Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
He was shown the puppets too , and the performance can not have gone entirely without excitement , because he mentioned to me explosions backstage and things falling down . John 's letter to Hanns about the second Ballet Club visit , just before he himself left for Cape Town , ends with the remark ' You will soon be back to gossip and see my new nose ! ' Cosmetic surgery was rare in those days , but John had needed an operation on his nose because he suffered from a condition ( apparently a deviated septum ) which hampered his breathing . That would be a severe handicap for a dancer , and while he was having it corrected he asked for his nose to be straightened too . Unfortunately the result was disappointing and years later , in about 1955 , he took the trouble to have a second operation to improve its appearance .
Idiom: by the by (used idiomatically: no)
I know . Communist countries . Everything 's owned by the by the government and er , I know it 's not a right good thing , like , but if it could work properly , it would be a damn good thing . Watch she do n't bite ya . I mean , communism in England ,
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
She started to tuck the bedclothes more closely around her aunt , but Sarah pushed her away . ‘ Sleep?’ she cried . ‘ With all you 've just said on my mind ? Are you daft or summat ? I 'm getting up and coming downstairs .
Idiom: count your blessings (used idiomatically: yes)
First , you must expand your psyche to accommodate the bigger and better . Nonetheless , 1993 is a year of promise — albeit in the midst of global difficulties . Hardly a month goes by without an event having you uncorking the champagne or counting your remaining blessings . April , May , October and November are the most spectacular months of an extraordinary year . Penny is on line for your Libra year ahead on 0839 444 567 .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
Well anyway Wen , Wen was in bed with flu , he was with mum so when we went up to pick him up about ooh twenty past twelve I said to and Rudy , I said to Rudy I 'm , I 'm worried about Wendy , he said are you ? This is New Year 's Eve ? Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let 's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted Ah so I said to her come on I said come on you 'll got ta start trying to be strong , I know it 's a nasty night being celebration night when everybody else looks as if they 're enjoying
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
Howe , who underwent heart by - pass surgery four - and - a - half years ago , is speaking publicly for the first time since entering hospital earlier this month with a mystery chest complaint . He still does n't know the exact reason for the problem that kept him in care for a week — more tests are planned at the end of next month — and which has prevented him from going back to Stamford Bridge , where his coaching has transformed the fortunes of London 's Cinderella club . Nevertheless , he aims to return to work on Tuesday — 48 hours after Chelsea play Middlesbrough in the FA Cup — in tandem once more with manager Ian Porterfield , providing he gets the go - ahead from his doctor . Last night , he said : ‘ It has been frustrating . Ian 's there by himself and I want to be alongside him but ca n't do anything about it .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
The ' black , gnarled , and knotty roots ' were in harmony with the woman 's limbs . The Hague school of artists was rife with theories about ' pure ' art . Vincent 's work was found wanting — when it was noticed at all— by a sniffing , word - of - mouth criticism that condemned him as too literary . He was a van Gogh , and his cousin an established painter , otherwise he would no doubt have been ignored altogether . Vincent was irritated but not dismayed .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
A good example of such kinship - based overlap of social roles can be found in the various volumes of Malinowski 's classic , though incomplete , account of the Trobriand community of Omarakana . We there meet with various semi - stylized characters described as " the Paramount Chief " , " the Canoe Owner " ( toliwaga ) , " the Village Headman " , " the Garden Magician " and so on . The story as a whole only begins to make sense when the reader appreciates that , in appropriate circumstances , all these roles might be filled by one and the same individual . But he would do so by virtue of his position in the kinship network not because of his personal qualities . The model attributes of a " primitive " society
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Thank you very much . Chairman before before you do finally er pack your bag and zoom off back to wherever it is you 're going , could I on behalf of the county council and all of our participants here today and those who 've been around in the last fortnight thank you and Miss Whittaker and your assistant able assistants er Mrs Binns and Dave in the programme office for the sterling work they 've done . And for making the E I P erm an interesting and er fortnight and I think er commending on the way that you er and your colleagues have handled it er all the way through and er we hope that er at the end of the day we 'll get something back from you fairly quickly which er we 'll act upon . I wo n't promise Thank you very much Chairman .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
