Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: yes)
They reached the railway station at Florence just after four . David jumped down on to the platform and put up his hands for the baggage . Julia handed it down to him . When he had dumped their two canvas bags on the ground , he reached up again to help her down from the high train . Once again the touch of his hands on her wrists made her insides lurch with pleasure .
Idiom: lose heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Having the right livelihood : doing the kind of job where right action can be practised without compromise . 6 . Making the right effort : accepting the need to pursue moral , mental and spiritual disciplines without losing heart . 7 . Right recollection : developing our awareness and concentration until our unruly nature is firmly under control .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
Go and get my drink . ' He pushed again quite hard and as I turned away I heard him snigger and say , ' You have to kick 'em , you know . ' I went into the dome car and stood behind the bar with the bartender , and felt furious with Sheridan , not for his outrageous behaviour but because he was getting me noticed . Filmer had been sitting with his back to me , it was true , but near enough to overhear . Mercer Lorrimore appeared tentatively in the bar doorway and came in when he saw me .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Three - dimensional Making the artefacts and sculptures of a given community ( as in " The Island " in Chapter 2 ) . Music Making sound pictures using musical instruments and voices but not words — of ( for example ) a swamp , building site , storm at sea . Time / space travellers make audio tapes of the sounds and rhythms they have heard on the voyages . These are presented to the whole group as part of a debriefing session .
Idiom: unknown quantity (used idiomatically: yes)
With them , it is true , the workers and the soldier - masses - the peasants an unknown quantity - but after all the Bolsheviki were a political faction not rich in trained and educated men ....
Idiom: all hell broke loose (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's so true to life , just like it was , I think it 's tremendous . Male speaker We knew the German signals for the night , so we tricked them into holding fire until we were about a mile out , then all hell broke loose . Male speaker From a military point of view it was a tremendous success ; imagine this hoard of adventurers going all that way and causing the trouble they did , it was like a story from’ Boy 's Own Paper.’
Idiom: in your face (used idiomatically: yes)
The sun had just appeared over the treeline , as blond as clarified butter but powerful none the less , hinting at the furnace - heat to come . Soon the kites were circling the thermals , a great helix of wide - winged birds sailing the vectors in sweeping corkscrew spirals . By late morning the air was on fire ; to open the door on to the roof terrace was to feel in your face a blast of heat as strong as that from a blazing kiln . Noon came like a white midnight : the streets were deserted , the windows closed , the doors locked . There was no noise but for the sullen and persistent whirr of the ceiling fans .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Atheism was a satisfactory response to both alternatives : if God did not exist , atheism was merely a recognition of the truth ; and if he did , atheism was the spiritual equivalent of Ginny 's giving God 's face a well - deserved slap . This phase lasted until after university , though Ginny flirted with agnosticism in times of stress . Neither position proved to be tenable in the long run . The trouble with atheism was that it was no more susceptible to proof than the notion that God was a bearded gentleman of advanced years . Agnosticism was n't much help either , not when God kept talking to her .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
BETTY BOO and Boy George make a very Hattractive pair … even if one of them needs to cover up a lack of locks more than the other . Still hats off to the both of them for agreeing to work as shop assistants for the day to raise money for AIDS charity , the Terrence Higgins Trust . NOW that 's he getting on a bit , Eric Clapton is steering clear of his flashy Ferraris and Alfa Romeos . These days he is quite happy travelling by trolley . OVER THE LIMIT
Idiom: on the back burner (used idiomatically: yes)
Because I love you , and I want what little private life I have to be steady and permanent,’ Scott said . ‘ You 're so involved with your precious career that you put it before your private life,’ Annabel retorted . ‘ You put us on the back burner - you'll deal with it next week , next month — you 'll do that until you retire ! ’ ‘ My career is precious to me — and you knew that when you married me . It 's not as if I worked for a large network news show .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
A burst of automatic fire up front and to our left brings the column to a halt as we then squat on the wet ground and watch the tracers shoot off across the night sky . We 're off again , now wading almost waist-deep in water , stopping , starting , bumping into the man in front . What appears to be a mortar explosion close by causes the column to get down on the flooded ground . A few muffled voices a short distance ahead appear to be cursing in French , then silence as the advance continues . At least the French soldier can get annoyed just like his British counterpart .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
Subject : Oxforf Remembered It must have been deliberate . It was an important match , and after being 2–0 down at half time , that goal would have been the icing on the cake . He sort of cart - wheeled . I wonder if he hit the floor … if he did it would have been on his head .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
I volunteered , and took along my brother - in - law . The bathroom ceiling needed replastering , and the idea was to set up a platform , consisting of milk crates and scaffold boards . My brother - in - law began setting up our platform , and I made the mistake of telling him to get a move on . I was returning to the house with a mixing drum when I heard the crash . He 'd put one end of a scaffold board through the bathroom window , and , as he snatched it out , had knocked two tiles off the opposite wall , which shattered when they hit the floor .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
I want to see the development of a European central bank emerging from the European monetary institute , in stage two , beyond 1996 . That is essential . Where is the sovereignty in going it alone ? My right hon . Friend the Chancellor would be much more constrained in his fiscal and monetary policies if Britain tried to go it alone . He would have to bump up taxes , or impose higher interest rates or stiffer credit controls if we did not have the security of being a monetary member of the Community .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
Birkett flounced out of the room with his tins and his little pieces of wood . It was interesting to watch the life of my own room being reproduced in such detail . It was like recognizing the germs of some disease under a microscope . By the time Birkett came back with his hot fish cakes and his prunes , the bridge players and the man reading the newspaper had moved . ' Here you are , chaps .
