Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
The Kurds in the north cleverly and adeptly used the window of opportunity that opened before them to seize de ~ facto independence , though the key question of control over the northern city of Kirkuk remains a ticking time bomb . And all are fighting for as large a share of Iraq 's enormous oil and gas reserves as they can get . Taking stock of " Operation Iraqi Freedom " a decade later , the Financial ~ Times concluded that the US won the war , Iran won the peace , and Turkey won the contracts . I can only agree . In political terms , Iran is the big winner of Bush 's war .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
But the pair , openly hostile by the end of last year , will patch up their mutual differences . Mr Kinnock will want Mr Prescott 's national executive support — and may sometimes even need his constructive criticism . Mr Prescott is unquestionably closer to a large swathe of the rank and file than most other members of Labour 's Shadow Cabinet . Maybe it was for that reason that the party leader singled Mr Prescott 's past year performance out for praise in an interview in The Sunday Correspondent yesterday , calling him , chummily , ‘ Johnny’ . All the signs , it seems , of an overnight rehabilitation .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Though Albert spoke in a calm , schoolmastery tone , his colour had risen . He turned away , to hide this , perhaps ; waved once , without looking , and ran down the path . As soon as he was out of sight he began to sing , very loudly . Carrie sang too , as she skipped down the railway track ; sang under her breath and laughed to herself . When she caught up with Nick , he said , ‘ What are you laughing for?’
Idiom: jack of all trades (used idiomatically: yes)
Post - Wilkinson Developments As the business of banking becomes progressively more complex and diverse , so too does the range of knowledge covered by the Associateship examinations . However , thanks to the ' core plus options ' structure of the Associateship course , introduced as a result of the recommendations of the Wilkinson Committee , individual candidates are not expected to become ' Jacks of all trades ' , but are able to concentrate on specialisms that are in keeping with their own career aspirations and their employers ' needs . The core subjects — management , accountancy , law and economics — are pivotal to a successful career in any financial services area . Trustee Diploma
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
No , cos it 's , you just watch somebody smack a ball as hard as they can with the one wood and see how far it goes . But you 've got an objective , you 've got to get it down a hole . Yeah , put it in a hole . Well yes I know but That 's easy !
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1954 , for example , one of them called for a majority of Africans to be on the unofficial , i.e. representative , benches of the legislative council within three years and for self - government within twenty to twenty - five years . On the day the document was published , the Tanganyika Standard termed the proposals ‘ irresponsible and mischievous’ , claiming ‘ the great majority of the African population are solidly behind the Government in its present policy’ . It was , however , less strident in its opposition to African nationalism than its sister paper , the East African Standard of Nairobi , and when TANU won the elections in 1958 , it shifted its ground , coming to terms with political change and lending its support to African nationalism as represented by what it regarded as the moderation of Nyerere . Nevertheless , it continued to be critical of what it felt to be the excesses of some of TANU 's more extreme and strident members and officials . This policy was to be carried over into the post - independence period .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: no)
Irina eyed her sagely , and then she glanced at Alexei . ‘ If my brother displeases you,’ she said , ‘ you should send him away.’ Suragai and Kadan were walking their st'lyan on the grass where the stream curved away out of sight , each of them with one of the twins in the saddle . The sun was large in the sky because it was the hottest time of year , and there were no clouds . A light wind ruffled the leaves of the trees , but it was warm , not cold like the winds of winter .
Idiom: hate someone's guts (used idiomatically: yes)
AM : How did the two of you come to team up ? COLBERT : We met under a bet . I wanted him badly and he hated my guts , and I said all right , I 'll leave you alone if you can beat any of the guys on the Australian spring tour . If not , come over to me and I 'll make you a world champion in five years . And that was the bet .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: no)
He had even tried to stretch himself by hanging from the limb of a tree by his hands until the skin on his palms was blistered . Every muscle in his body had ached as if stretched to its limit , but it had not made a scrap of difference to his height . Someone once told him that horse manure in his wellington boots would make him grow taller , but the boys at school had made fun of him and Mr Sunderland , the headmaster , had called him a stupid gullible boy and made him scrape his boots and wash them clean in the outside drain and scrub his feet in hot water and carbolic soap . Some of the bigger boys still called him ‘ Little Shit - Legs’ and held their noses when he came near . He did not want to be small .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
Oh . Such is life . I had a word with Steph on the phone . Oh ? She 's getting fat .
