Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: put someone in mind of (used idiomatically: yes)
If you believed he was possessed , she whispered between her sobs , everything was explained . In the kitchen Mrs Blakey comforted her and Mr Blakey sat at the scrubbed table stirring sugar into a cup of tea . Possessed by devils put him in mind of a case in the north of England : a man had become worse than ever apparently after clergymen of two denominations had attempted an exorcism ceremony . He 'd seen on television once an exorcism ceremony , a clergyman 's hands on the head of the afflicted person , the clergyman jerking about with spasms , perspiring and dishevelled . Afterwards the clergyman had said he could feel the devils leaving the body of the afflicted person , like an electrical current seemingly .
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
His name was G Clifford Trout Jnr and his self - appointed task took the form of a crusade for animal and human welfare , by imposing morally acceptable standards for the nation 's livestock . ‘ Do n't let your moral standards go lower and lower due to naked animals’ , he told the interviewer . ‘ It 's a shocking situation , and I am spending every single minute of every single day and every last dollar of my father 's money to correct this evil.’ To this noble end Mr Trout had founded the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals . Visitors to its New York headquarters were confronted with pictures of both domestic animals and livestock all discreetly shielding their private parts with a variety of strange garments .
Idiom: put the cart before the horse (used idiomatically: yes)
Members , other members have referred to the crime prevention exercise , I 'm very pleased that this council has actually grasped that nettle and is going to fund a crime prevention co - ordinator at some stage in the near future . I notice it 's not coming out of the police authority budget , it 's coming out of publi , er this , this er committee 's budget . But , we , we really need to er , put the cart before the horse , or the horse before the cart as you may say , I mean , we are now being told by the leader of the Conservative group , that er , we 're going to , we , we should be supporting the idea of amateur parish constables . I look to the day when the , to see what the tabloids make , when one of these individuals gets clobbered over the head er , in carrying out their duties . I think this is policing on the cheap , and it is something profoundly to be regretted .
Idiom: work to rule (used idiomatically: yes)
We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . Unfortunately it was not to be . What w ho wh was the reaction when you decided you would work to rule ? Erm , the management certainly were n't too impressed , which is understandable . But on the other hand , we were only working to rule , we were working by rules and regulations laid down from various Acts and negotiated er agreements .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
But much research , including a recent study by the IMF , suggests that raising taxes and reducing government spending has a negative short - term effect on aggregate demand , thereby reinforcing deflationary and recessionary trends – and undermining fiscal consolidation . In an ideal world , where policymakers could credibly commit to medium- to long - term fiscal adjustment , the optimal and desirable path would be to commit today to a schedule of spending reductions and tax increases , phased in gradually over the next decade as the economy recovers . That way , if the economy needed another targeted fiscal stimulus in the short run , financial markets would not respond by driving up borrowing costs . Unfortunately , the fiscal policy currently adopted by various advanced economies deviates sharply from this path of credible medium - term consolidation combined with short - term additional stimulus . In the US , we have the worst of all possible worlds .
Idiom: break the ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Most of the guests on his show live next door — they just pop in on the way home from work . They go on again and again and so Carson never has to sit at their feet . He does n't have to break any ice because they 're all pals . It 's just chat — how 's the family , here 's the latest joke , how 's it going — and that somehow makes for great entertainment . Once a celebrity has agreed to be a guest , the researcher assigned to him or her will go along for an exploratory conversation .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
What was it that these two friends of his felt for women that had never touched him ? Was there something wrong with him ? When he came to think of it , was there something wrong with the three of them ? Charles was avoiding marriage like the plague , and Henry had taken on the cloak of religion . And yet parsons got married .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: no)
Roger Sippl quit as Informix Corp chairman to pursue his start - up interests : Phil White , president and chief executive , succeeds him . Sippl 's new venture ProActive is staffing up , hiring itself a vice president of sales Paige Hiatt , ex of Grid Systems , and a vice president of consulting Bill Morton , formerly of ViewStar Corporation . Littleton , Massachusetts - based Alliant Computer Systems Corp is taking a long time to die — too long for Craig Mundie , who resigned as president and chief executive to accept a position with Microsoft Corp as general manager , Advanced Consumer Technologies . Mundie , one of the three founders of Alliant in 1982 , will remain on the board to advise in final sale of the service business and ultimate liquidation of the company . IBM UK Ltd lost its RS/6000 chief Clive Parminter to Oracle UK Ltd last week : Parminter will head Oracle 's major accounts division from the new year and report to Allen Swann , director of Oracle 's direct sales channels .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
This is great for biceps and shoulders . Lie face downwards , palms on the floor at shoulder level , toes pointed . Balance on the balls of your feet . Straighten your arms , raising your body in a straight line , and lower . Can you repeat this 3 times ?
