Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: no)
It 's a story of high drama in the glossy fashion world — and it 's full of familiar faces from neighbours in much meatier roles . Video … the applause has nearly died down after it 's highly successful cinema run but here 's one of the weirdest films of the year , ready to bring the screams into your sitting room . The starts of Flatliners ( 15)— including off - screen lovers Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland — find a way to die for a few minutes just to see what life is like ‘ on the other side’ . Rather them than us but it 's still a great film . Well worth a watch .
Idiom: take to the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Obviously if Noriega is captured or killed , that would take the stuffing out of his remaining support,’ Mr Record said . US officials say that Gen Noriega is no longer a threat . He ‘ may take to the hills and be very hard to find’ , said Mr John Bushnell , the US charge d'affairs at Fort Clayton outside Panama City . ‘ But he would n't have a significant force to actually do anything . The faster US troops can turn over responsibility for keeping the peace to Panamanian forces , officials said , the better the US invasion would look to Latin Americans .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
Newspapers , in turn , differ considerably in layout , audience and political slant . Nevertheless , analyses of media coverage of disorder have consistently found more similarities than differences in media coverage . Thus the processes identified in the diagram will be evident in the majority of media outlets , the exceptions being few and far between . To describe how the media cover disorder is not in itself an explanation of why they should adopt this approach . Those who regard the media as little more than an arm of the capitalist state ( Miliband , 1969 ) will be content with a structural or conspiratorial explanation , emphasising the institutional dependence and ideological role of the media .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
Cash inspires a respect among his fellow musicians that borders on awe . ' Maybe he is the father of our country , ' says Kris Kristofferson . And in the weather - beaten flesh Johnny Cash is a mighty impressive man . Unlike the two other big country stars of the last 40 years — sentimental Jim Reeves and podgy Garth Brooks — Cash plugs right into the myth of the Old West . He may be a grandfather who has survived heart surgery and likes nothing better than spending time with his family but , like a retired gunslinger who can only be pushed so far , he gives the impression of still being capable of strapping on a Colt 45 and facing up to a gaggle of tobacco - stained desperadoes .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
It was not a weekend Mr Yeltsin would care to remember . On Saturday , the four ‘ nuclear’ powers — Russia , Ukraine , Belarus and Kazakhstan — failed to agree on means of ratifying Start , the US - Soviet agreement to slash strategic nuclear weapons . Ukraine , at loggerheads with Russia on military issues , insists that the accord must be turned into a multilateral one and that Russia is not in a position to ratify it on behalf of the other republics of the former Soviet Union . Washington is likely to put pressure on Ukraine 's President Leonid Kravchuk , who said in an interview : ‘ In its present form the Commonwealth [ of Independent States]will not live long.’ International : Third ceasefire in Bosnia as troops seize more towns
Idiom: good offices (used idiomatically: yes)
If requested , I would positively consider the use of my good offices to help achieve a peaceful solution .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Thinking about the , the , the hope ahead but what have we got to do ? We 've got to persevere in prayer , which means effort does n't it ? So in everything that we do and staying spiritually awake , we have to do something , it all comes back to you and I at the end of the day , no one else can do it for us we sometimes think well , well , so and so can help , I mean this is true to a degree , but at the end of the day it all comes back to us does n't it ? We 're the ones that have said to Jehovah I am dedicating my life to you , I am going to do this , do that and the other and it 's up to us as to whether we do it , so it requires effort , first , five , six , also says let us stay awake , keep our senses first Peter , five , eight keep your senses , be watchful and then first Corinthians , ten , twelve which I think the song was based on let him think that he is standing , beware , beware , beware that he does not fall , if you think things are going along nicely and you 're in a comfortable little corner , a little niche in the truth , and it 's just how you like it , and it 's just the way you want it to be and there 's the time we need to be aware because there 's an opening for Satan to get into to make us fall . Now going back into the Hebrew scriptures , you 'll find there that this sort of staying awake counsel , an idea was there long before the days of Jesus and the Apostles and people 's lives were involved in its state , even in those days , let 's just let us have a look at one , Isaiah forty two eighteen to twenty now this terms it slightly different , but when you look at it and analyze it , you realize he 's talking about exactly the same thing , it 's regarding the nation of Israel who turned away from Jehovah , they were n't doing what they should be doing , or should 've been doing as he 's pleading with them look there , that look here , here you deaf ones , well we know the nation of Israel were n't all physically deaf , they were like we are , perhaps had a few deaf individuals amongst them , but
Idiom: over your head (used idiomatically: yes)
Grainne stood very still , although she did not close her eyes , for to do so in here , with a creature , a something that was watching from the shadowy corners and grinning and copying her every move , was not to be thought of . But she half closed her eyes , and she put her head back very slightly , and felt the shadows stir and felt the something wait , and felt the wrongness and the lack of humanity that pervaded the room sweep over her . Like water flooding over your head . Like steam coming at you from a cooking pot over a camp fire . Like a sudden scent , borne on the wind .
