Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: cut from the same cloth (used idiomatically: yes)
I could go on . There existed in those days a true camaraderie in our profession , whatever the small differences in our approach . We were all essentially cut from the same cloth , so to speak . Not the way it is today , when on the rare occasion an employee accompanies a guest here , he is likely to be some newcomer who has little to say about anything other than Association Football , and who prefers to pass the evening not by the fire of the servants ' hall , but drinking at the Ploughman 's Arms — or indeed , as seems increasingly likely nowadays , at the Star Inn . I mentioned a moment ago Mr Graham , the valet - butler to Sir James Chambers .
Idiom: neck of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
The trouble is that he ca n't recreate the formula , so he is pretty teed off by the time his fund manager Dr Crane ( Lorraine Bracco ) turns up to find out what 's going on . It gets very predictable from here , folks , as the grumpy Crane — a leading biologist who nevertheless has kittens at the sight of a snake — and dour old Campbell trade verbal punches and then simmering , sensual looks as they scamper about the jungle trying to rediscover the magic mix . They have to hurry — a giant highway is due to be driven through their neck of the woods at any moment . Full marks to those behind Medicine Man for highlighting the very real threat to the rainforest . Shame they could n't have stumbled upon a more dramatic way of doing it .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Pressure from animal rights groups has persuaded the US Navy to drop plans to use bottle - nosed dolphins to guard a Trident nuclear submarine base in Washington State . The dolphins were trained to use pressurized canisters to shoot intruders with a .45 calibre bullets at point - blank range . The trainers suggest that , as guards , they fell short of expectations . Rather than ramming the trainers with the guns , the dolphins either " swam away or put their snouts on the trainers ' shoulders — very affectionately ! " The dolphins"future is undecided .
Idiom: keep someone in the dark (used idiomatically: yes)
But she , as you say , she 's not really curious No . to find out why she 's being kept in the dark and Yes . everyone else knows .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
He joined the bank as an accountant in 1881 , and rose to become managing director in 1898 and also chairman from 1908 to 1919 . He transformed the Midland from a successful regional bank into one of the country 's largest institutions . In 1891 Mr Holden ( he was knighted in 1909 ) made his first significant move when he negotiated the acquisition of the Central Bank of London for £ 469,000 . The move brought the Midland to the capital for the first time , and the bank changed its name to the London and Midland Bank . Following the success of the Central Bank acquisition , Sir Edward 's ambition was boundless .
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's far from luxurious … but to Maurice , the Mariner 's Hall hostel in Gloucester is a five star hotel . He 's been homeless for more than twenty years . And he 's often had to sleep rough . For Bill too the Mariners Hall is a welcome altrenative to a night on the street . The Mariners Hall has beds for just seventeen homeless people .
Idiom: anyone's guess (used idiomatically: yes)
While Ambrose earns wickets for his colleagues merely by dint of his presence at the other end , one timely intrusion at Chelmsford dispelled any notions of sloth . On a turgid turner that had thwarted the seamers ' efforts until the 199th over of the match , Essex required a further 29 to avoid the follow - on on the final morning with four wickets intact , only to be denied by a spell of 3 for 1 in 14 deliveries that ultimately allowed Nick Cook to give the hosts ( and Britannic Assurance Championship leaders ) a right old grilling in the second dig ; but for Ambrose he might never have had the chance . Where the situation goes from here is anyone 's guess . One man who has always known where he was going is Neil Taylor , the Kent beneficiary . Providing a refreshing exception to the plethora of Goochies and Emberses , he has long revelled in the nickname of ‘ Map’ , one reflecting an uncommon knowledge of the circuit 's quickest routes and choicest hotels .
Idiom: smell blood (used idiomatically: no)
Wynne - Jones reached out and clutched Tallis 's arm . The pig sizzled on the flames , spitting fat , startling the Daurog for a moment . ' It smells your blood , ' the old man said . ' It lives on sap , but it smells your blood . ' ' And not yours ? '
Idiom: turn the other cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
As for the fans , I can summon up little sympathy for dinner - jacketed men who sit around tables with their belts bulging while boxers spatter their tuxedo with blood as a cabaret act . As for the moral angle , I can hardly see that even muscular Christianity can underwrite such a sport . I suppose you could argue that we should turn the other cheek , but that seems like tempting fate when dealing with a boxer . My guess is that I am not alone in waking up to the stunning brutality of boxing . True , it is often a manifestation of courage and masculine strength .
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The only route to survival for those who have managed to hang on so far is to make their borrowing cheaper , substantially cheaper,’ she said . ‘ We need a bold cut of three per cent now.’ Mrs Smart , 41 , hit the headlines in TODAY when , describing herself as ‘ Absolutely Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells’ , she blamed the Tories of betrayal after a lifetime of her support . High interest rates and falling orders had destroyed two generations of hard work , she said . She also wants to see investment in building schools and hospitals , to create jobs , and a rise in taxes .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
I need to change my primary partition label from C to another letter and make my secondary hard ~ drive label C/ ? What your trying to do is not a good Idea . Too Many programs and Updates expect to find stuff on the C : Drive .