Idiom: siren song (used idiomatically: yes)
Now the handful of survivors have been made an offer they can not refuse : a last chance to surrender and march out , still beneath the banner of Modernism , straight into the arms of the museum culture — not as prisoners , but as co - belligerents . Nowhere is the siren song of conservation more difficult to resist than when it combines a sentimental appeal to make a restoration project out of every down - at - heel relic , with the coded suggestion that it might even be a retail money - spinner in its own right if properly marketed by a curator and a press officer with a gift shop and a T - shirt designer on hand . It would have taken a miracle , like the reconstitution of the central committee of DOCOMOMO in the shape of real veterans of the Great War , men brutalised by life in the trenches and determined to rebuild society starting at the top , to have recognised this siren song immediately and rejected this siren song immediately and rejected it out of hand , and at Eindhoven such a miracle did not take place . Notwithstanding the efforts that were made at the conference to din the contradiction between conservation and utilitarianism into the brains behind DOCOMOMO , the lure of the rolling expense accounts of museum culture was too strong . Now it appears that nothing can prevent the enthusiastic fossilisation of all that remains of the revolutionary structures of 1919–39 .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: yes)
And then Tony said to me did you hear Winston bark last night ? I said no . Someone must have been around if he barks , someone 's around . That bloody thing 's always barking . He 'd bark at a bird wo n't it ?
Idiom: bark up the wrong tree (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've taken three of them , and one of them is this Jamie Baird . The name meant nothing to me , of course , but I recognized him as soon as he walked into my room this morning . I realized then that we 'd been barking up the wrong tree . ' Loretta 's baffled silence prompted Bridget to a further attempt at elucidation . ' Remember the photo , the one you found in Puddephat 's rooms ?
Idiom: act of God (used idiomatically: yes)
The Lord told him plainly that entering the Kingdom demanded a new start . He had to be born of water — that is , new life after the burial of baptism — and of the Spirit . Kingdom membership was only possible through an act of God . The work of the Spirit can not be predicted or controlled by the religious profession ! ( John 3:1–13 ) .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
The following embarrassing conversation ensued between Edwin Chadwick and a London tradesman : CHADWICK : Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald - at - arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall - bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights - companions - at - arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen - ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? UNDERTAKER : No , I am not aware of it . CHADWICK :
Idiom: knock someone's block off (used idiomatically: yes)
These women saw their tears as an important source of release from tension , yet they had been unable to persuade husbands or partners to be comfortable when they were crying , just to be there and let them cry . ‘ He always wants to do something to stop me crying’ , was a frequent comment . ‘ If I 'm crying because someone 's been nasty to me , he 'll want to rush away and knock their block off’ , said one woman , ‘ for anything else he 'll just sit there and look miserable and uncomfortable until I feel I 'm supposed to comfort him’ . It became clear talking with women that many men find it difficult to offer comfort . They seem unskilled in the simple acts that console women when they are distressed — like being held gently for as long as they need to be held , making murmuring noises rather than using words ( or even worse , forming sentences ) , wiping tears away and blowing noses … in other words giving the same comfort which you would give to a child .
Idiom: take something as read (used idiomatically: yes)
Sincerely and Thank you … Mrs X. ' I could fill a book with the other similar comments which were written on the questionnaires but I think we can take it as read that the trials proved beyond doubt that if you followed the diet moderately strictly you could definitely lose inches from parts usually untouched by normal dieting methods . So the choice really is yours at the end of the day … . ! Your good health !
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: yes)
Unfortunately , Fry 's pleas do n't seem to have much impression on the chairman , which is why he 's still keen to join a consortium trying to buy out Fat Stan . Fry has done just about every other job at Barnet , including cleaning out the toilets , so the boardroom would seem a natural progression . His team , he admits , got away with murder in this match before goals from Paul Showler and Mark Carter took them to the top . Centre half David Barnett deservedly and appropriately won the man-of-the-match award . The real Mr Barnet , of course , is Fry himself , who says he gave himself more chance of being hit by a sniper 's bullet than getting his job back .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
To take an even more famous imperial hero , perhaps the most famous of all , it could be said of T.E. Lawrence that his whole life was a testimony to the fascination of the secret power of the will . In the desert , as his wartime despatches show , he was entranced by the conviction that he was controlling the Arabs without their even realizing it ; in his self - imposed obscurity after the war he busied himself secretly , though not too secretly , with pulling strings . His prescription for success in the desert —‘Wave a Sherif in front of you like a banner and hide your own mind and person’— could be taken as a motto for Indirect Rule . ‘ If you succeed’ , he went on , ‘ you will have hundreds of miles of country and thousands of men under your orders , and for this it is worth bartering the outward show.’
