Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: cheek by jowl (used idiomatically: yes)
Penny Dunford on Annette Chevallier 's urban abstraction The Shipley Gallery in Gateshead has a reputation for being both accessible to its local community as well as to those involved in the worlds of art and design . Its permanent collection of fine Victorian paintings often sits cheek by jowl with a varied selection of current art and craft practices some of which also provide opportunities for visitors to participate in . Annette Chevallier 's recent show of paintings occupied one of the rooms in the gallery spilling out into a corner of the Victorian paintings , while opposite was a touring exhibition of European ceramics . Chevallier 's paintings are uncompromisingly abstract .
Idiom: under the weather (used idiomatically: yes)
Caroline shook her head . ‘ I really do n't think so,’ she said quickly . ‘ I — er — I feel under the weather today . I 'd just as soon have my dinner in my room.’ ‘ Nonsense,’ Anna said briskly .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
With luck , it would contain enough information to trace its owner . She was just about to investigate when a long , shuddering breath from the man at her feet reminded her that it might be as well to remove herself from the scene before the winded assailant recovered enough to take his revenge . It went against the grain to let the brute escape scot - free , but , with his victim disappeared , there seemed no point in calling the police . And now she took a better look at him , Folly could n't help noticing the strong , muscular lines of the broad back under that white shirt . And , even with the man still on his knees and half doubled - up with pain , his head , with its swept - back mane of hair , was still at a level with her waist …
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
It seemed he had been sent no less than ten lords a leaping . Paddington decided to go see his friend Mr Grover who kept an antique shop in Portabello Road . Apart from all the antiques Mr Grover also had piles of books about every subject under the sun and Paddington felt sure he would be able to explain the mystery . As soon as Paddington arrived Mr Grover made some cocoa and they settled down on the horse hair sofa at the back of the shop . Tell me Mr Brown he said what is the problem .
Idiom: go up in smoke (used idiomatically: yes)
Lady du Cann , 47 , who lives with Sir Edward 40 miles away at Wellington , Somerset , inherited 15th - century Athelhampton from her first husband , Sir Robert Cooke . She broke down as she surveyed the scene . ‘ It is terribly distressing to watch hundreds of years of history going up in smoke,’ she said . ‘ How can you put a value on something like that ? ‘ We 'll speak to our insurers as soon as possible.’
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
Thus the ' feel good ' factor lies in the crowd 's delight in the decline and fall of public figures : build 'em up , knock 'em down . As far as the England cricketers are concerned , it is hard to subscribe to the view that there are lies , damned lies and cricket averages . Over an extended period these particular statistics do tell the tale . There is , of course , some truth in Keith Fletcher 's bleat that ' good players do not become bad ones overnight ' . Christopher Martin - Jenkins succinctly summed up the situation when commenting that in less than a year England had been outplayed by the entire subcontinent .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
Straining to read the side of their van , I see they are actually from Findlay Clark . Oh , it is the landscape gardeners and a very nice job they 're doing of it . We 've got heathers , bushes and trees springing up all over the place . That is the update on the outside of the Lincoln Turbine Service building , so what has been happening on the inside ? It has been all go .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Of that there is no doubt , but the tour will undoubtedly be rewarding . Off the pitch , too , South Africa has a lot of ground to make up . The hotels and transport system are simply not up to scratch at the moment . South Africa would struggle , as it stands , to host the ‘ 95 World Cup . The desire to change though is , I believe , there .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
As Chinese manufacturing moved up the value chain , firms increasingly replaced workers with machines embodying the latest technologies . As a result , its economic model spawned a labor - saving , capital - intensive growth dynamic . On one level , that made sense . Capital - labor substitution is at the heart of modern productivity strategies for manufacturing - based economies .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
There are three plumbing tools with a unique purpose which you may find it useful to have in your tool kit . the first is the crowsfoot or basin spanner , which enables you to do up or undo backnuts and top connectors in the restricted space behind baths , basins and sinks . Second comes the immersion heater spanner , an outsize model for fitting immersion heaters in their bosses in hot water cylinders . Third is the radiator bleed key used to open the air vent on water - filled radiators to allow air to escape . Apart from these specialist tools , you will also need to borrow general - purpose tools from other sections of your tool kit for many plumbing projects .
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ No , no.’ ‘ Yes , good stuff , you English?’ ‘ No,’ she said desperately , and turned and walked away , mingling with the throng that shuffled through the narrow streets rubbing shoulders with each other . Where had they gone ? She turned up a thin alley which was covered ; it was full of the shrill song of cage birds .
Idiom: put a sock in it (used idiomatically: yes)
' After all , he should know . ' ' Why should he know ? ' said Toby . ' Put a sock in it , Pickerage . I 'm sure the boy does n't want to be quoted as if he was a cross between the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Authorized Version . ' ' He knows all about this school , ' said Pickerage obstinately .
