Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Using the right sized appropriate screwdriver and WORKING ON ONE SIDE AT A TIME , remove the outside round brushes and plastic gears . If you have not done this before , you may find things a bit stiff . Lay the sinker plate down on the edge of a table , press down and turn the screw in a sharp , snapping movement — try not to ' chew up ' the head of the screw . Remove the screw and brush , noting the order in which they are removed , especially if they also have washers . Clean the gunge that is probably beneath these brushes , rub everything clean and return them in the right order .
Idiom: have a bun in the oven (used idiomatically: yes)
Who you said you 'd never Be seen dead in ever — But when you 've a bun in the oven Everything is apple pie Though first the news you 're overdue Is a bolt
Idiom: close to home (used idiomatically: yes)
Alas ! his only response to the friendly gesture was to urinate accidentally on him , which was of consummate embarrassment to his mother , and not quite in the spirit of musar ! His introduction to day - school went more or less unnoticed . Esther had already whetted his appetite , and it was close enough to his parents ' home for him to return there for lunch each day . Their parents had a sensible approach to the matter . The children were expected to do well , carefully encouraged , but never laid under strain to do or be the best .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
But then the same people typically smile and point out that investors from other parts of the world still want to lend the US vast amounts of money , keeping long - term interest rates low and allowing the country to run big deficits for the foreseeable future . This view is seriously flawed . It implies that the US can kick the can down the road as long as the dollar remains the world ’s preeminent reserve currency , and America offers the best safe haven for skittish capital owners . By 2015 , according to this logic , politicians will have done nothing to raise taxes and very little to cut expenditure , so the US will still have a budget deficit of around $ 1~trillion , and will finance a substantial portion of it by selling government bonds to foreigners . By 2050 , there will undoubtedly be a fiscal problem – but , again , there is plenty of time to ignore it .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: no)
They had doused a colleague 's trousers with paint thinners , a regular initiation ceremony in their Skelmersdale factory . But they had also struck matches to frighten him . He caught fire and suffered fatal 80 per cent burns . In other cases which have attracted recent headlines , trainee firemen in London were hosed with cold water and left in the street in baby doll nightdresses , a young policewoman in Manchester was handcuffed to railings through a freezing night , and army recruits in Colchester were forced to call out musical notes as a sergeant hit them on their naked buttocks with a baseball bat . Although there has been some success in attempts to halt such ceremonies , or at least to make them less dangerous or humiliating , there is evidence that they are a perennial aspect of group behaviour unlikely to be eradicated .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: no)
I thought the 238S could have handled the top end slightly better ; the lead guitar suffered from lack of cut because of the DBX noise reduction , but without it there was too much tape hiss to produce any acceptable recording . Obviously the tones are sharper without DBX but the 238S does seem to generate quite a lot of noise on its own . Vocals went straight down with only the minimum of top end EQ to keep them sharp , and when I went for the final mixdown I have to say I was amazed at how big a sound was coming back from the monitors . There was slight muddying of some tones , and the bass end could be made so heavy that it wiped out the rest of the mix , but with some careful EQ'ing during mixdown I ended up with a result which would be more than acceptable as a demo tape . Had I spent a little more time with it I could have justified asking money for my very first attempt at using the Tascam 228 !
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
If we continue to listen to and learn from one ~ another , to give and take as equals , then we will enter that new era .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The names of certain prison governors whose personal positive qualities permeated every aspect of their prisons tend to be long remembered . Most such British lists would probably include Alan Roberton , David Hewlings and Bill Perrie . In the United States , Frank Wood , the Warden of Oak Park Heights prison in Minnesota , comes to mind , as , in Denmark , does Erik Anderson . While it is not suggested that this roll of honour is exhaustive , a list would , even on a world - wide basis , be strikingly short . It is notable that in the prisons featured in this book , the head of prison emerges , if at all , as an anonymous official .
