Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: light at the end of the tunnel (used idiomatically: yes)
Security in the context , not just of law and order , but security in terms of can they be sure that they have a job next month , in six months time . And part of the reason why we 're not really out of the recession , is that people are not willing to commit themselves to any further expenditure because they 're not quite sure in six months or twelve months time , as to whether they 're going to have anything in the way of a job . So it 's that lack of security , lack of confidence about the future , and they need to be ins assured that there is , hopefully , a light at the end of the tunnel . And the Liberal Democrats can identify that point of light , enlarge on it and make life , hopefully , less insecure . Well I think l i You 've another minute if you want to say anything , but er
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
Marked on the back ‘ Bristol Views’ , these delightful transfer printed pictures were based on the work of late 18th- and early 19th - century painters such as F. Nicholson . Because the style ‘ Pountney and Goldney’ lasted only a few years , and because the scenes depicted are still very attractive , good examples , without chips , cracks or staining and with the recognised mark , often fetch high prices at auction . At Aldridges of Bath recently , for example , auctioneers and saleroom alike were astonished when a Pountney and Allies meat plate , showing a view of Hotwells with the Irish packet St Patrick sailing up the river , sold for £ 1,600 . But other more reasonably priced ‘ Bristol Views’ plates can still be found in antique shops , at fairs and even , with luck , at car boot sales . They are eminently collectable , and a pleasant way to remember Bristol , even if you were n't in Goldney Hall .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
The first occasion , in 1967 , was the most sensational . A pop group — happily , as I know , since disappeared — which called itself ‘ The Move’ sent a postcard all over the place , including , impertinently , to Downing Street , advertising their new record . The postcard depicted a crudely drawn picture of Harold Wilson in bed with a particular lady , with Mrs Wilson looking through the door , and various other offensive allusions . On that occasion we lost no time in speeding over to the courts , finding a judge , and obtaining an injunction almost at once . An action was instituted — the only libel action where I acted for Harold Wilson which came to court — and I thought it wise to brief a member of the Opposition to act as counsel on his behalf .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
The death of a sister might involve deep grief , part of which might be for the much earlier death of a small sister . The cumulative effect of losses should be borne in mind . One of the functions of later life is dealing with and coming to terms with many earlier experiences to review life and evaluate it . Some people have an element of spirituality within the emotional aspects of life which should not be forgotten , but which is easily overlooked in a secular society . Very old people have lived most of their lives in a society where more people attended services of worship and found religious belief of value to them .
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: no)
People have to die at last , and there is nothing that anybody ( even doctors ) can do to alter the fact . Most of us , I suggest , do not want ‘ intensive care’ when our time is nigh . We do n't want to have every last stop pulled out on our behalves in a last , heroic effort to extend our lives for a few more days or weeks or months . It is not the nearness of death that frightens , and corrupts the mind and soul . It is the fear of being abandoned — of being left helpless and alone while still alive — of burdening relatives beyond endurance — of awful pain that comes when no help is at hand .
Idiom: by the by (used idiomatically: yes)
We 're not made of money . ' ' I know that , Mrs C. Got to look to every penny . Got these at the baker 's for next to nothin' , by the by by . ' She drew from an enormous hold - all an array of archaeological cakes and buns , and displayed them with pride . ' Might put 'em in the oven , freshen 'em up a bit . '
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
Rocky is in the squad for tomorrows match . Six … The papers have been desperate to unsettle Rocky for ages , so they see that Wilko has made some enquiries about a player , they see the two clubs , they see an out - of - favour player on each side and immediately jump to conclusions . Anyways , its quite funny — Souness has been after all our midfielders at some stage ( except Strach AFAIK ) , now he s moving onto our reserves . Hehehe .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Dr Gilbert has pointed out that when the evangelist Hannah More remarked in 1789 on the existence of whole village populations no less estranged from the services of the Church than were heathens , she was belatedly recognising something which Wesley and Whitefield had been proclaiming for decades . The established Church failed to keep up either with the growth of the population or with the changing geography of its distribution . It has been noted that early Methodism took root most significantly where the Church was weak . It did not so much contest with the establishment as succeed in areas like the mining districts of Cornwall , Kingswood and around Newcastle , where there was no contest in the sprawling villages which were growing out of the reach of a moribund parish structure . This structure would in any case have presented problems of adaptation , but it was much worsened by the prevalence of pluralism with its associated non - residence .
