Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: under your breath (used idiomatically: yes)
Travis stared at her as if she had indeed gone crazy . ‘ That 's it ? That 's what 's had you muttering under your breath for the last hour?’ He dropped his head , then his shoulders began to shake , and when he looked up again he was laughing . Her breathing went haywire .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: no)
Day followed day and no letter , no word - of - mouth message , came from John . Nora 's anger , so hot in Ireland , turned cold and hard . She was damned if she was going to make the first conciliatory move ; it would blunt the point of all she had done in Waterford . But news was meanwhile piling up , news that she would ordinarily have passed immediately to him . Eventually the accumulation of it forced her to break the silence .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Although the euro has formally existed for over four years , it is understandable that the reality of the present contract is only being fully noticed since the people have had euro cash in their pockets .
Idiom: get the nod (used idiomatically: yes)
Unlucky Now , shoulder and back injuries put his place at risk for tomorrow 's Wembley World Cup clash against Poland . But Ince insists he is fit and is hoping to get the nod from manager Graham Taylor for his 10th full cap . He shares Taylor 's view that England will win and go on to qualify for the USA finals . ‘ With the Wembley crowd behind us we can do it,’ he said .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
I could have brought her Undry so easily , she thought ; but I left it at Ben Hesketh 's … and then told Adam we should take it to Andernesse … She gripped Fand almost roughly , as if she could hold her back from dying . Then a movement caught her eye , and she looked to see Adam coming warily round the car , Undry in his hands . Her voice came back . ‘ Adam!’ she screamed , reached out and caught him by the sleeve .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: no)
And besides , Leatherhead was waiting . He had a major gig to prepare for — on - site inspection at the new Safeway development . God alone knew what the traffic would be like on the freeway , through the mean streets of Edgware , down to the inferno that was the A406 , on through gloomy Tolworth and Chessington , out to the no - man 's - land that was Leatherhead . Leatherhead : where only the young are free . He looked down .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You decided?’ Anger bubbled up inside her like a geyser set to gush , and she made a valiant effort to hold it in check . She was determined not to lose her temper , at least until she 'd got to the bottom of the riddle , but his apparent attempt at playing God with her life infuriated her . ‘ Look,’ she said steadily , ‘ do n't you understand ? If you 'd told me this in the make - up room when you came to have your hair cut , you 'd have saved yourself a needless journey .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Previously , lib - lab trade unionists had merely been a part of a bourgeois - led radical coalition directed mainly at contesting parliamentary elections . This significance of reproductive politics as a basis of working - class organization is typical of the period . By 1918 North Shields was a clear locale of modern organized capitalism with very large industrial establishments in Smith 's Dock and the docks of the Tyne Improvement Commission , with a highly organized capitalist class , particularly in shipping and in urban development , and with a working class organized around production in trade unions and reproduction through ad hoc organizations , especially around housing . The combination of port activities and maritime industries produced a rather different civil society from that found in a ' pure ' port like Liverpool . North Shields had highly organized workers in the yards and on the railways .
Idiom: bright young thing (used idiomatically: yes)
Back when we were at college . Pietr met a girl there . A bright young thing , but unconnected . His father , who was still alive then , refused to even let Pietr see her . He threatened to cut him off without a yuan if he did.’
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Andrew Russell AN ambulance boss saved the life of a choking baby at his desk when her parents raced into his control room as he handled a 999 call . Radio controller John Fletcher grabbed four - month - old Lauren McNamara and gave her the kiss of life as her face turned blue from lack of oxygen . But seconds later she stopped breathing again — and John , who had not given emergency treatment for three years , had to give her mouth - to - mouth resuscitation four times until paramedics arrived . The dark - haired baby had tried to swallow a battery , which her 20-month - old brother Jordan had given her .
