Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Her authoritative performance made the superb mime and rhythms invigorating to watch . Miniatures … the second dance , was performed to Michael Nyman 's score for a string quartet created from rhythmic structures of South Indian dance music devised by Shobana . This East / West combination breaks new ground with breath - taking results . Rape on Screen Women tend to get a raw deal from the movies .
Idiom: close to home (used idiomatically: no)
Poetry , by South ~ Korean director Lee ~ Chang - Dong , also deals with a family reconciling themselves through pain to a prior conflict . It tells the story of an elderly woman who is forced to face her past as a torturer . Other films address a conflict that is closer to home here in France . Outside the Law , directed by Rachid Bouchareb , narrates the story of the massacre at Setif , Algeria , in May 1945 .
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's right . Oh I 'm so glad . Oh I hope so , but still not out of the woods yet Erm , well no I suppose he wo n't be until he 's erm , had stitches out , she said it would be two weeks Mm .
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: no)
This can be seen in the liquified , dead centre of the carbuncle . In the inflamed rheumatoid joint there is inflammation without any evidence of infection , yet glucose and oxygen levels drop to vanishing point in the fluid , depending on the numbers of lymphocytes there . Cutting off the supply of nutrition to tissues in any part of the body has a further consequence — new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit . The presence of all this extra blood is obvious in the throbbing red region around an infection , and in the rheumatoid joint these new blood vessels extend like fronds into the joint cavity . Tracer substances such as radioactive xenon are more rapidly removed from an inflamed joint — their half - life in the joint inversely correlating with the degree of inflammation — and so attempts to blame poor blood supply for the nutritional deficit are probably misconceived .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
I fear that China ’s leaders and people will continue to feel a certain gnawing , inchoate sense of deficiency and incompleteness in their quest for global respect until they find the strength to begin addressing the crucial , but elusive , issue of making China an ethical , as well as an economic and military , power . For a country steeped in millennia of Confucianism , the need for ethical leadership should be clear . To fully address the question of the moral and ethical base of a new form of Chinese governance , China ’s government and its people must be able to look back freely and come to terms with their recent history : the Great Leap Forward , the Cultural ~ Revolution , the events of 1989 , Tibet , and other sensitive issues .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Shake off your responsibilities and take time to rediscover the child in you . By Margaret Rooke What comes to mind when you think about having fun ? Holding hands with your man in the sea and jumping over the biggest waves you 've ever seen ? Or perhaps it 's belting out Slade 's greatest hits with your best friends and a bottle of wine ?
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
The civil and military instruments which would provide peter the Great with the leverage for a more forthright assertion of state interests were taking shape . If the changes set in train in Ivan the Terrible 's reign recast secular society , the impact upon the Church was no less momentous . On the face of it , the debilitated condition in which Ivan left the Crown , compounded as it was by the extinction of the Rurik line on the death of his son Fyodor in 1598 , much enhanced the political stature of the Church . During the Time of Troubles the patriarchate ( established in 1589 ) became a vital focus of authority . The Church took the lead in rallying the forces which drove out the poles and established the Romanovs on the throne .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
Armstrong was first to take up the cudgels at the end of last season , and a little piece of bantering brought in Harrison . ‘ I was out with Annsley one evening and I was giving him some stick about not putting something back into the game,’ said Armstrong . ‘ I was really getting stuck into him , but it was mainly tongue in cheek . ‘ But to my surprise , he phoned me back a few days later , and offered to help me . I just could n't believe it .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
Do n't feel that you 've grown all that much spiritually . You feel perhaps you do n't know very much more about the Bible than you did , say , ten years ago . Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . I 'm going to grow spiritually . So we can accept that challenge .
Idiom: get cracking (used idiomatically: no)
Surrender to Venus Penny Thornton SAGITTARIUS- THE year gets off to a cracking start for Sagittarians : The eclipse on December 9 , 1992 was the first of four to exert a powerful effect on your life — especially if your birthday falls between November 22 and December 11 . Whatever the main life-affecting events of 1993 may be , it is you as a person who is being challenged to move and grow . And every time a bolt from the blue heads in your direction , you must ask yourself : What is this trying to awaken me to ?
