Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Devotees of this label can rest assured that it retains more than anyone 's fair share of glitzkrieg . Elsewhere , bright colour and crazy adornment may be a thing of the past , but at Escada the sequinned penguins are alive and well . If a mish - mash of tartans with ostentatious golden embroideries of coronation coaches and ‘ E’ monograms are your bag , take heart . The Escada heart , in fact . And I have n't even described the Tyrol - with - edelweiss fantasy — accessorised , of course , with pretzels .
Idiom: face the music (used idiomatically: yes)
England might have seen ghostly , ghastly visions of Bruce Reid 's capacity for mass destruction . Another break for bad light gave the fast men a breather . Then Gooch , calmly facing the thunderous music as ever , took a hurtful blow in the arm and then survived an easy catch to Malik at slip after cutting a ball from Aqib . The rest day came with England , 72 for 2 , still 433 behind . Monday brought another very sparse attendance , though the noise level was punishing , thanks to the non - stop chanting of the Pakistan supporters by the scoreboard .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Jahsaxa 's stare had become dangerous . ‘ I need to know , Malamute,’ she said frostily , and Tammuz knew what she was really asking for was his permission to intrude upon his therapy programme . ‘ It 's out of the question!’ he blurted . ‘ Too soon , far too soon . Could do irreparable damage.’
Idiom: hit the bottle (used idiomatically: yes)
Fernand Léger and Lipinski the revolutionary were earnestly discussing the political situation at the next table . Late at night Modigliani persuaded them all to go back to his place to continue the discussion . Ehrenburg reported it , and he is one of the few who described Modigliani in serious mood , not merely hitting the bottle or making a scene . Fernand Léger , on leave from the Engineering Corps , was a socialist , profoundly affected by his army service . ‘ I found myself on a level with the whole of the French people ; my new companions … were miners , navvies , workers in metal and wood .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: no)
Megaw LJ agreed with Denning MR but Browne LJ dissented : he said that the majority were effectively remaking the contract which was something which the court was not entitled to do . It is submitted that there is a great deal to be said for Browne LJ 's view . On the majority view the defendant was actually left free to work for a subsidiary of GUS which was not involved in the mail order business in the United Kingdom even though that would have been in clear breach of the restriction . The approach of the majority seems to have been that even if there was such a breach the courts would refuse to acknowledge that it existed . It is submitted that the views of Browne LJ in Littlewoods case are to be preferred and that the approach of the majority is an extreme example of the object and intent approach which should not be followed .
Idiom: bury the hatchet (used idiomatically: yes)
The eclipse , late on the 9th , represents something of a cosmic milestone , especially if you 're an early June birthday . Events over the next six months are likely to leave an imprint , and it seems a relationship is the catalyst for a major change or that a relationship is transformed from outside . Christmas looks to be a time for burying the hatchet or exhuming it for re-examination . Do n't forget your Christmas spirit ! CANCER Jun 23-Jul 23
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: no)
He poured the coffee . ‘ A strange time to arrive , Walter , Christmas Eve.’ ‘ You know Uncle Heini when he gets the bit between his teeth,’ Schellenberg told him , using the nickname common in the SS behind Himmler 's back . ‘ It must be important,’ the Baron said . ‘ Especially if he sends you.’
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: no)
Soon after that , he left . Peter had still not appeared . Out of all his questions asked in the line of the investigation , perhaps he had not got very much , although he was not so sure about that . But there had certainly been something else . He had a lot to think about .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
It was the same when The Who smashed their gear at the end : everyone would turn up just to see them smash their gear and it was n't cool , because everybody knew they were going to do it . The only reason why I go to see a Nirvana show is just to see them wreck the gear ! ‘ So the deal is , with all the fast playing , I thought it was very good and I 'm very much for it , but it should be the icing on the cake . Trouble is , if someone gave you icing all the time and no cake , that just sucks . Anything 's only as good as the foundation it 's built on .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Leone Pippard , Our Lady of the White Whales According to a US National Academy of Sciences study in 1975 , the world 's fishing vessels each year dump more than 24,000 tonnes of plastic packaging material and lose an additional 135,000 tonnes of plastic nets , lines and buoys . Several thousand kilometres of fish netting is lost or discarded at sea annually . Each day the world 's merchant shipping fleet , by one reliable estimate made in 1982 , discards 639,000 plastic containers into the sea . Commercial gill-net fisheries should be phased out wherever suitable alternative techniques are available .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
By 1 October it was almost too late . The prospective crew of the Belgic had refused to sign on unless seamen were paid a minimum rate of £ pound12 and firemen £ pound12.10s with proportionate increases for petty officers and a consolidation of bonuses . The prospective crew of the Adriatic followed suit and a general upheaval outside the union 's control seemed to be a real possibility . Meanwhile the situation between the government , the union and the Shipowners ' Federation had proceeded almost to the point of agreement in principle on a National Maritime Board and a proposal from Havelock Wilson that a single source of supply of seamen should be under the joint control of the Federation and the union , though formal acceptance and drafting problems remained ; so did the Liverpool revolt . Here , the Conciliation Committee had rejected the union 's advice on an acceptable settlement and the Ministry of Shipping 's offer was turned down by the men after a ballot vote .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
It is therefore orientated towards the young and is not intended to provide adults with channels of communication with the police or forums for joint consultation . This conditions how those responsible for community relations in Easton perceive its primary purposes and the time - scales they operate within . Short - term benefits derive from crime prevention amongst the young and an improvement in their perception of the police , which it is hoped will have residual effects in the long term when they are adults , but the wider community in Easton is only addressed secondarily as parents or guardians , which limits the short - term effects the programme might have on improving its perception of the police . Much of the criticism community relations attracts , especially from colleagues in the police , derives from a misunderstanding of these goals and time - scales and a consequent failure to see that even its practitioners have clearly circumscribed expectations . One of the traditional areas reserved for policewomen is work with juvenile and female offenders ( Jones 1987 ; Southgate 1980 ) , and juvenile liaison police in Easton are female , although other community relations police are male .
