Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
Because er we had not my accounts , the trading accounts . Okay . Right well the next one Well seven and eight actually are one and the same . What is that I 've lost my It 's to do with self employment
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
A middle aged man and woman are riding horses down a road beside the water
Idiom: bark up the wrong tree (used idiomatically: yes)
A funny thing for a gyno to say out of the blue — and the first time he 's ever looked me in the eye . ‘ It 's the same with my relationship with Madge . People who feel sorry for my old bridesmaid and travelling companion are barking up the wrong tree . I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp!’ At five o'clock precisely , it was time for Dame Edna to catnap before changing for the evening for some glittering social round .
Idiom: know the score (used idiomatically: yes)
To stay hardcore it had to close and start elsewhere under another name . Blast is still going strong though , perhaps because its sound is too loud for wet fashion victims to handle . As my Mancunian boyfriend says : ‘ Hardcore — know the score.’ Would you dare wear a Yobot ? OK , OK .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
I pondered and pondered . After a while , I remembered an article in the Hot Press magazine . With tongue in cheek , the writer had suggested that a deal be struck with Britain over the Six Counties in the North . With great fanfare , Britain would hand the Counties over to the Republic , and ‘ a little later , we quietly slip them Tipperary , Laois and Offaly . Think about it .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Adam turned on to his back , his hands behind his head , and looked at the ceiling . ' It 's about time we considered going public . ' Astonished , Miranda sat down on the edge of the bed . ' So soon ? Why ? '
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
And that is not the only starting - point which comes to mind .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
If they are given a vote of confidence this season it could bring dividends . At least it will be no whitewash this season . If we can break even — as I think we will — it will be a qualified success . With Copsey and Gareth Llewellyn improving all the time , we could just have a bright future ahead of us . 5 NATIONS ROUND 1
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: no)
Interview by Ben Bacon ARSENAL manager George Graham was last night urged to start playing Anders Limpar regularly or risk finishing a second successive season without a trophy . The warning came from former Liverpool defender Glenn Hysen , who knows Limpar 's strengths after playing alongside the enigmatic winger many times for Sweden . Hysen , who captained his country and Liverpool , is now a commentator for Swedish television and can not understand Graham continually ignoring Limpar 's match-winning ability . The last straw for Hysen came against Middlesbrough on Saturday when Limpar , who lost his place to 20-year-old Mark Flatts , was not even on the substitutes ' bench .
Idiom: do someone's head in (used idiomatically: yes)
And what I 'd really like you know I have little things that bug you to death ? Yep ! Well you leaving your fucking crusts on the top do my head in ! Gavin ! I could n't put them anywhere the bin is full !
Idiom: go begging (used idiomatically: yes)
£ 16,500 to serve drinks to EC chiefs GEOFFREY LAKEMAN WELL - PAID Euro jobs are going begging — kept ‘ secret’ from Britain 's unemployed . Ingrid Heseltine , an EC civil servant , found the vacancies tucked away at the back of Euro documents , printed in French . And among the 280 posts were some lucrative situations : £ 16,500 a year for serving drinks in EC bars and £ 15,000 for stacking shop shelves .
Idiom: over your head (used idiomatically: no)
One of the aims of this proposal would be to reduce the number of accidents at work involving young people . But earning a living or having the money to be able to continue studying is , I know , just one area of concern for your readers . Finding a roof over your head has become a real problem for many more thousands of young people seeking a home of their own . We will extend the security of tenure in private rented accommodation to a similar level to that enjoyed by council tenants . There are now many homeowners who are under the age of 25 .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Prost should be prepared to race anybody in any conditions — everything has been laid on for him.’ Mansell stayed aloof from the bickering . He was magnificent in doing his job and never surrendering , or even looking like surrendering the lead he built up from the green light . He had pride at stake , deposed champion Senna to humble — and a point to underline to the team that has negligently abandoned him to a new career in America . By the finish of yesterday 's race he was 35 seconds ahead of second placed Gerhard Berger — and had covered the equivalent distance of London to Manchester in a little more than one hour and a half .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
Try using skimmed or semi - skimmed milk , or substitute dairy milk with soya milk . 10 . Try to avoid processed foods in cans and packets — especially those laden with chemical additives . These foods should only be eaten occasionally ; they should not form the basis of your diet . 11 .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
As a result only a thin stratum of wealthy native merchants developed . Their prosperity was directly dependent upon political favour : the government itself constituted the most valuable market , established monopolies in the most lucrative goods , disposed of much of the available credit , and had the legal power to advance or halt new ventures . Moreover , as with the rank - and - file townsmen , the State 's bureaucratic weakness led it to impose crippling burdens on the leading merchants . The most eminent among them , headed by the so - called gosti , were saddled with the dubious honour of running the Tsar 's own commercial interests , or collecting customs and excise dues . The system distracted them from their own businesses and led many of the richest families to ruin , punished for failure to fulfil the Tsar 's expectations .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
What you do is to fix a line of battens across the wall ( or right round the room ) just above skirting board level , securing them with partly-driven masonry nails so you can remove them later when the adhesive has set . The precise level will be dictated by your setting-out with the tiling gauge , but will usually be between half and three-quarters of a tile width above the skirting board . Do n't rely on this being level ; it probably wo n't be . Draw the line out in pencil first , using your spirit level , and then pin the battens up and check the level again . If you intend to tile over existing tiles , you will have to drill holes through them for the masonry pins .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah so if it was somebody you did n't like you could say , here I saved you one of these , have a look at number element , very useful Okay yes , most of this is common sense erm er i what I 'll do is relate it to things that I 'm looking for in exam questions as we go through . Right , do n't spend most of your time trying to come to grips with something that you just do n't understand . I mean if you ca n't get it quite quickly and get to grips with it , do n't waste time on it . Move on to other topic areas , right ?
