Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , six short years ago when you started on the Council . It must have been quite a shock for you all of a sudden to be dealing with millions of pounds on the budget . How did you come to grips with that ? Simply by doing the paperwork , by analyzing the figures , because my background is one of analysis , and coming to sometimes political decisions and sometimes unpleasant political decisions . But that 's what one learnt .
Idiom: ahead of the curve (used idiomatically: yes)
The economist Larry ~ Summers has invoked the analogy of the Vietnam ~ War to describe European decision - making . “ At every juncture they made the minimum commitments necessary to avoid imminent disaster – offering optimistic rhetoric , but never taking the steps that even they believed could offer the prospect of decisive victory . ” This strategy needs to be inverted – and Greece offers a real opportunity to get ahead of the curve . Instead of driblets of relief , a sizeable package , composed of two elements , is the way forward . First , as Lee ~ Buchheit , the attorney who oversaw the Greek private restructuring , has proposed , maturities on official Greek debt could be greatly extended .
Idiom: drop the ball (used idiomatically: no)
Crashed He powered his drive down the middle of the 545-yard 14th , while Faldo 's ball crashed among dense palm trees fringing the right of the fairway . With his ball unplayable , Faldo took a penalty drop before lurching to a six , while Norman chipped to three feet for his birdie four to go six under par . Both safely negotiated the treacherous short 15th hole and Faldo 's putter rescued him on the 18th green . For the first time , Norman was master of his own destiny , hitting a fine recovery from sand to within a yard of the pin , with Faldo 12 feet behind the flag .
Idiom: knock it off (used idiomatically: no)
Otherwise whoever it was would probably have come in from the corridor . I used my house key , the same as I did yesterday . Hers was on the floor by the bedside table — she 'd probably knocked it off when she had a glass of water , or when she took the veronal.’ ‘ That veronal must be strong,’ said Mary . ‘ Otherwise she 'd have surely woken up , with someone coming in through her window.’
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
Their attitudes and reactions were just as important to the papacy as those of archbishops and monarchs . During the Becket quarrel , when their support was split between king and archbishop , their crucial and ambivalent position was shown . In the final analysis the majority accepted the authority of the pope . Similarly in the imperial crisis the dual allegiance of the bishops was tested up to(and in some cases beyond ) breaking point . Innocent sought definite controls over the episcopacy : for if in theory bishops were the pope 's natural supporters , in practice their allegiance to the Crown might be more pressing .
Idiom: young blood (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's if you can get over the bridge . Crowds coming and going and jammed on the bridge itself . Leaning over the parapet to watch the young bloods in the river sprucing up their horses for the fair . Bare chested and wet trousered , the job done , they swank before their audience then gallop off to Fair Hill . The crowd begins to melt away and a bubbling froth is tossed along the river , dancing and swirling and disappearing from sight round the bend .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
Do n't hold on by the reins whatever you do.’ She sent Midnight to the end of the rein and got him trotting . Nails bit his tongue and slithered all over the place . ‘ Can — ter ! Can — ter!’
Idiom: dead and buried (used idiomatically: yes)
She spluttered and pointed out that it was a murder enquiry . ‘ I did n't see the relevance of something that happened a long time ago . An incident that was dead and buried.’ ‘ It was up to me to decide that . Not you,’ she replied waspishly .
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
I attended morning chapel , and neither the seating nor the service had altered . In the dormitories I identified the beds in which I had slept , with the same trays beneath them for dirty clothes and the same chairs beside them . In the dining room , team photographs were ranged along the wall : I recognized Brian in one of them ; I myself had never made the grade . In sixty years the school had hardly changed in outward appearance ; what was profoundly different was the relationship of headmaster and boys . Between them I sensed affection , confidence and trust .
