Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
If you have any built - in cupboards or closets you are home and dry — literally — as far as storage is concerned ; if you have not , and there is really no room at all for any sort of full - length closet , have a hat stand or , failing this , a row of hooks to take not only your own family 's coats , but those of visitors . Mirrors are unfailingly useful in halls so that you can check your own appearance going out while visitors can check theirs coming in . They are also useful for reflecting too small a space and exaggerating every last bit of light . The best place to site them is over the table , or shelf , or other handy surface . Many people install a telephone in the hall .
Idiom: pure and simple (used idiomatically: yes)
There is no clear definition of precisely what is , and what is not , a shrub rose — indeed , some catalogues , from quite reputable houses too , describe the shrub type merely as one that differs from the bush , the climber , the rambler , the miniature and others , and can not be conveniently classified with them . Smaller forms can be interplanted with bush roses , but normally shrub roses grow much larger than the bush forms — 8 ft ( 2.4 m ) and 10 ft ( 3 m ) high and wide being quite common — with considerable variation in habit and the way they carry their branches and blooms . A shrub rose may be a true species , pure and simple , it may be ancient , or it can just as well be a highly cross - bred product of more recent times . By and large , however , shrub roses are not so far from their natural origins and include many that are perpetual or recurrent flowering . Miniature roses , sometimes not more than 6 inches ( 15 cm ) high when full grown , are often denigrated and derided as toys — which is most unfair because a great many people with the most limited facilities who would otherwise miss out are thus enabled to experience the satisfaction of rose growing .
Idiom: do me a favour (used idiomatically: no)
Actually , 1 agree with you : there 's something awry here and I seem to be caught in the middle of it . As a matter of fact I think that I 'll sell this house . So you 've done me a favour , you see . You 've probably saved me from some kind of demonic sacrifice . I 'm joking , Larry .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
I was surprised that my failure to get an audience for my paintings was so quickly overcome by the act of writing about them . I learned that the pen is mightier than the brush . I had the second show at the Hanover in 1964 and then I was persuaded by Robert Fraser to make a move from the Hanover to his gallery . He made some kind of deal with Erica Brausen a sort of transfer fee : it was like being a football player . He really wanted me to show with him and I admired his stable so the move was irresistible in spite of the feeling of disloyalty to a gallery I had shown in twice , albeit with an eight year gap .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
And then — since you can not find it in your heart to love me — we will go our separate ways , for ever and ever , never to meet more . You shall go where you will . I will dwell in the frigid lands with my bride , and no man shall ever set eyes on us again!’ Again silence . Finally , Frankenstein said , ‘ Very well , so shall it be , since it can not be otherwise .
Idiom: cut the crap (used idiomatically: yes)
Rocking the vote : Campaigns need to start early BUSINESS Time to cut the crap on Ratner Gerald Ratner is not a fallen golden boy , nor a victim of his own jokes , but an extremely shrewd businessman . By George Pitcher
Idiom: draw a bead on (used idiomatically: yes)
I am a crocodile in the thick river of his feeling tone . And you know what ? Each glance , each pair of eyes , even as they narrow in ingenuous appraisal , draws a bead on something inside him , and I sense the heat of fear and shame . Is that what I 'm heading towards ? And Tod 's fear , when I stop and analyse it , really is frightening .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
On other occasions the product is just too expensive to give away . Alternatively it may be of great specialist interest to the readers of a particular set of publications but of no personal interest or use to the staff on those journals . Highly specialised manufacturing equipment , chemical cleanser for photographic equipment , or nuts and bolts for plumbing equipment do not readily lend themselves to sampling , but a case might be made for including small but appropriate gifts in any press pack . Of course , there is no necessity to include a sample or a gift in any press pack and indeed simply including these items for the sake of it and without a clearly defined idea of why you are doing it is a waste of money . However , a really creative approach can be a great attention - fixer and have a lasting effect .
Idiom: put your foot down (used idiomatically: yes)
If only she could understand the excruciating pain her boys are suffering when she treats them like this , and realise that they will carry that pain for the rest of their lives . This is a pain that will inevitably turn to anger and might even make them wife or child batterers themselves . Please put your foot down . The boys are so lucky to have you to protect them . I would have been grateful to someone like you when I was little , but I was not so lucky .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We are going to rival Sunderland for the right to stage the European Championships , ’ he said . Meanwhile , Keegan is happy that Newcastle are going out of 1992 on a high after a roller-coaster 12 months on Tyneside . ‘ I would love to have a crystal ball and see where we will be next Christmas . It has got to be the Premier League , ’ he added . The Newcastle boss also revealed why he sold goal machine Mick Quinn to Coventry for a cut-price £250,000 and that he had received mail questioning his decision to sell .
