Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
She looked as if she wanted to go back in but her mum kissed her goodbye and shut the door flat in her face and went off back to bed . So Julie smiled at us , in a half - proud , half - scared sort of way , that made her look more as if she was going to burst into tears , and marched up the street , pigtails bobbing , and over the main road to the bus - stop , and stood there gazing across at us with blank eyes while the traffic trundled backwards and forwards between us . So I just stood there while they shouted " Jolly hockey sticks , " across as her , and then Kevin started them off singing , " How green you are , how green you are , how green you are , how green … , " ever so softly , to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne " till her bus came , and then they sang it at the tops of their voices as she staggered onto the bus and moved down to the back seat . She just sat there , staring out at us with her face all blank and closed up , as if she could n't see us any more , and as the bus lurched forward we all waved and ran off to our big school up the hill . But I felt a bit sad about all that .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
In these addresses we are going to contemplate the cross of Jesus from five different angles . We will consider its mystery as well as its glory . Before we begin , we need to take on board the mystery , a word which will follow us through the five sessions . I do not claim to be able to unravel the complexities of atonement . If I am able to offer a small flicker of light , that will give me great joy !
Idiom: prodigal son (used idiomatically: yes)
5:20 ) . Our acceptance is not represented as a reward for good conduct . No probationary period was required before the prodigal son was received by the waiting father . He ran towards him as soon as he came in sight , and he was still a long way from home when the father first spotted him ( Luke 15:20 ) . It was while we were yet sinners that Christ died for us ( Rom . 5:8 ) .
Idiom: boys in blue (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You do n't miss a trick , Roy , I 'll give you that’ Bliss said : ‘ Get through Customs and I 'll take you to the reception committee . I can tell you the boys in blue are pleased you 've turned up . With Nadirpur in France and the press here baying at their heels , there was precious little they could do . At least now they can get their act together .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Lets slow down the pace now … as the England World Cup cricket campaign moves to Reading . Tomorrow , Oxfordshire 's , Debbie Stock and Janet Goodman hope to make the side against Ireland who 're on a roll after beating Denmark in Oxford earlier this week . The women say anyone disillusioned with the mens game , should come and see what they 've got to offer . Female speaker
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
Eventually , in June 1984 , Seawright went too far when , during a meeting of the Belfast Education and Library Board , he suggested in regard to Catholic schools that ‘ taxpayers’ money would be better spent on an incinerator and burning the lot of them . The priests should be thrown in and burned as well.’ Sammy Wilson , the DUP press officer , dissociated the party from Seawright 's remarks : ‘ The DUP has always made it crystal clear — as Protestants we believe in civil and religious liberty for all men , and no one should be persecuted for their religious beliefs . Seawright was first suspended and , when he failed to withdraw his remarks and apologize , was expelled from the Party . It has generally been the case that people who leave the DUP see their political careers terminated .
Idiom: in stitches (used idiomatically: yes)
" That 's nonsense and you know it Your act has been an excuse to torment people . You had no right to behave to those children as you did . " " I can do a woman 's voice , Mr Feather , I had them in stitches up at the Comprehensive . I had your own two kiddies in stitches . " He laughed .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: no)
The fanatic 's words held a harsh core of truth . Sensing that he had the attention of the warriors the flagellant pulled himself up to his full height . He pointed an accusing finger at Eusebio . ' You , Tilean ! You 're so proud of your appearance !
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite these difficulties Nicholas was obliged to order the creation of a much larger militia in January 1855 . Although the authorities proceeded cautiously ( issuing the call to the colours at different times in different places and eventually promulgating appeals in no more than about half the provinces of the European part of the empire ) , trouble still ensued . Peasants may have been keen to enlist because they were genuinely patriotic , but their mood was invariably febrile when the throne changed hands . Since those who caused the most difficulty were Ukrainians in the provinces of Kiev and Voronezh , and since Ukrainians retained relatively recent memories of the days of Cossack freedom , it is likely that many of the rural dwellers who proved hard to handle were motivated by the belief that they could bring their emancipation nearer . This was certainly the conclusion of contemporary intellectuals , almost all of whom thought that the government 's attempts to raise additional troops created more problems than they solved .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ A little old - fashioned nowadays , surely,’ opined Moreau in his usual friendly manner . ‘ In Vienna it might be thought so,’ agreed Fräulein Müller , ‘ but in a small town in the Rhineland people are more conservative in their ways … Well , I say a small town , it was more of a village really , but I live in Mannheim now , since my parents died … anyway , when things came to a head , I failed to support her , though I agreed with her really — up to a point that is , there were some things I disagreed with her about . She 'd sided with my parents a couple of years before when I 'd been thinking of a career as an artist , and they were opposed to that … I did water - colours mostly but I 'd just started painting in oils and felt I had quite a talent for it , but they were n't very encouraging …
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
The independent evaluation , undertaken by a panel of eminent personalities , concluded that the New ~ Agenda had fallen short of its objectives , and highlighted lessons that could be useful for other initiatives on African development .