Idiom: seeing is believing (used idiomatically: yes)
Hundreds of items go under the hammer to save a medieval manor . Wesley Smith Seeing is believing … the videophone which takes the blind out of date . Anne Dawson And Johnny Morris brings a touch of Animal Magic to a thousand youngsters .
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde (used idiomatically: yes)
After From Here to Eternity , his choice of films often left much to be desired . He was constantly being compared to Brando , and vice - versa , which outraged him , and now Jimmy Dean was being hailed as the new Clift and the new Brando . But worst of all were the comparisons being made between Monty Clift and Jekyll and Hyde . For years he had been close friends with Kevin McCarthy and his wife . But as Monty 's physical and mental state were gradually ravaged by drink and drugs , even the McCarthys barred him from their home .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: no)
The tea forgotten , she gazed blankly through the window . Think about it , Leo had instructed her when she 'd asked about the lovemaking . Only she did n't need to think about it , not really , not about the lovemaking itself at any rate — it was indelibly printed on her mind in glorious Technicolor . Her expression arrested , she wondered if that was what he 'd meant . That she 'd no need to query it because it had been so special .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
He was the former Republican leader in the House of Representatives , and had been chosen as Vice - President for his reputation for honesty rather than for any outstanding political qualities . Lyndon Johnson once remarked unkindly : " Jerry Ford is so dumb he ca n't walk and chew gum at the same time . " His greatest strength since his appointment was that he had steered clear of the Watergate scandal . When he took over from Nixon he wisely moved General Alexander Haig , Nixon 's Chief of Staff in the White House during the final stages of the affair : Haig became Supreme Allied Commander of NATO . Otherwise he made few changes in personnel .
Idiom: hit the right note (used idiomatically: yes)
7 WARINGSTOWN CYCLING Bell hopes to hit the right note again An all - star field will take part in tonight 's Calor Gas Grand Prix in Ballymena town centre with riders from England , Scotland , Wales and the south taking on the local stars . The programme gets under way with a juvenile race at 7 p.m.
Idiom: show someone the door (used idiomatically: yes)
It certainly brought a chuckle from my lips . But being a Tory politician , he still had the gall to be interviewed on TV and claim credit for his actions . Personally , I hope that not only all Catholics , but all other voters too , show this young man the door . A. J. Brown , Powlett Street , Darlington . RECENT publicity about church - aided schools gives cause for thought .
Idiom: far and away (used idiomatically: yes)
This they achieved with stunning success , building up a trade several times the size of their previous home market . In 1927 Champagne sales on the French market accounted for eight million bottles , by 1935 it had passed twenty - four million . The French domestic market remains to this day far and away the largest consumer of Champagne . Prior to the setting up of the CIVC , the single most effective body responsible for guarding the quality of Champagne today , a decree was passed on 28 September 1935 creating an inter - professional organisation called the Commission Spéciale de la Champagne , which soon became known as the Commission de Châlons because its meetings were held in the Prefecture ( the administrative centre ) at Châlons - sur - Marne . The Commission was composed of representatives from Champagne houses , growers , local officials , the ministry of agriculture and the treasury and its aims were ‘ to ensure the respect of local custom and tradition , the observation of which is necessary in order to preserve the quality of Champagne’ .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: no)
Individual liberties , voluntary organizations , political parties and the whole apparatus of economic life were subordinated to the war - making purposes of the state . The Great War marked the beginning of the end of the era of liberal capitalism . In the long term , the future of British pacifism lay in its capacity to adapt to the demise of the world order from which , often unconsciously , its most fundamental assumptions were derived . On August 2nd , 1914 British Labour mobilized its biggest demonstration for many years . The crowds assembled in Trafalgar Square cheered demands for Britain to keep out of the spreading European crisis .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Because , no matter what we learn we can not be educated into the Kingdom . Even , Christian teaching will not educate us into the Kingdom of God ! We can go through Sunday school and bible school , we can sit in church year after year , after year and take it all in and learn great reams of the bible by heart , and be able to explain this and that , that does not make us , a Christian ! We can not be educated into Christianity . We only become a Christian by the radical work of grace in our heart , the bible calls it salvation , conversion , being born again .
