Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Genes seem to enter into it too . Some people have a greater inherited tendency to depression than others . Depression may result from an upbringing which induced feelings of insecurity , inadequacy or false guilt which have dogged the young adult 's steps until they finally come to a head during the crisis of midlife . Feelings of anger and bitterness towards another person , as well as guilt , which have been pushed down and never dealt with , may also cause depression . Chronic overwork can bring about depression too .
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
She stopped . She could n't tell him how his generosity had moved her , could n't tell him how she had misjudged him all along . She felt for a tissue to wipe tears that were falling uncontrollably , and , seeing her need , he took a large handkerchief from his pocket and , turning her face to his , he very gently wiped her eyes . In the darkness of the car , she felt instinctively that he was about to kiss her , then to her dismay he seemed to change his mind . Instead he took his arm away and asked , ‘ Better now?’
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
It can be argues , however , that Engels and Marx did not rule out such a possibility themselves , as is suggested by the discussion of the success of the Germanic tribes in overthrowing Rome , a case when people with a lower technology replaced a society based on a higher stage . There is however an important general point at issue here . It is possible to read some of the writings of Marx and Engels as suggesting a mechanical succession of stages , following one after the other , or it is possible to seen in their work , concentrating on other passages , a less determinist view of progress . I believe that both views of their writing are justified in that they seem to have oscillated between these two poles and such oscillations are noted in several places in this book . None the less , irrespective of what their position might be , modern anthropology would reject the view that the progress of technology is totally irreversible , although the sequence of technological progress Marx and Engels took over from their anthropological sources is still , by and large , acceptable .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
DM 8.50 , Lire 4400 This week Jaguar Reinvests the E - type Exciting V8 sports car gets green light ‘ Low - cost’ Cellphones Warning : they could actually cost you more Australian Grand Prix Mansell 's swansong in Formula 1
Idiom: rain or shine (used idiomatically: no)
The aquaculture centre is working well . The new hatchery will soon be open and Dr Khales will have room for on - growing the quite amazing numbers of grouper fingerlings he produces . ' Rain or shine ? INCREASED rainfall has increased the mean flow of many Scottish rivers by 40 per cent since the 1970s according to Professor Keith Smith of the Department of Environmental Science . Professor Smith 's conclusion is one of the findings published in the University of Stirling 's annual climatological bulletin .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
She realised that he had n't ever responded to her first mildly scolding words as they left the Hamiltons ' . But the subject had shifted , and now it was too late … or was it ? ‘ As for my standing up for you,’ he said now , out of the blue , ‘ why do n't you want me to?’ ‘ Because I 'm not a child . I can stand up for myself.’
Idiom: catch the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
If you walked up the brow at the back of the house you were in two minutes up on a great closely cropped bare turfy expanse , looking down at the sea ; and to the left all the indentations of the coastline , the bays , the beaches and coves within them , the tumble of rocks at the bottom of some sheer cliff , far west to lonely and uninhabitable shores , was visible . If you looked up to the right there was just a green shoulder and endless sky , day after day blue . The house itself had one big comfortable room taking up the front with a glassed - in porch that caught the sun , and would have been called a conservatory in a grander house . The rooms at the back were of course dark and pokey and the cupboards had a strange sickening shut - up smell that remained however much they aired them . They stayed mainly in the front room where there were rugs on a black - flagged floor that made it wonderfully cool to come into from the burning heat of the headland .
Idiom: know no bounds (used idiomatically: yes)
Tension has risen sharply since a referendum last month in which the majority of the population voted for independence . Such a move is opposed by the Serbs , who , although accounting for only one third of Bosnia 's population , have laid claim to more than two thirds of the republic 's territory . The lack of any precise boundaries between the three closely - interwoven ethnic groups leads most observers to believe that Bosnia 's civil war will know no bounds , with the battle front cutting through villages and streets . International : Japanese stall over Emperor 's China trip By Robert Whymant in Tokyo and Graham Hutchings in Peking
Idiom: head for the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
Given the author 's centre - right political stance ( he is a potential Presidential candidate in Peru ) one could hardly expect the portrait be sympathetic . And it is n't . Alejandro Mayta the revolutionary theorist who heads for the hills in the hope of joining a mass uprising comes over finally as a misguided almost pathetic figure . But Vargas LLosa paints an vivid and authentic picture both of revolutionary fervour and of the sectarian splitting and in - fighting on the Peruvian Left . Visitors to Lima will also appreciated the picture he paints of that crumbling city — the grey metropolis of South America .
