Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: keep a lid on (used idiomatically: yes)
Paris was grey and brooding . D'Arcy 's aircraft had nosed cautiously down through the dense , sluggish cloudcover which had kept the lid firmly on the sultry atmosphere of the city for the past week . Passengers at Charles de Gaulle Airport were hot , uncomfortable and irritable . Carrying just a handgrip , D'Arcy was able to leave them waiting for their luggage and took a taxi direct to the Champs Elysées .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's more like a modern white Bordeaux than anything else . Such a pity Chardonnay is banned in Bordeaux . And I must admit I was pleasantly surprised to find Burgundy 's Pinot Noir taking ever firmer root in Germany . The Baden region is well to the south of Germany 's more famous wine areas , and so receives far more sunshine , giving the growers greater flexibility in what kinds of wine they can make . Because Germany 's reputation was created by the Riesling wines of the Mosel and Rheingau areas , there has always been a sniffy attitude to the south .
Idiom: in the soup (used idiomatically: yes)
Not the people . They 've too much sense . Democracy is a dicey business : it must be seen to work , but not actually to apply , or else we 're all in the soup . Q : The readers of Aura might find that rather hypocritical . Dangerously so .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
So we 've got to the situation then where erm we are making sure that nobody is gon na put us in a position whereby they can cause us problems . And if you work on that presumption , and I 'm not suggesting you creep around frightened of your own shadow going at a slow speed , just wor working with deliberation and making sure you move through the situation competently , but do n't take anything for granted . Now any other points on the er on the paper ? Stan , just st still on the question of roundabouts and the vexed question of mini - roundabouts , you know these dots in the middle of the the the of junctions . Yes .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
' Just talk to me as you do it . ' I went back to the picture . It was a little winter scene — the Thames frozen from bank to bank , people skating , and children playing round a bonfire on the ice . Quite jolly , and quite filthy , having hung in the banqueting hall of a City guild for centuries . I explained about doing tests under the line of the frame , about beginning with spit on a tiny swab and working your way up through various solvents , about finding the right solvent for the glaze .
Idiom: slip of the tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
Penry made no answer for a moment as he edged past a cattle - truck on a straight stretch of road . After a while he gave her a sidelong glance under his enviable black lashes . ‘ Was that a slip of the tongue , Leonora ? Do you really think of my island as home?’ She bit hard into her lower lip .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Computing The University of Edinburgh and its staff and students have the benefit of one of the most extensive high - speed fibre - optic networks . The network is constantly being upgraded to provide staff and students with state of the art facilities . The University has invested heavily in networked microcomputer laboratories which include PCs , Mac and Unix workstations which are now established across most of the campus . The existence at Edinburgh of a range of computer– based disciplines ( many of which enjoy a worldwide reputation ) has a spin - off effect across faculties .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
He sat down on it , staring around . His mother and father were walking beside the bank of the stream , talking . Alexei was under a tree with Kadan and his father , and on a carpet which had been spread with great care on a level piece of grass sat Jehana , ignoring everyone . Jehan grinned . Jehana was trying so hard to demonstrate that she did not care for Alexei 's attentions that he was sure that she felt attracted to him .
Idiom: scratch the surface (used idiomatically: yes)
The females are more like the endemic fodies in colour . We only had two days on Fregate and I could easily have spent at least a week . There was much to see and we only ‘ scratched the surface’ . A walk through the plantation and the forest produced another endemic bird , the Seychelles blue pigeon , a spectacular bird with a blue and white plumage and a strange red ‘ comb’ on its forehead . It is not uncommon on most of the main islands , but it tends to stay in the tree canopy and in spite of its gaudy plumage is not all that easy to see .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
One exception has been Dean Hodgson , a neat and conscientious opener who has been picking up where he left off the season before last . The county 's recruitment has been a disappointment in many ways . Injury has also cruelly affected the progress of tall seamer Jason de la Pena at a time when he looked likely to stake his first - team claim . Half - a - dozen younger players could be on the fringe before long . One thinks of Matt Windows , whose father Tony played for Gloucestershire in the 1960s , and James Averis , an 18-year - old allrounder signed on a summer contract .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
His own conduct is a mystery to him . He will bear the scars until the day he dies , probably by his own hand in some lonely spot under a tall oak tree in the Forest of Dean . The world would be a more stable and therefore a better place if we extinguished ourselves in the same place where we first saw the light of day , and if we spent the intervening time in as small a circumference as a day 's walking permits . But I am jumping ahead of myself . The point I was making was that Miller , fictional character or not , has suffered enough without being visited by an authorial malevolence .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
Both are course and distance hurdle winners — Capolla Jack in record time . Sam McCluskie 's Foot Tripper should follow up last Monday 's impressive Wembley win with a repeat course and distance performance . It may pay to be early at Catford where Dromina Duke looks the part in the second race . Punters who burned their fingers on Picton at Romford should give the unlucky Kim Marlow runner another chance . Match race contenders Winsor Abbey and Lets All Boogie eye each other up at Walthamstow tomorrow but in different heats of the Laurent Perrier Champagne Grand Prix .