Idiom: buy the farm (used idiomatically: no)
Because the net will inevitably be in close contact with some of the fruit , birds will still do some damage where they can peck through the mesh . BUYING THE FRAMES Fruit cages are relatively expensive and you have to consider whether it would be cheaper to buy from a pick-your-own farm than to pay for a fruit cage . The choice is mainly between galvanised steel , painted steel , and aluminium frames . Painted steel is likely to be less durable than the other kinds , but it is equally important to choose strong frames that are not likely to buckle : ( aluminium may be more likely than steel to bend under strain ) .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: no)
In part two : After the rain in Spain … can Mansell reign in San Marino ? The final salute … the Harriers say farewell to Kemble . And it 's child 's play . The toys that light up your life . Parents and teachers have set up one of the first toy libraries in the country for visually handicapped children . It lets the youngsters use special electronic gadgets which bounce light around .
Idiom: one of those days (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oi , Biff … ’ Mr Thacker had almost nodded off . It had been one of those days . He shook himself and focused with difficulty on the small crooked figure standing in front of him . ‘ What is it now , Tiptoe ?
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
This assists the corals in the building of their skeletons , and releases oxygen which helps the corals respire . The first time you dive on a coral reef is an experience never to be forgotten . The sensation of moving freely in three dimensions in the clear sunlit water that corals favour is , in itself , a bewitching and other - worldly one . But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves . There are domes , branches and fans , antlers delicately tipped with blue , organ pipes that are blood red .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The pain was replaced by a stiffening feeling , and tremendous relief . Then the arm was placed in a sling , and I was sent home . Other stalwarts come to mind . There was Joey Edelman , the lad who had such lovely sisters . He was a good footballer , who would have made the top in that field had he so wished .
Idiom: feel the pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
The law of the City Lawyers in the City of London grew rich as their financial clients did . Now they too are feeling the pinch IT HAS become clear these past few years that London 's investment houses are rather worse at managing their own affairs than their clients ' . It is now becoming clear that the same is true of the City of London 's many law firms .
Idiom: early bird (used idiomatically: yes)
BOOKING INFORMATION Members Non - members may use unbooked courts or play a game with a member on payment of the day membership ( guest ) fee ; unless you are an early bird or night owl where the guest fee is waived for players vacating courts before 09.00 or on court after 22.30 . Non - Members Court booking can be made anytime between 09.30 - 21.30 seven days a week .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
The new CM-5 Scale 3 systems offer peak performance of 4 GFLOPS and disk capacity of 16Gb , running under the CMost implementation of Sun Microsystems Inc 's SunOS Unix , at prices starting under $ 1 m . The first machines are already in at Columbia University in New York City and at the Bergische Universitat in Wuppertal . The company highlights the fact that the Scale 3 systems use all three major mass - market off the shelf components — Sparc microprocessors , 3.5’ disk drives and merchant memory chips . The machines come with up to 32 of the company 's 128 MFLOPS parallel processing nodes and two 8Gb disk storage nodes , each having eight 3.5’ drives mounted on circuit boards . The entire system is integrated into a ‘ striking new cabinet designed by architect Maya Lyn,’ who did the Vietnam Memorial in Washington .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
Even ‘ library research’ usually encompasses some element of newness — the researcher concerned making intellectual links which were not apparent before . The essence of research , surely , must be the revelation of previously unknown facts . And for my money that does not include such activities as flipping through Who 's Who , taking a telephone directory off the shelf , or getting hold of a mate 's mate on the blower . Oh , come on ( I hear someone opining ) , you 're being far , far too precious , elitist , and boring . Do you mean that only Nobel laureates and their peers can lay claim to the hallowed occupation of research ?
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
She 'd lived all her life with this dreadful illness . We 're not an over-emotional family . We told Kelly all along what the doctors were saying . We told her when they said her transplant was looking good and she would have a future after all . ‘ And we told her when they said she would die .
Idiom: sour grapes (used idiomatically: yes)
The dancing girls needed thermals , Bart Simpson was man - of - the - pre - match and Ian Wright competed with the crew from Fantastic Fireworks for the title of Britain 's premier firepower . This is soccer , BSkyB - style , more of a circus than a ‘ Whole new ball game’ . Their decision to screen live matches regularly on Monday nights was greeted with a mixture of sour grapes and shrewish dismay . But like it or not , the beginning of the week may never be the same . Sky are determined to disprove the hackneyed managerial cliche that ‘ it 's all about 90 minutes’ with a variety show that goes far beyond 22 men and a ball .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
SPIRITS ARE HIGH WITH so many flops in the West End these days it makes a welcome change to report a success story . You would have thought The Woman In Black would n't have stood a ghost of a chance of survival with just two actors , a simple set and some offstage sound effects going for it . But Susan Hill 's spine tingler has become the longest running show ever at London 's Fortune Theatre with over 1347 chilling performances . A new cast of John Nettleton and Patrick Toomey carry on the ghoul work .