Idiom: with open arms (used idiomatically: yes)
Adobe Illustrator 4 is arguably the most powerful package of the bunch , but it 's also software - from - hell to learn . This is largely because of the subtle differences between its superb selection tools , which often baffle newcomers . It 's also because many standard features on other packages which make repetitive jobs easier — like palettes , layer management and gradient fills — would be welcomed with open arms by Illustrator users . But the program really comes into its own with complicated drawings involving hundreds of paths and objects . As well as its unparalleled accuracy , Illustrator handles type exceptionally well , has a built - in graphing function , and comes with Adobe TypeAlign , Type Manager , Separator and Streamline utilities .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
Shelley Preston ? Yeah . That rings a bell . Shelley something . Shelley certainly rings a bell .
Idiom: first up (used idiomatically: no)
Oh you used to I used to look in there and there was the Christmas tree and the Christmas decorations and they 're always up right through the year they never took them down ! So they 're the first up with the Christmas tree decorations each year . The last down . And the last
Idiom: move mountains (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Yes.’ He seemed distant , as if thinking of them . ‘ You say you can move mountains . I build them , for the woman who adopted me,’ he said , half under his breath . There was no doubting his passion .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Being lost in the underground , tears running down my cheeks . Learning to decipher the names of the stations . Learning them by heart as if they were magic signs . I was throwing water at the English boy and his friend and they were yelling , ‘ She 's crazy . Jesus Christ , she 's completely crazy!’
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
When they got home , Tess broke the news to her parents . They were not angry with her , but she blamed herself completely . When Durbeyfield heard he would only get a few shillings for Prince 's dead body , he rose to the occasion . ‘ We d'Urbervilles do n't sell our horses for cat 's meat!’ he insisted . And the following day he worked harder than usual in digging a grave , where Prince was buried .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Funding has come from a variety of sources including the Wolfson Foundation and Charitable Trust , the Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund , the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London , the British Glass Education Trust and private donations . New - York Historical Society State legislators vote $ 6.3 million to keep the Society up and running Unavoidable deaccessioning brings State funding of museums under scrutiny On 6 April , the funding miracle that the impoverished New - York Historical Society had been seeking took place .
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
To make a substitution select the ' pick team ' option . Highlight the player you wish to remove , press fire , highlight his replacement and press fire again — returning to the menu and selecting ' play game ' restarts the match . Odds and ends Press the ' up ' arrow key to skip the presentation sequence where the players run on and off the pitch , or back to their positions when a goal is scored . press ' run / stop ' to abort the game .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
Got a bit grazed on the coral , but the national health service here better than at home ! We 'll bring you back a spider — we found one in our bed the size of an LP ! OBVERSE : View of Victoria ( capital of Mahe ) with miniature Big Ben lookalike clock at crossroads . Deserted roads , blinding heat , palm trees , covered stalls selling gourd - like wooden seed pods carved into fruit bowls , ashtrays , chessboards , punchbowls . Lovable gnarled mulatto waves Friendly Greeting , while tourists trudge from branch of Barclays Bank ( Seychelles branch ) clutching thick wads of local currency .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Cricket Stewart plays down crowd 's stone attack ALEC Stewart made light of being struck on the head by a stone during yesterday 's one - day international defeat at Gwalior . The England vice - captain afterwards jokingly wore a bandage around his head as England treated the latest missile thrown at them by an Indian crowd as an isolated incident . But perhaps quite not so funny was why Stewart was fielding on the deep square - leg boundary in the first place during England 's three - wicket defeat .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: no)
Where was its escort ? Perhaps the Germans thought it would be less conspicuous on its own . Perhaps they hoped that it would be able to hide in the fog . But now the fog was collapsing , evaporating , dying . Rogers and Lambert dived ahead of the two - seater and turned it .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Workers could conceivably mistake a rise in money wages for a rise in real wage à la Friedman ( 1968 ) , but the Friedman speculation only makes sense if employers think ( perhaps mistakenly ) that the real wage rate has fallen to a level such as in Figure 6.10 . The island parable focuses not upon the reactions of workers and employers to what may turn out to be imaginary variations in the real wage rate but upon the reactions of producers to variations in the prices being paid for their products . This begs the question : do producers respond only to perceived changes in the prices paid for their products in comparison to those paid for other products irrespective of what is happening to their costs of production ? Take the case of the inhabitants of an island who mistakenly think that the price which the rest of the economy is prepared to pay for its output has risen . In the absence of further information to the contrary , we are justified in assuming that money wages and the prices of non - labour inputs have also risen in proportion to the rise in price of final output .