Idiom: take someone for a ride (used idiomatically: yes)
Elsewhere , his fierce determination not to get out led to a suspicion of selfishness , and , in 1965 , to his being dropped for the funereal pace of his Edgbaston century against New Zealand . He was badly stung at the time , but later , being the reasonable chap he was , he saw it as reasonable . One of his greatest knocks was the 143 at Port - of - Spain in 1968 — this after he had reached breaking - point in 1966 , only to come back with century after century in the 1967 Tests — but he still found touring the Caribbean a fairly distasteful affair , as revealed in his letter to his wife : ' We 're being taken for the biggest ride … the umpiring , the crowd and Charlie … it is downright cheating … I must be bloody mad to come out here . ' He was a very loving , caring husband , and it was a blessing that , as his active cricket ended , after 15 years of marriage the Barringtons had a son .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: no)
He nodded , a faint trace of apology in his eyes . ‘ Correct . I had to make him believe there was a good reason for my being constantly in the club.’ She looked down at her own long denim - clad legs , unconsciously smoothing the material with her fingers . ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you,’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
You can even program it to ring your mum , on her birthday , in three months time when you are on holiday and say in your own voice ‘ Happy Birthday , Mum!’ . Hardware installation is straightforward , although you may have to reset the comm port jumpers on the IDE controller — COM 2 seems the safest bet for the Teleputer . Software installation is easy , especially for the Windows versions and for both hardware and software you should be up and running within 45 minutes . In summary , the modem is fine for occasional and ‘ short’ use . The FAX is superb for sending any number of FAXES and ( unless you have a dedicated line ) for receiving occasional FAXES .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Mosca prevaricates beautifully . It is a reply which is at once deferential and contemptuous , self - effacing and arrogant . ' Twill be well because he is not the real thing , never could be , and is not even now presuming to be ; but conversely , ' twill be well because the imitation , the travesty , of the real thing can also usurp it and to all intents and purposes become it . What price then that metaphysical guarantee of social differentiation when it is so easily abolished in the confusion it was supposed to preempt and render impossible ? It is a concentrated , fleeting moment of ambiguity and irony ( irony and ambiguity tending to be intrinsic to transgressive reinscription and alien to humanist transgression ) .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever the direction of naso - temporal differences their mere existence dictates caution in the design and interpretation of tachistoscopic laterality experiments . It is normally assumed that because each eye projects to both hemispheres any imbalance between the two eyes is adequately controlled . Yet if a naso - temporal difference exists for one eye but not for the other , the set - up is not balanced with respect to left and right visual fields . Practically speaking , this may not be important except at very brief exposure durations , but it is as well to be aware of the problem . The second reason for the importance of ocular dominance with regard to visual laterality research lies in the possibility of a relationship between ocular dominance and cerebral lateralisation .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Other metalepses include letters written to Mira by the characters she invents , and arguments with terrorists of her own creation . By fusing news broadcasts with traditional novelistic tropes , she foregrounds the conventionality of both discursive genres and points to the fact that they both rely on an assumption of verisimilitude which her flagrant transgressions of narrative ontology undermine . The voice of the media portrayed in Amalgamemnon is that of ' afterthought'(21 ) which operates by ' rearranging history past and present in the light of national self - esteem for political ends'(21 ) . Mira 's dream is to get away from both this approach to the past and the alternative approach of realist fiction , to found a school of history in which ' The highest marks will be given , not to the most correct which will be unverifiable but to the most ingenious'(21 ) . There she ' could speak to an issue with a tissue of lies'(140 ) .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
I wish I was n't here . I wish I was back at home with Marie , and it was warm and we had summat nice to eat like fish and chips or summat nice like that . I have a look in my pockets to see if I got any sweets or anything , but I ai n't . All I got is a ball of string and some bits of paper . I have a look at the paper to see what it is .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
This year The Art Materials Exhibition will hold more new exhibitors , more new products and more new activities than ever before , with a strong emphasis on visitor participation . Winsor & and ; Newton will be creating six ' mini studios ' , each one dedicated to a different medium , where you will be able to sit down for 20 minutes and try out the materials whilst getting expert tuition in a small group . To ensure you get a place on these sessions bring the free vouchers in the June Showguide to the studio areas on the gallery level and book yourself a place . All participants will receive a free sample of the medium they have experimented with ! Levermore , also new to the exhibition , will be showing the exciting and versatile applications of their Markal paintsticks .
