Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
It is a spectacle which takes us very far from the idea of lawless Scottish magnates . The evidence is that the magnates infinitely preferred strong royal rule to lack of it ; for no king could have ousted powerful ruling cliques without support . Second , and even more striking , it only took the experience of one minority ( strictly speaking , in the case of James I , the absence of the king as an English prisoner ) to produce the remarkable expedient of the Act of Revocation , which every king thereafter passed when he came of age . Nothing more clearly shows the power of the crown and the attitude of the aristocracy than this astonishing procedure by which kings revoked all grants made in their names during minority . The agreement certainly included the expectation that the king would regrant what he had revoked .
Idiom: lose heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Week 3 This week begins with ‘ Gaudete’(rejoicing ) Sunday . We meet Christ in daily events . When life seems ordinary St James encourages us to wait patiently and joyfully for Christ 's coming and not to lose heart . John the Baptist urges us to lose no time in making a straight way for the Lord . Our salvation is at hand .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I realise now that I was being told to get lost , but that Chris did n't have the guts to tell me himself , ’ she recalls . Aside from her parents , Monika felt isolated . School colleagues were suddenly thin on the ground . Father Patrick Lynch , vice-principal of Father O'Neill 's order , told her to ‘ keep quiet ’ and that the problem should be sorted out between and herself and her lover . And yet he refused to divulge Father O'Neill 's whereabouts .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
Sarah 's father , Major Ronald Ferguson , is Charles 's polo manager , so she was frequently at Smith 's Lawn , the Guards ' Club in Windsor Great Park , where Charles was based , and inevitably she and Diana often sat chatting while the Prince played polo . Fergie was not , strictly speaking , Diana 's type ; she was certainly not like her old friends , nor indeed many of the friends she has made in the last few years . She was larger than life , she had seen the world , she was game for anything , she was jolly and vibrant , spoke her mind ; all in all , she was fun to be with . Having known the Royal Family all her life , she was easy to talk to , and was one of the few people who knew what Diana was talking about when she spoke about her day - to - day life . In short , they became friends , and as time passed Diana thought her a good match for her errant brother - in - law .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
There is , in particular , the introduction of two French saints within the text : St Leonard ( I. 7 ) , a sixth - century hermit from near Limoges , and St Denis ( I. 38 ) , the first bishop of Paris in the sixth century . Since other versions of the weeping bitch tale are known from the continent , and France is unquestionably home to the fabliaux , the divergent descent of the known Dame Sirith and the Interludium from an English descendant of a French source — perhaps an Anglo - Norman play text — rather than the one from the other looks most likely . It is generally assumed that both texts on British Library Additional MS 23986 are preserved there as fragments of longer originals , and this is certainly true of the Anglo - Norman ballad first written on the roll . Regrettably this manuscript has been lost within the British Library for the last twenty years , and studies of it at present have to be based on photographic records . The text of the Interludium ends , at the end of a sentence , about half an inch from the bottom of the roll , leaving space for at least three more lines of text .
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
HEALTH HEALTH SECRETARY Virginia Bottomley is fighting a tough behind the scenes battle to preserve her £ 30 billion health budget . She hopes to ensure NHS reforms and hospital opt outs do not run out of steam . She is particularly worried that a freeze on public sector pay will cause outcry among doctors , nurses and hospital workers . There is also expected to be a wave of public support for health workers especially as hospitals like those in London face closure .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
When I think back it seems to me they were all three of them looking for a groove to settle in — tramlines that would take them somewhere without them having to think where they were going.’ She laughed at her own image . ‘ They might have to work — the Glynns are n't lazy — but they want to make their decisions once and for all.’ She looked up , questioning , wondering if she had made sense . Wycliffe watched her , dreamy - eyed ; it was impossible to say whether he was interested or not , even whether he was really listening .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
What 's going on , I think , he never speaks to me down here ? ‘ Yes , Pa.’ ‘ I have checked in the bag , and you 're lucky this time . Fortunately he 's still alive . And so are the others , James … you really are a wicked child , are n't you ?
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
By choosing to go northwards , she was walking directly into the driving wind but she pressed on , bent low over the walking stick to try to protect her face . Her eyes were half - closed and her cheeks were stiff with the numbing cold of the bitter wind . She counted every hundred paces , to give her something to cling on to and then , turning her head away from the gale , she shouted George 's name , cocking her head this way and that to catch any reply . Time ceased to have any meaning for Sarah . She was , by now , counting aloud almost mechanically .
Idiom: the rest is history (used idiomatically: no)
Record mogul Michael Bivins was in town to see a show and the Boyz managed to sneak past security guards pinch a back - stage pass and reach the man himself . Bivins listened to their music in his dressing room and a few months later signed them up . The rest is history . ' 50 'S STYLE : Clockwise from top left , Wanya Morris , Michael McCary , Shawn Stockman and Nate Morris R.E.M.