Idiom: clear the decks (used idiomatically: yes)
With a single bloom , we have to work just before the petals open . As soon as the stigma is revealed and exposed , you can not be sure that some keen and inquisitive insect wo n't beat you to it and carry in pollen from heaven knows where . Some people like to remove all the petals to ‘ clear the decks’ , others will remove just enough from the centre to give enough space to work . Remove enough petals very gently and carefully then , using tweezers , remove all the male filaments with their pollen - bearing tips . Cover the bloom with a polythene bag — or better , if you can make them up , fine muslin bags that will let the air in but keep the insects out .
Idiom: swear like a trooper (used idiomatically: yes)
After all that , it was empty . Such a terrifying fuss over an empty case … Anyway , the Americans were swearing like troopers , using language that he , Cyprian , had never heard before and hoped never to hear again ; then in stepped the British sergeant , who was quite out of this world … At 2.25 p.m. Sergeant Kidd returned to his patrol car to answer the insistent calls coming through for him on the radio .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
To create icon movies , you can pull icons in from the clip - art library , capture them off the desktop with the built - in capture program or create your own with the Frame Editor . The latter is a classic icon editing program that lets you add recessing effects , rotate things and perform some fairly sophisticated bitmap editing . Once your icon movie 's in the can , you have to load Icon Hear - It Lite , which fastens itself to Program Manager 's menu bar . This offers some sound control ( assigning WAV files to Windows events or individual icons ) and will animate your cursor , and look after Windows wallpaper and screen savers . It 's from here that you get your icon movie onto the desktop .
Idiom: in the nick of time (used idiomatically: yes)
Some take a little longer to persuade than others , and , like many of my colleagues , I have been involved in a few " Sweeny " type incidents ashore and afloat . One of the most arduous of these was in my junior days when I picked up a seaman in the docks attempting to sell cigarettes to a factory worker . He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . After a chase on foot of over three miles he had finally run out of puff and offered to fight me for the goods . I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes !
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
If you go straight on , you 'll see the cinema after the second street on the left .
Idiom: cut the crap (used idiomatically: yes)
He 'll be expecting me to ride in with the cavalry . And all I 've got is you two . ' ' Cut out the clever crap , trooper . ' Once again , Defries found herself having to ignore insubordination , this time in order to extract information . ' We 're not going anywhere until I get some answers .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Dr Safa Al - Habobi — a director of Matrix Churchill — was actively involved in the attempt to acquire gas centrifuge technology for the enrichment of uranium . Dr Al - Habobi , who wore the uniform of a brigadier at Ba - ath Party headquarters in the Iraqi capital , was known by British and American intelligence throughout the late Eighties as instrumental in the race for the bomb . And while the British Government was turning a blind eye to the export of machine tools from Matrix Churchill , Dr Al - Habobi was happy to report his success to Saddam Hussein . Professor Cordesman said the role of Britain was small compared to Germany , Austria , Italy and Switzerland . On Monday the case against three executives from Midlands - based Matrix Churchill on sanctions busting charges collapsed because of inconsistent evidence from former Defence Minister Alan Clark .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
The RNA was resuspended in a solution containing 40 mM Tris - HCl ( pH 7.5 ) , 20 mM MgCl 2 , 50 mM NaCl , 10 units of RNasin ribonuclease inhibitor and 2–4 pmoles ( a large excess ) of oligonucleotides designed to hybridize 67 nt ( for P A3 ) or 98 nt ( for P A2b ) downstream from the transcription start sites described in this work ( see text and Figure 2 ) . The mixture was heated for 5 min at 70 ° C and then allowed to cool slowly to 20 ° C . The solutions were then put on ice for 10 min and the RNA was precipitated by the addition of 4 µl of 3 M potassium acetate and 3 volumes of ethanol . The RNA was resuspended in 5 µl of water and the primer was extended in a solution containing 50 mM Tris - HCl ( pH 7.5 ) , 40 mM KCl , 7 mM MgAc 2 , 2 mM DTT , 200 µM each dNTP ( except dATP which was 100 µM ) , 2 µCi of α ( 32 P ) dATP ( 400 Ci / mmol ) , 10 units of RNasin and 5 units of AMV - reverse transcriptase , in a total volume of 10 µl . The reaction mixture was incubated at 42 ° C for 60 min , and then stopped by the addition of 0.5 µl of 0.5 M EDTA and 30 µl of 10 mM Tris - HCl ( pH 7.5 ) , 1 mM EDTA .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: no)
The delay time is governed by two factors , which are the number of stages in the circuit , and the speed at which the samples are passed from one stage to the next . In practice the rate at which samples are passed along the device is controlled by a clock oscillator . On the face of it , the delay time in seconds is equal to the number of stages , divided by the clock frequency in Hertz . In reality it is only half this figure . This is due to the fact that the capacitors can not simultaneously pass on their charge to the next stage and receive the charge from the previous stage .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Yeah he 's not bad , he 's nothing special though . I 'm really pissed off that I feel a bit silly about Kathy , er no not Kathy , Jenny . Is she two faced ? I think they all are quite frankly .