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
HIGH SPOTS : Remote Nonza and ( inset ) relaxing St Florent FOR many , the winter months bring sunny days and exotic food ! At least that 's what 's in store for the thousands of over-50s who head south on long-stay holidays . Belleair , the Malta specialists , now offer 40 hotels , ranging from three to five star , and 17 self-catering apartment complexes . Prices for 70 nights start at £449 per person .
Idiom: keep mum (used idiomatically: yes)
The underground trains , buses and other public transport carried the notice , ‘ Coughs and sneezes spread diseases . Trap the germs by using your handkerchief.’ Not only health matters were advertised : ‘ Careless Talk Cost Lives!’ was another well - known slogan , and ‘ Be like Dad — keep mum ! , There was a catch - phrase which was used for anyone who was grumbling —‘Don't you know there 's a war on?’ As the news became grimmer , a poster appeared with the words , ‘ We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat — they do not exist!’
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What can I do ? ’ he says as we walk in the fields near his home in Gerrard 's Cross , Bucks . ‘ I never sought publicity . But I did decide to simplify things by coming clean from the start . ‘ It will go on until either the cancer gets me or I survive . But I apologise to all the people who may be getting fed up with it .
Idiom: armed to the teeth (used idiomatically: yes)
My master listened to him half - heartedly , more engrossed in studying a piece of parchment on which he was writing cryptic notes in a cipher even I did not understand . At last the sun began to set and Agrippa took us down to the courtyard to watch the other great Scottish lords arrive . Each was accompanied by a fearsome retinue of men armed to the teeth with sword , mace , dagger and small shields or targets . Most of the latter were Scottish but a few were mercenaries from Denmark , Ireland , and as far afield even as Genoa . The Great Hall had been specially prepared for the festive occasion .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Plenty of time to play our game again.’ Sung was kneeling on the top of the dyke , staring across at the House as the dawn broke . He was cold to the bone and his clothes were wet through , but still he knelt there , waiting . He had heard her cries in the night . Had heard and felt his heart break inside his chest .
Idiom: get under someone's skin (used idiomatically: yes)
And she must have loved Hywel , or she would n't have married him.’ Lydia ignored this last asinine remark . ‘ They 're all rather sad people,’ she said , ‘ and they must be getting under my skin , because I quite mind about them.’ ‘ Do you?’ asked Betty . Lydia made an instant disclaimer .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
His mountain spellings are very idiosyncratic but no doubt faithful attempts to transcribe local pronunciation . For instance he wrote Leagach ( more as it sounds ) for Liathach ; yet Each for Eighe ( pronounced ay as in play ) seems to have no phonetic parallel . The warden 's wife at the Beinn Eighe Nature Reserve told me the no doubt apocryphal tale of a traveller in Northern Canada laboriously taking down phonetic notes from an Inuit pointing to various landmarks in his territory . Back in civilisation the explorer finds that the translation reads , ' Do n't know what that is called ' and ' Do n't know what that is called either ' . They better get the spelling right before the hordes arrive in Wester Ross .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: no)
You practically needed a mortgage to buy a mobile phone of any description , some costing several thousand pounds . And a ‘ trunk call ’ could have described the weight of the equipment that you lugged around with you . The days of the pin-striped yuppie with his ubiquitous phone in hand are long gone . New technology has produced phones so light that they can be carried unobtrusively in a shirt pocket . With the plunge in cost , a major outbreak of phone wars has broken out across the country , with dealers offering spectacular cut-price deals .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
You become the source of endless speculation . This insatiable hunger to know other people 's business alarmed her , for she was the least inquisitive of mortals . In the fight to make ends meet , she was obliged to surround herself with people . She ran a caravan site and rented out grazing and stables at the lowest rate in the neighbourhood — naturally ! First to take advantage of this were Les Nouveaux , who , because of Jane 's foolish undercharging , had plenty of money left to transform themselves overnight into Horsey People .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: no)
A marvellous fourth round Cup Tie , a pulsating game up here at White Hart Lane , watched by a very big crowd , and those five thousand or so Oxford United fans now making their way home down the M twenty five and the M forty , can be justly proud of their side . Final score line up here at White Hart Lane ; Tottenham Hotspur four , Oxford United two . Mpb Nick Harris reporting on a pulsating game up at Tottenham this afternoon . You 're listening to B B C Radio Oxford and Talking Sport , seventeen minutes past five is the score , and hopefully we 'll be going back to White Hart Lane shortly and catching up with some of the players . But now some reports on a couple of the other games this afternoon ; in the South Midland League Trophy ; Shenley and Lowton five , Oxford City two ; so the end of a long unbeaten run for Oxford City ; our reporter , John Shepherd .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: no)
Conservatives want to give them independence . But we also want to put government at your service , giving you what you 've paid for — good public services , responsible to you . I do not believe the answer to every problem is simply for government to dig deeper in your pocket . I believe it often lies in changing the way government works ; in making it respond to you . Government should look outwards .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
Kelly is perfectly good at right back , and with him , newsome and Speed playing or on the bench , we have a team for all eventualities . I d have thought this is a massive boost for the lad , and thoroughly deserved too . Its nice to have a few bob in the bank in case too . Re : Kernaghan ( sp ? ) I had nt seen him play much , but saw him last Monday playing for Man City .