Idiom: out of sorts (used idiomatically: yes)
Anglers in the frame relied on single maggot as ex - Masters winner Keith Ward ( Yarm Cleveland Angling Centre ) netted the heaviest . Pegged below Swainby bend , ledgered cheese brought a crucial specimen weighing 4.10.0 . The River Ure around Langthorpe was badly affected by mid - week floods and no one expected much from a venue still out of sorts for Bradford 's closing fixture . Yet , Tony Atkinson ( Leeds Tykes ) lifted a tremendous winning net of 8.9.0 on a difficult final day . Staked on peg 14 upstream of Brampton Farm , bomb and waspgrubs down the edge under overhanging trees accounted for five chub and victory .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
This was something I was able to develop very much when I was appointed as director for life of the Vienna Singverein . The problem with the period - instrument performances I have heard in recent times is a technical one : they do not play in tune . But I hear interesting things . There can be problems with something like the ' Quoniam ' of the B minor Mass with the horn part that always sounds problematic on the modern instrument . I heard a performance conducted by Schreier which I liked very much .
Idiom: see the light of day (used idiomatically: no)
' You are finished everywhere . I shall personally see to it that you are put away in a place where not even the crows can land their droppings on you ! You will probably never see the light of day again ! ' ' I 'm telling you I did not do it ! ' Matilda screamed .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
Written to raise money for ' a whim of girlish patronage ' , it brought in twice as much as was needed : the work is now unidentified , as are ' many subsequent volumes ' whose production she was too ashamed to mention . After the deaths of her father in 1789 and her mother in 1793 she remained at Twickenham , living with her scholarly brother Henry and a friend , Margaret Mitchell . In 1793 she replied to the politically radical Letters from France of Helen Maria Williams [ q.v.]with Letters on the Female Mind , its Powers and Pursuits . After maintaining that with few exceptions ' the feminine intellect has less strength but more acuteness ' , she argued the Christian anti - revolutionary case . Hitherto anonymous ( ' I chuse to be concealed ' ) , she set her name in 1806 to her translation from German of Johann Martin Miller 's Siegwart and then , ' with the utmost repugnance ' , to The Countess and Gertrude , or Modes of Discipline ( 1811 ) .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
This larger pattern needs to be understood if it is to be managed . The contours of the second nuclear age are still taking shape . But the next few years will be especially perilous , because newness itself creates dangers as rules and red lines are redefined . This took at ~ least ten years in the first nuclear age , and this time may be no different . In the Middle ~ East , South ~ Asia , and East ~ Asia , old rivalries now unfold in a nuclear context .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
It provides consultancy and installation services for all flavours of Unix . Its speciality is AIX , chosen for its captive RS/6000 market — the box is the most popular Unix environment among DCM 's customers . The firm generates most of its business on the back of existing large accounts — worth , on average , between £ 70,000 and £ 80,000 a month — and by word of mouth . Open systems - related projects will net it £ 2 m in revenues this year . BANYAN , ARTISOFT AND NCR COME TOP IN BUTLER BLOOR NETWORKING REPORT
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
True to our traditions , we have avoided all extremes . We have steered clear of fascism , communism , dictatorship , and we have shown the world that democratic government , constitutional methods and ordered liberty are not inconsistent with progress and prosperity . The collapse of appeasement put paid to Baldwin 's isolationist patriotism , and.opened the way for the Left . In the prosecution of the war , the Left discovered far greater opportunities for political advance than any that had arisen from the anti - war struggles of the 1930s . As in the First World War , the imperative need for active working - class collaboration in the war effort greatly enhanced the importance of the labour movement in the industrial and political life of the country .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
It must have been heartbreaking for people who had been through sensational experiences to have to recount them to politely tepid audiences and to discover that their stories conformed to an orthodox pattern . ‘ … a burst of cannon shell in the cockpit : it was the first thing I knew … ’ ‘ … a Piece of flak must have hit the elevators as we went straight into a dive … ’ ‘ … a 110 on its second attack … ’ ‘ …
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
Then she must conserve the small amount of money remaining . There had never been much spare cash in the Burrows household . Living economically almost came as second nature . It did not take the family long to appreciate her situation . Gifts from them helped eke out her limited income throughout her training and over the next several years .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: no)
She passes launderettes , hairdressers , betting shops , Sketchleys , Motaparts , Currys , a Post Office , a DIY Centre , a Denture Centre , an Exhaust Centre . An exhaustion centre is what she will soon be in need of . The city seems to stretch on and on — or is she going round and round the ring road in an endless loop ? No , she is not . She is off the ring road .
