Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: no)
He wakened sometime during the night and he heard this scrummage up in the in the light room . He went up and here there 's two first cousins were fighting about the croft and that was left about fifty years before then started fighting about it and one had got transferred to and that kept it quiet . Doubtless there were many occasions night and day when a tempest was raging outside . Now what was it like to be actually in the tower itself ? You never thought anything about it at all .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
As George bent to pick up the halter of the horse which the boy had been holding , he looked round the yard with interest , noting how his father 's voice , though by no means a shout , had penetrated every corner . The men and boys who were working around the stables looked across curiously to see the strangers . Out of what appeared to be a tackroom emerged a man who walked with authority , stopping to have a word with one and another of the workers as he crossed towards Jonadab and George . As he drew closer , walking with almost a swagger , George noted the way the sun glinted on a head of coppery curls . It was not until he was practically up to them , that he turned his face directly towards them .
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Crewmen helped the alarmed mother to break down the door . They found James lying near the C - deck cabin 's toilet and Catherine on the floor . The ship 's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived . Numb Their devastated father Garry — a computer company executive who left England for a new life in Ireland 20 years ago -said : ‘ I am so numb at the loss of my two beautiful children .
Idiom: all things being equal (used idiomatically: yes)
Well these sort of languages often considered to be the central pillar to group attachment and er official agencies like government an and things like historically support group language purity . And er a although we usually associate language identity with minority groups , linked with minority groups er it 's quite important that we do n't erm dismiss the prominence it has in majority groups as well . Who says that the best predictor of future social behaviour is is past social behaviour all things being equal and er as any assessment of linguistic of a linguistic scene will profit from an historical awareness . Anyway er . Oh yeah , that 's right .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: no)
You can pick fault with anything if you try hard enough , but I do think that the policies that we offer erm are very good and very reasonable . I 'm absolutely delighted to hear that , Bill , and I 'm glad we 've got a satisfied customer . What we 've got is the practice is totally different to what 's in the small print in the document . Could I suggest , John , that you re - word your document to reflect your practices . If that 's what you 're doing in practice , say so , do n't put all these exclusions in the document because that makes me suspicious and makes me think you 're trying to exclude these things .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
smelling . Went to get in the bed and as Rudy pulled the quilt off the smoke gushed out ! And when we looked it all er all , it had gone all the way through the mattress Through the mattress . almost through , it just
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
I know of certain coal - mines near Kharkov which were fired and flooded by their owners , of textile factories at Moscow whose engineers put the machinery out of order when they left , of railroad officials caught by the workers in the act of crippling locomotives ....
Idiom: up to no good (used idiomatically: yes)
Alone together they fell to tender embraces that rapidly shifted up a gear to heavy petting , and before long they had retired to the girl 's bedroom for more adventurous fun and games . Only when they were both naked and in bed did the girl remember her mother 's final request , to put on a load of washing . Worried that leaving it in the basket might suggest that she had been up to no good , the girl ran downstairs starkers with her boyfriend in hot pursuit , playfully offering to help . As they made their way through the dark a voice called out ‘ Surprise , surprise!’— and all the lights suddenly flashed on . The girl 's parents had arranged a surprise pre - wedding party for friends and relatives , with the vicar who was to marry them invited along as guest of honour .
Idiom: swim against the tide (used idiomatically: no)
Like people saying PJ Harvey will be amazing when she gets outside herself … what they do n't realise is that she already has . It 's all assumptions . ' Swimming defiantly against the tides of the times , Moonshake place much emphasis on their lyrics and thus run the risk of being seen as old - fashioned . But this is immediately dispelled when you hear them , when you know they 're taking the temperature of the times . John stirs : ' When times are hard , being artistically creative is not necessarily important , it 's putting a meal in front of you on the table .
Idiom: pull the wool over someone's eyes (used idiomatically: no)
Although Mr X was a director of the ' bank ' , his defence was that he acted in good faith ; indeed , said the defence , such was his faith in the word of his associates that he had invested , and lost , his own money in the venture , always acting on the advice of his colleagues ' , without ever questioning it . Such naivety does not fit the conventional image of a merchant banker , but rather suggests the innocent party in a confidence trick . Could it really be so easy to pull the wool over Mr X 's eyes ? Defence counsel called in psychologist Olive Tunstall to give an independent opinion . Using a comprehensive selection of standard psychological tests between October and December 1979 , Tunstall came to the conclusion that Mr X had an IQ of 80 and a reading comprehension age , in English , of 71/2 years .
