Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: no)
Meanwhile , Jodhi May , in her first American celluloid outing , makes a good stab of portraying the frail but ultimately doomed Alice Munro , one of the daughters of Fort William Henry 's Scottish commander Colonel Munro who the mighty Magua , the wronged Huron war chief , has vowed to destroy . Co - star Madeleine Stowe is also convincing as the formidable , spirited Cora Munro , falling for the rugged , beef - cake charms of Hawkeye who instils in her a joyous understanding of the wide open spaces and star spangled skies . While it may not fall within the same category as Dances with Wolves as an illustration of a time and people grossly misrepresented , it is a period piece of some strength and charm which just falls short of the epithet epic . Consumed by drugs TWO cops pay the price of their job in the tough new video Rush .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
say she 's got up with shoes only one pair of shoes nice and smart Yeah . then you put them on when your feet are all swollen at the end of the day you 'll find them too tight . yeah . say cos they reckon if you measure yourself when you get up in the morning , then measure yourself when you go to bed .
Idiom: apples and oranges (used idiomatically: yes)
She turned the list around on the counter and said , ‘ What does this say , here?’ ‘ That 's fruit . We need apples and oranges this week , that kind of thing.’ ‘ Did you write it in?’ ‘ Yes .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
and ‘ You crazy son - of - a - bitch . You keep me in hot water all the time … I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice and let you have fun.’ This all springs from an argument about a mouse which Lennie killed accidentally and wanted to keep .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Hurricane LF363 crashes BATTLE of Britain Memorial Flight lost one of its founder aircraft on September 11 , when Hurricane LF363 made an emergency landing at Wittering , Cambs , after experiencing engine problems . The Hurricane caught fire upon landing , ending up burnt out , with pilot S / L Allan Martin escaping from the aircraft with a broken ankle . Rapid knock - down by the Wittering emergency services had the blaze out in seconds . S / L Martin joined the RAF as a Halton apprentice in 1963 .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
Now it 's perfectly true , they understand I hope rightly , within the framework and philosophy of the Conservative party , that you have to respect the integrity of the individual . But it does n't mean to say that you are sending somebody who says he 's a Conservative , going to support a Conservative government , and the moment he gets there is to be found all over the place . Yeah but if you feel strongly about a particular issue , erm Elizabeth Peacock , during the er coal pits erm dispute when she was very very upset at what your You were planning to do , closing down all those coal mines and and she went public about it . She she it was for her a matter of conscience . And she was representing the interests of her constituency .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Democracy crumbled . A few brave citizens protested when Bangler refused to call free elections , but one by one they ‘ disappeared’ , leaving the evil politician with a free hand — until now ! A research scientist called Mulk got together a group of followers and created two robots , assassination machines designed to put an end to Bangler 's reign of terror , once and for all … Five zones must be penetrated on the road to Bangler 's hide - out . Armed only with flesh - rending knives and magic Shurikens , the droids have a real fight on their hands .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
USL Europe 's poor financial performance over the the year also contributed to the decision . The redundancies apparently came as a complete surprise to USL staff who were assured before Christmas that no jobs would be lost through the Novell deal . And its not good news down the road at Unix International Europe either . UI is having to downgrade some of its marketing activities in Europe because of a new budgeting arrangement which allows member companies to determine how , and in which geographical areas their donated cash is spent . Most US companies it seems , want their membership fees spent over there .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
I knew Clare quite well , as it happens . She used to come down here from London , sometimes just for a meal , sometimes to unwind for a few days , sometimes with some young swain or other , sometimes on her own . Pretty girl , intelligent to boot . A real asset for Dysart . Ideal for entertaining boring bigwigs on his behalf .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
idiot can you hear me get out from under the table get out from under the table You 're on drugs .
Idiom: make a splash (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's easy when you have got the right toys … Few children can resist playing with water . They may not always be too keen on having to wash with it … but give them the chance to make a big splash somewhere and they will never be any happier . That 's why bathtime is often the most popular part of the day . With all their bathtime favourites to play with it 's not surprising it quickly becomes a real highlight for even the youngest toddler in the family .
Idiom: out of sorts (used idiomatically: yes)
Why on earth did he need to know all the damned details ? What possible difference could they make now ? Feeling irritable and out of sorts , she took her tea into the workroom , hoping her carvings might be as therapeutic to her as to the people she carved them for . It was hard to remember what her life had been like before Leo came , but , whatever it had been , it had to have been more peaceful than this . His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Give me the key.’ It was a question of who would lose her nerve , and Marie could see that Jenna was not about to lose hers . She felt in her pocket and handed the key over with very bad grace . ‘ Thank you.’ Jenna took it firmly and turned away .