Idiom: under a cloud (used idiomatically: yes)
Diplomats expressed no more than disappointment at the lack of progress ( but that 's why they are diplomats ) . For their part , Thai officials reject the suggestion of a link between the failure to get the would - be bombers and the sacking of the national police chief , Police - General Sawaeng Thirasawat . But he was under a cloud anyway after his men failed to find who had placed a bomb in the office of Major - General Seri Temiyaveh , the head of the Bangkok police department 's crime - suppression division . Right after the explosion , on January 8th , the prime minister said the bomber had to be found within two weeks . By midnight on January 21st no leads had been uncovered .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: no)
Cinzia giggled . ' Well , why should n't I get something out of it too ? That bitch has been a thorn in our flesh for too long . Help yourself to another drink , I 'll be back in a moment . ' She lurched off across the room , reaching for the wall to steady herself , and disappeared upstairs .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
She clambered into the driver 's seat . ‘ When Kelly eventually gets here will you please tell her I 've gone ahead ? And tell her to get a move on!’ He gave a quick salute . ‘ Will do .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
All added up to subsistence farming in its most rudimentary form , with minimal trading and scarcely any money circulating , so that the assessors ' valuation of livestock — and household effects — may well have been frankly notional . The alacrity with which northerners enlisted for military service whenever warfare flared up on the Border speaks for itself . The pay was welcome and there might well be plunder to boot , not to mention the excitement . While the Vale of York and the Wold country might have been reasonably fruitful , the province as a whole lived close to the margin of subsistence — so much so that periodic military activity on the Border was invariably handicapped by the need to import virtually all supplies , even of forage . Not only were nearly three - fifths of the people here unable to scrape together sufficient personal property to reach the tax threshold of £ 2 , but none got the alternative of 20s . wages in the year , as did many in the Midland and southern counties who were in the same position .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
Results Colonic crypts were easily separated from lamina propria mucosa by agitating fragments of mucosa obtained by incubation with EDTA . In the FAP cases , minute adenomas and single gland adenomas , which could not be detected by naked eye , were easily recognised under the dissecting microscope ( Fig 2 ) . We confirmed that these crypts were adenomatous in paraffin sections stained with haematoxylin and eosin ( Fig 3 ) . Even in FAP cases normal crypts could be selected for study under a dissecting microscope .
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's got ‘ La Felicità’ , of course . And his marriage ; that 's something I miss . Mrs K. thinks the world of Kettering . One hundred per cent devotion . Kettering , not to put too fine a point on it , is the apple of her eye.’
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: yes)
Selling some of course . I beg to differ . But only time will tell . After all , all he did was string together a lot of old , well - known quotations . — H. L. Mencken , on Shakespeare
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Pete said and Mum shook her head . ‘ There 's not much room here for big cars , Mr Bennet.’ Mr Bennet put one finger at the side of his nose and looked over the top of his glasses . ‘ I think we could manage something,’ he said . ‘ I 'll just fetch a few things we might need.’