Idiom: put your oar in (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You could have fooled me.’ ‘ Yes , well,’ said Bella , ‘ if you kept your mouth shut and listened a bit more you might have noticed . She was talking to me just now , before you put your oar in . Gazzer said nothing . ‘ All right , all right , ’ said Bella , ‘ do n't sulk .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
All that is necessary is that the defendant should , expressly or impliedly , ask for something in return for his promise , an act or a promise by the offeree . If he gets what he has asked for , then the promise is given for consideration unless there is some vitiating factor . Though lip - service has been paid to the notions of benefit and detriment , they have no substantial meaning , in the light of the principle that the court will not inquire into the adequacy of the consideration . If I make a promise to you in return for your supplying me with three , quite useless , chocolate wrappers , which I will instantly throw away , there is a perfectly good contract provided that the promise was seriously intended ( below , p. 205 ) . I have got what I asked for and that is a sufficient ' benefit . '
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
What these differences between the two halves of the brain might be telling us , we had no idea at the time — but some clues will begin to appear by the end of the next chapter . Third , and of more practical importance , we now knew where to look for any further changes ; by being able to concentrate on IMHV and LPO and discard ' irrelevant ' tissue we might hope to magnify any effect we were studying by diminishing background noise . The two brain regions are quite small — dissected out , each weighs no more than a couple of milligrams — and Andras invented a special plastic mould into which we could drop the brain , slice slabs out with a razor blade and then use a fine scalpel to cut round the regions , guiding the dissection under a microscope . We were set to move on . CRITERION TWO : THE TIME COURSE : BIOCHEMISTRY
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
The key word here is femininity . When down , long hair will be chunky and shiny — shaggy is definitely out . For short and mid - length hair — anything goes —versatility is the name of the game . Thick cuts with lots of soft movement and colour that can be transformed to achieve different looks . Wigs , hair pieces and extensions will continue to play a big part in the way hair looks in ' 92 .
Idiom: laughing stock (used idiomatically: yes)
In those days the Continent had the lure of Mecca . There was an enviable air of dynamism across the Channel . Italy , once the laughing stock , was closing on Britain in the GNP league , while Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline , boasting productivity rates 50 per cent higher than in Britain . Our reputation was abysmal . I recall a German friend saying , hurtfully , in the tone of voice reserved for self - evident truths , that ‘ everybody knows British Airways is the worst airline in the world’ .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Is Asus Nvidia ~ GeForce GT 640 a good card ? It will be able to play every latest game but at low 720p and low - medium settings .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . the big things if you do n't tackle the little ones . Because noise , I mean it is harassing , it gets on your nerves , you know . You feel like strangling them . At the one direction it 's these people next door to us I 've lived there what , twenty six , twenty seven years , and we , I 've people living next door , six children and never a any noise to what we get in there .
Idiom: hair of the dog (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh , you bastard , Bunny . Funnily enough , I felt better after a couple of pints at a pub in Maida Vale ; you know , the trendy one among Guardian readers which has the really stupid long name and brews its own beer in the cellar . Not that the hair of the dog remedy actually works , it just makes you forget how bad you feel for a while . I lunched on a cheese roll and a packet of crisps while Bunny — no day is wasted — chatted up the sulking wife or girlfriend of one of the lunch - time Real Ale bores who was drinking his way round the hand - pumps with a group of mates . At one point I saw Bunny write something , probably her ‘ phone number , on a drip mat and slip it into the back pocket of his jeans .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
The winds of late October were lashing Haverfordwest as Leonora left the train . She smiled wearily as Bryn Pritchard came to take her case , blessing his tact when he made no comment on the reason for her visit . He installed her in his battered van , chatting volubly on every subject under the sun other than Dr Penry Vaughan on the journey , but Leonora was hard pressed to make suitable rejoinders , every nerve in her body stretched to breaking - point at the thought of what lay ahead . When they arrived in Brides Haven Rachel Pritchard welcomed Leonora with a cup of hot , strong tea , but Bryn soon cut across his wife 's chatter , pointing out that they must set out at once if he was to make the return trip before dark . His wife packed a box with various goodies for Leonora to take to Penry , then walked with them to the jetty , and waved them off on the Sea - Fret , a sturdy fishing - boat a lot newer than Penry 's .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
This was in the Sun 's report on Monday . Lets not forget this is a SUPPORTERS list . Taking the piss for a laff is one thing . Being 100 % negative all the time is another . Mark
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
Her legs , she admitted , were feeling a bit rocky . She moved away from him and went over to the couch she had taken her ease in the last time she 'd been in this room . But she was n't feeling easy with him now , and as he pushed an easy - chair closer to her couch , and sat down opposite her , she had the uncanniest feeling that he was n't going to let her out of the room until she had told him every last bit of what there was to tell . Which , she privately admitted , was no more than was his due , seeing how , believing her to be someone else , he had wined her , dined her , housed her — Abruptly she shut her mind off . She would tell him all about her not being Cara Kingsdale , but , of the stupid idiot Fabia Kingsdale who had fallen head over heels in love with him , he would hear not a thing .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
