Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: under the weather (used idiomatically: yes)
GENERATIONS of Darlington 's pets are familiar with the waiting room of the Grange Veterinary Hospital , in Victoria Road . Since before the war animals have been going to the surgery for treatment . The species and ailments have varied from dogs needing surgery to iguanas feeling under the weather . The Grange Road Hospital was frequently mentioned in the James Herriot vet books under a fictional name . James Herriot , who was actually Thirsk - based vet Alf Wight , used to refer particularly complex cases to the surgery in Grange Road .
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
PRINCESS Anne stood just feet away from ex - husband Mark 's new flame yesterday — but studiously ignored her . Blonde beauty Jane Thornton , 32 , virtually rubbed shoulders with Anne at the Gatcombe Park Horse Trials . Mark , 43 , did n't have much time for Jane , either . He was too busy running the event .
Idiom: never you mind (used idiomatically: yes)
' Who said that ? ' Ed looked hotter under the collar than a Tina Turner dress shield . ' Never you mind . OK . If I ca n't bring you in , then I 'm just going to have to make a citizen 's execution . '
Idiom: up against it (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , that 's okay . And then there 's the other rule , i is it valid within the rules of maths ? And when you come up against it , division by zero , it 's not . And whether it 's electronics or physics or maths or anything else , erm when you get to the point where you 're dividing by zero , you have to say well now we leave the , the mathematical model , and we just go back to the common sense model . Mm .
Idiom: make a meal of (used idiomatically: yes)
There in the film is a fox lying limply on the ground . A carrion crow approaches it and prepares to start feasting on its body . All at once the fox leaps round , catches and kills the crow and makes a meal of it . Sometimes nature is just as strange as ancient legends . The legend of the fox that traps birds by pretending to be dead has been depicted for centuries .
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
Since the euro ’s introduction , unit labor costs have risen dramatically faster in France than they have in Germany . According to Eurostat data published in April 2011 , the hourly labor cost in France was € 34.2 , compared to € 30.1 in Germany – and nearly 20 % higher than the eurozone average of € 27.6 . France ’s current - account deficit has risen to more than 2 % of GDP , even as its economic growth has ground to a halt . The high cost of employing workers in France is due not so much to wages and benefits as it is to payroll taxes levied on employers . The entire French political class has long delighted in taxing labor to finance the country ’s generous welfare provisions , thus avoiding excessively high taxation of individuals ’ income and consumption – though that is about to come to an end as Hollande intends to slap a 75 % tax on incomes above € 1~million .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
It just did n't seem like we were going to score . Secondly , I know everyone goes around saying it , but I did n't really believe it ‘ til last night , but the defence really are crap ! ! All that the Arse were doing were playing simple balls over the top of Fairclough & Newsome , for Wright & Campbell to run onto , and the defence could n't really cope . We were sat in the North Bank ( could n't get tickets for the Leeds end ) , and in the second half we had a good view of the amount of space that the Arsenal forwards were getting , it was unbelievable . Every time they came forward , you expected something to happen ( perhaps It was sitting in the north bank with the Cockney scum that made me think this ! ! ) .
Idiom: Indian summer (used idiomatically: yes)
The cool conditions in Germany produce wines with high acidity and lower alcohol , while the sun - drenched Australian or Chilean vineyards create robust , fruity wines that are high in alcohol . Weather : annual changes in the weather provoke corresponding differences in the quality and quantity of a crop , or vintage . An Indian summer leads to extra - ripe grapes with a higher sugar content . These sweeter grapes produce rich , fruity wines with a potentially higher level of alcohol . On the other hand , too much rain ‘ dilutes’ the grapes and the result is a thin tasting product .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Guess how I heard the news , My scum supporting cousin rang me up . I though it was a windup until I read my email . Well pissed off , going home , at least I have got tommorrow off so I can sulk at home . Regards Brian . From :
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm not saying I 'm going to have one of these Grand Slam win breakthroughs , but I think I still have enough tennis in me to have a few more great moments . I think tennis still growing and it 's a very exciting time to be involved.’ But what about when she does eventually call it a day . Her friendship with President George Bush is reflected in her interest in what takes place on Capitol Hill , and her wonderful skill at public speaking suggests that she might take up politics . She admits that is one option open to her .
Idiom: make someone's day (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They would n't go without saying goodbye,’ he explained . The next moment Rachel was surrounded again as with many hugs and cuddles the group took their leave of their new friend and finally filed into the minibus , where they lined the windows , smiling and waving . ‘ You 've made their day,’ commented David , who stood beside her , watching , as Alf , the driver , fastened the doors . ‘ They love making a new friend . Trouble is , they 'll expect to see you here the next time they come.’
