Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
Cos I Why ? Cos I do , gets on my nerves . Can you remember when there was a bit of scuffle between Tybaot and Romeo earlier on ? Once , once .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
If it 's not for sale , I 'll pay you to let me borrow it . Get writing . CARPHONE OUT OF ORDER , so could girls 17 - 21 drop me a line- Must like acid , Balearic , deep , etc- Love ' n 'stuff , Bri . I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU IN MY ARMS and kiss you , very hard and very quickly ! Get scribbling to me , if you 're 18 - 21 , female , pretty , and live in Cambridge- I 'm 20 and like almost anything , including rock music and lipstick smudging !
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Then a bit further on he refers to Villar v. Gilbey [ 1907]A.C. 139 , which I have mentioned , and other English or Scottish authorities in that field , including a statement of Lord Hardwicke L.C. in Wallis v. Hodson ( 1740 ) 2 Atk . 114 . He continued [ 1933]4 D.L.R. 337 , 375 : ‘ The plaintiff was en ventre sa mère at the time of her brother 's death , and consequently a person in rerum natura so that both by the rules of the common law and civil law she was to all intents and purposes a child . That is of course a child for the purpose of claiming a benefit . So he comes to the conclusion at the end of further citation from the Montreal Tramways case that the plaintiff was entitled to maintain the action .
Idiom: as good as new (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Yes . and now it 's as good as new ! You can see it afterwards . Yes , where erm my next neighbour gave me some stuff erm , then I went into her shed cos she had erm , some mice problems so dad went in there to have a look round , seeing the poison were wore off and we found quite a lot of old gardening chu , tools .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: no)
There was only one way to explain it . The principal of a school had a teacher on his staff who was fond of brandy . He took a bottle of brandy into the toilet , intending to have a few sips . Well , he kept taking a few sips and peeping around the door to spy out the whereabouts of the principal . Soon he became quite drunk and reversed the activity .
Idiom: under lock and key (used idiomatically: yes)
Right off the bat , George Lynch , Warren DiMartini and Steve Vai all asked for my services . ' It also made a lot of sense that part of the service Metaltronix offered was that I would go into the studio and tweak the gear while these guys were recording , and that 's what happened . George was recording ' Under Lock And Key ' , Steve was doing ' Eat ' Em And Smile ' in David Lee Roth 's band ( with Billy Sheehan ) , Megadeth were doing ' Armored Saint ' , and the list went on from that . Plus , of course , there were all the regular studio guys who wanted their gear done . And when the public started seeing my name on the back of these albums , the subsequent demand was staggering !
Idiom: name names (used idiomatically: yes)
Cos I mean of lines will do . name name dropping the supporters I mean for to those Tories telling them that the that the association for county councils for example is a backer probably counts more than telling them that that is a backer . Yeah well I think particularly or green particularly
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
For the moment the democrats in Russia are far too weak to take power on their own . Cohabitation with reform - minded Communists is their only chance of breaking out of their lonely weakness . The trouble is that the reform - minded Communists are still in bed with barely reformed Stalinists . The Communist Party now contains an extraordinary range of opinion , from old believers to reformers who are closer in outlook to middle - of - the - road democrats than to their hardline comrades . Some of the reformers recently banded together as ‘ Communists for Democracy’ and gave Mr Yeltsin a vital bit of support in the Russian parliament .
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
But they stood at their rickety table in the cold gathering signatures . Such devotion is to be admired , no matter how much facial hair you have to keep you warm . SIX years ago Liza Minnelli got sick and tired , as she puts it , of being sick and tired . Drink and drugs were threatening to turn her life into a repeat performance of that of her mother , Judy Garland . But Liza ( with a ‘ Z’ ) kicked the bad habits today her only addictions are cigarettes and caffeine and gets back into the old song - and - dance routine for Stepping Out , released on CIC Video on March 20 .