In August 1952 the innocent - looking East and West Lyn rivers swept down into the Devon resort of Lynmouth , obliterating houses and removing all trace of the Beach Hotel , which was carried out to sea . Thirty - three people were drowned , and the main street was transformed overnight into a dramatically boulder - strewn river bed . This flood , in a narrow valley , exacerbated , it was thought , by trees blocking the bridges upstream , was different in kind from the inundation of large areas of low - lying land in East Anglia . It helped set in motion renewed enthusiasm for tree clearance in upland catchment areas as yet another aspect of the land drainage solution . The following February , floods again struck the east coast , from Northumberland to Kent .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
The jockey went on to a second success for Playing Truant 's trainer David Gandolfo , partnering Ballyroe Lady to victory in the Tattersalls Mares Only Novices ' Chase . The double puts him equal top on 35 winners with Peter Scudamore . Last season 's Scottish National winner Captain Dibble staked his claim for another of jump racing 's most important handicaps when defeating Boraceva by one and half lengths in the Badger Beer Handicap Chase . His victory gives him a 4lbs penalty for the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury on November 28 , putting him on 10st 4lbs . Trainer Nigel Twiston - Davies is quite happy with that weight and said : ' The softer the better for him .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
Has that little house got ta come down ? No , they 're doing it up . Oh , they 're gon na cut that corner off I think , by the look of it . Lose part of the garden or something . Yeah .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
A man dressed in black and white is holding up the tennis racket and is waiting for the ball
Idiom: belt and braces (used idiomatically: yes)
Robin liked the idea of a planted tank , for the fish 's benefit , the natural look and the educational aspect . His undergravel filter , therefore was best powered by an air pump rather than powerheads . When the undergravel is matured the flow through it will be reduced a little and a small internal power filter added , to give a ‘ belt and braces’ filtration system . Robin 's mum , Shirley , likes peace and quiet in the lounge — at least sometimes — so a large , powerful pump with a regulator was chosen . The noise of the pump can be reduced by reducing the output using the regulator , giving a quieter result than a small pump running flat out .
Idiom: in Dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
Their father 's name was Theunis Krankoor , and it is probable that either he or his father was the first person to take that name too . Krankoor is as odd a name as Cranko . It means , in Dutch , a sick or defective ear . If you want a colloquial equivalent in English , Thickear might be as good as any . There are many such names in Dutch and Flemish , dating from Napoleonic times .
Idiom: crocodile tears (used idiomatically: yes)
Thank you . Nothing that this Council will debate today will show the despicable face of the Labour Party more than this one . Sitting across on the opposite benches it is the Labour Party who shed crocodile tears for the unemployed . If the truth be known , the majority of Labour Councillors , just like their Socialist friends at Westminster , show more allegiance to the Trade Unions than to the unemployed . Labour like to talk about unemployment but , while the Conservative Government works to bring unemployment down , the Labour Party are busily embracing policies to put the unemployment rate up .
Idiom: siren song (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed one of my personal invariable rules is that when I have mentally decided that something can not be done , for what appears to be a very good reason , I test that apparent constraint , hopefully to destruction . For example the most usual constraint we impose on ourselves is to believe that it is incumbent on us to carry out all the steps of a manufacturing process ourselves . At some time or other the twin siren songs of forward and backward integration have led most large companies to do everything for themselves from manufacturing their own plant and spares , sometimes even as far as owning their own retail outlets . Once such a chain is established , even if you are aware of the weak links , you are accustomed to believe the whole lot is interdependent . But in reality you can always break the chain at a number of points by buying in .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: no)
Oh right . Erm I got , I mean , er er , she 's , she 's like part - time canvassing for me at the moment . You know , everything I 've got in my bottom drawer she does anyway . Yeah . Or all the ones that need sold , you know , got nice photographs of all the sold boards , and what I want her to do now is go and literally go and traipse the streets
Idiom: out of your mind (used idiomatically: no)
