Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
At least a week . My father does n't always mean what he says.’ After another unaccountable minute , Lucier emerged from behind the pageant wiping his eyes on a piece of his costume . ‘ Fool Frenchmen,’ said the yeoman with a snort of laughter . But Izzie , watching the figure loping towards them with his strange , wolf - like walk , suddenly knew how the Devil will look on the day of his Redemption .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
The people filling the board room steamed gently as they sat huddled together on the rows of chairs arranged neatly in front of the big desk . Sitting in a heavily carved chair to the right of it , George Briant took a sardonic pleasure in the manifest discomfort of the men and women in front of him who moved uneasily in their damp coats and tried to find dry patches on their laps on which to rest their notebooks . Serve them right , he thought vindictively and then , imitated at his own childishness , turned his head to look at the other people arranged alongside him , the desk 's shining expanse of polished wood reflecting their faces as twisted white blobs . Immediately beside him Kegan was fussing with sheets of paper , arranging and rearranging them into neat aligned squares . He had taken a lot of trouble with his appearance this morning , Briant noticed , his heavy gray hair carefully slicked across his head , his knitted red tie carefully arranged against the collar of his pink shirt .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Now , in this past week , he has been playing and getting back to how he was before . His progress is absolutely astonishing . ‘ He has gone from being totally subdued and unsure of everyone to playing games , just as we used to . ‘ Andre has done a tremendous job , explaining in great detail what happens when someone dies and when they are cremated . ‘ Alex was at the funeral .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Every spring she was to be found visiting Fife . In Argyll and Ayrshire she enjoyed herself hunting and playing golf . But Edinburgh was her capital city ; and in Edinburgh most of the significant dramas of her life happened , or at least came to a head . John Knox , at the time of the queen 's return established as minister of St Giles , denounced her religious compromises from the pulpit and in a series of interviews endeavoured to persuade her to give up her idolatrous views , regretfully concluding that she was ‘ indurate against God and his truth’ . Certainly she was indurate against Knox 's sermonizing , and their clash of ideologies was one of the factors leading to passionate outbursts against Mary whenever one of her enemies wished to force her into an awkward situation .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
once I read all the leaflets now you 're crystal clear ? Aye , I 'm crystal clear . Right . So it 's for a marketing company who are are helping .
Idiom: play to the gallery (used idiomatically: no)
Western society has generated a deep suspicion from which in the main the other arts have been protected . As Jonah Barish ( 1969 ) has pointed out , embedded in our language is a common usage of artistic metaphors of which the dramatic ones are unambiguously pejorative . He cites ‘ melodramatic’ , ‘ stagey’ , ‘ theatrical’ , ‘ play - acting’ , ‘ putting on an act’ , ‘ putting on a performance’ , ‘ making a scene’ , ‘ making a spectacle of oneself’ , ‘ playing to the gallery’ , and compares the implied hostility of such expressions with the more approving tones of terms derived from the other arts : ‘ harmonious’ , ‘ symmetrical’ , ‘ graphic’ , ‘ shapely’ , ‘ well - balanced’ , ‘ poetic’ , ‘ in accord’ , ‘ in unison’ , ‘ in concert’ , ‘ chime in with’ , ‘ in tune with’ . The mediaeval church was divided on the issue of whether there was impropriety in the mimetic representation of holy personages on stage . One eleventh - century Latin drama , Rouen Pastores , avoided the problem by having a cut - out figure of the Virgin Mary in the midst of the stable scene , other parts being played by real people .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
Do n't get drawn into committing your supporting troops into combat if they can just as easily pin down the enemy from a distance . Night Goblin units with Fanatics are good for this . Even if the Fanatics do n't hit the enemy they will block his line of advance while you get stuck in elsewhere with your best troops . As a general point , you should try to tie down the enemy 's best unit while you use your core troops to see off his second best troops . In practice , you will have to judge the enemy for yourself .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
She said that some social workers were uneasy about that , and she agreed that it involved trust , but it was also to avoid abandoning the problem to someone else . What is also new , she emphasised , is that the assessment is of a need , not for a particular service . It will then be up to a care manager to decide on the level of service . This will probably involve a social worker in an area team putting together a package that might consist of a few hours of home care , a couple of days of day care , and night sitting for one night . ‘ Probably these people do n't need a formal care manager , though someone will be responsible for them,’ says Stephenson .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
And when the reverend gentleman , stimulated by the music , grew more and more genial , and told us stories of his youth , how in vacation - time he too had wandered over hills and dales , and had been often hungry and thirsty , but always happy , and how , in fact , a student 's whole life , from its first day in the narrow , dry lecture - room to its last , is one long vacation , then the students drank all around once more , and struck up a song , that reechoed among the distant mountains :
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
He was falling in love with her . No , it was past that . He thought he had loved her from the moment he set eyes on her . It was Diana 's face but lovelier , as if Diana 's looks had been enriched by life and sadness . A warmth , coupled with excitement , had filled him as she opened her violin case , took out the instrument and began to play .
