Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
She held the lead and quietly plodded upward through the crisp snow that covered the long Baskan Glacier . In a way , climbing Elbrus is a bit like climbing Mont Blanc , for you 'll seldom be alone . So I was particularly pleased to find at one point , when I 'd indulged in a lengthy photo session , that the rest of the party had gone over the brow and out of sight and I was left for a while with the world to myself . It was a world of pristine beauty and breathless calm — all the wind was beyond the ridge — and I revelled in it . On and upward , slow now with the altitude telling on legs and lungs alike , the route was measured in numbers of steps before a rest was needed .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: no)
Explaining the proposals , MCC secretary Col John Stephenson said : ‘ We have had to cater for all cricket , so it may not seem to be as tough as some people have been demanding . ‘ We did n't think , for instance , it should be necessary for umpires to inspect the ball every over in all levels of cricket — that would only waste time . ‘ Playing conditions can be adopted by any cricketing authority at any level to introduce ball inspections or tough penalties . ’ Gazza sparks exodus Ben Bacon
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Extra glands had been grafted into her to store and synthesize at speed the somatotrophin growth hormone that ordinarily promoted growth of long bones and protein synthesis in a child … and glands to reverse the process . Her artificial implants were a living organic part of her . By the same token her body of flesh and blood and bone was partly artifice and artefact . This , coupled with the Polymorphine and her own apparently chameleonic talent — perhaps potentiated by the syn - skin , though of this aspect Jaq was truly unsure — enabled her to undergo a wilder , faster transformation than fellow Assassins : a radical transmutation of her body into , at least , Stealer semblance . Jaq knew that she was an initiate of the Callidus Shrine of the Assassins — speciality : cunning — and the experiment in the Callidus medical laboratory perhaps marked a perilous , agonizing zenith of dissimulation .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
Emotionally chilling and horribly convincing . THE REST The return to low - budget film - making by the director of Halloween , John Carpenter , fails to generate anything like the same tension . In They Live ( 18 Guild 26 Oct ) the endless fist - fights are boring and the Orwellian tyrrannies familiar , to say the least . The little - known cast is unlikely to become better known . Something of the same quality of camp horror is to be found in The Blob ( 18 Braveworld 25 Oct ) , a remake of the 1958 B movie about a mysterious substance that eats people .
Idiom: throw your weight around (used idiomatically: yes)
Whether the day follows a pattern of group discussion alone or involves an element of competitiveness by dividing the overall group into smaller groups with set targets to achieve , you should bear in mind a few good rules . Be conscious of the difference between showing leadership qualities and simply showing off . You want to stand out in the assessor 's mind but not as an insensitive bully trying to throw your weight around . A polite and considered approach , avoiding outright confrontation , will stand you in better stead . Show you can work as part of a team
Idiom: go for broke (used idiomatically: yes)
Labour leaders yesterday urged Prime Minister Mr Major to crack down on economic sanctions with Serbia . SAFE : Refugee Sabaheta Bambur and daughter Selma , one , with Mr Smith BIRDMEN GO FOR BROKE ! INTREPID David Bradshaw broke the Great Bognor Birdman record yesterday — but winning the wacky contest cost him dearly . David , a 19-year - old student , received the £ 100 prize for making the longest - ever powerless flight from the town 's 30ft - high pier .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
What do you think of the little hearts every time you put an enter ? I wondered what was going on . By , by the end of the time when I er did the address I had about ten hearts all over the screen . Well with most word processors So I did F eleven and , and revealed the codes and deleted it all .
Idiom: lose heart (used idiomatically: yes)
A glance at her watch told her she would have to leave to catch a tram in half an hour . She wandered into the study , thinking she would work on a poem , whose first line would be , ‘ Yes , I remember the Stockhausen’ . But seeing the confusion on her desk , all the things that had to be done , she lost heart . There was so little time to write . Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society .
Idiom: for my money (used idiomatically: yes)
yeah , got ta go on like that in't it ? yes now , for my money now if that were loose I 'd open these shall no
Idiom: save someone's skin (used idiomatically: yes)
Markios said , ' I know what you asked the King to do . Your lady wife told my sister at table of your desire for a truce with Famagusta , your wish to feed the pigs and convince them of their isolation . Your idea that the King and I would lean back in indolence , allowing Famagusta to fatten and snigger , throwing away all the months of striving so that you could save your thick skin from a fight ? ' ' She said all that ? ' said Nicholas mildly . ' No , ' said the Patriarch .
Idiom: live in sin (used idiomatically: yes)
For St Francis there were a number of decisive moments , such as when he saw the leper . He dismounted from his horse and embraced the leper even though the thought of doing so was so repulsive to him . He wrote in his Testament not long before he died : " While I was living in sin , it seemed a very bitter thing to look at lepers ; but the Lord Himself led me among them , and I had compassion on them . And when I left them , the thing that had seemed so horrible to me was transformed into happiness of body and soul for me . " Another experience was when he was praying before the crucifix in San Damiano and it seemed to him that it gave him the message , " Build my church " , which he immediately interpreted quite literally as , " Save this church from crumbling into ruins " .
