Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
Part of this record - breaking hat trick was pulled off by Johnny Boy Gomes . Johnny Boy Gomes was the July pin - up on my surfing calendar back in Cambridge , and now he was picking up more barrels than a beer - truck . This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . When I mentioned his name in Hawaii an informant who asked to remain anonymous said : ‘ Johnny Boy Gomes is the meanest , heaviest dude on the whole of the North Shore.’ He had a reputation for being tough in the water and was alleged to be a champion of ‘ localism’— the attitude of resident surfers who guard their break jealously and resent the intrusion of outsiders .
Idiom: press the panic button (used idiomatically: yes)
They also deny possessing a Ruger revolver with five rounds of ammunition , an imitation semi - automatic pistol , and falsely imprisoning Sarah Kennedy , her sons , Christopher ( ten ) , Jonathan ( six ) and a ten - year - old school - friend of Christopher 's . Crown counsel claimed the four masked men intended to lie in wait for Westminster Conservative candidate Dr Kennedy , shoot him ' ruthlessly and pitilessly ' and then ' escape at their leisure ' . But the lawyer told the court how Mrs Kennedy managed to press a panic button without the gunmen knowing when she was answering the telephone . He said police then surrounded the house and the men got rid of their guns and masks and ' attempted to improve their situation by masquerading as robbers ' . A priest was then brought in to mediate and the men gave themselves up .
Idiom: spit blood (used idiomatically: no)
Previous tests by the council had found that mineral seepage from the mine had killed all fish life in the Kilmastulla river and damaged wildlife in the immediate area . Dust from the tailings pond began to blow over the countryside again in 1985 , starting on 10 February , a Sunday . By the following Tuesday , Geraldine Hogan , whose family lived a few hundred yards from the lake , was spitting up blood . As she was seven months pregnant at the time , Geraldine feared not only for herself but also for her unborn child . On Thursday Geraldine was admitted to Nenagh Hospital and the following day her husband and two children evacuated their house .
Idiom: run someone ragged (used idiomatically: yes)
This minute!’ The children had never heard her speak to him sharply before . They stared in surprise and she said in a tired voice , ‘ Oh it does n't matter , I suppose , not the old skull , but he 's run me ragged just lately , picking up things round the house and putting them down where they should n't be . He had the silver this morning — all the best spoons , out in the yard!’ ‘ You 'd just polished them,’ Albert said .
Idiom: dyed in the wool (used idiomatically: no)
Have you been in shipping all your life ? " " No — but do n't hold that against me . One of the things that 's wrong with British shipping is that too much of it is in the hands of ancient mariners , dyed - in - the - wool shipping families that have n't had a new idea since the days of sail . I was in the air - freight business before Stavanger brought me here — had my own small charter company . I met Stavanger before he joined up with Ingard .
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ My ! My ! He 's certainly going places . Well , May always said he would . And of course he 's slept and eaten with that guitar over the past five years .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
How can I put my birthday on my google plus information ? Click on Profile button and edit your profile . Scroll down to find Birthday and enter the date .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
The browning increased and with it a brittleness , and a general botanical lackadaisicalness that boded ill . I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . Those next four weeks were like lying out in no - man 's - land . The anticlimax after the session in the X - ray Department was difficult to bear . I had felt certain that the session had gone well , yet nevertheless waited anxiously to hear officially , but nothing happened .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Especially the Dodger . He 'll be a great man himself , and will make you one too , if you copy him . Is my handkerchief hanging out of my pocket , my dear ? ' ' Yes , sir , ' said Oliver . ' See if you can take it out , without my feeling it .
Idiom: lose your head (used idiomatically: yes)
PLAYER : I 've been here before . GUIL : We 're still finding our feet . PLAYER : I should concentrate on not losing your heads . GUIL : So you speak from knowledge ? PLAYER : Precedent .
Idiom: bread and circuses (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'll be fifty in three years . Old age just make you ugly , that 's all . ' Not all , exactly : getting old is the last display for the bread - and - circuses culture . Legends must suffer for all the gifts and luck and privilege given to them . Great men , it 's been noted , die twice — once as great and once as men .