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: yes)
We succeed in operating them profitably , but the big national breweries regard such pubs as non - viable and tend to close them or sell them off , with inevitable consequences in the form of unemployment . Why you should reject Anglo - Welsh 's bid : Palatine is going from strength to strength as an independent . Anglo - Welsh can do nothing for Palatine . It seriously undervalues your Company , its record , its strengths and its prospects .
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
They are looking at structure and functions at the same time . We will certainly not again make the mistake that was made in the 1970s and 1980s . It is true that the Conservative party got it wrong 20 years ago when the belief in the two - tier system for local authorities was fashionable and won the day . True , it was working in some areas at that time . No doubt , following the local government commission which will be set up under the new Bill , that system will continue , where appropriate — but only where clearly appropriate .
Idiom: hold water (used idiomatically: yes)
By contrast , the principle of human equality is a fundamental implication of the gospel . ( Yet again it must be said — an argument which does not directly arise out of a golden thread approach but which is pertinent here — the two passages in the new testament which speak of women 's subordination both rely on the Genesis account of creation and fall , an account no longer valid in a post - Darwinian age . ) The golden thread approach , coupled with considerations such as that post - Darwin certain past arguments no longer hold water , together with an element of an a priori ethical stance , seems to me to provide the best concerted argument for the ordination of women . Yet there seems to be a dearth of people arguing consistently using a golden thread methodology . That this is the case is significant .
Idiom: know the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
There are many more of them , for a start . They have the political power , they establish and run the legal system . They do not just know the ropes : they make the ropes . They also have all the sophistication of city - dwellers . Courtesy and hospitality , it is true , would demand that they pay heed to this alien in his great need but their obligations extend no further than that .
Idiom: with open arms (used idiomatically: yes)
Shop Front Thief ! The sparkling red BMW convertible screeches to a halt outside the designer menswear store and , after flicking through their Filofaxes , two well - dressed , well - spoken young men climb out and enter the shop . The commission - hungry staff smell money and class , and the pair are welcomed with open arms . On every floor the two ex - public schoolboys are helped into Armani suits , Ralph Lauren sweaters and Pierre Cardin shirts before leaving without a purchase . But one store detective is n't totally satisfied .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
So far as we know , the IMHV in the chick is a bit like the ‘ association cortex’ in mammals — a region of the brain where inputs from many different sense systems converge and presumably become integrated . As for the LPO , no - one was quite clear ; some researchers thought it was primarily an ‘ output’ region , coordinating motor responses such as pecking ; others saw it as more to do with the bird 's emotional responses , which would certainly include fear and distaste . Second , the results proved something we had already begun to suspect , that there are important functional differences between left and right sides of the chick brain . There was a lot of evidence accumulating at the time about lateralization of function in bird brains — for instance , it appears that chicks respond behaviourally in different ways when they view things with left and right eyes , while in song birds like canaries and zebra finches , the ‘ song centre’ is located in a left - hemisphere region , rather close to our IMHV . What these differences between the two halves of the brain might be telling us , we had no idea at the time — but some clues will begin to appear by the end of the next chapter .
Idiom: throw a wobbly (used idiomatically: yes)
In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later . Throwing tantrums Having a toddler thrown a wobbly in public is perhaps one of parenting 's most embarrassing episodes . You can only watch helplessly as your child screws up her face , stamps her feet and screams because she ca n't take the toy she wants home with her , or have that alluring packet of sweets she 's seen before tea . Tantrums are n't just attention seeking exercises , but also opportunities for your two - year - old to get rid of her pent - up frustrations and aggression at the world .
