Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
his indifference to everything was much too great for him to turn on his back and scrape himself clean on the carpet , as once he had done several times a day .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
The Society of African Missionaries made him sign a document promising to be ‘ Faithful to church teaching in matters of faith and morals.’ It was at this time he was indicted on child abuse charges . ‘ Of all the charges brought against the gay community there is none more common than the assumption that gay and paedophile are one and the same . ‘ People can hardly be blamed for this misconception when one considers how often the media , particularly the tabloid press , come out with it . Some gay people molest children , just as some heterosexual people do , but this is because they are emotionally and psychosexually damaged , whatever their sexual orientation.’
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: no)
At Juniper Green ( My primary school ) it was fairly normal for a state school , with a catchment area . This meant that everyone lived near to one another , and they copied each other exactly . Everyone wore the same clothes , shoes and hairstyles , everyone listened to the same music , went the same places , lived in the same type of houses , and even read all the same books ! They also played the same games in the playground , and when a group had the same work in class , everybody would whisper or signal the answer to everyone else , + everyone put down the same things , whether right or wrong ! This explains why , when I cam along , I was very unpopular .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1796 Sadler was appointed chemist to the newly founded Board of Naval Works of the Admiralty , under Bentham as inspector - general . He installed his twelve horse - power steam engine at Portsmouth dockyard in 1798–9 , the first to be used in a royal dockyard . Bentham was continually at loggerheads with the Navy Board and its officials , and in 1808 the Admiralty was advised to abolish the Board of Naval Works . Sadler 's post of chemist seems to have been terminated in 1809 without compensation , leaving him in severe financial straits , but these were relieved by a subscription among his friends in Oxford . Sadler then resumed ballooning with an ascent from Oxford on 7 July 1810 to celebrate the installation of Lord Grenville ( later first Duke of Buckingham and Chandos , q.v . ) as chancellor of the university .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: no)
Fifty years ago Norman was among a group of Royal Air Force cadets sent to America for pilot training . More than 7,000 young men spent time at American air bases in Alabama , Georgia , Florida and South Carolina , learning the arts of flying at a time when Britain was desperately short of qualified pilots . Many of them went on to fly , and some of them to die , for their country . Seven years ago Norman decided their exploits needed to be remembered and started compiling a record of all former cadets who took part in the Anglo - American training operation . He called it the Arnold Register , after American general Hap Arnold , and set about tracking down thousands of people , now scattered all round the world .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
The lack of any redeeming features causes the book to be somewhat unconvincing . The Holy War is an allegory of the warfare of Satan and the angels , reminiscent of Milton 's Paradise Lost , which Bunyan had probably read . There are some vivid passages reflecting Bunyan 's memories of the organisation and conduct of Cromwell 's Ironsides , but the complicated plot is hard to follow and the characters are starkly drawn in black and white , as in Mr Badman . In his later years Bunyan spent much of his time visiting and overseeing nearby congregations , whilst his son worked the forge . He now became known as Bishop Bunyan and would travel throughout the country preaching , collecting and distributing alms , and settling quarrels among the brethren .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
He hinted , however , that the sanction might not apply to Ron Brown , the former Labour MP for Leith , who was a prominent non - payment campaigner . Asked by a Conservative councillor about the former MP 's position , Mr Begg said he was reluctant to comment on individual cases because of the Data Protection Act . He pointed out , however , that since Mr Brown had already ‘ gone public’ , he could reveal that the council already had been successful in obtaining a court decree against the former MP . ‘ I am very confident that , in the near future , Mr Brown 's debt will be paid off,’ he added . Mr Begg called on anyone experiencing genuine hardship over payment of poll tax arrears to contact the council .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
' I wondered if you might come down and say hello . ' ' How 's business ? ' He pointed a horny finger at the sea . ' Anyone taking a small open craft out on that needs his head examined . I would n't even chance it by myself , far less take holidaymakers with me . '
Idiom: touch wood (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Ma Madge said she had the real flu because she ached all over and really weak . But I 've never had it like that , it 's , touch wood I never do . I 've not seen Les today , have you ? No , perhaps , perh
Idiom: chop and change (used idiomatically: yes)
It is a necessary way of life for many of us . How is it best done ? It is all too easy to fall into the trap of wandering on , following the whim of the moment , chopping and changing from sombre meditations to joyous paeans . To the listener , such music is incoherent and formless . One way to avoid this is to think for a moment before beginning , searching for some idea , however brief , on which our imagination can work .