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Patten played Cinderella last night and cancelled a private engagement to carry on the polishing while Margaret went to the Blue Ball . But the great behind - the - scenes event of the Blackpool conference has been the secret series of meetings between Norman Lamont , the Chief Secretary to the Treasury , and spending ministers to whittle down their bids for spending next year . Ministers are sworn to secrecy about the talks — known by aficionados as Pesc ( public expenditure scrutiny committee)— but Kenneth Clarke , the Secretary of State for Health , broke ranks by mentioning them in his conference speech . Mr Clarke unknowingly stole the thunder of Douglas Hurd , the Home Secretary , who had been intending to make a veiled public appeal for more cash for the police services in the law and order debate . In the end , Mr Hurd had to make a joking reference to Mr Clarke 's audacity .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
So we had to go to pictures and we had to have a few or whatever . So one of the ways was , at that time the Co - op used to have a horse and cart coming round the streets , fruits and , and they used to sell rabbits . Well the , the lads used to skin the rabbits for the customers and throw the skin ov over the top of this cart , horse and cart . Well that would enable us to go to pic one of us to go to pictures and get a penny bag of sweets , or a pennyworth of fruits , or a pennyworth of stale buns . You see we were never hungry , although you know er times were bad and all that , you were never short of money either .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour - so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ' Sally and Peter Herbert are perfectionists — and it shows . Having lavished so much time , money and effort on their house , you might expect it to be a work of art — which , as Peter modestly admits , ' It is . ' When your friends or relations come to stay you 'll be glad you bought the new carpet Food
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: yes)
John MacGregor , the transport secretary , chewed anxiously at his glasses . Young Michael Portillo , the chief secretary to the Treasury , struck a permanent frown , and Kenneth Clarke , the Home Secretary , stifled a yawn or two and when he thought no - one was looking . It was all too much for Sir Patrick Mayhew , the Northern Ireland Secretary , who appeared to take more than 40 winks with the tell tale sign of a rhythmically nodding head giving him away . At one stage a bleeper went off in the press gallery which woke up one or two slumbering hacks . The mood changed dramatically when Mr Lamont announced his extension of value added tax to domestic fuels , which ignited Labour shouts of : ‘ Resign!’ and : ‘ Cheat!’ .
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: yes)
Best base stealer in the game , Henderson has a high opinion of himself , and thrives on psychological warfare on the basepaths to unnerve opponents , a strategy that worked against Toronto in the AL play - offs . Yet Henderson is also fully capable of hitting home runs if he can not get on base . Against a slow - moving catcher like the Giants ' Terry Kennedy in the World Series , Henderson is expected to make hay . Rugby League : Injury blight offers NZ hope By PAUL WILSON
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Lovat 's headquarters 's on the left Twentieth June — visited No. 4 Commando ( French Troop ) and was saddened by the number of casualties they have had since the landing at La Breche on the morning of 6th June . Their positions were under constant sniper fire during the day so I had to keep as close to the ground as possible . My friend of the South coast of England days , a Corporal Chauvet , informed me in his usual quiet manner that the two Troops of French Commandos , numbering almost two-hundred men , who had landed on 6th June were now , due to casualties , down to about sixty-seven men . Their Commanding Officer , Philip Keifer , was wounded early on and was now back in England .
Idiom: black and blue (used idiomatically: yes)
In some set - piece frescoes , life - sized figures of men , bulls , and griffins were moulded in low relief ; this seems to have happened in the period 1550–1470 BC , but not later . The famous ' Priest - King Fresco ' is of this type . The colours used for fresco painting were for the most part easily obtained : red ochre , yellow ochre , black ( either from charred bone or from carbonaceous shale ) and blue ( from a copper - tinted glass ) . An analysis of the paints used on the Agia Triadha sarcophagus shows that some paints had a more exotic origin : the blue seems to be ground lapis lazuli . Sinclair Hood ( 1971 ) says that some of the fresco subjects were secular , but the evidence points increasingly to a pervasive religious content .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
Stephens , of course , will be equally keen to prove the opposite , so it should be a fascinating duel . Llanelli should , on paper , win no matter how the fly - half confrontation goes . They have a superior front five , although the Pontypridd lock Mark Rowley had been getting the better of several big names lately and will relish the prospect of testing himself against Tony Copsey . Another with a point to make is their captain and scrum - half Paul John , a greatly improved player who will at least let Rupert Moon , also an outstanding player , know that he 's been in a battle . But Llanelli must be favourites to reach another final because they have so much talent amongst their backs , especially in Ieuan Evans and Nigel Davies .
Idiom: lay down the law (used idiomatically: yes)
I was only smug for about half a minute . Then I moved into worried . By eleven o'clock I was standing in front of Patterson 's desk laying down the law . I was dressed in red leather riding gear and red boots and sweating a lot despite the air - conditioning . That may have ruined the image a bit , after all , not even Prior , Keen , Baldwin could have had that many motorbike - riding clients .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
Should he give thanks to Moma Parsheen too ? ‘ Can you take us somewhat closer?’ he asked Googol . ‘ Whilst steering clear of any dangling hydra?’ ‘ Question is , will it steer clear of us , Jaq?’ ‘ We 'll find out .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
I mean if could you take the mothballs off and dust it off and it would work ? Plug it in and it would work ? More or less yes , just a few adjustments and it could be up and running I would think . Maybe maybe a couple of hours work on it to put it back together . Cos I mean , that again is something that that one might put into the into the tent or something .
