Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: take the floor (used idiomatically: yes)
Objects of all kinds occupied every inch of space and the walls were so thickly hung with pictures that smaller drawings lay flat or propped against their neighbours . Just when it seemed he would be evicted by his collection , the flat immediately above became available , so he took it and started collecting all over again . Then Lebensraum became available in Venice in the Sixties , when he took on the first floor of the Palazzo Malpiero Trevisani in Campo Santa Maria Formosa . Shortly after Paul acquired this Venetian outpost , Carlo Bestegui died and a sale of his collection was held in the Palazzo Labia . The Italian government , concerned that the better things should remain in Italy , were delighted to hear that many of them only made the journey by canal from the Cannareggio to the piano nobile of the Palazzo Malpiero .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Each are area - based and are concerned with encouraging economic growth in specific parts of particular cities . In this way they are ‘ local’— but then so is much other central government policy . By 1987 the UK had 28 EZs , 6 UDCs and 6 Freeports , with several other ‘ mini - UDCs’ in the pipeline . All are weaker versions of earlier plans to display small Hong Kongs in run - down local areas , where laissez - faire would be ‘ let rip’ , free of government interference . Accordingly EZs give firms exemption for ten years from various taxes and duties and offer a simplified planning regime .
Idiom: silent as the grave (used idiomatically: yes)
I soon reached an extensive , lonely heath , where all was gray and silent as the grave .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
5.40 p.m. Tug was suffocating . His head was jammed up against the back of the sofa , his cheek on the carpet and Doyle 's hand clamped over his mouth . His whole body felt bruised from the speed at which Doyle had dragged him round and thrown him on to the floor when they heard the shout outside . The television news - reader 's voice still rang across the room , sounding forlorn now that no one was listening .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
But not all pretended deeds have to fall short of their normal function in order to accomplish their communicative purpose . Take the example of the burglar in Austin 's famous essay on pretending — surely a classic example of saying something with deeds as opposed to doing something with words . A burglar is inspecting a window with a view to breaking and entering , but in order to make his interest look innocent he pretends to be cleaning the windows . As it happens , the most convincing way of pretending to clean a window is to actually do so . The most observant reporter of saying things by means of deeds was the late Erving Goffmann , and it is to his work that I would like to dedicate the rest of this lecture .
Idiom: tie the knot (used idiomatically: yes)
Whitby 's town crier , Andy Lowe , is staging a national contest for criers in the town on June 21 . ELVIS nut Brian Davies was crying in the chapel yesterday with tears of joy . The King lookalike could n't help falling in love with Lynn Willoughby and yesterday they tied the knot . To a background of Elvis love songs , the couple made their vows at St Thomas More Church in Middlesbrough , Cleveland . Brian , known as S J Stephens on the North - East club circuit , is renowned for his Elvis impersonations .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
he may become a stranger . He is his own child . He has a way to go . Others have lived it through : watch , and turn cold .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
My husband did n't take me seriously.’ ‘ And you have n't had another relationship since?’ Clare hesitated , then took the plunge . ‘ I had a ghastly series of one - nighters . Usually they hopped on and pumped away and suddenly it was over .
Idiom: now or never (used idiomatically: yes)
The creature was right below her , and if it looked up … . She would have to lean over . It 's now or never . She stretched over and pulled the material off the torn metal . It turned towards the roof .
Idiom: sign of the times (used idiomatically: yes)
The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . An election is promised some time next year , but critics are alarmed by the appointment of Sheikh Salem as deputy prime minister and foreign minister ; in his old job as interior minister , Sheikh Salem had no time for the regime 's opponents . As a bad sign of liberated times , the opposition tried to call a press conference on the morning of Mr Baker 's arrival , only to find it did not have official permission to do so . Epidemics The time of cholera
Idiom: out to lunch (used idiomatically: yes)
In a third run the computer started with : GEWRGZRPBCTPGQMCKHFDBGW ZCCF and reached METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL in 41 generations of selective " breeding " . The exact time taken by the computer to reach the target does n't matter . If you want to know , it completed the whole exercise for me , the first time , while I was out to lunch . It took about half an hour . ( Computer enthusiasts may think this unduly slow .
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: yes)
In an attempt to counter their rise , NME became more and more lifestyle - oriented , dabbling in fashion and ideology to an ever - greater extent and carrying on a crusade for black music with a barely disguised contempt for mainstream rock . Slowly , the NME was alienating its natural constituents , the reasonably liberal and informed rock fan . At least one reader saw red at the inclusion of ‘ Best Reggae Record’ in the poll of 1985 . The paper , it seemed to some , was no longer merely informing the readership about new and different musical forms , it was actively sneering at the tastes of its supporters — if you did n't have a favourite reggae record , something was the matter with you . Matters came to a head under the editorship of Ian Pye .
