Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
PAPER & THE ENVIRONMENT Just under 2/3 of our domestic waste is made up of paper and cardboard . Most of the 6 million tonnes of paper that we throw away in this country every year has to be buried in holes in the ground . Not only are we rapidly filling up these refuse sites but the disposal and site maintenance is also costing us a lot of money — all from our rates ! Additionally , this waste is a potential source of pollution when it degrades , releasing undesirable chemicals into the soil and air .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: no)
It had been delivered as she paid her daily visit to the Casa Guidi or otherwise would have languished at the post office , returned as unclaimed . It struck her as peculiar that Mr Browning should not have given Mr Surtees Cook his Rome address for this telegram could not be relayed south in under another twenty - four hours and perhaps more . Taking it back to the post office herself and explaining the circumstances she met with every kind of difficulty about the redirection and was compelled to pay out of her own pocket to have it seen to . She did this willingly , but wondered at Mr Browning 's unusual lack of forethought . It had all , of course , been a mistake — instructions as to the Rome address had been given to George Barrett and not properly passed on .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Consumer spending appears to be slowing . The panel believe lower interest rates are needed to boost flagging demand . But they think the chancellor will have no choice but to increase taxes in the longer term as the economic climate improves . The message to the chancellor is a clear one , do n't tax now , tax later . But he knows that later means closer to the next election .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
But the English encampment at the Spittal could close it , on the south side . Ramsay himself took a detachment and raced ahead therefore , knowing the position . The Spittal camp was round another major bend of the river , the last one , and not actually in sight . So the possibility was that the leadership there , if any , would not be fully aware of what had just developed . At any rate , Ramsay reached the Town ford relieved to find no one there .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , it ca n't do him any harm where he 's gone . Two adjectives … devious is one , he was certainly that ; and I 'm afraid the other would have to be spiteful . You can add secretive for good measure though he had n't much to be secretive about.’ ‘ Somebody killed him.’ ‘ Yes , and I must admit that surprises me .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Hearing a footstep she looked up , smiling , thinking the lass had returned ; and startled saw Lachlan studying her . She was afraid , and nearly scrambled to her feet . Then , as he made no move to come any nearer , she sank back and lifted an eyebrow . ' Well , Lachlan Cattanach ? Have you come to revenge yourself on me for failing you ? '
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: no)
have a browse through that . Thank you . Oh one other thing I should point out at this stage , erm on the back of some of these Yeah ? you 'll see various stickers .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Before getting down to their books they searched out a hollow straw and leaned flat across the spring to drink the water which was famed for its coldness . It was as if by drinking from the cold spring they were hoping to appease some spirit of the place so that it would n't turn unfriendly to their studies ; but they could not settle as they tried to read and make notes . A fly landed on a nose . A pure white butterfly tossed about in the light on the edge of the lake . Bees were moving about on the bluebells .
Idiom: teething troubles (used idiomatically: yes)
January saw the inauguration of the Bournemouth - Weymouth electrification and three months later £ 16.4million was promised to convert the Portsmouth - Southampton route . Enter the Class 91 , the new breed of East Coast main - line electric locomotive . The prototype series of ten appeared from BREL Crewe Works with a collection of teething troubles , but were in regular passenger traffic to Leeds by the end of the year . What happened to their Electra branding , by the way ? Exit the Class 45 ‘ Peaks’ , the last surviving locomotives built at Derby Works — and Flying Scotsman to Australia for a year 's tour .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
These meetings can provide an opportunity to be sociable and to exchange views and experiences as they arise , and can help to reduce tension and the feeling that you alone have the monopoly on making elementary mistakes . Keeping up to date with developments in your own specialty can go a long way to adding to your confidence . Attempting to get to grips with all the developments in nursing over the past five years is meat enough for any expert , and you will not be regarded as letting the side down just because you are not familiar with all the latest terminology or research in your clinical specialty . You will be expected to become more involved in teaching within your own clinical setting but this does not mean that you have to prepare lectures or notes in advance . Much more is made these days of adding to existing experience and finding solutions to individual problems of patients rather than attempting to apply nursing practice to clinical symptoms and multiple medical diagnosis .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: no)
A new type of warfare seems to have developed , constant sniping during the day by both sides , and increased mortaring and shelling at night . The British guns behind us seem to have the edge on the German artillery . More shells are passing over our heads on their way to blast the enemy positions , than are coming our way . Of course , we are still receiving the odd British shell dropping in the orchard . The big house ( Brigade H.Q ) received another hit this evening , it could have been a German or British shell .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