Idiom: taste blood (used idiomatically: yes)
Rocky . And I can taste blood . Why can I taste blood , Maggie?’ He asked her again , with bewildered innocence : ‘ Why?’ His eyes seemed unable to focus .
Idiom: first among equals (used idiomatically: yes)
More typically , it sits to give the final yea or nay to policies generated within the bureaucracy and the network of cabinet committees . The difficulties inherent in classifying systems according to this criterion are illustrated to some extent by the position of the British Prime Minister . In the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth , the Prime Minister 's position vis - a - vis the Cabinet was described as primus inter pares— the first among equals . Particularly since the Second World War and the advent of television , with its concentration on individuals and the personalization of political issues , it has been argued that the system is becoming increasingly presidential . It is said that the powers of the Prime Minister have developed to such an extent that the traditional constraints are ineffective .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
He did not hand out sayings of Jesus in a little red book , or give them Christmas presents . The baby was only a sign and could only have been understood later in the light of the life of the person who was to be the Saviour of the world . Indeed , here is a reminder that Christmas can only be understood in the light of later events , can only be discovered in all its wonderful freshness and life when we discover for ourselves that Jesus is the human face of God . We also discover at this point the reality of love at the heart of the sign . Just think for a moment of the way love is expressed in our giving .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
Being ‘ self - willed’ , she favours larger - than - life pictures , ‘ which reach into the interior’ . They are also quite intimidating , as they confront sitters with three - foot icons in their own image . Indeed , they are larger than life . Sarah 's dream sitter would be Benazhir Bhutto , whose beauty and wide eyes would well suit her style . The ‘ thirtysomething’ syndrome seems responsible for many of her commissions — one woman has ordered a picture of her husband ‘ because he 's a successful , handsome man’ , and she wants to ‘ get him while he 's till good - looking’ .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: no)
There are other ways to access this world , but utilising sexuality is the way I discovered we could — perhaps — manage to do so using the human nervous system . Astrada is another word for potentia — goddess.’ ‘ Ah!’ said Ari , brightening , as if things were beginning to fall into place in her mind . Tammuz did n't let her speak . ‘ This force has always existed within Nature and has been worshipped by human beings in various forms for aeons .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
He had turned on to his stomach , flung his right arm over her — to make sure she did n't escape , Isabel assumed indignantly — and fallen instantly asleep . CHAPTER FOUR Isabel wished she could find the oblivion of sleep as easily , but though her body ached after the unaccustomed hours in the saddle her mind refused to rest . The hard bench under her was n't conducive to restful slumber either , although she had known worse beds . No , it was not discomfort keeping her from sleep .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Here Miss Has everyone done that then ? Right Is that a word you want on the board ? Concentration , here we go , okay Long word
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
She was spared thinking of a suitable comment as he stood up . ' Your coat , ' he prompted , ' and then we should go . I took the liberty of reserving a table for us . ' ' Then you took rather a lot for granted , did n't you ? ' Merrill tried unsuccessfully to introduce a note of matter - of - fact severity into her voice , but it did n't work .