Idiom: stay the course (used idiomatically: yes)
As a result many would - be house purchasers never qualified for a loan . ‘ Probably the relatively low level of heavy commitment in the case of mortgages’ , stated the Office of Fair Trading report Overindebtedness ( July 1989 ) , ‘ can be attributed to the detailed investigation into incomes and other circumstances which usually precedes the granting of a mortgage.’ Most of those whom the investigations showed to be credit - worthy justified the faith put in them and stayed the course . The Policy Studies Institute preliminary report Credit and Debt in Britain ( February 1990 ) emphasized that mortgages did not result in problem debts for the vast majority of borrowers . The most common debts were rent arrears .
Idiom: to the hilt (used idiomatically: yes)
ANDREW Coulter plays soccer in winter for Glenavon Reserves , and golf in summer at Lisburn . This husky 18-year - old not only captains the Juniors there , he is the club 's Mercer Medal winner and brightest young prospect off a handicap that has tumbled to ‘ six’ in as many months . Lisburn have a wealth of juvenile talent , 20 of them girls and all in the class of coaching pro , Damien Mooney , and encouraged to the hilt by a club that wisely believes in giving youth its chance . Tribute Roy Colvin and lady captain , Joan Gough , both attended the end - of - term prize - giving at which young Coulter , an A - level student at Wallace High , paid special tribute to Alan McMaster , juvenile convenor , and that livewire duo of Watson - MacDonald incorporated .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
I understood , I think it should be in consultation with the county supplies officer , because I think it is important that that he also has ownership of that letter which goes to the fellow p our fellow members at resource . In fact erm , what we agreed yesterday was one on this paper , two and three followed from it , erm , but were not actually moved , at the working party , because it was me who did the moving . Erm , and er , they are necessary but they are not actually what we agreed . So I think we have to do them , but I think it is very important that we do not erm , er talk to the , or communicate with the other member authorities in a way that looks as if this is Wiltshire saying , well we want to find a way of flogging off this asset without worrying about what happens to the future of the service .
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
He were only a young boy , seventeen year old . His mum and dad kicked him out , they did n't get on together . So erm mum went down one day and he was there and she said he were with my sister 's boy , they were both sleeping rough . And my mum said to Adrian I do n't like you sleeping down here . She said it 's bad enough you know , being er sleeping rough without sleeping down here with nothing .
