Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
Within a few days of opening your account you will be given your own cheque book . There 's no limit on the number of cheques you can issue , but do make sure you have enough money in you account to cover them . You can keep tabs on how much is left by filling in the ‘ prior balance’ and ‘ new balance’spaces on each stub . And , do n't worry about running out of cheques , we will send you a new book automatically before your existing one is finished . Paying - in
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: yes)
Brilliant . Yeah . er I think our guys stole the show Good . Right , well we 're on to a we 're on to a new er a new era , a different erm different angle .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
By now chronically ill , and exhausted by his summer 's overwork , he had no resistance left to the sudden change in climate which hit Vienna in the late autumn , with freezing fog , snow and biting winds . On returning from Prague , Mozart had completed his last instrumental piece , the exquisitely melancholy Clarinet Concerto ( originally written for basset - horn ) , for his friend Anton Stadler , and in early November he wrote a short cantata , Kleine Freimaurer - Kantate , K.623 , for a Masonic meeting . But his main preoccupation was with the unfinished Requiem , which had begun to prey on his mind . According to a posthumous account of Mozart 's last months , he and Constanze drove out to the Prater one fine day at the end of October , during which Mozart told his wife that he was convinced he was writing his own Requiem . It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) .
Idiom: close to home (used idiomatically: no)
This is why I am not at home here . I will go to see Ken Hurren first thing tomorrow morning and tell him that Summerchild was working on defence . When I think of him sighing in the lane on the other side of the Park he seems far too close to home , far too much a part of all the difficult things in life . I do n't want the mess spreading back into my working world . Then tomorrow evening I 'll get home in time to see my son awake , in time to cook a meal , in time to get to grips with things .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
I said Aye they 're awkward are n't they . He says Aye terribly . He says , you know when I came to this house I had to have split all my furniture into little bits so I could get it up the stairs . He says , Does your firm split furniture ? I says , You should have been here five minutes ago , we did a marvellous job .
Idiom: up a gum tree (used idiomatically: yes)
As well you might , he says . Terry wonders how far Mighty Woosie would hit something made by stuffing boiled chicken or goose - breast feathers into a thick bull - hide cover . It all went wrong when they discovered something up a gum - tree in Malaysia and called it gutta - percha . Then they wrapped rubber - bands round the stuff and hey presto ! we 've got a ball , that even if you top it , runs 120 yards up the fairway . I 'm all for it and I suspect Terry Wogan is , too .
Idiom: over your head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That 's how you get things done . Distractions are n't allowed.’ ‘ Then you 'd better throw a blanket over your head,’ he said quietly . ‘ Because I want to kiss that prim look off your face.’ She blinked and tried to hide her longing for him .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
Lorton glanced up . He saw the rear view of a fat young man in jeans and a leather jacket . There was a mirror behind the bar too ; the man was staring into it . His eyes , doubly reflected , met Lorton 's . It was Detective Constable Bernie Viol .
Idiom: feel the pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
One of the deals , being kept under wraps until an official announcement in a few weeks , is believed to be a lucrative shirt sponsorship package — but chairman Wallace Mercer is refusing to say if it involves current sponsor Strongbow . He commented : ‘ Our revenue is down £ 200,000 this year because there is no league sponsorship money and no income from BSkyB. Naturally , the loss of this sort of money is a blow to us , but every club is feeling the pinch . ‘ However , I am pleased to say that we will be making two major announcements within the next month , both of which are very good news for the club . Mercer added : ‘ We are one of six clubs in the Premier Division whose shirt sponsorship deal expires at the end of the season and I will be delighted to be able to make an announcement about this in the near future.’
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
ROY KEANE last night revealed he will hold off Nottingham Forest 's attempts to tie him to a new long - term contract . Manager Brian Clough has opened talks aimed at keeping the £ 5m - rated midfielder beyond the end of next season . But the talented Keane , who plays for the Republic of Ireland against Spain in Seville tomorrow , will put the negotiations on ice while he weighs up his options . The news will disappoint Clough , who signed a one - year personal extension last week and now faces the difficult task of agreeing new deals for NINE of his current first team . Keane , who is being pursued by Liverpool , Manchester United , Arsenal and Blackburn , admitted : ‘ Forest have spoken to me about a long - term contract , but I do n't want to get to the point where I am arguing over details and money .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
It may be significant that it is the only instance where pooling the data has a strengthening effect on the correlations , supporting the view that communication problems are at the root of a large number of industrial problems in all cultures . The overall low significance correlation with adherence to programme is probably the unsurprising finding that projects which are technically successful at most stages tend to slip less than those which are not . There is no across - the - board agreement on the importance of the independent variables ; the pooled data , except in the case mentioned above , weaken rather than strengthen the analysis . There appear to be underlying differences present , possibly of a cultural nature . In the UK , completeness of information is the most significant positive correlation and explains 40 per cent of the variance .