Idiom: go round in circles (used idiomatically: yes)
no that was the one I tried to buy the refill for which was a fibre tip I thought that is a fibre tip I 'm going round in circles here , I know , that 's why I bought the refill for , that 's what I 'm saying I do n't know what the other one is , Well , so that will fit it then , that 's a fibre refill . No , what I meant was I meant to buy it , I wanted to buy a refill for it , but I ended up not buying the right fibre tip pen for it
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Access is important however and in order to reflect as much light as possible we considered a pale coloured paving slab . Brick paving gives a visual link with the building but do n't lay the old stock type used in the house — they are too soft and quickly deteriorate in frosty weather . If you have a young family a sandpit can be popular but do n't site it at the bottom of the garden out of sight . We have suggested a position close to the kitchen window and it could of course be converted to a raised bed or pool at a later date . Herbs too are a practical addition so keep them near the back door , perhaps framed with a fragrant low hedge of lavender or santolina .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Crash of Arafat 's aircraft Yassir Arafat , the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) chair , survived when his private aircraft crash - landed during a sandstorm in southern Libya on April 7 . Of the 15 people on board , three died and five were critically injured . The aircraft remained undiscovered for 15 hours . Speculation during that time that Arafat had been killed focused attention on the lack of an obvious replacement for Arafat as PLO chair and Palestinian leader .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: no)
Christmas On Division Street By Steve Howard IN MY book , young Fred Savage of TV 's The Wonder Years would knock spots of Macaulay Culkin . Fred 's a delight as a good - hearted youngster who adopts vagrant Hume Cronyn in Christmas On Division Street ( Odyssey , £ 10.99 ) . INGRAM Entertainment has extended its Year To Remember documentary series to cover the period 1969 to 1991 .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
In Austen 's time society was still essentially hierarchical . The only possible way for a woman to rise in class was to marry into a family of higher social standing than her own . For a man it was possible to join a higher class through success in work . But those who made their fortunes in trade were despised by most members of the middle classes and all of the upper classes . The crucial factor was the identity of your parents .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh . bank anywhere . I my money l last time and they took up the limit on my cash card . Yeah . Do they do them in there ?
Idiom: draw a blank (used idiomatically: yes)
Neurotic enough to have vanished of her own accord — or even to have got herself murdered . What difference does it make ? After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . Besides , I thought it might sting you into giving me something on the Mallenders . You did work for them , after all.’
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Our urgent need is for a bowler , and that 's why we 've failed to knock over the final three wickets in an innings on five occasions this season . ‘ It does n't matter how good he is . It simply does n't answer our need and is flying in the face of common sense.’ RICHARDSON : Cricket committee choice CARLING 'S TICKLED PINK
Idiom: in the same breath (used idiomatically: no)
I do n't know what to do ! " cried Scrooge , laughing and crying in the same breath ; and making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings . "
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
They closed round Osman and now he was silent . Muffled and tied , he was quickly shepherded away . For good measure Owen took several of his followers too . The others were left , startled and winded . One lay on the ground .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
Try a spell at school SPELLING everyday words is beyond the grasp of millions of Britons , a survey revealed yesterday . Only one in six adults scored full marks in a test of six familiar words . One person in 10 failed to spell any word correctly according to the Gallup survey of 1,000 adults . Now parents are being advised to go back to the classroom and sit alongside their youngsters in video - based spelling lessons .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
An underlying principle of the project was that each school must be free to develop its own proposal and curriculum plan in the light of its own particular setting , needs , and history , and that this was not only practically desirable but also essential if the professional autonomy of the school staff was to be respected . As we have seen , some rules were firmly established and adhered to , as , for example , the limit of 20 % on non - book resources . Other guidelines were rather less stringently imposed so that , for example , team members would sometimes " turn a blind eye " on detail in spending plans if the general thrust of the proposal seemed to be appropriate for the school concerned . Clearly , there were points at which the link person or the DCSL could exercise considerable power over a school 's proposal , but it is the evaluators ' impression that this power was not abused . One " rule " which the team adhered to until very near the end of the evaluation concerned the number and size of grants made in any year .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
I ask what the charming little wooden shed down the track is for — tools and things ? No , he says , it is the toilet . That 's a hell of a way to go , I say . True , he says , but it is a fine place for the smell . Ice fishing
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
This meant a four - hour wait in Boaventura where we were observed by amused barefooted children , obviously unused to foreigners . For want of a better location , we ate our picnic lunch in the cemetery with superb views of the north coast . The return journey was on a very old bus which picked up people , with baskets of vegetables ready for Funchal market , all along its route . Snow was falling as we drove from Ribeiro Frio to Poiso . We arrived back in Funchal some twelve hours after we had first caught the bus .
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
The same technique can be used for foot in foot the bill and red in red hair , although perhaps marginally less convincingly . The case for foot rests on the presumed equivalence of contrast between foot and query , in 17 : However , some may feel that there is more to footing a bill than merely paying it : there is a hint of reluctance , of the imposition of an unwelcome demand for money on the payer , which renders the equivalence of the contrasts in 17 slightly suspect . Another way of approaching foot the bill will be suggested below . The reason why red in red hair is unique is that the colour it refers to would not be labelled red if anything other than hair were being described .
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: yes)
Management was not built around care plans and reviews … and there was little involvement at senior level . And they said they were concerned and disappointed by the lack of progress made since Beverley died . An inquest into Beverley 's death found she died of natural causes but had slipped through the net of caring representatives like her GP and social worker . Beverley had been in the care of her mother , herself a mental patient . Now The social services say they have it under control : the report referred to the situation a year ago .
