Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
And the night that it was over we met in our quarters , we poured a drink and we stood there and looked at each other and he said well , we made it . We drank the drink and both of us went to bed and sleep . George , unfortunately , had a heart attack a few weeks ago . Please convey my best wishes to all members and guests of the Three - Ninetieth Bomb Group on the occasion of this the thought comes I 'd rather be up there than down here , would n't you ? I 'll start again so you 'll get his thought .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
When , in his thirties , he took driving lessons and passed his test Dorothy refused to go out in the car with him : ‘ I intend to live to a ripe old age , thank you very much.’ In fact , Edward was a good driver , if somewhat decorous . Dorothy waited patiently and had her moment of triumph when someone went into the back of his car at a traffic light — clearly his fault for not getting a move on quicker . Helen worked because she needed the income , quite apart from anything else . Her mother had never understood that , either .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
By 1923 the scissors had opened too widely in the opposite direction , this time in favour of the towns . In fact the whole financial framework of NEP was shaky , and much of it was brought in piecemeal on ad hoc lines , as was the case with the vital currency reforms . The introduction of the profit notion through khozraschet looked promising on paper , but in reality at the start of 1922 there was no definition , even in the highest economic organs , of what was meant by ‘ profit’ . As late as 1923 there were still many different ways of assessing production costs and profits . Similar discrepancies opened up in the agricultural sphere .
Idiom: drop the ball (used idiomatically: no)
This was one of the most ragged performances Oxford have given in recent memory with their captain , Smith , responsible for several mistakes . Oxford 's forwards were slow and scattered in getting to the breakdown . If anything their backs were worse , sometimes dropping the ball , at others slinging passes into eager Cambridge hands . One quality Oxford possessed in abundance , though , was spirit , which enabled them to claw their way back . They were assisted by the referee , Clive Norling , who added on nine minutes ' injury time despite the lack of an injury stoppage worth the name .
Idiom: sour grapes (used idiomatically: yes)
Date : Mon , 27 Sep 93 09:00:04 MET Subject : How close to the wind is that ? Ah , rumours , rumours , rumours , or just sour grapes . Take your pick ! What I think is true , is that Cantona was named as co - defendent in Chapmans divorce , or whatever it is called .
Idiom: be my guest (used idiomatically: no)
They were lounging at their ease in an antechamber which was next to the throne room of the Golden Yurt . Now that preparations had been completed for Artai 's enthronement there was very little to do , and the normal business of the court — administration , legislation , taxation — had all but come to a halt . ‘ He was my guest.’ T'zin reached out and took a cup of wine from a tray which was held by a N'pani who stood nearby . ‘ You offended my hospitality by slighting him.’
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
Elitist posture Dexter Tiranti 's meeting with the New Zealand customs officer ( NI 200 ) should have taught him not to make assumptions about people . He might then have thought twice about his ridiculous and insulting implication that readers of the ‘ gutter press’ and ‘ popular newspapers’are not concerned about the state of the world . You may like to consider the fact that readers of the popular press contributed millions to BandAid , SportAid , Comic Relief etc ; have taken solidarity action in support of trade unionists in South Africa and Namibia ; are informed about workers ' conditions in the same industries in the Far East and so on . Come on NI , stop your elitist posturing and question the quality of your coverage .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
The static value of a position is found by a ) finding all ways in which all patterns can match the board ; b ) adding the weights . Each pattern 's weight W is added once for each occurrence of the pattern P on the board . The form of a pattern depends on the particular game . In Os & Xs , a pattern may contain some squares filled with O
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: no)
Doggedly , he pursued the matter . ‘ But surely , if the movement still exists , I ought to know more about it ? I would owe that to my father … to try and understand something which he believed in enough to die for?’ Kirov regarded him sadly . ‘ It is not enough , Mikhail .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: no)
Since the idea of earth energies was first put forward in the 1930s , attempts have been made to show that the ancient peoples could detect such energies and that , given the right conditions , we can do so today . Much of the impetus behind such thinking has come from dowsers who realized that they were not just picking up underground water but something else , which they called telluric force . Bearing in mind the cautions of Chapter 5 , what have dowsers to tell us about sites and earth energies ? Building on investigations by Reginald Allender Smith , who had detected what he felt were underground streams crossing beneath standing stones , Guy Underwood distinguished three types of dowsable line in the landscape : ' water - lines ' , ' track - lines ' and ' aquastats ' . He thought that these were all ' lines of electrical equipotential ' resulting from ' geophysical anomalies'and that ancient monuments , roads and boundaries coincided with them because they were laid out by a priesthood who could detect the lines .