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: yes)
' He still does . But he wants to start again , without the taint of Bremen . New blood , with new ideals , fresh ideas . ' She stared back at him a moment then shook her head . ' But still with you , neh ? '
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . because it 's come out a lot in this discussion that is there 's a big gap between the biological , biological and medical knowledge that 's accrued in the last ten or fifteen years , and the actual social consequences of these developments and there has n't been enough discussion and consideration of what will happen . Now , I do n't subscribe to the slippery slope view Mhm . that you know what , we 're go going to be overwhelmed by these erm changes in , in technology , if you like but I do feel that there is a need to discuss changes in relationships in society , you know , what happens when your grandmother 's actually your mother as well !
Idiom: the ball is in someone's court (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Of course I 'm not discounting the rest . There are still a lot of good teams up there capable of winning the title . But the ball is in our court . I just have that feeling , as I have done all season , that honours could be coming Villa 's way if we continue to play powerful , punishing football . ‘ Even the gaffer has been saying that we have a half - decent team .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Perhaps I should have joined you,’ she said . He winked . ‘ It 's only because you stayed — and did what you did — that I can make light of it.’ He reached out and took her hand . Suddenly she felt herself close to tears .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: no)
Something like that . She did n't ? She , no she , cos she 'd s what , he 'd done his business pel pissed off and left her in this house and she did n't even know . Ooh ! Whose house was it ?
Idiom: start off on the wrong foot (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes . That 's particularly important in systems like ours , where you can divert your telephone , so even though you 're certain that you dialled the right number , you could end up absolutely anywhere , because the number you dialled could be diverted somewhere completely different , so it 's very important when you answer the telephone to say who you are . The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so - and - so ? and they say ‘ yes’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so!’ and you start off on the wrong foot . Anything else ? When they shout at you !
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: yes)
Because even if he was n't participating he was sitting listening . Thank you very much . Chairman before before you do finally er pack your bag and zoom off back to wherever it is you 're going , could I on behalf of the county council and all of our participants here today and those who 've been around in the last fortnight thank you and Miss Whittaker and your assistant able assistants er Mrs Binns and Dave in the programme office for the sterling work they 've done . And for making the E I P erm an interesting and er fortnight and I think er commending on the way that you er and your colleagues have handled it er all the way through and er we hope that er at the end of the day we 'll get something back from you fairly quickly which er we 'll act upon . I wo n't promise
Idiom: neither fish nor fowl (used idiomatically: yes)
That matter was being discussed at the chief executives ' conference that I attended in Harrogate on Thursday , and it is a matter of great importance to all those working in the’ next steps’agencies . Mr. Latham Is my right hon . Friend aware that , since these bodies remain within the civil service , some of us feel that executive agencies are neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring ? Will he see what can be done to improve parliamentary accountability for the agencies because , in particular since they are responsible to the Public Accounts Committee , Ministers should be prepared to answer questions about them ? Mr. Renton
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
Wayne Ellwood investigates . The news swept the Canadian environmental movement last year like a toxic blast : Pollution Probe , Canada 's oldest and best - known environmental group , had publicly endorsed a line of ‘ green’ products created by the country 's largest supermarket chain , Loblaws . In return for giving Loblaws its official seal of approval , Probe was to receive a royalty on sales . Worse still : Probe 's erudite and respected Executive Director , Colin Isaacs , had also agreed to play environmental salesperson for Loblaws . Canadians long used to seeing environmental campaigners arguing with corporate polluters were stunned to turn on their TV sets and see Isaacs rubbing shoulders with Loblaws ' gnome - like marketing genius , David Nichols .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
I have something to say.’ ‘ We both have things to say,’ he told her with a fond smile . More quietly he added , ‘ Do n't worry , you 're off the hook . Everything 's going to be all right.’ Marc had swivelled , his face satanic , both brows drawn together in one forbidding line .
