Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
And I got really annoyed at the manipulation of the young , and the godfathers who are sitting free today . They will never serve prison sentences’ . The dummy never changes , and its smiling face chills to the bone . On the other hand , woman in Pakenham 's work is a fickle thing . ‘ She appears as a symbol for art’ , he explains , ‘ also she can be a feminist or a subordinate , then she can appear very positive and she 'll have the power to move .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
It made privatization part of a wider cultural shift among the British people , including wide swathes of the working class . Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . Even more important , the sale of public assets made possible large cuts in taxation in the 1985 and 1986 budgets . There followed the privatization of British Aerospace and Britoil , and finally the huge sale of British Gas for £ 5,434 million in December 1986 . This was another enormously successful sale .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
Instinctively she sought through the whole cosmos for Fenna , and knew she would not find him . There was nothing there , except the comfortable warmth . She opened her eyes and was aware of being in her mother 's bed , where she had not been for over ten years . Phoebe was still asleep beside her , curled up and with her back close to her daughter 's : Maggie enjoyed the moment of comfort , adding it dreamily to the shadow that was also there . She felt strange .
Idiom: in broad daylight (used idiomatically: yes)
In broad daylight they lie in wait , just round the corner , ready to pounce on you , to grab you round the throat or , as in my case , to hit you over the head . I was practising , and the almost rhythmical clatter of clubs hitting the ground was gradually making me nervous .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
They would know . She watched him tap , tap , tapping his spoon against his saucer , and then tap , tap , tapping his spoon against his cup . She observed the way his foot twitched under the table with strange flicks , as though he was trying to shake off something stuck to the sole of his shoe . She knew then that he was , after all , some kind of nut . His shoes were shabby , too .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh , shit , I do n't know what you 're looking for , but I 'm damn sure I know what you 'll find.’ The good eye , the green eye , scanned Culley 's face . A dab of bruising , yellow , now , on the upper slope of the cheek , a naevus of purple on the nose . ‘ See here,’ he said , and his fingertip brushed Culley 's eyelash . Then , ‘ See here,’ as he flipped up the patch like a lid .
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: no)
Guests entered via a thicket of tripods and swaying umbrella flashes and quickly became rimed with the sweat and muck of media heat . It oozed from under the rugs and the thatches of Grecian 2000 ; made atlases of blouses and bulging summerweight suits ; flowed in fan - shaped alluvial deltas down barer , pocky / downy carcinogenically tanned backs . And yet , cruising the crowd for those overheards that can often give clues to the deeper meaning of an occasion , it became clear that one or two paying punters , a few common or garden turnstile cowboys , had slipped in through the security net . ' Coach . Came on coach this morning , ' I earwigged one middle - aged man telling another in an unadulterated northern accent .
Idiom: err on the side of (used idiomatically: yes)
We owe this full version chiefly to Andrew Porter 's researches , and there is no doubt it allows us to hear one of Verdi 's grandest designs in full majesty . This is not one of ENO 's excursions to the wilder shores of Verdi production , like its Masked Ball and Macbeth . If anything , David Pountney 's staging errs on the side of ultra - respectability and operatic convention ; and even he fails to solve the problem of the ending when the mysterious apparition of the ghost of Charles V ‘ saves’ Carlos from the Inquisition by supernatural intervention . In his golden armour in this production , he adds another quasi - Wagnerian touch . David Fielding 's set has his familiar white walls and floor , with a series of coloured backdrops on to one of which are projected a distant view of the palace and a nearer one of a stag .