Idiom: keep a straight face (used idiomatically: yes)
No , she were an English lass . But she bit me ! Glad I kept a straight face afterward . And where you going ? Mm .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
Possibly , I mean aggression could be a response to lack of self - confidence you 're quite right . If you 're lacking in self- confidence you may , do n't want , you do n't wanna get other people 's views and meekness impose them . So perhaps the underlying philosophy is I win you lose yeah?me , I 'm gon na win and gon na be loud and be aggressive , I 'm gon na stand over you , I 'm gon na stand very close to you , I 'm gon na point my finger at ya , I 'm gon na stare at you . It 's all about I win , you lose , I need to beat you , I 'm gon na stamp on you , I 'm gon na make sure they actually beat you . So that 's the underlying philosophy of aggressive , it 's gon na be I win you lose .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
There will be those who argue that you 're really at college to learn French or physics or economics . That 's less than half the story . You can and should " learn to learn " and " learn to live " at one and the same time . By combining these activities , you 'll spend more of your life being a person than being merely a linguist , physicist or economist . The first five years of life are critically important in shaping every person 's unique individuality .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
went down to see him and he was in his study because he , he , as you know I was with my parents Yeah ? and he went straight back to his study and I thought I 'd go and see him because my parents had gone Yeah ? so I tap on the window , had just gone past and I was just about to go in his room , you know , cos he 's standing there and I just tapped on the window come outside Nick had just walked by and Rick and were talking you know it 's not like the dead of night and everything 's quiet
Idiom: one good turn deserves another (used idiomatically: yes)
He opened the outer window as well , and stepped out on to the fire escape . ' Thank you for the use of your room , ' said Stok . ' One good turn deserves another , ' I said . He held up his whisky . ' You speak the truth , ' said Stok .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: no)
Satanism A London Christian , who had spent fifteen years in many branches of the occult before his conversion at the Luis Palau mission at Queens Park Rangers soccer stadium in 1985 , said : ‘ In my experience , there are not too many differences between the first group of witches and satanists . You might say they are two levels of the same thing , like the high and low churches of Christianity.’ There is , however , a distinctly religious form of satanism which states that Christianity has got the facts all wrong . Satan is really the true Son of God and Jesus is the usurper .
Idiom: high and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
They show that the sites of Shoreham , Seaford , Pevensey , Hastings , Rye and Winchelsea can only be understood in the context of considerable , and in some cases drastic , coastal changes in the last 1000 years . At Hastings and Shoreham great erosion of projecting headlands has removed most of the castle of the former and half of the town of New Shoreham at the latter . At the other places , retreat of the sea and silting of shallow valleys and estuaries has left them almost literally high and dry , with their present situation completely divorced from their original siting . At Hastings , one inlet is now infilled ; Rye , formerly on a peninsula , is now 3 kilometres ( 2 miles ) inland . The inlets behind the spit at Seaford are now infilled ; at Shoreham , the early harbour is now silted up , and at Winchelsea , the sea which destroyed the earlier site has now abandoned the second .
Idiom: tip the scales (used idiomatically: yes)
Fully - grown tom - cats of these two contrasting breeds would weigh approximately 12 lbs and 9 lbs respectively . A typical moggie is intermediate between these two extremes , with a tom weighing in at about 10 lbs and a queen at 8 lbs . A few freaks have been discovered from time to time , one amazing animal tipping the scales at no less than 43 lbs and a dwarf specimen at as little as 3 lbs , but these were abnormal . The giant was suffering from hormonal imbalance and the midget was a case of genetic dwarfism . Among the pedigree breeds , the Maine Coon cat from North America is one of the biggest , with some exceptional individuals weighing as much as 30 lbs .
Idiom: keep someone in the dark (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd like to think that I never give poor care to any patient for political reasons,’ he mused somewhat pompously , ‘ but I 'm certainly not above giving extra good care to the wife of an important man like Bill!’ ‘ Of course,’ Belinda murmured , thinking that it was typical of Dr Russell not to mention this illustrious connection , which she found a little intimidating . Then she wondered suddenly if Tom Russell had known she would find it intimidating and had deliberately kept her in the dark . That sort of protectiveness would be typical of him , she decided , and felt a small , perverse spurt of anger . She would have to show him that she was n't quite as helpless and unworldly as he seemed to think !
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
At his home in Bartley Green , Birmingham , David said : ‘ The lad was hurled 50 ft to the ground . He was bare from the waist up and badly burned . His girlfriend was trying to give him the kiss of life . Other girls were screaming . ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life .