Idiom: up a tree (used idiomatically: no)
If someone is a friend — love them . If someone is an enemy — love them . If someone is a lonely cheat stuck up a tree — love them . If someone is a ‘ Brian Smart’(and you 've got them in your school)— love them . You do n't have to LIKE the things that they do or say to LOVE them ; Jesus certainly did n't like Zacchaeus ' cheating , but he loved Zacchaeus !
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Roemer vetoed the bill on July 6 . The Louisiana House of Representatives immediately voted to override his veto , by 73 votes to 31 . On the following day the Senate also voted , by 23 to 16 , to override the veto , but fell three votes short of the required two - thirds majority . On July 8 the legislature incorporated the substance of the vetoed bill in the form of an amendment to a bill designed to discourage flag - desecration . ( The Supreme Court had held flag - desecration to be a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment , but this bill provided for only a $ 25 fine in cases of assault upon flag - burners . )
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
Bella Freud , a protege of Vivienne Westwood , unpicked the body 's turtleneck , adding a white silk collar and cuffs . She stitched satin ribbon under the bust , bows at the hips and tied a silk cravate . Stirling Cooper 's Annalise Kjaer unpicked the body sleeves , using them as a pattern for new ones in black lace . Using sleeve fabric and velvet she made cuffs , which she stitched on and fastened with buttons . She chalked a keyhole shape on the front , which she cut out and neatened with bias binding .
Idiom: talk shop (used idiomatically: yes)
Politics for people like him was not what you said , but what you did . The contrast with Ben Lowe , the blushing withdrawn original founder whom he increasingly pushed to one side , could not have been more marked . Lowe represented what had always been the basis of the project until then — the concerned , upmarket readership of Right - Ons which was the perfect setting for a talking - shop . But Walsh got stuck into the project with typical determination . He was quite clear about the paper he wanted .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
' So far , all the students who violated the criminal law during the anti - government disturbances in 1989 and were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment have been released , ' the agency said . Analysts said the statement was phrased in a way that made it difficult to confirm or refute . Numerous people arrested after the army assault on Tiananmen Square are known to be still imprisoned , even though Beijing may not classify them either as students or political prisoners . China also released a Roman Catholic bishop yesterday . The case of Bishop Zhu Hongsheng , 76 , sentenced to 15 years in prison , was unrelated to the pro - democracy protests but led to international calls that China allow more freedom of worship .
Idiom: beat about the bush (used idiomatically: yes)
The reason that Jesus talked with this woman was that he wanted to save her . That is , to say , he wanted to reveal to her , her sinful condition and need , and this he did when he speaks to her , about her sinful life . He does n't beat about the bush . He does n't come soft with it . He does n't , you know , talk about all the hardships she 's had , and it 's been very difficult for all tho , he is absolutely straight but he still deals with her in love and compassion !
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
Whilst missioner in Cambridgeshire — after a five years ' spell in Oxford he began to —read seriously and painstakingly — and , though untutored and without the benefit of lectures , he gained a degree in Classics at Cambridge University . This earned George Mackenzie national fame as the first prelingually deaf person to achieve the distinction of MA Cantab . Before his death in 1951 he derived great satisfaction from knowing that his son Alan had followed in his footsteps as a missioner to the deaf . It was appropriate that the BDA should go forth from the Bournemouth Congress , which set it on its modern course , not only with a new name and emblem but a new Patron . Lord Salisbury , then Viscount Cranbourne , accepted this office in 1971 .
Idiom: play fast and loose (used idiomatically: yes)
But I had enough of quiet in that filthy tree . In nearly 3,000 years with this company , I have never been known as a quitter . I 've played it fast and loose before , and on the rare occasions when I 've disobeyed orders ( in the Rhineland during the First Crusade , in a little whorehouse in the backstreets of Byzantium , and on a cargo ship bearing perfumes from Punt ) I have come up smelling of roses . Maybe getting the corporate equivalent of a little slap on the wrist , but always followed by a handshake and praise for my lateral thinking . I remind myself that this entire industry began with a single act of rebellion against the management Upstairs .
Idiom: hand in glove (used idiomatically: yes)
A bill to allow exploration in the refuge had been introduced earlier , but was withdrawn in the light of public reaction to the Exxon Valdez oil spill . It remains popular with many Alaskans , however , who are keen to improve local employment prospects . Oil companies insist that exploitation can go hand - in - glove with caring for the environment , and have begun an intensive lobbying campaign to support the bill . A Washington Greenpeace spokesman claimed that existing oil production in Alaska leads to the dumping of waste and toxic chemicals , and pollutes the air . But she added that , since the Administration was portraying the alternative to domestic exploitation as being increasing dependence on imports from the volatile Middle East , the Arctic drilling would probably go ahead .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
but since his expulsion from the Royal Society he had pulled the plug on printed circuits , turned a blind eye to fibre optics , ignored the attraction of electromagnets and gone off at his own unorthodox tangent .
