Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: all over bar the shouting (used idiomatically: yes)
Though I must admit , we 'll be glad when it 's all over in the Far East and they can come back safe and sound.’ So it was n't over yet . Dot had been right all along and Mrs Parvis wrong when she 'd insisted that it was all over bar the shouting . ‘ Is he brave too?’ ‘ Well there 's so many different and wonderful ways of being brave , are n't there , my dear ?
Idiom: upset the apple cart (used idiomatically: yes)
Understanding yourself is your biggest battle Wednesday . You must come to terms with the fact that some dreams and desires are never going to be fulfilled while other equally wonderful wants and wishes will take their place . Just when you think you have got your finances whipped into shape something or someone comes along to upset the apple cart . Wednesday brings surprise news affecting future cash decisions . People have to earn your respect and just because they have a big desk , long title or an impressive uniform it does n't mean you should automatically give way to their judgements and decisions .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
We plan to abolish a seventh — stamp duty on shares . Mr. Cran Has not my right hon . and learned Friend conclusively convinced the House that only a Conservative Government have the courage to reduce taxation on the one hand and to get rid of taxes on the other , in contradistinction to nearly all other Governments before them , and especially the one between 1974 and 1979 who found endless ways of leaching money out of other people 's pockets ? How many new taxes would the Opposition introduce if they were in government ? Mr. Mellor
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
Loser Roxburgh set to carry on ANDY Roxburgh is set to become Scotland 's longest - serving international manager next month despite an unsuccessful mission to guide his side to a sixth successive World Cup . The Scots boss showed no signs of throwing in the towel after last night 's 1–1 draw with Switzerland at Pittodrie effectively ended a qualifying sequence which started 20 years ago . ‘ When I started out eight years ago my sole aim was to contribute to the national team,’ said Roxburgh . ‘ My attitude is still the same as it was at the beginning of the 1986–87 season and that is , if I can continue to contribute then I 'm happy to do so.’
Idiom: free rein (used idiomatically: yes)
Both Apple and IBM will take Taligent work for incorporation in future versions of their existing offerings . The potential pitfall of this approach is that the Taligent add - ons could make the conventional offerings so attractive as to damage the acceptance of the native product itself . Guglielmi acknowledges this but says that if his company had ignored the market it would have given competitors free rein . This way , he says , when native Taligent , finally arrives in mid-1995 it will find an industry well stocked with Taligent - compliant tools and objects — and developers , claims Guglielmi , just love what they have seen so far . The Taligent system will use de facto protocols and support the Open Software Foundation Distributed Computing Environment , Sun Microsystems Inc 's remote procedure call and Network File System , Apple Events , AppleShare and the Object Management Group 's Common Object Request Broker Architecture ( Corba ) mechanism for distributed computing .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
She 's had to pull the IXth Legion out of a bog again . One of these days they 'll just vanish from the face of the earth and never be seen again . Do have a word with them . What a waste it would be , all those roads and nobody to tramp on them ! Well I have to go now or I shall be roped in for the sacrifice and I do n't like getting my hands dirty .
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
Irwin eventually secured his capitulation by confessing to him that , as head of the government , with no guarantee that civil disobedience might not start again , he was unable to risk jeopardizing the morale of the police force . Gandhi was enchanted by the viceroy 's frankness , and recalled to him that Smuts had treated him with similar candour , recognizing , as he said , the justice of his claim on a certain issue , but advancing unanswerable reasons from the point of view of government why it was impossible to meet . He could not therefore help but rise to the occasion , as he had risen to it before . ‘ I succumbed’ , Gandhi said later , ‘ not to Lord Irwin but to the honesty in him.’ Gandhi was pleased with his agreement , but others on the Indian side were not so pleased .