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: no)
Tracey Thompson agrees there are n't many schools , especially girls schools which can boast two national chess champions . So will Oxfordshire produce its own Spassky or Fisher ? Only time will tell . Adam says he 'd like to become a Grand Master . For now Harriet 's keener on seeing chess get a better press .
Idiom: presence of mind (used idiomatically: yes)
A SIX - YEAR - OLD boy saved the lives of his younger brother and two sisters yesterday when fire broke out while they were alone in their home . Alex Gair ran through choking smoke to telephone his grandfather , Mr Gerry Gair , who lives near their bungalow in Nursery Lane , Nutley , near Uckfield , Sussex . Mr Gair , 56 , an airline pilot , said it was his grandson 's presence of mind that saved Michael , two , and sisters Katie , five , and four - year - old Angela . He said Alex had already led the girls to safety by the time he arrived to rescue Michael , who had slept through the ordeal . Mr Gair said : ‘ Alex really saved the day .
Idiom: lame duck (used idiomatically: yes)
M. I 've never really thought of M objectively before , as another person . She 's always been my mother I 've hated or been ashamed of . Yet of all the lame ducks I 've met or heard of , she 's the lamest . I 've never given her enough sympathy . I have n't given her this last year ( since I left home ) one half of the consideration I 've given the beastly creature upstairs just this last week .
Idiom: hack it (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh I think you 'd better let mummy do that er I want some cheese well the thing is if I do n't do it , there 's not gon na be enough there for both of you , if you hack it up darling , anyway I need to use a sharp knife Mum Ah , do n't put it on the
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: no)
A world apart A fascinating and hitherto unpublished study exists of a day in the life of two northern Nigerian school age children ( R. Tabatchik 's ‘ Two Children , Two Days’ ) . The contrast painted between the intense , vibrant , imaginative life of the child outside school ( where at the end of the day the eight - year - old collapses into deep sleep a few seconds after rushing round ‘ being a lorry’ ) and the drab , pointless monotony of his classes is as striking as it is disturbing . Evidence from a headmaster ( Kenya 1976 ) ‘ Usually I need to ask the school committee if I have to replace any equipment , but if I need something really essential like a new clock I can buy it straight away.’
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh , well it 's dry and very cold and er and bright periods Is it ? er but no doubt we 'll have a few showers I 'm sure Yeah , we 've had really heavy rain this end and it 's beginning to dry up , but it 's still very strong winds Yeah
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
' They have one of the most spectacular sea views on the island . ' That was no exaggeration , Ronni soon discovered , as fifteen minutes later they were winding their way through the narrow , colourful streets of the walled city of Alghero to climb a hill to a cliff - top where they were suddenly confronted by a breath - taking panorama of endless blue sea . Ronni blinked down at the glittering sea that was divided from the craggy landscape by a broad silken ribbon of glittering pale gold sand . ' Wow ! This is almost as beautiful as where you live ! ' she exclaimed .
Idiom: ten a penny (used idiomatically: yes)
Can we go on and that 's the bill for the tables is it ? Bill for the tables a total of one hundred and eight pounds ten pence . A hundred and eight pounds ten pence . I 'm gon na make a note of that . When I 'm complaining I might just as well
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: yes)
When night fell , he had slept in the back of the Capri , slept and dozed . They wanted it over and he wanted it over . It was his deal with the Colonel , that once the business was finished then he was free to go west , head back to his roots . He lay on his back . His head was under the outside front wheel housing .