She shook her head , trying to clear the hot rush of blood that made her feel strangely dizzy . ' I remember telling you that I wanted nothing more to do with you ! ' she snapped . ' On a personal level , yes . But this is business . ' Luke moved round the table and came closer , so that she had to tilt her head to look up into his face , and that — and only that ! — increased the whirling inside her head .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
She had seen people like this . She had no confidence that time would bring with it inevitable growth : she grew by will and by strain . As a child , she was always deeply affected by the story of the sower who sowed his seeds , and some fell by the wayside , and some on stony ground and some fell among the thorns , and some fell upon good ground and bore fruit . This story was a favourite of the headmistress of her primary school , so she heard it often at Morning Prayers , and long before she could see it as a parable , she already felt shock before its injustice . The random scattering of seeds , and how much worse , of human souls , appalled her .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I will write to you,’ he promised rather threateningly . ‘ Should I know about this?’ Glyn 's training suddenly got the better of him , but Jenna had no time to reply — the Frenchman did that smartly . ‘ There is little to know , monsieur , ’ he said coolly . ‘ In fact there is nothing to know unless you are extremely well acquainted with Mademoiselle Bryant .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Bottom : Ps lombardoi . Maintenance The tank has been up and running for eight months : pH is 7.8 , with 15 ° GH and 12 ° KH . Jay carries out a 30 gallon water change every three weeks and reckons his total maintenance for all 21 tanks averages out to about one hour per day . At the moment , the Malawi set - up holds about 60 fish , which are fed on a mixture of brine shrimp , cooked chicken , peas and cichlid pellets .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Another astronomical question comes from Martin Lowe , of Richmond in Surrey . He asks if the redshift of distant galaxies could not be explained by a universal contraction towards a point which is , as yet , beyond our observational limits . Unfortunately for such exotic ideas , even if the ‘ centre of the Universe’ were out of sight , such a peculiar behaviour would be revealed by an asymmetric pattern of redshifts on the sky . The observed pattern , that in all directions the redshift of a galaxy is proportional to its distance from us , can be explained ( if we are not at a special place in the Universe ) only by a uniform universal expansion . Another reader takes Christine Sutton to task on a semantic point .
Idiom: put two and two together (used idiomatically: yes)
It was untenable that he should blame her for something that was not her fault . She said angrily , ‘ How do you know that Emma suspects me of being the root cause of her troubles ? Perhaps she was just feeling generally unhappy , and you put two and two together and made five . I do n't see why you should assume I have anything to do with it.’ ‘ I 'm going on what she told me,’ he rasped .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
A few British officials , however , in whom northern habits died hard , preferred to go to one of the clubs and have a drink and lunch there . Owen was one of these . He was unable to sleep during the day , and used the dead time to keep up with the newspapers and journals in the reading - room and to swim in the club pool while it was comparatively empty . Afterwards , about five , when the club started to fill up with people arriving for the daily hockey and cricket matches , played always , by personal decree of the Consul - General , in the cool of the evening , he returned to his office . The buildings were empty except for the occasional orderly and the Assistant Commissioner at the other end of the corridor , and sometimes Nikos working late , and he was able to get a lot of work done .
Idiom: eat your heart out (used idiomatically: yes)
Doing a homemade version is much more fun , as we found out at St Edwards , in Runcorn while celebrating 150 years of parish life . October already had been action - packed , with a talk by local historian Bert Starkey —‘The main thrust for good in Victorian Runcorn came from Methodism ; there were 18 chapels within one square mile,’— and a brilliant display of dancing by the over - forties at the dinner / dance . The square tango had to be seen to be believed — eat your hearts out , disco dancers ! The feast of St Edward on October 13 , saw a parade of priests ( see picture top left ) , all similarly vested , around Bishop Joseph Gray , who presided at the mass . It was good to see so many familiar faces , some older , some heavier , some lighter ( well done , Father Roger Clarke ) , Father McNamara had interrupted his pilgrimage to the shrines of Blackpool to be with us .
Idiom: as good as new (used idiomatically: yes)
HOLES IN PAPER Sometimes the appearance of an old book can be spoiled by holed end papers . Here 's how to repair , and to make your book look as good as new . 1 Find paper of similar weight and colour — try old end papers from discarded books at jumble sales .
Idiom: go to ground (used idiomatically: yes)
But within a minute that Renault could have turned off the main road and got lost in the maze of lanes to the west of Sandwich Flats . Every police car in Kent was on the lookout . It 's my guess they went to ground somewhere in that area.’ ‘ Sandwich.’ ‘ Yes , I was thinking that too.’