Idiom: raise hell (used idiomatically: yes)
At first sight , he was the kind of big , bull - headed Irish - American you 'd expect to see in a blue uniform directing traffic , but he had Cyprus pretty much in his pocket and was planning to retire there after he 'd put in his twenty years . He was shrewd , in a self - serving way , and friendly enough . But if anybody crossed him , or if he thought the embassy establishment was trying to put him down , he 'd stand on his desk and raise hell . He was always screaming about how they dumped on him . How he had the worst office space in the building , and the worst housing of all the embassy staff .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd like to have a younger - looking face , but do n't like the idea of plastic surgery . Are there any exercises I can do to tighten up facial skin and muscles ? Abby Knight , a health and beauty writer and expert in skin and hair care , replied : ' Yes , there are exercises that tauten facial muscles but the most important thing to remember is not to pull the face into contortions that are not natural to you . ' That way , you could just be adding lines that are n't there . ' A huge , broad smile exercises 27 muscles , so give a series of very exaggerated ones , but do n't hold them too long .
Idiom: open the floodgates (used idiomatically: yes)
Is there any real chance of an American change of heart ? Advocates of capital punishment are unmoved at the prospect of the United States being increasingly isolated among developed countries : such countries , they argue , have less violent crime than America has . California 's first execution may open the floodgates . What are needed are more Mario Cuomos , politicians who are prepared to put moral and practical argument above political expediency . Foreign aid
Idiom: come in from the cold (used idiomatically: yes)
The emphasis has switched to trying to reach the general public , rather than talk down to them . Above all , increasing attempts are being made to provide the lay visitor , if he or she so desires , with a genuinely worthwhile educational experience . Museums are finally coming in from the cold , to take their place alongside a whole range of other cultural facilities such as zoos , botanic gardens , planetariums , libraries , and the like — all of which are striving , in their own distinctive ways , to contribute to the informal education of the public as a whole . The transition has not been easy . In their quest for greater public acceptability , science museums have tended to move in two different , and not always compatible , directions .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: yes)
My only regret here is that all are from North American authors and thus quote largely North American examples . No such problem arises with Atlas of Igneous Rocks and their Textures , a laboratory manual of several hundred thin - section photographs in colour and accompanied by notes . Nature displayed in this form beats abstract art hands down ; the pictures are so breathtakingly beautiful that one can wallow in them for hours and quite forget geology . Here is a volume you could present to someone with no interest in science and expect a pleasurable reaction from any but the most insensitive . Much the same could be said of Atlas of Ore Minerals except that the impact is reduced by the smaller and very slightly less well reproduced pictures ( of polished sections here ) .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
Sometimes a group gets stuck in the formal stage , convinced that formality and rules are the only antidote to chaos . The breakthrough to the skilful stage usually occurs when the group realizes that some part of its formal procedures is inappropriate to the particular task in hand . It therefore cuts some corners and , in so doing , discovers that it can cope . The most noticeable characteristics of a group in the skilful stage , ie a team , are : All procedures for objective setting , planning , time keeping or whatever are agreed in the light of the task to be done and the situation .
Idiom: off the beaten track (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh well we had no feelings about it because I really was n't an Old Harlow person , nor was my husband and all that we could think about it was that it would be very good for the area , it would erm , bring work and employment and everything like that , but of course Old Harlow people were very , you know , a lot of them were very against it and yet , in the end , the Harlow High Street shops was , made a fortune in those first few years , you know , when there was nothing else and the , the Old Harlow High Street was n't of course paved over in those days , anything like that and it , it was a narrow , narrow high street , it was almost like taking your life in your hands walking down there because there were crowds of people obviously with all this influx of community and they er the main Chelmsford road used to come up through there , so it was a , a hell , sort of a traffic hazard really . And how did you feel about the sudden influx of a lot of people and ? Well , I did n't mind it was quite interesting , for one thing erm we were sort of off the beaten track here and although we 're in the town you might say , we 're out of it , we 're in the country are n't we ? You see But do n't you think that gen that Harlow generally has that feeling ?