Idiom: shoot from the hip (used idiomatically: yes)
In Poland , not a single country house has been returned to its rightful owner . Hungary and Czechoslovakia suffered relatively little war - damage , and Communism was imposed after hostilities had ceased and normal life had resumed . In Poland , Communism trundled in on the back of a tank , with a provisional government shooting from the hip with edicts and expropriations . Country houses and town palaces were in varying stages of destruction . Their contents had mostly been removed to Germany .
Idiom: on the make (used idiomatically: yes)
Even so , his remarks about herself were uncalled for . A woman like her … To hear him talk , anyone would think she was some kind of Jezebel on the make . She bit down on her annoyance . Arguing with him had about as much effect as a snowflake falling on a pond .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Male speaker He 's probably the only man that can come back from that . I suppose he 'll take it easy now and try to strengthen up for the winter Male speaker I do n't think he 'll ever get back to full blast …
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Tony Visconti : ‘ Space Oddity’ had been recorded and released at this time although it was not selling . In fact , I remember first hearing the song . We were putting an album together based on his light rock / folk style that he was developing — songs like ‘ Janine’ , ‘ Unwashed And Slightly Dazed’— all that country rock flavour that he was developing and then , out of the blue , he wrote ‘ Space Oddity’ . Now I know David — he is very original . All his chord changes are very original and his melodies are .
Idiom: blood and guts (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Kilfedder says : ‘ You can not transplant an English party into Ulster and think it will solve the problems here.’ An Alliance Party worker said : ‘ The election in Northern Ireland is n't about a penny off income tax or hospital beds . It 's about blood and guts and death.’ The received wisdom in North Down is that Mr Kilfedder will shade it and begin his 23rd year as MP for the constituency . But the unassuming and personable Laurence Kennedy might be about to spring one of the biggest surprises of the election .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
It was , it was . At that time , yes . It was er at that time because of the , they were very few and far between . Employment was very few and far between . Because there was n't the same amount of work , this is just after the war I 'm talking about , and there was n't so many going then .
Idiom: not all there (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't , you must have been miles away this morning . Oh ! Just thinking , I 'm not all there . Oh ho ! It gets going and I 'm at I actually was
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
F * * * this wanky shit we 've been doing.'’ So Steve took on the singer 's mantle , but how does he think he 's shaping up as a guitarist / vocalist ? ‘ Well , I 'll tell you what , the guitar 's a little bit more shallow when you 've got to sing and play some of this shit , and the new album 's got a lot of riffs , but I 'll rise to the occasion . I like a new challenge , especially as I 'm really focused , my mind 's clear , my body 's clear . I really want to go out and kick some ass one last time for Jeffrey , for me , for us , and most importantly for the people who come to see us.’
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: no)
Saturday 16 February 's show is a performance by the South American Children 's theatre company Travesura , ' a wicker and puppet fantasy ' . LONDON IRISH WOMEN 'S CENTRE is holding a series of ' Irish Sundays ' for children in preparation for a St Patrick 's day celebration . Come along for song , poetry , drama and Irish phrases , 12–4 . All children from ages 7 to 14 are welcome and there is no limit to the numbers who can take part . For more information contact the London Irish Women 's Centre on 071 249 7318 .
