Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: look on the bright side (used idiomatically: yes)
All because of one silly accident , which had n't even been her fault , her life for the next long miserable eighteen months was to be ruled by a man whom she detested with all her heart . That night Lisa lay sleepless , staring into the darkness . She should look on the bright side , she kept trying to tell herself . At least she was n't being forced to fork out the three and a half thousand pounds . At least she was n't being left penniless and in debt , with nothing .
Idiom: throw caution to the wind (used idiomatically: yes)
Quentin Spurring reports , photographs by Bryn Williams/ Words and Pictures The finale of the 1990 World Sports - Prototype Championship , in Mexico City on Sunday , was a spectacular , topsy - turvy affair . Jaguar and Nissan , as if to celebrate the swansong of their turbocars , threw caution to the winds , and took the fight to Mercedes - Benz with devil - may - care enthusiasm . The drivers of the all - conquering Silver Arrows had to work very , very hard to overcome these challenges but the race was decided by an extraordinary series of mishaps that befell this normally super - slick team . Jochen Mass , after a fine middle shift by his co - driver Michael Schumacher , was leading the race by 42secs with 15 laps to go , when a sudden rain shower sent the drivers scurrying to the pits for grooved tyres .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
Very near the beginning Maggie gave a wee tip , do n't say you 're a representative say you 're an employee of Friends Provident , it makes life easier . He actually corrected it later on when he has to go back into it but , you know , just , just a wee point there erm you did , did it initially but corrected it later on when you , you came back into it . I actually mar marked twelve closed questions as it so happened but that 's , that 's neither here nor there , that 's ju that 's just a point of reference . Erm you created er your own problem by saying how long is it since you 've seen an F P representative you 're just building a barrier up again . If he raises it , fine , you deal , deal with it as an objection but if you know do n't , do n't invite objections er .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
I have a cruel desire to stand in front of one , step to the left , then to the right , then again to the left once more , just to confuse them . That would take the smile off their faces all right and give them a few seconds relief . Knowing my luck they 'd probably go all the way and burst into tears . I may be unkind , but I 'm not unfeeling . This need to convey fun at all times , this unbearable , forced enthusiasm must be killing them .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
She 's a bit nervous oh She said Monday night I , er I do n't know whether we 've done the right thing by booking this holiday she said , I 'm thinking about the travelling in the air , it 'll be in travelling for eleven hours so she said I do n't know how I 'll be , I said it 's no use looking at it like that Alice now No if you 've booked it , I said you ought to look forward to it but er , I suppose it 's just come over her
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
I never saw him again but to this day I wish I could take him to Ibrox and watch the Rangers with him and maybe buy him a half and half pint at one of the Govan pubs . It would n't have mattered if he had turned out to be a Celtic supporter at that decisive moment because I had the Celtic team on my tongue all ready to trot out , starting with Kennaway , Cook , McGonigle . It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . Sitting on the bus , still with my cap on my lap to avoid attracting attention , it struck me that the whole world changed within a mile or two as we left the town . Back there the war was everywhere , filling people 's minds and eyes and thoughts ; the teeming thousands of uniformed men , the RAF and army vehicles , the almost palpable atmosphere of anticipation and suspense .
Idiom: break the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
We do n't believe we have every last book dealing with the Imajica in our hands — do we?’ ‘ No , of course not,’ said McGann . ‘ But the Society 's broken the back of the tradition over the years . The cults in this country are n't worth a damn , we all know that . They cobble workings together from whatever they can scrape up .
Idiom: come out in the wash (used idiomatically: yes)
But she bridles at suggestions that the inclusion of two women — Mrs Gillian Shephard at the Department of Employment and herself — has excluded more able men from the Cabinet . ‘ Prime Ministers always have to consider balance in the Cabinet — and at least we now have the same number of women as old Etonians in John Major 's team,’ she said . Friday Matters : Marital strife comes out in the wash By SUZANNE LOWRY FRENCH magazines love telling their women readers that while French lovers may be romantic , French husbands are scruffy , barely domesticated louts who do n't clean their teeth , do n't shave at weekends and wo n't use deodorants .