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
More intense review than that provided by a test of arbitrariness will be necessary in order to ensure that the agency does not just go through the motions of listening to people . If we wish seriously to enhance such process rights , then we must be prepared to listen to claims that the agency did not give adequate consideration to certain views . Judicial intervention which occurs only when the resultant agency decision is substantively arbitrary will be insufficient , because there may be many instances when it falls short of this , but still wholly or partially ignores the views of interested parties . ( 6 ) Decision - making , discretion and substantive review Many of the preceding options are based implicitly or explicitly upon ideas as to how administrators make decisions .
Idiom: muddy the waters (used idiomatically: yes)
Bert , is it a sort of composite ? Well , no it 's not actually John . Do n't try and muddy the waters , please . We 've had enough of that this week already . Right , er .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
I bus - hopped down to Covent Garden to start putting the feelers out for Werewolf . The City is one of the few places left with the old London buses you can jump on and off . With most punters having travel passes with those twee colour pictures on their identity cards , the conductors rarely bother to come upstairs to collect fares any more , so you can get a fair amount of free rides in if you 're prepared to keep moving . The new one - man buses which are everywhere these days are not only designed by maniacs who 've never heard of the aged or disabled , but you ca n't get on one without flashing the cash . Sometimes I think all the fun 's going out of London .
Idiom: at death's door (used idiomatically: yes)
She had evidently injured her foot , and they thought the bone might be affected . After some hesitation the estimable Puchberg responded to Mozart 's appeal , and Constanze was dispatched to take a cure at Baden , a spa about 17 miles south of Vienna . She seems to have had amazing powers of recovery : from being at death 's door in mid - July , a month later she was giving her husband cause for concern about ‘ making herself cheap’ in the free - and - easy atmosphere of Baden . ‘ Do not torment yourself and me with needless jealousy’ , implored Wolfgang . ‘ Do remember that a wife can only enslave her husband by her modest behaviour.’
Idiom: call the tune (used idiomatically: yes)
But the state — indirectly — contributes over 50 per cent of annual funds in the form of subscriptions paid for news services . Thus today French media subscribers pay relatively little for a ‘ French - made’ service of national and international news : the French press gets a major news - service cheap ( despite its protests to the contrary ) , and in exchange it serves as a guarantee of the independence of the agency . De Gaulle was little interested in AFPs’ He considered it normal that he who pays the piper calls the tune : ‘ qui paie commande’ . For national politicians , television was becoming the important medium — even before de Gaulle returned to power ( 1958 ) . In 1956 , TV first covered a general election night ; the premier , socialist Guy Mollet , participated in a ‘ Face the press’ programme , and the government protested at TV news coverage of the Suez invasion .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
Gavyn Davies , chief UK economist in London for the US investment house Goldman Sachs , said : ' If they joined the pound would spontaneously recover . ' He added that the market gloom was caused by fears of recession . But Professor Alan Budd , chief economic adviser to Barclays Bank , said of the Government 's predicament : ' In the short run there is nothing that can be done . When the markets go against you there is nothing that can stop it until the market adjusts . ' He added that the Government had ' neither an exchange rate policy nor an interest rate policy ' .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
When , in a major exercise , Rank Xerox switched a number of specialised staff to operating as teleworking freelance consultants ( involving setup costs of just £ 1,300 per head and achieving savings in office expenses of £ 17,500 per worker in the first year of operation ) , sending instructions by electronic mail was not enough : a ‘ gossip line’ was introduced so that they could keep up on office news . BT went a stage further in its experiment , just completed , involving ten staff from its directory enquiries centre at Inverness who over the past year have been operating from home . Using the additional capacity on ISDN lines , they were able to set up video phones , involving a small camera on the top of the VDU while receiving pictures superimposed on the screen , to converse face - to - face with supervisors and other staff . Although BT said they were continuing to look at the results of the experiment , initial findings included the fact that not only was BT satisfied with productivity achieved but the staff themselves were only too sorry to see it end . With what it reckons to be a higher proportion of ISDN lines per thousand of population compare with anywhere else in the UK , HIE clearly hopes to see a rapid expansion of inward investment and other forms of economic development on the back of teleworking .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: no)
He gave it to the driver of the taxi he found outside , who whisked him back up the hill again , back through time to a medieval alley smelling of woodsmoke and urine . A more unlikely situation for a cinema was hard to imagine , but the driver pointed to a set of steps burrowing up between two houses and explained that it was as near as he could get in a car . The small piazza into which Zen eventually emerged had an eerie , underwater look , due to a uniform coating of lurid green light from a neon sign mounted on a building otherwise no different from the others . ‘ CINEMA MINERVA’ , it read . Zen made no attempt to find out what was showing .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