Idiom: watering hole (used idiomatically: no)
A genius then suggested a solution to the skin - flint - swimmer syndrome . He put the bar in the pool . The watering place became a watering hole . Unless you are actually underwater , you may be dimly aware that music is playing poolside . This is , of course , designer music .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
He had a habit which he could n't kick Voice over Mr Culley is said to be having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened . A man armed with a handgun has stolen around a thousand pounds from an estate agents . A woman who was sacked because she was pregnant has won almost seven thousand pounds compensation .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
Aussie glory BRITISH-born Australian Dave Russell scored a unanimous 12-round points decision over American Dan Murphy in Melbourne last night to capture the World Boxing Federation cruiserweight title . British-born Russell won by scores of 118-110 , 120-107 and 117-110 on the three judges ' cards after fighting from close quarters to negate Murphy 's height and reach advantages . Japan boost JAPAN 'S Katsuya Onizuka retained his World Boxing Association junior bantamweight title when he outpointed Armando Castro of Mexico in their scheduled 12-round title bout in Tokyo last night .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Small firms can be more vulnerable because trade wars can turn into costly and time - consuming dog - fights — as Don Cameron , a British manufacturer of hot - air balloons , has found . Mr Cameron 's company , Cameron Balloons , is a world leader in its field . It makes standard pear - shaped hot - air balloons for enthusiasts , and specially shaped ones for advertising or big egos — like the hot - air balloon it made for the late Malcolm Forbes in the shape of the American publisher 's French chateau . Cameron Balloons exports three - quarters of its balloons . Until recently Germany accounted for a fifth of its total sales .
Idiom: and then some (used idiomatically: yes)
You take out an insurance policy and when this matures , it pays off the loan . The trouble is there 's no guarantee this will happen . It usually does , and then some . But that 's when share prices are going through the roof and insurance companies are coining it in . In the past few years , share prices have gone through the floor and insurance companies are saying they might have to cut bonuses ( on which eventual repayments depend ) or increase premiums .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
New must be one of the most overworked words in an advertising agency 's vocabulary . Modified , redeveloped or even vastly improved are usually more appropriate adjectives when it comes to describing catering equipment , and microwave combination ovens are no exception . After all , the principle of making an oven which could cook by microwave energy simultaneously with hot air was established back in 1968 when British inventors Kenneth Hilton and R J W Constable filed the patent on the complete specification for the Articair oven which later developed into the Mealstream . Coincidentally , it was in the same year that the first supersonic airliner took flight and the first channel hover - ferry service was inaugurated — quite a year for fast machines — quite rightly dubbed then , as being new ! It is no coincidence , however , that the speed of a service is often the first criteria for customers ' perception of a good service .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
I myself , for example , tend to be an old - fashioned Coleridge and psychologistic critic , you know , I look for motives in Shakespearean characters , in ways which Elsie Knights told us we should n't do , and I do this because I think Shakespeare encourages us to make inferences and to think about them in that way . However , if you take characters like Lysander and Demetrius in A Midsummer - Night 's Dream , it 's obvious , even to me , that it would be ridiculous to try and look for complex psychology and motivation in them , you know . There are cases where you can over - read , sure , but by and large over - reading is not the main vice of Shakespearean criticism . If anything , we went the other way after erm how many children had Lady Macbeth , and we under - read . We decided that Shakespeare 's plays were mere patterns of imagery , without human beings in them , and by a strange act of critical abnegation , deliberately blinded ourselves to all sorts of psychological insights , which the Victorians had been able to see and are now being seen again .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
However , this study did not find any differences in morbidity between the two groups . The alternative to universal screening is a more selective approach , focusing upon the high risk groups . This , of course , begs the question of who is in the high risk group . For older age groups the conventionally accepted high risk groups have been the very elderly ( i.e. aged 85 + ) , the recently bereaved , those recently discharged from hospital , those living alone and those who have recently moved . However , Taylor el al .
Idiom: face the music (used idiomatically: yes)
I was afraid to go back home for fear of the trouble I 'd be in from Mum . When I left Nellie I hung about waiting for Dad 's protection but he did n't appear . I went to several pubs looking for him but nobody had seen him , so , as it was getting late , I turned to go home to face the music . As I dragged reluctantly along past Mrs Smith 's house who should come out , deep in conversation with Mrs Smith , but my Dad . They were smiling and when Mrs Smith saw me she called out cheerily .