Idiom: cost the earth (used idiomatically: yes)
The other driver behind is already inspecting the result of the accident . " You 've bashed my car " , you say , surveying the damage . " It 's going to cost the earth to put it right . I consider you are no gentleman . " Your language may , in reality , be somewhat more forceful than can be printed here but , however you phrase it , you have in effect made a report .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Our theory — if we are in the business of expounding a theory on the subject of pub design — is that each pub must be treated individually and on its own merits . We contest that there are no laws written in stone , and that there is room for hybrids . As regards restoration , just as we would not dream of stripping out the original interior of the Blackfriar , by the same token we would not seek to preserve a Thirties estate pub which had long since ceased to address the needs of the community it was built to serve . It is in our interests as designers in this field to ensure that the ‘ pub tradition’ that we all hold so dear remains a living tradition . As was so chillingly illustrated by the postwar period of mass destruction and misconceived redevelopment , it is possible to throw the baby out with the bathwater .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: no)
Bridge-building is empty because it never happens , God-killing and god-making suicide is baffled because there is only a corpse to point at , there is nobody to attach a fulfilled ‘ free intention ’ to . Peter Verkhovensky attacks this bafflement from the other end , from the standpoint of afterwards , as well as that of the not-yet-dead Kirillov who is arguing with him here and now . How is the world going to know it has received a boundless freedom at the hands of an obscure young man lying in some back room in a provincial Russian town ? Kirillov replies : ‘ There is nothing secret that will not be made known . He said so . ’
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
But Jane still dreaded the threatening disease of daily life . Boredom and routine were less of a menace because Christopher was not a nine - to - fiver . He ran his own business , and worked almost round the clock , so was away for days at a time . At these times Jane was assailed by self - doubt ; by fears as to whether their relationship would decline — for nothing human remains static . Then , when he returned — which he always did , as quickly as possible , for Smugglers ' Cove ( and its occupant ) were so strong a magnet that he often drove home through the night —then she was unfailingly reassured .
Idiom: go round in circles (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I 've seen 'em , Gloria , with that Biddy crone down by the warehouses ! It 's frightening . Like in the cavalry , going round in circles without stirrups , old Biddy cracking her whip against her jackboots like a Nazi prison warder . The others — none of them could even ride a donkey , only Nutty … but now they sit there , knees in , heels down , on the bit —’ ‘ Do n't you do all that then?’
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
By not calling it a ‘ Nuclear Obligation’ , the government hoped to avoid a charge of totally rigging the market and could be seen to at least throw out a lifeline to the renewables . But in practical terms of what could be achieved in the time - scales envisaged , with new contracts due to be signed between the privatized generating and distribution companies by the end of 1989 , nuclear power was the only option for large chunks of capacity . It was , to all intents and purposes , a ‘ nuclear quota’ . The NFFO was not expressed as a precise numerical quota throughout the period of the Hinkley C Inquiry . But government spokesmen said that they wanted to see it eventually set so as to maintain the level of existing capacity at the end of the century .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
You deserved it . Think you should have done more singing , though . ' And he started playing through some of the songs from my club repertoire , answering my enquiring look with , ' I worked with you a couple of years back , in East Dean Working Men 's Club . ' I began to hum and before I knew it , a tidal wave of crystal - clear sound swept my voice to hitherto undiscovered heights and depths , racing through tunnels of octaves until the sound was n't my own and my ears heard a stranger singing . It was wonderful , he felt it too ; I had found my musical director .
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
forty miles an hour in a forty zone and he just got , right up my arse , he was obviously somewhere in a hurry somewhere in a hurry , you know ? I thought , this off he is ! Nine times out of ten . So I thought , sod you ! I am not gon na move over and I am going at my own pace , so I slowed down to about twenty miles an hour and it 's a road about four miles long and er he just could n't get past , you know ?
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Sheep were turfed out of three nearby fields make temporary car parks . The army were drafted in to help prepare car parks for the heavy trucks used by TV companies . Around 20 trees have been felled on the edge of the estate so that royal protection officers have an uninterrupted view of the church . ' No special permission is required for this , ' a Forestry Commission spokesman said . ' It is in the public interest . '
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
Profile on Jane Bustin . INSIDE ILLUSTRATION ANIMAL MAGIC The art of bewitching young imaginations is second nature to Tracey Boyd . She reveals to Robin Loerch what illustrating children 's books is all about . IN CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTIST PETER HOWSON
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Whilst we 're doing this exercise , we 'll switch the tape off . So let 's take some er , some music . What sort of things , what sort of words , come to mind when you hear the word influencing . Shoot me . swine .
Idiom: throw good money after bad (used idiomatically: yes)
Before you have too many sleepless nights , it is worth noting Lord Justice Ackner 's comment that , in practice , employers are more likely to use the sanction of dismissal than a High Court writ . He added : There is after all no point in throwing good money after bad , and the need to maintain harmonious industrial relations is likely to be considered of greater importance than achieving a barren judgment . Sickness and Absence From Work The risks
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: no)
They wo n't Are you suggesting that Jean has nothing interesting to say ? No I 'm the tape recorder the tape recorder wo n't hear a thing she says . Oh right . Even if she does shout at me .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
The Headquarters team doing all the planning and Districts taking over once a project 55B GETS the green light . However , there must be a district involvement in the task force to ensure a continuity , and occasional Regional representation from the other departments . 55C
Idiom: call the tune (used idiomatically: yes)
You 're not just stringing me along ? Not just taking me for a ride?’ ‘ No , I like to call the tune.’ ‘ You really enjoy doing that?’ ‘ I do,’ she lied .