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
She assisted at French cave excavations , including La Quina in Charente , where she was introduced to Neanderthal man and his Mousterian culture , thereafter to be a central interest . Her own first excavation was at the Devil 's Tower , Gibraltar , where she found Neanderthal skull fragments . The rare ability shown in the digging and publication ( 1928 ) of this site gave her a promising place in Palaeolithic studies , reinforced by her first book , The Upper Palaeolithic Age in Britain ( 1926 ) . The year 1928 saw her first visit to western Asia . She recognized a Mousterian and Upper Palaeolithic presence in Kurdistan ; in the Judaean cave of Shukbah she found and named a new Mesolithic culture , the Natufian .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
For Isle of Wight Tourism call 0983 524 343 . UK HOLIDAY XTRA Head south for winter AND CHANNEL YOUR HIDDEN ENERGIES ! ANNE GRAHAM / DAVID KERR
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Quite like that idea . But erm , yeah , it 's alright . I like this girl , cos she 's Welsh , just , I ca n't do her accent , but she kept saying it several times , he was getting really pissed off with her . He 'd obviously taken time over building up this little booklet explaining the stuff . She just destroyed it in one go .
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: no)
Shipping giant P&O dipped 9p to £3.40 , despite a £28 million surge in half-year profits to £101 million . Skipper Lord Sterling warned of storms ahead unless interest rates are slashed . Home cover hits the roof THE man from the Pru is shelling out more than £10 million a DAY on insurance settlements and maturing savings plans . But the increasing number of claims have to be paid for .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
They did not want their gesture to be viewed as part of that historical movement but as a genuine protest with genuine grievances . But they felt ‘ December Ninth’ was a good day to attempt to gain sympathy for their cause . They were finding it hard to make ends meet and life had become very miserable . One of them told me , ‘ We are the victims , the victims of reform.’ Although worried about the consequences of their boycott , they went ahead and were offered a pay rise as a result .
Idiom: early bird (used idiomatically: no)
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Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
most fundamental aim Right . because they see that in the long term benefiting , leading to greater equality . Right . So erm
Idiom: my bad (used idiomatically: no)
However , neither of us had expected to be arrested for behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace’ if we attempted to get on the water above the falls ; we 'd blown it ! My parents had stayed over in Middlesbrough that night and they were taking me home the next day . As the car chugged down the M1 motorway I stopped cursing my bad luck and thought of how we could have made the first descent if only we had concentrated on the job in hand and not got the press involved or told so many people all about our daring endeavour . Ultimately there are more things in life than canoeing ; unfortunately we had allowed things to become part of what should have been a purely personal outing in a boat ; in doing this we had ensured that our attempt did not go ahead . If we try again it will be at first light with a photographer and no - one else present or maybe with just ourselves present .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
She was followed by Meredith who wore his monocle threaded on a silver chain . When he passed Stella in the corridor she could smell scented soap . A telegram from Stanislaus arrived shortly before curtain up ; Babs was over the moon . Prue told George that Dawn Allenby was in high spirits because an admirer had sent her flowers . There was no card but Dawn said she had a fair idea who they were from .
Idiom: on the warpath (used idiomatically: yes)
Baltimore - based Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Maryland is to turn over operation of its LifeCard electronic claims network to Electronic Data Systems Corp on undisclosed terms : the LifeCard operations , which transmit 5.8 m claims annually over its network — 30 % of the insurer 's total volume — will continue at the Owings Mills , Maryland location and all LifeCard employees will be offered employment by the General Motors Corp subsidiary , which will upgrade the network , expanded it and rename it the Maryland Health Information Network . ARTISOFT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SUBMITS RESIGNATION The headhunters have been on the warpath again : Tucson , Arizona - based Artisoft Inc reports that William Baker submitted his resignations as chief financial officer , ‘ to pursue other opportunities’ . TANDY GRID SYSTEMS SIGN UP ACT TO OFFER SUPPORT Birmingham - based ACT Group Plc 's ACT Computer Support Ltd and Professional Support Centre , an organisation providing personal computer - based software support , have been signed up by personal computer manufacturer Tandy Grid Systems Corp to offer computer support services to its customers : ACT will deal with on - site technical support , consulting , training and additional installations , while Professional will look after a hot - line and the initial diagnostic process .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: no)
It was one of many Method exercises taught to help the actor to reach inside of himself , unleashing personal emotions in an effort to heighten realism . Over the next few years , Nicholson went from one teacher to another in his quest for knowledge of all acting techniques . Eventually , he rejected the Method as a personal technique , developing his own style and approach , which he insisted had no set parameters such as those required if the Method was followed to the letter . In between acting class and all - night parties at one of the homes of one or another of the inmates , Nicholson slotted in some compulsory service as a fireman , attached to an air - crash fire - fighting crew , which some have used to suggest was a draft dodge on his part . He , in turn , said it was not ; he merely regarded national service as a waste of time .