Idiom: move mountains (used idiomatically: yes)
Comb Jelly feeding , tentacles in gut , Arctic What happens if you are run over by an iceberg ? If the iceberg is too big , you might find yourself trapped underneath a moving mountain , bumped and towed along with less and less of a choice of where to go . Following the safety line up to your guide boat seems to be the best possibility , but only if the line has not been cut on the sharp edges of the ice , or if the boat tender has not had to release the safety line to keep his boat from being capsized or dragged under the iceberg . Icebergs are notoriously unstable , and may flip over at the touch of a careless finger or the thump of a careless boot .
Idiom: for keeps (used idiomatically: yes)
STEPHEN HENDRY was crowned the king of Wembley again last night after winning the Benson & Hedges Masters title for the fifth time . The 23-year - old Scot silenced a growing band of critics with an impressive 9 - 5 victory over James Wattana . Hendry pocketed a first prize of £ 110,000 , took his unbeaten run in the tournament — since 1989 — to 20 matches and claimed the antique gold trophy for keeps . Victory also brought the curtain down on a barren spell for Hendry , whose last success in Britain came in the Matchroom League 8 months ago . It was also perfectly timed , for only last week Hendry was overtaken by Jimmy White at the head of the provisional world rankings — the first time since May 1990 that he has been removed from top spot .
Idiom: no questions asked (used idiomatically: yes)
Along the Neapolitan coast , in Sicily and Calabria where the percentage of illegal building reaches 85 per cent , the beautiful sea is ringed by the blight of straggling concrete towns , without roads , water , sewage , lighting or social amenities of any sort . Italy , once the land that produced work - hungry emigrants bearing cardboard boxes , is now a land of illegal immigrant labour , mostly from Africa , unprotected and grossly exploited . Even in Sicily , where unemployment is high , Tunisians come to work on the boats for low pay , no questions asked . The local jobless look on knowing it 's unwise to protest as the Tunisians despatch fish . Finally , there are the vast profits from heroin and cocaine industries and from illegal arms sales which are laundered , in part , through the Italian economy .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
It 'll be you personally , but nothing personal , if you see what I mean . Just getting across the message that ‘ Oi , there 's a convention about these things , remember ? Now we 've squared it up , we can start again from scratch.’ I should keep your back to the wall.’ ‘ I 'll try and remember.’
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: no)
How do I know what to write next ? I ask myself what happened next and if it is significant to the narrative . I felt in my pocket for my door key . What happened next ? I could not find it .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
She sat and drank the tea and thought about S. Kettering . Then she got the photographs out of her handbag and looked at the view of the swimming - pool . The figure sitting on its far side was a man wearing sand - coloured trousers and a red shirt ; he had reddish - brown hair brushed straight back and looked square - shouldered and sturdy . The focus in the distance was not sharp enough for her to be able to tell much more about him . She stood at the foot of the staircase which led up to the tower but even Jacqueline , so well known for her early rising that her grandfather called her the Dawn Patrol , was silent .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
The point I 'm coming to is this : on that particular day , I had reason to open the lid of the dustbin . Imagine my shock when , just as I 'd begun thumping the bottom of the big brown pot , I chanced to look inside the bin and there , half buried in rubbish , was Cymbeline 's red plastic teapot . Everything fell into place : clothes drier , grass cutter , teapot — what did they have in common ? The answer is , all three had featured in the accident . All three had now been secretly disposed of .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
like that . It 's gon na be another inch is n't it ? Yeah , but that 's neither here nor there ! Cos the top 's got a good overlap . I mean you would n't notice that would you Ken ?
