Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
I hope she does n't throw the empty glass out into the void to follow its contents ; pity the hapless passer - by under that little bolt from the blue ! And they 'd find the guilty party : a giveaway print of designer lipstick mars the rim . I drift back indoors , in case she decides to go all the way and tip me over the edge while she 's at it . Only my pride would be hurt , of course , but that 's more than enough . She follows me into the room and plants herself square in the middle of one of the sofas , leaving me to pace back and forth across the thick carpet while I deliver my diatribe .
Idiom: under a cloud (used idiomatically: no)
lolled against the sideboard ; outside , under cloud , the chrome blue Baltic sported its swans and oily fringe .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
Even their tax - averse sponsors , while appreciative of the rabble ’s efforts to protect their wealth , are now fearful of the impact of these wayward ideas on the investment climate and equity prices . President Barack ~ Obama , elected with a great deal of goodwill and hope in 2008 , is now caught like a deer in the headlights . He knows that what the economy needs in the short run is different from what needs to be done to manage public debt in the long run , but he is unable to provide decisive leadership . His misguided efforts at compromise only fuel his opponents ’ frenzy . In India , Prime ~ Minister Manmohan Singh , who once enjoyed a strong reputation for integrity and intelligence , has been similarly paralyzed , acting erratically in the face of an equally demagogic populist movement – the anti - graft crusade led by a fasting activist , Anna ~ Hazare – which just ended in a frantic and uneasy compromise .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
But the new show had n't gone into rehearsal yet , and the wedding was the weekend after the current show 's last night . A few odd days of film work slotted neatly round that weekend , leaving her no ready excuse apart from cowardice . Reluctantly she decided she must see it through , for Peter , and in some way for herself — she had to prove to herself that she could come face to face with Marc again and survive the ordeal . Beryl gave her some advice before she left on the night flight the following Friday . ‘ Your destiny is here in London , Sarella,’ she told her .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
She still did n't speak much , concealing pain and her wound from voices and trite expression . But I watched her transform the house from being their place — and it had been only a place , child - soiled , functional — into her home . She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow . She bought a pine table from a junk shop and slowly sandpapered it down in the garden , and then sealed it , something she 'd never done before , never even thought of doing before . I was surprised she even knew what sandpaper was ; but I could be such a fool in not knowing people .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
The Seaman saw some hope in the Federation 's novel policy of giving a voluntary increase . " It may be the beginning of a saner and less aggressive course of action than the one hitherto pursued towards the men of the Mercantile Marine . Whatever else it may betoken , it is clear for the time being that Mr Laws will not be asked to put on his war - paint and go a - hunting for scalps " . A softening of attitudes was one thing ; achievement of the union 's objective was another . The seamen had good reason to suppose that the arguments on the employers ' side for resisting negotiations at national level were weakening .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
' In fact , ' says Shelley wickedly , ' we 're holding a cocktail party in December and we 're thinking of inviting Prue 's partners . Now that will be interesting ! ' Turning the tables : Shelley Saxon ( left ) and Prue Stopford finance & investment OFFSHORE INVESTMENTS
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
His ominous words rang true . It seemed his conscience was troubling him . ' Come clean , Lucenzo , ' she pleaded . ' Let me in on this mystery that surrounds Corosini . When will he come here ? '
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
As a result , unemployment has surged , now exceeding that of emerging economies . Meanwhile , deficit and debt indicators have worsened , both in absolute terms and relative to emerging economies , and the average risk premium on advanced economies ' debt now exceeds that for emerging economies . These are outcomes that fall well short of policymakers ' expectations , be it in America or in Europe . Indeed , for most of the post - crisis period , all of them have been understandably fixated on stimulating growth . Some have even embraced explicit policies to boost asset prices ( e.g. , the US ~ Federal ~ Reserve 's second round of so - called " quantitative easing " ) .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
To the American mind , there can be only one superpower , so China ’s rise will automatically be at the expense of the United ~ States . Indeed , for many in the US , China represents an existential challenge . This is way over the top . In fact , the existence of a single superpower is highly abnormal , and was brought about only by the unexpected collapse of the Soviet ~ Union in 1991 . The normal situation is one of coexistence , sometimes peaceful sometimes warlike , between several great powers .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
As part of her business Fedelma offers editorial services to other firms such as PR , producing in - house magazines , brochures and presentations . Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help’ . With a background in both teaching and magazine work , Fedelma has had wide experience of full - time employment , but is happy that she ‘ took the plunge’ and is confident her business will expand . ‘ The course provided an arena for learning , for expressing doubts and exchanging experiences,’ she said . ‘ What I considered to be quite an insignificant idea at first has now become a viable business for me.’