Idiom: do a runner (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Should I 've asked Memet?’ asked Scarlet . ‘ I doubt if you could 've found him,’ said Constance . ‘ He seems to have done a runner . He 's disappeared.’ ‘ Everyone keeps disappearing,’ said Scarlet and then wished she had n't .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
His intention was to remain on his knees for about ten or fifteen seconds , and then to rise , saying smilingly , ‘ Well , then … ’ or words to that effect . But the appearance of Howard when he came into the room must have impressed him in spite of himself — the bulging clear blue eyes , the eager lean of the body forward , the anxiety on the face to understand the world around him . Because when , after seven or eight long seconds of genuine respect , he saw Howard looking at him out of the corner of his eye , he hastily hid the bottle of sherry behind his back and bowed his head . They remained like this for a long time . They were still like it when Sid Cornish , the Professor of Artificial Intelligence , put his head round the door to ask Bill Brice who he should see about getting on television .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
The basin was full of scraped debris which Ludens removed at intervals by running the water . Meanwhile Marcus 's face , emerging from beneath the soiled stubble , was looking remarkably clean and young . When the task was almost over Marcus , who had been solemn , caught Ludens 's eye in the mirror and smiled , and Ludens smiled too . They said nothing . When the task was finished and Marcus had mopped and dried his face and neck , they once again looked into the mirror , Marcus still sitting and Ludens standing as if at attention behind him .
Idiom: step on it (used idiomatically: yes)
Mungo set off , taking care to avoid the loose floorboards which he had already tried to memorize . There was a grey glimmer from the window over the stairs . The third step creaked as he stepped on it . He froze for a second , praying that no one had heard . The kitchen , which Mungo had only ever seen full of people , seemed incomplete ; waiting for human activity to bring it to life .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
The composition of the village was constantly changing as a result of short - distance mobility . Keith Wrightson and David Levine were able to trace the ownership of about half the freehold and a quarter of the copyhold properties during the course of the seventeenth century . They established that 6 copyholds changed hands a total of 36 times and 21 freeholds changed ownership a total of 118 times . In both types of tenure sale was almost as frequent as change through inheritance . Not a single holding in their sample remained in the same family name between 1600 and 1700 and only 2 freeholds and 1 copyhold stayed in the possession of the same family during this century even if allowance is made for inheritance through a female line .
Idiom: hit and miss (used idiomatically: yes)
There is , however , no systematic training for volunteers who become concerned over issues like the rainforest , the debt problem . We seem to assume , with rather typical British arrogance , that if , as volunteers , we become committed , we innately possess the knowledge and skills to recruit supporters ; organize and publicize meetings , start and run effective committees ; run workshops , organize campaigns ; interact with the media . My experience tells me that we do not all have all the necessary skills to do all these jobs well — it is often a hit and miss affair , with much poor practice . There is training , though not enough , available at considerable expense to staff working for NGOs , but training for volunteers is patchy and unsystematic , where it exists at all . To become more effective , we in the UK need more training for those who become involved .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
In a powerful statement of local pride , the Generalitat de Catalunya , Catalonia 's regional government , has declared this year to be ' Any Miró ' in commemoration of Joan Miró 's birth in Barcelona in 1893 . The occasion will be marked by a series of exhibitions and other events taking place in Spain and abroad during the next nine months and related to his career , achievement and influence . The Centro de Arte Reina Sofia launched the celebrations in Madrid with ' Joan Miró : Campo de Estrellas'(closed 22 March ) , a distinguished exhibition which reunited fourteen of the twenty - three ' Constellations ' , those beautiful gouaches created by the artist in difficult circumstances in 1940–41 , and sought to trace the development of their imagery in his work . The most important of the forthcoming exhibitions is the survey of nearly 200 paintings and 350 drawings to be held at the Foundation which Miró himself established in Barcelona in 1975 and to which he gave a large collection of his work before his death . Sponsored by the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and opening on the day of the artist 's birth , this survey ( 20 April-30 August ) has been curated by the Foundation 's director , Rosa Maria Malet .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
What better consolation prize ! As for the rest , well , the Fijians had left us singing in the rain . Flying the flag : The Fijian team celebrates as it retains its grip on the Cup for the third year in succession:(l - r ) Fijian supporter , Waisale Serevi , Tomasi Cama , Vesito Rauluni ( captain ) , Mesake Rasari , Viliami Rauluni , Filimone Seru , Ratu Sakeasi ( front ) . Best and Fairest : Fijian hat - trick hero Mesake Rasari getting into his immense stride against Japan in their Pool A clash . Korean giant - killers !
