Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
‘ You have had an accident , mademoiselle ? ’ ‘ Not really,’ Jenna confessed with an embarrassed look . ‘ I went for a walk in the woods and got lost . I also fell a few times.’ ‘ I will take you back to the farm.’
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
When the Grand Junction Canal was commenced to create a shorter route for trade in coal and other freight between the Midlands and London , the construction of a tunnel through Blisworth Hill proved to be one of the biggest engineering problems . It was begun in 1794 , but the first borings were a total failure , due to unsatisfactory design and materials , and unforeseen and excessive seepage of water into the workings , and work was stopped on the proposed two - mile - long tunnel in 1796 . The consultant engineer for the canal was William Jessop , and he suggested building flights of locks instead , to carry the canal over the hill , but James Barnes , the resident engineer , argued for starting a new tunnel on a different route , and in due course this was agreed . The tunnel is 3,056 yards long and is still in use . Opposite Slate caverns at Blaenau Ffestiniog
Idiom: put the cat among the pigeons (used idiomatically: yes)
Roland felt a huge irritability mounting inside himself , mild though he knew himself to be , compounded of distress at hearing Lady Bailey 's faded voice stammer across Randolph Henry Ash 's prose , which sang in his head , reconstituted , and also of frustration because he could not seize and explore these folded paper time - bombs . ' We do n't know until we 've read it all , do we ? ' he retorted , creaky with self - restraint . ' But it might put a cat among the pigeons . ' ' Not exactly . The importance is literary — '
Idiom: light at the end of the tunnel (used idiomatically: yes)
WITH her bags packed ready to walk out on her marriage , Princess Diana sought one last avenue of help . In desperation she picked up the phone and called astrologer Penny Thornton . ‘ Tell me , ’ she begged , ‘ is there any light at the end of the tunnel ? ’ That call , to a number supplied by the Duchess of York , persuaded Penny to halt work on a book and agree to help . ‘ As soon as I realised Princess Diana was in trouble I put everything to one side , ’ she says .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
The disapproval she had sometimes sensed from him , and that had bothered her fleetingly from time to time , had erupted into a torrent of burning hatred at the discovery that , in spite of the fortune his father had showered on him , Ryan had died in a state of virtual penury . To Shiona 's absolute horror , Jake had blamed her . Everyone knew she and Ryan had been living together , and it was easy to jump to the wrong conclusions . But things had not been at all what they 'd seemed — though she was bound by her promise never to reveal the truth . She 'd paid bitterly and dearly for her unshakeable loyalty .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: no)
House 2 is a project to computerise the UK 's criminal justice system . Skates is confident that , whatever its prospects seem to outsiders , the fast - shrinking Westborough , Massachusetts - based hardware manufacturer will weather the economic storm , while competitors that have n't been as prudent will suffer greatly . The General , half the beast it used to be and back in the red at the mid - point of 1992 , will be lucky to break even this year , despite vast attempts over the last three years to clear the decks and keep a tight ship . But , although eyebrows were raised in April at the unexpected announcement that DG would be axing a further 1,000 jobs , reducing the total headcount to just over 7,000 , from 17,700 a few years ago , Skates maintains that these cuts — 600 to 700 of which have already been effected — would have been implemented regardless of the company 's financial performance . It turns out that the recent redundancies were enabled by the installation of an AViiON - based Unix client / server administration system at the company 's headquarters .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 gave back to the Secretary of State for the Environment the power to make determinations excluding certain elderly persons ' dwellings from the Right to Buy . The ADC found that all of the 83 district councils responding to the survey expressed concern with the way in which the Secretary of State was implementing the legislation . According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . Examples of reasons given by the Secretary of State for not allowing a property to be exempted include : the accommodation was located on a busy road which generated excessive noise .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
As Joe watched her put on her coat and hat he experienced a keen sense of disappointment , for he was realising it had been in his mind to escort her to work . Whether Mick would have proposed this he did not know ; he only knew that the desire had been there ; but it seemed to be the pattern that she and her uncle left together at dinnertime . She was standing in front of him and when , conventionally , she held out her hand towards him , saying , ‘ Goodbye , then,’ he hesitated for a moment ; then his arm jerked forward and he was holding her hand . He felt the warmth of it flowing up his arm like an injection ; it was as if everything in her was being transmitted through their palms . But as quickly as his arm had gone out , it returned to his side , jerked back there as if by a spring ; and he noticed that his action had n't gone unnoticed by Mick .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Just not right . Come along , Mr Curtis , I think Mrs Sutherland'd like to be alone for a bit . ' Delia Sutherland gave a short blast on her nose and stuffed the handkerchief back up her sleeve . ' Thank you , Mrs Files . I 'll be telling the others in the morning .