Idiom: see the light of day (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's my son and I love him , just as I love Claire . I shall do my very best for him and , if anything you say is true , getting away to a different atmosphere with other boys will be the answer . Rowden is a fine school and it 'll give him plenty of sports and develop a side of him which could never see the light of day in Ireland . He 'll learn there 's more to being a man than hunting and lolling about the place . Now , give me a whiskey before we go to bed .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
These choreographic sentences , no matter how short or long , broad or narrow , high or low must make sense within the total pattern or movement traced on the stage . This pattern is made not only by the dancers ' feet as they move over the surface but also by the dancers ' bodies as they move through space . Their limbs , torsos and heads can make straight , angled or rounded lines , usually at one and the same time , according to the natural structure of the dancers ' bones and how they are activated by the muscles . The choreographer must learn the natural functioning of the dancers ' bodies in order to combine steps and poses in a way that gives quality to the whole . If the dance design is to have physical , musical and , when necessary , dramatic sense , would - be choreographers should study how and why Petipa divided his steps into seven categories and then study some examples of how other choreographers have used his ideas .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
He smiled at his patient . ‘ We all worry too much,’ he went on . ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . No business of mine really.’ ‘ Oh , forget it , John,’ said Edward .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
Sickening is n't it ? I predict a defeat for the scum at Man city this saturday , a win for Leeds against chelsea , a win for New Earswick ( my team ) on saturday and on sunday and a few jars and a curry on saturday night to make this week a truly memorable one . Delighted to see Norwich and the Arse doing well tho ' , hope they go all the way . From : Date : Thu , 04 Nov 1993 16:15:12 + 0000
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
Improving productivity Our response to the poor performance has been to accelerate our programmes for reducing costs and raising productivity . The improving trend in the year 's quarterly results is evidence that our efforts are bearing fruit . Capital investment has fallen from the abnormal peak in 1991 , when we acquired Petromed in Spain . We expect it to fall again in 1993 , although $ 200 million has been earmarked for growth projects .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
Such openness can only come from confidence . ROLE PLAY : right , Isabella Rossellini and Campbell Scott , who play the leading role of lovers Leonard and Maria , are put through their paces by director John Schlesinger at the Defa studios in East Berlin . Above , Anthony Hopkins comes to grips with his part as Glass , Leonard 's Cold War boss In the afternoon we rehearse the scenes in which Glass welcomes Leonard to Berlin . Tony Hopkins tries out an array of voices and manners — befuddled vagueness , booming ferocity .
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
My husband?’ Jack Bernstein laughed . ‘ I guess that 's the message in a nutshell!’ Minutes later , Rachel was running out on to the road , hailing a taxi and driving off into Central . Damian was already chairman of his own investment house in New York !
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
If the coalition messed with the continued payment of wages , then the past labour fights will look like child 's play when compared to future actions , so Schulte in the " Welt " newspaper .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Best - selling books , magazine articles and newspaper columns publicised his ideas . The only difference from the literary effusions of today 's superstars were that he wrote without benefit of a ‘ ghost’ . Ian Botham is sometimes represented as breaking new ground for his appearances in pantomime . Cotton topped the bill at the London Coliseum in 1939 and was such a hit that he was offered a 16-week provincial tour , never realised because of the Second World War . That war robbed him of the prime of his career , when he was the best player in the world .
Idiom: put a foot wrong (used idiomatically: yes)
I knew it was serious . She had been riding along a road with a little girl and Clare 's small pony Kizzy on a leading rein . Southall , who never puts a foot wrong , reared up in front of a tractor . Clare fell , which was unusual , and landed badly . She hit her head just below the brim of her riding hat .