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
Now coming back to the objective I say it leaves you on a high note then rather than the and that 's all I 'm gon na say tell them what you 're gon na tell them then tell them then tell them what you 've told them . Okay ? So that in a nutshell is is what it 's about . So you 've all got your structured thought pattern now , yeah ? yeah
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
Try them in my head Okay good . Right good and you should always check that before you draw it just in case your pie chart comes out and put , put that up in the air a bit I 'll just show you that , those are good there , but up in the air like that Mm . .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
Jack Millar himself recalled a few stories of his experiences as a salesman , much to the amusement of all present , including his family who had come from far and wide to be there . It was an eventful evening with more to follow . Stewart Roxburgh gave a tongue - in - cheek ' This Is Your Life ' presentation . Photos of Jack were shown , each thrown up on a large screen with a running commentary . Jack in a push chair , in the Scouts , his school report .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
' Of course . Sorry — I should have thought of that before . ' He returned to the bed , holding out his hands . ' Up you come . ' ' If you 'll just tell me where it is I can manage by myself , thank you . '
Idiom: steal someone's thunder (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Why not?’ ‘ Because if he really is the sort of reporter you claim he is then that would be playing right into his hands by making him think I 'm trying to hide something . What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at.’ ‘ We ? I ca n't see that I 'm involved in this any longer .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: no)
A superb relaxing refreshing decongesting natural treatment ideal in the morning or at any time during the day — even over make - up . NEW CLARINS . THE BEST UNDER THE SUN For a better tan on a beautiful skin . A new generation of sun care !
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Reports vary as to whether this beryllium was destined for use in reactors or in warheads . The Soviet Union says it was used for nuclear fuel . Beryllium is a light metal which catches fire easily and burns like a magnesium flash . As it vapourises it releases white smoke — beryllium oxide . This oxide is light and easily airborne .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Out of the corner of my eye I watched him wipe himself with Kleenex tissues and drop them on the floor , indifferent to the smears of blood on them . He pulled on his trousers and went quickly over to turn up the music , moving his head from side to side in time to the beat . He lay face down beside me , not knowing that I was now painfully aware that the threads which bound me to home and the inevitable marriage had snapped once and for all . I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . I could think of nothing except going to London and finding my way among its tall buildings studded with lights .
Idiom: know the score (used idiomatically: no)
It was climbed by the well known singer Anthony Bennett . Finally this month , Horseshoe Quarry is the home of Hardcore ! You Know The Score , E2 5b , by Jon Cort and quarterback Jim Kelly . The route is 20 ft left of Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep and has six bolt runners . COMPETITIONS
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: no)
THE Queen has always liked Fergie and gets on much better with her than she does with her other daughter-in-law , Princess Diana . So it was natural for Sarah to turn to her for help in her troubles — and last year 's annual royal holiday pilgrimage to Balmoral seemed the perfect opportunity . After all , she and the Queen had always happily nattered away for hours while out riding around the castle estate that runs along the River Dee . But this time the conversation was less relaxed . The Queen had been briefed about the true state of affairs by her personal staff , including her private secretary Sir Robert Fellowes .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
The stranger sat at her host 's right . Flavia , from her distance among the hoi polloi , observed that only Mme Fournier used her Christian name , everybody else , including the host , addressed her as Madame . The atmosphere — at least until the second course got going —was stilted , the elder generation on their best behaviour , the younger , if a shade sceptically , following suit . The stranger was talking , the voice was metallic and occasionally high : The tone , Flavia thought she was able to discern , was worldly : a worldly French voice . Animation gained , everybody began to talk , Flavia could no longer hear ; she only looked .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: no)
Listen for the neighbours , and if possible ask them what they think ! TIMBER - FRAME CONTROVERSY A controversial television documentary at the end of 1983 on timber - frame houses , which led to a tumble in share prices for leading house - builders , was itself attacked for being ' technically ill - informed and misleading ' . The National House Building Council ( NHBC ) , which guarantees the structure of most new houses for a period of 10 years and issues detailed technical instructions for the design and construction of dwellings , claimed that the ' World in Action ' programme was ' alarmist ' . — —— The programme described faulty workmanship in a number of new timber - frame homes following a survey of more than a hundred building sites .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
It gives body , colour and better tannic structure to Tempranillo , which can help the wines withstand the punishing barrel - ageing requirements : the current vintage will not be out much before Mike Tyson . Of those who have introduced a proportion of Cabernet , only a very few — Baron de Ley , Martinez - Bujanda and the much improved Marques de Riscal — have the courage to admit to it . They are hoping the authorities will turn their customary blind eye . They are up against more than just the law though . There is tradition .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
When I come back here … if I do … I 'm not going to be so timid and unsure . I 've experienced more now , and it 's going to stand me in good stead . Some minutes later , after a visit from Dr Greene , who pronounced Faye 's condition to be ‘ quite satisfactory’ , but ordered a follow - up blood glucose test in an hour , as the level was somewhat higher than it should have been , Belinda was left alone with her patient . ‘ Close the door , will you , love?’