Idiom: go up in smoke (used idiomatically: yes)
It , meanwhile , as a primary source of debate for many people having good , bad , and catastrophic times with drugs in that year , was doing its best to agonize over the issue . In between interviews with ' Men of grass ' and ' Interpot reports'were editorials denouncing addiction , suggesting , as Tom McGrath had in November 1966 , that ' if we ever get round to doing full serious research into drugs as we must do soon — we might find that no one will want to use them again ' ; opposing moves to a US - style approach to addiction ; and advising on ways to help junkies . Such deliberation , while the youth of Britain were liable to go up in smoke , outraged many . When Jim Haynes had been planning his shift from the Edinburgh Traverse to London in 1965 , the suggestion for the Jeanetta Cochrane venue had come from Harold Wilson 's all - purpose wheeler - dealer Lord , then Arnold Goodman , the Chairman of the Arts Council . For Goodman , Haynes would have been just the kind of dynamic figure beloved of the Labour Government during its expansive tea - with - the - Beatles phase .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
It would have been better , if you had asked him which way to go .
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde (used idiomatically: yes)
The prominence of instincts and emotions in the social identification of boy workers as adolescents was emphasized not only by the nature of Edwardian social observation , but also by the social psychology of the crowd . In many respects the urban working class appeared to share some of the characteristics of young people : they were indisciplined , disordered , volatile , emotional , and liable to be subverted through undesirable influences , not least of which was their own collective personality . It seemed that while both the crowd and adolescents had within them potential for good , they also had a destructive or anarchic potential ; in each there was a conflict , what Urwick had likened to Jekyll and Hyde . This theme is one which forcefully impressed itself upon Edwardian social politics , and thereafter . It explains how ‘ adolescence’ as a concept could almost appear as a metaphor for human nature : dangerous if left untutored and ‘ natural’ , but capable of ennobling the race if the ‘ natural’was educated by , to quote Urwick again , ‘ the skilled hand’ .
Idiom: part company (used idiomatically: yes)
From the lane leading to Kisdon Force , a signposted path diverges and comes to a footbridge over the river . Here the two long - distance walks briefly coincide , the footbridge being crossed by thousands of booted and laden pedestrians every year . On the far bank , where a tributary of the Swale forms the waterfall of East Gill Force , a short climb arrives at a lane and here the two routes part company , never again to meet : Pennine Wayfarers turn left for Tan Hill , and Coast to Coasters turn right across a bridge to follow the lane eastwards high above the gorge of the Swale to reach Crackpot Hall . Crackpot Hall is a sad ruin in a beautiful location . Now bereft of roofs and windows , its sightless eyes command a superb view of the Swale far below .
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
Repeal of resolution condemning Zionism The UN General Assembly on Dec. 16 adopted by 111 votes to 25 , with 13 abstentions , a resolution repealing its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism [ see pp . 27487 - 89 ] . The resolution was backed by the USA , most Western countries , the Soviet Union , India and Japan ; Kuwait and Egypt broke Arab ranks and abstained , as did China . Welcoming the vote on Dec. 16 , Israel 's President , Chaim Herzog , said that it had wiped out a " shameful blot upon [ Israel 's]good name " . Resolution on arms sales
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm not sure that this has ever happened to me before . I ca n't help putting myself in his place , of course , as he looks for ways to contain someone we both regard as an outsider . I ca n't help reading between the lines of his letters to Serafin . If there were any of Serafin 's replies here then I might have rather more insight into his side of the story … Yes , that 's odd .
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
Meaning can be conveyed in subtle ways : through tone of voice , pauses , stress given to different words or syllables , and even by what is left unsaid , by what is inferred or implied . Being aware of this , you will be alert and attentive to meaning . You will use your powers of anticipation and imagination to read between the lines , to understand message and meaning . We have all met the person who expresses himself or herself indirectly —‘Well , of course I would , but it 's George — you know how it is … It 's not that I do n't want to …
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Beat well until smooth . Beat in the mixed dried fruit and milk and turn into the prepared can . Bake at 180 ° C ( 350 ° F / Gas Mark 4 ) for about 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean . Leave in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely . 3
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Have no fear,’ he said gently . ‘ Your work is excellent , written from the heart , but skilfully so . I could do with you on my permanent staff — but I think that these articles will hit home , cause a stir , such a stir as Henry Mayhew created some time ago when he , too , wrote of the cabined and confined lives of the capital 's poor . No , it is not these articles which cause me concern , but you.’ ‘ Me?’ said Sally - Anne inelegantly , then added , ‘ I do n't understand.’