Idiom: what goes around comes around (used idiomatically: yes)
A whole generation of people have had blacks turned on 'em and they 're very angry right now . For a while people were beginning to think , well , this is just them , this is their problem , let them settle this , but the problems of a specific group within the society are the problems of society as a whole . And it is very stupid for anyone in any position of power to think that what goes around does not come around . ' Singleton is convinced his film has been mis - represented by the press , who , in the wake of the violence surrounding the black gang thriller ' New Jack City ' , exaggerated and misreported the response to ' Boyz N The Hood ' . ' This film has just minute violence compared to a film like ' Terminator 2 ' , you see ?
Idiom: put two and two together (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah er and said put two and two together and said there 's nobody , we did n't see anybody , because her Carol parks the side of mine an'all , she 'd gone oh
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Mastery of the skies over large parts of Germany had already passed to the allies in 1942 , and heavy raids , chiefly by the Royal Air Force , had been carried out on cities mainly in northern and north - western Germany ( Hamburg , Lübeck , Rostock , Cologne , Essen , Bremen , and others ) . Smaller raids which followed on the south - German cities of Munich , Augsburg , and Nuremberg , had a disproportionate psychological effect in demonstrating the extent of allied air supremacy in the capacity to reach so far south , and in illustrating that few could now consider themselves immune from the dangers of bombing . After the directives following the Casablanca Conference of January 1943 had linked the British ‘ area bombing’ by night to the American daytime ‘ precision raids’in a ‘ round - the - clock bombing’strategy , which formed the allied combined - bomber offensive , the raids — described , in this case aptly , by German propaganda as ‘ terror - bombing’— escalated rapidly in extent and ferocity . A total of 41,440 tons of bombs were dropped on Germany in 1942 , rising to 206,000 tons in 1943 , and 1,202,000 tons in 1944 . The first four months of 1945 , which brought the total devastation of the city centres of Nuremberg , Würzburg , and Dresden , saw a further 471,000 tons dropped .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Abstraction is , therefore , ' the mental separation of an element from the situation or context in which it is embedded'(ibid . ) . Oral speech depends on context to communicate meaning ; it is therefore egocentric and takes for granted a common point of view as though no others were possible . This quality derives from the fact that oral speech involves face - to - face contact and also that oral languages are less widespread than written languages and so are shared by smaller groups . Written language is also more widespread across cultural groups , and its users do not share a common frame of reference . She pursues the consequences of these differences for educational modes and for cognitive operations .
Idiom: hot and bothered (used idiomatically: yes)
Perspiration streams over the nearly - exposed breasts of Maxine Faulk , the hotel proprietress who has just buried her husband and wants to entice Shannon , a former minister , into her bed . Shannon , constantly mopping her feverish forehead , is , like the giant lizard tied up and thrashing under the floorboards , at the end of his rope , and the party of Texan school teachers he is leading on a ‘ tour of God 's world’ are incensed about his having put them up in flea - bag hotels and fallen into bed with the teenage student they have brought along . Not everyone , however , is hot and bothered . Sweatless , and seemingly bloodless , Hannah Jelkes glides up the steep path through the rain forest , pushing her 97-year - old grandfather in a wheelchair . He is an itinerant poet , she an executor of quick charcoal character sketches , and their financial situation is as extreme as Hannah 's eerie serenity .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
ARM AND BUST UPLIFT 19 . Stand with feet comfortably apart . Interlink hands behind your back , palms facing inwards . Keeping your arms straight , raise them as high as possible without slumping forwards . Tilt the pelvis to keep your tummy and bottom tucked in .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ On Jimmy Tregaskis 's truck — he 's a nurseryman and he 's one of the committee who —’ ‘ The two of you rolled it up planks on to the truck , roped it down and drove it to the site ; is that right?’ ‘ There were three of us , actually ; Jimmy brought Morley Richards with him to lend a hand.’ ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time?’ Jordan looked pained .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Viscount Dilhorne , whose speech was concurred in by Lord Donovan , Lord Pearce , Lord Diplock and Lord Cross of Chelsea , after stating the facts , and expressing some doubts as to what Mr. Occhi had meant when he said that he ' permitted ' the taxi driver to take £ 6 , continued , at pp . 631–633 : ' The main contention of the appellant in this House and in the Court of Appeal was that Mr. Occhi had consented to the taking of the £ 6 and that , consequently , his conviction could not stand . In my opinion , the facts of this case to which I have referred fall far short of establishing that Mr. Occhi had so consented . Prior to the passage of the Theft Act 1968 , which made radical changes in and greatly simplified the law relating to theft and some other offences , it was necessary to prove that the property alleged to have been stolen was taken ' without the consent of the owner'(Larceny Act 1916 , section 1(1 ) ) . ' These words are not included in section 1(1 ) of the Theft Act , but the appellant contended that the subsection should be construed as if they were , as if they appeared after the words ' appropriates . '
