feeds Black . Has Collimore outside him and Collimore drives his cross in and is cleared by Hill Thomson playing it back in , difficult one for Greyson and he was a little bit fortunate I think there to find Thomson who 's given it away anyway . Stewart Pearce Rozario wants it played in quickly .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
But because the moon is eclipsed , the stage drawing to a close is an ultra-important one . Your personal life and relationships are primary candidates for a fateful event — whether in the next four weeks or six months . While this could be wonderful , you are unlikely to feel over -the- moon about it all . Some are born great , some achieve greatness and some have it thrust upon them . CAPRICORN Dec 23-Jan 19
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Worse still for ITT , the company is now starting to sell a Digivision television set for broadcast and television studios . Although the sets made in Leicester do not have digital circuits , ITT would need Digivision Broadcast 's permission to use the name . This is out of the question , says British company . The only way out now is for ITT to register a different name for its digital television sets in Britain . The Japanese firm Trio has a similar problem .
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
As a coupling , this is not too hot : almost 50 years separate these works which ideally require different styles of playing ; this highly - gifted duo unfortunately approach both works in exactly the same way . Rachmaninov 's Sonata would be better coupled with Grieg 's , and the Prokofiev with more Prokofiev ( the Ballade Op . 15 and the Solo Sonata Op . 133 ) ; this CD is akin to mixing Reger and Henze . Both Sonatas are cleanly played , but the inner momentum of Rachmaninov 's first movement is lost : Yo - Yo Ma too often takes a back seat when he ought to be showing the lead , and this affects the balance . Cellists often fail in this work , which demands a close understanding of Rachmaninov 's style , rather closer than cellists customarily experience . Whereas the Rachmaninov is a confident masterpiece , Prokofiev 's late Sonata inhabits a distant Russian Winter landscape ; its inner subtleties remain obscured in this account , which I found rather too self - indulgent for genuine musical understanding .
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
He had been landlord of the village inn for a number of years and had developed the publicans ' inborn instinct for recognising potential trouble . His concern was heightened when he saw a local trouble - maker , a man called Slatter . Joseph Slatter was a local vagrant who travelled the vicinity , sleeping rough , and doing odd jobs . He supplemented his income by poaching , gambling and out - and - out thieving . He was well - known for his unsolicited and gratuitous violence .
Idiom: pure and simple (used idiomatically: yes)
In addition , the progressively violent and pandemonious reality suggested by television 's own reports created the very conditions in which a law - and - order rhetoric could flourish virtually unchallenged . Once established in this way , the law - and - order discourse acquired a lasting pre - eminence . By the mid-1980s , rioting , like the Handsworth and Broadwater Farm disorders of 1985 , was being reported as a manifestation of ‘ criminality , pure and simple’(Gordon and Rosenburg , 1989:20 ) . Some national newspapers portrayed the Handsworth riot as an inter - racial conflict , with Afro - Caribbean youths supposedly attacking both whites and Asians . These reports suppressed the fact that more whites than blacks were arrested during the disturbance , and hardly mentioned that police - community relations had recently deteriorated .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Furthermore , the amount of any distribution received on such ordinary shares which will be treated as an income distribution rather than a return of capital will be increased to take account of the deferred repayment of premium accrued at the date of conversion ( see s210 TA 1988 ) . Key points The tax requirements of all parties need to be considered with a view to establishing the best method of effecting the buy - out . Whether the buy - out will be of the business assets of the target , or of shares in the target company , is significant for tax purposes . The buy - out team will need to decide whether or not to form a new company ( " Newco " ) to make the acquisition .