Idiom: talk shop (used idiomatically: yes)
And once again it was this unrelenting professionalism in Pound that set , and continues to set , Englishmen 's teeth on edge . For in our national tradition , in the arts as until recently in sports , it is the amateur who is most admired ; and Auden 's charming joker by the Christmas hearth is only a particular version of the amateur . He observes the prohibition against ‘ talking shop’ , whereas Pound through his London years seems never to have talked anything else . ( Once again Eliot knew , or soon learned , better . ) And the most Anglophobe of Pound 's books is , appropriately , the one that is most full of shoptalk — though of shoptalk of a special kind , the talk of the master to his apprentices in the shop that is a workshop , the atelier where the talk that goes on is the vehicle by which an artistic tradition is transmitted , not in conceptualizing , and tendentious readings of history , but where it is concrete , in tricks of the trade and rules of thumb and words to the wise .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: no)
Almost certainly not . Because it might not be the compassionate , caring Dr Cox who is at our bedside . We might instead be in the hands of Dr Desperate , Dr Impatient , Dr Needabed or Dr. About-to-go-on-holiday . I do not want legislation which would give less conscientious members of the medical profession permission to confuse expediency with compassion . The right to die and the right to help someone to die are surely matters which are best left to discretion and commonsense .
Idiom: off the beaten track (used idiomatically: yes)
I went straight to Ralemberg 's house , hungry to see the ever - smiling Agnes . My poor heart soared like a bird when she agreed to accompany me and her father to a parchment - seller in Lothbury . We kept off the beaten track , away from those traders who fixed high prices , for Shallot knew where to go . This shop or that , then across London Bridge under the rotting , decapitated heads of traitors to a small parchment - seller 's in Southwark . The gods smile on those they intend to destroy , and within three days the parchment we bought up was carted down to de Macon 's cog and hoisted aboard .
Idiom: play with fire (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Open wide,’ he said , his voice throbbing sexily . ‘ Open , Meredith,’ he breathed . The mask made him seem menacing , and she suddenly had the sensation that with Lucenzo she was playing with fire . He 'd schooled himself to ruthlessness , single - mindedly forcing his way through the jungle , hacking at anything in his path . He would scythe her down if she did n't fit in with his plans .
Idiom: in spades (used idiomatically: no)
Declarer now had a complete count of West 's hand . She led a losing diamond from dummy , on which she discarded the winning heart from the closed hand , and West was forced to ruff and concede the last two tricks . South 's well - timed play had produced an overtrick on a hand on which a number of declarers actually went down in four spades , and , not surprisingly , the Israeli pair collected a complete ' top ' . PAGE Havel , the young playwright in the late 1960s A writer still ? .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
I think we 're entitled to ask if Nottinghamshire faces those problems , what is peculiar about Leicestershire that it did face those problems but all of a sudden it does n't face those problems . I I do n't think myself and I still have an open mind and I do n't think that the Labour case erm adds up to be perfectly honest . I simply wanna say two things and that is this that within a month if this scheme is to work I believe that the council or the social services committee must draw up a long list of homes which it proposes to close and that long list will be in teams and that must be done not behind closed doors so that people know what is being proposed , we level with people who live in those institutions and they are fully acquainted with our , with our intentions and secondly I think it 's necessary to understand from this programme that it is not just refurbishment programme , it is a refurbishment and closure programme the simple equation being that the money that comes from closures from capital receipts and some revenue savings , actually goes into the rest to refurbish them . That is the scheme er as as I see it and unless , unless I I thi , unless that is progressed quickly then as I say I am extremely pessimistic and let me just say Chairman the dangers of not going along that line the dangers of the present scheme which was at the last planning committee meeting or or or was it one of the social services committee anyway , where four were chosen or or it was said choose a small number . That I think is half a programme and while that might erm while that might appeal to er members of the Liberal party , half a cake 's better than none .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