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
When it comes to data storage , the second and third of these categories predominate , indeed take over from the first ( to the extent that it becomes important to the data creators that records which challenge or compromise them are destroyed ) . By contrast , historians want to unpick the public face that is presented . They want to read between the lines , to worm their way into the subtext and assumptions behind the presented image , and to discover the practices that are accidentally or deliberately hidden to view . This applies to both ‘ social science history’ and ‘ hermeneutic history’ , in Edward Higgs’distinction ( if indeed that is a real distinction ) , inasmuch as‘data’in the sense of meaningful statistical extrapolations depend on ‘ sources’of the kind that ‘ hermeneutic’historians work with . It was ever thus .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
As we shook hands , I said , ' For Christ 's sake , Duncan , you have a wife and two kids . You have given up your rank of Sergeant to run all over these hills . ' Oh , I shall soon get my stripes back and I shall enjoy the excitement of the Commandos ; anyway my Piper friend , I shall enjoy running all over these hills . I left for the South Coast to join Lord Lovat and the invasion that was to come . ' Duncan stayed on at Achnacarry to complete his Commando training .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Hummocky moraines Morainic drift with a typical hummocky landform occupies about 10 per cent of the Outer Hebrides . This drift , formed as an ablation deposit from the wasting of the main ice-sheet , is extensive on North Uist , Benbecula and South Uist on low-lying ground . Bouldery morainic drift is also extensive in the valleys radiating from the former centres of ice accumulation in the Harris mountains . The drifts and , to some extent , the soils formed on them , differ in the two physiographic situations .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
She answered calmly and shuffled over to the fireplace , but I had n't had my say yet . ‘ I do n't know ' ow because my Dad 's on short time now . My brother Charlie 's left ' ome an ' sister Mary 's married an ' Mum ' as to go out cleaning the fish an ' chip shop to make ends meet.’ I paused to get my breath and this gave her an opening . ‘ Have you quite finished?’ she yelled .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Do n't pretend > Be yourself Do n't hide > Open up Do n't duck and weave > Be straight and come clean Do n't accept low standards > Go for the highest FINALLY REMEMBER
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
First then the proposition that management should accept a responsibility for doing everything possible to keep prices stable or to reduce them . Management has no business to accept any such responsibility ; or rather , since ' management ' is merely a collective abstract expression , managements have no business to accept any such responsibility . The duty of every management is to conduct the business , including the price policy of the business , in the way which in the opinion of the management is likely to maximise the return on the capital invested in the business . A management which does not do this betrays more than the shareholders in the business ; it betrays the employees and the nation as a whole . The national interest lies in all the nation 's resources being put to the most advantageous use possible .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
' Oh , I do n't know . ' Karen giggled hysterically , spluttering water all over the counter . I knew then that we were bound to go all the way , wherever it might lead , whether we wanted to or not . As for Dennis , well , after that killing him would have been a kindness , would n't it ? There are times , frankly , when one longs for a video camera .
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
If it had n't been for the war , they 'd have retired him , but it was like everything else these days , all hands to the pumps . He went into the sacristy , removed his alb and carefully folded his violet stole . He reached for his raincoat , debating the virtues of an early night , but compassion and Christian charity won the day as usual . Eighteen patients at the moment , seven of them terminal . A last round of the rooms would n't come amiss .
Idiom: stand up and be counted (used idiomatically: yes)
When the rioters took to the streets , when the fires in Bristol lit the night sky , when Attwood 's meeting at Birmingham resolved to pay no taxes , when , in short , revolution threatened , it was not because the Whig Government wanted reform as proposed in their Bill . It was because the Tory Opposition would not allow it — and that in spite of a general election which , fought on the one issue , had just returned a House of Commons with a large majority in favour . In sum , in the contention which attended or , as some might prefer , the dialectical process which generated the structural change represented by the measures contained in the Reform Bill , the Whigs by proposing and the Tories by opposing them finally identified it as the exclusive issue on which people would stand up and be counted , for or against , yes or no . So , it was in the ordinary conduct of party politics by men in pursuit of power that expectations , aspirations and objectives were reduced to an apparent simplicity , to a crudity of choice for which all that could be said was that it represented the national will . And that , for most people and for the time being , said everything .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Good note - making methods are invaluable to you as a student because : ( a ) they can positively assist learning and thus increase the possibility of greater historical understanding . ( b ) they are more efficient and thus save you time and work in the long term . B.WHAT IS NOTE - MAKING ABOUT ? Note - making , fundamentally , requires you to understand the subject matter , select the relevant ideas and information and reorganise that material in a note - format .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: no)
The result ? One of the most pleasingly accurate darts sims ever seen . Jocky goes around the clock … Great shot ! Double ten just leaves him the bull to win the leg .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
The controversy is more pronounced in university libraries than in the UK polytechnics , where the emphasis is upon teaching rather than research , and where there are few special collections of the kind to be found in universities . Most universities differentiate undergraduate provision quite sharply by housing the best - used textbooks in short loan collections , where decisions upon duplication are based upon careful monitoring of loan statistics ( see pp.34–5 ) . It would be rare to come across policy statements which are explicit about the level of provision accorded to undergraduates vis - à - vis other groups , but some universities develop rule of thumb guidelines — for instance , a maximum number of copies for undergraduate texts , or ( commonly ) a rule restricting research material to single copies . Periodicals remain by far the most important research tool for academics , both for current awareness scanning and for chasing up citations to individual articles . In recent years most academic libraries have been forced to cut back on periodical provision , to prevent serials from running away with unreasonable proportions of their budgets for materials ( see pp . 135–8 ) .