With outdoor pursuits in mind , sports fanatics will devour The Top 10 Of Sport ( Headline , £ 14.99 ) , a book that is packed with lists , facts and figures . And while on the subject of record - breakers , there 's always the Guinness Book Of Records 1993 ( £ 13.99 ) . On a lighter note , Maureen Lipman 's perceptive view of life and delightful tongue - in - cheek humour brings many a chuckle in When 's It Coming Out ? ( Robson , £ 14.95 ) . As will Mr Bean 's Diary ( Boxtree £ 6.99 ) .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: no)
For St Johnstone fans , on one of their rare away trips to glory , Rough 's ordeal at the supermarket was the perfect opportunity to unsettle the opposition keeper with terracing malice . The incident obviously jogged memories of the infamous time when the England captain Bobby Moore was wrongly accused of stealing a bracelet . Throughout Rough 's grey day at Ayr they chanted an age old football insult to the tune of My Darling Clementine —‘Where 's the mince - beef , where 's the mince - beef Alan Rough ? It 's in your pocket , it 's in your pocket , it 's in your pocket Alan Rough.’ For a group of supporters who show such an unnatural interest in sheep , St Johnstone fans would be well advised to keep meat talk to a minimum .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That 's much more cool than playing guitar when you 're nine . I was going to be a pro racer and was doing real good until , at thirteen , I was goofing around and broke my arm.’ The accident put paid to Blues ' thoughts of racing , but also rekindled his interest in the guitar . ‘ I had to spend a month in a cast,’ he recalls , ‘ so when they set the cast , I had them set it so I could move my arm just enough to play.’ Kind of like Les Paul ?
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Certainly there were new developments after 1660 which created new sources of political tension and which fed into the emergence of party , whilst over time the parties modified and adapted their positions to cope with new problems , issues and contingencies . The context of the partisan struggle was altered as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 , which modified the relationship between the Crown and Parliament , created new issues for the government as England became involved in major European warfare , and transformed the relationship of the two parties towards the Court as the Whigs came to hold political power for the first time and the Tories discovered what it was like to be in opposition . Under William and Anne a certain degree of ideological adjustment can be detected for both parties , as the Whigs shed their Country wing and became to all intents and purposes a Court party , whilst the Country platform came to be absorbed within Toryism . Nevertheless such changes can be seen as consistent outgrowths of earlier party positions ; the Whigs and Tories of Anne 's reign remained the recognisable heirs of their namesakes of the Exclusion Crisis . If it makes sense to see the period 1660–1715 as a coherent whole , what was it that changed with the Hanoverian Succession and the failure of the Jacobite rebellion ?
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: no)
South Belfast SDLP councillor Dorita Field then objected to the Policy and Resources Committee decision for Mr Empey and his deputy , Eric Smyth , to attend the Thiepval ceremony , due to take place on Sunday . The committee also approved payment towards a monument . ‘ It is a matter for the members of the Orange Order if they wish to build a monument but I am not so sure if the ratepayers of Belfast should be asked to foot the bill,’ she said . Mrs Field 's amendment was narrowly defeated by votes to 21 . Mr O'Muilleoir had a further chance to criticise unionists for going on ‘ junkets’ with a notice of motion calling for spending on council trips to be limited to £ 30,000 .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ When I come to think about it afterwards , I do n't know quite what he was after.’ Peter Yeo controlled the impulse to shout at her , realizing that his wife was badly rattled . She might exasperate him , but she was fully as intelligent as he was and it would be as well to get to the bottom of this . ‘ Did he say why he had come to see you?’ ‘ He had a perfectly good reason .
Idiom: sit on the fence (used idiomatically: yes)
It is also proof of the high regard that the right hon . Member for Finchley had for the right hon . Gentleman and his presence in her Cabinet . I shall not mention Lyndon B. Johnson 's maxim about tents — but there may have been a slight hint of that in the right hon . Lady 's strategic thinking . The right hon . Member for Worcester has said in characteristically self - deprecating phrases that he does not have a great desire to be remembered but I am sure that , given his record , he will take it as an accolade to be thought of , in H. L. Mencken 's happy phrase , as a politician who could sit on the fence and have both ears to the ground at the same time . Clearly , the right hon . Member for Finchley prized the right hon . Gentleman 's presence in her Cabinet . When I consider the mover and seconder of the Loyal Address today , I can not escape the feeling that , while the right hon . Member for Worcester was in successive Tory Governments because of his cleverness , the hon . Member for Thanet , South may have been kept out of successive Tory Governments for exactly the same reason .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I 'm here,’ he said . Yet she asked again , and this time , though his mind was stewed in bliss , the tiny voice of reason murmured that it was n't his lady who was asking the question at all , but the woman on the telephone . He 'd thrown the receiver off the hook , but she was haranguing the empty line , demanding he reply . Now he listened . There was no mistaking the voice : it was Jude .