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
Glass cutter . You use a glass cutter . nine times , nine times out of ten the , the er door the back door or the front door has got a great big pane of glass on top of it . Yeah . Is the top , I mean I broke , had to get in my own house when I locked myself out once when I 'd been in the garden and I , I just got in by leaning through the top window and opening the bottom window , so now I always lock the bottom windows , I do n't bother locking the top one I open it
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Lindsey 's green eyes clouded . ‘ Did n't anyone suspect he might have a problem?’ ‘ That 's the awful thing , it came out of the blue . No one had any reason to suspect . He 'd passed his last medical , otherwise he would n't have been on board .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Well its time now for sport with football and boxing news , here 's Jim Delahunt . JIM DELAHUNT First tonight , Hearts manager Sandy Clark has cleared the way for Justin Fashanu to join Dundee United . Clark says the player can speak to United and he wo n't stand in his way if Fashanu can agree terms . Fashanu is still included in Hearts squad to face Partick Thistle tomorrow and may partner Mo Johnston for the first and last time as John Robertson is almost certainly out .
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: no)
Decline This was mainly due to Gazza , whose return to fitness and international football was one of the most heartening stories of l992 . The most depressing is the decline of Nottingham Forest , a side that like Spurs , Manchester United , West Ham and Chelsea in the past , look like discovering that being ‘ too good to go down ’ is one of soccer 's enduring myths . Bills double trouble lets in Dolphins David Tossell
Idiom: kick the habit (used idiomatically: yes)
He says ; Up and downstairs it is terrible I have to have two bars to pull me up and some people have to change to flats . More people die in Britain from smoking related diseases than anywhere else in Europe … but the doctors message that smoking is bad for you is getting through … Men are kicking the habit … but women aren't … lung cancer has overtaken breast cancer as killer.but despite the statistics people continue to smoke . He says I have done it for twenty eight years and it has n't had any effect . He says ; I enjoy it there is nothing else to do .
Idiom: free rein (used idiomatically: yes)
Both Apple and IBM will take Taligent work for incorporation in future versions of their existing offerings . The potential pitfall of this approach is that the Taligent add - ons could make the conventional offerings so attractive as to damage the acceptance of the native product itself . Guglielmi acknowledges this but says that if his company had ignored the market it would have given competitors free rein . This way , he says , when native Taligent , finally arrives in mid-1995 it will find an industry well stocked with Taligent - compliant tools and objects — and developers , claims Guglielmi , just love what they have seen so far . The Taligent system will use de facto protocols and support the Open Software Foundation Distributed Computing Environment , Sun Microsystems Inc 's remote procedure call and Network File System , Apple Events , AppleShare and the Object Management Group 's Common Object Request Broker Architecture mechanism for distributed computing .
Idiom: eternal triangle (used idiomatically: yes)
Right , right but the two 's company and three 's a crowd idea is that if you 've got er two people , they , they may have er some libidinal interest in each other and they may have a couple , but a third person is , is just a complication . It it 's , it 's the eternal triangle they 're the stuff of which novels and soap operas are made . What wo what would they do without the eternal triangle ? Virtually none one suspects , so ca can you see the problem here ? The problem is Freud believes in the libido , the libido erm directs you towards another person for gratification and that makes a couple and this can be very gratifying as well .
Idiom: toe the line (used idiomatically: no)
They might not have the ready - laid personality or boys gang mentality of Shaun 's forgotten foot - and - mouth soldiers , but the Stereo MC 's could certainly fill the musical gap with their protracted athletics and Rob Birch 's geezer - good vocal patois . The essential backing vocal trip — Cath , Verona , Andrea — are placed upfront , no uncomfortable , tail - feathered - shakin ' Rowetta - isms here ; drummer Owen is strapped inside his kit like a space pilot for maximum rocket'n'roll . You 'll never catch me toeing the tiresome MU ' Keep Music Live ' line , but an organic drummer does wonders for my feet . ' We do live beginnings , live middles , live play - outs and live stops ! ' brags Rob B , staling his space like a cross between Dave Wakeling , Catweazle and Joe Brown at mime school . Upstairs on the balcony , Peter Hook and Graham Popple are exercising their hips to the now - familiar breakthrough mover and shaker ' Connected ' — never mind white , the Stereo MC 's can make an old man dance !
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: no)
TOMORROW evening , the streets will be deserted in La Coruna , a pretty seaside town on the north - western tip of Spain . In bars , restaurants or at home , the vast majority of the inhabitants will be glued to television sets as their team take on mighty Real Madrid and 80,000 whistling fans in the daunting Bernabeu Stadium . Will history be made , or will the magic fade ? After nearly 20 years in the lower echelons of the second division and without a major title to their name , the team with the grand sounding name of Real Club Deportivo de la Coruna have elbowed their way past the giant clubs which year after year dominate the Spanish League , and have made a bold bid for the title . A few games past the halfway mark , Deportivo have a two - point lead over Real Madrid and four on Barcelona ; they have beaten both at home this season .