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
The Oxford Wordpower Dictionary heads the list this year and is designed to compete at intermediate level with the Longman Active Study and Cobuild Students Dictionary . OUP has rectified the sins and omissions of the Oxford Students Dictionary and promises an aggressive market campaign . Names are named , and we could at last see blood on the shelves . BBC English plans a revised edition of the BBC English Dictionary every year but first the paperback edition ( itself revised ) , appears this month with the encyclopedic entries listed separately at the back . Competition for student sales of monolingual dictionary is intense , and only HarperCollins has let its Cobuild dictionary creep above the £ 10 mark .
Idiom: unknown quantity (used idiomatically: yes)
It was clear then that the staff would not only have to work extremely hard , and be at their most alert , they would also have to be unusually flexible . In fact , I was for some time of the opinion that this huge challenge ahead of us could not be surmounted without my bringing in additional staff from outside . However , this option , quite aside from the misgivings his lordship was bound to have as regards gossip travelling , entailed my having to rely on unknown quantities just when a mistake could prove most costly . I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military - style ‘ pep - talk’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . ‘ History could well be made under this roof,’ I told them .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? Personally , I think and agree that much greater fines should be given as well as the deduction of points from their rankings table . By doing this , I think players would think twice before pulling out of Tour Events as it could mean the difference of being world number one and world number two , which I believe means a great deal more to them than they would like to admit . P.S. I would like for Monica Seles ' fans to know that there 's nothing personal in my mentioning her , but given the circumstances I think I am right in using her as she did n't commit herself to the Tour Events much last year . P.P.S. I would like to thank Steffi for being herself and for being a great supporter of Tour Events from what I can see .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
She saw the taxi inching down the street . Between the Great War and the Second World War there were always taxis in the street , not now . Taxi drivers came down her street in this day and age as if in fear of their lives . Her dog sniffed for a moment at the ankle of the young man who worked at the engine of his car . She pulled the dog away .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
' For nearly two years I did nothing , but as I had worked very hard very young , I had no feeling of guilt that I had to do something , because I had already proved that when I wanted to work , I could do it . ' For two years he went out to nightclubs in Paris every night until six in the morning . ' It 's good to do that at twenty , but at 45 … ' he pulls a disapproving face . ' My most important ambition in life was to have a new sports car every year , things like this . ' His father gave him a white convertible Mercedes 300 for his eighteenth birthday .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . pieces do n't they ? Well that used to be all the rage once , did n't it ? Yeah I mean we got hairnets at work sort of clear ones though . I remember hairnets
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: no)
That other well known Peak raider , Ben Moon , the real king o'Crookrise , has just repeated Jerry Moffatt 's testpiece of last year , Liquid Amber at L.P.T , confirming grade and quality . Ben has also been giving those Yorkshire boys a good seeing-to with an on-sight flash of Kleptomanis ( F8a ) at the Holywood Bowl , a one-day ascent of the Yorkshire Ripper ( F8b ) at Kilnsey , and he got Magnetic Fields ( F8a/8a+ ) first red-point . All of this and he 's not even recovering from any broken bones ( Ben 's specialty over the last few years has been to break a bone and then come back and do or repeat the world 's hardest route ! ) Maybe he 'd better go and buy himself a new bike , that 's always a good way to break bits of the human body . Wales
Idiom: at a snail's pace (used idiomatically: no)
It is impossible for a non - Muslim to appreciate Ramadan . We watch bewildered as they turn night into day , criss - cross between self - denial and celebration . We resent the grinding down of business which is conducted at a snail 's pace for twenty - eight days . Everything continues to operate after a fashion . Work carries on , but physically everything moves in slow - motion , like a cine - camera with insufficient power .
Idiom: go down like a lead balloon (used idiomatically: yes)
The earth - shattering orgasms that she had read about were not a con , they were there just waiting for her to experience them . She snuggled into Patrick 's hard body , enjoying the feel of him . ‘ I bet this would go down like a lead balloon if it was known in Grantley police station . The DI knocking off a local villain!’ His voice was jocular and Kate found herself laughing with him .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah Is your front page just gon na be all headline and picture , or are you gon na have a bit of story Okay so you 're gon na have some statistics right , got a picture I 'll probably make the headline look smaller Can you can you tell me or have you got a pic , where does the picture usually go ? does it go right at the top or do you usually have a bit of headline what happened in that Mirror one there ?