Idiom: down the hatch (used idiomatically: no)
For her thoughts just went round in agonising circles . When she returned two hours later , pausing to unhitch her skirt , which had caught on the wire safety railing , she could hear Nathan cursing angrily . ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent,’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . She turned to descend the ladder . ‘ It goes with the territory when you work with boats,’ he snarled , and muttered something violent under his breath .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
I was concerned about that and very much welcomed the change that was made . It is wrong that people should be able to abuse the social security contribution system , and I hope that Ministers will keep a close eye on the matter because the smart people who offer advice may be looking for further ways of getting around the regulations . Quite rightly , social security contributions are applied to benefits in kind , but it creates an extra burden for employers if the system of assessing the benefit that will be subject to contributions is out of line with income tax . I hope that my right hon . Friend the Secretary of State will keep closely in touch with the Chancellor of the Exchequer so that the system for taxing benefits in kind runs parallel with the system that he operates in his Department . Most people do not think of the Department of Social Security as a great taxing Department , but it raises enormous sums that go into the national insurance fund to pay benefits .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: no)
She had lost one son — lost him truly , for she realized that he must be in Ireland now — but she was determined that she would not lose a daughter . Senga would never leave her — she would make sure of that . She leaned over and rang the bell for Gerard . She would issue the new instructions regarding strangers and then she would have to see Mr Lee about a permanent bodyguard here in the house , someone who would blend in … a manservant . They needed a servant to replace that girl Jane who had betrayed her trust .
Idiom: flutter the dovecotes (used idiomatically: yes)
She has a sharp cutting edge and woe betide the Europhile who treads on her toes . I expect her to preside over the abolition of wages councils and to be strong on industrial training . It is however the arrival of Michael Heseltine at the DTI that will flutter the dovecotes most of all . There is no doubt he will be a dominant figure and in the view of many he is just what is needed to revive a moribund department . But the free marketeers are wrong to suspect a revival of intervention in industry .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Square - plan kilns were not used in the South until shortly before World War I. The kilns had brick walls ; inside , at ground level , there was an open brick box to contain the fire , the draught being controlled by the entrance door . The drying floor was sited about 3 m ( 10 ft ) above the furnace and was of slatted wooden construction , being made of laths or battens set fairly close together . The hot air from the fire passed up between the laths . The hops were spread on a horsehair cloth laid on the battens , access to this upper level being gained through a high - level door in the side of the kiln . Above was a steep - sided cone , usually timber - framed like a roof , with a plastered internal finish and clad with tiles or slates externally .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
You should be aware that software licence agreements refer to installation and use on one computer only . Each computer on the network should have its own registered copy of each piece of software unless either a site or networking licence is obtained . The LANtastic network is DOS based with additional Windows support software and so the DOS side of things must be up and running first . Installation of the card is relatively straightforward , the card can detect whether it is installed in an 8 or 16-bit slot and how much memory is present . LANcheck , a program supplied with the software , will check the installation and report any conflicts with other cards which may be present .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
Local planning must reflect what people , not developers , want . The Conservatives ' bonfire of planning controls has led to ill - thought out development , often against the wishes of local people . Labour will give people more say in drawing up plans for their area and create a new right of appeal for residents against developments which fly in the face of their local plan . Beneficial development will be speeded up , damaging development checked and the green belt safeguarded . We will reverse the present planning presumption in favour of opencast coal mining and give top priority to local people and their environment .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
RAISING CAPITAL Debt and equity on equal terms Rights issues are all the rage , but are they being pushed by pessimists ? Many City pundits believe that new debt to equity ratios indicate how confident companies are about investments . Investors demand high returns to compensate for possible failure , making share issues an expensive way to raise cash .