Idiom: all wet (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh Yeah . Oh look at that , I 'm all wet . This is lovely ai n't it ? Oh
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Of course Flint had money ! Those scoundrels were after it.’ ‘ Well then , suppose I have here in my pocket a paper that shows where Flint hid his treasure,’ said the doctor . ‘ Would the treasure be worth looking for?’ ‘ Worth looking for!’ cried the squire , with great enthusiasm .
Idiom: sit on the fence (used idiomatically: yes)
And he just he took no diving notice and they all were giggling at me . See , so I went out I said , get off my property you 're trespassing ! I said , that is my property and when you sit on my fence that is a , an offence ! Now , I says I 'll get the police the next time ! Okay .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
A beautiful place Syon , with its cool galleries and passageways , high - ceilinged chambers and pleasant gardens . Mind you , this was no ordinary convent . The nuns were some of the best doctors in a Europe and saved may a person from death but old Henry put paid to them , flattening the convent and pillaging its treasures . The great bastard ! A lovely house Syon , whose occupants tended the sick and brought about many a cure .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
Well when they put the flats up , I mean they could n't keep pets , and they had n't got a garden , and there was a period of time when er we were rather concerned . From fr the only from the trade angle , the business angle . But like so many other things er , they say , when one door closes another one opens , so the people in the flats , they had n't got a garden , then they er went to town on er pot plants , indoor plants . In place of a garden . And to offset the the er not being able to have pets as such , pigeons and aviaries of birds and things like that .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
But there are people that go into prisons , are n't there , to to help them , I mean , there are councillors , and er , and people going into to give them interest in life , I mean , goes into teaching erm , er , Park Parkway , does n't he . But it 's again one of those things which appear to be under financial pressure , I mean , one of our most respected adult school members at national level was actually awarded the M B E for his work in Wandsworth Prison , where he ran an adult school for thirty years . Erm , he finally had to shut the adult school , not because the prisoners were n't interested in in attending any more , but because the prison officers and the governor were n't able to provide the man - power to to cover the existence of that class . Mm .
Idiom: on the same page (used idiomatically: yes)
Commenting on this last decision , Sir John Donaldson M.R. said , at p. 353 : ' Bearing in mind that the essence of the proceedings is whether or not this lady had to give up these premises , it seems to me that , although he may not have been correct in thinking that the relief sought in the counterclaim was a matter for judicial review , the issue could without doubt be better dealt with by separate proceedings . On the same page of the report Parker L.J. is quoted as saying : ' Firstly , on the basis of the passage from Lord Bridge 's speech in Cocks v. Thanet District Council , with which the other four members of the Judicial Committee agreed , it is clearly the case that , having made their decision on 24 June 1983 [ viz that she was homeless , in priority need , and not intentionally homeless]the council came under a statutory duty to secure that accommodation became available .
Idiom: boys in blue (used idiomatically: yes)
A boy in blue shirt is looking at his hand near a stack of blocks on table
Idiom: nothing to it (used idiomatically: yes)
That , too , she managed to turn into a joke , while keeping back the unwelcome sighting of Robert . Finally she shrugged indifferently . ' Nothing to it , really . Just a pleasant evening out . What did you expect ? '
Idiom: down the drain (used idiomatically: yes)
Stoke have picked up 14 points from their last seven games . — HOWARD Wilkinson yesterday turned on the pundits writing off Leeds United 's championship chances . ‘ The players , myself and the staff have come a long way together and are not about to let all the hard work go down the drain.’ Cricket By TIM WELLOCK GARY Wigham , Durham 's top bowler on the tour of Zimbabwe , will have his first taste of first - class opposition this weekend . The 18-year - old Bishop Auckland bowler is in the squad of 14 from which Durham will pick their sides for the two one - day matches against Essex at Chelmsford .
Idiom: pass muster (used idiomatically: yes)
Unstable east face of Mam Tor with view over the Hope Valley towards the pyramid of Losehill Pike in the Peak District . Scotland Picking a route from the walking riches of Scotland is always somewhat arbitrary — but needs must and a traverse of the Five Sisters of Kintail will certainly pass muster as a first - rate choice . Dominating Glen Shiel is the Western Highlands , the steep , shapely mountains are a popular hillwalkers ' target — a long , demanding route , worthy of some respect . Altogether some 10,000 ft of ascent and descent are needed , often steep , rocky and energetic , so only fit , capable and committed walkers should attempt this route .