Idiom: sweet nothings (used idiomatically: no)
at the end of the day . I mean , our Colin 's there waiting for a grant and what 's happening . Sweet nothing . Now we 're , it were in bloody paper last on Thursday , they do n't get nothing when they 're on holiday . No , they do n't ,
Idiom: rub someone up the wrong way (used idiomatically: yes)
Steer clear of complicated issues or sensitive subjects or you 're sure to put your foot in things and make a tense situation even worse . Trying to say the right thing to calm things down or protect people 's feelings only brings more upset and confusion . Somehow you can put up with and even smile at a stranger or workmate 's silly antics and daft behaviour , but when someone close to you starts rubbing you up the wrong way you 'll explode . Your judgement 's warped and clouded Monday , but that wo n't be any real problem unless you have to make important assessments and decisions . If you do have responsible or professional choices to make be sure to get all the facts .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
You ca n't hear nothing cos the glass is too thick , so you got to guess what the people are saying . I stay there a bit watching a telly programme with this man doing stuff . I think he 's doing tricks and that , cos he 's got hankies and playing cards and that . I do n't really understand what he 's doing , but it 's OK to watch him for a bit . The lady 's watching a wildlife programme I reckon , cos all of a sudden she says'I was bitten by a tiger once . '
Idiom: in Dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
It means , in Dutch , a sick or defective ear . If you want a colloquial equivalent in English , Thickear might be as good as any . There are many such names in Dutch and Flemish , dating from Napoleonic times . Until the Netherlands came under Napoleon 's rule , many of the inhabitants had managed perfectly well without surnames . That did not suit Bonaparte 's desire for order and was inconvenient to his need for conscripting recruits to his army .
Idiom: take a leaf out of someone's book (used idiomatically: yes)
It was partly the alcohol and partly the knowledge that he was finally going to do something about his life . The worry he had been feeling about Janine was replaced by elation . He would take a leaf out of Mickey 's book . Hit first , ask questions later . Michael watched his brother 's face and guessed immediately what was going through his mind .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
Her tongue felt parched for a cool drink . She came upon him quite suddenly . Rounding a bend , she saw Water Gypsy tied up to the bank . And in a field , just off the path , sat Fen . His back view was quite unmistakable .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
For a start it is far larger — 71 per cent of the earth 's surface is sea , only 29 per cent dry land . Only in a very few latitudinal bands is there more land than sea : thanks to Europe and Asia , that stretching from 45 ° N to 70 ° N is dominated by land , as is that ( because of Antarctica ) between 70 ° S and the South pole . Elsewhere , and particularly south of the equator , the sea rules : north of 84 ° there is no land at all , and between 45 ° S and the Antarctic Circle there is to all intents and purposes none either ( just The Bluffs in New Zealand , a sliver of Patagonia and a few islands , unshakable relics of the British empire ) . The average depth of the sea is 12,430 feet — much deeper than the average height of the land , a mere 2,760 feet . And the sea 's greatest known depth of 36,200 feet exceeds by more than a mile the height of Mount Everest .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
As we saw in chapter ten , the beatitudes of Jesus express the radicalism of living under the rule of God 's own character . Happiness only comes about when we live within the disciplines of life , given to us by God . The Book of Proverbs makes it clear that happiness and discipline go hand in hand from the beginning of our lives : ‘ He who spares the rod hates his son , but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.’ Another passage says , ‘ My son , do not despise the Lord 's discipline and do not resent his rebuke , because the Lord disciplines those whom he loves , as a father the son he delights in.’ These Old Testament sayings are re - echoed in the New Testament .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's all right , do n't worry,’ said Peter . His face was tense , quivering with excitement , drunk on the challenge . Andrew went out of the attic , hands in his pockets . ‘ Are n't you scared?’ said Michael , before they followed him . ‘ No .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
Mildred 's room was the last of all . ' Let us hope that your feet are in the correct place by the morning , Mildred , ' said Miss Hardbroom frostily , as Mildred hastened inside and closed the door . Shortly after the rising bell had been rung , Ethel and Mildred were waiting anxiously outside Miss Hardbroom 's door . It was the first time that Ethel had been summoned to her form - mistress for any reason other than praise . ' It 's your fault , Mildred Hubble , ' she muttered , as they paced up and down the corridor .