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
My Lords erm I would only hope that I would be able to do something to my Noble Friend in trying to persuade him that it is n't all that bad erm My Lords I do agree with him though when you I , I think that I 'd be first of all w were to tell him that er not that he would n't be surprised that I thought that his amendment was n't actually necessary , but I do understand his concern , I mean he tries to find his way through the legislation . It is n't always easy for anyone to get to the bottom of every detail of a bill er which refers to earlier legislation and erm er er I 'm sure that my Noble Friend would sympathise anyhow erm er er w with with me insofar as I also do not have the advantage of er legal qualifications which he manages to make up for most adequately . My Lords , erm i legislation is complex and I agree that we should do what we can to keep a clear er , er to keep it clear and simple if it 's at all possible and erm er I agree though that one needs a fully up - to - date text of the nineteen sixty four Police Act in order to decipher every last dot and comma . My Lords , erm I I I 'm glad t t to know that a text is readily available er I agree with my Noble Friend that if he took the simple course of comparing the Bill with the nineteen sixty four Act as it was printed , he would have run into trouble . What he needed of course was to compare the present Bill with the nineteen sixty four Act as amended by various statutes .
Idiom: ride roughshod over (used idiomatically: yes)
However , different people might without illogicality be prepared to universalise quite different considerations , so that there could be alternative moral views , each equally a moral view , even if some of them were , from our point of view , immoral . But gradually , as I noted in Chapter One , he came to think that one can not universalise judgements coherently , without this amounting to the development of a universal sympathy with the desires of all affected by one 's action . For one has to recognize that if one had their desires one would not accept principles which rode roughshod over their satisfaction , and this implies that one should not accept them at all , since one can not universalise them to that hypothetical situation in which one would be forced to reject them . So one must take into account the effects of one 's actions on the satisfaction or dissatisfaction of the desires of all those affected , along the lines of preference utilitarianism . When Hare speaks of universalisability he refers to the requirement that one be prepared to support one 's ethical judgements by precepts couched in completely general terms .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
To the last hour of my life , you will remain part of me . God bless you and God forgive you!’ I held her hand to my lips for a moment . As I left , Estella 's lovely face looked at me in wonder , but Miss Havisham was staring at me with a mixture of pity and guilt . It was all over .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
On recovery nights , when subjects were allowed to sleep undisturbed , they took more REM sleep than usual , as if they were making up to some extent for the amount lost . These findings were consistent with the idea that REM sleep , and perhaps the dreaming associated with it was especially important , perhaps representing the most important function of sleeping . In his report of this first experiment Dement also reported that his subjects tended to become paranoid while deprived of REM sleep — ascribing sinister motives to the experimenter , and developing all sorts of unreasonable suspicions as well as having some bizarre experiences such as hallucinations ( seeing or hearing things which were not there ) . Not only , therefore , did sleep mechanisms rebel against the regime by more and more attempts to initiate REM sleep during the period of deprivation , and " make up " for the amount lost to some extent when allowed to , but the subjects also showed signs of psychological distress when it was prevented . Subsequently Dement established that these psychiatric symptoms were not reliably elicited by depriving the subjects of REM sleep .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
And,’ he insisted threateningly , when it seemed she might find her voice to make some vigorous protest , ‘ if you value your job , which I 'm sure you do , you wo n't breathe a word to him that it 's all a put - up affair.’ Leith began to recover from feeling shaken to realise that things had gone too far now for her to confess everything , but in any case she could n't do that , not when Rosemary and Travis were so insistent on secrecy . What else was plain , though , was that she had wasted her time in trying to turn the tables on Naylor Massingham by hinting that , jobless , she might set up home with Travis . Naylor was calling her bluff , and there was not a thing she could do about it — the swine ! ‘ There — must be some other way,’ she voiced her thoughts out loud , and , as the thought occurred , ‘ I can tell Travis that I do n't want to see him again without going in for this — this charade.’
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
To the third Club trick you throw away your 7 of Hearts from hand and take the trick with the Ace of Clubs in dummy . West plays Clubs on all of these tricks . It is time to take stock again . West started with precisely 6 Hearts , precisely 1 Spade and 3 or 4 Clubs . In order to make this contract you now have to hope that he had precisely 3 Clubs , leaving him with precisely 3 Diamonds and that these Diamonds include the Queen .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
Then hear one last thing . If you should decide to tell Dysart about me and Virginia , bear in mind The Courier could make your life here in England very unpleasant for you . Heather Mallender 's murderer walks free — that sort of thing . You get my drift?’ Harry did not reply .