Idiom: off the beaten track (used idiomatically: yes)
East Lindsey is an area of Lincolnshire blessed with a very great variety of attractions of interests . Spreading westwards from the North Sea 's expansive coastal beaches , through tranquil marshlands to the serenely undulating wolds and beyond , it beckons lullingly to any visitor weary of the hard sell commercial tourism of the more well trodden regions . The fact that East Lindsey is slightly off the beaten track is the very reason it has so much to offer that is unusual and refreshing . To travel for miles along a country lane seeing no traffic other than a solitary tractor is rare in England generally but usual in this vicinity . Even pony trap revivalists feel safe to venture forth here .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
In theory , we have always known that . In practice , it has been extraordinarily difficult to recognise — and it fits uncomfortably , of course , into the framework of the legislation . Nevertheless , schools are going to have to come to terms with it — and nothing but good can come of that . By the same token , we can at last begin to see an effective mechanism for identifying special learning needs , at either end of the educational spectrum . Hitherto , our provision here has been at best haphazard , and at worst deplorable .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
The Forfarshire Daniel Donovan was a passenger on the Forfarshire . He stood on the deck of the ship , and looked at the sea . It was difficult to stand on the deck , because the wind was so strong . The ship was moving up and down uncomfortably and Daniel felt ill .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
June : Disbudding your hybrid tea roses will enable the best blooms to develop Tie in climbing roses to give them the support they need to thrive Ensure holes are deep and wide enough to take the roots easily Rose selection The noisette ' Mme Alfred Carriere '
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
But in any case , the best proof of the pudding is in the eating — by which I mean that any one who has tried to help young poets over the years , whether in Britain or America , knows that Ford 's and the imagists ' precepts about diction are what most of them most need to learn — no novelty , after all , since they can learn the same lessons from the preface to Lyrical Ballads , if they choose to . What they learn in such a case is , of course , only a rule of thumb ; for if criticism sometimes has to be prescriptive , its prescriptions are never applicable except ' by and large ' . Rules of thumb are the only rules there are , in the atelier . But experience has taught me that this is the rule of thumb that can be most profitably proposed and acted upon . I dare to go further : some of the most gifted and earnest among my contemporaries — I think of Edgar Dowers in the United States and Geoffrey Hill in the United Kingdom ( though I except Hill 's wonderful Mercian Hymns ) — fall short of pleasing me as they might , because they seem not to have followed this rule of thumb , and their language is habitually for my taste a shade , or several shades , too grandiloquent or ' literary ' .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Coventry used to be one of the best teams in England … they've won the cup twice … now they 're in the second division and they had a hard time on saturday … five penalty kicks saw them through … with three tries … none of which were that dazzling … it was Hereford who entertained … their last try was something special something to remember … Dave Rogers went for broke … went for the line on his own and made it … a great effort but Coventry held on to win by thirty four points to fifteen … so just one Central South team in the cup now … and that 's Gloucester who come into the third round … for a tough old game on Tyneside … that 's in three weeks time even though they lost Hereford still went and celebrated … and we 've a few more Central South folk to congratulate tonight … here they are Voice over
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: yes)
They moved slowly and steadily towards the stranded taxi and then they stopped . ' There , ' said Cornelius . ' The day is yet saved . ' ' The day is yet saved ! ' Tuppe sat gloomily upon the tall boy 's rucksack .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
I look back now and think we are actually still doing that , not in the military aspect , in civvy street , we 've got people , real nice people , you talk to them on the street and you get them at the kill and the hackles go up , you can see the adrenalin pumping round their body , you can see the kind of excitement in their eyes and you can see the terrier men grabbing by the the scruff of the neck , bleeding and then throwing . Did you watch the v video when the the terrier men having a fox fought for its life , okay to have killed it there and then I would have accepted . I could have turned a blind eye , but to grab it and to throw it to the hounds I think was absolutely abysmal . I hope today we can get rid of this issue we can put it where it belongs in the House Of Commons , we can get rid of it and make sure that Leicestershire helps that and I am still willing to talk to the hunt . I am still willing to get a forum together .
