Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
Earlier this year , the Association des Amis du Musee du Chateau at Savigny - les - Beaune effected an exchange whereby they gained the Ouragon for restoration and the Aero Club gained a freshly - restored Mystere IVA on a specially - built ‘ tripod’ . Before and after . Ouragon No 215 was a familiar scene in the airfield carpark at Abbeville to thousands of tourists as they left the ferry ports and headed south through France . It has bee replaced by an impressively - mounted Mystere IVA . Chedburgh remembered
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
Then they looked like new again . I ran all over London to buy the best hair for the wigs . I learnt how to make fish , and fruit , and a piece of meat out of wood and coloured paper . Will was busy day and night . I do n't know when he slept .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
There is the additional possibility that the body clock itself might , like other parts of the brain and body , deteriorate with age . The body clock has been studied very little in older volunteers and so we do not know the answer to this . Those few studies that have been carried out in free-running experiments suggest that the body clock might run slightly faster . As a result we will go to bed and get up earlier , and we become more like ‘ larks ’ . It is possible that the strength of the daily clock also decreases in the aged ; this would mean that the amplitude of the rhythms it influences would decrease .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Visual size is not tactile size , visual extension and motion are not tactile extension and motion . Why then , it will be asked , do ‘ visible extension and figures come to be called the same name with tangible extension and figures , if they are not of the same kind with them’ ? Visible ideas are signs and indications of tangible ideas , and have a constant and universal connection with them which was ‘ learnt at our first entrance into the world ; and ever since , almost every moment of our lives , it has been occurring to our thoughts , and fastening and striking deeper on our minds.’ It is no wonder that what we see becomes identified with , and spoken of as if it were the same as , what we touch . The connection between the visible and the tangible is conceived by Berkeley as having been set up by God .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
There were times when the writers ' arrogance or pomposity had the opposite of the intended effect of taking the often hapless victim down a peg or three . But then , at its best , NME never recognised the artificial divisions placed between journo and muso by an ego - pampering music business ; besides , there was too much to forgive of a paper that included the impassioned writing of Ian MacDonald , Charles Shaar Murray and Nick Kent , to name just three from one of several fertile periods . Punk rock almost caught the NME on the hop , despite soothsaying the ‘ phenomenon’ in the fabled ‘ Sinking Of The Titanic’piece a year earlier . But you caught on fast , unleashing a whole new generation of so - called ‘ hip young gunslingers’ . And ever since , while the styles of writing have constantly changed , it 's fair to say the standard has stayed high , if in more recent years , less abrasive .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
This deprives the zooxanthellae in their tissues of oxygen , light and food and they quickly die and are cast off by their invertebrate host . The zooxanthellae , symbiotic algae which live in the tissues of photosynthetic ( light requiring ) corals , are responsible for the characteristic beige , brown , green or blue coloration of corals and soon cause bleaching if they are not allowed to function correctly . Aggressive species of hard corals and aggressive large anemones such as Carpet anemones are best therefore placed well away from other invertebrates and as a general rule the larger non - colonial forms of anemone should be kept to a minimum in the aquarium to avoid the survival of the fittest syndrome from taking over . Predation Predation between invertebrates if we confine ourselves in the macro sense and exclude zooplankton feeding invertebrates is mainly due to mobile forms attacking and feeding upon sessile forms .