1 Kings 6ff ) . At this central sanctuary there was no place for female officiants as the Temple 's affairs were regarded as the sole responsibility of an organized , hereditary male priesthood dedicated to the service of Yahweh . But despite all efforts , worship of the old gods and goddesses continued throughout the land of Israel and even on occasion at the Temple of Jerusalem itself — as evidenced by the books of Kings and Chronicles , which refer to events of the seventh and sixth centuries . Ironically , Yahweh 's final victory came with the destruction of the Temple at the hands of the Babylonians in 587 BC . For generations prior to this calamity the custodians and promoters of Yahweh — that is , the now canonized Prophets of Israel — had been warning the people that if they did not abandon their syncretistic ways , the wrath of the one true God would descend upon them .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Love in a Cold Climate , Scotch Mist ! Pissed off with life Your average wife Is quite entitled to feel
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Takeover activity and barriers to takeovers in the single market The level of takeover activity in the UK by both UK and other EC companies is unparalleled in the Community . By the same token , the level of takeover activity where UK companies acquire other EC companies is considerably less . These latter transactions are usually takeovers of smaller private companies by agreed deals rather than contested public acquisitions , which is often the case in the UK . In 1988 , the average size of transactions where other EC companies took over UK companies was 2.5 times greater than the average value of transactions where UK companies acquired other EC companies .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
It had all been rubbish , all of it . What Alice could not forgive herself was that she had been taken in by it all well , she had had the sense to get out in time , and meet people who could lead her on the right path … At last Cedric Mellings sighed , opened his eyes and , having thought out his position , leaned forward , and without looking at Alice but keeping his eyes down , said,"Very well , you took the money , if you say so . I am sorry about that young man . Tell him to come back and — I am sure we can make it all right .
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
Now on the next page , it 's all about C C S A , how much you 've actually earned , you 're not interested in that . Sh , sh , and it continues to go through this , and I say , you can see , it 's very , very comprehensive , and very , very detailed . I assure you all the information in there will become second nature to you . It does , it might not seem it at this moment in time , but eventually you will understand everything that 's in there , and what it means to you , yes ? Now we 're going to provide this for you absolutely free .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
They celebrated their one - nil win with a aerobics session at the new bodyfit studio in Witney . Male speaker We all do things together and it lifted us for the game on Saturday . Voice over This is how they did it .
Idiom: doom and gloom (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes Go , Gordon ! Yeah . I I was interested in you saying about the doom and gloom which is Yeah ! always spread a and I I was listening to or or during a programme and it said er , we 're always told how firms are going down the shoot !
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
For the British delegation , the pace of change proposed was far too hasty . With Eastern Europe in turmoil and the single market far from complete , it was risky to start talking about European Monetary Union and the social charter . Mrs Thatcher sees nothing in the single market which cuts against the grain of her policies over the past decade , since it should promote the free enterprise culture within the EC . However , most of the other members saw the social charter as a necessary counter - balance . But , even more significantly , they viewed the goal of Economic and Monetary Union ( EMU ) as the logical next step of a single market .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: no)
The ghost . And how would you sp show would you spell Under the table . How would you spell mock ? Mm .
Idiom: cock a snook (used idiomatically: yes)
D — y. The decision to include a drunken , singing poet in The Fairy Queen — a ‘ Scurvy Poet’ , indeed — would have had more topical point in the spring of 1692 ( with anti - Durfey pamphlets fresh in the memory ) than in 1693 ( when tempers had cooled ) . Durfey may have written the lyrics himself , adding a coded signature to cock a snook at his detractors ( ‘ The Town may da - da - da - m me as a poet , but they sing my songs for all that’ ) ; or he may conceivably have acted the part himself , for money he appeared to need , and plenty of laughs backstage . Durfey 's entry in the new Highfill - Burnim - Langhans Biographical dictionary offers some intriguing hints : orator , author , singer , composer , actor ? …
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: yes)
' And who was that ? ' Kate 's eyes were hard and dry as she watched the bitter man sitting opposite her . ' I 'll tell no tales . You 'd better ask your mother ! ' he sneered . ' I will , when I get home , ' Kate replied , ' and the sooner I do it , the better . '
Idiom: gone with the wind (used idiomatically: yes)
The England bowler fractures that knee again . And , let 's go fly a kite . Why it 's cool to be gone with the wind . Welcome back to Central South . In a few minutes , we 'll be off kite flying at a national festival .