Idiom: marriage of convenience (used idiomatically: yes)
They live two entirely separate lives . Yeah , I know . There 's is just a marriage of er convenience . Convenience . Innit it .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Hold me a little bit . What love ? Hold my hand nicely sweetheart , there 's a good girl we 're coming up to a busy road in a minute and it 's dangerous Walk nicely darling , there 's a good girl walk nicely just stand still a minute sweetheart hold my hand Charlotte please hold my hand there 's a good girl . Little bit further . Little bit further yes , it 's not very far it 's not very far
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
1 . Kugelbaum came across a football lying on the pavement . ' Clearly , ' he said to himself , ' Each T on this ball is regular and of the same dimensions as each and every other T. Clearly also , each and every pentagon is regular and the same size as each and every other pentagon . ' How many T 's are there on the surface of the ball ? ILLUSTRATION : IAN ANDERSON
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , go on It depends some students are good and some students are n't . What happens with a student is they 're more likely to take the piss . They 're always the ones that are a bit more boisterous , whereas the older ones you have to physically carry on in the shop floor , the students do n't , and that 's what gives them a bad name . It 's to do with their age as well , you know what I mean .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Goneril and Regan used fraud to gain power , and now that they have it , no longer need to dissimulate . Their false show , like that of Iago , is the pivot on which the whole action turns . Yet while Iago had to start from scratch , foment hatred , poison sight , and invert reality to set his chosen enemies against each other , all that Goneril and Regan have to do to get a third of Britain is to make the kind of noises Lear expects to hear ; indeed , since Cordelia wo n't flatter , they get her part too , and even her coronet as an unlooked - for bonus , Lear 's only ‘ free gift’ , to use the language of modern advertising promotions ( ‘ This coronet part between you’(King Lear , 1 . i.139 ) ) . The hypocrites take , or are given , all , and once they have it , show their real selves .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: no)
His ever - so - proper role as financial consultant to the Duchess of York marked the pinnacle of his climb up the social ladder . And with just one strong hand on the top , he slipped … up . LENDING A HAND : gentleman John guides bikini girl Fergie to a waiting sunbed SMOKE SCREEN : Time for a cigarette in the sun as Fergie and Bryan lounge around ROYAL PATRONAGE : Fergie — the kids nowhere in sight — gives Texan millionaire Bryan an affectionate pat on his balding head as they while away their precious French leave
Idiom: pull the plug (used idiomatically: yes)
But in practice there is an insurmountable difficulty with this approach . Think about the critical moment of decision – when a megabank , like JP Morgan Chase ( with a balance sheet of roughly $ 2~trillion ) , may be on the brink of failure . You are a senior decision maker – perhaps the Secretary of the Treasury or a key adviser to the US president – for this is the level at which the plug must be pulled . You have Senator Dodd 's Resolution ~ Authority and you enter the decisive meeting determined not to save the troubled bank – or , at worst , to save it with a substantial " haircut " ( i.e. , losses ) for unsecured creditors . Then someone reminds you that JP Morgan Chase is a complex global financial ~ institution .
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
The table divides the purposes and associated features of the budget into three aspects : as a tool of accountability ; as a tool of management ; and as an instrument of economic policy . Premchaud ( 1983 , p. 36 ) states : Budgeting in the final analysis … is a political exercise . From this point of view , a budget is expected to state clearly the purposes of expenditures and provide them in a from that will be useful for legislative action . In addition , the budget is the instrument for accountability , in that the government agencies are responsible for the proper management of funds and programmes for which funds are appropriated .
Idiom: drop the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Near the end of the game one of the Spanish players fell over the Scottish goal - line with the ball in his possession , but dropped the ball as he fell on it . On the television replay it was pretty clear , and even the doyen of television commentators , my old friend Bill McLaren , sounded slightly surprised as Gareth awarded the try . However , there is nothing in Law which prevents a player dropping the ball and then falling on it for a score . It is not an infringement to drop the ball anywhere in the playing area so long as the ball does not go forward . Law 17 Knock - on or Throw - forward states : ‘ A knock - on occurs when the ball travels forward towards the direction of the opponents’ dead - ball line …
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
If you are trying to write one . Only the right words to express the way you 're feeling . So it 's difficult to put them down on paper ? Yes , cos like feelings and thoughts are hard to capture they 're intricate and get them down As Woolf said .
Idiom: rise from the ashes (used idiomatically: no)
His concept in In Search of Paradise bids to be over - ambitious though beautiful and certainly a welcome oasis in an otherwise arid week . LETTERS LOFT did not rise from Super - SARA 's ashes Perhaps , when writing of international projects , your printing devils multiply to gremlins , elves , and hobgoblins . In any event , those wretches played havoc with your LOFT versus Super - SARA article ( This week , 24 March , p 787 ) .
Idiom: foam at the mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
The same concoction is still used today for treatment of dropsy , a disease where excess fluid collects in the body tissues . Dogs that bite toads usually come off second best . Within seconds , the toxins from the toad 's skin enter the dog 's bloodstream through the thin mouth tissues , resulting in retching , foaming at the mouth , and , in extreme cases , death . Most toads are cryptically coloured , blending with the surroundings , but one group of amphibians , the poison arrow frogs , from the rain forests of Central and South America , advertise their toxicity . These animals are small , only an inch or so in length , and their spectacular coloration makes them look like tiny jewels .