Idiom: smell blood (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Lamont , when pressed on this last night at a meeting of the Conservative back - bench 1922 committee , justified it on environmental grounds , saying that the election pledge had been overtaken by a commitment at the Rio conference in June to cut Britain 's fuel consumption . The Labour leader , John Smith , described the Budget speech as a ruthless betrayal of election pledges . Mr Smith , who smelt blood , accused the Government of the biggest tax hike ever and said people would be shocked beyond belief at the cynicism of the Government . The verdict of the City on whether Mr Lamont has done enough to curb public spending will be delivered when the markets open today . The verdict on whether Mr Lamont will remain as Chancellor remained open last night , with many Tories seeing it as an electoral mistake to raise fuel bills in the run up the next election , while others praised him for tackling the public deficit .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Ilsa laughed until she was shaking . ‘ I felt something had to be said , there was an atmosphere and whispers . So I thought , now , make light of it . I told her that we should both be delighted , that there was no greater compliment than to find another lady wearing one 's best outfit . She said , ah , hum , Elsie , is n't it ?
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: no)
Johnny Marr became interested . He 'd heard weird stories of Steven Morrissey 's unconventional approach to life . Johnny Marr went round to Morrissey 's house , rang the bell , pressed his nose against the window and left a large chocolate stain which niggled the answering Steven Morrissey . Johnny Marr was nervous . He thought Morrissey might think he looked too weird .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Probably , she had been studying the figures with too much intensity , and now she needed a break . The door opened , and as she watched Rourke breeze into the room she concluded wearily that fate must be conspiring against her . Why had he come back , out of the blue , to threaten her equilibrium even further ? ‘ Where 's Rebecca?’ he asked curtly , coming over to deposit a large cardboard box on the table without regard for any of the documents scattered around . Quickly , Lissa gathered them up and dropped them in a heap on her opened briefcase .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
The West German newspaper Bild Zeitung cited East Berlin sources as saying 3,000 people had been imprisoned for attempted ' flight from the Republic ' . East German opposition leaders said the atmosphere was becoming explosive , and appealed to the public to avoid violence during East Germany 's fortieth anniversary celebrations at the end of the week , which President Mikhail Gorbachev is due to attend . One non - Communist politician , Winfield Wolk , said he feared ' things could happen like in China ' , where Mr Gorbachev 's arrival in May provoked a hunger - strike on Tiananmen Square . On the verge of tears , Mr Wolk went on television to appeal to people to refrain from taking to the streets , and urged them instead to keep a lit candle in their window . Neues Deutschland , the GDR party daily , displayed a declaration by Erich Honecker , the country 's leader , that ' the existence of the Socialist German Democratic Republic is good fortune for our people , and for the peoples of Europe ' .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
She works at the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society at Stranmillis Road , Belfast . The society has about 1 , members across the Northern Ireland , people from all walks of life with a common interest in learning about preserving architecture of value . Riddel 's warehouse , Ann Street . p/36/
Idiom: place in the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
The farm worker still remains socially and geographically isolated but he is also becoming less bound by custom and habit . He is also becoming more impatient with his traditionally inferior status . Edwin Gooch , the former President of the NUAAW , once demanded that the farm worker be given his ‘ place in the sun’ , by which he meant not only better pay and conditions but a more deserving recognition by the rest of society and equality of opportunity within it . The farm worker , in many respects , has yet to achieve his place in the sun , but he is also less willing to accept the low status which the rest of society seems to offer him . It is at this point that the paradox of change and continuity in the life of the farm worker becomes most clear .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
They 're at the Middlesex Hospital . They want to know the way back . Most doctors have three things on their mind , ill , pill and bill . But he 's / she 's such a successful doctor he / she can afford to tell the patients when there 's nothing wrong with them . Good doctors aim to add life to your years , not just years to your life .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I was just taking a walk.’ She had to control her breathing as she looked into his face . In the couple of days since she had last set eyes on him she had forgotten the virile power of that face . He said what she was thinking — or at least a part of it ! ‘ Long time no see .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
Poor creature wo n't be in the mood for social visits.’ Iris picked up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom . Compassion for Antoinette Gebrec had for the time being taken her mind off her own disillusionment . Twelve The following morning Melissa drove Iris as usual to Les Châtaigniers , where they found a state of confusion .