Idiom: bell the cat (used idiomatically: yes)
It has very strict rules , both in its Charter and in its own Guide to Producers , but these have been increasingly flouted . It seems clear that several million voters have still not made up their minds , and there is therefore an added incentive in the last few days to influence them . We shall be told that the time has been equally shared between the three parties , but there are many ways of belling the cat , and the timing of the viewpoints and the batting order can achieve the results they intend . I give two examples . On Monday , the Today programme , which has been the most heavily anti - Tory one for many years , decided that Michael Heseltine should be allowed to appear .
Idiom: sink or swim (used idiomatically: yes)
There is general agreement in the hot fusion community that CIT will bring significant advances to the field , but the problem is that it will cost 700 million dollars which requires new funds and imposes new pressures both within and outside the community . Within the community the question is which site will win the first , and both inside and outside there is the question of ‘ How much of my money will be sacrificed to support the CIT?’— areas of science that have no immediate connection to fusion nevertheless get funded from the same sources , such as the Department of Energy . There is little doubt that some of the 700 million dollars would be at the expense of others and some practitioners of ‘ small’ science , whose projects can sink or swim on fluctuations of tens of thousands of dollars , see calls for 700 million with less than total enthusiasm . Within the fusion community there is argument over the siting of the CIT . One argument is that if building the CIT involves cutting into present research programmes then it may be preferable to run the present experiments for longer .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm very sorry if people got injured . You 're getting innocent people , men and women killed , children killed and we 're expected to accept this . I feel they 're putting units into this country , why not us put a unit into their country , not to kill their women and children , but to kill the people who 's actually doing it , whether they be I R A , U D A , knock 'em out , let 's have 'em out once and for all . Now never mind the rights and wrongs I was was with them
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
We had to go back to Porto to clear Customs back into Spain , and getting decent Met information was proving difficult . An evening thunderstorm suggested that the situation would not be CAVOK , and so I struggled with the telephone . Portuguese , although appearing to be similar to Spanish on paper , is pronounced completely differently , and so despite the fact that we could communicate in French and Spanish , we could not make ourselves understood in Portuguese other than to ask , ‘ Fala ingles?— do you speak English?’ Many Portuguese people in hotels and restaurants speak French if not English , but unfortunately for us the Met people did not , in general . We would phone the office in Port , ask if anyone spoke English , and be delighted to be told , ‘ Yes , I do.’
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Bearing in mind the subsidiarity principle and the budgetary resources available , the Council will have to decide in cooperation with Parliament — in accordance with Article~128 — what sectors should be given priority .
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: no)
And came to the uncomfortable conclusion that it might have been a warning … If so , then , having delivered it , he did n't seem anxious to continue the subject . ‘ I thought we could run up the river as far as Richmond or Kew,’ he said , changing the subject abruptly . He fished out a brightly coloured map and handed it over . ‘ That way I can show you Buckingham Palace and the rest of the sights from the air .
Idiom: take a dim view of (used idiomatically: yes)
The present American tendency is to ask what a country can now do for itself and for the United States , not what it might do in other circumstances , nor yet what it deserves . It is not to be expected , however , that the killing of the fatted calf for the prodigal son will evoke any more enthusiasm in his virtuous brother than it did in the scriptural parable . Australians and Chinese , who have borne the burden and heat of the day in the war imposed by Japanese aggression , naturally take a dim view of Washington 's new policy and ask how Japan is going to behave once it gets back its industrial strength . It was essential for the United States to explain to those countries which had supported the allied war effort against Japan how the dangers posed by a Japanese economic revival could be surmounted . There was much sense in the American wish to see the Japanese economy functioning efficiently again , ‘ But in Canberra , Nanking , and Manila their conversion to innocence requires to be demonstrated more convincingly than it is by the optimistic hand - outs from General MacArthur 's headquarters.’
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Unlike war on land , war at sea was not an occupation for which the nobility was trained . Indeed , the author of Le débat des hérauts d'armes could state that the French nobility did not regard fighting at sea as being a noble activity : it is perhaps for this reason that naval warfare did not feature in the chronicles in the way that war on land did . Nor did it seem apparent to all that the war fought at sea , the damage which might be inflicted upon enemy vessels and morale , and the consequences which victory at sea could have for those who lived in areas close to coasts , were all part of a wider war which could not be restricted to the fighting on land . So it was that when the Hundred Years War began , although both the French and the English kingdoms had particular naval objectives which they needed to further for military reasons , neither could be said to have possessed a proper navy . Up to that time the maritime needs of the two countries had not been very demanding .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
The woman had , indeed , broken her big toe . The fracture was clearly visible on the X - ray , and even Joe Reynolds could have seen it . ' My daughter told me she 'd spilt nail varnish on my new bedroom carpet . ' ' You should n't have kicked her so hard , ' Jack said with a grin . She laughed .