Idiom: peaches and cream (used idiomatically: yes)
The astonishing bed has a fan - like bed - head and is like a building in itself with built - in spotlights , hi - fi , and telephone . To me , it was very Elvis Presley which I gather is the perfect impression because Elvis was one of Freddie 's inspirations . ODDEST PICTURE : A framed photograph of model Linda Lusardi 's bottom hangs over a chest of drawers in her peaches - and - cream bedroom , which comes complete with an ornate brass ceiling fan . I can imagine a lot of other people having a framed photo of Linda 's bottom … but not necessarily Linda herself . MOST UNEXPECTED HOUSE : Edwina Currie 's converted windmill was another lovely surprise .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
Edward Carrington was in the flat with Erica when Chamberlain broadcast his farewell . Any tendency he might have had to crow , or scoff at his achievements , was modified by the dreadful news from the continent . The Twilight War , as Chamberlain had dubbed it , was over with a vengeance . The Norway disaster had been just an appetizer , it would seem . ‘ Well , your man 's won,’ said Erica , when the broadcast was over .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
The front panel is finished off by a five channel , switchable graphic . The back panel looks very busy indeed , with inputs and outputs aplenty . The Quad X has six separate effects loops , which at first glance may seem a little over the top , but in reality is not such a bad idea . There is a mono loop provided for each channel , plus stereo loops for reverb and an overall master . Doing things this way round certainly ensures the maximum individuality of each channel in the amplifier , without you having to resort to tap dancing lessons in order to switch channels and turn a couple of effects on or off simultaneously .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
But now — well , I 've always found that there was something in what Fiver had to say . For the last two days I 've refused to listen to him and I still think he 's out of his senses . But I have n't the heart to drive him back to the warren . I really believe that for some reason or other the place is frightening him out of his wits . I 'll go with him a little way and perhaps we can talk .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
The assurance of a reliable syllabus Grammar The backbone of WOW!is a crystal clear structural syllabus which provides students with a systematic and thorough foundation in grammar — from the simple present to the third conditional . Examine any of the colourful units from the WOW ! Students ' Books and you will be reassured to note that grammar points are clearly identified , explained , and practised .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
A year or so ago I motored for the fun of it through Latvia and Estonia , from Riga to what was then still Leningrad , and never thought to encounter such ramshackle roads again . But nearly half a century of neglect has left the former DDR 's network in a no less lamentable state of collapse . They 're working on it , but there are about 50,000 kilometres of roads in all and I was told that fully half of them need to be torn up and rebuilt from scratch . Unfortunately , it appeared to be the same half that I had picked to explore . And joining me on the journey was a never - ending line of lumbering construction plant , Brobdingnagian concrete - mixers , and juggernauts laden with rocks and sand .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
COPENHAGEN – Europe 's sovereign - debt problems have prompted a search for more effective approaches to economic governance in the European ~ Union , particularly in the euro area . Having mounted exceptional efforts , first to provide financing for Greece 's adjustment program , and then to create a safety net for other distressed countries , the European ~ Council established a task force , chaired by President Herman ~ van ~ Rompuy and composed largely of EU finance ministers , to make proposals for reform . The van ~ Rompuy Task ~ Force will submit its final report in October , but we can anticipate its conclusions in the light of the current system 's major shortcomings . At the euro 's planning stage , most observers fell into two camps . Some believed that the absence of political union – reflected in the euro 's lopsided design , which centralized monetary authority but left budgetary and other economic policies ( largely ) in national hands – would ensure the common currency 's failure .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
This is about the only plausible remaining explanation for the midweek muck - up over VAT , heating and help for the poor . The issue was as politically predictable as they come , there should have been no muddle as a result . The fact that there was — much to Downing Street 's fury , speaks volumes as to the unco - ordination of this Government . This administration is a perpetual motion mess . And the blame for that situation , ultimately , rests with Mr Major himself .
Idiom: all in a day's work (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The other one did.’ ‘ OK , Viola did , but she 's different . A row was all in a day 's work for her , and at the end she 'd feel pleased with herself and at peace with the world . Hilda might have enjoyed it while it lasted , but at the end she 'd have felt upset.’ ‘ Yes , I 'd agree with that , from what little I knew of her,’ said Helen .
Idiom: spill the beans (used idiomatically: yes)
Univel expects to see $ 20 m to $ 30 m out of this crowd in the first year . X / OPEN SETS XPG4 LAUNCH FOR EARLY IN OCTOBER With the VSX4 test suite already announced and starting to ship , X / Open Co is preparing to go public on XPG4 itself , and has set early October as the time when it will spill the beans . XPG4 — originally set to come out last May , but delayed due to‘complex documentation’(UX No 385 ) is the next - generation of X / Open 's Portability Guide , and builds on the long - established XPG3 , which first saw the light of day back in September 1988 ( UX No 197 ) . Therefore many of the components have already been released .
Idiom: second childhood (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's totally different from radio - controlled flying where there is n't this link . For me it 's more rewarding,’ he said . Peter , a 55-year - old distribution engineer at the plant , says his wife believes he is going through a second childhood . But he and the five or six other aficionados of control line flying , a hobby which peaked in the 1950s and 60s and then declined when the more sophisticated radio control models appear on the scene , are hooked into a pure form of aeronautical nostalgia . They build reproductions of popular fifties models and they use the authentic glow - plug or diesel engines — some of which have become collectors ' items .
