Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: down the tubes (used idiomatically: yes)
' That brings in another advantage — the period when you can inject is increased , as soil damage and compaction are greatly reduced . ' The obvious next move is to pump the material straight from store to injector . But it is very difficult to blow slurry straight down a tube , so a small tanker or nurse tank is placed between the two . ' The technique involves a network of irrigation pipes running from the store to a point on the headland . A pump at the store provides the motive power and typically will send slurry through 1000 m ( ⅔rds of a mile ) or more of pipe to a nurse tank on the headland .
Idiom: clean house (used idiomatically: no)
Cotton smelled so nice . This heavenly bit of peace . Nothing stirred in the clean house . The doors of the rooms were open and patterns of light slid imperceptibly down the landing walls , feeling their way , as if on tiptoe across the threshold . She would not go down for the fireworks .
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
She could n't summon up her usual boisterous welcome for her daughter . She heard Kate speaking then a man 's voice , a deep , dark brown voice . Wiping her eyes once more with a sodden hanky , Evelyn waited for them to come into the room . Patrick helped Kate with her coat then shrugged off his overcoat . He slung them on the banister in a casual manner .
Idiom: step on it (used idiomatically: no)
‘ The Queen Mother invented royal public relations , ’ says Margaret Holder . ‘ All those cosy pictures of the family around the fire , all that stiff upper lip during the war — and now she is determined not to see all her work go down the drain . ’ The Queen Mother is also a shrewd judge of character who makes it her business to keep an eye on new members of the family and , if necessary , step in to protect her beloved ‘ firm ’ . Like all great survivors , she has a ruthless streak . She coldly snubbed the Duke and Duchess of Windsor for years , and it was revealed recently that she failed to visit two cousins who had been committed to mental institutions .
Idiom: on a shoestring (used idiomatically: yes)
See pages 10–11 for descriptions of our Bangkok hotels . JOMTIEN BEACH , PATTAYA ON A SHOESTRING INN OF THE GOLDEN CRAB Pattaya The Inn of the Golden Crab is a small , attractive complex of 20 apartments located about one hundred yards from the beach .
Idiom: party animal (used idiomatically: yes)
Party rebels Alison Veness THIS Christmas , party animals are united in revolt against the deeply dull little black dress — the only successful outfits will be truly outrageous and individual . Rebel against the party line and the usually dreary office thrash will become a real glam ball . Flamboyant drop - dead designs vary from risque bare - as - you - dare creations to the latest gold and lurex numbers .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
A first step must be to restrict any military hardware sales to defensive weapons . If the arms race is not stopped in the Middle East , any hope of the long - sought peace dividend will simply disappear , crippling even further the UK and US economies . More importantly in the long - term , continuing military tensions in the Middle East will divert the West from the much more important task of helping to build democracy east of the Oder . One of the particularly tragic consequences of the war has been the way it has distracted attention from events in the USSR and Eastern Europe , just when it was needed most . Never again .
Idiom: take a leaf out of someone's book (used idiomatically: yes)
However , Ursprung believes that some other structural changes are needed . He identified pharmacy , high energy physics and architecture as being over - represented in the universities . With 800–900 of Switzerland 's 2300 professors due to retire before the end of the decade , the Swiss have taken a leaf out of Britain 's book and set up a scheme for appointing ' new blood ' assistant professors at the rate of 300 in each of the next two four - year planning periods . A third of these posts are earmarked for women , and Ursprung is confident that enough suitable candidates will be available to fill them . He sees the new blood scheme as one way to redress the balance against over - represented subjects like particle physics .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Out go the conventional pan supports . In comes the ‘ Gas Powered Disc’ the most exciting innovation to happen to gas hotplates ever ! Cookability comes clean By placing a disc of hard - wearing ‘ Ceran’ above the burner , we have created a gas hotplate with the streamlined looks and the easy - clean surfaces that you have demanded . The heat passes through the ‘ Gas Powered Disc’ and around its edges , heating the contents of the pan above .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
GOVERNMENT plans to slash the dole bill were branded ‘ sick’ yesterday . Labour employment spokesman Frank Dobson said more than 300,000 people would lose out . He called on Ministers to come clean over secret proposals to cut the unemployment benefit period from a year to six months . Jap troops ate POWs JAPANESE soldiers ATE prisoners in the jungle during the last war , it was revealed yesterday .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
yeah I mean , and the trouble is what n annoys me more than anything is the fact that he 's good worker I me even when he 's drunk , alright he do n't work at full capacity but he does sort of almost as much as what they do and when he 's Yeah . sober he can do more than they do I mean i that ai n't the sort bloke you wanna lose , and I 'm , when he balls and shouts at them well he gets on your nerves really but at the end of the day I 'll you know , I 'll put up with it . You can put up with that , good God ! Yeah because he 's a , he 's a bloody good worker but and when he 's like Cor !