Idiom: off the beaten track (used idiomatically: yes)
Or the pleasure of climbing the Ludwigshohe ‘ Another 4000er crossed off . ’ In general , though , the book is written in a fresh style and conveys a real enthusiasm for the high alpine peaks . Other worthwhile routes , both easy and difficult , are listed at the end of each chapter — which might inspire some to venture off the beaten track or on to more technically exacting ascents , although some of the gradings are a little overdone . For instance , the note describing the Central Pillar of Freney is likely to tickle a few egos : ‘ ED+ , rock to VI and A3 , mixed — at the end of the world and , given bad luck , delivered up to all the hells of weather . ’ Overall the book works well .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The very best . Try it.’ She did , and pulled a face . ‘ Personally I think it 's overrated,’ Jill laughed as they moved along the table , Lindsey helping herself to food she did n't really want . She caught sight of Niall , watched as he threw back his head and laughed .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
From TIM GLOVER at Wentworth SANDY LYLE conducted another exercise in self - immolation while Chip Beck discovered that his gunpowder was damp and useless but at least the American left a legacy after his first visit to the Suntory World Matchplay Championship . After losing to Ronan Rafferty by one hole in the quarter - finals , Lyle remarked : ‘ I 'm over the moon . I 've never felt better.’ Beck was overwhelmed 9 and 8 by Seve Ballesteros and his response was somewhat more original : ‘ Every good man is tested in the crucible of humiliation .
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
At times they will get trampled into the ground . We will see that happen on the site of Jericho in our fifth chapter . In the end it will need the writer of Jonah to recall the great truth which his people found , and which the Church still finds so hard to grasp , namely that God does indeed throw his largesse to all and sundry . TWO GIFTS OF MANNA AND QUAILS . Why does Sinai make such a difference ?
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: no)
Like the Exhilarator and he owns leases on half a dozen pubs in the new dockland , and he does a bit of importing — high value stuff like furs or cars . They 're all cash deals . No extended lines of credit , no invoicing thirty days later and all designed to be quick in - and - out operations before the tax man or the VAT man has twigged there 's anything going on at all . ‘ From what you 've said about Airborne , he 's also into some dodgy share dealings . That 's a dangerous business these days , so he 's being clever — if he 's being successful.’
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
This time he simply said ' It does n't work ' and walked off to another activity . Knowing the child , the teacher would decide whether or not to pursue the teaching point and encourage Mark to try again . There does seem to be a development from apparently aimless handling towards quite deliberate modelling , and the teacher will observe this in the development of the children 's free play . Children should be able to use junk materials freely . The kind of things that they make may reflect ideas that they encounter in stories , rhymes or visits .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
And what 's more the prices are right . What is behind the sea - change ? Some cite the success of Raves and warehouse parties , for which it 's essential to look the part . When there are more interesting places to go to , you want to look more interesting — it could indeed be as simple as that . Now let 's go shopping !
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
AIthough there was ‘ a relatively high negative correlation’(Keeble , 1980 , p. 958 ) between female activity rate and manufacturing change , however , once again there was a problem of disentangling variables . Most of the areas with low female activity rates also had low densities of manufacturing employment . Thus the effect of the former got lost in the more widespread effect of the latter . Keeble concluded that agglomeration diseconomies were the most important cause of manufacturing decentralization in the 1970s . 2.4.2
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
Paula pursed her lips and tossed her head , looking annoyed . But Sally scarcely noticed . By nine - thirty the dance was in full swing . As it was a special fundraising dance instead of the regularly fortnightly hop , a three - piece band had been brought in to replace the usual stack of gramophone records and there was ‘ real food’— fishpaste sandwiches , sausage rolls and cheese and pineapple on sticks — which the ‘ committee’ had spent the entire afternoon preparing . Paula and Louise had been nominated to sell the raffle tickets and did a round of the hall , flirting outrageously and telling all the boys the tickets were ‘ sixpence each or two shillings a strip’ .