Idiom: close to home (used idiomatically: yes)
Er expertise was the first and foremost requirement . Cost effectiveness was the second , and willingness to take some of our staff was the third . The northern lawyers have n't been slow to see the marketing potential of providing legal services close to home . The biggest was valued at over one hundred and fifty million pounds . If you go back seven or eight years ago er the city institutions would be saying to the companies , you know this is a er a major matter in the in the growth of the company and you need you need city representation , you need a firm of city lawyers to deal with it .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
' You 'll be quite safe . ' She shut her eyes briefly , then stretched out thin , trembling arms . Her hands , white to the knuckle - bone , rested lightly on his shoulders . He swam carefully , on his back . Her eyes were half - closed , her expression martyred .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
1958 ‘ JOHNNY B GOODE’ Chuck Berry ‘ HE COULD play the guitar just like a - ringing a bell.’ Well , that 's not much use , is it ? Play , Johnny !
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: no)
Since then , the Saxon shore forts of Richborough and Reculver have been left inland in changed contexts , the former surrounded by dry land , the latter half - eroded by the sea . It is clear , then , from these examples and others in Yorkshire and Norfolk , where numerous towns and villages have disappeared , that , following coastal erosion by the sea and extensive silting of estuaries and shallow coastal areas , the context of many sites is now very different . Two other aspects are relevant to this theme : the formation of sand dunes and the drying out of low - lying marsh areas . All along the north coast of Cornwall and the south coast of Wales there are extensive sand dunes . These areas look wild and unaffected by man , until they are closely examined .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Even quite distinct groups share the same sorts of patterns . Again , this is no accident and it has a special advantage . For example , if there are several quite unrelated species of unpalatable butterflies living in one particular region and one of them has evolved a warning pattern of black , yellow and red markings , it will pay the others to follow suit because they will then all share the ‘ training risks’ associated with novice predators . Once a young killer has attacked one individual with this wing pattern , it will not only avoid other members of that species but also members of other species that look superficially like it . These ‘ warning clubs’ were discovered by a German field - worker called Fritz Müller .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Equally scarce is information on royal estate - managers in Charles 's reign . Royal charters and letters show , as do capitularies from beginning to end of the reign , the king 's keen interest in exploiting landed wealth ; but as in the reigns of Charles 's father and grandfather , the great bulk of the evidence is prescriptive rather than descriptive . At the end of the day , the efficacy of Charles 's control over his local agents must be gauged from the political action with which the rest of this book is mainly concerned . The most influential model of ninth - century political change since Montesquieu 's has been that of the Belgian historian Jan Dhondt . Charles the Bald remained the villain of the piece .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
This bold hypothesis would still be accepted by many anthropologists and historians , and even those who have tried to refute it are still working within its framework . The discussion of the evolution of labour given by Marx and Engels is , as we have seen , open on several general and specific points . Overall , however , it has stood the test of time surprisingly well when we consider how little information on pre-capitalist systems they disposed of . The reason for their success seems to me to be less due to their perceptiveness concerning pre-capitalist conditions than due to the depth of their analysis of the nature of labour under capitalism . A very large part of Marx 's work was intended to show how the particular form and representation of labour under capitalism was an extraordinary fantasy .
Idiom: on the horn (used idiomatically: yes)
( This will be more fully discussed in Chapter 7 ) . At a time when many socialists were moving away from a naive faith in the prospects for revolutionary change and towards uneasy respect for democracy , Labour in office was doing little to justify belief in the viability of their vision of the road to socialism . The Left seemed to be caught on the horns of a dilemma : insurrection was regarded with increased scepticism and democracy with increased respect , but parliamentary socialism continued to reveal its all too familiar limitations . The realisation that it was important to defend democracy , and that it was difficult to dodge the Labour Party , forced many to consider transforming the constitution of the party so that the leadership in Parliament was more accountable to the party outside . These constitutional concerns within the Labour Party have profound implications for the British constitution itself .
Idiom: one for the road (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But enough about pictures ! Have a wee deoch and dorris afore ye go?’ ‘ You mean one for the road?’ I smiled . ‘ I 've never heard the expression before — what did you call it?’
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
But there was no way she could bring herself to like the other woman , even though she suspected that , had the circumstances been different , she would have warmed to her immediately . Then she pulled herself up . Why was she jumping to conclusions ? If there was some raging love - affair between the two of them then there was no reason why it should be a cloak and dagger affair . ‘ Where exactly were you?’