Idiom: by dint of (used idiomatically: yes)
When she is doing anything with children , she always squats down to their level , touches them and listens to them , and the response she gets in just a few moments with each is quite extraordinary . Having delivered the presents , however , her next stop was the basement , which had been hastily and frugally fitted out to house the appeals office , with its six telephone lines and fifty cramped volunteers drafted in to handle the money as it flooded in . It was very basic indeed , and only by dint of preparation for the royal visitor did it have any carpeting on the stairs . Yet the volunteers had been beavering away down there for two months , working well into the night on many occasions , and were to be there for many more months to come . They were the unsung heroes of the whole appeal .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The later association of stern Protestantism with teetotalism was impossible before the days of tea , coffee and drinking - chocolate . Alcoholic beverages were a fact of life when most drinking - water was a health hazard , so Dorchester 's Puritans killed several birds with one stone by taking over the demon drink themselves , to administer it with moderation and make a healthy profit to be dispensed to the needy . Ribald measures of organisational capacity in relation to breweries spring to mind ; let it be noted that Dorchester ran its municipal brewhouse efficiently and profitably in the great days of Puritanism , but not thereafter . The great days were not long : half a century at most . All the time there was opposition .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
Triceps dips This exercise can be executed using 2 benches or 2 chairs . Hold on to the edge of 1 bench with your hands behind your back . Put your heels on the other bench with your legs out straight . Slowly bend your arms , lowering the upper body towards the floor and keeping the legs straight until the elbows form right angles , then slowly straighten up .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
Leith gathered up her bag , her thoughts already on getting home and trying to get a full eight hours ' sleep so as to be sharp for work in the morning . As soon as Travis got to his feet , she was beside him . He was close behind her as they rounded the L - bend of the restaurant — and he very nearly cannoned into her when she suddenly stopped dead . Having driven herself to meet Travis to obviate Naylor Massingham knowing that she had n't heeded his ' … in your interests not to see him again ' warning , Leith discovered that she need not have bothered . Naylor Massingham knew anyway .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
As the new lord was only nineteen years old when he inherited the title , it is unlikely the event will again take place for many years . OXENHOPE STRAW RACE The Oxenhope Straw Race has a long way to go before it reaches its centenary , but the aims of the people who organise it and take part are the same as those who in the nineteenth century began the hospital sings at Holmfirth and Mapplewell . We may no longer need to raise money to build hospitals , but money is certainly needed to support and build hospices for the terminally ill and for those areas of health care that the hard - pressed resources of the National Health Service do not reach . The Straw Race is a lot of hard work and a lot of fun , but Martin Jay , chairman of the race , thinks the best part is ‘ giving the money away at the end , when all the hard work finally feels worthwhile’ .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
The more moderate , responsible men and women began to leave in ones and twos and then in a landslide . With them went most of the exservicemen who had contributed much to the discipline and paradeground smartness . The people who were left behind were unable to prevent the drift into ‘ tit for tat’ terrorist vendettas with the IRAs which in turn led to ever larger numbers of their members being imprisoned . On the other hand , in the provincial towns outside of Belfast and in areas such as Newtownabbey the UDA has had a comparatively clear record from crime and racketeering . In at least one such area where it did eventually intrude , the original ‘ rotten apple’ is believed to have been a government agent .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
‘ We have n't considered suicide . Perhaps the answer is that Puddephat killed himself at the flat?’ ‘ Why bother going all the way to Paris to do it?’ Loretta pointed out . ‘ And you 're not suggesting he managed to remove his own body from the bedroom.’
Idiom: go by the board (used idiomatically: yes)
If there was no natural cover , camouflage nets were slung over the trucks , while the men tended to disperse themselves some distance away , preferably in the lee of a rock . A wise precaution was to send out a party equipped with bundles of brushwood to sweep away the tracks leading to the encampment . Searing heat during the day and bitter cold at night had to be contended with , and thus regulation dress went by the board . Photographs of the period show groups of men in a motley collection of semi - uniform . Many sported Arab headdress , and sheepskin - lined jerkins were popular at night .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
You 're here . ' His words must have issued straight through the mouth of the now defunct Repo Man , because the next thing Rex heard was a small green cry of , ' We 're rumbled , chief , ' followed by much scrambling and scurrying and an increasingly distant voice going , ' Faster , chief . Get a move on . ' 10 15 .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
One way out of the dilemma has been for larger Japanese companies to reduce transaction costs with outside suppliers by promising continuity in their subcontracting arrangements . Continuity is idealized as a family relationship and is symbolized in terms such as parent company or child subcontractor . Indeed the hard and fast distinction between firms becomes very blurred when we find some supplier companies located within the plant of the parent firm , when the smaller company is managed by ex employees of the larger one or when the bulk of the small firm machinery is handed down in second - hand sales from their principal buyer . This symbolic , familial structure of affiliation between firms of very different sizes makes it difficult to identify the exact extent of independent control especially where subcontractors supply the bulk of their output to one buyer . Close affiliative relations between firms are not confined to single level subcontracting but are typical of a hierarchical network of connections at several stages removed from the largest firms .