Idiom: dead wood (used idiomatically: yes)
Immediately the tarmac is soft and muddy , brown water gutters between the road and the wood and corrugated iron houses on each side , there are far fewer lights , open shop fronts are also cheap eating places and tiny spaces for sleeping . The car noses confidently down alley after alley . Now canals slap on either side , brimming with garbage and dead wood , an old man sleeps in an oilcan next to a garishly decorated lorry , men in vests and wide trousers , grouped playing cards by the light of oil lamps , raise their heads as the car 's headlights sweep into their precarious privacy , and stare at her . Those eyes , sombre and steady yet lacking in curiosity , comfort her ; they seem to know her , who she is , where she is going . This definition is clarified when Sadat turns off the road through an entrance discreet enough to admit the car with only a centimetre on either side .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do n't have to,’ Theodore said . ‘ I have it in my head . They 're all over the place , west , east and in between . Places as different as Miami , Tijuana , Mexico City , Bogotá in Colombia , Bangkok , Islamabad in Pakistan , Kabul in Afghanistan . Why anyone should want to hide away money in Kabul is quite beyond me .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
' She is also setting an example in these hard economic times and I think we should respect the Princess for this . ' On this tour , she was clearly being economical . She stepped off the plane wearing an old primrose Catherine Walker number which last saw the light of day five years ago . And for the important State Gala she donned an outfit she had worn only last week at the Queen 's 40th Anniversary celebrations and before that on the Nigerian tour in 1989 . The wife of one prominent member of the British community in Seoul said : ' We would have hoped she 'd have picked something she had n't worn just a week ago . '
Idiom: get wind of (used idiomatically: yes)
It needs AIX 3.2 and languages supported are IBM XL C and Fortran , and Micro Focus Plc Cobol . It goes on controlled release in July and general availability is set for October , but there was no indication of price . Across the water , none of the intrepid previewers appears to have got wind of DB2/6000 , but tomorrow , IBM is also tipped to unveil a new release of the DB2 mainframe database , version 3.1 with support for Distributed Relational Data Base Architecture for updating databases at multiple sites simultaneously . And some housekeeping tasks under DB2 3.1 such as reorganisation of the database are expected to take less time . First ships of DB2 3.1 are seen for July .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Not a great competition - winning shot but er , at the same time it 's a , it 's a nice enough shot of this particular area . A very beautiful part of France . Erm being that I , one of the bits which I think catches your eye is this little house here , although there 's lots of them about , because this one tends to be in a slightly darker area , and for some reason that , the light on there is sort of picking that one out rather more than all the others , and I think that 's quite a nice little feature . A seven for that one . That
Idiom: pull the wool over someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
This led some policemen to enjoy the sport which the court room offered ( Holdaway 1983 : 74 ) . In the case of policemen at Easton , this sport is situationally constrained by the common-sense knowledge they build up of the court room setting and its players . Some lawyers are typified as ‘ clever ’ , others as ‘ stupid ’ ; the former require one to be cautious , while the latter give greater opportunity for having the wool pulled over their eyes . The following is an extract from the field notes , describing the return from court of two policemen , one a relatively inexperienced recruit . During the court proceedings [ name ] and the young con [ constable ] gave conflicting statements .
Idiom: go to seed (used idiomatically: yes)
A row of bean poles had collapsed , sagging under the weight of the frost - blackened crop . Below the triumphant spires of dock which covered the beds , submerged cabbages , as large as footballs , could be discerned . Onions , left to go to seed , displayed magnificent fluffy heads , and a host of chirruping birds fluttered excitedly about the varied riches of the wilderness . Mr Piggott clicked his false teeth in disapproval at such wicked waste , and shook his head at the ' FOR SALE ' board which had been erected at the gate the week before . ' Time someone took that over , ' he said aloud .
Idiom: better safe than sorry (used idiomatically: yes)
on ' i m , though . An ' he 's the reason I 'll be keepin ' a twenty - four hour guard on Brett , till he 's fit t'be moved to the same clinic as Harry in the city . ' ' Better safe than sorry , ' Curtis nodded . ' But personally I think he 's split , now his organisation 's blown apart . Besides , it could be you 're over - ratin ' this guy , Nate .
Idiom: have it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
They send their children to private schools . They pay no tax . They have it easy!’ They were crossing the river now . Even the summer sun could not take the grey away from the thick band of the Thames , sluggishly curving towards Wandsworth .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
WITH their top five players absent , Hampshire gave a first - team chance to Lee Booth , 18 , a finalist in last year 's Daily Telegraph Junior Golfer of the Year competition . He responded in style by winning both his matches against Wiltshire , including a 7 and 5 triumph in the singles . Peter Defty , of Stoneham , scored a remarkable win for Hampshire after being five down in six holes . His opponent , John Brien , 19 , was pulled back to all - square by the 15th , but won the 16th to go ahead again . Then Defty hit back to take the last two holes and the match .
Idiom: put two and two together (used idiomatically: yes)
Only when you have achieved this mastery of theory and practice , will drudgery disappear and the full joy of smallholding be realized . It is possible to jump in at the deep end , buy a farm , and teach yourself , learning by your mistakes . Such close contact with the facts of life certainly drives the lessons home , but a blunder can be costly , and it is not always easy for a beginner to put two and two together and deduce the root cause of his error . A succession of avoidable mishaps can so sap morale and resources , that it becomes impossible to see the wood for the trees , and your energy is exhausted reacting to emergencies . At such times you need to turn to a wise and experienced adviser who might well have steered you clear of the mistake had he been consulted earlier .
Idiom: hand to mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
The coal is sold to the fishmeal factories to fire their furnaces . In the summer the working conditions are bad enough ; in the winter they 're tortuous . Oxfam is trying to help these families escape from their hand to mouth existence . Neil MacDonald whose out from Oxford to visit Chile , has been talking to them and his reaction to their plight was direct . Male speaker
Idiom: that makes two of us (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You 're so damned predictable . I can always tell exactly what you 're going to say next.’ ‘ Then that makes two of us,’ Shiona countered , meeting the blue eyes that suddenly seemed to have grown darker beneath the sweep of thick black lashes . ‘ I can always tell what 's in your mind . All I have to do is think of the most unpleasant thing possible.’