Idiom: what goes around comes around (used idiomatically: yes)
What goes around comes around I MOVED FORWARD , out of the blackest sleep , to find myself surrounded by doctors … American doctors : I sensed their vigour , scarcely held in check , like the profusion of their body hair ; and the forbidding touch of their forbidding hands — doctor 's hands , so strong , so clean , so aromatic .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
He paused and she saw that his face looked drawn and pale . He added slowly , ‘ Now I 'm the one who fails to understand . Why do you come to me with a proposal for something you have resisted all along?’ She sought desperately for an answer , but could find none . This discussion was proving to be a disaster .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
' He immediately rang his bosses and told them of the theft . ' It has been a great cause for concern in London , particularly when he lives not far from where the Anti - Terrorist Squad uncovered a quantity of Semtex explosives in an IRA dump . ' The Met have now provided him with round - the - clock protection as they fear the filofax could fall into the hands of the IRA , ' said the source . But RUC sources told Sunday Life that the police officer did not report the filofax theft . ' Detectives were called in to investigate the theft of the car but no mention was made of the filofax , ' said a RUC source .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Retailers and manufacturers need to know the size and quality of individual local markets . such informational helps the likes of Sainsbury , Tesco and Procter & Gamble to answer questions such as‘Should I be represented in that local market , given its size and quality?’ , ‘ Does my turnover fall short of the potential in that market , given its size and quality?’ and ‘ Which of my brands / retail concepts best match the preferences of the local community?’ The new census statistics will benefit organisations such as Reader 's Digest or Kays , that sell direct to the customer , in that they will be able to improve the selection of both prospects and existing customers for targeted mailshots . Regional media owners such as Reed and Northcliffe will also benefit .
Idiom: get wind of (used idiomatically: yes)
So all of a sudden my supposed victim 's berating me for my absence . Whoever heard of such a thing ? I 'd never live it down if Lil got wind of this . ‘ I knew you 'd be all right . I checked up on you when I could.’
Idiom: up to speed (used idiomatically: yes)
Lord Young 's abolition of the DTI 's sponsoring divisions for particular industrial sectors stemmed , Mr Sainsbury maintains , from the Government 's withdrawal from its previously dirigiste role . ‘ It took a few years before one saw that the contact with , and knowledge of , industry , the dialogue , needed to be restored.’ He concedes that the new sector organisations called into being by Mr Heseltine last July are not yet up to speed . ‘ The slowest bit is getting in the secondees from industry.’ The minister stresses manufacturers ' improved performance in the 1980s .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
Armed police swoop after release of suspects video TWO men last night were being questioned about the IRA bombing of Harrods following a dramatic armed raid just hours after police showed a video of two suspects . Scotland Yard said shots were fired at anti - terrorist squad detectives and a tactical firearms unit as they moved in on a house in Stoke Newington , north London . They were responding to a tip - off after police released a video of two men filmed shortly before the blast at the Knightsbridge store on January 28 in which three people were injured . Scotland Yard said police did not return fire during the arrests .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
The focus on a complex process of negotiations appears to exclude the possibility of structural change . Conclusions will tend to be in terms of shifts within the system itself — adjusting the balance between groups , levels and interests of different times . Any structural change — that is one which changes the rules of the game on the basis of which bargaining takes place — would have to come from outside the system . Arguably just such a change took place in the early 1980s , and the pressures encouraging it could only be understood in the context of shifts in the wider political economy . Both Rhodes and Duncan and Goodwin , in their different ways , make it possible to identify some dynamic for change .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: no)
Noreen felt alarm and anger , but she could n't say anything . Maria was n't complaining . All she did was hold out her hand and say , Look , Ma , Bernie gave me another dime . ' Noreen kept a closer eye on Maria after that . But there were no incidents of any kind , although Bernie 's familiarity with the little girl seemed to grow as each day passed .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
Leaks also prejudice proper coverage in the press . Papers and journals not privileged to receive the leak feel less inclined to give room to a story that has already appeared somewhere else . Often , of course , the story is so important that they have to cover it , but it goes against the grain to be sweeping up behind another paper 's scoops . Every organisation leaks , and the recent leaks of Council papers may not be repeated . But if they become a normal event , all papers prepared for Council will have to be written with a much wider audience in mind .
Idiom: out of your mind (used idiomatically: yes)
A more skilful dealer manages to hold his clients in stocks through sales technique . One dealer of the author 's acquaintance addressed sellers in this manner : " Sell ? You must be out of your mind . You should be picking up more ! " Indeed , most successful dealers deter sellers by bluffing , saying what the client wants to hear like the Catholic priest who preaches only of heaven .
Idiom: body blow (used idiomatically: yes)
( A friend of my youth held that his main aim in life was to become a dirty old man : an aim which one can now see was almost enlightened ! ) Most men and women , it was assumed by younger people , drifted into old age free from sexual tensions and needing no outlet for sexual feelings . The first body - blow to this belief was dealt by Kinsey , Pomeroy and Martin , who concluded that , far from a high - point of sexual feeling and tension existing only in the earlier adult years and continuing only to around the mid - fifties , sexuality and sexual activity decline after youth only in the most gradual way , with no set or probable point of cessation . Not only is it possible for both men and women to have intercourse well into old age , but many of them do . Newman and Nichols , in a study of a 60–80-year - old group in North Carolina , confirmed this and noted , as had Kinsey , that the extent of sexual activity in later years depends far more on the intrinsic sexual drive of the individual than on relative age considerations .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
Another friend who had known him since his teens said : ‘ He was different when he came out , he scared people . He 'd been a tearaway before but now he was vicious . ’ Now Vernage is back behind bars and it will be at least 25 years before he comes out to scare anyone again . Let us vote on Europe NOTHING more clearly illustrates how out of step the politicians are with the people than the latest survey on Europe .