Idiom: chicken feed (used idiomatically: yes)
Not to my way , gentlemen Those creeks on Winter Marsh are about the best oyster grounds in Europe ! I 'm telling you this in confidence , but you 'd find out about it when you go through the books . We 're going to make so much money out of oysters that the 5 million or so you 've got against me will look like chicken feed . That 's why I 'm not frightened of your report . " " I do n't doubt your business ability , " Henniker said tactfully,"and it may well be as you say .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
The black velvet dress she was wearing — the weather had changed at last— set off her pale skin and blonde hair , and she was looking forward to a new academic year . Some people seemed to have a talent for saying the wrong thing , she thought to herself . Or had her efforts to get to the bottom of the rue Roland mystery taken an unexpected toll on her ? She doubted it . ‘ You do n't look all that well yourself,’ she told Andrew with uncharacteristic malice .
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Did he live at home , Bernice?’ ‘ Well , we always kept his room for him and he could come and go as he pleased . He went away a lot , with his work , but he 's been back with us for the last year or so , off and on.’ Prentice was frowning at me , wondering where this was all going . I did too .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You talk of dictatorships , Marshal Tolonen . Yet we are Seven.’ Tolonen turned his head aside , a strange bitterness in his eyes . ‘ I talk of things to be — whether they come in ten years or ten thousand.’ He looked back at Li Yuan , his grey eyes filled with sadness .
Idiom: give someone the creeps (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet , now that Edna had started to open up , possibly helped by the glass of wine he had insisted on her having , he suddenly became alert . There seemed no stopping her and he felt as if he were listening to some of the most important information he had ever heard . ‘ I do n't mind telling you , Doctor , Mrs Carrow gave me the creeps sometimes when I took on looking after Miss Celia . Mrs Tremayne would try to persuade her to go into Penzance with her , but after a while she gave up . She could n't get her to walk even a little way from the house .
Idiom: no great shakes (used idiomatically: yes)
You will not see a better performance than this all year . A Private Life ( Cannon , Tottenham Court Road , 15 ) is a British film made in South Africa and welcomed , just in case you wondered , by the ANC . It is very simply made and no great shakes as a piece of cinema . But it tells you more about the personal horrors of living under apartheid than many a flashier epic . This is a true story of one of the many tragedies of apartheid — a white South African policeman falls in love with a woman of mixed race , resigns from his job and goes to live with her in Cape Town .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I suppose that 's when we should have called a halt , but now I do n't know how either of us could bear it.’ ‘ But it must be done,’ Joe said firmly . ‘ I know it 'll be hard but it 'll be better for Maureen in the long run . I think you should be the one to do it , Chris . You might think I 've got a cheek to interfere but someone 's got to look after Maureen .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
This spoke to me . Mm . It has come to my mind that it is contrasting er spiritual Yeah . spiritual life
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
This model would , of course , be the cheapest possible for cremation ; anything more elaborate would require to be of a different design and materials . A DIY coffin designed by David J. Barton . Here it might be worth pointing out that handles are necessary only for burial , for lowering the coffin on ropes into the grave ; for cremation they are quite superfluous . Also the lining , the types and varieties of which are many , is quite unnecessary ! The coffin itself should have the joints sealed with either bitumen or paraffin wax on the inside , and no more is needed .
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
Like what?’ ‘ I do n't know . Maybe bad publicity for the fertility business could make waves on an international level.’ ‘ That 's a bit far - fetched , is n't it?’ ‘ Not at all .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
He stared up at the starlit sky and shivered , not only from the biting cold but his own sombre fear of what might await him . Horne 's commonsense told him to run but he had waited too long . The threat had hung like a sword over his head for years and he wanted to confront it once and for all . A self - confident merchant , Horne also believed the meeting might end his fears for good . He could then go home , absolved from his part in that terrible crime committed so many years ago .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I narrated a series of school concerts at The Philharmonic and I 'm back in live theatre again.’ But being typecast in one of this country 's most popular and lasting soaps did have it setbacks . ‘ While waiting for drama roles I did actually have to make ends meet in other ways such as selling advertising space . The recession has hit all industries and acting has been right in the thick of it . Before I landed Brookside I was washing up in a wine bar so the experience obviously came in handy for playing Chrissie.’
