Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
It resisted her attempts to remove it and she asked the patient to wait while she asked the doctor to look at it . After David had examined the patient he straightened up and said , ‘ I 'm going to refer you to an eye specialist at the hospital as I 'm afraid the metal particle may have become embedded and caused some damage . Sister will put a pad over your eye for the time being ; I 'll telephone the hospital and we 'll arrange for someone to drive you over there .’ ‘ I wo n't go blind , will I?’ The young man looked startled that what he 'd thought was just a speck in his eye was turning out to be something much more serious .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Omi sat quietly crocheting , Erika conscientiously worked on her sightseeing list for the next morning , writing out appropriate comments from the official guide to the city , Herr Nordern , guilt - free , smoked and drank brandy and Frau Nordern sat by him , having a drink , too , wondering whether she might have a cigarette — but deciding not to , preferring to keep that secret to herself . And then , good - night , and goodnight , and the Nordern family went to bed . As ever , Erika sat with Omi for a while , holding her hand . ‘ You are packed already?’ Omi said .
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: yes)
Silage was found mainly on the larger units as the cost of machinery and buildings put it outwith the scope of the small family and part - time farmers . Hay was made on 91 % of the farms in the survey , surprising Perhaps when one considered that at least half the units are in a high rainfall area . Only in Speyside did the number of farms making hay drop to 75 % , and in Powys , Derbyshire , Orkney and Wester Ross all the units made hay . From the data on cropping it was seen that grass made up by far the greatest proportion of arable hectares . Was this by choice or because there was no other option ?
Idiom: below par (used idiomatically: yes)
Hick 's chances WITH THE Test series looming , the debate regarding Graeme Hick 's selection is in full swing after his disappointing start in Test cricket . Although his initial performances have been below par it has by no means been the worst start to a Test career by a recognised English batman . The following lists performances after 12 innings : It can be seen that the next , the 13th innings was the breakthrough innings .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
His stutter resisted him . ' I 'm s - sorry . ' He held both her hands in his and looked down at the pale blur of her face . He felt tears , stupid , pointless , treacherous tears . ' I ca n't help b - b - b - being the w - w - way I am . '
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
To be sure , there have been a number of relatively fair elections , political life is active , and the economy is growing . But Iraqi leaders ’ difficulty in forming a government following last spring ’s elections bodes poorly . Indeed , a political culture of compromise has not taken root , and the country continues to be divided by geography , ethnicity , religion , and politics . There is no consensus on how to share the potential wealth from Iraq ’s vast energy resources . The Kurdish north is largely autonomous ; where its writ ends and the central government ’s begins is unsettled .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm what kind of efforts have been made to get customers First of all we offer a good a service as possible , we try to get to know the individuals , and help them and give them individual advice . Erm I think that 's ab the best that though we can get word of mouth , erm getting to know the individuals . Erm also w we 've had several window displays er reflecting the local issues . And that produced a lot of interest .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
I hated the music business they were all fat , cocaine sniffing , pompous bastards . And I could n't wait to get out . I liked writing but was very insecure about it as a lot of people ( NME , THE FACE etc ) took the piss out of it . After The Skids , I went into the theatre to write and act . Looking back I regard it all as fun and I 'm not embarrassed by any of it I was happy to get where I was.’
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Or had it been something more subtle , a pledge that , despite everything , they were allies , that he understood her priorities and would make them his ? Dalgliesh remembered a surgeon once telling him that Miles Kynaston had shown promise of becoming a brilliant diagnostician , but had given up general medicine for pathology at registrar level because he could no longer bear to watch human suffering . The surgeon had sounded a note of amused condescension as though he were betraying a colleague 's unfortunate weakness , wryly observed , which a more prudent man would have detected before beginning his medical training , or at least would have come to terms with before his second year . It could , Dalgliesh thought , have been true . Kynaston had fulfilled his promise , but now he applied his diagnostic skills to the unrepining dead , whose eyes could n't implore him to offer hope , whose mouths could no longer cry out .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's time for your bus,’ he said . Inexplicably Sally felt like crying . He held her hand as they walked through the streets but Sally could not feel any of the warmth she so desperately needed . It was a clear night and there was an enormous moon which was reflected in the dark waters of the river Avon — it should be so romantic , Sally thought , but somehow it was n't . She felt sadder than ever .
Idiom: pass the time of day (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We?’ Tuppe swallowed . ‘ You 'd best go over and pass the time of day . Ask him where he left his papers . I 'll mind your lunch.’