Idiom: get cracking (used idiomatically: yes)
Attach the bear to the picture by gluing the felt pad in position on the card ( Fig 4 ) . Bear shapes GET CRACKING This Christmas cracker is fun and easy to make and will look great as a Christmas tree decoration or as a gift for a friend . YOU WILL NEED
Idiom: part of the furniture (used idiomatically: yes)
But they must be for ever content to owe to the English that elegance and culture , which , if they had been vigilant and active , perhaps the English might have owed to them . ' In his account of their two - night stopover at Inverness , Boswell left out of his Journal of a Tour one enchanting detail . An incident at dinner on Sunday night became part of the Reverend Mr Grant 's conversational furniture , a story he told for many years later . Johnson , it seems , began to regale the table concerning some extraordinary creature recently discovered in New South Wales , and began to imitate the animal , the kangaroo . Suddenly , he stood upright , held out his hands like paws , then bunched up the tails of his huge brown coat in front of his stomach to convey an impression of the kangaroo 's pouch , and began to bounce about the room .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Meetings between the two men lasted into Saturday night and continued at a religious service on Sunday . Oyston 's position is complicated by his involvment in Blackpool . Football League regulations impose limitations on an individual 's ownership of shares in more than one club . However , it was suggested that he could overcome that hurdle by signing the Blackpool involvement over to his wife . ' Owen would want to be a significant force at United .
Idiom: go to the wall (used idiomatically: no)
One second later the latch clicked shut with ominous softness . Guy took two steps away from the solar door and had to stop . His hand went out to the stone wall to brace himself . It was shaking , he noted distantly , dragging air into his lungs . Every breath was agony .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: no)
The substitute is almost identical to the real thing , according to Mitsuru Sakai , the centre 's director . Substitutes have been developed in the past but failed to absorb water to the extent that ivory does . Piano keys made with synthetic resins or polymer fibres eventually become slippery with sweat from the pianist 's fingers after been played for a long time . The same held true for mouthpieces for wind instruments and replacement roots for teeth , Sakai explained . The new substitute , made from eggshells , milk and titanium dioxide , has capilleries which make it more absorbent then other substitutes .
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
He was paying it and I must make sure that he is paying it . Yeah you 'd better check it cos if , those one er pound eighty adds up do n't they ? Oh yes if it , it will be moi who has to foot the bill . There 's no question on that one . No .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
say the way he was looking at her milk just then , you can have a bottle when you get home are you ? get excited yeah , at home , you erm put that button in your pocket ? Erm I did , let me just check it Right
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: no)
He would ask for even more money this time . One of the men had his fly open and his dick out . He was going to take a leak on the girl , but Amelia pulled him out of the circle with a cry of ' not on my carpet ' . Everybody backed off now . It was the last verse of the song .
Idiom: an old flame (used idiomatically: yes)
A junior C.O. called Robin Armstrong and a long , lanky student with a brown beatle - cut were leaning against the wall just inside the doorway . Robin I knew well . He was one of Aline 's old flames . ' Hi , Robin , ' I murmured as I passed . ' Hi , Jo . '
Idiom: green with envy (used idiomatically: yes)
The usual street - cars crawled past , citizens and soldiers clinging to the outside in a way to make Theodore ~ P .~ Shonts green with envy ....
Idiom: live wire (used idiomatically: no)
Blackmore and Langdon , Pensford , Bristol BS18 4JL On Air ! Peter Acton visits the popular gardening guru and live - wire broadcaster , Harry Smith , to discover how he keeps Radio Kent gardening enthusiasts tuned in and turned on A meticulously restored 10th century farmhouse situated near Sevenoaks is the nerve centre for the broadcasting exploits of Kent 's favourite gardening expert , Harry Smith . It is from his home , set in ½ acre garden , that Harry has presented over 50 programmes of his popular TVS gardening programme That 's Gardening .
Idiom: go to the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
But at least we have trained the waitress to bring us three cups of coffee each for breakfast , as we need at least that to wake us up for an early morning start ! The normal Chinese day starts at 8 a.m. , and of course is 6 days working a week , so we are rather lucky that the course leaders have allowed us to start at 8.30 . On Sunday we went by minibus to the Great Wall of China , together with Comrade Wong , the inevitable Comrade Sun , and three members of the course , Comrades Huang , Chang , and Liu . Comrade Huang is an older man whose general good sense and responsible outlook seem to have caused him to be regarded as a leader by the others ; Comrade Liu is a younger woman , who went to Colchester 3 years ago to study English , and whose father , it turns out , was also a university teacher of English — he studied at Edinburgh in 1947–8 . She is very pleasant and communicative .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course , stories of ex - smokers drifting back to the fold are commonplace . One thinks of Groucho Marx 's quip : ‘ Giving up smoking is easy — I 've done it hundreds of times.’ A period of stress , a new job , moving house or a family row are all trusty pretexts for returning to the tobacconist 's ; even minor crises , such as missing a bus , can do the trick . Why is this , when the arguments against smoking are so widely known ? The majority of deaths from lung cancer happen to smokers ; smoking causes heart disease , bronchitis and emphysema ; many more suffer years of debilitating illness that would certainly kill them if some other cause of death — crossing the road to go to the tobacconist first , perhaps — did not intervene .