Idiom: cold comfort (used idiomatically: yes)
All the terrors that Tony had taught her came crowding back . But the irony was that she had lost Luke already . And the fact that she had sent him away before he 'd had time to betray her was cold comfort , set against the enormity of that loss . One by one , she felt her certainties crumble to dust . It left her naked , and terrifyingly vulnerable .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
Oil does not appear to be emanating from either the filler cap or the dip stick tube and no obvious cause is apparent . It would appear that the rocker cover is becoming pressurised and oil consumption is approximately one pint per 150–200 miles . The engine seems to perform well with approx . 30 + mpg and a clean exhaust with no tell tale blue oil smoke . Pulling power may be slightly down as it Deems to fall off quickly against head winds or uphill gradients , when running constant changing up and down with overdrive even on the level . Could you please suggest a possible cause and remedy for the above .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
The tempo for reading is often momentary . It should be harnessed at the very moment.’ Clearly subject coverage is a matter of degree , and no public librarian ( nor any reasonable library user ) would expect to find works of a very specialized nature immediately available on the shelves of a small service point . On the other hand certain subjects at certain levels ( introductory and standard works)should always be represented . Unfortunately public librarians know very little at present about users ' success ( or lack of it ) in searching for particular subjects .
Idiom: out to lunch (used idiomatically: no)
I had to come to grips with a lot of things in a hurry . I had to come to grips with how my understanding of the sovereignty of God applied in that situation . Was God out to lunch when this happened ? If I could not believe in the sovereignty of God when it was my son lying there how could I tell someone who came for counselling , suffering the whims of a very insensitive partner , ‘ You continue to honour God in this situation . Continue to love .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
His Word , in Greek , his Logos , is not only personal address , but also his own divine intelligibility . This does not mean that that intelligibility can be wholly captured in the formulations or in the mind of the theologian ; it does , however , mean that the divine intelligibility comes across to us , that God gives himself to be known and understood , and that the understanding that is made possible in theology is and is intended to be a genuine understanding and an authentic contact with the intelligibility of God . The Word was made flesh in Jesus Christ ; God has given himself to be understood in our terms and on our level ; and even in these terms and on that level it is the reality of God that is given for us to understand . This carried Barth decisively away from Dialectical Theology , and especially from Bultmann . Bultmann too was happy to describe theology as ' faith seeking understanding ' ; but what he meant by this was faith 's self -understanding , an understanding having to do with self - awareness and self - knowledge , subjective rather than objective .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
But we should be producing more from the land in terms of countryside and natural resources , looking after the soil , the water . That 's an excellent role for farmers , for which they should be rewarded by the public . After all you ca n't sell the countryside on the supermarket shelf . Male speaker We have to farm commercially , otherwise we would n't stay in business .
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: yes)
He said that the oil , which was spilled more than two months ago , had seeped into cracks and crevices along the coast and more had settled above the tide mark and on the sea bed . He feared that shorelines would be repolluted with every storm for months to come . ‘ Burra has not made a song and dance about how it has been affected,’ he said . ‘ We kept hearing people say that the beaches were clean . But the oil is very much in evidence here .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
In deserts of the law , down a gauntlet of narrow saints , unable to deny nor yet confirm , my eyes were caught by the flowering of the blue , where the sly god sits in a spinning wheel of light .
Idiom: do a runner (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ So you say . But where are the bodies ? The way we see it , they both did a runner and they 've been in hiding ever since.’ ‘ For two years?’ ‘ They both had form , Jimmy .
Idiom: reach for the stars (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You have never been a peasant , I 'm sure.’ He laughed quietly . ‘ Maybe I owe my stature to reaching for the stars , then.’ He was still holding her hand and once again lifted it to his lips to brush his mouth across the back of it . ‘ Querida , ’ he breathed softly .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ She said receding hair was distinguished.’ ‘ You see?’ said Alex . ‘ You got all twitchy and bored , you probably broke her heart . I mean , she even cooked for you.’ ‘ She did , did n't she?’ he said , frowning .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days . Blooming cold skiing in Scotland though , is n't it ? They wo n't even walk down the road When , when you 're skiing in the Alps , it 's so hot , and you get , get such a lovely suntan .