Idiom: Indian summer (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , no , Doctor . Or you might say she did and she did n't . You see , I 'd mentioned the fact that I 'd seen this chap several mornings hanging about in the Cove , so I decided not to take Miss Celia down there for a bit , even though we were having a real Indian summer that year . He would keep looking at the child . Very interested , he was .
Idiom: white hat (used idiomatically: yes)
The one thing that drew me to Elsie was her disability . To explain why that aspect interested me particularly I have to tell you about the Butcher . Mr Gillis was nick - named the Butcher because in summer he wore a white trilby hat which he hung on the back of the door of his tiny glass - walled office in the corridor just outside the gymnasium . Rather like himself , his office was unusual ; it gave the impression of being an afterthought , a sort of architectural cul - de - sac . The corridor by the gymnasium was barely able to accommodate it ; it forced those walking past to do so in single file .
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: yes)
Lord Owen , the EC 's envoy to the area who pops up regularly on American television , has made a call for American troops his watchword . A meeting of EC foreign ministers on May 10th added its voice , politely requesting all relevant parties — the Russians as well as the Americans — to contribute to the UN operation on the ground . The careful diplomacy with which this point has been made was undermined when the New York Times reported an off - the - record comment at the Brussels meeting suggesting that Mr Clinton ' feels the compulsion to do something but does not actually want to get involved . ' This caused bad feeling both in the administration and in Congress . On May 11th , Joe Biden , a Democratic senator who chairs the European sub - committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , indulged in an outburst against Europe , castigating its response as a ' mosaic of indifference , timidity , self - delusion and hypocrisy ' .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Lord Justice Lloyd said the judge had been the victim of ‘ inexplicable confusion’ in reaching this decision . Mr Anthony Scrivener , QC , for the defendants , said he would be seeking leave to appeal to the House of Lords . It was of public importance that the issue should be resolved because many other cases were ‘ in the pipeline’ . Man is buried alive trying to save terrier By Paul Stokes
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
A model for any manufacturing industry . Swan Hunters is not , as the Trade and Industry Minister described , an out of date sunset industry of yesterday . No Congress , Swan Hunter is a modern hi - tech , high skilled , state of the art , manufacturing facility . A modern ship yard , built on the hard work and the dedication of Tyneside workers . The same workforce , Mr President who , during the Falklands crisis , worked day and night to produce the ships needed by the British Navy .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
For the discourse analyst , on the other hand , the more personal and particular the occasion for the participants , the more limited and circumspect he must be in his interpretation . Confronted with data of the following sort , an extract from a private diary only intended to remind the elderly writer of how she passed a day in January 1982 , the discourse analyst may not be able to proceed very far in his analysis . ( 30 ) Did more to Ivy 's letter . A.A. rang me at 4 o / c she returned on 2nd and had had grand time with Gwenda and families . As was nice p.m.
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We get nothing like this at the hospital.’ ‘ You 'll have to visit me more often,’ said his grandmother , a twinkle in her eye . It was obvious to Juliet that she thought the world of David . ‘ There 's something we want to ask you , Granny,’ said David . ‘ Well , Juliet does.’
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
But a few days before the squad was chosen , Rob Saunders , of London Irish , who had just changed jobs , informed Fitzgerald that he would have to change his mind and refuse the invitation . So the night before the squad was picked Bradley was approached and accepted . ‘ It was’ , he said ‘ right out of the blue . I did n't even think I was in contention’ . It could prove an inspired choice for New Zealand .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
As there was little or no advance warning , those people who had paid for entertainment until 2 am understandably felt short - changed . Why , we wonder , were Darlington police so officious over this ? Some other forces throughout the region , if they even thought about it , appear to have turned a blind eye . That , given the potential for trouble when hundreds of disgruntled drinkers are thrown out on to the street at the same time , was surely the prudent tactic . It was fortunate that there was no bother on Sunday morning but next time we might not be so lucky .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
What , talk about a passion killer ! Much better to spend your time with a lot of starry - eyed folk , over candle - lit dinners , under velvet skies , with a sense of total freedom . By day of course , why not team up with another couple and get out and about sightseeing or discovering those hide away places that will linger for ever in your memories ? It makes car hire cheaper too ! CLUB COUPLES GET SPECIAL TREATMENT
Idiom: spit it out (used idiomatically: yes)
Title : The Blunted And The Bold ‘ Cypress Hill are smoking funk , and they 've rolled it into a fat album featuring ‘ How I Could Just Kill A Man’ and ‘ Hand On The Pump’ . ‘ Tim Dog mangled a city with ‘ F - ck Compton’ and spit it out with ‘ Step To Me’ . Penicillin On Wax , the album , is a hardcore cure for the ill etc , etc.’ Title : The Enchanted Crystal Fairy
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
We know that as a rule the ego carries out repressions in the service and at the behest of its super - ego ; but this is a case in which it has turned the same weapon against its harsh taskmaster .