Idiom: full whack (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah , it 's fair int it ? The bigger the house the more money you should pay . the Tories are gon na introduce their alternative , but they 're still going to through this banding system , the whole objective of that is to , is to make sure that the better off people do n't pay their full whack Mm instead of paying er , you know , three or four times in a , for a big house to , to a very modern poor house
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Then you can tell me some more about that book you 've been buried in for the past week . " " Oh boy , " breathed Chuck Sherman , gazing longingly at the impenetrable green wall of tropical foliage slipping past only a few yards from the ship 's rail,"this is going to make the mountains of West Virginia seem a bit tame . How d'you think you 're going to feel , Joey , when we come face to face with a herd of elephant or a tawny tiger out there ? " " I thought we were n't out to shoot elephants or tigers , " replied Joseph absently . " We 're not going looking for them , genius — but they do n't know that , do they ?
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
The broken , Monkish phrases , lean , understated tone with a faint quaver to it , and unerring sense of placement are to be heard on five Monk tunes , and the trumpeter , Don Cherry — a musician of whom it is distinctly difficult to say you know what is coming next — is available on some of them . When Rouse came to England his favourite playing partner was Stan Tracey . Genesis , Tracey 's distinctly secular celebration of the Creation , has been reissued as a CD , with two of the composer 's big - band classics ( Afro - Charlie and Murdering The Time ) added for good measure . Genesis is exhilarating and exuberant orthodox big - band music of a kind rarely played with such punch any more and the sharpness of the CD enhances the brash , headlong momentum of it — Tracey 's orchestras always sound as if they are going to work with the elan of Saturday night at the Savoy ballroom . Another kind of piano - led exuberance comes from the Santo Domingo pianist , Michel Camilo , who made such an impact with his dancing , colourful Caribbean - dominated virtuosity at Ronnie Scott 's earlier in the year .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
THE letters page of the Guardian this week has resembled a wailing wall for the Left . A former party apparatchik accused John Smith 's supporters of a ' leadership fix ' , Neil Kinnock bopped News International 's Andrew Knight squarely on the nose , while Peter Taafe , editor of Militant , wrote about ' guilty men ' and ( his forte)'losers ' . But the leitmotiv has been the announcement of disenchanted Citizen Smiths that they intend , in the light of Labour 's defeat , to emigrate . ' Does anyone know how to obtain a visa for El Salvador ? ' wrote one . Another asked for the name of a good travel agent , while a third declared : ' I do not think I can bear another five years of Andrew Lloyd Webber ; I 'm off . '
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
There was great joy in the city ! So it was n't just the joy , he was used to that , this was something over and above that . And certainly , as you read through the New Testament and the in both the acts of the apostles and the apistles , the apistles of Paul in particular , speaking in tongues goes hand in hand with receiving the Holy Spirit . Now , speaking in tongues is not the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is not speaking with other tongues , but they go together . It 's an evidence .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: no)
Pressure : Increasing towards the end of the month . PISCES ( Feb 20 — Mar 20 ) Some men are led by their hearts , others by their groins . Pisceans put their feet first … That 's why you always stick a tentative toe into the water before committing yourself , and why you tend to spend so long in shoe shops .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
' It 's a tricky problem , ' Meredith said cautiously . ' Dealing with a neurotic person is well - nigh impossible . They do go off the deep - end and tell you extraordinary tales . I 've had to deal with a few . ' ' Oh , I know it 's like crying wolf , ' Harriet nodded .