Idiom: early bird (used idiomatically: yes)
When Charlie woke the next morning he jumped out of bed immediately and was washed and dressed before anyone else had stirred . He had folded up his sheets and blankets and was polishing his boots by the time reveille sounded . ‘ Are n't we the early bird?’ said Tommy , as he turned over . ‘ But why bother , I ask myself , when all you 're goin' to get for breakfast is a worm.’ ‘ If you 're first in the queue at least it 's an ‘ ot worm,’ said Charlie .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's the only chance we have,’ Hayman went on . ‘ Somehow , we have to persuade one of their pilots to defect , bringing the plane with him . That way , we can strip the thing down to its last nut and bolt . We could jump our own technology ahead two to five years … at a conservative estimate.’ ‘ You 'll never get official clearance,’ Manville said flatly .
Idiom: hand in glove (used idiomatically: no)
Being sexy is just a fat arse and tits that will do anything you want . I personally look on myself as one of the most sexless monsters ever . This puritan streak in punk caught the political and cultural shift into ‘ hard’ styles only too well : ‘ It 'll be English ( fascism ) : ratty , mean , pinched , hand in glove with Thatcher as mother sadist over all her whimpering little public schoolboys , the seventies Unity ( Mitford ) to finally consummate the fascist union.’ As Punk Rock codified from a post - modern art movement — very similar , in late 1976 , to a United Kingdom version of Andy Warhol 's Factory — into a ‘ public’ movement with a crudely ‘ tough’style , it nevertheless delivered a disturbingly accurate political polemic . Slogans like No Future ! accurately presaged the twin dominant political forces of the late seventies and early eighties : Thatcherism and unemployment .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 'm obliged to Teddy Hargreaves , but his opinion is of supreme indifference to me . As he rarely lifts his head off the pillow —yours usually , I believe , my sweet — I fail to see how he 's qualified to judge.’ ‘ Well , that 's neither here nor there,’ she said impatiently . ‘ I still say that you 're not indispensable . Tell them you 've come out in a rash , or something .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
NEWS OPINION GREEN LIGHT FOR BHRCA REVAMP JUDGE QUASHES FOOD HYGIENE FINES DIET ADVICE IGNORED
Idiom: hold all the aces (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh , I do n't know … he 's just flexing his muscles.’ He looked over his shoulder , to where the youthful shepherd was fretfully hustling his flock from the forum into the skeleton entrance of the baths . ‘ He 's got a teacher bossing him around who 's about four years older than he is , if that , and a lot less self - confident , but holding all the aces . Not that he plays them all that well,’ he admitted , thoughtfully watching the harried youngster trying to be as tall as his tallest and most formidable charge . ‘ And of course,’ he said aside to Charlotte , with a devastating smile , ‘ having a girl like you around does n't make their problem any easier for either of them.’
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Never heard of him , one of those embarrassing admissions the best of diarists have to make at times . But he 's on GMTV . Strictly speaking , as the first aid instructor on my course pointed out , it 's not the kiss of life . It 's the breath of life , forcing air into unwilling lungs when neither taking part is in any state to appreciate who is doing what to whom . So put any idea of Sophia Loren — he was an older instructor — needing the kiss of life out of your mind , he advised .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
I like it very much do n't you ? Yeah . It 's unusual to say the least . I think it 's er I shall ask how , when it was taken .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Morley Street and Granville Again are set to clash in the Coral - Elite Hurdle which has also attracted this year 's Champion runner - up Oh So Risky and Martin Pipe 's Tyrone Bridge . The sponsors are offering 4–7 about Granville Again , with Morley Street , sharpened up by a win on the Flat at Doncaster , available at 5–4 . Admittance for the six - race card will be gained by paying £ 5 to join the Racegoers Club and , with betting forbidden , the Spastics Society will run a lottery on each race . Cheltenham chief executive Edward Gillespie believes the quality of the card and its supporting events will attract a crowd of 10,000 . Meanwhile , Another Coral has hardened to 5–1 favourite to land his second successive Mackeson Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday .
Idiom: out on a limb (used idiomatically: no)
He squared up to me . ‘ These people are not funny . 4A is out on a limb compared to any of the animal rights organizations which have gone before . Pretty soon they 're going to kill somebody.’ ‘ Aw , get out of town .
