Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the pink (used idiomatically: yes)
Immobility is linked to the desire for stable identity , to certain knowledge , to fixed images , and to the various clichés of the discourses of authority . But attempts to fix or stabilize knowledge by means of an array of scientific instruments fail as well , for these instruments generate new metaphors by mixing the concrete with the abstract : The white veins in the pink marble tremble and nod , they sway and stretch out to catch the excited atoms . An oscillograph might perhaps reveal whether the hammering which now drives its high - pitched ring of metal on metal into the neural cells also drives into the memory of the conversation , memory being a function , not a place . An electroencelograph might perhaps separate the components of the conversation into the elements of silence , reality and unreality .
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: yes)
His great burning blade cut down foes with every stroke , and his shining mail turned the swords of his desperate foes . By himself he was worth an army . Where he rode the Elves took heart . Malhandir trampled Dark Elves beneath his silver - shod hooves . But Tyrion could not be everywhere at once and slowly the weight of numbers turned the battle against the High Elves .
Idiom: fall in line (used idiomatically: yes)
The Chancellor was quick to welcome the signs of recovery and repeat his view that he has cut interest rates far enough already to ensure a recovery . But the City was not wholly convinced . The retail sales figures sent the FT - SE 100-Share Index five points higher , helping it recover an initial fall in line with Wall Street overnight . But the prospect of another cut in interest led sterling to weaken . It closed almost two pfennigs lower at Dm2.3486 and almost half - a - cent down at $ 1.4440 , while the FT - SE 100-Share Index also failed to make a decisive move and closed only 1.8 higher at 2,814.0 on cash - call fears , with nearly 619 million shares changing hands .
Idiom: live wire (used idiomatically: yes)
Abingdon Town stormed to an emphatic two one victory in a sparkling match with promotion rivals , Egham Town at the Culham Road this afternoon . Despite the wet and slippery conditions , both sides served up a feast of football and Abingdon were good value for the three points . Abingdon got off to the best possible start when the live wire , Liam Herbert latched on to a ball in the penalty area , only to be brought down by Egham keeper , Paul Allis in the second minute . Keith Appleton converted the resulting penalty . Abingdon 's joy was short - lived however , and Egham equalised three minutes later .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
As is so often the case , the transition from arms to feet is more difficult than expected , but a careful combination of undercutting , balance and barely breathing should see you right . Above lies 40 feet of delicate arête , poised on the crest of the buttress . Slopers , smearing and associated delicate manoeuvres allow absorbing progress to be made , while the unexpectedly good protection completes the icing on the cake . A climb to savour , Moyer 's Buttress deserves its place as a classic gritstone E1 . Not far to the left , on a similarly imposing buttress , which lacks only the grandeur of Moyer 's , the bizarre Vaya Con Dios may be found .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
Marshall 's figures were 7 for 22 off 15.4 overs , giving him a strike rate of a wicket every 26 balls throughout the series . So West Indies won by an innings and 156 runs ; yet had England managed to hold on for just another three or four minutes they would have got a draw , for the heavens opened and further play would have been impossible . Obviously , they deserved to be beaten out of sight , but since the weather had looked almost certain to save them if someone could have stayed there , the collapse became even more abject . Before the next match , the selectors debated long and hard over the England captaincy , the problem being that Emburey 's form had declined and his place in the team could hardly be justified ; their solution was to drop him and appoint Chris Cowdrey in his place , whose enthusiastic style of leadership had taken an ordinary Kent side to the top of the table . He had played five Tests on the 1984–5 tour of India without any marked success , leaving the impression that he was not quite up to Test standard .
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: yes)
Ford , according to Reeves , had built a career , become a congressional leader and eventually reached the White House not on the strength of any real ability , but because of his extraordinary skill at making himself acceptable to others . He succeeded , in other words , ' by finding and being the least objectionable alternative ' . On the other hand , Ford possessed few of the qualities required of a real leader : ' conditioned not to offend,[he]did not know how to inspire , persuade or force people to go any place . He did not have the skills and when he tried to imitate them , as he did in pushing the WIN program , all he could offer was a parody of leadership . ' The above rather uncharitable analysis probably takes insufficient account of the deep affection that Ford evidently inspired amongst hard - headed and intelligent congressional colleagues .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
While one has to admire the contortions into which employers forced themselves to go to prove that their current practice was rational , coherent and best for all concerned , one feels they do protest too much . The margin of profit Edinburgh master printers made from employing women far outweighed the wages they paid the men who handled the finishing processes . Arguments about absenteeism ( not borne out incidentally by the surviving wage - books ) are hardly relevant when one is talking about piece - work in large firms . One has to read all this special pleading against the light so to speak to see what was actually happening in day - to - day practice . And central to the debate was the question of skill .