Idiom: add fuel to the fire (used idiomatically: yes)
NEW ~ YORK – The massacre in Norway in July 2011 and the recent attack on a Sikh temple in Oak ~ Creek , Wisconsin , were the work of right - wing extremists who sought to remake the world in their neo - Nazi image . Likewise , the terrorist attacks of September 11 , 2001 , were the work of Islamist extremists who view other religions and cultures as a threat . But it would be simplistic to believe that our leaders do not add fuel to the fire of hatred , even if their chauvinism takes a more “ civilized ” form . Just ask the Japanese , who were continually denounced in the 1980s as wicked traders . Or consider how the unceasing refrain against outsourcing nowadays has demonized India .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a city I had loved in my time . Now , how it was shrunken ! The moonlight lent it enchantment , of course , but what a pokey place it looked , lying by the lakeside in the clear night . Romantic behind its walls , yes , but nothing to the great city I had known . In my day — why , Sècheron would have been swallowed up by inner suburbs clustering round the old U.N.
Idiom: tired and emotional (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a fiasco . He was a good journalist and one I 'd known professionally for many years . He 'd always seemed pleasant enough , if a little‘over - tired and emotional’ on occasion . ‘ Do n't look now , Harry , but that woman behind is a spy from mercury.’ Zelma 's début in a British Telecom ad .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: no)
This would have given the BRDC a £1.4m profit on their orginal investment and allowed them to retain the right to five per cent of any future public flotation . Tom Walkinshaw offers his personal guarantee for any shortfall , conditional upon him being released from any liabilities or claims under the Companies Act . The members turn down the deal and vote out all 12 directors . A new board is voted in on the promise that they 'll get a better deal . DECEMBER : Tom Walkinshaw says there is no chance of the BRDC getting any money back and that the SMG ‘ is going along nicely . ’
Idiom: on the stump (used idiomatically: yes)
It should follow the command ' heel ' without difficulty , and will also sit at the side of a road before being told to cross . Dogs are curious , inquisitive animals by nature , however , and so may sometimes be wayward . A scent on a tree stump or lamp - post may distract a dog which happily walks to heel around the garden . It will be a matter of striking a balance between allowing your dog to pause constantly along a path , sniffing at every opportunity , and walking with no chance to explore its environment . Generally in towns where there are pavements , dogs should be expected to walk properly .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
The plants needed up to 3000 poles an acre to grow , a fairly intensive demand in itself on the exploitation of Wealden underwood . When the government , concerned to organise all its resources against the risk of a Napoleonic invasion in 1801 , organised a survey of the crop acreages throughout the country , Sussex produced very sparse and inadequate returns . Battle and a whole belt of Wealden parishes produced no response at all ; since the data were collected by the local parish clergy , the low level of response is hardly surprising , farmers as a rule having a dim view of requests for information which might lead to a rise in taxes or tithes . Generally , the small Wealden farmers seem to have had little incentive or commitment to improvement . If they were landowners , they had insufficient capital , if they were tenants the local practice of yearly verbal agreements with landlords offered them little security for a return on any considerable investment .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: no)
Behind them lay the poignantly admitted longing for him to be there , so that he could ‘ have a comrade’ . Gradually his rhapsodies left off . In a sense he was singing siren songs to that part of himself which had got stuck in the old , dead forms , where the artist mattered more than the content . He would soon argue for a Whitmanesque , democratic art , drawn from the people and distributed to them in popular editions , accessible to all and finding its way into ‘ workmen 's houses and farms’ . Before that could happen the sick spirit had to get well , in a time that — he was convinced — was poisoned at the root , shaky and tottering .
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
I checked . He has always been like this . It 's not because he is sick and tired of talking to people ( which would be understandable ) , it is because he is truly very , very shy . He just is n't capable of selling a nut to a squirrel . The chances are that this shyness would have naturally prevented him from attaining such a high profile … but Morrissey slipped through the net and the consequences could be devastating .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
Sun 's purchase of Praxsys will make it possible for the software to come to market . Sun discovered Praxsys after it acquired the PC half of Interactive and picked up rights to it . Sun was expected to display it at PC Expo this summer but Snoopy has never been seen except behind closed doors . ICS TO MARKET ADOBE POSTSCRIPT ON SUN KIT Integrated Computer Solutions Inc , Cambridge , Massachusetts , will this week announce a deal with Adobe Systems Inc to distribute Display PostScipt for Sun Microsystems Inc machines .