Idiom: high and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
Neal 's autobiography , Life At The Kop , leaves no - one in any doubt about his opinions of England bosses , Don Revie and Bobby Robson . He sums up Revie 's reign by saying ; ‘ He enjoyed ‘ dishing it out’ but could n't take the pressure when the tide turned . ‘ Many of us felt he should have had the courage to admit that the job was n't working out instead of using his reputation as England manager to negotiate a lucrative overseas contract and then leaving everyone high and dry without a second thought . ‘ In the beginning the Revie era promised so much , but in the end it turned out to be one of our national game 's most unsatisfactory episodes.’ FORGOTTEN
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
' I 'd like a big car , a big house and lots of money . ' ' I think the idea is we 're supposed to want all those things and work hard to get them . ' ' I knew there was a snag in it , ' Hoomey hooked round in his crisp bag for the last crumbs . ' Count me out . ' Nutty , staring hard at their neighbours , said , ' That blonde one , with the big hooter , he 's called Sebastian Smith .
Idiom: go bananas (used idiomatically: yes)
Robin Fior had left , and a new designer had arrived . Contacts between the revolutionary left and the rest of the underground continued , so who better than a designer who had worked for Oz ? ‘ When I saw the design’ , remembers Rowbotham , ‘ I went bananas.’ It graphically illustrated the arguments in a style which left little of the arguments , and a lot of dubious illustration . ‘ I suppose he thought it was boring stuff about equal pay and women’ , she says , ‘ I went berserk .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
There were some of the Dordogne , one of this house he had loved . Another was of the château , the water of the lake glistening in the evening sun . Unexpectedly there was a portrait , and she knew it was good although her knowledge of art was skimpy to say the least . It was Marguerite as she had been many years ago , and Jenna saw what her father had seen , what she herself saw now — the attraction of kindness , of calm good humour . He had painted his best friend and his wife and Jenna could n't fault it .
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: yes)
Upstream is the most interesting direction , passing a variety of fascinating buildings . Bridge house , with its thatched roof , rare fretwork fence and Gothic doorway , creates an idyllic scene , overlooking the river . Passing under the main A.52 , which is supported by an old brick bridge , one comes to Wainfleet 's major landmark and one of its greatest claims to fame — the old brick - tower windmill . Built in 1820 it ground corn for a hundred years . It was a fine five - sailed windmill , probably build by Oxleys of Alford .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: no)
So Malcolm sprang for the script . And Steve got the free speed he was after . Out of my box on this bomber , I remembered there was a bird I fancied at St. Martin 's — Virginia . So I went there and cornered her in the canteen and tried to chat her up for half an hour . I was rabbiting and rabbiting and rabbiting as we drank our tea .
Idiom: down the tubes (used idiomatically: yes)
And then once all the acid was in if you left the tape open what would happen to the gas ? It would just escape so we sh close the top and the gas has got to . Down the tube and into Yeah down the other tube and into the what 's the thingumajiggy ? What do you call it that tall cylinder thing ?
Idiom: down the tubes (used idiomatically: no)
As it is , governments of developing countries collect far less tax in relation to their gross domestic product than do industrialized countries — 14 per cent compared with 36 per cent for the countries studied in the 1986 World Bank Report . The debate about who should pay what tax in the underdeveloped world has moved centre stage . Create the wrong fiscal package and a Third World country 's chances of development go down the tube . ‘ Tax reform’ is the slogan of the 1980s . It is clearly unfair that so much tax in the Third World falls on the backs of those least able to pay .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
The students were told to learn the poem by ~ heart .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
He added : ‘ We wish Mr Hale all the very best for the future.’ Mr Hale 's is the last fireman 's claim . In all , London Underground has settled 60 out of 80 claims arising out of the disaster , to the tune of £ 2 m . Mr Hale would not comment directly but said in a statement read by his solicitor : ‘ I am pleased it is all over . It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: no)
If you buy a certain level support from Sun Microsystems , they will ship you an application which is built using Gain Multimedia . And that application is a self teaching way to use a S Sun Unix workstation . Traditionally if you buy a w unix workstation and you turn it on out of the box , look at the screen and you 'll see a percent sign . What do you do next ? You turn to the manual and try and work out how it 's going to how you 're going to interact with it .
Idiom: make a splash (used idiomatically: no)
The fire at Sunnisde Court Nursing Home , Southgate , the Headland , broke out just after midnight . A bay window , book case , cupboard and a settee were damaged in the fire . Making splash : Painting and decorating apprentice Jason Hutchinson , 19 , has being judged apprentice of the year with Stockton Borough Council . He wins a shield and a £ 100 voucher to buy tools and materials .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
When it entered the hangar the tracking device clicked and swivelled . Unreeling cables , it began to lower the bundle . On its way down , the bundle unfolded , spreading wings left and right . Its fabric shifted in the light , cords sliding across one another , and the light shone through and between them . It was a net .