Idiom: full tilt (used idiomatically: yes)
Will WONDERS never cease ? ' Napoleon ' , the latest instalment of the city - sponsored WONDERS cultural series , has five months ( until 22 September ) to top the previous attendance records set by its predecessors ' Rameses the Great ' , ' Catherine the Great ' and ' Splendors of the Ottoman Sultans ' , each of which brought hundreds of thousands to the region 's cultural capital . The marketing blitz has raged at full tilt for some time now , making it likely that this blockbuster will live up to its imperial ambitions . The downtown convention centre plays host to 175 paintings , sculptures , decorative arts and costumes borrowed from collections in Europe and the United States . The principal lenders are Malmaison , Fontainebleau , Versailles , the Louvre and the Musée Carnavalet .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
If parents reject your considered advice : ( a ) Try to force them to do the right thing . ( b ) Alert social services .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
The Scottish international striker left Carrow Road last month in a £ 2.1 million - deal after a string of goals and a blaze of publicity . Ironically , City now head the Premier League whilst Fleck has scored just once in six games for mid - table Blues . But the 27-year - old firmly believes he 's done the right thing . ‘ I think Chelsea offers me the greater chance of winning something than if I 'd stayed at Carrow Road . ‘ Chelsea are a big club and have got big support .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
I mean I 'd much rather they do it if we can influence him enough . They 've got the right information . Well the thing if we did it with our as they keep saying there 's some , there 's so much in the pipeline . I mean it might take us another two week two months before we get it out . Three months .
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Homely atmosphere.’ That means the cooking is even more dreadful than it usually is in these places.’ But Toby was made obstinate by his first off - the - cuff effort to get himself a job . ‘ I think I 'd like it,’ he said . ‘ Would I get it?’
Idiom: wipe the slate clean (used idiomatically: yes)
What motivated Louis was neither political weakness nor a suddenly - discovered conscience . He was posing as a new Theodosius , evoking the " happy Christian emperor " who had performed penance for a political massacre , made his peace with his critics , and won the praises of St Augustine in The City of God . Louis too was determined to wipe the slate ritually clean of recent conflicts , in order to secure agreement for a new disposition of power within the royal family . That Louis 's basic intention was to reassert his own control emerged in the immediate sequel to Attigny : he " sent Lothar to Italy " ; and he engendered another child by the Empress Judith . That child was to be Charles the Bald .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
In the county gaols of Gloucester and Dorchester it was only debtors who were burdened with fees . The Under - Sheriff of Gloucester demanded 6s 8d for the discharge of every debtor . A note under the Table of Fees at Dorchester Gaol read : More intelligent inmates of debtors ' prisons needed no such inducement to behave themselves . The shock of the change of circumstances was sufficiently numbing to dampen any inclination to run riot , particularly after the painful build up of events which led to the final arrest .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Why do n't you go?’ Alan asked her when she put the phone down . She pulled a face , and ran her outstretched fingers through her long hair , pulling it out sideways from her head to that it fell back softly in the shape of a folding fan . ‘ It 's very sweet of them , Alan , but I really think it would be a bit of a disaster.’ ‘ Why?’
Idiom: do me a favour (used idiomatically: no)
Okay . you got the shopping bags ? No I 'll get those can you do me a favour and put those boxes underneath Yeah . I 've got to er
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
There were also a great many red squirrels in the forest , delicate little creatures with tufted ears who looked at them fearlessly from the high branches . Birds were always with them ; robins watched with bright eyes and sang as they passed ; wrens flew suddenly and low from branch to bush ; great tits rang out their bell - notes unseen from the tree - tops ; tree - creepers trickled headlong and caterwise down the creviced trunks of the oaks ; woodpeckers kept up a constant drum - rattle on the hollow branches , the sound coming now from the right , now from the left , now in front , now behind ; wood - pigeons wooed one another in secret leafy recesses , comforting , encouraging , cajoling ; rooks sprang upwards cawing into the blue sky as they passed beneath their nests ; and higher still , up towards the sun , they caught occasional glimpses of great birds circling , buzzards , kites , eagles . Eventually they found a spot , away from the track but on the edge of one of the many glades in the forest . At their back was a giant oak , hollowed out like a cave , and before them an apron of lawn . Here they gathered some dry leaves and twigs , and Allen shredded a tinder - old branch with his knife and stuck it upright among the leaves .