Idiom: grasp the nettle (used idiomatically: yes)
Twenty - five years of exploitation have since been repaid by thirty years of largesse , but with dismal result : a situation which Professor Marshall Goldman of Harvard has likened to trying to cure a half - starved baby by overfeeding in old age . At present , the agricultural sector accounts for 27 per cent of total investment ; additionally , the burden of holding retail food prices at 1962 levels consumes a further $ 50 billion per annum in subsidies . Each spurt in investment has for a time been halfway successful in boosting harvests and production , but policy to date has failed to grasp the nettles of productivity , variety , distribution and responsible land use . The paucity of infrastructure ( storage facilities , railways , roads ) , over - cultivation of land , underproduction of fertilisers and farm machinery both reflect and contribute to these difficulties . In spite of massive investment and attention , in the 1980s 50 per cent of potatoes and 60 per cent of citrus fruits grown on state or collective farms spoil before reaching market ; private plots , accounting for four per cent of arable land , supply 25 per cent of total output ( 30 per cent of meat and dairy products and 40 per cent of fruit ) ; and the bill for overseas imports consumes as much as 45 per cent of hard currency earnings .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes . One , two , three , four , five , six I can start buying now ! If I get pissed off now I might just do ! Course you ca n't , I ca n't go up anyway ! Nine .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
We do n't ever REVIEW beta test software — there 's just too much that can change between us seeing early versions and the code being finalised , and that means that what you see reviewed might not be what you will buy . However , we do n't mind PREVIEWING software , to give you , the reader , some idea of what 's coming up in the future . A preview will tell you what the software can do at the moment — we do n't go too heavily on any minor bugs or inconsistencies at the preview stage , but we do criticise bad design and form an opinion about whether the software will be up to scratch when it gets released . Word Perfect 's mission statement , in the blurb accompanying the beta - test software , tells us that the idea behind Presentations 2.0 ( 1.0 was DrawPerfect ) was to bring together everything you need in Presentations Software together in one package , including a drawing program , clipart , text handling , charting , graphing and painting . In the New Features box , you 'll see an outline listing of the bits and bobs that go together to make up Presentations 2.0 .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
You should n't be doing this at all . You 're supposed to come back by any reasonable route — but reasonable is not defined . You can go all over the place . It 's worth the risk ; you wo n't get caught unless you get a very alert conductor.’ He laughed .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet , in fact , inflation continued to rise sharply , partly through the effect of the Clegg awards . Howe 's budget deflated the economy and seriously added to unemployment . Yet it managed to raise prices and to add to inflation at one and the same time . For the next year and a half , the attainment of the monetarist objectives proved exceptionally difficult . For the nation as a whole , the visible effect was a huge rise in unemployment and a vast drop in the gross domestic product , with factories , mills , and pits closing down all over the country .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Okay , so it 's something right . The way I would possibly define active and reactive , I would see active as things that actually take your department forward a step . They are things that you do which actually improve your department both in the short and in the long - term . The long - term specifically . Things like okay , ordering possibly could be reactive and active , because yes , it 's something that has to be done every day , but if your order in spot on , that is an active task , it would improve and benefit to your , you would say that that , .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
By Devoyrah Hogan Women 's chances to climb the career ladder have been hard fought for . by no means all the battles have yet been won , but already we expect that we can break new ground if we really try hard enough ; we expect to seen our ambitions fulfilled if we have the talent and application to meet our goals . But what if you 're there , trail - blazing in the business world or on track for great success in one of the professions , and suddenly you realise that this path is not the one you want to take after all ? It is , perhaps , particularly hard for a potentially high - achieving woman to acknowledge that the world of work is not where all her life ambitions lie .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
If going to bed , eating and hairwashing always happen in the same way , she accepts them with little or no fuss . The bedtime ritual is a particularly powerful habit : a regular routine of supper , bath and then a story before bed makes the child 's world seem well ordered , safe and suitable for sleep . Habits of good manners , honesty and consideration for others , which a child acquires by imitating the good examples set by his parents , will stand him in good stead all his life . Habit , rhythm and regularity are usually helpful to children . They only become annoying , meaningless rituals if they are too rigid or obsessive — when a routine tidying up session turns into a ‘ you must always put away all your toys and clothes before you get into bed’ command , no matter what the unusual circumstances may be that night .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Mm . I it shot up in the air Yeah . You mentioned
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
Consumers will demand the socially efficient quantity Q ' ; . Since the monopolist is now a price - taker at the controlled price P C it will be loss - minimizing for the monopolist to produce Q ' ; , at which price and marginal revenue and equal marginal cost . If the regulatory body does its sums correctly , it will then allow the monopolist to levy the minimum fixed charge necessary to ensure that the monopolist breaks even after allowing for all relevant economic costs . The two - part tariff is not always a feasible solution . If the fixed charge has to be very high it may induce people to abandon consumption of the commodity altogether .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 've chased Horan and Little on more than one occasion and have yet to get my hands on them,’ said Gibbs , who figured in the 63–6 Welsh defeat in Brisbane and then the 38–3 World Cup loss . ‘ There 's no doubting they are the best pair in the world,’ he added . If Gibbs does not finally catch up with Horan and Little , any talk of a resurgence in Welsh fortunes will have to be put on ice . Swansea : A Clement ; M Titley , S Gibbs , K Hopkins , Simon Davies ; A Williams , R Jones ; C Clark , G Jenkins , K Colclough , P Arnold , R Moriarty , A Reynolds , Stuart Davies , R Webster . Australia : T Keleher ; D Smith , J Little , T Horan , P Carozza ; P Kahl , P Slattery ; M Ryan , P Kearns , A Blades , W Waugh , J Eales , T Coker , T Gavin , S Scott - Young .