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Before he reached them Paul and Joseph had hoisted the two boys , aged eleven and thirteen , onto their shoulders and were encouraging them to joust at one another with chopsticks from the table . When Loc , with another worried glance in Jacques Devraux 's direction , insisted it was time for them to go to bed , Paul galloped across the clearing with little Hoc on his shoulders and dumped the boy squealing with laughter on his sleeping mat . Joseph followed Suit with Dong , and when the commotion died own and they had bidden the Annamese boys goodnight , he and Paul stripped off their shirts and walked over to the bamboo skinning platform where Chuck was already back at work on his buffalo hide . In her hut Flavia Sherman , distracted by the sounds of merriment , gave up trying to read by the light of a hurricane lamp and walked restlessly to the front opening . Her bush shirt was sticking to the small of her back and she could feel tiny rivulets of perspiration trickling between her breasts .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Telephone campaigning Telephone campaigning is an expanding field and one that can be very effective , but it is open to misuse ; you can say almost anything on the telephone and campaigners have to be trained in the right technique . It should go without saying that an approach should be unfailingly courteous . Never preach , hector or bully . The wrong word can do your cause more harm than good .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
Lambency informing the deal table , The ceiling cradled in a radiant spoon . I must be lying low in a room there , A strange child with a taste for verse , While my hard - nosed companions dream of war
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
You are moaning I 'm not and its getting on my nerves . I 'm not I just asked why there 's onions in it
Idiom: upset the apple cart (used idiomatically: yes)
Bell Lawrie has 14,000 portfolio clients against Brewin Dolphin 's 18,000 and together they are one of the largest private client brokers in the UK which gives them a certain amount of clout . One of the reasons for Bell Lawrie feeling that Brewin Dolphin was the right answer to its future was that their approaches are similar and therefore such integration as there needs to be is largely confined to systems . The decision to scrap Taurus has upset the apple cart , but McIntosh is convinced a rolling settlement will come . ‘ We have got to be there with a service that is compatible with out clients’ needs.’ He sees considerable scope for the firm widening its client base in the ' 90s as people inherit houses from their parents and money is available for investment .
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
The proliferation of glossy reports , brochures and prospectuses may be good for the designers and a printing company or two , but our impression is that this is more about the marketing of the British government than about marketing West Belfast , and we wonder what it achieves in terms of breaking down outsiders ' negative stereotypes of the area and of the people who live here . Media coverage of local economic development has echoed this , being largely ill - informed and uncritical . The same schemes are celebrated repeatedly with the government squeezing out every last drop of credit from West Belfast projects . The dangers of this are two - fold in our view . Firstly , it creates the impression within West Belfast that more jobs are coming on stream than is actually the case , raising aspirations beyond their fulfilment .
Idiom: black and blue (used idiomatically: no)
The complexity of the account will increase vastly when replaced by ultimate ‘ physical’ talk , if this indeed be possible . Nevertheless , the complexity imparted by the faithful physicalist version should not blind us to the features that distinguish the causal processes in the bees ' brains or whatever from those involved in the swelling after the swipe . The difficulty lies precisely in spelling out what these distinctive features are , and how they are pertinent to the contrast between conveying information on the one hand , and , on the other , being black and blue . It may turn out that the distinctive features of a causal story associated with semantic content are precisely those that require the language of belief , desire and intention , in order for their isolation to have any point within the overall causal explanation of what happens when the speaker communicates with another . Ironically , too , it could turn out that much less goes on physically when John sees Mary and tells Dick about it , than when John gives Mary a black eye that tells Dick of his blow .
Idiom: take the bull by the horns (used idiomatically: yes)
He was gazing judiciously at his finger nails with the air of a man content to leave the opening moves to his subordinate . She looked towards the Archdeacon and recognised the signs of someone about to take the plunge . He took the bull by the horns . ‘ Are you saying , Inspector,’ the Archdeacon asked , ‘ that Mr Marr was murdered?’ The Inspector nodded .
Idiom: unknown quantity (used idiomatically: no)
Even when due allowance is made for the material advantages of Gloucester 's lordship , there is no doubt of his personal attraction . The duke 's success , however , could not have been foreseen in 1471 . In spite of his enthusiastic involvement in Wales , he must then have been something of an unknown quantity and it is possible that his role in the north was originally envisaged as that of one among equals . The additions to his power in the course of the 1470s may have constituted a reassessment of his position , with the king 's perception of his role developing as the duke matured . But whatever the exact chronology of Gloucester 's emergence as lord of the north , by the end of the decade the process was in effect complete .
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Coetzer must draw that sting to stand any chance of survival on Saturday . A new historical theory has been put forward which could turn the entire legend of King Arthur on its head . It seems that Arthur , and his Knights of the Round Table lived in GLOUCESTERSHIRE , and NOT Glastonbury , which has always purported to be the REAL Camelot . But the people of Glastonbury are n't going to surrender their king without a fight , as Clare Lafferty reports .