Idiom: close but no cigar (used idiomatically: no)
The Smiths , who had always taken a leaf out of Factory 's books by designing their visual imagery behind heavy subtlety , now showed a deliberately provocative front . The music press treated ' Meat Is Murder ' with approving caution . Nobody risked showering the album with reams of ecstatic praise : ' CLose , but no cigar ' became the order of the day . It was too obvious a record to hail as a classic . Most fell in line with the view that The Smiths would one day produce the perfect artifact and that ' Meat Is Murder ' was most definitely a step in the right direction .
Idiom: pull out all the stops (used idiomatically: yes)
The second was his unrivalled ability to project his authority to Algeria and to the army . On 29 January , wearing a military uniform to show that he was General de Gaulle as well as President de Gaulle , he spoke to the nation on radio and television . His speech pulled out all the stops . He resolutely defended the policy of self - determination . He appealed directly to the pieds noirs and the army , using rhetoric that combined intimidating references to the authority of the state with tendentious but effective arguments to reassure them about the " real " aim of his policy .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
! Bloody hell ! And the little old girl he says , you got ta bear in mind , he said she 's only nine he said so she ca n't do none of that she come up and she could get her leg up , she went like this ! And that went past my face Mhm .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
A thin trickle of blood was darkening below his mouth where her ring had torn the skin . With difficulty she rolled his dead weight first to one side and then the other to search his pockets . From one she extracted the brown exercise book , more creased and folded than when she had first set eyes on it a quarter of an hour or so before . From the other she took the photograph — now with the glass cracked — of Tatyana and Zbigniew Nowak on Westminster Bridge . With fatigue hanging in lead weights from her shoulders , she remembered the telephone number Robert Urquhart had dialled .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
The popularity of hercules in Britain The reason for the popularity of Hercules in Britain may be sought in the spread and growth of the Salvation Cults from the late second century . The concept of personal salvation was not new to Rome since the cults of Isis and Dionysus had taken root in the city in the early first century . The spread was helped by the Army since the idea appealed to soldiers facing possible death in battle . The interest in these cults among the civil population was enhanced in times of political unrest and an increase in central authoritarian presence .
Idiom: wide of the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
Women fare little better , working an average 40.1 hours here , compared to the Euro average of 38.9 hours . For all that effort — the sums in the wage packets do n't add up , with British employees earning less than those in Denmark , Germany , Holland and Luxembourg . The report offers no explanation for our figures being wide of the mark . But Philip Pearson of the independent Low Pay Unit said : ‘ It 's because we have lower pay rates AND less productivity . ‘ Industry ca n't afford to invest in modern technology because of the Government 's high interest rates , so it is less competitive .