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
Ingleborough is seen from Meregill Hole at close range and its appearance is daunting , steepening slopes topped by cliffs being a deterrent to intentions to reach the summit . Walkers who have visited the caves and potholes already mentioned , and enjoyed doing so , will be sorely tempted to stay on the limestone shelf and search for the dozen or more other similar openings hereabouts and then return to the Hill Inn for refreshment . Others of iron resolution , having announced at breakfast their determination to climb Ingleborough that day , will have to save face by continuing the ascent . This they can most easily accomplish by following the wall between Sunset and Meregill upwards to the skyline depression to the left of the summit , a dull climb with no views other than those in retrospect until the ridge is reached and a turn to the right made to the top . On the final stage , the Ribblehead viaduct comes into view in a widening landscape and Whernside is seen in full stature , assuming a majesty not usually attributed to it from other directions .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
Alexei had guessed that the path of the conversation would lead eventually to this . ’— Which is why I imagine Burun has taken steps to remind Artai that it is the ulus of the Kha - Khan to be the Lord of the Earth,’ he said . Suragai opened his eyes wide . ‘ Oh , I do n't think he required much reminding,’ he said . ‘ Indeed?’
Idiom: dog tired (used idiomatically: no)
Both men stood up . ‘ That 's fine with me , Stephen . I 'm dog - tired.’ ‘ You did a good job today . Nice work , James.’
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: no)
After a further cruise , and more depredations , Rackam put in at Cuba to refit and carouse . Attempting to leave , he was surprised by a Spanish guarda - costa , but escaped capture by making off in a sloop previously taken by the Spaniard which he and his gang seized under cover of night . In September 1720 he was again at sea ‘ on the account’ , but at the end of October , while scouting the coast of Jamaica , he was engaged and taken with little resistance by an armed trading sloop commanded by ‘ a brisk fellow , one Jonathan Barnet’ . On 16 November 1720 Rackam , along with his sailing - master George Fetherston , his quartermaster Richard Corner , and others of his crew , was tried for piracy before a vice - admiralty court held at Spanish Town under the presidency of the governor of Jamaica , Sir Nicholas Lawes : the specific charges related to the merchant and fishing vessels taken and plundered during the final cruise . Against ample evidence for the prosecution the accused offered no real defence and were all condemned and sentenced to hang .
Idiom: off the cuff (used idiomatically: yes)
I know the recommendation actually erm does answer the request for advice that was outlined in er two point one and maybe that 's why the recommendation is couched as it is . We could of , we , could we not have had a statement that er er er erm a certificate of conformity could be issued or will be issued ? Chairman it 's er an excellent question an an and I , I , I 'm hesitating in giving er an an off the cuff answer , but the first of all we were n't actually asked to issue a statement of conformity at this stage I take that point and it would be wrong for us to consider it in that form .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , yeah he was trying to put across a serious point but he did n't really succeed cos everybody just takes the piss out of his voice . That 's just the way he speaks though . No I , I did n't I did n't take the piss out of him , I listened , I actually Okay , okay , okay Listen , listen , listen I 'm not taking the piss out of the point cos I know the point 's very serious but I 'm taking the piss out of the way he said it cos I think he sounded stupid but that does n't mean I have any disrespect for erm
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
She turned into the big car park . Expensive cars parked in neat rows that the staff had reserved for them . She spotted the name Dr Volkov on a smart little board above an empty space and her heart jumped . She found a parking space close to the main entrance . She put the key in her pocket and left her purse in the car .
Idiom: out of the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
One of the wisest criteria we can apply to any of the claims made for the Holy Spirit and any of the teaching about the Spirit which is being advanced from all sides today is this : does it glorify Christ ? It is the characteristic of the Paraclete to bear witness to Jesus , to glorify Jesus , to take the things of Jesus and declare them to us ( John 15:26 , 16:13f ) . In contrast to this emphasis of the New Testament writers , much of the stress on the Spirit today dishonours Jesus , tends to squeeze him out of the picture , and infers that allegiance to Jesus is only the lower reaches of the Christian life , the heights of which belong to the Holy Spirit . Imbalance of this sort is only to be expected ; for we are very human and our understanding is limited and our perspectives often determined by what has particularly struck us . But it is a salutary reminder that nothing less than a fully Trinitarian Christianity can stand .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: no)
This came as no surprise to readers of this column . I told you all about it on July 12 , two months ago . And while babies are on my mind , my best wishes to Patsy Kensit on the birth of her son . I also exclusively revealed her pregnancy back in March . That 's enough bragging for now .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
empty stomach , stacks to drink , Calpol if necessary . Yeah . And that 'll hopefully do the trick . Right . Okay .