Idiom: in a rut (used idiomatically: yes)
The leading high technology companies tended to be American or Japanese , and many European companies were unable to maintain a presence in these markets . Within the EC continuing conflict over the CAP and associated budgetary problems ( see Chapter 4 ) , had diverted the EC from making progress on establishing the Common Market . A view emerged that the EC was stuck in a rut , and was losing its vision and direction . In spite of these problems there were also signs of the EC making some progress . The EMS , founded in 1979 , had not collapsed as had been predicted in many quarters , rather it had achieved some success in stabilising exchange rate fluctuations , and in helping to promote convergence of inflation rates .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
So where , under Alan Davies , are they going now ? Back to basics , certainly , though anyone who imagines the ‘ basics’ of forward play are any longer confined to scrum and line - out is wildly off the mark . These days it is imperative — if you want success , anyway — to be able to get about the field and give and take a pass nearly as well as a back . Dare one say that the England pack , in the defeat of Ireland , had these attributes to a greater extent than the Wales backs in the defeat by France ? You have to start somewhere — but where ?
Idiom: pull the plug (used idiomatically: yes)
The bird stretched its neck and made a sudden loud trilling noise like a fire alarm . Tabitha winced . She pulled her plug from the phone . ' Shut up Tal ! Tal , shut up !
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: yes)
The Trunchbull was in such a rage that her face had taken on a boiled colour and little flecks of froth were gathering at the corners of her mouth . But she was not the only one who was losing her cool . Matilda was also beginning to see red . She did n't in the least mind being accused of having done something she had actually done . She could see the justice of that .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
Thank you very much indeed for the gift which arrived yesterday . It is most generous of you , when I know you need to keep your house warm too ! I am slowly getting to grips with the laptop , but sadly , on 13th , lost not only the biggest filling in my teeth but also twenty pages of type this size on paper this size . A disaster as contacts list is all fax numbers , telephone numbers and postcodes and therefore very fiddly to do , as I had had to do all the alphabetising manually which made it even slower . Work proceeds slowly at the training place but it is a real joy going there ; the girls are all so nice , and it is a REMARKABLE cost - free facility .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Most of the publishers questioned were pretty gloomy , the retailers ( Terry Maher and Tim Waterstone ) less so . ' No prospect of the green shoots of economic recovery ' , said Christopher Sinclair - Stevenson ; ' new hardcover literary fiction , unless by well - established authors , will sell , if that is possible , even fewer copies , to the point of virtual extinction ' , said Tom Rosenthal ; ' fiction … has long since become all by a branch of gynaecology ' , said Colin Haycraft . And while Carmen Callil hoped for a ' writer / thinker of some revolutionary kind who could … elaborate some startling new ideas in a work of social and political theory which could get us all thinking and acting again , with hope ' , what we would get instead was ' more self - justifying memoirs from useless politicians ' . as if he had had sight of publishers ' replies to the Sunday Telegraph questionnaire , Tim Waterstone warned readers that the book trade had ' an astonishing capacity for self - pity and self - destruction — ignore publishers ' gloom … Waterstones will see to it that in 1993 bigger and even - better bookshops open throughout the land . '
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: no)
‘ That 's my surety,’ I said . ‘ You can take it as a pledge of my good faith.’ ( This is one of my favourite roles , putting my money where others put hot air and spit . ) Ralemberg pushed the coins back at me . ‘ I want to be honest!’
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
SCARBOROUGH : Extensive work is underway to prepare for a big launch of a scheme to convert the former Odeon cinema into a theatre . The public launch of the appeal is not likely to be made before September . YORK : Police officers are being caught on the hop by an explosion of Easter bunnies . Lawns outside the Fulford Road headquarters have proved the ideal breeding ground . TYNE AND WEAR : A party of North - East firefighters fly to the Ukraine this week to visit a museum in Kiev dedicated to their foreign counterparts who were killed or injured in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Dickie ‘ Darling ’ Attenborough is a lovely bloke who has produced with Chaplin a professional but overlong and formulaic exercise in hagiography which lets The Little Tramp off the hook at every turn . I have never found the sight of a grown man in a false moustache pretending to walk into lamp-posts remotely funny , and even less amusing is the story of a miserly workaholic who could n't keep his hands off under-age girls . Charlie Chaplin was without doubt a major figure during Hollywood 's inception , a star who stoutly refused to play ball with Senator Joe McCarthy 's communist witch-hunt in the dark days of the Fifties . He was born in abject poverty with a family history of madness , yet grew up to take the world by storm . But he was also a complex , highly secretive individual whose inner workings and motivations are profoundly glossed over in this film .