Idiom: cold feet (used idiomatically: no)
Then Nick said , ‘ I want Mummy.’ Carrie got out of her bed and felt her way into his . He clutched at her and wound himself round her like an octopus , or like ivy , his cold feet in her stomach . ‘ I want to go home,’ he said . ‘ I do n't like it here .
Idiom: do the honours (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ In the meantime , Niall thought you might appreciate a guided tour.’ Jill indicated the door . ‘ I 'll do the honours , if you like?’ ‘ I 'd love it.’ Lindsey was already in hot pursuit .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
For the remainder of his until his death in June 1989 he nevertheless remained an active and devoted supporter . The BDA at the end of"the decade stood at a critical juncture at home , but its place within the international deaf community was firmly established through membership of the World Federation of the Deaf ( WFD ) . This organisation has headquarters in Helsinki"Finland , and is governed by a Bureau consisting of a President , the Secretary - General for the time being , and nine deaf members , elected by national delegates to serve for four years from one Congress to the next . Mark Frame had the honour of being the first British member of the Bureau . After his death Canon T H Sutcliffe succeeded him and was re - elected three times before retiring in 1984 .
Idiom: warts and all (used idiomatically: yes)
The Royal Family decided to use it . They stripped away the veneers of mystery . People can now see them warts and all . Everybody has frailties . They were portrayed as somebody above us — and once it was seen they are not , everyone could see they are like the rest of us .
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
From a free kick on the right , Chris Williams sent over the accurate ball for Steve Hodges to meet unchallenged and score at the far corner with his head . Hudson might have added a second , but taken by surprise to find the ball at his feet , it bounced into the arms of the keeper . City were competing well in mid - field and keeping their opponents at full stretch , but after twenty four minutes , Shenley pulled level as Paul Armitage crossed into goalkeeper Steve Roberts , but he lost possession as he collided with Andy King and allowed Rob Blackmore to get a touch and send it over the line . Chris Williams put Frankie Machavellio clear but he was unable to lose his mark and the chance was gone . Shenley went in front in the thirty fifth minute as City failed to get clear Mark Turrell 's corner kick , as the ball crossed the goal line .
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
His mother spoke as if she believed an unnatural weight of learning had fallen on her son 's head and knocked him into madness . His girlfriend , a fellow student , said he was normal about sex , but they ' had n't done much ' . Reading between the lines , Coffin sensed she felt lucky to be alive . He drank his tea , paid his bill , left a good tip and walked home . He took the evening paper with him .
Idiom: fly off the handle (used idiomatically: yes)
Rosengarten 's forte lay in the fine arts , painting and sculpture in particular , to which he committed himself at McGill ahead of Leonard . Part of his spare time was taken up with the marching band of the university , but much of it was given to boisterous evenings drinking and singing with his companion — always with a view to winning the girls ' eyes and hearts . Some of these escapades upset Mrs Cohen , who was given to ‘ flying off the handle,’ in Rosengarten 's phrase . And she would stay off it for days on end . Young as he was , he could see the conflict she evidenced as an ‘ off - the - boat Russian’ with the rest of Leonard 's ‘ classy’family .