Idiom: on the cuff (used idiomatically: yes)
Since the poll - tax disaster broke , the government has been — as one cabinet minister puts it — retreating from Moscow under hostile fire . Mr Heseltine , seen by many Tory faithful as Margaret Thatcher 's assassin , was never going to get a good reception in his first post - coup party speech . ' He was standing there with the blood still on his cuffs , ' one MP explained . Give it a few months , goes the cheery Tory argument . By then the party 's wounds will have healed .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Sandy tried to think of something to say , something that would explain how she felt ; but the image that formed in her mind was of a punchbowl brimming with vomit , and she knew instantly that she was about to do likewise . Without even looking at him , she dashed for the companionway and the open deck above . Which was how she came face - to - face with the phenomenon of the two Waynes . Wayne number two was sitting — or rather , slumped — in the dining alcove of the deck saloon , and he was leaking all over the expensive - looking upholstery . His head was at a strange angle because of the way that he 'd kind of subsided into the corner , and his eyes were slightly open .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
But , the fact is you can read over it , you can study it in a very literary way , you just ca n't do the same thing with Johnson . It 's very much , you know erm stage , a stage . Well okay , those of you who liked the Shakespeare better , for whatever reasons , even if it 's just because you did n't get to grips with Johnson , which of the plays , first of all , erm did you find most interesting ? Dunno . Wi who 's read , read Twelfth Night and found that one most interesting ?
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
Fig . 5.13 illustrates how the spectrum of a sample may depend on its phase . In liquids and solutions there are several factors leading to broadening of the vibrational band , even in the absence of rotation envelopes . In neat liquids and solutions there is little short - range order , and at any instant different molecules are under the influence of randomly - differing local environments . The random differences in environment result in a range of different vibration frequencies , and so each vibration band is broadened . This broadening can also arise from the time - variation of the local environment of a typical molecule , and it is possible to use measured bandwidths to probe the timescale of fluctuations of local environment .
Idiom: on the blink (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Several spring to mind,’ he growled in a tone loaded with meaning . ‘ But at that particular moment I was cursing the VHF set . The blasted thing 's on the blink again . It started playing up yesterday.’ He glowered at the offending piece of equipment .
Idiom: hold your tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
" I loathe you because you 're still jealous of her . Everyone said how pretty she was , not like you with your crooked nose and wrinkled skin — " " Hold your tongue ! " Loverin hissed the words out , his face puce . It was n't only the thought of what Liti would be like when they were alone .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
She was not going to leave until he told her , and at last he did go on , while she listened carefully , to make a picture for herself she could trust . " Jack " , in Dublin , had been to bars and meeting - places , had made inquiries , had met this man and then that , reporting back to Bert and Jasper that things were going on as they should . Then , Bert and Jasper — but not Jack , a fact which had to give her food for thought — met a certain comrade in a certain private house in a suburb . There they had been questioned for a long time , in a way which — Alice could see , watching Bert 's face as he told the tale — had not only impressed but sobered the two . Frightened them , judged Alice , pleased this had been so , for she did feel that Jasper was sometimes a bit too casual about things .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
By Mike Allan JAMAICAN umpire Steve Bucknor changed his attitude to trial by television on the second day of the second cricket Test between India and South Africa in Johannesburg yesterday . Bucknor came under fire on Thursday when he gave Jonty Rhodes not out without consulting a third umpire with access to television replays — which clearly showed the South African had been run out . ‘ It will be a sad day when the camera replaces the umpire,’ Bucknor said in response to the criticism . But within an hour of play resuming on Friday , Bucknor called for a TV replay decision after Meyrick Pringle had been sent back and Sachin Tendulkar hit the stumps with a throw from square leg .
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
His head jerked round and he was just in time to see the pack stream out from the bushes only thirty yards away , noses still glued to the invisible trail they were following , and lope swiftly towards the house . When his head jerked back to look up at Grant again , it was n't his teeth that were gleaming in the dark now , it was the whites of his eyes , wide with fear . For a sickening moment he swung wildly on the rope and one of his feet slipped a few inches down the wall . Grant 's heart leapt into his mouth and he was convinced Larsen was going to lose his nerve , then his grip on the rope , to plummet down to an unthinkable death . But then the other man seemed to regain control of himself , for the next moment he was shinning up the rope as though he had just realised his life depended on it — quite literally !
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
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