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: yes)
BZW 's cheapest option — pulling out of Tokyo — is barely feasible , given that it got its TSE membership only last November after much huffing and puffing from Margaret Thatcher when she was prime minister . The price of BZW 's ill - considered worldwide expansion in equities has already been paid by Howard Coates : in February he was sacked as head of the firm 's equities division , though he remains with BZW . Mr Coates appears to have carried the can for a strategy that had the enthusiasm of some of those at the top of Barclays Bank , as well as of David Band , BZW 's chief executive , and of Sir Martin , who is also a deputy chairman of the parent bank . Mr Coates 's replacement , Jonathan Davie , thinks that , in Britain , the firm is well placed to benefit if share - trading volumes continue at the pace of the first quarter of this year . Under Mr Coates , the British - equity business was put on a sounder basis — first by carefully working out the profitability of each of its institutional clients and , second , by then sacking a fifth of its British - equity team .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: no)
This terrorist activity brought home to Americans what the United Kingdom and , more recently , the city of London has had to tolerate for years . In April 1992 the IRA bomb in St Mary Axe which destroyed the Baltic Exchange and caused about £ 300 m damage led to the preparation of contingency plans as a result of which the consequences of this April 's bomb in Bishopsgate were to some extent mitigated . But there are substantial legal problems as major financial institutions literally pick up the pieces and look to their future . After the Baltic Exchange explosion , the Government agreed to move in as it had done before in Northern Ireland , to act as ‘ insurer of last resort’ , and the necessary legislation is in the Reinsurance ( Acts of Terrorism ) Bill published on 5 May this year . Insurers withdrew terrorism cover from standard commercial policies last year .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
They claim much hardwood is stolen from Indian reservations and there should be a total ban on its import . Male speaker Mahogany is out of the question as is … and a … Ask the shop what it is . If they do n't know or wo n't say do n't buy it .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Not really.’ He refused to look at Juliet . ‘ I want to have a talk with Hayley , get to the bottom of this glue - sniffing business.’ ‘ Be gentle with her,’ said the staff nurse gruffly . ‘ She 's a nice kid.’
Idiom: bang to rights (used idiomatically: yes)
Would have deemed common decency . Both florid and superficial . Got you bang to rights . He took a breath so deep that he almost fell over backwards — and knocked … An elderly office boy wordlessly showed him into a narrow , bumf - heaped office that contained , with difficulty , seven people .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: no)
That one is for a start!’ Marie had been putting her money in a machine which had a little silver crane which came down and swung round , grabbing at the prizes . The claws on the crane did n't seem to close properly so that , even if they did manage to get a grip on a tube of sweets or a pink plastic comb , the prizes always slipped out again as soon as the crane started to lift them . ‘ That 'll be his Rover parked outside,’ said Simon . ‘ See the number plate ?
Idiom: off the cuff (used idiomatically: no)
Can my right hon . and learned Friend confirm reports in The Guardian earlier this year that the 12 local authorities with the worst record in English , mathematics and modern language results were all controlled by the Liberal Democrats or the Labour party ? Mr. Clarke I am not sure whether I can confirm that off the cuff , but The Guardian sometimes gets it right . The figures that I have before me certainly show that the highest spending authorities comprise almost entirely Labour and the occasional Liberal authority and that those have some of the worst results . There is an enormous gap between inner London boroughs , which spent £ 2,745 per pupil in 1989 - 90 , under the old Inner London education authority , and Kent , which spent £ 1,570 per pupil in a comparable year and achieved much better results .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
It prepares children for their baby sitting role . She says I did n't realise you had to plan an escape route for a fire . He says the course has helped me get to grips with the kids otherwise they 'd run wild . There 's currently no minimum age limit for babysitters and the government does n't plan to introduce the training as part of the natioanl curriculum . But babysitters who 've completed the course can show a certificate of competence to the child 's parents to reassure them .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Anyone taking out a fixed - rate mortgage now , therefore , could be on a winner . The recession is nearly over and by mid-1993 , rates could be heading up again . If rates do go lower , it will be by a marginal ½%-1 % , ; so now could be the time to take the plunge . I put this theory to Walter Avrili , mortgage expert with John Charcol and he agreed with one proviso . ‘ There could be a further cut in 1–2 year fixed - rate deals,’ he said .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
When these principles are implemented , the amount of total demand met on the vertical part of short - run marginal cost curves will depend on the level of total capacity . At low capacity , prices will frequently be high since they are set on the vertical part of the short - run marginal cost curves . In the long run , investment and the efficient level of capacity should be determined to ensure that , when pricing at short - run marginal cost , average daily or yearly prices equal long - run marginal cost . Electricity Pricing in the UK The following example combines the principle of peak load pricing with the idea of a two - part tariff that we introduced in Section 17–4 .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: no)
Details : 071-235 8070 . THE first 50 people to book their car on the new Calais-Feldkirch and Worgl motorial service to Austria will get a week 's ski pass to selected resorts . The French Rail service starts on Dec 18 and runs until April 2 . It leaves Calais every Friday evening . Return price for car and driver is £357 , extra adults £75 each , child £47 .