Idiom: look the other way (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Ca n't see your cottage from here,’ said Ann . She had binoculars out and was . looking the other way . ‘ Ca n't really see that house , either ; too many trees.’ She focussed nearer .
Idiom: rare bird (used idiomatically: yes)
The extremely lucrative trade in endangered species is proving irresistible to countries in grave currency crisis . Turnover is now estimated at over $ 5 billion a year , making the animal trade the most profitable international illegal enterprise after the world trade in narcotics . Western Europe 's trade in rare species is estimated as involving three million rare birds , 10 million reptile and crocodile skins , 40,000 protected primates , 15 million furs , one million rare orchids and 350 million tropical fish each year . The report singles out Italy and Spain as having the most lax controls in western Europe , but this may be the tip of the iceberg compared to the trade through eastern Europe , which acts as a " clearing house " for importation into other countries . Animals arrive with forged documentation which claims that they have been bred in captivity , and which therefore entitles them to be taken on to other western destinations .
Idiom: get the boot (used idiomatically: yes)
Australian 250 rider David Evelyn has just collided with Cadalora in qualifying and is heading straight for a concrete wall . He suffered concussion , a broken vertebrae , ankle , wrist and collarbone Just as well Doohan gets his Nankai boots for free — they do n't last long Schwantz 's Suzuki is sandwiched between Wayne Rainey and John Kocinski 's Marlboro Yamahas in the 500 freight train JAPANESE GP
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Sorry , darling . I stand corrected . She 's got the seal of approval , I take it?’ ‘ Oh , Francis , shut up . She 's OK .
Idiom: chapter and verse (used idiomatically: yes)
By the time I realise this , she 's doffed hat and denims , and is swimming out to us . I propel Rainbow towards her , but hang back myself , struggling to remember the proper formula for deflecting these desperate wanderers . It takes some time , and a few false tries ( you may well ask why a solitary hoopoe bird is even now patrolling the Solent with the sacred shamir - stone in its beak ) but , eventually , the proper chapter and verse comes back to me . ‘ Sorry , but I really , truly can not help you now,’ I say , just before I dispatch them on a current running down towards St Malo . I follow after the rescuer and the rescued .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
CHILL BLAST An icy blast erupts from the caster and strikes the first unit in its path and within its range of 24″. The target unit is chilled to the bone , causing limbs to snap and weapons to break . The Chill Blast inflicts 2D6 S 5 hits and no saving throws are allowed for armour . POWER 1
Idiom: in your face (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Although we 're already writing material for the new album . ‘ We 've been rehearsing steadily for the tour and live we are very confrontational . It 's very much in your face . ‘ We have a lot of demons to nail as part of our creative process.’ These demons can be viewed at Middlesbrough Arena on Friday , May 22 and Newcastle Riverside on Tuesday , May 26 .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
There followed distasteful allegations of bribery ( after Benfica 's 5–0 win over eliminated Dynamo Kiev ) and doping ( Sampdoria 's 3–1 win over Red Star with a 5–1 defeat by AC Milan four days later ) . Financially , the implications have also been unpalatable . Only 10,000 watched struggling Panathinaikos play Anderlecht and , deeming Benfica down and out , a loss - making crowd of 5,500 was in the 120,000-capacity Estadio da Luz to watch the demolition of Dynamo Kiev . Despite ticket prices of 2p , only 3,000 Ukrainian fans gave tuppence for their team in Wednesday 's final game against Sparta Prague . With this in mind , the Benfica president Joao Santos proposed to UEFA officials in Barcelona on Wednesday that the top two sides in each group should participate in semi - finals , thus minimising the number of ‘ nothing games’ .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's our wish,’ said Mr Roberts , uncomfortable as hell . ‘ Our dearest wish,’ echoed his wife . Jessica breathed deeply , trying to get a grip . She was exhausted , she was close to tears or laughter , she was probably getting drunk , topping up on last night 's alcohol . ‘ Give me two minutes.’
Idiom: get under someone's skin (used idiomatically: yes)
Always bloody guilty . The Russian smiled . He still knew how to get under their skin . They walked towards the car . Myeloski , for all the seriousness of the situation , had a mischievous streak that was always present .