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Did you ever interview the American President?’ she asked with a slight smile . ‘ No , no ! But can I tell you something off the record?’ She hesitated . ‘ Okay.’
Idiom: hit the sack (used idiomatically: yes)
Quick glance down at the clear water in the bowl . I do n't know , but it seems to me like a hell of a way to live . Then the two cups of decaff before you hit the sack . Eating is unattractive too . First I stack the clean plates in the dishwasher , which works okay , I guess , like all my other labour - saving devices , until some fat bastard shows up in his jumpsuit and traumatizes them with his tools .
Idiom: up a tree (used idiomatically: no)
Next morning Mr Jarvis rang to tell them of the pleasure he and his daughter with her little friend had had when releasing the squirrel . ‘ When we put the cage down on the grass and opened the door we thought we might have to urge him out , but not a bit of it . He came out like a rocket and was up a tree before we had time to say goodbye.’ He paused . ‘ Now for something a bit more mundane .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
The BBC 's proposed solution was that everything should be handled by the BBC and then licensed back to the publishers . This was not the latter 's view : indeed , Heinemann , which held merchandising rights , was reluctant to renegotiate at all . Ms Cann believed , however , that an attractive new deal would be in the long term interests of all . ‘ I felt it was in our interests to renegotiate the deal . But it was crucial that it would not just be a good deal financially for my clients [ who by this time also included Colin Dann , the author]and the BBC , but also that all parties should feel relatively comfortable with it .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
MicroMuse is using the software — tools , services and agents for network management — as a backbone to push sales of consultancy , support , training , third party software , Sun Microsystems Inc hardware and its own complexity management systems . Managing director Chris Dawes claims that MicroMuse can supply around 70 % of the third party software products available on the market that work with SunNet Manager and can integrate all types of kit using its own resources or those of its 15 value - added integrators and six networking partners . Dawes believes that getting users ' networks up and running properly is one of the biggest challenges facing the industry . In two or three years ' time , high - end personal computer - type boxes will look quite alike , he thinks . Users will have Unix or similar multi - tasking operating systems , networking and fairly similar graphical front - ends running on powerful CPUs from a variety of vendors that will need integrating .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
McGowan positioned himself between Jed and Creed . ‘ You better get going.’ Creed stood with his gloved hands clasped behind his back . There was no warmth left in his face . He could switch it on and off like central heating .
Idiom: in the nick of time (used idiomatically: yes)
They have good apparent grounds for despair . But as it turns out ( as it happens , as ‘ chance’ or ‘ luck’would have it ) there are things in the web of story to refute those grounds . As Gandalf points out , all Sauron and Saruman and the orcs have done between them is ‘ bring Pippin and Merry with marvellous speed , and in the nick of time , to Fangorn , where otherwise they would never have come at all!’— and so , one might say , though it is beyond Gandalf 's knowledge at the time , to rouse the Ents , overthrow Saruman , save Rohan , and free Théoden to make his decisive intervention at Minas Tirith . There are still several things one can not say : for instance , that Saruman 's treachery was accordingly a Good Thing , or that the rescue of Minas Tirith is a reward for Aragorn 's persistence . After all , if Saruman had stayed loyal things might have ended better ; if Aragorn had abandoned the chase Merry and Pippin would have stirred up Fangorn just the same .
Idiom: life and limb (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Under control ! That 's rich , really rich ! That pair had you cornered , and heaven alone knew what they intended to do next if I had n't risked both life and limb by stepping in to help you . So do n't give me that line , because I 'm not buying it!’ ‘ I have no intention of giving you anything apart from one little word … goodbye !
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
Scientists then often speak of ‘ the scales falling from the eyes’ or of the ‘ lightning flash’that ‘ inundates’a previously obscure puzzle , enabling its components to be seen in a new way that for the first time permits its solution . On other occasions the relevant illumination comes in sleep . That all thinking is grounded in analogization shows up especially clearly when we try to come to grips with the thought of another civilization . The concepts which it assumes as self - evident , until persistent failure to solve a problem calls attention to them , appear to an outsider as strange metaphorical structures to be examined and re - examined as he learns to find his way around the conceptual scheme . To take an example from my own professional field , sinology , the first Christian missionaries in China were confronted with the Neo - Confucian cosmology , for which the universe is composed of something called ch'i and ordered by something called li .