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: no)
You pay £ 300 m for deal Paul Wilenius , Political Editor TAXPAYERS will have to fork out an extra £ 300 million to save Prime Minister John Major 's face at the EC Edinburgh Summit today . He was last night on the verge of coaxing Denmark back on to the path to European unity — but he will have to back down on the EC budget to close the deal . After intense meetings with EC Commission president Jacques Delors and French president Francois Mitterrand , the British leader was confident of a Denmark deal .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course the quality of the timeless writing stays the same but fresh interpretations of the characters are always welcome . BM Productions , in their debut offering , combine the talents of Philip Bond as the disillusioned dipso Frank , alongside the refreshing and education - thirsty Rita , played by Judy Holt . Willy Russell 's story of a hair - dresser seeking to learn at any price via her reluctant and sozzled tutor continues to stand the test of time . Judy Holt offers an aggressive Rita her face contorted into a bitter snarl . It is a startling contrast , therefore , when this accomplished actress re - enters as the ‘ new’ woman .
Idiom: stroke of luck (used idiomatically: yes)
Pearse coached me for two years . When I went overseas I had graduated from the " Pat and Giggle " stage and could join those who had served several years in Mespot . Uncoached I was at least able to survive a couple of rounds in the local tournaments ; a stroke of luck at this stage was that I was paired with a newcomer to the Command — a FIt Lt Reep who was in a different league to mine — and we entered for competitions and this raised my game quite a bit . In fact we did very well in doubles . This , in turn , improved my singles game considerably and I won the Baghdad Open one year playing against Indians in the main , who were horrified that I insisted we played in the heat of a Baghdad afternoon when it was normally well over 110 ° in the shade , and there was no shade — mad dogs and Scotsmen !
Idiom: sit tight (used idiomatically: yes)
Work would already have started on improving what we already believe to be one of the country 's most modern and safe grounds . ‘ But we can not do anything until we know what will be expected of football clubs in the future in terms of all - seater grounds or any other issues . Until we get the full implications of the Taylor Report and discover what happens over the identity - card issue , we will have to sit tight . But feasibility studies have been carried out and we should be in a position to act when we know what is expected.’ Forest also announced a pre - tax loss of £ 7,000 for last year .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
Duras never really specifies . Perhaps it was Anne - Marie 's aloof self - sufficiency that so inflamed Michel 's jealousy . At one stage , she had fled to Paris , spending 36 hours in bed with a pick - up stranger . On her return , Michel had been waiting on the platform with a gun in his hand but could not bring himself to shoot . Duly divorced , they now meet again by prior arrangement in the lobby of a hotel near their former home .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , I do n't like it . Er romantic and so you do n't like it ? No , I have to get a terrible picture of cows up close , huge huge and , and . Have . Yeah yeah .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
The family kept together by focusing on the daily difficulties of life with the grandmother . A creative approach to the use of family therapy techniques with later life families is to be encouraged . A support group of workers all interested in breaking new ground might be set up . With increasing longevity more families will become four and five generation ones , often influenced emotionally by some very elderly relative , so that development of this area of therapy is bound to be fruitful . Where young people are receiving family therapy , their grandparents and great - grandparents should be included more frequently in the family meeting , acknowledging that later life is still an essential part of family life .
Idiom: as luck would have it (used idiomatically: yes)
She got herself seated at a table for four , ordered a glass of pastis , the local drink , and settled back to wait for her friends . And Piers . As luck would have it , Piers was dead on time . He spotted her immediately and strolled across , stopping on the way to have a few words with the patron . How did he manage to make conversations with other people such light - hearted affairs , when it was such heavy going with her ?
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
What there was n't was any indication whatsoever that Rory had actually written any part of this great work . The only things that might have been classed as narrative were the poems , and they did n't seem to have anything to do with each other , apart from the fact a lot of them seemed to be vaguely about Death , or Love . Tenuous , was the word that came to mind . I looked in the folder again to see if I 'd missed anything . I had .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Sunbed scare … Could this machine damage your health ? THE two go hand in hand half an hour in the gym and half an hour on the sunbed . They seem the ideal solution to starting off that tan before a holiday abroad or showing off that newly honed bod . But should health clubs and gyms really keep and actively promote machines that can potentially do us harm ?
Idiom: same difference (used idiomatically: yes)
I can do is , Mary had a metal cow she milked it with a spanner , she took it to the market and sold it for a tanner . Oh well , there you are . It 's , it 's the same difference is n't it ? Mm mm . Do you know any more ?