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: yes)
PAUL McKillen finds himself back centre stage this afternoon . Antrim step up their bid for a place in the Royal Liver League quarter - finals when they cross swords with Limerick at Parnell Park . Earlier this month the sides played a draw in Limerick , the big Ballycastle clubman stealing the show with a virtuoso display in the middle of the field . On current form he 's one of the top three midfielders in the country , a view endorsed by Antrim boss Jim Nelson . He said : ‘ Paul has never played better .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Ireland 's greatest natural resource is grass,’ Nicky explains . ‘ Here you need one acre per animal : we concentrate on Aberdeen Angus crossed with the Dairy Shorthorn — which gives a blue - grey , an old breed popular in Ireland . I can take you down the road and show you my breeding stock in every farmer 's field.’ The pace of rural Ireland remains as gentle as the weather . Joan , responding to the beauty of St Patrick 's beloved mountains , reckons she has come home : ‘ Graeme gets bored and wants to be off and doing new things .
Idiom: cross my heart (used idiomatically: no)
' Promise ? Cross your heart and hope to die ? ' ' Cross my heart and hope to die , ' Charlie stated solemnly . ' You can be in charge of the baddie knights and I 'll be Sir Lancelot , the bravest and best knight of all . ' Charlie was chuckling as they left the cottage .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
Penny Thornton CAPRICORN — VERY few Capricorns have had a whale of a time in the past few years . You may have made progress , you may have known times of happiness and fulfilment , but they have been few and far between . In many ways 1993 marks the end of this pattern , but it may take the whole of the year to do so . Uranus and Neptune occupy the same degree of your sign on February 2 and October 24 and , although these periods may coincide with an awakening of sorts , you are bound to experience some sense of unreality .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm naturally pleased to see Summerchild feeling … I was going to say happy , I realize . Happier , let 's say , and no questions are begged . We can be happier without being happy . In fact , the further we are from whatever happiness is , the more scope we have to be happier .
Idiom: sign on the dotted line (used idiomatically: yes)
They 'll promise you the earth to get you to come across , then treat you like dirt once they 've satisfied their maternal cravings . I could n't afford to risk being left on the shelf once Karen had had her way with me . Her desires were my only hold over her , so despite her frantic pleas I refused to go any further than finger - fucking until she had signed on the dotted line . When the formalities finally took place , it was a very brief ceremony . Our solicitors had prepared the necessary ‘ instruments’ , and all Karen and I had to do was ‘ execute’ them , but when we emerged into the mild sunshine of Beaumont Street twenty minutes later , my life had been changed out of all recognition .
Idiom: take it or leave it (used idiomatically: yes)
C c can you gi give me some clue now a about w when the penny began to drop that trouble was going to g g going to start ? But he was n't prepared to do that , he just , he was n't worried about us . He 'd put his mind to it that he would n't , you know this he had it in mind that we were going to work for this thirty pound a week less , take it or leave it . He was n't prepared to do anything else . Was n't prepared to to let us go on now that same wages as before .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Gradually , however , the games became a bit to rough for Stan and he would retire after a while . But , generally , Ollie seemed to have been good for him and brought his character out a lot . Then , when Ollie reached about 18 months of age , out of the blue , they had their first serious fight . It was over a titbit on the floor and occurred after a period when they growled at each other at feeding time . So , naturally we started to feed them separately and became more careful when giving them titbits .
Idiom: in your blood (used idiomatically: yes)
Excess LDL , rejected by the now full - up cells are deposited in the walls of the arteries , where they can build up and make the arteries narrower . This narrowing or furring up of the arteries can slow down the flow of the blood to your heart ( giving rise to the condition known as angina ) or even cut off the supply completely , at which point a heart attack then occurs . The more LDL you have in your blood , therefore , the worse it is for your heart . However , if a cell has too much cholesterol , it can be removed by an HDL particle colliding with the cell and picking up the cholesterol that is excess to requirements . When the HDL get to the liver , they interact with receptors that are specific for HDL .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
As that little poem puts it : He answered prayer not in the way I sought , Nor in the way that I thought he ought , But in his own good way , and I could see , He answered in the fashion best for me . Third , prayer in the light of the Bible and guided by the Holy Spirit will change me : change my attitudes , make me more like the person God wants me to be . That , surely , ought to be our ambition . Sacraments in the Spiritual Life To the Irish School of Ecumenics , the Corrymeela Community , Northern Ireland .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
The engineers involved in this final part of the supply chain handling process have had their work cut out . Our brief has been to provide distribution equipment that will maintain prepared food at the correct temperature to the point of consumption , so that the consumer receives optimum quality at the optimum levels of hygiene . We feed patients in hospitals , prisoners , school children , company employees , businessmen — people from all walks of life . These people , our ultimate users , are surely the best judge of our progress in this field of engineering . Getting it right — technically speaking
Idiom: no can do (used idiomatically: yes)
' I 'm trying , chief . ' ' Try harder , dammit . ' ' No can do , chief . I 'm all used up . Sorry . '
Idiom: tie the knot (used idiomatically: yes)
The company has 21 top ski resorts in Switzerland with prices starting from £114 per person for seven nights self-catering in Saas Fee . Details : 0920 463971 . IT 'S now possible to tie the knot in 14 different exotic locations in the new Kuoni Weddings brochure . The company organised more than 1,000 weddings this year in the Caribbean , Seychelles , Mauritius and the popular Far East . Next year Kuoni will be providing marriage packages in Orlando , Hawaii and Bali .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Good ! Well done!’ And I must not only sit here and endure all this I must read her account of it at the end of the day , and think of something polite to say about it before I find ways of rewriting and neutralizing it . What do I say , in point of fact ? Is n't this my own handwriting running sideways down the narrow margin ?