Idiom: send someone packing (used idiomatically: no)
Its far end was crossed by busy Morley Street before continuing on to Lower Ashgrove , which led all the way to Grandma 's house in Lansdowne Place . Their path took them down beyond the Technical College and the School of Art building , where Buddie and two of his sisters posed as living models for the students . Sweetheart was going to be a model , too , but not until the school 's principal found the good sense to send her maliciously jealous sisters - in - law packing . Although his aunts had always been kind to him , Frankie tried his best not to like them because he knew they were only pretending to be nice . He would be poisoned if he accepted food or sweets from them .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
' No , no . It is n't about the dress at all— it 's a personal matter . ' Puzzled , the girl went off , and a few minutes later a grey haired woman in black entered the cubicle . ' Can I help you , madam ? What seems to be the problem ? '
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
' Some discarded mistress ? ' surmised Lydia . ' Some cuckolded person ? ' Betty persisted , ' No , but why would they go all that way to draw on a rock ? ' Lydia considered , ' You mean , why not squirt rude messages on the petrol station ? ' ' Not quite that , ' said Betty .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: no)
This year alone — the sad one in which British rugby players are apparently rubbing their hands in greedy but pitful expectation — I 've relished long , doubtless tedious ( for them ) but totally gratis and generous interviews with the likes of Scudamore ( on his most precious mid - season afternoon off ) , Offiah , Gower , Gooch , Border , Simpson , Jacklin , Robson , the teenage millionaire Chang ; and even Mansell took a day off to drive me round and round Silverstone . So why is this international superstar of the scrummage , who I agree is a household name and all that ( although he is known even in the next village as either Whatsit ? or Thingymabob ) , suddenly being advised he has the ( to coin a phrase ) clout and muscle to alter the long - established formulas and ethics of sports journalism ? In other words , just who do these jokers and the jerks pulling their purse - strings think they are ? Oh dear , even before they open it , poor Twickenham 's can of beans is beginning to pong something rotten . The hilarity induced , however , should run and run .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Fortunately for Gower 's tour , India quickly returned to calm after Mrs Gandhi 's death and while a nerve-frazzled team lost the Bombay Test they overcome adversity to win the series 2-1 . But what security precautions could the Indian 's offer to make England feel any more comfortable in the coming weeks if the current Hindu-Moslem clashes continue ? Barbed wire boundaries patrolled by khaki-clad policemen with guns Second World War Lee Enfield 303s lazily slung over their shoulders are a common sight on cricket grounds in India . In the past , the guards have smacked of overkill , since it rarely takes more than a baton charge with their lathi sticks to quell the traditional rotten orange barrage that welcomes most touring teams . But such shows of strength are no guarantee for player-safety as photographer Graham Morris demonstrated in 1984 .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Graham Townsend has been back at work for only 4 weeks . Last June , the jeweller was stabbed 6 times , as he tried to fight off robbers at his shop at Witney in Oxfordshire . He came close to death and is still trying to come to terms with the attack . Mr Townsend spent 6 weeks in hospital . He was forced to close his shop , costing him thousands of pounds .
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
It must be pure speculation as to whether such a father advised his daughter to do so , but he would at least be well aware of the value of a skilled calling . The largest sine]"Occupational group among the fathers is indeed compositors ( 10 ) and these men 's daughters were doing exactly the same as their sons : following their father into a trade . For fathers in say , metalworking or joinery , there was no chance at all of their daughters following in their footsteps , but it made sense for them to seize the chance offered by the printing trade . It is less evident that such a strategy would appeal to the daughter of a tradesman , who might after all be able to serve in her father 's shop , or to the daughter of a white - collar worker , to whom the printing trade might appear to be a step down in the world in some respects : inky and dirty , even if requiring literacy . This no doubt explains the low number of fathers in these categories .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
These were also sufficiently condensed to be poured into a flexible plastic ‘ dosing’ ball . This breakthrough , still regarded with awe in the detergent trade , was achieved by a technician at Procter & Gamble 's French division . It has two merits : it stops detergent from getting stuck in the dispenser and therefore wasted , and it allows a highly concentrated washing solution to engulf the clothes for the first ten minutes of a wash . Customers in Europe and America were unimpressed . They thought small boxes meant short shrift .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
Each node of the graph contains a candidate letter , two integers , and two arrays of pointers . The first integer is the letter 's associated confidence ( taken directly from the data , e.g. d has a confidence of 57 ) , and the second integer represents its rank compared to the alternative candidate letters at the same letter position ( e.g. k has rank 1 , and t has rank 2 ) . The first array of pointers points to the candidate letters in the next position within the word , and the second array points to the candidate letters in the previous position . The arrays hold a variable number of pointers , and any unused ones are set to null . Figure 2.7 shows the structure of each node in the graph , and figure 2.8 represents a graph for the data for the input word pack as presented above ( figures 2.4 and 2.5 ) .
Idiom: fight tooth and nail (used idiomatically: yes)
As it is , I 'm sure you will eventually have to come round to my plan . ' Patronising beast , she thought furiously , and , getting up , she said angrily , ' Now you just listen to me . The fact that you are here in Wakefield is a stimulus — a challenge that will inspire us to fight you tooth and nail . Wakefield is not just a village — it 's growing fast and its proximity to Seabourne is an advantage . Lots of work there . '