Idiom: neck of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
The erm help available is in many ways decreasing erm I 'm afraid we have to drag politics into it sooner or later , but central government funding , or lack of it , erm to my mind lies at the bottom of many of these problems . Like for instance . Where do you think that more money needs to be spent ? erm well , the government are in the process of launching a massive new initiative called Care in the Community erm I 'm afraid a lot of people working in my neck of the woods find this rather well not amusing , but erm it 's slightly hysterically amusing , because the amount of money that would be needed to fund the projects that are identified as being necessary is enormous , and the government is in no way going to be putting up that sort of funds erm so it comes down to money , and particularly in this community care area . But I think if you had all the money that you needed there would still be a problem of the public 's attitude . Yes , towards — we 're getting back towards our original man in the graveyard — yes , I mean I 'd like to say that you 're saying particularly to Reverend Flatman what should he or his parishioners be doing to help this man — it 's not as easy as saying that somebody individually should be offering him a room in their house because his problems are far more manifold and deep seated than that .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Not you,’ said Camille . ‘ You do n't count as men.’ Just before midday Camille drifted into an even more expensive bar - restaurant further down the road . She only had about fifty pence left from the money she had borrowed from her stepfather the day before , but she hoped that the young Italian barman , who fancied her , had not yet been sacked or moved on and would give her a margarita , free . Other customers , strangers , sometimes offered to buy her drinks , but it was against her principles to accept them .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
It sought to defend and protect proprietorial freedom yet it ‘ seemed to be defining press freedom as a wider , collective freedom of all journalists working in the press’ . As Curran and Seaton observed , the Commission wanted to ‘ transplant the public service rationale of broadcasting to the press … but was opposed to the framework of public regulation that underpins it’ . Their own proposals for reform are aimed at restructuring the British press but it can be argued that even they fail to come to grips with the sort of major ‘ shortcomings’ of the press ( and media ) identified above . Altering the structure does not necessarily tackle practices and the more fundamental issues of how the media should treat and explain the complexity of contemporary social problems or how they should act in the face of the increasing ability of governments and other authorities to control and manipulate information . More significantly , they seem to be locked into a caricature of British politics .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
Waste Management had a facility in Philadelphia that originally took in recyclable materials for free . Now it charges one part of the city $ 12 a ton and still loses money . Mr Brown says it would need to charge $ 13 a ton to break even . Similarly dismal conclusions come from a study for the British government by ERL , an environmental consultancy , which calculated that meeting the government 's official goal of recycling half the reusable waste in household bins could cost roughly £ 50 ( $ 10 ) a household — or twice as much as ordinary rubbish collection . To justify that , people have to set a very high price on the environmental costs of landfill .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
In short answers unless it is crying out for a diagram do n't bother because you 'll spend five minutes drawing the diagram , labelling it , explaining what D P and D S means and it just wo n't work it definition , application , measurement problems , contention , Yeah . is it a contentious issue erm ho how is the criticized , very very short , because you are only going to be writing for about a page , a page and a half , right , so just make sure that every sentence or every other sentence carries a new bit of information and then people say , good , this person knows everything about this subject , full marks and you and er but it 's all too easy to , to focus on one or two aspects of say a question on trade or er er Harrison Todaro model of migration . If you sp if you spend five minutes drawing a diagram or going through the equations person knows one aspect of this model in great detail , what they want to know is what was the importance of that , of that model , important results of the model . How can we criticize it , how well does it actually fit into what happened in the real world , they just want little bits of information but not too much depth on anything but always remember empirical evidence examples are very important what I would do is using those examples or la last year 's exam paper , practise , practise the short answers because you ca n't write very much detail in it so it 's a good idea to have some idea about how much you can write , then your expectations will be changed okay .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York . Their aim was to subdue security guards and cut paintings from their frames . They got stuck in a traffic jam , however , and were caught with tools and stolen Federal Express property before they could get to the works of art . McDevitt confessed and served several months in prison . At the Gardner ten years later , two robbers disguised as police overpowered guards , handcuffed them , bound them with tape , and cut canvases from frames before escaping with thirteen works .
Idiom: clutch at straws (used idiomatically: yes)
Think you if I permitted you to join your brother now , that you would be permitted to return ? Alas my innocent lamb ! ' ' Maman , I have an idea , ' the prince said , having racked his brains for further persuasions and clutching this time at straws . ' Since you are concerned for my safety , would not it be well for the lady Anne to accompany me — she being my duchess and bride ? ' Recognizing that in this instance her son would use any means to persuade her to change her mind , Elizabeth Woodville none the less gave thought to the suggestion .