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: no)
Menstruation has been described as ‘ the weeping of the disappointed uterus’ . The constantly - dripping nose for which no explanation can be found is another example , the catarrh which never quite clears up , the cold that comes out of the blue when life is difficult for us . If we 're able to use it the cold may win us a few days in which to withdraw to bed and grieve gently for ourselves ; if not at least we can weep openly at work , blowing our nose and wiping our eyes , and get a little consideration and sympathy from others for our sad lot . Dr John Harrison , author of Love Your Disease —it 's keeping you Healthy , claims that sinusitis , particularly in men , often indicates a reluctance to cry . This is a view widely held among alternative and complementary practitioners .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
By this time the van was distinguished by a banner in the rear window proclaiming SCOTLAND FOR THE WORLD CUP ! ! and a Saltire , but sadly Scotland lost in the semi - final and FOR THE WORLD CUP was quietly removed ! We returned the camper van to the hire centre and had a conference to decide what next . Using public transport seemed out of the question and renting a car was expensive , so we decided to sink some of our capital , buy a car , and sell it again before leaving . There was certainly no shortage of vehicles available . The ‘ wanted to sell’ ads stretched for pages , and one main street consisted of wall - to - wall car lots for over a mile on both sides !
Idiom: thick and fast (used idiomatically: yes)
At the time or writing the aircraft was still in France awaiting completion of export paperwork , but was expected to arrive early in November . ‘ Wright Patt’ additions ADDITIONS come thick and fast at the USAF Museum , Wright Patterson AFB , Dayton , Ohio , with no less than nine airframes arriving in the past year , reports Curator Jack Hilliard . Most surprising addition has been Lockheed YF–117A stealth fighter 79–10781 , one of the only two YK–117s built , the other was written off in May 1978 . Other arrivals were:—(used for the Desert Storm victory celebrations in Washington DC);.
Idiom: twist someone's arm (used idiomatically: yes)
A VICIOUS pimp — exposed by The People — who beat up prostitutes working for his vice ring has been jailed for three - and - half - years . Jobless Mohammed Aylaus , of Surbiton , Surrey , nabbed after The People handed evidence to police , threatened to shoot a prostitute and her children when he discovered she had been witholding money from him , Reading Crown Court was told . ‘ After twisting my arms , he pulled out a huge knife and said : ‘ Start speaking or I 'll start slicing’,’ another prostitute told the court . Prosecutor Nigel Rumfitt said : ‘ Aylaus had previously had a number of taped telephone conversations with Mr Ray Levine , a reporter with The People . ‘ He began an investigation after complaints from local residents and visited the premises at Maidenhead but , in the traditions of The People , he then made his excuses and left.’
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
RICK SKY PAP SNAP TAKE That 's heart-throb Robbie Williams come to a sticky end as he celebrates his band 's latest hit , A Million Love Songs . You can have your cake and eat it Robbie … just use a fork in future.It will save you from getting into another fine mess . Kiss of life saves Sade
Idiom: alive and kicking (used idiomatically: yes)
The invasion of the Torness site was therefore a landmark in British opposition to nuclear power , the first serious example of civil disobedience . Yet it was n't a success . The beast was still very much alive and kicking . But the 1970s also saw another issue begin to emerge on the agenda of the expanding British nuclear industry . This was the question of what would happen to the material left over when the uranium rods had finished producing their electricity , when the exciting part of the process was over .
Idiom: the rest is history (used idiomatically: yes)
JACK Dee had tried for a while to make people laugh with a totally put - on chirpy delivery . He was so unsuccessful that he came close to packing it in until he allowed his gloomy demeanour to shine on stage . The rest , as they say , is history . Dee now has his own TV series and is one of Britain 's most popular comics . Given the current demand for comedy his visit here will no doubt be a sell - out .
Idiom: give head (used idiomatically: no)
But you ca n't foresee what 's going to happen , no one can . LENNY HENRY It all began when I won New Faces , but it gave me a very big head . Girls , money , fast cars — it was the choice between that and working in a factory for the rest of your life , and I went for the girls —'I'll have the girls and all the money , please . ' It was a case of , ' I 'll do anything , what do you want me to do ?
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
this is something we 've , we 've talked about and in fact Lucy and I have talked about it Mhm actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone Mhm to research this audience and ways of getting to it
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
It is inevitable that the Evangelist made changes to the traditions in his desire to say what the events of Jesus ' life meant for his readers . The Relationship Between the Synoptic Gospels The first three Gospels , Matthew , Mark and Luke , if placed side by side , are seen , at one and the same time , to be both similar and dissimilar . This is known as the synoptic problem . The word ‘ synoptic’ is a combination of two Greek words :
Idiom: get someone's back up (used idiomatically: yes)
Did I tell you about that bloke the other week who got , the one who just cocky with me ? Ooh God ! He really got my back up ! This young lad about probably about twenty three , twenty four , and he came in with a cigarette and I said excu excuse me but I 'm afraid it 's a no - smoking area . And he looked at me , and he said well have you got any , he go , started like tutting and said well have you got any signs up ?
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
I had lit up a cigarette on leaving aunt 's house , without realising it . I did not wish to go straight home . I had much on my mind , and I wanted to ponder over my problems , real or imaginary . Mother has to die some day , as do all of us . It 's the way of all flesh .