Erm I know you 've probably had more than enough of that , but keep keep having a little look Yeah . at those , because you 've I mean you 've done so much work on the , you 're doing so well with them it would be a shame to just let it sort of slip out of your mind . yeah . Erm you find that more and more constant repetition , each time you go back to it , there 's less that you 've forgotten , less that seems new and more that seems obvious and you 'll be saying to yourself , sort of m You know of course Yeah I do n't need to read this , tat 's obvious that 's obvious .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
She ai n't got That 's what I said , well we 've got , that 'll be in her It seems like she 's well that 's fair enough , cos that 's customer 's she was paying about thirty five pound every time and they go through , she perhaps think twice about doing it , she said oh well you know I 've got that 's the end of it so , Yeah , that 's fair enough I said a thing .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: no)
' If you had asked my mum and dad whether I had it in me to be an actress or singer , they would have laughed you out of town . ' Her unusually youthful looks meant Kylie could play a girl four years her junior and her portrayal of the spirited 12-year - old Charlene helped make The Henderson Kids a hit in Australia . Success was not going to turn her head yet however and Kylie made sure her school work did n't suffer . By the end of 1985 she had passed the Higher School Certificate and was ready to leave Camberwell High . Despite the impression she had made on television , Kylie was not certain she wanted to stay in acting when she left .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Level 2 parts two to five We promised you more of that Hudson Hawk map , and here it is courtesy of David Pitchforth . What I want to know is Andie MacDowell 's telephone number ( get your hands out of your pockets , Corky — Ed ) . Murray Mouse SUPERCOP CodeMasters
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
MSDOS 6 is coming A lot of what we 've discussed in this series implies that you need to buy other programs to get the best out of your system — de - fragmenters , disk compression programs and so forth , but that is n't to be the case , necessarily , quite soon . Although Microsoft has not yet gone very public on it , MSDOS 6 is due by the end of March 1993 , and will include the following utilities : Disk defragmentation — this will look uncannily like the Norton Utilities Speed Disk program , and since it is being licensed from Symantec ( the publishers of Norton Utilities ) there 's every reason why it should . Disk Compression / doubling — there have been rumours flying around about this facility for quite some time .
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Dundee defender , Steve Pittman , latched on to a defensive error by John Inglis to race down the left flank . When his telling cross arrived in the danger area , Stainrod stole in on the blind side of the Perth defence to power the ball home first time from 12 yards . This clash between the old rivals seldom got off the ground in terms of entertainment value , but the more adventurous team won the day . Success stretched Dundee 's much - needed unbeaten league run to three games , from which five points have been gathered . Fifers make move
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
In Glasgow now it 's like the Continent . People are more relaxed . And as a DJ it means you can pace the night better , play a lot of different sorts of music and try and create a rave atmosphere in the club.’ About 60 per cent of clubbers at Joy on Friday nights stay till towards the end of the night , Stuart says . An even higher percentage , about 80 per cent , do so on Saturday ‘ because there 's no work the next day’ .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Don Caskie got a try and all the players a warning from coach keith richardson … he says they 'll have to improve and mind their manners on the field before the next big game against Bath in two weeks time The governing body of English basketball has come out against a top woman player who wants to compete with men . The controversy came to a head this weekend in the annual Town versus Gown match in Oxford , when Jodi Evans was told at the last minute that she could n't play in the men 's game . The English Basketball Association say it 's a question of strength … not just skill . Ian
Idiom: rags to riches (used idiomatically: yes)
He died 10 years later , on 20 June 1828 , in nearby Wellington Street — just two days short of his twenty - ninth wedding anniversary , and a mere two weeks after the death of his pauper uncle , John Titford , in Frome . He was buried at that most busy of London churches , St Luke 's , Old Street , leaving a widow who would run a little milliner 's business in Soho before dying , 23 years later , in Westminster . An appropriate valedictory comment on W. C. T. might be that he underwent a dramatic rags - to - riches transformation , conveniently abandoning the Dissenting zeal of his ancestors in the process . It does look , after all , as if respectability posed the greatest of all threats to the survival of Nonconformity ; the son and grandson of Baptist believers as he was , cousin to a family of ardent devotees of the Worship Street Chapel , William Charles appears to have paid little more than passing lip - service to the cause . All the evidence seems to indicate that he had become a half - hearted Anglican — perhaps that was a safer way , after all , of establishing yourself as a respectable tradesman than anything which smacked in any way of revolt or radicalism ?