Idiom: in no uncertain terms (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I think I 've got a touch of hangover.’ ‘ I 'm not surprised,’ said Brian , ‘ not after what you put away last night.’ Once upon a time Camille would have dipped her oar in here : she would have turned on Brian for attacking her mother or chided her mother in no uncertain terms for being a drunken slut . Or , possibly , she would have done a bit of both . As it was , she smiled , rather falsely , for while laughter came naturally to her , smiling , as yet , did not , since only babies and adults can smile with conviction : she realized that her face felt uncomfortable wearing this expression and reverted to her habitual frown .
Idiom: kith and kin (used idiomatically: yes)
What this argument suggests in Gandhi 's case is that he does not abandon his commitment to the principle of non - violence or qualify it in any way when he approves the destruction of life . He endeavours to make this point clear when he says : ‘ Though … I endorsed the destruction of rats and fleas , my own kith and kin , I preached … without adulteration the grand doctrine of the eternal Law of Love of all Life . Though I may fail to carry it out to the full in this life , my faith in it shall abide.’ He accepts then the necessity to permit the destruction of some forms of life , while at the same time holding on to a firm belief in the essential unity of all life and the principle of non - violence .
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
Frome , Somerset LEAN TIMES We must not expend every last drop of sympathy on William Titford the cardmaker , for there are others who need some too ; William 's brother Thomas was one . Married to a sickly wife , then having to cope as a widower with a daughter who suffered fits frequently , finding work difficult to obtain , Thomas Titford must have felt he had enough crosses to bear for one lifetime . His wife was Elizabeth Adlam , whom he had married in 1765 ; baptised in 1737 , daughter of William and Ann , she came from a fairly prolific Frome family .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
Behind him the grass slithered quietly , and he closed his eyes . He could hear breathing , slow and heavy , the sweet breath of God , which made all things come alive . A hand came down upon his shoulder and he opened his eyes again . ‘ You with anybody?’ asked the voice , a soft purr of gentleness in it . ‘ No,’ the boy said , whispering .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
Vast areas are given over to car parks and souvenir shops . This week 's Talking Point suggests how we can help to save our threatened beauty spots before it 's too late . I 'm sure you 'll find it 's food for thought . ‘ Irish red settee puppies , ready now’‘Hand slicing machine , stainless steel blade , suit kitchen.’ ‘ The bride wore a dress with mutton sleeves …
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
A government ’s solvency thus depends much more on long - term growth prospects than on the current debt / GDP ratio . A reduction in the deficit today might lead in the short run to a fall in GDP that is larger than the cut in the deficit ( if the so - called multiplier is larger than one ) , which would cause the debt / GDP ratio to rise . But almost all economic models imply that a cut in expenditures today should lead to higher GDP in the long run , because it allows for lower taxes ( and thus reduces economic distortions ) . Austerity should thus always be beneficial for solvency in the long run , even if the debt / GDP ratio deteriorates in the short run .
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: yes)
As he parted them , he heard the familiar snuffling as Miguelito fed cocaine into his nose . Trent spun as he dropped , right leg kicking back . His foot hit home , sinking deep into the little man 's belly . Miguelito buckled and Trent , as he hit the ground , kicked up hard with his left foot , catching him under the chin . The mestizo fell to his knees , but he still held the knife .
Idiom: Pyrrhic victory (used idiomatically: yes)
Zimbabwe ’s Plight , South ~ Africa ’s Responsibility JOHANNESBURG – Morgan ~ Tsvangirai ’s withdrawal from the presidential run - off scheduled for June 27 , and his decision to seek the protection of the Dutch embassy in Pretoria , has secured for Zimbabwe ’s President Robert ~ Mugabe a Pyrrhic victory . Mugabe ’s triumph comes at a huge cost to democracy and stability in Zimbabwe , as well as in the region . The actions of the Mugabe regime in the run - up to Tsvangirai ’s decision demand a strong regional response to what is clearly a stolen victory .