Idiom: eat your heart out (used idiomatically: yes)
" Yes , you 've made that plain enough and it does n't bother me . " It was n't quite true , and Oswin found himself envying Rossmayne his youth and strength . " If you had any sense you 'd forget him , but eat your heart out if you want to . Well , so you 've decided to accept my offer , have you ? " " Yes , as long as you know the truth , and now I 've told it . "
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
He was to die four years later . He fussed for a while over a large teapot , pouring both of us outsize cups of tea . He put down the pot , stared at the floor for a few seconds and then looked up glowering , pointed his finger at me in a way that was frightening because it was so sudden . ' But you are living now in Beirut , ' he said , ' because I failed . ' How could he have succeeded ?
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
As others in the class were quick to respond , the only way by which one knows that a country is unique is by comparing it with others . Just as one can know whether one is short or tall only by comparing oneself with others , so one can know whether one 's own political system is " short " or " tall " only by putting it alongside other systems and noting the differences . Space and resources preclude an exhaustive or even an extensive comparative study in this work . Instead , I propose to illustrate the distinctive nature of the British polity by comparing it , where appropriate , with the American . They are similar in many respects , with a shared language ; advanced industrial economies ; similar but not always identical political , social , and economic values ; and some mutual needs .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
The answer must lie in other sources of manpower provision . While this does not necessarily require additional people it does require a determination to use more effectively those that are available ( see part II ) . However , other strategies can bear fruit and are described under three sections which look at Recruitment , Retention and Return . Before examining these in detail , there is one fundamental consideration to be looked at which will have a bearing on all managerial activity ; management style and attitudes . Setting the Tone
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
If the stain persists , ask a professional carpet cleaner to do the work for you . STODDARD TEMPLETON Carpets worth cutting a few corners for VARIATIONS AT AROUND £ 20 PER SQUARE YARD FROM STODDARD TEMPLETON . WEAVERS OF FINE CARPETS SINCE 1839 .
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed , the Kursk crisis may provide him with an opportunity to further clean house in the military . The first tests of his ability to recover are the looming regional elections across Russia . Between October and December over 40 % of our country ’s governorships will be up for grabs in new elections . As a restoration of Moscow ’s authority over the country is a central plank in the president ’s platform , he needs to restore his popularity fast . Although Putin 's reforms to the upper house of the Duma have already stripped the governors of their status as federal power brokers as well as of their parliamentary immunity , governorships retain wide powers in their regions .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ There were periods when the time seemed to drag,’ said John , who works in Middlesbrough Council 's records department . After Richard had got out , it went slowly but at least we knew he 'd get help.’ PLANS to spruce up Middlesbrough 's cemeteries are in the pipeline . The borough council recognises that its newer cemeteries such as Acklam and Thorntree are in need of attention . A report to be considered today says they are unattractive .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You lassies go for a turn on the moors.’ Unlike Jane 's father , who was bilingual , his accent was always as broad , whether he was in Suffolk or Scotland . So Flora put on her green wellies and Jane her black ones , and they marched out over the hills . They had things in common and , in this environment , found more . To begin with , they were of a similar age : Jane 's children were older because she had started to breed younger .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Seeing your health in perspective is the important thing . If you eat the right foods and take some exercise you will begin to understand and know your body better and you will be able to discern something that is just a muscular ache from carrying heavy shopping from a pain that you have never encountered before . Do not spend your life taking over - the - counter medication for the slightest ache or pain . Every synthetically produced drug is toxic , taken in large enough quantities . Very often a headache or a stomach upset is a sign of your system being polluted anyway — in the same way that a hangover is because of your system trying to cope with an influx of alcohol .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
She could tell her mother she had begun a novena to the Madonna of the Spasm in the Cathedral ; she might come across Tommaso then , somewhere in town , in the square , by the bocce game , and ask him if he would get her an ice cream too . She saw herself , her head a foam of lacy white like the shining tumbleweed caught in the evening light as it floats through the air , handed on to the bar stool , her little feet — her good point — showing beneath the hem of her skirt where it rode up as she adjusted herself . She saw the bar , with its gleaming mahogany counter and polished brass fittings ; the enamel levers of the soda pumps , the array of ratafias and rosolio liqueurs behind the bar , and the new wooden chest , like a coffer with brass hasps in which the aluminium pails of pastel ices were kept in ice brought by dripping cart from the icehouse in the harbour at Dolmetta , where the fish were packed and then chipped off the block . She had been to the bar many times on errands , to fetch tobacco for her father , or give one of his fellow musicians a message about a rehearsal , but to sit there , how different , how enfranchised that would be . Young women of conspicuously marriageable age never sat there .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
This is the amount you pay into the account every month . When the bills come in you pay them on the budget account cheque book and do n't have to worry whether the money is there or not . You will pay interest when you are in the red , plus a charge for cheques and an annual service fee . MORTGAGE The largest amount of money you are ever likely to want to borrow will be to buy a home .