Idiom: hard cheese (used idiomatically: yes)
Two rashers lean back bacon ( visible fat removed ) plus two tomatoes and 50 g ( 2 oz ) mushrooms , grilled or dry - fried , wholemeal bread or toast . Reduced - sugar baked beans 150 g ( 6 oz ) with grilled tomato and a thin slice of lean ham . Thinly sliced Edam or low - fat hard cheese on wholemeal toast with tomato . Boiled , poached , scrambled or dry - fried egg ( no fat ) . No more than three eggs a week .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: no)
The officers , aged 19 and 20 , put on the fancy dress for a last night party at a camp for the disabled . After they had returned to their tent , 46-year - old Michael White crept in . He assaulted one as she sat in her sleeping bag then climbed into bed with the other , Guildford Crown Court heard . The second officer said : ' I got up and ran out of the tent . I was terrified .
Idiom: chew the fat (used idiomatically: yes)
POOR ticket sales forced popstar Jason Donovan to cancel a concert yesterday . He claims the 2,700-seat Apollo Theatre in Manchester was too small . Former leaders chew the fat at Claridge 's By Tim Satchell FORMER US Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan , who are both staying at Claridge 's in London 's Mayfair , had a private meeting with Lady Thatcher before she left for a visit to Indonesia .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet this life of contributing to the progress towards knowledge of reality is rational , is a — perhaps the — form of human flourishing . The conflicts and inconsistencies present in our commonsense and other mere primitive concepts of inquiry are resolved in a procedure which exhibited a harmony between presumption , aim , and method ; it can be pursued in a totally self - conscious , reflective , self - controlled and rational fashion . If we accept Peirce 's characterization of science , we must acknowledge a discontinuity between ordinary commonsense procedures of inquiry , which all settle belief in the short run , and the life of science , although , of course , the latter may affect the former . The inquirer is distanced from current results , and sees himself , not as finding things out but as contributing to the cognitive progress of a wider community . The tasks of Peirce 's philosophical epistemology become clearer now .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
At the foot of the plinth he stopped and turned . No shaman was present to preside or to ask for God 's blessing upon Artai 's reign , Alexei saw , for it was a fact that there was no such thing as organised religion on this world , and even casual superstition was not permitted to interfere for long in the affairs of men . Artai was bowing to left and right now , the last time in his life he would ever be required to offer courtesy to others . Everyone in the crowd was bowing back , and the waves of motion proceeded down each of the streets like ripples out across a pool . At once the officers of the Kha - Khan 's guard came through the ranks of the troopers to Artai 's side .
Idiom: belt and braces (used idiomatically: yes)
A very quick note to thank you very much indeed for all the trouble you took in seeing to the distribution , filling - in and return of the questionnaires . I was really pleased to get so much in the way of useful comment and feedback — a lot of it bringing up incidental considerations that we clearly have n't yet given enough thought to . Please thank Renata very much too for doing one ; her point about the reference count being on the small side for usefulness even to the general learner is a crucial one ; likewise yours about the belt - and - braces reassuringness of the transitive / intransitive label . And there were a lot of other helpful points . Please thank the participants when you see them again .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
And the latest score from Turkey … Last but not least tonight , the big Premier league game at Tynecastle , Hearts against Rangers . John Brown back for Rangers , Mo Johnston 's first home game for Hearts and exclusive pictures on this programme tomorrow night . Have you been struck down with flu this year ? If you have , then join the club .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
I must … my mind … I dropped it … somewhere … slipping … my mind is a slipped disc , a dropped womb … I must … get a grip … I lost something … I dropped it outside … in the street … walking … on the Embankment …
Idiom: come full circle (used idiomatically: yes)
When he had started to prepare his notes for this occasion , he was overwhelmed by private memories : St Louis was the place of his birth , and Washington University itself owed its foundation to his grandfather ; and when in the lecture he spoke of the characteristics of a national literature , and American literature in particular , as " a strong local flavour combined with an unconscious universality " it is clear to what locale he belongs . In a later interview he was to say of his poetry that " … in its sources , in its emotional springs , it comes from America " . The wheel has come full circle . These were confessions he could not make earlier , when the disavowal of his origins and his deliberate acquisition of Englishness helped to form the remarkable character with which he confronted the world . Now there was no need for such disguises .