Idiom: buy the farm (used idiomatically: yes)
It was she who had cared for him , and looked after him , too , until he died , and in the bed upstairs in which he had been born , and his father before him , in the days when this house had really been a farmhouse and the land about had been glowing with crops in their rotation . There had been cows in that yard outside and horses stabled around . Her great - grandparents had lived in this house ; it was her great - grandfather who had bought the farm ; but from where had come the money for a Polish immigrant to buy a farm in those far - off days remained a mystery to both her grandfather and , of course , her father . All her father remembered about his grandfather was that he was a dour man and that the only relaxation he ever gave himself was at the races . Therein , she thought , lay the source of the money as well as its eventual loss , because , when her grand father inherited the place , the farm was already in debt .
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
Although some 40 firms in Britain supply robots , only half a dozen make them . A couple of years ago , it seemed that the number of UK robot companies was about to mushroom , but the optimism turned out not to be justified . Several would - be robot makers fell by the wayside , among them Remek of Milton Keynes . Tom Brock , secretary of the British Robot Association , says he is disappointed that the number of robot firms has failed to increase . The Department of Industry is trying to tempt more companies to enter this area .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
MORTUARY buildings , including post - mortem rooms , can not be described as the most popular or easily accessible areas on a hospital site . They are often at the rear or side of the main hospital building , or even sited completely away from the main thoroughfare . Most healthcare staff seem to feel the mortuary is ‘ out of sight , out of mind’ . Not wishing to think about dying is a natural response for those who wish to direct their care and attention to the living . Regrettably , not all hospital employees are in a position to forget about this inevitable outcome — in fact , their daily work may be involved with the direct handling of the dead .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But I could make the aeroplane . There 's an Imperial Airways ‘ Heracles’ , the one that flies to India.’ They both knelt on the carpet and peered at the large magazine , turning the pages . ‘ I 'll show you my Meccano Club Certificate after tea,’ said Alexander expansively to his new friend . ‘ If Dad comes home early we might get my Hornby down off the top of the wardrobe.’
Idiom: bang to rights (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's going to take a bit of explaining . I 'm sure . But best is last , as we 've got you bang to rights handling stolen property.’ If he expected me to break into tears and confess , then he was a good judge of character , but I had Dod to think about and Dod had a missus and kids and anyway was bigger than me and after all was a pretty good drummer . I should have known .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
The Socratic virtues were preached because the Greeks had lost them : excitable , timid , fickle comedians every one of them , they had a few reasons too many for having morals preached to them .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
He must know what he was doing All night he thought , all night he planned . Early in the morning , in the grey cold light that precedes the rising sun , he positioned himself in trees to the east of the lake but out of sight of it . He waited . Thin sun came .
Idiom: squeaky clean (used idiomatically: yes)
A SELECTIVE HERSTORY OF WOMEN IN ROCK THANKS LARGELY to Doris Day , pop singers like Sandra Dee , Helen Shapiro and Connies Stevens and Francis , were sweetly feminine — nice girls , all looking for that one special guy , in their songs at least . They were hugely successful , squeaky clean purveyors of teen romance in the late ' 50s and early ' 60s , selling the great romantic myth to a generation of women . But the female pop psyche was split ; its dark underbelly exited in the black R&B and jazz singers of the time , for whom commercial success was rare and sexuality was n't such a taboo ; it was OK for them to wear come - hither clothes , drink hard liquor and sing about bad men . By the time the pop charts were dominated by the girl groups of the ' 60s , the split was n't as apparent .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
Vicar wants to charge to go to church . Fighting back : Shop assistant tackles an armed robber . And take it down : Hotel is told it ca n't fly the flag . Good Evening : up to twelve pounds a week to worship . Not even the unemployed would be exempt .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
We would be shown where our caravan was which we were to stay in . If it was a warm , sunny day we would pack all our belongings into the caravan and then we would head to the beach or we would go swimming in the pool on the park . At night we would meet all the entertainment people and they would play games and music would be played . My mum and dad would meet people and become friends with everybody who worked at Highfields . As the years have gone on not much has changed around Clacton and at Highfield Holiday park , the people there are all still friendly , it is still a very tidy and clean place to visit .
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
erm I Surely erm they were n't all connected with the M forty , and I expect possibly others whom should have been invited were overlooked . The main reason , main thing is presuming that there must have been refreshments for all these people , probably might have been just a buffet or cup of coffee , or I expect there was probably a lunch laid on , I want to know who footed the bill for the lunch ? Right erm I suppose it was the poor tax payer ?