Idiom: on the up and up (used idiomatically: yes)
Finally , one way and another Dean Richards has had a poor return from the month . Left out of the England side , Deano was also knocked back by Leicestershire police force who vetoed his £ 5,000 share of the Run With The Ball campaign . Gloucester on the up and up ! Nigel Scrivens wins a line - out as they draw 12–12 with Saracens at Southgate . IRISH REPORT with Sean Diffley
Idiom: hot and heavy (used idiomatically: yes)
THE earth moved for a naked couple making love in a tunnel — as a TRAIN thundered right over them . Darryl Washington and Maria Ramos thought the New York subway line was disused and dragged an inflatable mattress between the tracks . ‘ I was kissing her and things were getting hot and heavy,’ Darryl said last night . ‘ The next thing I heard a very big bang . ‘ I could see the train coming on top of us .
Idiom: keep a low profile (used idiomatically: yes)
They hope to be allowed to present them to the couple today . ‘ We are quite excited,’ said headmistress Patricia Birss . Other locals were yesterday keeping a low profile , preserving the privacy requested by the couple . Anne 's big day with wotsisname Clive Nelson
Idiom: plain sailing (used idiomatically: yes)
Brooks , it would seem , was in no position to comprehend the impact made by the new pluralism at Cambridge . While Cambridge had offered little concession to seminar teaching , it had allowed space for the introduction of a plurality of critical approaches and methodology . Even at Cambridge this had not been plain sailing , as the remarks attributed to Christopher Kicks make clear : Obviously , no one objects to the presence of structuralists and theorists of film and linguistics in the English faculty . But there is a question of proportion .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
Let me quote , here , from Allen Boone 's delightful book , Kinship With All Life . Boone 's inspiration came from his personal experiences as temporary ‘ keeper’ of the amazingly intelligent German shepherd dog , Strongheart , who became a Hollywood ‘ film star’back in the 1950 's . It was Strongheart 's manifest mental activity which opened his eyes to the mental process present in all living creatures . It is not only man and animal who are closely connected , mentally , at a subtle level , but all creatures , including man and man , or man and woman . When folk harbour ill feeling , intolerance , criticism or prejudice in their minds against anyone , these vibrations emanate from them , impinging — mostly unconsciously — upon the minds of those against whom they feel mentally at odds .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
And that was the situation with Randolph.’ The nuts and bolts of running an airline were not necessarily Fields 's strength , Branson said , ‘ but conceptually , he was very good.’ The fact that Fields had arrived out of the blue , managed to sell Branson the basic idea of an airline and walked away six months later on his way to a million pounds … that was evidence of a particular sort of skill which Branson could appreciate . Branson did not have to like Randolph Fields , but , in a curious sort of way , he admired him . Richard Branson had always known that , sooner or later , he would have to face the possibility of a price war with the big transatlantic carriers .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
CND , for instance , which has already had one stab at teasing out answers from the Department of Energy , is trying to persuade the CEGB to provide annual information on which reactor was contributing to the growing plutonium stockpile — and when . Ironically , it has been one of the board 's own employees , Dr Ross Hesketh , who has been questioning many of the rather bland assurances on what has happened to British plutonium from the civil programme . He has received short shrift from the CEGB , having recently been moved to an out - of - the - way office at Barnwood , the central headquarters base for the board 's engineering development and design teams . The plutonium path Plutonium is a by - product of the controlled fission reaction in a nuclear reactor .
Idiom: over my dead body (used idiomatically: yes)
Queen Farah seemed to like the idea even less . After Behbehanian left the room , he paused outside with Amir Aslan Afshar , Colonel Jahanbini and others . According to Behbehanian . the Queen rushed out and declared that the Shah would go along with such a plan " over my dead body " . She was very angry , and Behbehanian felt humiliated . Like some others of his generation around the Shah , he did not much like the Queen .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: no)
Musical entertainment was provided by one of Norway 's most talented soprano singers Bodil Arnesen . HYDE 'S MEDIEVAL FUN DAY IS A GAS After recent problems with pigs — the kind that can become trapped in pipelines — it was ironic that Hyde project celebrated first gas from the field with a great pig roast . Three pigs , in fact , crackled over a specially - made spit as the celebration brought a touch of medieval England to Easington , on Humberside . The setting was one of England 's few remaining tithe barns at the Rectory Farm restaurant , in the village of Easington , the location of BP 's Easington and Dimlington terminals .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
In order to understand the disciplinary encounters between a parent and child the ‘ trick’ is to examine the positive and negative consequences each is applying to the behaviour of the other ( see page 110 ) . To change behaviour , we need to alter those consequences . Here then , is a rule of thumb for your disciplinary efforts : Acceptable behaviour + Reinforcement= More acceptable behaviour Acceptable behaviour + No reinforcement = Less acceptable behaviour
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
The monster had been named and tamed and destroyed all in an afternoon . He said he had never come across a clearer , more perfect case , with so many vital details so well remembered . I was over the moon . I was beside myself with joy and excitement . I was heterosexual .