Idiom: out cold (used idiomatically: yes)
Because he 'd been seeing psychiatrists since 1950 he fancied he was an expert on Freud and wanted to sit in on all our discussions . He kept interrupting and eventually I told him he could n't sit in on our discussions any more and I explained why . He stood outside the door and cried and then went and drank until he was out cold . I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . I was wrong .
Idiom: jump on the bandwagon (used idiomatically: yes)
I suppose Nirvana are the best of a bad lot by a long way . Then why is it Nirvana never played yeah I suppose you , I see what you mean yeah . At least they bloody started it and they just did n't fucking jump on the bandwagon like everybody else . Yeah I know . Oh well they did actually cos they ripped off erm what was that band before , I ca n't remember , Pavement they were before Nirvana .
Idiom: go to the dogs (used idiomatically: no)
Stay in the car then ! Then , he were being a pig last night . I says to him , with him breaking down other night his dinner went to dog . The night before I kept it hot , and hot , and hot , and hot , and by time we did get it at quarter to eight I says to him , oh this is horrible , this ! Ooh !
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: yes)
Interwar balcony - access flats are the most reviled and degraded of all local - authority housing types , so it 's odd to find the Butlins versions still functioning so well for their temporary inhabitants . On Saturday , the clowns troop out of Butlins for the high point of the convention — the grand parade through the town on foot , stilts or in any number of clown cars — Volks - wagen Beetles mostly , one with four reindeer perched on its bumper , another with wooden hands in place of windscreen wipers . It seems if you 're a clown you can get away with murder when it comes to cars — forget about roadworthiness , do n't bother with tax discs , ignore MOTs . But then most of the police — even the ones in cars — are sporting red noses for the occasion . At the head of this procession strides The Joker , leading a phalanx of Batbandsmen — that 's bandsmen all dressed as Batman .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: no)
Yes , because you 're thinking about other things . You 're doing something else . Now it happens all the time , and there is absolutely no way at all with the best will in the world , and I 'm sure that we all mean it , that we get on the phones at nine o'clock , and we get on the phones at eleven o'clock , you just do n't work like that . That what happens after the first ten minutes , you have to go and do something else , then what happens , you physically get up and do , but you will do something else . Now that 's just observing people who are stationary , if you observed the outdoor salesman , then the same thing happens .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
Between the tasks of seeking to prevent conflict and keeping the peace lies the responsibility to try to bring hostile parties to agreement by peaceful means .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
The main time may well be from harvest through to April the following year , but netting is in fact selective because the size of the mesh allows small rabbits to escape — to be netted some other time when they have grown bigger . The difficulty of netting in summer and early autumn relates to the problems of pushing the net stakes into the ground easily . Obviously this needs to be done without undue pressure ; hammering is out of the question , and the stakes must not be broken . Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . These were an improvement during dry weather conditions since the metal penetrated the ground much more easily than the wood , but there were disadvantages too .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Myers said it was urgent.’ Talbot nodded , opened the envelope , extracted and read the slip of paper it had held . He slipped it in his pocket and stood . ‘ My apologies , ladies and gentlemen . I have to go to the bridge .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
Anticipate new faces on the scene . RELATIONSHIPS DESPITE all the planetary ups and downs , the loyalty of friends will stand you in good stead . And although close partnerships may suffer from a surfeit of external problems and internal dilemmas , you are not without love in your life during 1993 . May , June and August are months in which romance and relationships feature prominently , although for most of the year you may find yourself debating whether a commitment is worth making or abiding by .
Idiom: drop a brick (used idiomatically: yes)
DEC will sell , install and service the Auspex servers . COMPAQ , SUN , DEC SET TO FOLLOW IBM OUT OF ICL 's TECHNOLOGY — BUT WHY WORRY ? With IBM UK Ltd taking away its RS/6000s and PS/2s and Digital Equipment UK Ltd ready to end its agreement with ICL Plc 's Technology Plc personal computer and workstation distribution acquisition , there has been much frenzied speculation that Sun Microsystems Inc and Compaq Computer Corp are ready to withdraw their products too , and that ICL has dropped a very big brick on its foot in buying the company . Getting ICL to comment on or explain anything much is a fruitless task , but counter - arguments are easily marshalled to the chorus of derision that has greeted the aftermath of the acquisition . The first is that ICL paid only £ 30 m upfront for a business that carried a buyout tag of £ 29 m three years ago , and had substantially increased volume in the interim .