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: yes)
( LEFT ) THE PUBLIC AS as well as the practising artist , whether amateur or professional , seems always intrigued by the ways that another artist has arrived at being professionally and financially independent . If not evident by the number of red spots on the exhibition sale list , or the latest book of illustrations , questions are often asked as to how the artist is surviving . There seems to be a shroud of mystery wrapped around the existence of so many artists that must , in part , stem from the romanticised time when artistic practice was mainly reserved for self - supporting male painters and sculptors , or those few working under patronage . After Zurbakán , pastel on card .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: no)
So , to the moral case for the general adoption of the form we may now add the practical imperative . We need the third way , urgently . Most certainly , it would pay us to do the right thing .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
we 've got something more important see you later . push me away . get on her nerves . You know that you know the one Yeah .
Idiom: keep someone in the dark (used idiomatically: no)
' My staff have nothing whatsoever to do with this , Dr. Briant ! ' Matron stood up , thrusting her head forward so that the starched bows under her chin disappeared into folds of flesh . ' For one thing , not one of my nurses knew anything about the project ; you 've kept them almost completely in the dark ! Of course , there may well have been conjecture when so many people invaded Maternity when the infant was delivered , but that was something you permitted . ' ' I understand from the Echo man that it was your paper in Nature that put him onto the track , ' Kegan said maliciously .
Idiom: keep mum (used idiomatically: yes)
GREENWICH THEATRE , LONDON … AND so Ed and Kath decide to keep mum about Mr Sloane 's murder of their father , preferring to share him , turn and turn about , six months at a time , Ed 's turn first since Kath is pregnant with Sloane 's child . Raw stuff in 1964 , nearly 30 years on Entertaining Mr Sloane still packs a punch , Joe Orton 's target being the humbug and hypocrisy of suburban life , writes Christopher Grier . Its revival at the Greenwich Theatre , the first for ten years , sounds and looks , however , a bit disappointing .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
In Canada , operations comprise a long - standing joint venture with Labatts Ltd for packaging Guinness Stout , and a separate distribution company , Guinness Import Company ( Canada ) Ltd , for imported draught beer . The company markets a brand portfolio of draught and packaged beers , including Guinness Stout , Harp Lager , Bass Ale , Smithwick 's Ale and Grolsch Lager . Draught Guinness in cans was launched in 1992 and , with Draught Guinness and Smithwick 's , is a leading brand in the imported sector of the market . Caribbean / Latin America Guinness has long been exported to the Caribbean and Latin America and is now supplied through licensed and contract brewing agreements and some direct exports .
Idiom: hold the ring (used idiomatically: yes)
' No , ' she said . She kicked a tin which lay on the pavement . It had once held pineapple rings , if its label was to be believed . It rattled along the road , waking a baroque concerto of echoes from rotting red - brick gables , and somewhere , in a front - room shrouded with dirty net curtains , a baby began to cry . ' Where are we going ? ' she asked .
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: no)
erm at lunchtime I do n't have many children at school holidays because apart from one of them , all of them have one or both parents who are teachers Aha . so I have Sally , and , and er , her mum always cooks a meal in the evening so I , I do something like toasted cheese sandwiches or beans on toast or something like that at lunch time , but there was one time when she wanted peanut butter and , all her brother used to ask , I , her brother does n't come to me now , he stays at home cos he 's going on fifteen , and as he 's next door but one anyway , you know if , if anything goes wrong he can come along to me , but all he wanted was my homemade blackcurrant jam , and now he does n't come any more I 've got to actually give him Send some round . I give him the blackcurrant jam , I give Myrene the blackcurrant jam , jam to take home for him .