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
At the end of the letter is someone to contact if your codings have n't arrived by implementation date . I have n't managed to find out whether anyone from East Sussex actually rang up in a panic . If anyone in the SSD can shed any light on the matter , or better still on the origins of the letter , she or he will immediately be nominated reader of the week , be the envy of all and sundry , and receive a special prize . FLOWER SHOW COMES HOME A company called Master Transcriptions is marketing audio tapes of this year 's Chelsea Flower Show for visually impaired people :
Idiom: at the drop of a hat (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ My heart is in the club more than ever . While I 've been injured I 've missed them and they 've missed me . ‘ I scored 20 goals in each of the last three seasons , but teams like Wimbledon ca n't afford to just go out and replace their top scorer at the drop of a hat . ‘ We would have to win £4m on the pools before doing that . Someone else has had to step in and fill my position — and it has shown in our results .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
She looked forward rather selfishly to a quiet evening at home surrounded by familiar objects , perhaps reading or listening to a concert on the wireless . Her first impulse , therefore , when she saw the vicar 's sister - in - law , Penelope , walking from the underground station just in front of her was to hurry past and pretend she had n't seen her . But her natural good manners got the better of her and she found herself saying ‘ good evening’ and reminding Penelope that they had met at the vicarage . ‘ Yes , of course I remember,’ said Penelope . ‘ You live in one of those sweet little houses , like Mr Something - bird the anthropologist.’
Idiom: on the knocker (used idiomatically: yes)
Mrs de Crespigny ( ‘ Creppiny , Mr Chairman,’ she corrected him irritably ) said much the same thing , but took longer to do so . Her voice was very ‘ Cotswold’ , her ‘ fs’ became ‘ rs’ . She had , it appeared , been out on the knocker , ‘ like all of you , ladies and gentlemen’ , an activity which seemed to meet with universal approval . To go out on the knocker was party activists ' jargon for canvassing , a thankless task usually carried out at night with the aid of a failing torch and a broken pencil . It was an activity closely related to ‘ knocking up’ .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
And of course , in Lord Darlington 's days , when ladies and gentlemen would often visit for many days on end , it was possible to develop a good understanding with visiting colleagues . Indeed , in those busy days , our servants ' hall would often witness a gathering of some of the finest professionals in England talking late into the night by the warmth of the fire . And let me tell you , if you were to have come into our servants ' hall on any of those evenings , you would not have heard mere gossip ; more likely , you would have witnessed debates over the great affairs preoccupying our employers upstairs , or else over matters of import reported in the newspapers ; and of course , as fellow professionals from all walks of life are wo nt to do when gathered together , we could be found discussing every aspect of our vocation . Sometimes , naturally , there would be strong disagreements , but more often than not , the atmosphere was dominated by a feeling of mutual respect . Perhaps I will convey a better idea of the tone of those evenings if I say that regular visitors included the likes of Mr Harry Graham , valet - butler to Sir James Chambers , and Mr John Donalds , valet to Mr Sydney Dickenson .
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Each time a memo was fired off and the problem was solved , but it only lasted a few days and they were using the extinguishers again,’ he said . ‘ I know they do n't want to blame one particular person or persons . ‘ But surely someone should be carrying the can for everything that 's gone on.’ Official statements said that no art restoration work was being carried out in the Chapel at the time of the fire . A Buckingham Palace spokesman denied claims yesterday that the materials were in the chapel .
Idiom: brownie point (used idiomatically: yes)
I mean just read round for fun yo and see if there 's anything that sticks and if you get chance to use it in an exam , do Okay , then it says develop a stock of gems . All it 's saying there is , if you do find something from erm other bits of the text books that we have n't covered in lectures , bung it it . I I mean if you put stuff in that was n't in the lectures and it 's relevant I mean that 's lot of brownie points , yeah ? So think about that , there 's ways of doing that Yeah , I it 's incredible when you see erm th who was it ? She was a bio - chemist and one of her abilities was a phenomenal memory .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
Inverting the ‘ savage philosopher’— a savage who attempts to reason like a modern — Eliot produces a modern who behaves like a savage , shockingly contradicting the idea of progress and modern ‘ self - reliance’ . Emerson wrote that he could find ‘ the primeval world … in myself , but his thinking self is seen as confident master of that world . As a commentary on such sentiments Eliot 's poem reads with a vengeance . His criticism of Lévy - Bruhl for overstressing the distance between the savage and the modern mind shows that for Eliot the two were linked , but Lévy - Bruhl 's stress on the different , apparently unreasonable nature of the savage leads to the modern Sweeney whose world is far removed from the sweet reason of Emerson . Sweeney shocks because he shows so clearly the effect of lack of themis .
Idiom: in spades (used idiomatically: yes)
Do n't remember , but it sounds like Charlie . Thought I might be in for beri - beri and co. Ouch in spades , I thought . Why did they do it ? That 's what I keep coming back to .