Idiom: run the gauntlet (used idiomatically: yes)
FRANCE 'S outgoing Socialist cabinet held its last session yesterday as the centre - right opposition , heading for a landslide win in next Sunday 's general election run - off , showed fresh signs of friction . At the presidential palace some ministers were said to have wept in the cabinet room . As they left afterwards , they had to run the gauntlet of television cameras and reporters . President François Mitterrand , who chaired the cabinet meeting , will have to ‘ cohabit’ for his last two years in office with a conservative government with a giant parliamentary majority . One forecast estimated the right - wingers could clinch up to 500 of the 577 National Assembly seats .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
" Stew . " Slap , slap went spoonfuls of mashed swede and boiled spuds . Mike pulled a face at the food and took his plate over to Helen 's table . " Mind if I sit here ? " he said , as gently as he could . " Suit yourself . "
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
If you delete a game app from iphone , and then you reinstall it , do you get all of your progress back or do you have to start all over ? It depends on the game , if it 's connected to any sort of game management app it probably will have back up saves on there , otherwise you will need to start all over ~ again .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
Digging spade Essential for winter digging to leave the soil rough , for digging trenches and large planting holes for shrubs , etc , and any other general shovelling . Most are very similar , but some differ in that they have a flat ' tread ' at the top of the blade . This tread is less damaging to your boots or shoes when pushing the spade in with your foot , but the soil tends to pack beneath it . I prefer a threadless spade which is easier to keep clean . 2
Idiom: hold the line (used idiomatically: no)
This is its acceptance of a paint decoration without risk of ' show - through ' . Spinnaker nylon is difficult to paint without having smudges where the colour runs through to the under surface . With the balloon ripstop , one can hold fine lines , and use the colours edge to edge without having to worry about spoiling the decoration with inter - mixing or any blurs . However , its softness and crease resistance do not make it suitable for kites where the sail is stretched , as on a typical aerobatic type . Use balloon ripstop on a 110-degree narrow Delta steerable kite , and you will soon discover why the spinnaker nylon is best .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
Right , Abigail ? after Well Romeo was although he wanted to keep the peace , he was a chicken so I had to stick up for him cos I don I do n't like people doing that to my friends . He says Romeo was a chicken . Do you agree with that ?
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
Tonights performance is part of a nationwide series of concerts to celebrate the 250th anninversary of the first British performance . Choirs all over the country , in less impressive surrounding than the Sheldonian will be giving their versions of the famous work . And tonight , New College Choir will be hoping to get the Royal seal of approval as they let the music speak for itself . PAUL COPPERWHEAT Father and 4 children die in fire
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
Stuart Gray explained it to Keith Davidson . ‘ EVERY SURVEY ever done of any organisation shows that a proportion of its employees have experienced harassment . But people do not want to complain because of the stresses and strains of going public with that information . ‘ We have to assume that Lothian Regional Council is no different . Just because we have few formal complaints , it does n't mean we have n't got a problem,’ said Stuart Gray .
Idiom: collect dust (used idiomatically: yes)
Drain the sample and dry in a stream of warm air . Drying may be accelerated by flooding the surface with acetone several times ; this carries off some water when it evaporates . Dried and etched surfaces should be peeled immediately , as they collect dust rapidly . ORIENTATION OF THE SPECIMEN The specimen should be supported so that the etched face is almost horizontal , tilting by only a few degrees .
Idiom: kiss and make up (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ This is a troubled girl who felt pressures at home . She needed help.’ The sensitive girl had a bright future after kissing and making up , he added . She suffers from a hereditary high - cholesterol condition and was under severe stress when she walked out . In October the girl won a temporary order under the 1989 Children 's Act , which gives youngsters more say in their future , barring her parents from forcing her to return .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
Cos you searched Laura found it high and low did n't you ? One we have them on a teacher that 's the Oh I see !
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
v . On the reverse , less positive side , the principle of inverse irreversibility explains the phenomenon we observe when scientists and other professional experts refuse to accept or even consider other scientists ' , other experts ' objectively - arrived - at truths when these tend to undermine or place in disrepute their own objectively arrived - at truths . Thus , to give one case example in ten thousand that spring to mind , no psychiatrist in his right mind would pay credence or even attention to the findings , as uncovered by Hans Eysenck some years ago , that patients undergoing psychoanalysis have an improvement rate of 44 per cent , those subject to the effects of other psychotherapy recover at the rate of 64 per cent , and those to whom nothing whatever is done , who receive no treatment at all , are cured at a rate of 72 per cent . Aghast when the news first struck with its initial shattering impact , psychiatrists quickly rallied , closed ranks , adapted very well , and conducted their own surveys , which unfortunately only confirmed Eysenck 's mordant findings . At this point and with a sigh of profound relief , there being nothing else a true scientist could do under the circumstances , psychiatrists the world over dismissed Eysenck , and his findings , on the grounds that Eysenck is a racist sonuvabitch .