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . It is well defended ; by a storm that would surprise you . Before I settled among the Tuthanach I wandered further up the river , crossing the great marsh . But it was too cold up there , so I returned . It was too far .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
participants raise their hands to their cheeks ) Turn turn your back on sorrow ( turn round ) Hold your hands up high Climb climb up sunshine mountains — you and I. ( It is at the end of this line that the pointing occurs . )
Idiom: up a tree (used idiomatically: yes)
' You 've got it wrong , ' she said . ' I 'm the goat . You 're the guy up the tree . ' First surprise was the boatyard . Sophie had been expecting a house , with a front door and a bell .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
She 's a good teacher for Adèle , and a kind friend to me . ' ' Do n't try to give her a good character , Mrs Fairfax , ' said Mr Rochester sternly . ' She and her magic made my horse slip on the ice last night . ' Mrs Fairfax looked puzzled and clearly did not understand . ' Miss Eyre , ' continued Mr Rochester , ' how old were you when you started at Lowood ? '
Idiom: rough edges (used idiomatically: yes)
Leave for at least an hour Polybutylene ( Acorn / Polycell ) Cut the pipe with a hacksaw or secateur - type cutters ; trim rough edges with a sharp knife . ( For copper pipe use a pipe cutter ) The inside of polybutylene pipe is supported with a stainless steel insert .
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Emily went on , oblivious . ' You can imagine the state I was in , between shock , embarrassment and unconsummated frustration . I tried the Kiss of Life . Hah ! Can you imagine ?
Idiom: go to your head (used idiomatically: yes)
New opportunities are opening up in the near future which you must be calm enough to accept . Sagittarius ( November 23-December 21 ) Happy times are ahead , with perks aplenty , but do n't let it go to your head . Over this pleasant period you 'll come up trumps in whatever you tackle , especially when you 're allowed to compete in those events which test your endurance or intelligence . Capricorn ( December 22-January 20 )
Idiom: fair and square (used idiomatically: yes)
From one week to the next . Blowing hot and cold like that . Time to put it to him , fair and square , I 'd say . Mind , you may not like what you hear . She loomed large these days , as in the weeks after the funeral .
Idiom: slow burn (used idiomatically: yes)
Directed and co - written ( with brother Rick ) by John Dahl , Red Rock West deals with symbolic characters ( Texans wear big hats and string ties ) , innuendo , telling imagery and notions . All of it assumes an understanding on the part of the viewer . Red Rock West is a slow - burn thriller , wry and dry , implausible and quietly confident about itself . It benefits greatly from David ( Blue Velvet ) Lynch regulars Cage and Dennis Hopper . Roughneck
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 'm flying to Australia next week , and I expect you to accompany me . Not only am I not prepared to have a semi - detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first,’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . Maybe , for instance , she could sell her father 's estate to pay his debts , and then she could take him with her to Australia ? After all , there must have been many comfortable nursing homes in Sydney where her father , who had then been having difficulty in telling even night from day , would have received the sort of care and attention which he had needed .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
Ironically , part of the British problem was due to the success of the OEEC and EPU : under their efforts sterling had become convertible in most circumstances into other countries ' currencies , leading to the end of Britain 's restrictions on sterling which in the past had enabled it to protect its markets in the sterling area . Politically , Britain feared that if the Six were to go ahead and form the EEC , it would generate a unit that would be dominated by West Germany . While Spaak and his Committee wished to give priority to their own plans and timetable , the British argument struck a chord with some . Spaak himself feared that the post - Messina negotiations might fail ; to avoid this he urged Britain to join in the negotiations currently being conducted by the Six . The signals coming from Spaak and others may in the end have led Britain to underestimate the determination of the Six and to overevaluate its own ability to pull the OEEC states , including the Six , round to its own viewpoint .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I scored 24 goals in my first season with Portsmouth , 20 in my second , but only 13 last year,’ explained Whittingham , 28 , himself a former physical training instructor as an Army corporal . ‘ That was mainly because of a lot of niggly little injuries . So I decided to get really fit this season before pre - season training , and Avrel seems to have done the trick . The goals just keep coming.’ Lowe put him through an intensive course of twice - a - week sprint training and night hill - running .