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: no)
Some have modified cells that are capable of producing luminous chemicals . Others possess cultures of phosphorescent bacteria in special organs with flaps of skin over them which can be moved to expose or conceal the bacteria in a series of winks and flashes . So the depths of the oceans are full of lights moving rhythmically around and continually turning off and on . It is an obvious guess that these are social signals of some kind — instructions to the rest of the shoal , summons to mates — but much more work has to be done before their exact functions are properly understood . One category of luminescence , however , has a plain and unmistakable purpose .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
In the end the NL did become demonstrably pro - Conservative and saw off the IML challenge , but divisions like this played their part in ensuring that the British Navy League was never as large or influential as its German counterpart . The second reason for taking the ‘ non - party’ claim seriously is that the various Leagues — and not just the three studied by Coetzee — were frequently critical of the Conservative party and expressed strong reservations about the effectiveness of the Conservatives as a political force . Coetzee , describing the leagues as part of a Conservative effort to get to grips with mass politics and the ‘ new religion’ of socialism , explains the timing of their appearance on the grounds that prior to the 1890s ‘ the Conservatives had no need of recourse to such pressure groups because they already possessed access to institutions adequate for the defence of their interests within the existing sociopolitical framework’ . In other words , the Conservative party , and its propertied core constituency , became interested in new forms of appeal and organization when it became apparent that the political reliability and social stability of the lower orders could no longer be ensured by traditional methods of social and political control . This is to describe the ‘ legion of leagues’ from the top down , identifying them as part of a new ‘ technique of rule’through which the Conservative party attempted to confront a new form of politics and a novel political threat .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
He is surprisingly slow to begin talking , but a good walker , and we were able to take him to the canal where there were ducks , swans , horses and icy puddles to interest him , so that was fine . The timer on my cooker has just begun to bleep , so I 'd better go and attend to the dinner . I 've had one or two burned pans lately , and that goes against the grain . Have a lovely Christmas , and I hope the New Year will be very happy for you both . TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:—
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It was time I woke up . I was up all night having a row with Memet.’ ‘ What about?’ asked Scarlet , who would herself have thought twice before having a row with a Turk . Her mother bracketed Turks with the Portuguese and the Maltese — people you did n't know or , if you did , you did n't cross . Her mother 's views , unconventional though they had been , were still highly selective .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
The demands of running the company today always seem paramount , and have the added advantage that one is working from one 's direct experience and not having to indulge in the extremely difficult and risky business of projecting into the future . Even when you have decided a broad direction , and I should emphasize that it is only possible to set ambitions in a broad sense and only helpful so to do , there will inevitably come times when external events show that one has made a false assessment of one 's starting point or the ability of one 's competitors , known or unsuspected , to seize the initiative . If it appears that the original decisions were taken on the basis of assumptions which have not stood the test of time it is as well to re - run the exercise . It is far better to recognize that external circumstances have changed , or simply that one made a mistaken series of assumptions about one 's own relative strengths , rather than to plough on in a situation where plainly the goal you have set yourself is unattainable . A good example from my own experience of this problem is the constant re - examination of our oil strategy in ICI .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
I thought you meant No I 've got ta go and get my bag and my jumper Oh I thought you meant you were going straight to do the papers . No , we have n't got the They 're at Emma 's .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
Though my guess is that it is very unfashionable , is that right Dawn , that people think that ? Do you think it 's less fashionable than it was ? And in the in the sixties and seventies it was all the rage , but I 've got the feeling it had a Yeah , well therapy of all kinds , I mean That 's true , that 's true .
Idiom: unknown quantity (used idiomatically: yes)
I mean , I I bought it in a jar and it was it was funny at the poppy actually and they said I mean ah , garlic to me is an unknown quantity . He was nosing along the shelves and I said oh ! What about
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
At every moment she caught sight of some slight figure with twinkling knees , slim golden calves , and massed , luxuriant hair . She felt uneasy ; she did not fit in here at all . Her raincoat was not belted — her skirt was too long — her brown hair hung down her back with a pale blue kerchief tied over the top of it to keep it clean on the train . It was all hopeless ! She felt like a peasant .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's your boss , nothing more . And that 's how it must stay . She lay sleepless for so long — trying to get a grip on the situation , convincing herself that one kiss , one evening that held all the trimmings of romance had no real value — that she awoke late . Eight - thirty , he 'd said , and it was already a few minutes past that ! No doubt he was waiting for her in the foyer , champing at her non - appearance .
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: yes)
So give us a ring on 0500 404 000 . It wo n't cost you a penny . First off though our reporter Fiona Mcbride has been finding out a bit more about Glasgay . CALL KAYE/0500 404 000 Councillor JOHN YOUNG / Glasgow City Council ; 21secs
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
During the debate speaker after speaker called for a return to the Thatcherite economics of a decade ago . It was all too much for Cheltenham Conservative chairman Monica Drinkwater who became the only speaker to attack Lady Thatcher . ’ There are enough opposition politicians and media commentators rocking the boat . We do not expect the elders of our own party to join this unhelpful cause . This is a time for national and party loyalty.’
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
The only guy who goes his own way is Abede Pele , the Ghanaian who they just let roam free . He is brilliant . ' When they have a problem , they give him the ball and he does a few tricks . Generally it ends with them having a crack at goal . ' But they are a hard team , a really hard team .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
stop You watch your legs Katie , they 're lethal . Well at the moment they 've got free fitting on all carpets is their latest offer but I do n't know whether they 've I know .