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
All of the points we have discussed so far can be combined in one manoeuvre , the rolling stall turn ( Fig . 9.6 ) , originally known as the Belgian stall turn . This commences with a quarter loop ( back cyclic , positive pitch ) followed by a vertical climb ( neutral cyclic , zero pitch ) , a half roll ( full lateral cyclic ) , a further vertical climb ( if you are lucky ) , a stall turn ( full rudder ) , a vertical dive back to the point where you started the climb ( still zero pitch ) and another quarter loop ( back cyclic , positive pitch ) to recover . What usually happens is that the model runs out of steam during the half roll , and tumbles backwards . If the model has enough inertia to complete the roll , its eventual path will depend on whether the initial climb was truly vertical and the pitch exactly zero . The rolling stall turn is one of the most difficult manoeuvres and it should be apparent that it requires a clean , high powered , helicopter .
Idiom: come to a pretty pass (used idiomatically: yes)
I happened to find myself with the Commander on the gallery one afternoon : the other usual suspects were missing . He was in highly sociable mood and , bereft of any equals , was addressing me on the subject of the decline of western civilisation and the loss of old standards . When he 'd been banging on for several minutes about immigration , infiltration , dilution of the great Anglo - Saxon race and a lot more of the same , I seized the opportunity , rather neatly I thought , to observe that indeed things had come to a pretty pass when the name Patel was as common as Smith in England . One of the reasons I like this club , sir,’ I said , ‘ is all these extraordinary old Anglo - Saxon names that one rarely comes across any more . I never thought to find in the same establishment a Gooseneck , a Ramsbum and a Blitherdick.’
Idiom: in stitches (used idiomatically: yes)
ET went to Manchester to find out your views on HOME ALONE II and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST . Brian Wilding , 29 , a driver , from Gatley , Manchester was impressed with Home Alone II : ‘ I thought the film was excellent . It had me in stitches a lot of the time and definitely was n't just for the kids.’ Eleven - year - old Kelly Wilding , also from Gatley , said : ‘ I really enjoyed the film from start to finish . It was just as good as the first Home Alone .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
Some 15 Germans , startled by his sudden appearance in the doorway , were cut down . In another action , the speed marchers stretched their stride to cover the last 6 of 20 desert miles after a sharp night action . Ignoring their thirst and the ache of hunger after two nights and a day in the enemy 's hills , they pushed on , fearing his tanks might encircle them . Elsewhere a lone swimmer fought off a chilling exhaustion , his senses dulled by three hours of silent reconnaissance swimming and crawling among the enemy 's beach defences . He felt pangs of doubt : would his fellow canoeist see the flickering torch among the waves before an enemy patrol boat caught sight of it ?
Idiom: sell your soul (used idiomatically: yes)
I found the Italian - Irish proprietor poring over an encyclopaedia of Black Magic while his female relatives served a crowd of hungry teenage boys . ‘ You see , that 's a circle of protection,’ he told me seriously , pointing at a drawing . ‘ You be careful , or the devil will appear one day and ask you to sell your soul,’ I warned . ‘ I wish he would , if I 'd get a good price for it,’ the man joked . All the youths seemed interested , so I told them stories of Black Magic in Sussex , a county particularly afflicted by Satan because of all the artistic people who live there , running craft shops or theatrical costumiers .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
It is even cheaper to pool your resources with four or five other bands and put together a composite album . If you are n't willing to take a risk on your own music , then do n't be surprised if others wo n't either . If you are after a session , do n't waste your time sending tapes and records all over the place . Target them . Find out which of the above programmes and their producers are likely to be most sympathetic to your style of music and remember the following :
Idiom: play with fire (used idiomatically: yes)
The war vindicated the anti - German tone of the tariff campaign , the calls for a stronger navy , the demands for national service , and the defence of the army . If Unionists were vindicated by the war , not just in its taking place but in its nature , then by the same token Liberals were exposed . The war took away the unfortunate necessity , as Unionists saw it , to play with fire in the national interest , but it did not materially alter their view of themselves . If the war brought them more into line with popular feeling , then it was not because they had changed , but because popular opinion ( or at least the Liberal - Labour part of it ) had at last seen the light . This was demonstrated in the first political crisis of wartime , a carry over from peacetime .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
His view was that Hollywood could never make such a picture ' simply because in all America you could hardly collect a hundred actors and put them in a picture and keep them from acting ' . He still had I am a Fugitive in mind and he recalled how in that ' job'(in itself a revealing word)'every man and woman within a hundred yards of camera range is acting his head off , figuring that he is a Clark Gable , or a Garbo ! ' Having argued this far Lorentz has to go all the way and he was forced to conclude that there will be no American M until Hollywood goes and until ' independent companies allow their directors to do away entirely with actors , and ( which is the only sensible way to manufacture movies at all ) pick types and faces off the streets ' . There were several weak points in this critique and perhaps at the very least it can be argued that foreign films with social themes always appear to be more realistic merely because the subject - matter and personnel are new . More fundamental is the point that there was an actor , a great actor , in M .