Idiom: down the hatch (used idiomatically: no)
mites of the most prized vintages , honey - bees in your pigskin hives , wine - harvest ticks , you hurtle down the hatch — your big eyes slipped the noose about your necks but Bacchus carpentered your gallows ;
Idiom: bring the house down (used idiomatically: yes)
She had changed back into her blue suit in the ladies ' loo . Her seven veils were much in demand ; one had fallen into the hands of the Party 's Wessex Area Treasurer who had undertaken to make it a prize in the Christmas draw . In the few hours since she had brought the house down she had been interviewed by three tabloids , Sky Television and by Tony Howard for ‘ Newsnight’ . Ron Barton , who had received a bollocking from his editor ( ‘ where was yer , you prick?’ ) had been given instructions to raise the offer to 10,000 . ‘ A thousand words of her life story , and from what you tell me , Ron , we got the pictures .
Idiom: toe the line (used idiomatically: yes)
Hence the dress and hat which sent the photographers into ecstasy in Melbourne and generally created far more attention and comment than the match in which she had successfully defeated the first of her 1991 Grand Slam titles . INCREASED FINES But there has been one major repercussion from Monica 's failures to toe the official line . The Women 's Tennis Association have announced that fines for playing in an exhibition without approval in the same week as a major event have been sharply increased to a level which it is hoped will help to prevent it happening again . For instance , the fine against a player ranked in the top 4 in the world has been increased five times from $ 20,000 to £ 100,000 .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
Their security and safety depended on Jesus being with them . That was it ! Your safety , and your security and my safety and security in life does not depend on how pleasant my ways are and how pleasant my paths are how much I manage to amass , and how I can overcome all the little difficulties and problems and steer clear of the big ones the security and safety of my life , now and in eternity , security is there in the boat and lying with him . See , the real peace is not the stilling of the storm the real peace is that the assurance of who is going to stop it . That 's the promise to your eternal life .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
There were good lobster grounds just off shore , and most of that summer I kept a lobster creel set , occasionally moving it to fresh grounds . I hauled it when the weather permitted and invariably found a lobster or two in it , or even a fish of some sort . Sometimes I went trolling for lythe with rubber eels , or fly fishing for saithe and mackerel in the clear water around the rocks . There was good cuddy [ haddock]fishing from these rocks too . The soil in this area was as good as anywhere on the island and was noted for potatoes .
Idiom: in living memory (used idiomatically: yes)
Jehan enquired tartly . C'zinsit was an uncle of sorts — the half - brother of his father — but he was several years younger , and Jehan had no hesitation in disputing his point of view . ‘ You are talking about a sea which has never been crossed in living memory . There are stories , that is all — tales told by fishermen — and half of those talk about reefs and a coastline in which there is no safe haven . We are n't sailors .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
One time my friend and I accidentally kicked a bees ' nest , a small , round ball hidden behind the leaves some 10 cm above the ground . It was the bo ve bee , the insect that we most feared to meet in the forest . The stink of this bee makes ‘ pain to the bone’ , and we used to say that bo ve bee sting could break a ploughshare . That time , unfortunately , the nest was broken , and the bees were flying out . We ran away , and they followed angrily .
Idiom: chapter and verse (used idiomatically: yes)
Miss Widdecombe The hon . Gentleman said that it was happening elsewhere to his knowledge . Perhaps he could produce chapter and verse evidence of such incidents . Mr. Hinchliffe rose Miss Widdecombe
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: no)
IT 'S 7am and your partner 's rearing to start the day . You 're not . It 's 7pm and you ca n't wait to go out on the town . Not your partner . You are an owl-and-lark couple , people whose biological clocks simply do n't match .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
But you , Mr Laing , no longer constitute one of those bank officers . Your dismissal letter is in front of you . There will , of course , be no severance pay , and a reference is out of the question . Now , please go.’ Laing knew it was a sentence ; never to work in banking ever again , anywhere in the world .
Idiom: heart of gold (used idiomatically: yes)
He also made an appearance in ‘ EastEnders’ on October 13 , 1987 . Gunsmoke action JAMES Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon , keeping a tight rein on law and order in the give a new generation of viewers the chance to see the classic 1960s Emmy award - winning Western adventure series Gunsmoke ( BBC-2 , 6.50pm ) . The action takes place in tough Dodge City , Kansas during the 1880s , and centres on the lives and experiences of five people : Matt Dillon , the dauntless and fearless United States Marshal ; Kitty Russell , proprietress of the Longbranch Saloon , a woman with a heart of gold who has eyes only for Dillon ; Chester Goode , Matt 's deputy ; Doc Galen Adams , the kindly , dedicated physician ; and Festus Haggen , Matt 's unkempt , hillbilly deputy . In this opening episode , Marshal Matt Dillon tracks down and tragically kills Ray Gilcher , an outlaw but a man who was once a friend . Filled with remorse , Dillon decides it 's time to resign his post and he turns in his badge to a new marshal , Clint Tucker .