Idiom: an old flame (used idiomatically: yes)
But why carp . Even without this icing on the cake , I suspect that the set would be the ideal ‘ book’ for a physicist to be cast away with on a desert island , provided paper and pencils were also supplied . It certainly relit an old flame of interest within me , and sent me off in two different directions at once . First , I looked again at an old favourite , Arthur Eddington 's The Nature of the Physical World ( Cambridge The detailed insights provided by Mehra and Rechenburg put this in a fresh perspective ( and Eddington still stands up , half a century later , as a superb writer who knew how to present his material ) . Then , I looked again at a superficially rather strange SF trilogy that appeared a few months ago ( Schrodinger 's Cat , by Robert Anton Wilson , sphere , 1982 ) .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: no)
In comparison , the idea of turning back upon , or into , seems regressive — literally reactionary . But transgressive reinscription appropriates reaction for resistance , thereby substituting agency for autonomy . The early modern transvestite and the post / modern gay ( anti ) sensibility suggest some of the ways in which transgressive reinscriptions have been around for much longer than post - modernism has been fashionable . There are of course others : such reinscription has worked via minimalist perversion — for instance , the complete defacement via minimum change as in the street graffito which blackens one tooth of the billboard toothpaste ad , or the MLA panel paper : ‘ A thing of beauty is a boy forever’— a difference of barely more ( or less ) than a single inverted letter ) . Then there have been the more elaborate perversions which parody the sophistication of high art — Joe Orton 's and Kenneth Halliwell 's defacing of library books , Duchamp 's moustache on Mona Lisa .
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah probably . Cos I , I just wanna line my I mean I think we have taken liberty a bit with his parents but yeah I think you will be able to get some toast . Yeah it 's , it 's just I wanna , I do n't , I mean I , like my dinner last night yeah was a packet of Whotsits , packet of beef flavoured Hula Hoops erm a packet of erm Monster Munch er two chocolate bars and a can of Coke . Monster Munch
Idiom: change your tune (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's not quite like that,’ Bragg said mildly . ‘ Though the police file is pretty thin.’ ‘ You seem to have changed your tune since yesterday , Bragg.’ The coroner glared at him through narrowed eyes . ‘ I suspect that some devious ploy of yours is in the offing.’
Idiom: in your blood (used idiomatically: no)
As you have seen there are different types of cholesterol and other fatty substances in the blood and a balance is important to help reduce the risk of heart disease . For instance , another type of fatty substance in the blood is the triglycerides . These are also ‘ baddies’ as they make the blood more liable to clot , so the fewer of them you have in your blood the better for your heart . A fuller blood analysis will , therefore , give you a much better picture , with values for total LDL and HDL cholesterol and triglycerides . It is advisable to avoid ‘ High Street’ testing of blood cholesterol ( eg , in health food shops ) .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
No , the ninety three comes to Wickham Avenue as well . I thought it finished at North , er North Cheams . It comes off at North Cheams and goes down Church Hall Road , and up Priory Road , till it the end of Avenue Oh , I see , that end Mm .
Idiom: come to grief (used idiomatically: yes)
The old craft trades were on the whole the first to organize trade societies , giving the labour movement in Scotland a particular character and ( some have argued ) a particular ideology in which the influence of thrift , temperance and respectability was very marked . Commenting on the composition of the Edinburgh Trades Council in mid - century , Ian McDougall writes : " local trade unionism was predominantly , though not exclusively , that of the skilled workers or labour aristocracy " In printing , a craft trade par excellence , organization went back as least as far as the eighteenth century in Edinburgh and several other towns . Attempts to set up a national printers"union in Scotland date from 1836 , but both the General Typographical Association of Scotland and its successor , the Northern District Board of the National Typographical Association , came to grief after only a few years . Eventually the Scottish Typographical Association was founded on a lasting basis in 1853 , composed of branches in towns where there was a moderate degree of printing activity . Although the STA had a continuous existence from 1853 , there were still imbalances between the different branches in numbers , strength and militancy .
Idiom: up a tree (used idiomatically: yes)
A match is found when a user has all of the roles specified within the model or a superset of them . The direction and scope of the search may be defined within the model using the direction attribute of roles . eg . ( SELF , UP , DOWN ) would cause the model to first look at the user who caused the last transition for a possible match , followed by a search up the user tree and then down the tree . The direction attribute is not mandatory , defaulting to ( UP , DOWN , SELF ) , and if no match is found then the task or mail is sent to the project administrator . The LIFESPAN system allows up to 32 roles to be specified .
Idiom: grin and bear it (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't care if you do n't like your Aunt Mary . You 'll just have to grin and bear it while she 's here .