Idiom: talk shop (used idiomatically: no)
You 're quite right , Jack . Tell me,’ Iris leaned forward in her seat , ‘ this ‘ Patterns of Light and Shade’thing … do you think … ?’ Melissa sat back and let her mind wander elsewhere while they talked shop . When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . After a few minutes Dieter 's car overtook them ; when they arrived at the auberge , it was parked in the shadows a short distance away with two dim shapes close together in the front seats .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Why ca n’t I play tablet games on the computer ? Tablet games are designed for the tablet systems and architecture , which are different from a normal computer .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: no)
Regarding the ‘ fat factor ’ , he did n't look particularly portly in the picture in last nights local rag ( looks like it was taken during Wimbledon at home ) . Any comments anybody regarding Franks current waist measurement ? Halvard — Perhaps you could let us know how he gets on in the tour games . As far as intruders are concerned — do n't we have a ‘ mole ’ on the scum list ? I suppose nobody is willing to put themselves through reading all the SHITE .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: no)
There is no escaping the fact that when you retire some only our expenses will be heavier than at present . Firstly , you will probably be spending more time at home , so items like heating and lighting are liable to be costlier . If you received any perks with your job , such as a company car or health insurance , then unless you have a very generous employer these will have to come out of your own pocket in future . Equally , any business entertaining you enjoyed will largely cease , so any free lunches and the like will have to be paid for instead from the domestic housekeeping . Another very important consideration is your extra leisure .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
As for the anthologies in which Byrd 's music appeared in his lifetime , several were explored on record years ago but are now forgotten . In 1969 Michael Howard 's Cantores in Ecclesia did us a service by recording complete the Tallis - Byrd Cantiones sacrae published in 1575 ( L'Oiseau - Lyre SOL 311–13 [ 3 LPs ] ) . The performances have not stood the test of time ; a successor would be very welcome . Parthenia has been recorded complete , but there is no version currently in the catalogue . Musica Transalpina is still virtually untouched , and there are some marvellous recitals to be had from Sir William Leighton 's The Tears and Lamentations of a Sorrowful Soul of 1614 , which includes Byrd 's four last vocal works .
Idiom: clutch at straws (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm you you seem to be equating the groups . Okay . We wo n't go into where you go that from cos I think it sounds a bit like sort of clutching at straws really . Yeah . I 'm going to get an equation out of this .
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: yes)
During that , on live TV , President Bush , the leader of the United States of America , collapsed and was sick over the Prime Minister of Japan , the nation they had beaten in the war . It was a symbolic , humiliating moment for Americans who had begun after the Reagan years to believe that , despite Vietnam , they were still the greatest nation on earth . As Clinton went from strength to strength , Bush failed to struggle out of that image of being weak . Too weak to fight against recession . Too weak to finish off Saddam Hussein .
Idiom: in living memory (used idiomatically: yes)
TONGA Street protests Some 2,000 people took part on March 8 in what were described as the biggest demonstrations in Tonga in living memory , in protest at a decision to grant citizenship to more than 400 foreigners . The demonstration march through the streets of the capital , Nuku'Alofa , was led by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Tonga , the Rt . Rev. Patelisio Punou - Ki - Hihifo Finau , and opposition members of parliament .
Idiom: fall in line (used idiomatically: yes)
It was becoming more widely accepted by our management that , with the increasing sophistication of our craft and equipment and the growth in crew numbers , proper training for all crewing officers was becoming essential . About this time a change in the Department of Trade regulations regarding the qualifications of ships ' officers was being introduced . Although we were in fact exempt from this , our management wisely decided that we should fall in line with the principle of the new regulations . Plans were formulated for DTI courses and examinations for our officers at all levels , comparable with those of the Merchant Service . At the time of my retirement in 1983 the new scheme was being fully implemented with our officers being enrolled at the Warsash school of Navigation .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
Finely spread bait means they have to work hard for a meal and therefore remain in the swim for the maximum length of time . The mix I use is 50 % , white and 50 % brown crumb , with enough water to make it light and fluffy . From a boat it can be squeezed enough to get a grip on it , and when it hits the water it sinks in a big brown cloud . On top of the carpet of groundbait I then scatter several handfuls of maggots or casters and/or worms , or whatever hookbait I have decided to use . If my chosen hookbait is bread then I make sure to use mashed bread in the groundbait mix .
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: no)
They were anxious also to find a mooring place for their four - oared ceremonial barge , with a cabin in the stern . In the seventeenth century the broad water of the Thames was used far more than the narrow and often bad roads for practical transport and festive occasions . Up river some two and a half miles from Blackfriars was a convenient creek and there the fertile land had long produced fruit and vegetables for the City . The Apothecaries looked no further ; they approached Charles Cheyne , a Chelsea landowner of some substance , who agreed , in 1673 , to let the Society a three and a half acre plot at a rent of £ 5 per annum . The site for the new garden had a river frontage to the south , was bounded on the east by Swan Lane , which led to the tavern of that name and on the north by Cox 's Close .
Idiom: bright and early (used idiomatically: yes)
The frogs did not bat an eye . ‘ Welcome to Riverbank,’ Ferd answered . ‘ I see you are out bright and early this morning.’ ‘ Oh , yes,’ added Polly . ‘ It 's ever so good of you to pop in.’
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: no)
I must have dropped off to sleep . When I awoke the train had just passed Rannoch Moor . As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight . The train stopped at Spean Bridge for a few moments , the platform was almost deserted . My mind cast back to the winter of last November when I stood on this same platform awaiting the arrival of a new intake .