Idiom: have the last laugh (used idiomatically: yes)
Former Sunderland midfielder Nick Pickering , freed by Derby , also made his debut . BUT the defeat was the turning point for Hartlepool and , arguably , proved the point of no return for Quakers . Pool had the last laugh in the FA Cup a few weeks later . The tenth defeat of the season arrived and with it a place at the bottom of the table this time 2–1 at home to Peterborough . ‘ I 'm not rushing out to get more players,’ said Gray , who had just rejected a bid of £ 175,000 for Willis from Motherwell .
Idiom: full whack (used idiomatically: yes)
I have also , since her departure , caught up on the job applications correspondence , which in itself takes time . I have now four inches of tightly packed paper — keeping mostly only the replies , to save space , as the ‘ dole office’ nowadays frequently ask people to take in evidence of job search . I hope that , if they ask me , they will let me take in alphabetical chunks at a time , as the full whack weighs about a stone ! ! ! The trip to Italy went well as did the few days when one of the twins,(full name Alexander ) was with us . Given that they had the ‘ weather works’ that day in the shape of sleet , hail , wind and rain , whilst simultaneously a view of quite a lot of snow on Vesuvius , I was glad that I had stayed at home with a good book .
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
At times Levitation attempt to musically shock but it rarely works , ‘ Squirrel’ has a weird keyboard break which fits in as much as George Bush would at a peace benefit punk gig , but at least they try to bemuse . If Levitation dropped at least three songs from their set tonight they could have been dynamically interesting instead of sparsely tedious , but at least they would n't get invites to a House Of Love musical appreciation party . This is Levitation — can they rise to the occasion ? HEAVEN 'S GREAT ! HEAVENLY NIGHT
Idiom: jump on the bandwagon (used idiomatically: yes)
Where has all the conscience gone ? The second terrifying thing about the Eighties is that it 's the age of the professional . Right now the development game is ‘ in’ and everyone 's jumping on the bandwagon . Together with ‘ efficiency’ and good management principles has come the crying need for experts to take charge of every field . Doctors , lawyers , media people , architects , educators — in every field the experts are crucial if there is to be professionalism .
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: no)
Ackerley 's crusade to tell the truth , however uncomfortable and inconvenient that might be , arose from his belief that his relationship with his father had been compromised by their inability to confide in each other . In 1956 Ackerley published My Dog Tulip , a shockingly frank and funny portrait of his Alsatian bitch , Queenie . The story of how he acquired her from a petty criminal and gradually transferred his love from man to dog is told in his novel We Think the World of You ( 1960 ) , which won the W. H. Smith award . Although unconsummated , this relationship was undoubtedly the most satisfactory of his life and resulted in his passionate advocacy of animal rights . In retirement Ackerley revised what was to be his masterpiece , a ' family memoir ' begun in the 1930s which was eventually published as My Father and Myself ( 1968 ) .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
It depends on how one sees ' the Road ' . The most obvious thought is that if the ' lighted inn ' means death , then ' the Road'must mean life . It need not be individual life , since in Bilbo 's second version others can take it up and follow it in their turn ; however in Frodo 's and Bilbo 's first version the image of the traveller pursuing the Road looks very like a symbol of the individual pursuing his moment of consciousness down the unknown road which is everyone 's future life , to an end which no one can predict . There is a further point to add , made by Frodo but repeating Bilbo : In context this is just a reply to Pippin 's remark that the song ' does not sound altogether encouraging ' .
Idiom: up to no good (used idiomatically: yes)
Citizens from European countries outside the Schengen zone face ~ Alice in Wonderland justice ; they must prove that they are not criminals or job - poachers if they are to secure a Schengen visa . But everyone knows that it is almost impossible to disprove a negative . “ Schengen ” Europeans shrug nonchalantly ; they seem to think that everyone beyond the Schengen zone is part of some low post - Soviet breed , always up to no good . In recent weeks angry Bulgarians protested against the Schengen visa process . These demonstrations were more passionate even than those that took place during NATO 's bombing of Yugoslavia .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: no)
All the samples you make are of use to you . Take a card and try out everything that you can think of doing while it is inserted into the machine . You can either run some contrast knit rows between each sample , or cast on and off for each one . But do make sure that you label each one fully . It is so frustrating to consider a sample to be exactly what you are looking for and then need to set up the card again to discover just how you arrived at it , while labelling as you go is only the work of a moment .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
' You feeling all right , Brian ? ' he inquired . ' Quite all right , thanks , Vic , quite all right . ' Everthorpe coughed and wheezed and wiped his eyes with a silk handkerchief which he wore , affectedly , in his breast pocket . ' You 're a lucky man , Vic . ' ' What are you talking about ? '
Idiom: easy does it (used idiomatically: no)