Idiom: free and easy (used idiomatically: yes)
What caused the men to be so desperate to contact the Girls ? John 's strict paternalism fascinated the New York newsmen who described it as ‘ Tiller 's puritanical blue laws’ . The New York Herald headlined ‘ These Girl 's Do n't Drink , Smoke or Flirt’ and printed an article , attributed to Mary , in which she explained how difficult it was for her to maintain discipline in a society where young girls were surrounded on every side by such bad examples of free and easy ways in all walks of life . She claimed , and this certainly constituted a challenge to the American male : No Tiller is ever seen with a man , she does not go out with a man , receive any man and the rule extends even to her father and brothers , no Girl holds a conversation with a man , inside or outside the theatre and if a man addresses her , she would say ‘ Excuse me’ and walk away .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Finally , wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum , securing with glue or a little royal icing . Method Hot - air Balloons The patterns on these elegant hot - air balloons can be as detailed as you wish — perhaps you might like to make fondant stripes , zig - zags or spots , or pipe on old - fashioned loops and tassels of rope . 1
Idiom: on the double (used idiomatically: yes)
In the north - west , we will continue to encourage domestic and inward investment and we will not discriminate against it . Mr. Ashdown Now that we know what it means , will the Prime Minister reflect on the ' double whammy'that he received from the other place on the Education ( Schools ) Bill last night ? When will he accept that the best thing to do with that damaging and foolish Bill is to ditch it ? The Prime Minister
Idiom: in two shakes (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What you doin' of?’ persisted Linda . She knew Archie Cousins was a loafer whose sharp nose pointed him at everything except honest toil . His slippery feet could take him in and out of a West End emporium in two shakes of a fox 's tail , but what he collected on his way through was as much as six pairs of hands could manage . ‘ What you got that bag out for ? It ai n't yours , it 's Sergeant Joe 's , and it 's private.’
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Father supported the Lord 's Day Observance Society and there were no newspapers in the house on Sunday . If I wanted to check the football results I had to go across the road to read Mrs Stewart 's Sunday Pictorial . Naturally , father knew , but turned a blind eye . However , there was n't a TV ban on the Sabbath . Mind you , with all the services we had to go to , there was n't much time for it either .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
Both breweries are now up - to - date and efficient plants , and it can be assumed that neither will require extensive re - investment for some years yet . The St Helens brewery ( traditional draught beers ) is currently operating at c . 85 per cent capacity ( 75–80 per cent is generally reckoned to represent break - even point ) , but the Northwich brewery ( mainly lager ) is currently achieving no more than 65 per cent . This is a matter of some concern for the Board , but it anticipates that the situation will improve as lager consumption continues to increase . The company used to have a small chain of off - licences , but these were sold off in 1972 to help finance the brewery modernization programme .
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: yes)
PRACTICE : SECURE ACCOMMODATION BACKS AGAINST THE WALL No matter who carries the can for putting young people in secure accommodation , social workers should not forget they have a contribution to make , say Robert Harris and Noel Timms Secure accommodation in child care us a chameleon - like provision : sometimes a last - ditch strategy to avoid custody for a child otherwise bound there . The ambiguity of something so ill - defined argued for on such different , and sometimes contradictory grounds , needs serious analysis .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
No nicknames . Mhm . I do n't know what they say maybe behind your back or that but honestly I do n't think , no there 's nobody really got a nickname in here . Aha .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
For Ho Chi Minh , formerly ‘ Nguyen the Patriot’ , it was an accolade that corresponded to reality but of all the ‘ objective circumstances’ which might be held to account for even a temporary communist victory in August 1945 at least the most striking and immediate was the political vacuum into which they moved . The general insurrection was proclaimed on 14 August by the Central Committee of the Vietminh . It was , they said , the moment for the people to rise up in arms and obtain independence , and even though this begged the question against whom they would use these arms , there was no doubt , as the Central Committee said , that it was a moment of exceptional opportunity . A fortnight later they announced themselves as the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and a few days after that , on 2 September , as the climax to weeks of stupendous political demonstrations , Vietnam declared its independence . How had it been achieved ?
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
' Really ? ' I said , playing for time . ' Will it be with the Student Communist Party or Opus Dei ? ' — both risks springing to the mind of a parent living in an ancient university city . ' With World Challenge Expeditions — if I pass the interview . ' As the selection process hinged upon the spoken word I knew she 'd be chosen .
Idiom: hang by a thread (used idiomatically: yes)
You may also be involved in a fair amount of travel . But whether the accent on communications manifests as journeys or negotiations , the eclipsed full moon on the 9th will leave a lasting impression . This is a time of tension when the stakes may be high and a future plan hangs by a thread . But it is the solar eclipse on the 24th that holds the greatest potential for you : an addition to the family or change of location could be on the cards for next year . SCORPIO Oct 24-Nov 22
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
So it would be Well that 's that 's another side of it as well . I mean you 're going with me now if I do n't make the grade at the interview Mhm . you know that 's against me as well so erm so that that in itself has put a doubt in my mind if you know what I mean .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
' Halt there , my lord ! ' cried Owen from his deep cover . ' There are archers all round you . Make a move and we drop you . ' Isambard lifted a hand without turning his head , and snapped his fingers at the shifting , uneasy murmur at his back . ' Do as he says .
Idiom: man of straw (used idiomatically: yes)
pillage , and certain other medieval institutions — some things have n't changed , now that the men of straw are men of plastic . They wave their rags in fitful semaphore , in the March wind ; our train blurs past them .