Idiom: on your toes (used idiomatically: yes)
The solution to the enigma lies in the fact that the bird 's ‘ knee’ is not a knee but more akin to an ankle ; it is walking on its toes rather as a cat walks on its hind feet . The actual knee is concealed beneath the plumage and is almost contiguous with the body . You can understand this is you can imagine yourself crouching with your knees close to your chest and balancing on your toes at the same time . You can see why the bird needs such a spread of toes to keep balance , but also why they are so springy . Our own arm bones correspond roughly to the bird wing bones .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
However , since the calculation of P(A ) requires the aggregation of data across subjects and each subject only rates 30 of the 60 stimuli it is not possible to calculate average correlations in this case . To better illustrate the differences in performance for different junctions Table 4.6 shows the results from Study 2 divided into categories by mean risk rating . Junctions have been divided into three categories , three junctions in each of the high and low risk categories and the remaining four junctions in the medium risk category . Within each junction the exemplars were divided into two categories , the three with the highest mean risk ratings in one category and the three with the lowest mean risk ratings in the other . The mean number of hits and false alarms in Table 4.6 are out of a maximum possible number of nine .
Idiom: twist someone's arm (used idiomatically: no)
In 1918 , women over 30 got the vote in Britain . Let the nation vote on Euro shambles NOW the European Community mandarins have gone their separate ways after yet another costly weekend of squabbling and arm-twisting , it 's time we realised that the nations which form what was once called The Common Market actually have very little in ‘ common ’ at all . Certainly their petty wranglings hold little interest for the ‘ common ’ man in Britain . Although the conference was just up the road in Edinburgh this time , it might as well have been in Timbuktu for all the relevance it held for must of us .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
Self - containing flats will be provided to enable hostel residents to move into long - term accommodation , while Salvation Army social workers and volunteers have been trained in outreach work to make contact with homeless people on the streets .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ How old are you?’ ‘ Age has got fuck - all to do with it . I gave up women because they were breaking my heart.’ ‘ What heart 's that?’ ‘ I might ask you the same thing .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
Taking Stock What do you want out of life ? Your wants in life need to be your own .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
If you can imagine anything worse than our present situation , that is . Could I have that back , sir ? ' He sat at the desk , made some marks on the paper before him , then looked up . ' Bangkok , Islamabad , Kabul , Bogotá , Miami , Mexico City , Tijuana , San Diego , Bahamas , Ocho Rios , Ankara , Sofia — Andropulos playing both sides of the fence with those last two , the ethnic Turks are having a very bad time in Bulgaria just now , but Andropulos would n't let that interfere with his business interests — and Amsterdam . What does that list suggest ? '
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
The latter , composed mainly of volunteer militias , lacked the arms , the training and the organization of the rebels , who , as part of their patriotic façade , had adopted the term " Nationalists " to refer to themselves . In addition , although the Republicans knew that they were defending legality , they did not have the moral stimulus of winning battles which the insurgents had , and which ( as we have noted earlier ) , derived in large measure from the desperate fanaticism of their enterprise . Also in contrast to the Nationalists , the internal differences which had so damaged the Republican camp prior to 1936 persisted even now , causing deep divisions between the Republican rank and file and their government , and between the political and trade union organizations of the Left . Finally , the Republicans did not receive the same level of external aid as their adversaries enjoyed . On 1 August France proposed a policy of non - intervention in Spain 's internal affairs .
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: yes)
He said : ‘ The problem this season has been that many of the sites have not fished very well at all . ‘ In one particular event , only two out of 80 competitors caught anything.’ Peter said that although fifth was a respectable position he felt the team was capable of pushing for the top spot and added the society was eager for new blood . He said : ‘ The new season does not start until October but we will be holding our own practice matches before then , starting with the first event on 17 June at the big pool at Barlaston . Charity games night