Idiom: fall in line (used idiomatically: no)
The Employment Appeal Tribunal considered that there was a potentially fair reason for the dismissals and that the employer had in fact handled the matter fairly , adding : … it is not difficult to imagine a case where it would be essential for employers embarking for example on a new technical process to invite existing employees to agree to some reasonable restriction on their use of the knowledge they acquire of the new technique ; and where it would be essential for the employer to terminate , by due notice , the services of an employee who was unwilling to accept such a restriction . Thus it is clear that if the change is a realistic one and the company is justifiably convinced that it must be imposed , you will be extremely vulnerable if you do not fall in line . As a result , you may have little practical alternative but to agree to increased working hours or to work in a different area , despite the fact that the contract does not provide for such things , if they are commercially necessary from the point of view of the business . Indeed , there have been decisions in which management 's right to reorganise in a way contrary to the explicit terms of employee 's contracts has been interpreted even more liberally .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
The women , dressed in yards of a blue - and - white , shiny fabric , even looked overfed . The men , thinner than their wives , greeted me and gathered round . A tall , old man , wearing western - style trousers , with a knee - length white robe over the top , was the only one to speak . His face was kindly , brown and wrinkled . He had blue eyes and his head was bare except for a few short grey hairs .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
The air was warm and uncharacteristically still . Palm trees and crescent - shaped dunes seemed to waver in the heat . The road rolled over a hill and curled down among flesh - pink dunes . Seen from a hill , the dunes stretched as far as the deep blue of the horizon , above which were a few streaks of cirrus cloud . The road pitched and banked over and around waves of sand and , periodically , I met the workmen busy with their shovels .
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: no)
' We are running a business , ' says Pettitt , ' and in any business you have to be aware of change in the market place . ' ' I foresee this being successful , but no business can ever say ' This is the last change . '' Regional Railways : Thriving under the feet of elephants Quentin Cowdry profiles a giant - slaying small firm which is making big tracks in the business of building real - life train sets By QUENTIN COWDRY COMPLACENCY is almost a sacking offence at Hunslet Transportation Projects , the Birmingham - based firm which in June 1990 startled railway experts by winning a contract to supply 37 electric passenger trains to Regional Railways .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
What are we going I mean we we 've heard also I 'm changing the subject now because that was the the sort of political answer I 'd expect and er I suppose until I get somebody else come on and say he 's talking absolute whatever er I mean I think it is down to the people who live and work with the school . I think if you all make a mess you should be severely reprimanded quite frankly expect other people to come round and pick up your mess . Well that 's something that a as a teacher we 're erm in my school we 're constantly saying t to the pupils I mean if they ha they have a they have a certain responsibility t to tidy up after them and t to try and keep their work area tidy that 's not the same as er as cleaning at the end of the day as sweeping up all all the dust and and so on . What about this mum 's army of teachers is this going to come to fruition as some point or not ? I do n't I do n't believe it is erm at the mo well earlier this week a report was published by the National Commission on Education which was er an independent erm Commission that was set up erm and they they 've said that basically what we need to be doing is t if we 're trying to raise standards is to keep the idea of having an all graduate profess profession followed up by high quality for train training for teachers once they 've actually started work .
Idiom: tie the knot (used idiomatically: yes)
The Persian knot is used almost exclusively in China , India , Pakistan and the Balkan countries . A simple , though far from foolproof , method of telling whether the Senneh knot has been used is to examine the back of the rug . Usually , if only one loop or bump is visible across the warp where the knot has been tied , then the Persian knot has been employed . Ghiordes or Turkish knot Formed by looping the pile yarn across two warp strands and then drawing each end back through the inside of both warps .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
With regard to your August and September editorials on guitar design , the majority of your comments were perfectly fair but you can hardly blame guitar manufacturers for turning out what the public seems to want ( currently , vintage lookalikes and the so - called superStrat ) . The generic Oriental ‘ identikit’ guitar which you outlined is a practical compromise package which crams the majority of popular features into a single product at a price which the average semi - pro or amateur guitarist might be prepared to pay . Commercially speaking , building superStrats had to be a safer bet for the manufacturers than attempting to break new ground . The insurmountable problem for contemporary designers ( including the staff of Guitarist ! ) is that the definitive electric guitars already exist . The Stratocaster , Telecaster , Les Paul and ES335 have certain things in common .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
In retrospect , the research might have been easier in a situation with fewer functional elements , as a great deal of time and effort was directed at trying to tabulate the information links between the system components and construct a comprehensive information model . However , by applying the theory in the first instance to a complex situation the limitations of the software being used were highlighted , from which the obvious conclusions could be drawn . Even in these circumstances the approach provided a deep insight into the information needs of the organisation , and revealed a considerable number of potential improvements , some of which were implemented in the course of the study and others that were addressed in the longer term . The most tangible outcome of the MINSE research project was the user requirement for computer support of EPHs , which , arguably , could have been produced using a more conventional approach . However , this resulted from an improved understanding of how certain information handling functions supported the organisation 's objectives , rather than from a deliberate intention to introduce a computer to the situation .