Idiom: bite the dust (used idiomatically: yes)
Stately snippets overlap with auction house chatter in that aristos are always selling the contents of the servants ' hall if they 've fallen on super - taxed times , or buying things if their grandfathers went offshore . Many experts in the auction rooms make it their business to hang out with aristos waiting for the time Uncle Marmaduke 's Van Dyck has to bite the dust , so they are privy to the ‘ who 's just acquired a new mistress whose florist is Cartier’ chatter . The general rule here is that dukes are a better topic than baronets , especially dukes who have been through several expensive duchesses ( you can never have enough ex- duchesses ) . Breaking the Code
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: yes)
The lights of the router are not correct . Try resetting the router and turn it off and on again . If they are not correct there may be a problem with your ISP .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
BC is currently encouraged to adopt a speculative approach when drawing up such maps as a result of the pro - opencast policies in MPG Note 3 . This is a vivid reminder of the significant social effects of Government planning guidance . By the same token , a fundamental change in the direction of such guidance could deliver considerable social and economic benefits by establishing demanding criteria against which opencast planning applications would have to be assessed . It would clearly constrain the speculative tendencies that are currently all too apparent , and significantly reduce the effects of blight borne by long - suffering communities . Conclusion
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
She was the one with the debts and money problems ; the one who 'd suggested the jeweller 's shop job . But on his release and return , he knew that the time away had ruined everything . And then one day he 'd come home early and found her in bed with someone else . The kids had been sent to her mother 's house , and now it seemed that they had a new surrogate father . And then he remembered the presents .
Idiom: pull the plug (used idiomatically: yes)
New Zealanders hijacked the Chinese gooseberry as their very own Kiwi fruit . Our bill , with tea and Perrier , came to £ 31.40 without service . Pulling the plug Evelyn Grubb ponders much - talked - about restaurants KENSINGTON PLACE
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
That it was not straightforward gave the deal an added excitement to Pink . He knew all about the Target Teams of Customs & Excise . He knew the wording by heart : Attempt to export equipment with intent to evade prohibition then in farce by the Provision of the Export Control and Goods Order and C & E Management Act ( Section 68/2 ) , 1979 … and he knew that the offence carried a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment … Excitement was important to Justin Pink . There were more junior officials around them , and Pink was the centre of attention .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Them cheapo ones from Wallis ? Or they might be turkey ones , I go to Kwiksave you get thirty in a bag for about well just erm for a couple of quid I think , or you get twenty four in a bag , oh I do n't know , you get something like that anyway yeah I think I 'm gon na have to start eating some stuffing I thought the erm , I should , I should get it
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
They lifted the canal over the hill , raising the water level by 75 feet . Forty thousand tons of traffic a year passed through the locks at the height of their commercial usage . A narrow boat and butty took over three - quarters of an hour to negotiate the locks , however , and an inclined plane was eventually built to speed up traffic by lifting boats in movable docks . This was not wholly successful and was soon abandoned . The concrete ramps are still there , hidden in the undergrowth .
Idiom: take the fifth (used idiomatically: no)
Pratt & Whitney is to build the engines . The amount spent on European television advertising will double by 2000 , to $ 27.5 billion in real terms , according to Zenith , a subsidiary of Saatchi & Saatchi . And while more than $ 1 billion was spent on advertising on satellite television in 1990 , that will quintuple by the end of the decade , taking a fifth of all advertising expenditure . American oil companies did well in the first quarter , helped by fat profits on refining . Mobil 's net earnings rose to $ 710 m , up by 78 % on the same period of 1990 .
Idiom: on the wagon (used idiomatically: no)
And with it being a nice day . He says , oh no ! He says , I feel awful we were making plans that being the week to go out so they had trouble with wagon so we had to spend some time on wagon . And he says , it were n't bad enough me not going out that day , but with it being nice weather and all . Aye .
Idiom: fair game (used idiomatically: no)
And Gardiner , who had done so much to crack Newry earlier , nearly had another goal . His header was well held by promising keeper Craig Robson . There was a discordant note 20 minutes from the end of a hard but fair game when Newtownards referee Frank Hiles booked Crusaders back David Mallon and Newry 's Ollie Ralph after a skirmish . Three minutes from the end the hard working Gardiner bowed out in style with a header that gave Crusaders their third goal of a confident display . Pupils show style with shirt designs
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
The 28-year - old is thought to be working at a vineyard in Teviso . Green Al gets lost in woods AMERICAN vice president - elect Al Gore and wife Tipper had to be rescued by secret service agents after getting lost on a weekend hike . The country loving politician was strolling in a 1,500 acre forest near Washington DC , when the light began to fade . ‘ It 's a wilderness atmosphere here and they actually got lost,’ said Sam Ashelman , co - owner of the Coolfont Park .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: no)
Wonderful ! I like that ! It 's just one of those little things you learn when you working on as many bloody years as I 've been now ! No , I 've never used an extra window . Yeah .