Idiom: take it on the chin (used idiomatically: yes)
However , at a time when the Tour was attempting to extend the early part of the year 's schedule , players had to be tolerant , added Schofield . The Tour chief was concerned that negative headlines had been carried when the golf of David Gilford , the tournament winner , and the joint runners - up , Jamie Spence and Stephen Ames , should have been the news . Schofield has already had cause to caution Montgomerie — in 1991 — and yesterday he said : ‘ He is a fine golfer and is clearly going to be a major figure in the game for as long as he remains active in it , but he has to be able to take it on the chin . ‘ I want him to reach the stage where he will be talked about for his golf and not for his petulance — we 've had enough . It 's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he 's not going to win every time .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: no)
Sandy Baker Tom Courtenay as The Miser , with his cook , Colin Prockter . Jane Rossington , best known as Jill in Crossroads is appearing at the Redgrave Theatre , Farnham , from April 1st in Do n't Rock the Boat . A swingin ' sixties Saturday night remembered THERE can be few musicals that so vividly evoke the era they portray as A Slice of Saturday Night , a 60s skit on teenage passions set in Eric ' Rubberlegs ' De Vene 's Club A Go - Go .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
Bank 's snub gives me identity crisis I WORK for a company which pays its staff by cheque . While that is not unusual in this day and age , I find the attitude of the High Street banks a little mystifying . On a recent visit to the Midland Bank in Southampton to ask about opening a current account I was told that I needed some form of indentification . I can see the reasons for that and went along with my birth certificate , marriage licence and National Insurance card .
Idiom: not cricket (used idiomatically: no)
Do n't worry . It 's the thought that counts . Not cricket WITH all the talk about tampering with cricket balls , I wonder if it might be possible to make the ball from plastic or nylon or some other modern material that could n't be defaced . After all , football left leather behind long ago , but I expect cricketers will be up in arms about this suggestion .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
Even though lack of foresight is universally viewed as a leading cause of its Iraq debacle , the United ~ States ( with British backing probable ) is now preparing to recognize Kosovo 's independence unilaterally – irrespective of the consequences for Europe and the world . Kosovo has been administered since 1999 by a United ~ Nations mission guarded by NATO troops , although it remains formally a part of Serbia . But , with Kosovo 's ethnic Albanian majority demanding its own state , and with Russia refusing to recognize UN mediator Martti ~ Ahtisaari 's plan for conditional independence , the US is preparing to go it alone . Instead of thinking what Ahtisaari deemed unthinkable , a partition of Kosovo with a small part of the north going to Serbia and the rest linked to the Kosovars ethnic brethren in Albania or a separate state , the US plans to act without the UN 's blessing , arguing that only an independent Kosovo will bring stability to the Western Balkans . That argument is debatable – and the record of the Kosovar government suggests that it is wrong .
Idiom: out of the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
' I probably committed more fouls in that game than I have throughout my entire career — I was that determined to do well . ' With Goodman 's hamstring injury certain to keep him out of the weekend 's home clash with Brentford , Colquhoun looks set to be handed another chance to prove himself to the fans . Meanwhile , under - pressure manager Malcolm Crosby has warned the First Division not to write his team out of the promotion picture . Saturday 's 2 - 1 win was Sunderland 's third in succession and Crosby said : ' We can still come up on the blind side . There is tremendous commitment here and you have to remember we have 27 games left .
Idiom: muddy the waters (used idiomatically: yes)
Lacuna tossed her great head and would n't look at him . ' Pool is — troubled , ' she muttered . ' The waters are muddied . Pool is preoccupied . ' She faced the Doctor at last .
Idiom: catch the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
To each side of the hearth was a high - backed wicker armchair in an intricate closely woven design fitted with patchwork cushions . There was an open roll - top desk facing one of the wide windows and , to its right , a stable door , the top half open , gave a view of the paved courtyard . Dalgliesh could glimpse what was obviously her herb garden planted in elegant terracotta pots carefully disposed to catch the sun . The room , which contained nothing superfluous , nothing pretentious , was both pleasing and extraordinarily comforting and , for a moment , he wondered why . Was it the faint smell of herbs and newly baked dough , the soft ticking of the wall - mounted clock which seemed both to mark the passing seconds and yet to hold time in thrall , the rhythmic moaning of the sea through the half - open door , the sense of well - fed ease conveyed by the two cushioned armchairs , the open hearth ?
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't care what Aunt Sadie said , he 's had sixteen thousand pounds Rargh ! spent on his house and had it all . Now ? No , this was done a long while ago ,