Idiom: down the drain (used idiomatically: yes)
Aah . Talent going down drain . Yeah , talent going down the drain . He says do n't you dare come near me with that silly spray . Come here .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
well so there obviously is n't the need and the demand that people think Nottingham 's got better night life , that 's the , probably the nearest good place mm but Manchester that 's probably the hive
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
mid festival screenings BOYZ ‘ N’ THE HOOD BOYZ ‘ N’ THE HOOD , a powerful drama about coming of age in Black urban America , marks the feature film writing and directing debut of 23-year - old John Singleton . It tells a poignant story about the community where Singleton grew up : of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighbourhood , and of street life where friendship , pain , danger and love combine to form reality . Tre ( Cuba Gooding Jr ) , Dough Boy ( Ice Cube ) and Ricky ( Morris Chestnut ) , are three young blacks brought up in an area where violence prevails .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Do I look like him ? ’ My thoughts were interrupted by Jock saying very quietly , ‘ If you are thinking of getting back to H.Q , Piper , I advise you to piss off as soon as you can . ’ The evening was now getting dark , but light enough to see my way . As a last attempt at conversation , I asked Jock , ‘ Tell me , why do they call you Jock ? You have an English accent , why the Jock ? ’
Idiom: go the distance (used idiomatically: yes)
In early November Coleridge and the Wordsworths , whose deep and intuitive friendship had begun by now to exclude not only Sara but even Tom Poole , set out on the road to Porlock which Coleridge had taken the previous month . Coleridge introduced his friends to the steep woodland track leading from Porlock Weir to Culbone , and together they walked on for four miles beneath the trees , before emerging close to Broomstreet Farm and Yenworthy . By dusk Lynmouth had been reached , and next morning they went the short distance to the Valley of the Rocks , a strange and desolate dry valley running parallel to the coast and bordered by great castellated tors of rock . The landscape of the valley was quickly reproduced in an unfinished prose tale , ' The Wanderings of Cain ' , a story of murder and remorse whose details were discussed on this November tour . It was decided that Wordsworth should write the first book or canto of the tale , Coleridge the second , ' and which ever had done first , was to set about the third ' .
Idiom: by the by (used idiomatically: no)
We have studied the Labour party 's recent pronouncements and we now know that Labour proposes to renegotiate the whole deal . In last Friday 's edition of The Times , the shadow Foreign Secretary stated that Labour would ' review'the'role and powers of the European Commission work for conditions to make the single currency possible and attractive ' . By the by , those conditions are wholly unacceptable to our partners and would destroy the whole purpose and form of a central bank . The right hon . Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) also said that Labour would ' negotiate for revision'of the social protocol . Come back Harold Wilson — all is forgiven .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1789–1814 twenty French missions abroad were headed by generals . But during the nineteenth century soldiers were perhaps more continuously prominent in this way than ever before . The militarism which had begun to take root in Europe during the eighteenth century was now steadily gaining strength . In the great conservative monarchies of Prussia , Russia and the Habsburg empire military influences , reflected in such small but highly significant things as the habitual wearing by their rulers of army uniforms , pervaded the atmosphere of the court and many of the upper reaches of government . Very often in them high - ranking officers had easier and more direct access to the ruler , and sometimes more influence over him , than any civilian minister , however important .
Idiom: on your high horse (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Oh , do n't be silly , Jessie . Do n't rely on that . All right , all right ; do n't get on your high horse . But anyway , saying to Father that you , who are the apple of his eye , and in whom he considers he 's bred a lady , telling him that you hope to marry one of the Feltons , the quay Feltons . Oh , my goodness !
Idiom: flash in the pan (used idiomatically: yes)
For Emerson I972 was a fine year : with a full season in FI behind him and with a winning car , he drove with assurance , confidence and verve , though still finicky if conditions were not favourable to him , as at Monaco in the rain . It is detracting nothing from his ability as a driver to say that his first championship , in I972 , he owed to a markedly superior car . The fact is that he had much to do with the development of that car , that he worked hard , drove cleanly and finished steadily : those are the marks of a real champion rather than a flash in the pan . He carried into 1972 the kind of driving which had made his reputation in 1971 , and if you study the fact - sheets for that year — the inaugural race at Paul Ricard in France is a good example — you will see Emerson well back on the grid and yet prevailing in the end to finish well enough . So it was that in 1972 the knowledge that consistency paid off , that concentration was necessary , that racing went to the prudent as well as to the bold began to pay off for Emerson .
Idiom: make your blood boil (used idiomatically: yes)
And we 're paying Poll Tax , I said all that 'll happen erm , and this poor fellow 's out of a job as well Ooh honest to god it makes your blood boil and these and these rents have gone up I expect Nora 's flat has gone up Yeah it has
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
But the user must be patient when learning the ins and outs of an expansion card . Information in the user manual is almost always inadequate leaving new users to find out for themselves how it works — although this does enhance practical knowledge of the processor . Many companies manufacture expansion cards featuring DSP chips ( for example Burr Brown , SMIS and Loughborough Sound Images ) and it is true to say that every major DSP chip is available on an expansion card . Choice of an expansion card , with a particular processor , will be determined largely by intended application for the device . If for a general purpose need , then the board should have at least two independent analogue I/O channels , which means two separate A-to-Ds and D-to-As .