Idiom: turn tail (used idiomatically: yes)
They looked intently at him , then at each other , then executed a smart about - face ; the scullion with the loaf threw it at the other , who caught it and started to hit the other minion over the head with it as they ran back into the mist the way they had come , their figures —one crouched almost double , one striking out with the loaf of bread —and their running footsteps quickly absorbed by the rolling mists . Quiss shook his head and marched on , the scullion tucked under his arm , not struggling . He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist . He called out to them , but they did n't come back . There must , he thought , be thousands of these small attendants , waiters , scullions , masons , miners , mechanics and general helpers and dogsbodies in the place and around it ; he knew something about provisioning and logistics , and the castle 's kitchens could have provided ten - course meals every few hours for an army of tens of thousands .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
1800 hrs — more food , another brew and this time enough for seconds . I can be more leisurely now — my next real deadline is 2000 hours When the OC 's ' O Group ' is held . I contemplate a quick thirty minutes in my sleeping bag , but by the time I 've checked on the sentries again it 's too late . After the ' O Group ' I 'm in the picture for the tasking over the next twenty - four hours . My priority is to get the mexeflote reconfiguration completed .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
The illness hit the region last October and 36 cases were reported in December , including 23 families . Council officers say control measures including screening and exclusion are paying off . Food for thought as government issues registration scheme Up to 1,000 food traders in Darlington will have to register with the council in the next two months as part of new national legislation . The government has already introduced tougher laws on food hygiene and now it hopes the register will help council officers enforce them .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's called tail - gating — driving too close . West Mercia Police tried to introduce this Israeli computer to monitor vehicle distance and speed . But it did n't work in fog . Motorsists seen tail - gating risk prosecution for reckless driving . Male speaker
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: yes)
And then … A grubby building in the Old Town . Outside , a filthy and torn bill : ' Jubilee Song and Dance … ' We were trying to decipher the remainder , when a man came out . He said : ' Will ye buy your tickets now ?
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
’ And that bug is your proof,’Mala added,’of what we 're up against . All those criminals with all their resources . We have to keep to the plan — get to Fraxilly and away again , fast , then lie low for along as it takes.’ I shrugged reluctantly , not having a counter - argument . ’ It 's the only way , Del’ , she said quietly .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr. Walker : I know that the Hon. Gentleman will be delighted that since the valleys initiative was announced , unemployment in the valleys has fallen faster than it has in the rest of Wales . In response to his anxiety , perhaps he will send me quotations of what he said during the period of the last Labour Government when 30,980 jobs were lost in the mining industry in Wales . Mr. Barry Jones : Does the Secretary of State accept that the south Wales coalfield is apprehensive , especially in the light of the 1,500 jobs at the Cynheidre and Marine collieries and the 500 jobs elsewhere that are under review ? Who has the Carway Fawr project been halted , after £34 million worth of investment ? If the reason is geological , that is incompetence of the highest order , but if it is because of the prospect of privatisation , it is a scandal .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
The big problem with using photographs is that the drawing can end up looking just like a photo , with little vitality and depth to it . I think attending an evening class in life drawing helped me overcome this hurdle . I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . I had problems with tutors trying to encourage me to diversity my work and experiment with other styles , but I was quite happy with the direction my work was heading so I stubbornly stuck to it . I 'm not trying to encourage anyone else to follow suit , but I would encourage people to be aware of their own particular styles .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
Benjamin approached him . ‘ What is it , Daunbey?’ Mandeville snapped , not even bothering to turn his head . ‘ You are leaving Templecombe for Glastonbury?’ ‘ Yes , I am quitting this hell - hole and recommend you do the same.’
Idiom: cold comfort (used idiomatically: yes)
Cook 's HELPLINE If you have a culinary query or want to share a tip with other readers , Linda Fraser and Janette Marshall can help you Cold comfort Is it possible to buy coconut ice - cream anywhere in the UK ? I have tried local shops and freezer centres without success ; restaurants and cafes do n't seem to have heard of it , even though it is available in several countries abroad .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ When a product has already travelled from its place of origin there is n't intended to be any restriction,’ said Alison Fellows of the European law unit at Dickinson Dees in Newcastle . ‘ The two draft regulations which have been proposed by the EC are designed to protect local foodstuffs.’ Parma Ham springs to mind . It could hardly be Parma Ham if it came from anywhere else . But that is not the case with lovely Wensleydale Cheese .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
Tom could barely make ends meet when he was in his early twenties .