Idiom: third time lucky (used idiomatically: yes)
And there 's been cooperation from the site 's owners too . They 've agreed to postpone development of a rubbish dump for at least 10 years . ( WES ADLIB)(ANNE ) Still to come on Central News , will it be third time lucky for Big Syd ? Gloucestershire 's top bowler makes another comeback . Plus , the view from the bridge .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: no)
Peter Marshall moves up one place to No 6 and Chris Walker climbs three places to No 7 . Handley sacked RAY HANDLEY was fired as coach of the New York Giants yesterday after failing to lead the two-time NFL Super Bowl champions to the play-offs for two successive seasons . Bunkered by the fame game Steve Acteson
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: no)
' That was a bad day , but I 'm hopeful of a lot better luck on All At Sea . She is a different filly when the going is in her favour and everything was just right when she beat Brief Truce in France . ' All At Sea has run well against the best when things were against her as well— second to User Friendly in the Oaks , second to Ruby Tiger at Goodwood and second to Rodrigo De Triano at York . Last year 's winner Selkirk has to be a big threat again following his fine Goodwood win . ' It never stopped raining all that day so he wo n't mind the ground , ' said Ian Balding .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: no)
Done it all and still sits in the chair . Oh dear . It 's getting it up the stairs is n't it ? I think I 've got to go into tomorrow . ?
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
In the 1477/8 parliament his position there was further strengthened by the exchange of Elfael , which had come to him with the Neville land but which was peripheral to his main Welsh interests , for the duchy of Lancaster lordship of Ogmore , which complemented his holdings in Glamorgan . It is not clear who initiated the exchange , which benefited both sides , but the transaction demonstrates that the king was willing to strengthen Gloucester 's hold on the region , and the result was a compact power base . Ducal influence in the region has , however , been judged remote and ineffectual , a verdict based largely on Gloucester 's inability to get to grips with the problems caused by the decaying system of local office holding . Certainly , by the time Gloucester secured these Welsh estates , the north had emerged decisively as his main sphere of activity . Whereas East Anglia might have become a second power base in the early 1470s , Gloucester 's Welsh lands were never expected to be more than peripheral .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
I nearly was . I did n't go too far , truly . Just to the part in between— the no man 's land.’ Her eyes sparkled mischievously . ‘ And then I found the market , and then I came back here .
Idiom: live and learn (used idiomatically: yes)
Like that Stuart is he up there . Ah ! Live and learn . Ha ! No
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
The Vibram dual - density sole has a bold profile and gave excellent adhesion on surfaces as varied as smooth , hard frozen snow and soft wet clay , both uphill and down . I had just one weekend of the melting snow and slush on the fells — very wet indeed — during testing , with no possibility of drying the boots after the first day . My feet were still bone dry at the end of the second day . This impressed me , for there is nothing more penetrating than snow and slush . An interesting question is whether the boots would have withstood another day of similar conditions .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
As Liddell Hart later observed : ‘ What a contrast between intention and achievement!’ Northwest from Péronne there runs a line of low hills , broken only by the valley of the River Ancre . German defences were sited in depth all along the ridge , giving them an uninterrupted view of British movements . Moreover , Allied artillery during the bombardment had been evenly spread along the whole front , not concentrated ; in consequence , the fire was too thin to achieve the intended level of destruction . The first day of the offensive broke with cynical summer loveliness on a scene shortly to be one of unmitigated horror .
Idiom: in the fast lane (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's not our cup of tea . She and her husband were driving home from Eastbourne in Fanshawe 's Jaguar . It overturned in the fast lane on the twin - track road on the other side of Stowerton . Their home was in London and Fanshawe must have been in a hurry . God knows how it happened , there was n't another thing on the road , but the Jag overturned and caught fire .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
That was particularly true now that land values were no longer inflating at the rate of the last decade or so . He said : ‘ If for reasons beyond your control the profit potential of the capital resources can not match their apparent value there is a good chance that that value will diminish , be it through capital taxes , excessive borrowing or revaluation to realistic levels . It is better to recognise that situation in good time rather than being caught on the hop.’ As Ian Brown , of Lee Moor Farm in Northumberland , noted : ‘ A fact that saddened me lately came from a recent survey which suggested that the average family business — not just farms but all family businesses — lasts only 25 years , which I guess is only a generation . ‘ Perhaps with more planning and a little more planning among the living these businesses would last longer.’
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
Great big tall ceilings . That 's Tony . Do n't know quite what he 's doing , pulling a funny face as usual . And that 's me trying to learn me Italian . She 's telling me these little bits to write down .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
Tabitha 's headset suddenly locked into an ambient channel and began to tinkle with tinny salsa . Irritated , she snatched out the earpiece and let the set dangle round her neck . She had to get a move on if she was going to make it to the city before noon . Hoisting her bag , she sidestepped a cargo float , waded through a crowd of squabbling Perks and elbowed between two Alteceans and a city guide they were trying to haggle . Stepping high in the light gravity and brandishing the bag before her , she ploughed her way out into the open air .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: no)
I felt a slight tap on my right foot , it was the Commando lying next to me . I turned my head in his direction . He had his fingers to his lips and was pointing to his right . I listened and could hear the sound of voices , German voices , getting louder , or closer . The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel .