Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: go with the flow (used idiomatically: yes)
That was why she had reacted to him with such ferocity , why she had such difficulty tearing her mind away from him , why she shivered inside each time she pictured his face . Once she had believed she could control these feelings , but in reality that was proving not so easy to do . And perhaps , she decided , being realistic , as long as she did not let things go too far it would do her no harm to stop trying to resist them and simply go with the flow of her feelings for a while . In time , like all corruptible passions of the flesh , this one would simply burn itself out . In that sensible frame of mind she had hurried downstairs to join her daughter — who had beaten her to the breakfast table again!— and her host in the sunny conservatory .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: no)
Would he also look to a change of driver to help him with the draw he will want at Augusta ? ‘ I shall take four or five drivers with me . At least one of them will have the whippier shaft which , I suspect , might in itself go a long way to doing the trick.’ Verily , the game has moved on from the days when Bobby Locke could , for instance , win seven tournaments in his baptismal year on the US circuit , and four Open Championships on this side of the Atlantic , and yet virtually never feel the need to depart from his habitual draw . Once , when play had been suspended at Little Aston because of rain , Norman Sutton , that fine striker with the double - handed grip , was recalling a tournament in which the wind was blowing hard from right to left across the eighteenth .
Idiom: draw a blank (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You see,’ said Mahmoud , ‘ we 've been assuming somebody is helping him and we 've been going round all his contacts . It 's easy because there are very few of them . Well , we 've drawn a blank . We could have missed it , I know.’ Mahmoud thought of the way Zoser had escaped before and wavered slightly .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: no)
I do n't care what pictures you have . I am as innocent as Waqar and Wasim.’ Both tour manager Intikhab Alam and support bowler Aquib maintained that the deafening silence from Lord 's spoke volumes for their plea of innocence . And the volatile Aqib took the argument a step further by saying : ‘ If people are still trying to say that the ball was the main reason for our success rather than the bowlers , let 's put it to the test . ‘ Let 's scuff a ball up the way we are alleged to have done and give it to someone like Devon Malcolm .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
She found it quite easily . It was a funny advertisement , it did n't come right out and say it gave you abortions , it just promised to ‘ help’ . Why not come out arid say it in this day and age , she muttered to herself as she dialled the number . ‘ Hello , this is Mrs Lenham , look about my abortion the day after tomorrow , I just wanted to know if … ’ ‘ You 're having an abortion?’
Idiom: sit tight (used idiomatically: yes)
Pale , rushing clouds danced across a blue almost as pale . ‘ And what the plague,’ demanded Rhodri Parry irritably , grasping her arm as they crossed towards the guesthouse doorway , ‘ did you want with starting such a frantic legal bother , without a word of warning to me , without a hint of your purpose ? Could you not have sat tight in the fellow 's house for a few weeks longer?’ ‘ Not a day longer ! I could not stand another hour of the man himself or his bleating sheep of a wife,’ she said tartly .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
The principles of mental - health promotion must be clear : a commitment to social equity , community participation and ensuring a ‘ technical fit’ with what can actually be achieved on the ground . Mental - health promotion programmes in the Third World must start off with clear aims before seeking help and advice from Western countries . They must steer clear of any involvement with Western drug firms . The same basic principles apply everywhere , not just in the Third World . The final vision is of a world in which the concept of illness would remain but would not be fixed in firm categories assumed to be universal .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
Sir Nicholas Fairbairn , MP for Perth and Kinross , warned : ' I would certainly vote against the Government . Such a move would ruin the economy of the whole central belt of Scotland . ' Rosyth is hands - down better than Devonport for safety , development and everything else . It would be madness to pick Devonport . ' Implications
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes he has , providing we can work really in Him , all the time . But this is where we fall short Exactly We fall short , Oh we 're we are
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: no)
In this case , the role effectively changes from one of service management to one of a franchise operation , with Colleges having the right to market the education product or service in a defined areas , constrained mainly by the overall strategic plan set by the LEA . Use of the Models The analysts had so far carried out a largely theoretical exercise , developing models in a detached and objective way so that broad-based ideas about future strategies could be discussed with the College Principals and officers from the LEA headquarters . Once general agreement to the models had been obtained , it was then necessary to consider how they could help in providing practical advice about the effect on College structures . To carry out a more detailed examination of the existing activities and functional groupings each sub-system of the post-ERA model was expanded , and the ideas and information generated during the exercise used to explore the real situation .
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
We ran out into the street and there were people running all about . Some were crying and screaming . ‘ In Bishopsgate there was a man lying on the ground and other people were giving him the kiss of life.’ Mr Jeremy Dalgliesh , 22 , a bank clerk , was also drinking in the New Moon . He said : ‘ There was a bang and the doors flew open of the pub .
Idiom: carrot and stick (used idiomatically: yes)
And what would be necessary to ' persuade ' him ? If every man had his price , what was Vologsky 's ? Manville thought back to his earlier conversation with Hayman , the discussion of the relative merits of the carrot and the stick . Perhaps a combination of both ? Either way , it was Kirov 's problem .
Idiom: twist the knife (used idiomatically: yes)
I never suspected a thing , even though my supposed father always kept me at arm 's length . ' She folded her arms across her body . ' Every time I called him Daddy , it must have been like twisting a knife in a wound , ' she said , with a shiver . ' I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . But it was never any use .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
Sometimes he is just a secondary figure floating in the novel 's bloodstream , as at the fête where he has got roped in with a few other young men to be a marshal and make sure everything goes smoothly . Of course he is incompetent , and as well as being swept along in the muddle and uproar he shares ‘ our town 's ’ positive transpersonal complicities in what goes on here . All over the place , not only at the fête , a psychic infection rages and erupts in small ugly-comic jests — ‘ They put a dead cat in my trunk ’ — but also in affronts to the human self as massive and immemorial as those Homer describes . A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . It 's not easy to say what the narrating ‘ I ’ is doing at such a scene .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
There are currently seven sanctions committees of the Security ~ Council – as a rule , their chairmanship goes to a non - permanent member .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: no)
Artificial - heart man dies AFTER 112 pioneering days as the first man to live with a permanent artificial heart , Barney Mark , the Seattle dentist died last week , after a viral infection attacked his weakened body . The end came soon after the 62-year old patient 's kidneys began to shut down and the amount of blood pumped by his artificial heart dropped . Doctors said that while his heart was fine , his vascular system had given up the ghost . Clark 's survival had been tenuous ever since the heart , powered by compressed air , was implanted on 2 December last year .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Expulsion and removal of “ undesirable ” foreigners “ They put me out on a narrow path in the middle of the forest and took the last ten Swiss francs I had in my pocket .
Idiom: have no truck with (used idiomatically: yes)
When I say honest , I mean honest . Unlike some of his theological colleagues , Bishop Montefiore is not afraid to state that the question of whether God exists is a definite question of fact . He has no truck with shifty evasions such as"Christianity is a way of life . The question of God 's existence is eliminated : it is a mirage created by the illusions of realism " . Parts of his book are about physics and cosmology , and I am not competent to comment on those except to note that he seems to have used genuine physicists as his authorities .
Idiom: nutty as a fruitcake (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Me ! I ent doin' no fancy theatricals with ole corny thorny . She 's nutty as a fruitcake.’ ‘ Coward,’ said Carrie . ‘ I ent goin' to do it,’ he protested .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
This is a street game which I find is popular at children 's parties . The chosen person stands with her back to the rest and throws the ball over her head without looking to see where it lands . The other children all try to catch it and , when one of them does , they hide it behind their back . The children all then shout out ‘ Q U E E N I E spells queenie’ . Queenie then turns round and has to try and identify who is hiding the ball .
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
She 's in a bad way — bleeding , and in terrible pain . They have to operate … . The doctor says it 's her only chance , but it 's touch and go , seemingly , and she 's asking for you.’ Marcus Judge lifted his face to the dark rain - clouds , and intoned : ‘ She is in the hands of the Almighty . May He have mercy upon her .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
I think points to this erm issue erm very clearly . In the paper which erm was considered by the Greater York authorities in January nineteen ninety two , on the possible location of a new settlement , all of Selby District was ruled out of consideration erm for a new settlement because it was erm within part of the district is within the Selby coalfield . Now that flies in the face of erm I think the er the real position on the ground , which is that a development could take place within that district , even where areas have not yet been mined , without any adverse impact on the either the coalfield or the new settlement . And yet on that one issue , taken on its own , Selby District is ruled out . And there are others , agricultural land , again is a very site specific evaluation I think from this si erm generally .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
You will pay interest charges . BUDGET ACCOUNT This smooths out the highs and lows of paying bills throughout the year . You add up all the bills you know will come in over the next year — plus a bit more for contingencies — and divide by twelve . This is the amount you pay into the account every month .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
The crystal set could be pulled into a ventilator by pulleys to avoid the sergeant knowing he was listening when on duty in the station . George used to sprinkle nuts on the floor to warn himself of officers coming in . Inspector comes in — up goes the radio to the ventilator out of sight . There are many accounts , sometimes apocryphal , of how shop - floor resistance to management operates within authoritarian organizations . Even in police work , with its severe sanctions for resisters , subversion was both necessary for survival as well as feasible , given the right knowledge of the rules of the game .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
As could be seen in The Graduate , Dustin had a compact and well - built body . He may not have been too keen on his height or his face , but he was proud of his physique . He also took ballet lessons to improve his posture and balance , and singing lessons to aid his breath control with a view to being called upon to star in a musical . He knew that the more strings an actor had to his bow , the wider the possibilities there were open to him . He would soon use these newly acquired talents in the play Jimmy Shine , but the only time in which he has attempted to sing on film were in his two biggest turkeys —Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?and Ishtar .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Whilst I agree with many of Mr. Shelford 's comments I find it hard to believe his comment on high tackles . This World Cup has been a showcase for the game both in this country and world - wide . Many people are expressing an interest in playing the game and no doubt many parents will be interested in mini - rugby for their children . Then Mr. Shelford makes his pathetic statement on referees clamping down on the high tackle . So , the high tackle is the action of real men ?
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
Is there one , in fact , or are there now only the multitude of disciplinary sub - cultures ? Can we , at a deeper level perhaps , identify elements of a form of life , with its own values , which is distinctive of the academic community in general ? That set of questions has to be distinguished from those we can pose on the second level of culture . This is the level of the process of higher education itself , the level which comes close to that of the student experience . The questions this analytical level raises include : What kind of cultural enlargement , if any , can higher education hope to offer the individual student ?
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Wordsworth 's earliest reading is remarkably similar to that of Charles Dickens ; it consisted of folk - stories and eighteenth - century novelists , works of imagination rather than of fact . He refers to Robin Hood , Jack the Giant Killer , St George , and the Arabian Nights . His father 's library was open to him and we are told that his ‘ father set him very early to learn portions of the works of the best English poets by heart , so that at a very early age he could repeat large portions of Shakespeare , Milton , and Spenser’ . In his Autobiographical Memoranda Wordsworth remembers first of all his freedom to read at Hawkshead : Hawkshead Grammar School was at the highest point of its reputation when Wordsworth arrived ; boys were sent to it from all over the north - west of England and even from Scotland .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
Or if man can show it to sight . To be sure , both of these cantos are special cases — as was , we may suppose , the ‘ Envoi’ to Hugh Selwyn Mauberley , written many years before . Yet in one sense the circumstances of any and every poem are ‘ special’ ; and at any rate all these instances show that , in his own writing as in the writing of others , Pound was prepared to recognize circumstances which justified departing very far indeed from Ford 's and the imagists ' precepts about diction , indeed flying in the face of them . But what , then , are we to make of it when , in 1939 , writing an obituary of Ford , Pound lumped together two old associates of his , Fred Manning and Henry Newbolt , and excoriated them for continuing to use the ‘ poetical’ diction from which Ford 's timely polemics had weaned Pound himself ? Is this inconsistency ?
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . And we do n't . No , what I 'm saying is , I do n't think from the accident book you 're getting a true picture because people do n't always report it , they 'll be off several days afterwards . Right . Just do n't compla , I just wondered whether that was actually
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
We did land home eventually but I think Mrs Thwaites 's folks were understandably worried , wondering where we had got to . There were no serious incidents in the 1947 winter , such as people losing their way and dying of cold , although a Mr Sowerby on the other side of the dale died suddenly whilst helping a neighbour . I believe he had a heart attack . Funnily enough , we had just as much peril when the thaw came , because it was so rapid that it caused flooding . People walking across what they thought was firm snow would fall through into fast running streams that had n't even been there before .
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: yes)
Some people get the hang of these things more quickly than I do . We did n't go often enough dear , that 's the other thing . Right , shall we make tracks ? Yes . Yes , Po Petts Wood was eh an inbetween the wars , trendy suburban development was n't it ?
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
But they were sent to spend their fourth night in a hotel after failing to agree verdicts on the seven other accused at the end of a trial which has lasted nearly five months . All the defendants denied conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to riot during the disturbances at the Manchester jail in April 1990 . Bush , Bowen and Mark Williams were not in the dock to hear the verdicts returned against them . Bowen staged an escape while being brought to court in December last year , Mark Williams is in hospital after becoming ill during the trial and Bush is still being sought after breaking out of the court last week with four of the other accused . A 23-year - old woman law clerk has appeared in court charged with helping him escape and harbouring him .
Idiom: man's best friend (used idiomatically: yes)
It is not just the owners who turf out their dogs daily , it is also those who blissfully believe everyone is a dog lover and that we do n't mind the unpleasant and unhealthy filth their pets create in every park , play area , beach and common , nor the way many out - of - control large dogs are allowed to harass the hapless walker who crosses their path . Instead of crying over the restrictions that are being ( thank goodness ) imposed , maybe they should take a good hard look at themselves and clean up their act , using aids like ‘ poop scoops’ and long controlling leads . Then maybe Rover will become man 's best friend once again . Mrs Shelagh Harnby , 31 Kipling Grove , Fairfield , Stockton . Winning post
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
HOT - SHOT Mark Robins spearheads surprise leaders Norwich against Everton today with a calming ‘ We have n't done anything yet’ message , writes Frank Wiechula . The £ 800,000 bargain from Manchester United scored in wins over Arsenal and Chelsea . But he said : ‘ We 're not getting carried away — there 's still such a long way to go.’ ROBINS : Calm Frank ?
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
" Luck , d'you call it ? " " Oh Lord , you know what I mean . I just thought I 'd come up and lend a hand . I 'm by way of being a bit of an expert on the moor , you know . " Stringer shrugged .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
As the men moved to take their seats on the sides of the rafts , each one was handed a paddle . The guide took his place at centre stern and , after the raft had turned in a circle to adjust itself to the current , the paddling rhythm set in to send it down - river towards the white foam that could be seen rising between the distant boulders . Silas stood watching the rafts until they disappeared round the bend of the Mohaka , then he held out a hand to Lucy . She took it automatically , and together they walked up the hill , neither speaking a word , the only sound in their ears being the song of the river . When they reached the top his firm clasp loosened , then he dropped her hand to go to Matt , who was loading barbecue equipment on to a trailer attached to the rear of a minibus .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Sane and launched in 1782 , was technically the most successful ship of the age . She was used as a model until far into the nineteenth century and was still carrying an admiral 's flag in 1848 . In Britain by contrast the gap between theory and practice , between the discoveries of mathematicians and the rule - of - thumb traditionalism of shipbuilders , remained very wide . Apart from the Treatise on Shipbuilding and Navigation of Mungo Murray ( 1754 ) no book of a scientific kind on shipbuilding or ship design was written in English during this period . The Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture , formed in 1791 , was essentially a body of theorists and amateurs with little or no practical influence .
Idiom: work wonders (used idiomatically: yes)
Down 's people are capable of much more than people realise . And as anyone who 's known a Down 's child will testify , they 're very loving and gentle . Special teaching and therapy , plenty of encouragement and stimulation can work wonders . People with Down 's love to be involved with whatever 's going on and have a great sense of fun and community . For further information , help and advice write to Down 's Syndrome Association , 155 , Mitcham Road , Tooting , London SW17 9PG enclosing a large sae .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: no)
In 1974 I began a part time PhD in biochemistry and electron microscopy . As I earned only enough to pay for my childminder my father paid my train fares . I obtained my PhD in 1978 and started full time work on ' soft money . ' My first marriage was coming to an end , but my husband would not leave until I had a permanent job ( so that I could support his children ) . I started lecturing at a college of higher education in 1978 but returned to research and soft money in 1980 as soon as my husband had left .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
These include a capital gains tax cut , a 15 % investment tax allowance and across - the - board tax rate cuts . What Bush is proposing is risky . He only has specific proposals for 10 % of the total entitlement spending cap , yet the across the board tax rate cuts would lose $ 25bn a year in revenue for each percentage point reduced , and conservatives are calling for a three point cut . Tax measures in Bush 's health plan — including a tax credit or deduction for out - of - pocket health expenses and managed care incentives — would lose a further $ 35bn a year in revenue , and no financing has been identified yet . Add proposed record spending levels on research and development , infrastructure , education , enterprise zones and job training , as well as real estate and profamily incentives , and there may well be good reason to fear that the overall budget deficit may be the constraint that yields if spending cuts ca n't be found to finance all of these initiatives .