Idiom: hit the right note (used idiomatically: yes)
He was determined to become President in his own right , and he had a year in which to establish his fitness for the office . He decided to use his experience in domestic affairs allied to a frank appeal to the emotional impact of the late President 's death , to press Congress to pass a series of important measures . Addressing Congress five days after the assassination , he hit exactly the right note : " Let us here highly resolve that J.F. Kennedy did not live or die in vain . " He called upon Congress to pass two key Kennedy measures still lingering in committee — the tax cuts and the civil rights bill . Further , he appealed for action in a field he wished to make his own , the " war on poverty " .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Utet 's series on art history , Storia dell'Arte in Italia , directed by Ferdinando Bologna , gains a volume by Mario de Michele on nineteenth - century sculpture , La scultura dell'Ottocento ( L110,000 ) . Il nuovo assetto dell'Europa ( VI - XI sec . ) , Piotr Skubiszewski 's forthcoming contribution to the series ‘ Storia Universale dell'Arte’ , the volumes on Western civilisation edited by Enrico Castelnuovo , will not be on the shelves until 1993 . Umberto Allemandi & C 's end - of - year catalogue includes the third and penultimate book in the series Giorno per giorno nella pittura ( L200,000 ) , this volume by Federico Zeri on central Italian painting ( it excludes Tuscany , covered in the previous volume ) . Also promised are a new edition by Raniero Gnoli and Attilia Sironi of the monk Agostino dal Riccio 's Istoria delle pietre , a sixteenth - century treatise on the classification and working of the stones used in Renaissance Florence , and an exhaustive monograph by Giancarlo Ferraris — edited by Alvar Gonzalez - Palacios — on Pietro Piffetti , a highly - skilled eighteenth - century cabinet maker in the service of the House of Savoy ( L250,000 ) .
Idiom: go for broke (used idiomatically: yes)
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Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
Ted Allen left , a satisfied customer , and the next patient walked into the consulting - room . In the seventh month of pregnancy , Alison Walker needed to be reassured that in the event of her baby 's premature arrival , she would be in good hands . ' I 'll tell you what we 'll do , Mrs Walker — ' Lindsey rang the bell summoning Jill ' — this is Sister Stewart , our senior nurse . Why do n't you hop up on to the examination couch and I 'll just take a quick listen to baby 's heart and take your blood pressure , then afterwards I 'm sure Sister will be only too happy to show you around our labour ward and let you take a look at the facilities we have available . It may help to put your mind at rest . '
Idiom: walk all over (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , the two bumped into each other and the child fell down . Then a terrible thing happened . The man calmly walked all over the child 's body with his heavy boots , and left her screaming on the ground . It was an inhuman thing to do . I ran after the man , caught him and fetched him back .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Although the award was made to me , my thoughts were with the CCG crew that were on board the Tharos that night — I really was collecting it on their behalf’ . said Derek . The award of Plate was founded in 1854 for acts of valour and life saving at sea and originally was a silver salver . Recipients now choose from cutlery , clock or a barometer . The latter was Derek 's choice and now hangs in pride of place in his Abernethy home .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
In the Sandleford warren no rabbit of his age would have been asked to tell a story , except perhaps to a few friends alone . He had a wild , desperate air and his ears twitched continually . As he began to speak , he seemed to grow less and less aware of his audience and continually turned his head , as though listening to some sound , audible only to himself from the entrance tunnel behind him . But there was an arresting fascination in his voice , like the movement of wind and light on a meadow , and as its rhythm entered into his hearers the whole burrow became silent . The wind is blowing , blowing over the grass .
Idiom: stay the course (used idiomatically: no)
I went to the doctor who did some tests which showed I had diabetes . I was astonished — no one in my family had ever suffered from it but the doctor explained that it had happened entirely because of the shock of the mugging . It stayed with me and I keep it under control by taking eight tablets a day — and , of course , avoiding all the lovely cream cakes I used to enjoy . But it 's no problem and I feel fine . Most importantly for my health I never go to the bank with the takings any more .
Idiom: odd one out (used idiomatically: yes)
A multilingual Corporal explained to us as we sat at desks that the tests were aimed at determining our ‘ niveaux générales ’ or basic IQs . The test papers were given out and we had an hour to complete all three sections , involving general commonsense , and basic maths and language questions in our respective tongues . ‘ Which is the odd one out : cod , trout , sardine or lorry driver?’ ‘ Divide 8.8 by 2.2.’ ‘ What is the capital of South Africa?’
Idiom: make a splash (used idiomatically: yes)
DETERMINATION … Will Carling battles on Team hopes to make a splash MEMBERS of the British team for the world human - powered submarine races were flying to Florida today . Their two - person craft , built and designed by engineering students at Southampton University , will take part in the event off the coast of Florida from June 15 to 26 .