Idiom: neck and neck (used idiomatically: yes)
DARLINGTON discovery Andrew Pyrah , who has been running seriously for only 18 months , won the Man of the Match award in the Woolworth Young Athletes match at Middlesbrough yesterday . The 15-year - old Eastbourne School fourth former , whose athletic talents were first recognised by PE teacher Simon Hanniford , won the youths 3,000 metres in 9 mins 9.3 secs 10.7 secs better than a BAF grade two standard beating second placed Gregg Scott , of North Shields Polytechnic , by 53 seconds . In the second Northern One East match at the Cleveland County Stadium Leeds just beat hosts Mandale after a neck - and - neck struggle throughout the afternoon . YORKSHIRE captain Martyn Moxon 's status as a batsman of the highest class was placed beyond doubt at Middlesbrough on Saturday . In his first innings since breaking his finger while making 141 on the opening day of the championship season , Moxon graced a bitterly cold Acklam Park with a splendid knock of 117 against Somerset .
Idiom: share and share alike (used idiomatically: yes)
And why not ? We 're all equal these days . Share and share alike , this fellow said . So he hung about in a lonely spot one night , just where the other fellow was due to pass by — and well , Bob 's your uncle , as you so succinctly put it . He 's doing twelve years , as a matter of fact . '
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: no)
( I am told the two storey six - bed house first on left as one descends the hill rents for £ 350 or so , yes £ 350 , in high summer ) . Any comments you have on the general amenity of cottage would be useful . Did my copious scribbles help or hinder — and you 'll see I now have my ‘ Apple’ back after a saga which made Monty Python , Esther Rantzen and Bernard Levin 's saga about his mother and the North Thames gas board look like child 's play . And so to £ : could you send me a cheque for £ 8 per day and power at 10p a unit , and get in touch sometime to confirm the wanted June dates . Keep in touch — I do miss you upstairs .
Idiom: take a bow (used idiomatically: no)
Apparently not ! The clock flashed 10.27 , 10.27 , 10.27 . I wondered if Lou would take up his bow and play until ten thirty , or whether he would extend his practice time for four minutes . He would probably do the latter , and hurry through the change of clothes which would prepare him for the half - hour 's weight - training which he did between ten forty - five and eleven fifteen every Tuesday and Friday . Today was Tuesday .
Idiom: pearly whites (used idiomatically: yes)
I was amazed at how well the hair kept its shape , even when left to stand in my water pot for half an hour or so . the filament used is also resistant to scrubbing techniques , it bounces back nicely and washes clean very well . it has a pearly white appearance , so that colour can be easily seen against the hair . Although the filament did stain with certain acrylic colours , such as phthalo blue , the colour did not stick to the hair , as I have found with hog , or stain quite so badly . I was able to clean off excess acrylic from the brush hair readily , using first a cold rinse of water , followed by warm water and a little soap as necessary .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
Er one potassium channel which is commonly worked on is known as the delayed rectifier . And the reason for the importance of this ch ch channel is that it opens when axons depolarize . So when th axons depolarize , under the influence of the opening of sodium channels , the opening of the deray delayed rectifier then leads to a repolarizing phase which occurs precisely because the equilibrium potential for potassium is held relatively negative . So that 's just summarized on this diagram here , which is shown er for a squid axon , and I 've plotted here the equilibrium potential for sodium , which is relatively positive , here at mi at plus fifty millivolts , and the equilibrium potential for potassium which is held relatively negative . And at this point the axon is stimulated , a depolarization occurs which is associated with the opening of sodium channels , which then close .
Idiom: see the elephant (used idiomatically: yes)
When I go I usually pay er to go round the back er which in some circuses you can do and only two weeks ago It 's free in our circus , free in our circus only two weeks ago , I actually saw er elephants chained up by their legs , in a marquee at a British circus . That was n't in our circus . This is totally wrong , it 's a totally wrong way of using animals , animals are just used in circuses for entertainment , for profit ,
Idiom: cap in hand (used idiomatically: no)
Even after adding a few extras such as salt £ 14 , a thermometer £ 1.25 and a hydrometer £ 3.50 , I was still left with a small margin . If I had used mail order for the larger items I could have easily shaved off a further 10 % of these costs and come well within my allotted amount . So it is possible to meet my standards for a quality basic marine system for below £ 250 and it was time to go cap in hand with a swift apology to the PFK Editor for doubting his judgement . Fiddling with the filter … The Biolife filter functions well , although as the PFK test Review Update pointed out recently , the tiny suckers which the filter hangs on seem to give up sucking and can allow the filter to drop down and submerge below a critical level .