Idiom: go under the hammer (used idiomatically: yes)
He had established himself spectacularly in this sphere in 1786 by outbidding the king for the Bedford Book of Hours at the Duchess of Portland 's sale , and his library contained many choice early printed books and manuscripts . On 10 September 1805 he married Katharine Bromhead and moved to a manor house at Harrow , described in glowing terms by T. F. Dibdin [ q.v.]in his Bibliomania and Bibliographical Decameron . Edwards 's health having deteriorated during 1814 , he determined to sell his library and it went under the hammer of R. H. Evans on 15 April 1815 , the 830 lots bringing £ 8,432 . His timing was prescient , as he died 2 January 1816 , leaving a widow and five children , and was buried in Harrow churchyard in a coffin constructed from his library shelves . [ Gentleman 's Magazine , February 1816 ; William Beloe , The Sexagenarian , 1818 ; John Nichols , Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century , vol . iv , 1822 ; T. W. Hanson , ‘ Edwards of Halifax’,Book Handbook , no . 6 , 1948 ; James Edwards 's catalogues . ]
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Graham Rice meets Hazel Key , whose Fibrex Nurseries house the national collection of pelargoniums Should we name them pelargoniums or geraniums ? Gardeners have been arguing about this for years , so I hope we can clear the matter up now once and for all . Last month 's issue featured my visit to East Lambrook Manor to look at true geraniums , or cranesbills . This month I talked to Hazel Key of Fibrex Nurseries about pelargoniums .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
Neither is there any facility for magnification or editing . Possibly the most obvious omission , though , is the lack of any means of editing the screen irrespective of the Ink colours used . On a system like the ZX Spectrum where it is often easier to draw in black and white before adding the colours this in an essential facility . As a piece of hardware the Touchmaster tablet appears to have a lot going for it compared with its rivals like the Grafpad and the Koala - pad . It 's robustly built and offers a full A4-sized drawing area that can be connected to most of the common home computers .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's alright I know I take the piss out of you every other day of the year but today I will not from now on . You have been . You never take the piss out of me . You 'd better start then I suppose . My boyfriend and I have been going out for six weeks and everything is wonderful but it takes me honestly two hours to reach orgasm .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
Pitch control remains light and effective at all speeds ; even in the tightest turns very little backpressure is needed , and you do n't have to raise the nose much for bank angles up to 75 or 80 degrees . At all speeds and in all axes the little red wonder is extremely responsive and agile . Our Fougabatics in the clear calm upper air were an almost religious experience . It confirms my theory that low - powered but aerodynamically - sound aircraft are generally far nicer to fly than those high - powered bricks whose great drag is masked by a big engine . The Fouga 's low speed handling is every bit as genuine and benign .
Idiom: foam at the mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
He beamed again as Ali , practically choking on his own saliva , fell forward into a group of pupils . He was practically laughing out loud as Ali reached critical mass . Foaming at the mouth , the maths master , now on his knees , raised both hands above his head and shook them violently . He was screeching , sobbing and wailing with the aplomb of a professional mourner and it was n't always easy to understand what he was saying . But the gist of it seemed to be that there should be an early , and preferably unpleasant , end to the miserable life of the blasphemer and pig - fancier , Wilson .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
It chewed the bloody snow , gulped the entrails and the gore , growled in its throat as it worked at the tough tissues . When the flap of the tent was disturbed it began to shudder , but hunger was now so powerful a force in its life that it could not bring itself to leave the stench of the kill . It shovelled snow and food into its maw , turning to confront Fierce Eyes and Dreamer , too torn between the delight of meat and the fear of attack to make a move . Fierce Eyes ' spear took it in the shoulder . It howled and leapt , but was knocked aside .
Idiom: tie the knot (used idiomatically: yes)
But I think you must talk this over very thoroughly with your fiancé before you agree to go ahead with the wedding . You must ask him whether he has any homosexual leanings — though many transvestites are basically heterosexual . I think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years . Q I thought I was abnormal when I first ejaculated at a climax , and felt terribly ashamed .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: no)
But a few weeks ago our youth rugby team could n't raise a side because the golf club was holding a junior scratch championship on the same day . I used to play cricket until about ten years ago , when the A470 was driven through the village pitch . So I joined Glyn - Neath Golf Club instead . ' Royal Glyn - Neath ' , we call it , although in those days it was only a little nine - hole course . I 'm the club 's President for life — great honour , that — and in 1985 we launched the bi - annual Max Boyce Classic to raise money for improvements .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
From Mr ROBERT BRECKMAN Sir : In extolling the virtues of the one - man show , Mark Steyn ( 7 October ) misses the real point of their popularity — cost . With the theatre now under financial siege , these are the only shows now possible to make ends meet . One only has to look at the diminishing casts in productions all over the country . The proliferation of these diminutive shows will soon be in inverse proportion to the theatres still open to receive them .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
I must find a telephone , Harriet thought , as she hurried , head bent against the biting wind , along the Paris street . I ca n't wait to tell Nick I 've got his job in the bag . Then I 'll decide whether to post him the last reels of film in a Jiffy bag or fly back to London with them myself . The thought gave her another fillip of excitement — her first job for Focus Now , the new picture magazine Nick was editing — and it was a corker , she knew it in her bones . Already she could visualise the lay - out —'The Other Side of Fashion ' she 'd entitled it in her mind 's eye when she 'd discussed it with Nick .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
It is certainly the case that Stirling Council has what is probably one of the most progressive same - sex - sharing tenancy policies in the country . In Scotland , the only way of gauging the effectiveness of this approach would be through a survey of the lesbian and gay community , but there , as in the rest of Britain , such expensive research is no longer a priority for hard - pressed local councils . The lesbian and gay issue featured prominently in the Tory propaganda war against the GLC , although more on the level of rumour and innuendo than on the public level . As the date of abolition ( April 1986 ) drew nearer , activists in London were determined that the momentum should not be lost in this area of local government work . Many more lesbians and gays were openly involved in their local Labour parties than would have been the case even five years previously , and they ensured that the Labour manifestos in the 1986 council elections included commitments to lesbian and gay work .