Idiom: fish in troubled waters (used idiomatically: yes)
With Senator McCarthy 's campaign against treason in the State Department having just got under way this may hardly have been the best time for dispassionate analysis although , if it is not too academic a point , one can not help comparing these propositions with an earlier assessment ( 13 October 1948 ) . This set out a pattern of Soviet policy in Far East and South East Asia in terms of a Soviet policy which sought to weaken the ties between the colonies and the colonial powers through the encouragement of nationalism and by capitalizing on the discontent caused by long periods of ' colonial oppression ' and by disrupting the colonial economies either by armed action or by labour disorders so that the metropolitan powers would be deprived of revenue and resources . Thus the USSR would be able to fish profitably in the troubled waters of economic chaos . At the time when this paper on basic factors in Soviet Far Eastern policy was being composed , the late summer of 1948 , the major points of difference within the State Department were whether or not the Russians would actively support the Chinese communists in the civil war if there was a danger that they might deviate along the path recently chosen by Yugoslavia and whether , for the same reason , the Soviets might be reluctant to foster the expansion of Chinese communist influence in Southeast Asia . A year later , autumn 1949 , the communist victory in the Chinese civil war was no longer in doubt and even though other factors , not least intellectual preconceptions , should be taken into account , one must accept Robert Blum 's general proposition that ' The American containment policy in South - East Asia arose from the ashes of its failed policy in China ' .
Idiom: break the bank (used idiomatically: yes)
Point 7 Design have come up with this superb ceramic jigsaw puzzle that will not only entertain , but as a ‘ gift of worth’ doubtless become an heirloom in many families . Currently available are Spitfire , Hurricane , Mustang , Kittyhawk , Bf 109 and Ju 87 . This heirloom will not break the bank at £ 33.65 inc p&p — a very different gift . Final push Gerald Coulson has created Night of the Hunter to raise the final funds needed to put a Blenheim back into UK skies by the late spring of 1993 .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , we 'll have to hope Place says something else.’ But Coffin was pleased . He was off the hook . One other problem had rolled away . But Evans had something more to say .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . And it was , so he had his food and his Christmas money . For presents out of his pocket do that see ? We ought to do one where we
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
Thank you . The world summit for children which took place at the weekend caught the headlines around the world and the world 's leaders put their heads together and agreed that children all round the world are suffering and something must be done about it . Eileen Polgreen from the organization RESULTS , Eileen organized a candle - lit vigil before the summit , Eileen , now the summit 's over and we all heard about it , it , it hit the headlines as I say — what do you think came out of it ? Well I think what came out of it firstly , was thanks to people like you , a tremendous amount of publicity for a problem that is certainly not a new one , one that has been going on for many many years . But now I think there 's a new feeling abroad that instead of trying to solve the poverty of third world countries , by providing them with aeroplanes , particularly for their armies and providing them with electricity generating plants , we should actually start at bottom ; we should start with the children , in providing medicines , in providing enough food , so that those children will grow up and will be able to fend for themselves , providing them with skills , providing them also with markets for the goods that they 'll produce .
Idiom: slow burn (used idiomatically: yes)
Viewers familiar with Dr Latimer 's assistant in Do n't Wait Up will be forgiven for defecting to another channel . Charivari music The slow burn of Smokey 's soul SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT I 've been sung to by Smokey Robinson for my whole life . His voice has been a part of pop music almost since the beginning .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
Thirty thousand of timber . Just under a thousand of vines — but it 's some of the best land there is . And he 's letting it go for a song . Because he 's in a hurry . And we 're friends .
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
AT&T Co has a $ 22 m order from the United Arab Emirates ' Emirates Telecommunications Corp for an Intelliverse Wireless System to create a network for all the seven emirates . IBM GIVES UP ? Sounds as if IBM Corp has thrown in the towel and acknowledged that it will never make it with a word processor of its own : it has become a member of Wordperfect Corp 's Customer Advantage Programme , a fancy name for a company - wide licence for IBM to distribute and use Wordperfect products throughout the company with ‘ significant savings’ and simplified licence administration . HONEYWELL TAKES ACTION Honeywell Inc says it is taking action to counter a shortfall in European markets and that they will enable the company to achieve its business goals , including making earnings of $ 2.40 a share in 1993 .
Idiom: call the shots (used idiomatically: yes)
Has Hollywood scraped the barrel for bimbos ? Is the male notion of what is sexy changing ? Or is it women who are calling the shots — weary of living up to men 's fantasies , preferring instead to watch actresses they can identify with , both physically and emotionally ? Derek Malcolm , The Guardian 's film critic , agrees that there has been a gradual shift in perception and suggests it began as movie moguls realised women were no longer being ‘ taken’ to the movies by their menfolk , hot on the trail of Rambo . Instead they were movie - choosing for themselves ; turning up in droves to see films which were long on emotional content , romance and humour , and short on blood and guts .
Idiom: easy on the eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Singles available . Garda Garda is a charming old village that is very easy on the eye . Situated on the eastern shore of the lake with a backdrop of terraced vineyards , olive groves and cypress trees . Along the side of the lake , a long promenade runs in front of the town ; no wonder amateur photographers come back raving !