Idiom: quick as a flash (used idiomatically: yes)
It is John Onanuga who is currently suspended from his job in a Thresher wine shop . He was asked by a TODAY reporter — the first in his shop after it was revealed that Norman Lamont had spent £ 17.47 at a Thresher 's — what the Chancellor had bought . Quick as a flash — or , to be more precise , quick as a Vorderman — Mr Onanuga announced that it was a £ 15.49 bottle of Champagne and a £ 1.98 packet of cigarettes . Grand total : £ 17.47 . Now Mr Onanuga 's bosses have suspended him for making up the whole story about Mr Lamont .
Idiom: on your toes (used idiomatically: yes)
Can you touch your toes while keeping your legs straight ? How strong are you ? Can you do five full press - ups from the floor ( keeping your body and legs straight and supporting your weight on your toes and hands ) ? Many individuals , once they leave school , do too little exercise to keep healthy and to maintain good weight control . Their exercise , in terms of the movements they make as part of everyday living , become increasingly difficult to perform .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
And the woman of Chicago , Illinois , who chose to punish the incumbent senator from that state , Alan Dickson , for voting for Thomas in the Senate hearings . If his challeneger , Caro Mosley Braun , wins the seat in November , she will become the nation 's first black woman senator . At a time when Affirmative Action is under fire and the Bush administration conveniently looks the other way while the ultra - conservative Supreme Court dismantles school desegregation to ensure that minorities stay and are educated in their place , the nineties look increasingly like being the decade of the black woman . Statistics already show that black women , less susceptible to the street violence and drug problems that undermine their brothers , are now more likely than black men to matriculate and graduate from university . But I am suspended in a state of No Choice .
Idiom: lay down the law (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You stay out of this — it 's none of your business!’ The Welshman shook him off impatiently . ‘ Who d'you think you are , to lay down the law?’ That was enough for Connor . In one stride he crossed the bar , and had the young man 's collar in one hand , the other knotted into a fist beneath his jaw .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
How had he managed to confirm his own legitimacy , reduce the legitimacy of Vichy , resist Allied attempts to marginalize him , and gain the recognition of the resistance movements ? At the risk of stating the obvious , one might say that de Gaulle won his quarrel with Pétain because he correctly predicted the course of the war and Pétain did not . The assumption of the Vichy regime in signing the armistice with Hitler had been that the war , to all intents and purposes , was over . Britain would either be overwhelmed as France had been or would seek a compromise with Hitler . De Gaulle 's assumption in June 1940 was precisely the opposite : that Britain would survive and that sooner or later Germany would be defeated .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
BERKELEY – One of the dirty secrets of economics is that there is no such thing as “ economic theory . ” There is simply no set of bedrock principles on which one can base calculations that illuminate real - world economic outcomes . We should bear in mind this constraint on economic knowledge as the global drive for fiscal austerity shifts into top gear . Unlike economists , biologists , for example , know that every cell functions according to instructions for protein synthesis encoded in its DNA . Chemists begin with what the Heisenberg and Pauli principles , plus the three - dimensionality of space , tell us about stable electron configurations .
Idiom: on the dot (used idiomatically: yes)
Eight o'clock . Yes . Eight o'clock on the dot . Go on now , get ready . Ha .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
He walked quickly down the road anxious not to be late for his appointment which could lead to an important contract . What did I just say ? He walked quickly down the road and then it was something about him not being late cos he had to a contract . No . Listen .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
Complete with provenance reaching back to the artist 's lifetime , and in the present owner 's family since 1690 , this painting 's attribution to Rembrandt has never been questioned . The picture - seller 's scourge of the moment , the Rembrandt Research Project , describes it as ‘ a very well preserved and authentic work , reliably signed and dated 1633’ . At the time of going to press , behind - the - scenes negotiations were taking place between the National Gallery and the Marquess of Cholmondeley in the hope that a last - ditch solution could be found . London Sale of historic armoury may stimulate the market
Idiom: back to the drawing board (used idiomatically: yes)
This would effectively give the white population a veto on all constitutional changes . Although the whole population would vote in the referendum , the counting of the votes would differentiate between racial groups and all changes would have to win the endorsement of those on the white voters ' roll . Foreign Minister Roelof " Pik " Botha commented : " If whites do n't approve … it 's back to the drawing board . " The President also put the option of self - determination for whites on the agenda . He reported that government representatives on one of the CODESA working groups would be proposing that " the principles of self - determination " should be discussed in their " varied manifestations " .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
Junior hacksaw Although pipe cutters are generally more useful for cutting new copper pipe , a hacksaw is useful for waste pipe and for cutting through old pipe — especially if it is tough or against a wall . A junior hacksaw is useful in confined spaces and generally makes a cleaner cut , though it can be hard work to use . Padsaw General - purpose saw