Idiom: bring up the rear (used idiomatically: yes)
Some two hours after landing they moved out of the perimeter in parties of 20 or so , with Michael Burn lopping in the van followed by Donald Roy with the strongly armed assault parties . Behind these came the demolition squads . Troop Sergeant Haines brought up the rear as the raiders moved towards the Old Entrance lock bridge ( ' G ' ) but had first to swing north round the buildings on the east of the basin . In the next few minutes the small parties moved in quick spurts from the deep shadow of one warehouse to the next black patch of cover . Donald Roy led the way when contact was lost with Mike Burn , for in these dark moments a dash for cover could plunge men into enemy defences .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
But , of course , writing something into a constitution does not necessarily mean that it will be honoured in practice . For example , Article 25 of the Soviet constitution not only guaranteed citizens freedom of speech , press , assembly and demonstration , but also stated that printing - presses , paper , buildings , streets and communications facilities would be put at the disposal of the people for the exercise of these rights . Whether control of these facilities by the CPSU fulfilled this requirement is debatable , but before we jump to the conclusion that we could not have expected anything else from the Soviet system , consider the chequered history of the First Amendment to the United States constitution , which reads inter alia : ' congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech . ' Now that sounds fairly unambiguous , but in 1940 Congress passed the Smith Act which , at a time of fear of subversion , made it an offence ' to advocate the overthrow of the United States Government ' . After the Second World War , as the Cold War was approaching its height , Eugene Dennis , a member of the American Communist Party , was indicted and convicted under the Smith Act .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Doctors , nurses in animal test protest Sir , — In a letter defending experiments on animals , Dr. Botting requested evidence to show the growing distrust of animal research expressed by the medical profession . There are now two active groups of doctors and a group for nurses which were set up specifically to oppose the use of animals in medical research on the grounds that it is unscientific . One of the organisations , Ligue Internationale Medicins pour L'Abolition de la Vivisection , have over 750 doctor members from 43 different countries . Furthermore , in a survey carried out last year , over 88 percent of British doctors agreed that animal experiments can be misleading because of anatomical and physiological differences between humans and animals .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
Mhm . Mind you maybe you wo n't . Depends , what you 're really concerned about is how does the proportion of traffic split to left and right and straight ahead is n't it ? If that pattern basically stays the same then you 've got , the volume , the flow will go up and down . Mm right .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
One petitioner wants a grant to repair the leaky roof of his house , another a grant to clear the stream running past his farm , another wants a Council job and a fourth and a fifth want help with social welfare applications . Long experience has taught many Irishmen that they will not get from authorities national and local the benefits and services to which they consider themselves entitled without the kindly intervention of some influential personage . The TD knows the right people at all levels of the bureaucracy and can pull innumerable strings . In studies of contemporary Irish politics he is variously described as a broker , an intermediary , an ombudsman , a patron , an errand - boy , an intercessor , an adviser , an advocate , a consumer representative and a welfare officer . Activity in these roles absorbs most of his time and energy : it will win him the popularity essential to his reelection .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: no)
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a similar story in Wales . As disrupted transport services were getting back to normal and thousands mopped up , police issued a warning of two more inches of rain last night whipped up by 60 mph winds lasting until this afternoon . A spokesman for the local NRA said : ‘ Another downpour could send the rivers over the top.’ In Dorset pounding waves breached the famous Chesil Beach natural shingle sea defence . Now it is a race against time to rebuild it before high spring ties later this month .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
As Rangers attempt to win the domestic treble , and hold a 12-point lead over Celtic in the Premier Division , while harbouring notions of the European Cup , Liam Brady 's side will finish their fourth season in a row without a trophy of any description . The Ibrox manager , Walter Smith , had too much respect for tradition yesterday , however , to take an opportunity to diminish the modern - day importance of his club 's historic rivals . ‘ What happens in Europe remains only the icing on the cake for Rangers,’ he said . ‘ There is no bigger game than the Old Firm derby because it is the one that has survived with its importance intact at a time when playing each other four times in the Premier Division has devalued every other fixture.’ Celtic defeated Rangers on 21 March last year , and have not known the feeling since then .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
The atom is there and when short - term oil surpluses vanish there will be pressure to build more nuclear power stations . How do we do that without spreading too widely the ability to make bombs ? Probably by encouraging the world 's wealthy nations to build nuclear power stations so that other countries need not follow suit . Then the others will be free to burn the oil and coal that might otherwise be consumed in the nuclear nations . There is a pressing case for the nuclear nations to deny fissile materials to would be customers .