Idiom: change your tune (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Very unlikely.’ Mr Loveitt played with the stem of his wine glass avoiding any chance meeting of their eyes . ‘ You 've changed your tune , sir . It was ‘ definitely not'’ when last we spoke.’ James stood up .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
A map can be very useful if there is one available , or a conducted tour of the land , but it is your responsibility to ensure that you stay within the limits of the concessions that have been made to you . Start off properly and you have a much better chance of being welcome year after year . It goes without saying , almost , that you need to be generous with the rabbits you kill . Maybe the farmer or his tenant will ask for a percentage of the kill within the agreement , but it makes jolly good sense to ensure that anyone who likes to eat a rabbit and who can influence your sport is well looked after . So you now survey the land at your disposal .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Maybe Alex will come and find us,’ Victoria suggested . ‘ Alex does n't know where the path is,’ Richard was annoyed to find his beloved 's allegiance wavering . ‘ He 'd have got lost ages before we did . He 's really stupid.’ The grey eyes instantly overflowed with tears and the girl 's features , unformed miniature suggestions of the wide - browed Fairley face , distorted in misery .
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
In spite of what the candidates may feel at the time , there is no stigma or criticism in being allocated a job flying something other than a fast jet : rescuing downed pilots in foul conditions or carrying out low level paratroop insertions in a Hercules are just as dangerous and demanding . The jobs require different skills , and different abilities . If the candidate makes the grade in the Hawk , where he learns to handle fast jets and basic skills in bombing and dogfighting , he is posted to a Tactical Weapons Unit where these skills are honed . The book includes detailed descriptions of the principles involved , as well as blow by blow accounts of training missions in a Tornado . Finally , there is the Harrier .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah , well that , that was all open you see that was all open It still is today is n't it ? It is still open today it ai n't in some docks . No . No , but it is in the fish dock .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
Stripped down to her petticoat , she felt too tired to undress further . She wished that someone would invent a button that you pressed , and shazam ! — you were tucked in bed , washed and with your teeth brushed . Languidly she turned her head to the west - facing windows , staring out at the neighbouring mountain high above the hill upon which Saracen was built . Again Clare wondered if she had gone a bit too far , speaking so negatively about Gran 's novels , and being so emphatically against the trust . Hearing a knock , she called , ' Come in . '
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
Flowering shoots of winter jasmine , J. nudiflorum , should be cut back to within two or three buds from the main stem , while the oldest stems on honeysuckle should be cut back close to the base . In all cases , use your common sense , removing dead and diseased wood . Remove stems on grape vines that have borne fruit , and cut the vine back to its main framework . Tackle large - flowered and cluster - flowered roses ( hybrid teas and floribundas , to give them their former names ) . First remove any dead , diseased or frost - damaged stems , cutting back until a healthy green colour is reached .
Idiom: come up trumps (used idiomatically: yes)
Sagittarius ( November 23-December 21 ) Happy times are ahead , with perks aplenty , but do n't let it go to your head . Over this pleasant period you 'll come up trumps in whatever you tackle , especially when you 're allowed to compete in those events which test your endurance or intelligence . Capricorn ( December 22-January 20 ) A certain amount of travel is on the cards so you must be ready for eventualities which erupt sooner than you expect .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
I have to educate my mind to accept that . It is very hard to fight like I have been doing these last few months . It is incredible that my challenge in tournaments so often during this time had been to make the cut . ‘ It is difficult to accept , but that is the challenge . You have to take things as they come .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: no)
That offer , too , has been snubbed . At least her show of independence may have avoided an intolerable sense of strain over lunch , in Sandringham 's pale green dining room . ‘ I hear things are so bad between the prince and princess , they ca n't even bear to be in the same room as one another,’ said an estate worker . Another , hearing of the little princes ' new holiday arrangements , commented : ‘ I feel sorry for them , being moved around like a pair of poor little shuttlecocks.’ By contrast to her sister - in - law , the Duchess of York , who is not invited to the church service or the family lunch , will be at Sandringham for Christmas .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Barnett has also described how the public school ethos that emerged in the latter half of the last century was suffused by a contempt for technology and ‘ trade’ . That worked together with the prejudices of the ‘ practical men’ who built Britain 's early industries — often with little scientific or technical background — to ensure that industrial management remained mediocre . Classics - based education for the elite went hand in hand with neglect of education for the bulk of the population . The superior quality of the German workman was being remarked on more than a century ago . British industrial operatives remained educationally backward , locked in primitive tribal attitudes and prey to narrow - minded and destructive trade union militancy .
Idiom: on the dot (used idiomatically: yes)
Blue . Er We 're on a white dot all play . you 're on your own . On our own .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
And if you read the scriptures , you 'll discover those where er he , you know er he was with Paul on one occasion , and er he 'd been eating with Gentiles and er then some Jews came up who believed that eating with er non - Jews even though they were followers of Jesus was wrong . And er and and Peter because of his fear of the Jews says , okay I , I wo n't do that any more , I 'll go and , I 'll just go and sit with the Jews . And Paul comes up to him and says , you 're totally wrong , out of order here Peter , erm you know what , what you know I mean you 're afraid , that 's , that 's your problem . And er and , and Peter says , you 're right , er I was wrong to do that . You know so you have to reach out on a daily basis for these gifts .