Idiom: do a runner (used idiomatically: yes)
B & b It 's easier than falling off a log . Down south they call it doing a runner but for us it is an art form of course . Swanning round the foothills of The Cobbler
Idiom: shove something down someone's throat (used idiomatically: no)
The young man 's hand moved fractionally closer to the butt of his pistol . Brady smiled , showing his teeth . " And if you touch that gun , boy , I 'll take it off you , and shove it down your throat . " " Gentlemen … gentlemen … " Tom Rooney pushed his way between the two men .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Gareth lords it RUGBY ace Gareth Chilcott 's on a dummy run for a panto role in Cinderella . The ex - England prop will play Lord Chancellor at Bath 's Theatre Royal , where he 's sure to have a ball ! AIRPORT SCRAPS CHECKS BRITAIN will begin scrapping airport customs controls for European citizens from next week .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: no)
But God had created both Man and Nature , placing Man into that Nature as a hand is placed into a glove . Amanda frequently reflected upon the fruits of the field , how various they were , and yet how perfectly each was adapted for Man 's enjoyment . For instance , trees bearing edible fruits were made easy to climb , being much lower than forest trees . Fruits which were soft when ripe , such as the apricot , the fig or the mulberry , which might be bruised by falling , presented themselves at a small distance from the ground ; whereas hard fruit , which ran no risk of sustaining an injury by a fall , like the cocoa , the walnut or the chestnut , presented themselves at a considerable height . Some fruit — like the cherry and the plum — were moulded for the mouth ; others — the apple and the pear — for the hand ; others still , like the melon , were made larger , so as to be divided among the family circle .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
The team must never to be stretched and when we press forward that also means the goalkeeper . ' Liverpool have exploited that but it first came to me many years ago in a charity match at Newcastle . For the fun of it Len Shackleton played in goal and of course he was full of tricks , shaping to punch or catch the ball on the edge of the penalty area and then controlling it on his chest , things like that . But he was also occupying space behind the defenders , making it difficult for attackers to get in on passes . ' None of the Republic players was more likely to come into conflict with Charlton 's tactics than Liam Brady , who announced his retirement from international football after being substituted 10 minutes from half - time in a recent friendly against West Germany .
Idiom: give someone pause (used idiomatically: yes)
It was that through which he must pass next . But he did not know how long he would have to wait to do so . It was this last that gave him pause , for , he was to say , ‘ Although I had no knowledge of it — that place where the Twelve Judges sit — I believed that I had long since dreamed it , and I knew it for a place of great finality and immense power . Once inside the Stone Hall of Judgement , once subjected to the decision of the Twelve Stone Judges who pronounce on all Mortal creatures , I believed I should be beyond all hope of escape.’ And once that happened , Ireland was lost to him , for although he supposed Taliesin and Fael - Inis would continue the fight , he would never know its outcome .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
He ‘ may take to the hills and be very hard to find’ , said Mr John Bushnell , the US charge d'affairs at Fort Clayton outside Panama City . ‘ But he would n't have a significant force to actually do anything . The faster US troops can turn over responsibility for keeping the peace to Panamanian forces , officials said , the better the US invasion would look to Latin Americans . Sources said top administration officials told politicians in a closed briefing on Wednesday that one of their greatest worries was that a long - term American occupation would turn opinion both in Panama and throughout the region against the new government . — Los Angeles Times .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
They refer on to specialists only a tiny proportion of people with mental disorder , usually those with severely upsetting or difficult problems such as new psychotic illnesses , very severe depression or disabling anxiety disorders . Generally , however , family doctors receive very little training in the management of severe chronic mental disorder in spite of the fact that they may be frequently called on to give advice and may often have to decide when to recommend a period of hospital treatment . GPs also complain , quite rightly , that hospital staff making , for example , discharge plans for a group of patients to a new home or hostel sometimes neglect to discuss the plans with the primary care team — normally the local general practice together with its team of doctors , nurses and other specialists — yet expect the GPs to pick up the pieces when something goes wrong . The reason for this may well be that the hospital consultant is reluctant to let go medical responsibility for former patients and thrust them on to a local GP , but he is not normally easily available when off duty or working in a clinic many miles away . Thus responsibility for the discharged patient often ends up with the GP , whether this outcome is planned or not , and few GPs have been prepared by vocational training for a more involved role in community care services .