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
But a government that grows too large , centralized , bureaucratic , and expensive substantially impairs the private economy by eroding individual initiative and responsibility ; crowding out private investment , consumption , and charity ; and damaging incentives with high tax rates . It also risks crowding out necessary government functions such as defense . That is today ’s Europe in a nutshell , with America not far behind . The recent death of James ~ M .~ Buchanan , the father of public - choice economics , is reason to reflect on his sage warnings . Buchanan was awarded the Nobel ~ Prize in 1986 for bringing to the study of government and the behavior of government officials the same rigorous analysis that economists had long applied to private economic decision - making .
Idiom: go down the pan (used idiomatically: yes)
The lyrical content of the track refers to rumours concerning an affair between the Tory and a London caterer , which have been rife in media circles throughout the summer . Talking exclusively to the NME about the background to the song , songwriter Tim London said : ‘ Claire 's Kitchen’ is based on an interesting rumour , but is really there to point out the hypocrisy of a political party that has championed so - called family values , whilst indulging in the biggest spate of shagging around since The Beatles . These Chelsea - supporting , three - minute Johnnies have been taking the piss out of ordinary folk for too long , indulging their libidos at our nation 's expense , laughing while communities crumble , hospitals are shut and the economy goes down the pan.’ Soho : unhappy chicks Reg Wedge !
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
SHE PROMOTION look alive ! If virtually fat - free yogurt sounds ( and tastes ) too good to be true , do n't just take our word for it Since the mid 1980s , increased public awareness of healthy eating has made many of us rethink our diets . In 1985 , to make things easier for health - conscious consumers , Tesco introduced , for the first time , information panels on its food packaging .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: no)
Not only was he a good judge of horseflesh , but he was capable of treating most ailments which occurred both in the hunters and the heavy farm animals . He was popular with the grooms and the coachmen and yet they respected him and his discipline was firm . As a final bonus , he could pass on his expertise in the saddle and both Tamar and Victoria had made rapid progress under his guidance . ‘ Yes?’ he enquired pleasantly as he looked up . ‘ I thought you would wish to know , sir , that Her Ladyship is making good progress and I should like to take her further afield to tackle typical hunting country , so that she may get plenty of practice before she actually attends a meet.’
Idiom: dog in the manger (used idiomatically: yes)
And that struck us and the families of the hostages as a quite extraordinary thing to do . Syria has a very significant role now to play and we ought not to be seeking ways of annoying them . We ought to be seeking to build on the quite hopeful developments , in the greater Beirut area anyway , over the last few days , but instead we appear to be getting even more dog in the manger in our attitude towards Syria . You 're listening to the Fox Report . Cowley Police are to step up their numbers on the Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford after a recent rise in crime in the area .
Idiom: keep your nose to the grindstone (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We 'll do it again some time.’ ‘ Do n't bank on it,’ Luke interposed , before Merrill could speak . ‘ I intend to keep your nose to the grindstone , Rob . As a potential breadwinner , you 'd better start concentrating on your career , and not —’ Not flirt with the hired help , Merrill wanted to add , but as Rob winked conspiratorially at her she smiled .
Idiom: have it both ways (used idiomatically: yes)
Those examples show , by clear implication , that those other Governments , who call themselves socialist and pursue policies similar to those which the Opposition would like to pursue , all have the same result . Yet we are accused of engineering high unemployment . The Opposition can not have it both ways . Mr. Tony Lloyd Nor can the Minister .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
Tonight , police said one of the drivers killed was from Northampton . They 're unlikely to be able to release names until tomorrow . A man who barricaded himself into his house after threatening to shoot a tax inspector has walked free from court . He sparked a twelve - hour police siege after a bailiff tried to seize his van . Kim Barnes reports .