Idiom: force someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Less so the next morning when , his stomach seriously disordered and his head aching , John - William had started to wonder why a man like Goldsborough who was " gentry " through and through despite his odd goings - on at the Fleece , should be making revolutionary suggestions as to how the"squires ' government might be brought down . Not that John - William was particularly opposed to revolution if he thought he had a chance of winning . He 'd threatened to withdraw his money from the Bank of England in 1832 like all the other manufacturers of his acquaintance , and to withhold his taxes , in a bid to force the government 's hand so that the new industrial cities could elect their own MPs . Giving the vote , in effect , not only to men like Goldsborough who had always had it as a birthright , but to men like himself and Ben Braithwaite 's father who had come up the hard way . And remembering how furiously the Larks and the Covington - Pyms — and no doubt Goldsborough himself — had opposed the opening of parliament to the new and much despised middle - classes , he wondered afresh why the captain should now be murmuring against his own kin .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Within the last few years , physicists have come within a few thousandths of a degree of absolute zero using a new technique called laser entrapment . The idea is to hit atoms head-on with laser beams , slowing them down . Laser beams consist of photons which , though small by atomic standards , have a cumulative inertial effect , Dr Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado , who heads one research group , says that cooling an atom with a laser beam is like trying to slow down movement of a heavy object by bombarding it with ping-pong balls . In practice it is quite complex because you need at least six lasers to trap a clump of atoms ; the lasers also have to be tuned to the natural movement of the atoms . Otherwise the effect is to add heat energy rather than remove it .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
They did n't a actually I must admit nothing very sexy happened at all . But I did n't mean that but I was in bed with two men though . Well I , I slept with two men once and nothing happened . Was that on my birthday by any chance ?
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
Pictures were pinned on the walls , copies of pictures she admired , notably Millais and Holman Hunt . She wondered if she really liked them any more , if they still struck her as both noble and imaginative in the highest degree . She put her hand under John Ruskin standing by a waterfall and tore him off the wall . ‘ And you,’ she said to the next one . ‘ and you , and you .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
Cleaning up contamination is wonderfully labour - intensive : some old military sites being cleaned up by the Department of Energy now employ twice as many people as they did at their peak of production . For these — unlike Superfund sites — the cash comes entirely from the federal government . Secondly , the companies that have already spent money on cleaning up are reluctant to see others let off the hook . They argue that Superfund might be improved , but should not be swept away . Third , some analysts who have studied Superfund admit its weaknesses but argue that its shortcomings are less than those of the alternatives .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
He pronounced against secular control of monasteries and the forced labour of monks on royal buildings and other works , ' a thing unheard of anywhere ' except among the Angles . The whole tone of the letter appears designed to urge Cuthbert to hold a synod — as Boniface had done among the Franks — the implication being that he had not recently done so . Perhaps to some extent in response to this letter and certainly with the decrees of the Frankish synod of 747 in mind , Archbishop Cuthbert did hold a synod at Clofesho in 747 , attended by all the bishops of the southern province of the Anglo - Saxon Church , in the presence of King Aethelbald . Among other matters it dealt with lay control of monasteries , excesses of dress among churchmen , and the immorality and drunkenness of Anglo - Saxon clergy , and ordered the holding of diocesan synods to implement the decrees of the council . At the council of Gumley in Leicestershire two years later , possibly as a response to some of Boniface 's criticisms , Aethelbald issued a grant of privileges to the churches in Mercia , conceding immunity from royal food - rents and from all works and burdens except the building of bridges and the defence of fortresses against enemies ( CS 140 , 178 : S 92 ) .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
Near synonyms are most common , with true synonyms ( which mean exactly the same thing and which are used in precisely the same context ) being more unusual . However , even near synonyms may be regarded as equivalent for some purposes , but not others . For example , in a general index it might be adequate to regard Prisons and Dungeons as one and the same , but in a specialist index devoted to Criminology , this would probably not be acceptable . Some common situations in which synonyms arise are listed below : ( a )
Idiom: go overboard (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ About time,’ he said , his eyes taking in the picture she made . She tried to slide past him but he swung round with her , catching both her hands and holding her in front of him . ‘ I 'm beginning to understand why Garry went overboard for you,’ he said huskily . ‘ He didn't,’ Claudia said hotly . ‘ I believe you,’ he said unexpectedly .
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: no)
He swore it!’ ‘ And you believed him?’ She nodded , and wiped her eyes . And Morse nodded , too , and looked very sad . ‘ All right .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Now does n't that sound appealing ? We discovered that by making permanent changes to their usual diets individuals felt that their general health improved dramatically ; they felt far better mentally , and they managed to lose those ugly pounds of flesh that had been slowing them down and stubbing their ego . It goes without saying that they were delighted with their progress and that their morale got an unexpected boost as a result . Your individual needs In order to lose weight permanently , and at the same time to rid yourself of some possibly long - standing unpleasant symptoms , you will need to learn what your body needs .
Idiom: the rest is history (used idiomatically: yes)
as it bounded on the rim and the porcelain shattered . The rest is history . The old man 's weekend was red sails in the sunset so he 'd driven home early