Idiom: come with the territory (used idiomatically: yes)
So what 's new ? You ca n't spend all those centuries working my particular client group without learning something from your subjects about survival . It comes with the territory , along with storytelling , family arguments , and all those bottomless pots of soup . I sketch out the whole scenario in seven minutes flat . They listen .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
Center Parcs have done their market research — they know that their target market want the healthy Nineties lifestyle and duly provide a huge sports hall . Unfortunately , the target market also want to smoke at every available opportunity . So the Center Parcs leisure experience includes playing badminton , squash or tennis wreathed in the fog of a hundred Silk Cuts . Healthy it ai n't , but then , the standard of exertion is n't generally high enough to draw the smoke in very far . One of the great things about Center Parcs is that you get away from the ' I 'm Rubbish ' Syndrome .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
Analysts are forecasting £ 40 m for the full year . Gas defies doubters PUNDITS who advised the 2 m shareholders of British Gas to sell their shares have been caught on the hop . The energy giant 's third quarter results , unveiled yesterday , were disappointing with losses of £ 342 m for the period to September . But in the last three months the shares have enjoyed a good ride , jumping 40p to nearly 280p .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
His head he was keeping averted , looking in the direction of the drift , at the wall of cluster pines with their black needles and their green cones . He knew the distance from the ride , thirty paces . When he turned his head he kept his eyes closed , let out his breath , opened his eyes , looked and heard himself give a little whimpering sigh . It was the sound a man might make when in physical pain but trying not to show it , suppressing complaint . There was nothing to see , nothing to show .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It is very important that the audit is carried out by local people . We promised that City Challenge would involve local residents … now we 're showing that . ‘ Our recruits will earn a good weekly salary and they 'll also be given quality training which should help their employment prospects in the long - term .’ The team will learn basic interviewing skills and be shown how to deal with the technical side of the three - month survey . COUNSELLING , German , the Environment ( with a capital E ) , French , more Counselling ( with a capital C ) and poetry .
Idiom: act of God (used idiomatically: no)
As the Gospel narrative unfolds we are quickly made aware that the good news signifies more than rescue from divine wrath . It is the establishing of God 's Kingly rule , which entails both God 's provision for his people and requirements from them . The inauguration of the Kingdom is an act of God and not the result of human achievement . However , its coming is not automatic ; it requires a response from people . For this reason the message of the Kingdom has to be both proclaimed as fact and promise .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Or , ' Was n't it a scream that afternoon we went to the matinée at the Court and you got a fit of the hiccoughs . ' And Mou - Mou ! … How fond he had been of darling Mou - Mou … it broke Mummy 's heart to have her put down , but it was the kindest thing to do … . ' You must have got my letter , ' she said . ' It was some years back . '
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: yes)
Rangers manager Walter Smith has decided to keep faith with goalkeeper Ally Maxwell for tomorrow 's Premier league game at Tynecastle . There had been speculation that Maxwell would carry the can for Saturday 's defeat by Celtic when a dropped cross allowed John Collins to equalise and a missed punch led to Brian O'Neill 's injury time winner . Rangers assistant manager Archie Knox said tonight that Maxwell would definitely be in goal against Hearts tomorrow . Lou Macari and Frank Connor will keep Paul Byrne , Pat Bonner and Tony Mowbray as their three foreigners in tomorrow 's team to face Sporting Lisbon .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
The FT - SE 100 index of leading shares dropped 42 points to 2,270 on the announcement of the base rate increase to 15 per cent , but rallied and closed on Thursday only 30.5 points off at 2,281.6 . And the outlook for investors is not bright , according to Brian Tora , of stockbroker James Capel . ‘ The basic problem is that everything has been pushed out , and we ca n't see the light at the end of the tunnel , which is bad for shares . ‘ There is no certainty that the Chancellor will be able to hold base rates at 15 per cent . The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
It is called the recession and it has blighted the lives of thousands of people who want no more than to earn an honest living and take pride in bringing up their families . Every parent wants to offer their children a positive vision of the future . They want to give them the confidence to grow into caring and hard-working adults who will grasp opportunities and take their responsibilities seriously . That is particularly difficult in a recession when the future looks bleak for everyone . The mood of the whole country has changed to reflect that .
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
Our code of operation in this case is quite simple . We 're not worried about any potential diplomatic fallout due to your conduct . Anything goes . Our only concern is to find the family . ' ' Why 're they getting the red - carpet treatment ? '