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: yes)
So they er would have done the same thing in those days , the children , and erm it fitted in to the easter holiday time to have the actual ploughing match , you see ? No in in your memory , of course , you 've been involved in it for a long time , have n't you ? Well off and on . I have n't been so much involved in it as perhaps some other people and I do n't pretend to be an expert . But I I did take part in it when I was a a boy in school , and that 's a that 's a fair while ago , now right enough , but er er I used to attend the er Well a primary school , I went to the small Grimness school , in the north end of South Ronaldsay , which has now been closed for over twenty years .
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Harriet glanced around , wondering if she could slip out unnoticed . It was heresy , of course , but the show was likely to last another hour at least — Saint Laurent was famous for the length of his shows — and afterwards there was bound to be the most fearful crush . Harriet hesitated , then her natural impatience won the day and she slipped quietly towards the exit . All eyes were on the catwalk and no one appeared to notice her , apart from a tall , grey - haired woman in the uniform of an atelier who moved towards her accusingly . Instantly Harriet pressed her hand across her mouth in a theatrical gesture .
Idiom: go up in smoke (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Oh . Oh Taurus Since you may not be capable capable , qualified or experienced enough to deal with certain matters , even partners , family matters or legal advices to act on your behalf , and there lies your problem , because some of your plans maybe go up in smoke unless you get actively involved , so legal matters needs to be Never Arsehole .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
By Sue Heal A BRIEF word for this welcome reissue of a 1955 Ingmar Bergman classic which stars Ulla Jacobsson , Eva Dahl - Beck , Harriet Anderson , Margit Carlquist and Jarl Kulle as a series of mismatched couples struggling to sort out their troubles . Bergman for once forgoes some of his more inaccessible leanings to tell a straight tale with great humour and pathos . He is served by a lovely cast who lift a gossamer - thin veil to show the misunderstandings and subtle warrings which make up human relations in all their glory . Seek it out .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
With some of the most innovative marketing , research and new product development programmes of any major brewer , we examine changes at a local level , identify new opportunities and develop and market the products accordingly . An example of how this works in practice is the marketing and advertising of the core brand — Guinness stout . Draught Guinness is well positioned to meet the current consumer trend for sophisticated premium products , while retaining its enviable heritage and tradition in the black beer market . Given the right level and mix of marketing support , a significant market opportunity can be created . THINK GLOBAL — THE MAN WITH THE GUINNESS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE LOCAL CULTURES
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
They were all famous within their own communities , but non - persons outside them . ‘ M'kata was a natural , one of those geniuses that emerge from time to time in the game . He could have gone all the way’ his former coach Mahommed Aghredien said . Aghredien , who played for SARU and is classified as coloured ( his father was Malayan and his mother Norwegian ) , has been working hand in hand with Bill Cunningham — a back - row forward , who played for the Springboks on their 1959 internal tour — to develop rugby in townships around Port Elizabeth for nearly two decades . ‘ Had the current changes taken place 10 years ago , many of the kids I coached in townships could have reached the top .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
But Laxton was a much more stable community than these figures might lead us to suppose . No fewer than 75 of the 99 households recorded in 1861 had been there ten years earlier . During that decade only 1 in 7 farms had changed hands and only 1 in 4 cottages . Even 2 out of every 3 farm labouring families stayed put and overall 3 out of every 4 households remained virtually the same . Moreover , movement into the village was predominantly of people born within a few miles of its borders .
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm frightened C.W. , I 'm really frightened.’ He was perturbed by her capricious behaviour . He felt like a boxer who had been pummelled mercilessly against the ropes , on the verge of defeat , only to see his opponent 's corner throw in the towel . It never happened in boxing . He thought back to his options .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
It might fracture the earth 's crust , with cataclysmic results . It might destroy part of the ozone layer , which would permit the sun 's ultra - violet radiation either to tan us or fry us , depending upon how large a hole had been blasted in the stratosphere : it might equally well cause the onset of a nuclear winter , which is so popular a topic among both scientists and laymen these days . And lastly , but by no means least , are the tsunami effects , vast tidal waves usually generated by undersea earthquakes : those tsunami have been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people at a time when they struck low - lying coastal areas . ' Benson reached out a grateful hand for a glass that Jenkins had brought . Talbot said : ' If you 're trying to be encouraging , Professor , you 're not doing too well at it . '