All over the place , not only at the fête , a psychic infection rages and erupts in small ugly-comic jests — ‘ They put a dead cat in my trunk ’ — but also in affronts to the human self as massive and immemorial as those Homer describes . A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . It 's not easy to say what the narrating ‘ I ’ is doing at such a scene . Again and again he seems to be in and yet dubiously of the party . In fact the chronicle succeeds in having its cake and eating it , all the way back to the stir caused by Nicholas Stavrogin 's arrival in ‘ our town ’ , when it is recorded among other things that he seemed to know a lot — ‘ But of course it did n't take much knowledge to astonish us ’ .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
Like your just tracksuits and Yes , no I ca n't erm , I ca n't think of myself as doing that again . I agree , its , its like those their lovely little things , do n't think of buying , it 's not very fair cos I mean , Mar , I mean I 'd be over the moon if someone bought me one of those bags . Yeah . You know , but , people do n't , they think oh know there only one twenty five and they ca n't buy someone that
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
The platoon commander , a short man with a moustache , a cane and a two - way radio , was arguing with a gang of Christian Phalangist gunmen who had not yet vacated their barricades and who were still guarding the streets , wearing revolvers and carrying carbines with telescopic sights . The officer , obviously unnerved by the continued shooting , was trying to persuade the Phalangists to leave the area while at the same time asking them for directions . Every few minutes a shell would swish over the rooftops to explode with a roar in the docks ; and more Syrian troops — nearer to the explosions and silhouetted against the sea — could be seen running beside the harbour wall . The Syrian intention was to move right across the front line and , with tins in mind , the officer with the radio began to lead the way up the avenue towards Martyrs ' Square . We could see the entrance to the great square at the end of the street .
Idiom: look before you leap (used idiomatically: yes)
The temptation to strike out suddenly will be hard to resist , but if you do , you may lose an important advantage . You yearn to bring about a revolution in your lifestyle and it 's undoubtedly possible in April — but it will be a hollow victory if you overthrow one repressive regime just to replace it with another . Proceed with caution and , at the risk of sounding like a tabloid astrologer , look before you leap . AQUARIUS ( Jan 21 — Feb 19 ) With so many shades of grey to choose from , how can you be so sure that it 's right to see so much in your life in terms of black and white ?
Idiom: ten a penny (used idiomatically: yes)
Right that 's the actual clerical correspondence . Can we go on and that 's the bill for the tables is it ? Bill for the tables a total of one hundred and eight pounds ten pence . A hundred and eight pounds ten pence . I 'm gon na make a note of that .
Idiom: on the same wavelength (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I think what 's interesting is … the people ( at The Mind Gym ) who are doing this thing , they do a lot of communal work where a lot of people will undergo the same program all at the one time and they find that they get a lot of really heavy group processes developing.’ So far , the tabloids only seem to have picked up on the claim that couples using brain machines together have better sex . ‘ They would just see it as , It puts you on the same wavelength,’ Will laughs . ‘ But what is happening is shared internal experiences that become easy to share with somebody who has been undergoing the same kind of experience , then you can find out a lot more of what you 've undergone because people will find different ways of describing it , different metaphors.’ THE SHAMEN have always been victims of tabloid hysteria and censorship .
Idiom: get wind of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That 's why I think it would be worth going to New York.’ ‘ Thank God you 're prepared to , Charlie . I 'd never be able to without the police getting wind of it . And they must n't , they absolutely mustn't.’ ‘ I agree.’
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: no)
So erm he 's phoned up me your money cos he said they dare n't put me in court you see . Well that 's a ridiculous thing to do ! Well they say they 're gon na put you into court , you get it paid do n't you , before anything goes further ? Yeah yeah well you see what he said was he could not see how they could warrant him that sixty odd come as interest justify doing it . It will all depend how long has he owed them it .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
" You will be disturbing the monks . " Melinda 's sheet had risen up to reveal her calf . The monks ' cells , just visible through the windows of the women 's dormitories , lay 500 yards away , far enough for them to have required a telescope and searchlights if disturbance had been on their minds . The Palace Hotel in Minya was a place of faded but fantastic decoration . A double stairway led up from a dusty hallway past walls of hieroglyphics and adolescent gods , set between huge mirrors advertising an Italian cognac popular in the 1920s .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
Yellow — airline or travel agents guaranteed bookings . Blue — groups , seminars , conferences confirmed . Black — rooms 000 ( out of order ) . Unconfirmed reservations marked red on the chart usually have a three - week time limit hold period . The reservations manager will either write or telephone near that date to verify the reservation , as a ‘ no show’ means a loss of business to the hotel .
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: no)
You wait.’ Peregrine did n't think he was important enough to interest the Special Branch . Compared with Charity , he was a mere minnow capable of slipping through the net as easy as winking . ‘ Besides , as Mona will tell you , I 've reformed at the very idea of being put in clink for treason or whatever they call it . Should n't be surprised if it drives me straight into the arms of the recruiting officer .