Idiom: sleep like a log (used idiomatically: no)
She was making necklaces , which was a form of meditation for her , a method of forgetting . Coloured beads mingled with flecks of tobacco and grass on the surface of the table , and the air was draped with smoke that smelt as sweet as creosote . Lumberjack sprawled on the tiles at her feet , whining softly in his sleep like a damp log on a fire . Nathan sat down . She looked at him , her fingers threading the beads blind .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
Britain : Good management comes to the aid of Cumbria Nature reserves are widely appreciated and much admired , but do we ever stop to think of the behind - the - scenes management ? At the heart of these natural jewels should be a management plan which indicates who should do what , where , when , why and how to ensure that the reserves maintain their conservation interest . WWF recently funded the Cumbrian Wildlife Trust to produce management plans for its best six reserves .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps your domestic circumstances have changed , and you are now able to resume what was once an enjoyable way of earning a living . You may feel guilty at letting hard - won skills go to waste . You may have heard very positive things about a local employer . You may , dare I say it , need the money . It can be quite illuminating to write down a few vague goals , and then to discover just how deepseated your real feelings about nursing can be .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: no)
We were so impressed with the unit that we have arranged a Special Offer for DIY readers . It is made to the usual high Wolfcraft standards using thick steel for the bench table and a cast alloy housing for the disc . The disc itself spins easily on a sealed ball-bearing race . The sander is clamped on to the edge of a workbench so the disc is vertical and the shank of the disc is locked securely into your power-drill chuck — most drills with a standard 43mm diameter neck are suitable . It is important to set the drill on a high speed setting ( 5,000rpm maximum ) , and the disc must turn in the direction shown by the arrow on the housing .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm not taking the pictures for the reason I first picked up a camera . It made me think a lot about photography while I was in prison ; it was like why are you doing this?’ In February ' 91 Tony started an essay on Arafat , ‘ I hooked up with him on two different occasions , over the course of a couple months , trying to do a photo - essay on him ; which was probably the most ridiculous thing to do the first time out of the box for a while — talk about a third - rate Keystone kops movie , with me as the star!’ Tony left the Picture Group and joined Jocelyne Benzakin 's agency because he wanted to continue to work on projects and was impressed with what she does and her perceptions of photography . A recent visit to the Festival of Photoreportage was the first time that Tony had met other members of the group , ‘ Some of them I did n't know and for me that was the wondrous part of being at Perpignan.’
Idiom: touch wood (used idiomatically: no)
I knew I 'd been dreaming again ( or whatever we call it ) because , when I came out of it , the wooden post — that old pile I 'd clung to like a drowning man — was nowhere ! I was still submerged in stinking , suffocating nest , but and here 's the rub - a - dub - dub — I was at least three pits further out . How I ever found my way back is a miracle , but , eventually , I touched wood again and , somehow , managed to haul myself up and over . When I finally arrived back at the Bible Room , headvoice was giving me unmerciful stick : — what she ?
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Within months both president and the other vice president were off on study tours . Eva was left to handle the chairmanship . To make matters worse a crisis in the Council came to a head . Eva drew a deep breath , arrowed a quick prayer , and went to see all the people involved . She was able to act as a reconciling agent in a way no one could ever have foreseen .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
ten weeks the point that 's , that , that er Paul 's making is but we need to get a grip on it . he says , in the case of Ian the number of occasions where Ian has worked two hours on a Friday morning and then he 's worked Friday Saturday as overtime . And Alwyn has been paid to stay at home on Friday
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
It wo n't happen again.’ A moment to consider this , then my father had closed the door gently , returned to the wheel and had proceeded to continue the tour of the three villages — a tour , Mr Charles assured me , that was completed thereafter in near silence . Now that I have recalled this episode , another event from around that time in my father 's career comes to mind which demonstrates perhaps even more impressively this special quality he came to possess . I should explain here that I am one of two brothers — and that my elder brother , Leonard , was killed during the Southern African War while I was still a boy . Naturally , my father would have felt this loss keenly ; but to make matters worse the usual comfort a father has in these situations — that is , the notion that his son gave his life gloriously for king and country — was sullied by the fact that my brother had perished in a particularly infamous manoeuvre .
Idiom: sour grapes (used idiomatically: yes)
Michael 's win caused one of the rules to be changed . In 1949 it was agreed that in future no person under the age of twenty - one would be allowed to enter . This was not just sour grapes on the part of the ‘ grown - ups’ . The winner of the arrow at the end of the meeting becomes captain of the ‘ Antient Scorton Silver Arrow’ for the following year and this entails a great deal of responsibility . With a lieutenant ( who has gained this position by being the first archer to hit the red ) to assist him and the clerk to the captains to advise , he has to arrange and run the next shoot .