Idiom: break the ice (used idiomatically: no)
' I had shown her photos of Diana , the house and Max the dog and she recognised them all immediately . ' Today all three ' get along like a house on fire ' . The ice was broken the day after Natasha arrived in England . ' We took her out to a local restaurant for a celebration dinner , ' Mike says , ' and she started to take the mickey out of Diana , imitating the way she nods her head when she speaks . ' Diana saw her do it and they both burst out into giggles just like little girls .
Idiom: have someone's number (used idiomatically: no)
Changes in the energy precede observable physical changes , and it creates matter , energy and life . 5 . It has its opposite number which is opposed to its life - giving properties . This occurs during disintegration of matter when life - giving energy is leaving instead of integrating into a system . 6 .
Idiom: kick the habit (used idiomatically: yes)
People should be able to walk in off the street when the mood takes them . They should thus be open in the evenings and at weekends as well as during ordinary office hours so that working people can attend without having to take time off work . They must also offer confidentiality and staff need to be nonjudgmental and ready to offer help , whether or not the individual is ready to ‘ kick the habit’ . New - style services of this type are usually less expensive to run than traditional Drug Dependence Clinics and the in - patient beds provided in some areas by the National Health Service ; money spent on establishing local voluntary organization action and a professional back - up service will usually reach a far wider group of people . Community care services in this area offer much better value for money than the traditional NHS approach .
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde (used idiomatically: yes)
The timing of an Intervention is often most helpful at a moment when the primary sufferer is in a " circle of confusion " " . In this state he or she is putting out the mixed messages , " I need you to help me … get away from me " . This most clearly illustrates the Jekyll and Hyde nature of the disease and gives one insight into the concept of a disease of the human spirit parasitising the suffering individual . As a general principle the earlier the better for an Intervention because less damage will have been caused by the disease and the denial system will be less entrenched . The disease does not go away if one ignores it : progressive decline is inexorable .
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
There are a great many different swings , but a child must be aware of the skill necessary to make a swing work , that is , transference of his own body weight , as he goes forwards , backwards , up , down and sideways . Some swings have seats of various heights , others have double handgrips or a rubber tyre . There are single ropes to curl around and seats on single ropes . They all provide different experiences that children can be encouraged to talk about . Seesaws
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: yes)
Female speaker We 're building on the Solheim cup . We ca n't help but go from strength to strength . But without sponsorship and television , we 're at their mercy . Voice over
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
He said the situation would be reviewed once the summer trade was over . ‘ We would like to see these barriers lifted . We are disappointed to say the least with the bilateral talks which appear to have got nowhere.’ Mr Burns said American Airlines had aimed to get more routes out of Stansted . Another problem facing the U.S. carrier is the possibility of Russian airline Aeroflot flying transatlantic from Stansted .
Idiom: in one ear and out the other (used idiomatically: yes)
If they call you names or they spit at you , or or whatever , it 's better to walk away and live another day than to get your head kicked in and end up in hospital . Erm y you get a lot of well we did get a lot of verbal abuse from the young the youngsters . But there again you you just let it go in one ear and out the other ear . That 's why you 've got to have somebody who 's a mature natured person , for this for this k kind of job . You know probably if you got a younger person , he probably would have been after him , square up to him , and erm .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
He got up at last and stared out of the window at the empty road and the gravel pits , grey in the dawn light . A single owl hooted . Marjorie turned over in bed with a deep , sobbing sigh , and he felt vaguely and wearily sorry for whatever unhappiness she was feeling in her sleep . He wondered whether she really believed her wild accusations — and then , bracing himself , whether there was not some truth in them , after all … He thought about it , solemnly searching his heart .