Idiom: laughing stock (used idiomatically: yes)
For all their oratory and wit , Newfoundland 's premiers have not proved good businessmen . Joey Smallwood , during his 23 years as Liberal premier , did several dreadful deals in hopes of quick riches : from the oil refinery at appropriately named Come by Chance to the sale of hydroelectric power from Churchill Falls , which brought wealth to Quebec instead , as the middleman supplier to New England . Just before he resigned in January Mr Peckford made himself a laughing stock for the C$ 20 m ( $ 17 m ) he poured into a huge complex for growing cucumbers . They promptly wilted in this foggy land . Mr Thomas Rideout , his successor as Conservative premier , called a snap election for April 20th and distanced himself from the Peckford follies .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
In her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again .
Idiom: tie the knot (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm I think I 've learnt how to do it , it 's fairly straightforward but er him having tied the leader on for me I wo n't have to go back to him anyway for quite some time . So you were n't concentrating when you were watching with him ? I do n't think so , th the point is I 'm not going to be called to tie a knot like this again for maybe three weeks and then by then I 'll make things up it was really more for convenience than sitting down trying to work it out myself so you know . Is there not a book of angling knots ? It means there must places does n't it ?
Idiom: go up in smoke (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh , lord!’ she sighed , but asked hopefully , ‘ Did they give any indication of how long … ?’ ‘ It looks as if it could take a week — or more,’ he read her question . Oh , crumbs , she thought , any faint hope she might have nursed of still being able to make it to Prague and Karlovy Vary just gone up in smoke . But , realising that it was n't very good manners to sit there bemoaning her lot , she made a huge attempt to get over her disappointment , and trotted out lightly , ‘ Oh well , perhaps it 's fortunate that I find Mariánské Láznë quite an enchanting place.’ She was aware of his eyes resting on her and , looking at him , she smiled .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
She was sharp . Clive had got so used to being able to fool everyone in this circle that he was unnerved by her obvious clear - sightedness . The rest were wrapped up in a fog , from drugs or cracked minds , but Anne knew exactly what was going on . Of course , there were some things she could not know about . She had got him on Mr Skinner , though .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
Green shoots LOS ANGELES HAS California 's economy finally turned the corner ? In April the notoriously unreliable official figure for the state 's unemployment rate dropped for the second month running — to 8.6 % . Economists reckon that the slightly less unreliable figure for payroll employment may have bottomed out in December at some 800,000 less than the ( soon to be revised ) high - point in 1990 .
Idiom: go spare (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The Whale’ is an orchestral piece with choir that incorporates percussion , spoken word extracts and long passages of silence that are suddenly illuminated by shafts of brilliant ascending orchestration . This , believe it or not , is a collector 's item ( due to the fact that Ringo can be heard yelling through a megaphone at one point ) and … I guess I could use an original if anybody out there has one going spare . TELEVISION PERSONALITIES : Closer To God EPIC SOUND TRACKS : Rise Above
Idiom: fast and furious (used idiomatically: yes)
Daniel Mellor 's cross was headed in by Matthew Hunt from close range . There is no doubt that the direct approach is still effective as well . A fast and furious encounter between Aldenham and King Edward School , Witley , had yielded no goals when , with just minutes to go , Aldenham 's Jason Clemow tried a long - range shot , the goalkeeper parried , and Kazeem Abimbola poked in the rebound . Steve Morrell of King 's School , Chester , hit a hat - trick against Repton but still finished on the losing side . The match ended 5 - 3 in Repton 's favour , thanks to two goals by Richard Basnett , and others from Jim McDonald , Jimmy Tipper and Robin Powell .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
They may only exercise criminal jurisdiction while a state of defence exists , and otherwise only over members of the Armed ~ Forces serving abroad or on board warships .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Order . Mr. Kaufman Are the Government going to send other material that they want to launder to Wandsworth prison or are they now going to come clean about this episode ? Mr. Lennox - Boyd rose Hon . Members
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's the way it went for the whole tour . If one little thing was n't on , the show was off . By the same token , Tony DeFries had a clause in the contract that if the promoter lost money he would pay it to him , so it was impossible for a promoter to actually risk anything . They would definitely , at least , break even , and it did come to bear a few times . In St Louis , we were booked in a 11,000 seater hall and I think 180 or so people came .