Idiom: moment of truth (used idiomatically: no)
Clay County 's five star show CLAY COUNTY put on a five star show at Kelso yesterday , returning from a near nine month absence to capture the BSkyB Handicap Chase . The locally - trained gelding jumped immaculately and made every yard of the running to score by two lengths from Moment of Truth . Clay County had rattled off a sequence of five straight wins last winter , two of them at Kelso , before being well beaten by Deep Sensation at Nottingham in February . Trainer Dick Allan was delighted with the comeback performance .
Idiom: eat your heart out (used idiomatically: yes)
It was in fact the Butlins train , that runs on summer Saturdays to serve the Butlins holiday camp at Pwllheli . We finished the trip on a through train , drinking white wine and eating crisps , looking at the Cambrian line scenery . Eat your heart out those who missed it ! Keith Lucas A GERMAN NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
On his doctor 's orders the Eliots went to Worthing in January , but the weather there was almost as bad for his emphysema , and he could only manage short walks along the seafront . The only recourse was to get out of England altogether and so , with some hesitation , they travelled to Morocco at the end of the month . He caught a cold on his way to Tangiers which affected his left lung , but this was merely the prelude to what became an unfortunate trip . The weather inland was much too dry for him ; there was an earthquake at Agadir ; the heat and dust affected his lungs and he succumbed to a bout of bronchial asthma . The whole visit was something of a disaster , and he was still recovering from it months later .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
First , the earliest investment projects undertaken are likely to be the most profitable , i.e. offering the highest expected yearly returns ( R ) , and therefore having the highest marginal efficiencies of investment ( i ) . As more projects are initiated , they are likely to be less and less profitable , with lower expected yearly returns , and therefore lower MEIs . Second , a rise in the level of investment undertaken is , at least in the short run , likely to raise the supply price ( S ) , which in turn will reduce the MEI . This could follow if the capital goods producing industries faced capacity constraints in their attempt to raise output in the short run . The decision on whether to proceed with an investment project will depend on the relationship between the rate of interest ( r ) and the marginal efficiency of investment ( i ) .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
they only need washing , I mean I might be wrong , they might have , they might have gone funny , but I doubt it they 've not been up there that long really only about two Oh all of my stuff has been up in the loft it 's like you say , I mean if they 've been double wrapped and everything and you wash them he should put his hand in his pocket really and buy something Of course he should , you ought to just ask him for say a hundred , you know to buy a couple of packs of nappies and some cream and changing mat , a changing bag , you 'll want all that wo n't you ? I know a changing bag could cost sixteen
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
AN ATTEMPT by an Australian scientist to verify American claims that Vietnamese forces are spraying chemical weapons in South - East Asia has failed to either prove or disprove the accusation . Australian scientists went to Washington DC last week bearing an analysis of several dozen leaves and pebbles supposedly contaminated with ‘ yellow rain’ during a chemical attack somewhere in Laos or Kampuchea . H. D. Crone , a scientist with Australia 's Defence Science Technology Organisation examined the samples and found that tell - tale yellow spots on them ‘ are obvious fakes’ . The samples were obtained by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs from an unnamed source in Bangkok . Australian officials who attended last week 's meeting between Crone 's team and state department analysts said American experts are unperturbed .
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
While the ARC cooks were emptying crabs and boning racks of lamb , five girls were involved in their own competition for the espoir , the most promising young cook . The winner , 20-year - old Benedicte Demange , is already second chef in the Michelin -starred Les Abesses in Epinal . Her patron is male and she feels no qualms about rubbing shoulders with male chefs and passing orders to a commis who may be older than she is . ‘ I prefer working with men,’ she admits . ‘ During the work , we 're all equal .