Dundee struggle brings attendant problems Dundee1 Airdrie1 DUNDEE 'S Canadian chairman Ron Dixon will have had an uncomfortable time since Saturday despite the distance between his home in Vancouver and his football headquarters at Dens Park . Reports of his side having struggled to a disappointing home draw with lowly Airdrie will not have been his sole concern as he takes stock of his Scottish investment . Having spent a healthy proportion of his personal wealth in a bid to provide a Premier Division platform for the club , figures show the public are not responding through the Dens Park turnstiles . Successive visits by Motherwell and Airdrie have seen attendances recorded at 3,370 and 3,079 respectively ; clearly insufficient numbers to maintain the running of a full - time outfit at Dens Park , let alone allow the investment manager Simon Stainrod says is required on the playing staff .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
We were only playing School life is more than cognitive development , children 's social development is important too . Much of this takes place in the give and take of the unstructured world of the playground . Here children will share and squabble , will make and break friendships . We do put children out into playgrounds for a long time , those children that take lunch in school will spend about 20 per cent of the day in the playground .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
They are , however , quite clear that the State and the apparatus of the State , especially law , are some of the tools of the dominant class , and are therefore primes examples of false consciousness . Because of this , political ideas in class societies , ideas such as the sovereignty of the State and the particular idea of justice embodied in law , are all manifestations of the imposition of the consciousness of the dominant class , because they facilitate and hide class exploitation . It is in this context that Marx and Engels finally turn the tables on the ideas of philosophers who , like Hegel , had argued about the primacy of ideas , especially the idea of the State , as though these ideas had formed the processes of history rather than the other way round . What Marx and Engels show is that since these ideas are examples of ideology , attributing to them causal primacy amounts to making them unquestionable , and to making the social order which they legitimate and organize — capitalism — free from possible challenge . The very philosophy of the Hegelians is therefore not a challenge to society but a way of making such challenge unthinkable .
Idiom: good offices (used idiomatically: no)
Indeed , if not convincingly deterred by the international community , it is extremely difficult to believe that Bashir would let the South secede without a fight . A crucial bone of contention that might ignite a new war is the future of the country ’s oil industry and the North - South border demarcation . So far , the good offices of the Norwegian government have failed to produce an agreement on the key question of the post - independence distribution of oil revenues between North and South . Given that most of Sudan ’s oil wealth is concentrated in the South , the management of the oil industry and its revenues after secession is an existential problem for Bashir ’s regime and its capacity to control his vast and ethnically diverse country .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's where Jesus went . You know , Jesus did n't spend his days , he went to the synagogue , it was his custom , but he did n't spend his days and nights in the synagogue , he went to the parties . And if Jesus was around today he would be going to the places that you and I would think twice about going to , not because he wanted to have a good time , but because he wanted to relate to the people who were there . He has I have n't come to call the righteous , but sinners to repentance . And one of the accusations that was hurled against Jesus again and again is that this man eats and drinks with sinners !
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah . Okay . That should get full marks . Yeah . Bit .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
I would n't be surprised if Rose put him up to it ! ' She was becoming increasingly agitated , glaring at Melissa as if in some way holding her responsible . ' Take it easy , ' said Iris . ' This is getting out of hand . ' Dora ignored the intervention .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Um Hamed came through the court , covered in her black veils which brushed against climbing bougainvillaea blossoms , sending down showers of petals . We rose to greet her and her companions with delighted cries of welcome , mingled with congratulations for her walk . ' But it is such an easy walk on such a cool day , ' laughed Um Hamed , lifting her veil off her face and adjusting her mask so that it settled properly on her nose . We agreed that it was indeed a fine day — a perfect day . The wind had changed , bringing strangely cool , fresh air to the oases .
Idiom: give someone a bloody nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Full stop , end.’ ‘ Rubbish . As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose . Or rather they 've given our county councillors a bloody nose by throwing them out , and the councillors are taking it out on us . But give them a solid economic recovery and they 'll forget it ever happened.’
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
A moment later Dyson realized that all the men listening to Lord Boddy had their left hands in their trouser pockets , too . His own left hand , he discovered , was in his trouser pocket . He took it out hastily , lest Lord Boddy notice it and jump to the conclusion that Dyson was mimicking him , and transferred it to his jacket pocket . At once Lord Boddy did the same , and one by one , as they listened and nodded , everyone else followed suit . Embarrassed , now that he had noticed what was happening , Dyson removed his hand from his jacket pocket and slipped it inconspicuously behind his back .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , no he were never even on the bills , on the papers no where you ?