Idiom: go bananas (used idiomatically: yes)
Yesterday , after Billy moved out to let Wayne and Monica in , the new owner said : ' I always knew mum was right . ' He added : ' I want to farm the land — dad would have liked that . ' Go bananas for that hour glass figure THE hairstyles and hour - glass figures are classic Forties film star . But the stunning curves owe more to Nineties video techniques as top girl group Bananarama bounce back with their first single as a duo .
Idiom: yesterday's news (used idiomatically: yes)
I wonder if we will get down to a workforce of zero if that is as competitive as we can get . ' Another worker said it was too early to say whether industrial action was likely , but added : ' My own feeling is that we are caught between a rock and a hard place . ' IAN RUTHERFORD Looking ahead with apprehension : A dockyard worker contemplates the future after yesterday 's grim news A grim - faced Allan Smith at the yard yesterday after the news was announced James Bulger funeral date set after coroner releases body THE funeral of James Bulger is to take place on Monday , it was announced yesterday .
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: yes)
An international exile for over two years he is poised for a late , late charge to try for a spectacular break into the Great Britain and Ireland side heading for Minneaoplis in August . He may have an enormous amount of ground to make up , but Hoey ( 58 ) believes selection , even at this stage is within the Shandon star 's reach . He told me : ‘ At the moment I think everything is up for grabs . ‘ The selectors are taking a great interest in Irish golf simply because the better players are coming out of this island . A cracking performance at the Lytham Trophy , where he finished fourth , could have heightened his chances , but a great deal more needs to be done before the side is chosen at the end of June .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
He said he could not serve on that sub - committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse)‘when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject’ . He also attacked Brian Walsh , the chairman , whom he called ‘ a clever dick’ , a somewhat foolhardy reference to a Queen 's Counsel . ‘ The hierarchy are now under fire because of the team 's performance and are seeking to deflect criticism by blaming me . It wo n't work . I wo n't be the whipping boy,’ Boycott said .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd have trouble betting on Leeds at 20/1 , let alone 9/1 . I somehow do n't think they will take major amounts of money at those very restrictive odds , though I suppose you may get a couple of punters putting down a few quid each way : - ) . Forrester seems to have played a lovely game , or so we are told by the Sunday tabloids . The largest report was all of 4 inches by 2 inches in the 6/7 newspapers I went through yesterday morning . On BBC 5 , Forresters second goal was described as ' delicious ' .
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Amateurs all , this also meant that the Springboks were chosen from dorps in the Boland and the Border as well as from the cities of the Transvaal and Northern Transvaal . In the last 30 years , and long before the amalgamation in March of the white and black and brown rugby factions , the unions were gradually split and sub - divided until now they number perhaps 26 . of these , 20 are rural , including Boland and Border , and have been weakened to a point where they are virtually powerless , impoverished , dying or dead . There will be no kiss of life to resuscitate them either . For today it is the other six elite urban ‘ test match’ unions who have been engineered to dominate South African rugby . All the action is with them now , and they have all the money .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Now usually someone will be reading the Sunday papers , another will be bowling at his five - year - old son . Others might be talking to their girlfriends or just idly smoking and looking at the sky . But now the whole team were keenly focused on the game . I checked the scoreboard . They still had another 40 or so runs to get .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Cable Road , Ayleston . We can go and have a look at how far in Ayleston is it ? Well I saw that pai , I saw the shop as , as we came down the Ayleston Road , near the terminus . Mhm . We 've got the map
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
Other parts will be played by Samantha Beckinsale , Tom Watt , Floyd Bevan and Nick Conway . ‘ The cast change should keep it fresh , ’ says Miss Aitchison , 30 . ‘ And we are going all over the place . Then after four months I will have a long holiday . ’ Meanwhile , Miss Aitchison 's mother is in pantomime in Cardiff performing alongside Roy Hudd in Babes In The Wood .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
A Charlie knew how to live all right . The best of everything he had . Jack was ready to bet all the crisp honeymoon pound notes he had in his pocket that Charlie would be one of the few quests not wearing a hired morning coat . He had his own and not off the peg , either . Not that he looked half bad himself , he thought , admiring his reflection .