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
IF there is anyone out there who still thinks drinking wine is snobby , you 're way out of touch . We Brits now drink twice as much wine as we did ten years ago the equivalent of half a bottle of wine a week for every man and woman in the country . In fact , as other luxury items fall by the wayside as the recession rumbles on and on , wine sales have never been better . In 1980 , the UK bought 252 million litres of wine . Last year the figure was 558 million litres .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
you 'll have all your money wo n't you from that thingy doing oh yeah he 's gone , he 's gone that 's what you call out of order in it ? oh yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah oh he 's going oh that 's a good way to mow the lawn
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
He sees consciousness as a more subtle form of matter and movement and the source of what we perceive both of the external world and of ourselves , our so - called inner processes lying in the non - manifest , pre - physical realm . Consciousness or ‘ life force’ is being increasingly seen by Western thinkers as an expression of a higher , more subtle , unseen and therefore unmeasured , spiritual field of force . Universal and human consciousness are one and the same in nature , the only difference being that individual consciousness is experienced as limited or restricted in its operation within its physical vehicle . The activity of the mind is that of consciousness itself , as are feelings , thoughts , emotions , intuition , creativity and imagination . Consciousness exhibits many faces which are in reality only categorizations conceived by our intellect .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Thirty plus thirty four . Thirty plus thirty four . Get lost you Question mark if , if they add them if they add them together she 's gon na stab me with screwdriver now cos I put that
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
A walk around the PAS warehouses is like a trip back in time , with all the parts stored floor to ceiling in tea chests — quite apart from all the aircraft spares this must be one of the largest gatherings of tea chests in the world ! Some visiting aircraft engineers having arrived just to collect a specific part , spend hours just browsing through the stock . Transactions at PAS are done ‘ by the book’ , no sign of computer technology here , even the tea machine is configured to take pre - decimal currency , with a cup of tea costing 4d . All the ‘ ins and outs’ are logged in a large collection of files which , when glancing through , look like a history of British aviation , with such names as British Aircraft Co , Fairey Aviation , Fields Aviation , Gloster Aircraft Co appearing in the purchasing ledgers . PAS supply parts worldwide , with places like Australia , Denmark , Holland , India , the Middle East and USA cropping up with amazing regularity .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
VIRGO ( Aug 24/Sept 23 ) Your main aim in life is for peace at all costs . I 'm sorry to say all hopes of a tranquil day are totally out of the question . You have and duties to attend to before you can even think about putting your tootsies up . Avoid responsibilities and you 'll make trouble for yourself .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's something only I can do.’ He dropped one word into the shelter of his newspaper . ‘ What?’ she asked over the top of hers . ‘ Nothing.’ ‘ No , well,’ looking at her watch , ‘ I must be getting on .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: no)
It was quite easy . Was it was it quite easy ? You both had quite a few once a , well once you know how to do it it 's easy . But working out how to do it was n't that easy was it , it was n't a very easy thing to do that , no .
Idiom: pass the time of day (used idiomatically: yes)
She was still not completely used to the journey northwards to the small empty house , when for so long she had gone southwards to the big flat near Westminster Cathedral , where her mother had waited , eager to hear every detail of her day . As she walked from the Underground to St Basil 's Terrace Ianthe noticed that curtains had appeared in the windows of the house nearly opposite to hers where the new arrival had moved in . Perhaps they might become friends , she thought doubtfully , or at least neighbours , passing the time of day if they met in the road . It was sad coming back alone to an empty house , Ianthe thought , but how much worse if it had been a single furnished room , like poor Miss Grimes . Ianthe had always wanted a house of her own and as soon as she had shut the door behind her she forgot the lonely homecoming in the pleasure she still felt at seeing her furniture and possessions in their new setting .
Idiom: hold water (used idiomatically: yes)
What do people mean when they say , ‘ As weak as water’ ? What do people mean when they say , ‘ A lot of water has gone under the bridge’ ? What do people mean when they say , ‘ The excuse does n't hold water’ ? What do people mean when they say , ‘ Water it down a bit’ ? What do people mean when they say , ‘ A watering place’ ?
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
By comparison with music , the visual arts barely touched him ( a fact presumably connected with the poor eyesight he had from birth ) , but he possessed a strong feeling for poetry , especially Romantic poetry . Among other signs of this is a lecture on Byron for the Germania and , during the same period , a remarkable " letter to a friend " in praise of Hölderlin , who was at this time little read Concomitantly , he felt great enthusiasm for Shakespeare , long since appropriated by the German Romantics as an honorary ancestor . These artistic predilections went hand in hand with a marked interest in aesthetic theory His notebooks of 1862-for instance , contain comments under the heading " On the Essence of Music " , which are probably notes for a two - part Germania essay on " The Demonic in Music " , and , again , a set of Emersonian reflection on Nature , beauty and art . It was during the Germania period that Nietzsche 's inclination toward ancient Greece seems to have taken its first definite shape , although his distaste for specialization remained . The two attitudes can be found side by side it the letter on Hölderlin , which was written in 1861 .