Idiom: don't hold your breath (used idiomatically: yes)
Breathtaking In your issue today John Major is quoted saying : ‘ We are determined to bring unemployment down , and we will.’ Should this not read : ‘ We are determined to bring unemployment down , and we will , but just do n't hold your breath’ ? Incongruous Today I attended the Scotland / Wales rugby international at Murrayfield with several of my under-15 team mates from Preston Lodge High School , East Lothian .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
The Bush Administration appears to believe that Russia and America are playing a " zero sum " game : that every diplomatic triumph Russia may have , no matter how minor , comes at American expense . Thus Russian efforts to treat the diplomatic world as a multi - polar one is viewed in Washington only as a facade for its efforts to diminish America . Making matters worse , the two countries have , to all intents and purposes , broken off both unofficial and - with scarcely an exception - official dialogue . Why is this happening ? Much of American foreign ~ policy is now in the hands of people who have been out of international diplomacy for fifteen to twenty years , and so continue to sing from the old Cold ~ War hymn book .
Idiom: odd one out (used idiomatically: yes)
Zelah looked at him in amused astonishment . ‘ What are you talking about , Tony?’ ‘ I mean that he was always the odd one out . His looks , his temperament , his background — even his name marked him off for ridicule . I ask you — Johnny Riddle !
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet the warning signs for England flashed brightly during victories over Divisional champions the Midlands , an England B team containing nine internationals and the North on Tuesday night . No Test side in recent memory has proved more successful with such little ball or been so dangerous after lengthy periods of awesome defence . In Botha , they have a prolific goal - kicker , drop - goal expert and an elusive wisp of a fly - half who manages to steer clear of hunting flankers and can drill the opposition all the way back to their own 22 with one flashing kick . Gerber , South Africa 's record try - scorer with 19 , has touched down four times in as many internationals and his centre partnership with Pieter Muller poses a more difficult challenge to Carling and Jeremy Guscott than they may have envisaged three months ago . The lineout remains a big headache , although Drikus Hattingh has won good ball at the front and No 8 Adriaan Richter has blossomed as the tour has unfolded .
Idiom: rule the roost (used idiomatically: yes)
Red was in the shops . It is in such accidental and unplanned ways that key historical decisions are made . The Redcoats ruled the roost in the world of the British holiday for many years , providing an apprenticeship for Roy Hudd , and a host of other showbiz dreamers . Butlin of course wanted to keep campers in the camps . A range of regular routinized but riotous activities accomplished this , from the Glamorous Grannie to the Mr Knobbly Knees competition .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
1 ) ‘ I do think about it quite a lot , actually . About picking up the pieces and wondering where we go from there , even though I know there are other things he 's interested in . I think he could cope all right but at the back of his mind will always be the fact that possibly he let the party down . It does worry me’— Norma Major on the prospect of losing the election , March 1992 .
Idiom: ride high (used idiomatically: yes)
The First 20 Hits ( Mute ) , capturing the camp audacity of the band that 's made Seventies disco fashionable in Nineties clubland . Theirs is just one of eight compilations already in the top 10 . Abba are riding high with a collection of 16 of their biggest songs on Abba Gold — Greatest Hits ( Polydor ) . Flying the dance floor banner is Gloria Estefan with her Greatest Hits ( Epic ) compilation . The kings of stadium rock Simple Minds are offering Glittering Prize ( Virgin ) , featuring their hits from 1981 - 92 .
Idiom: sing the praises of (used idiomatically: yes)
If Anya were n't so busy pretending to study the licence number on the car in front of us , she might have noticed the momentary ripple of light across the glass . For I have come to rest in Rainbow 's wing - mirror , where I can keep all three players in this drama within my sights . Rainbow sings the praises of the weather and the day , offers a quick run to Alexandra Palace so they might continue last night 's interesting conversation under the morning sky . Riva responds with a recitative of all the pressures on her time , makes a counter - offer of a quick cup of tea in the family kitchen . Rainbow confesses to a need to talk of private , painful things , outside the intrusive proximity of small children and sisters - in - law .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
Mjc That 's right . Then if you run through it , this particular one , Plan Two — maximum liability two hundred pounds . That 's probably a set of tyres or something -it 's not a great deal of money in this day and age -but then failure is limited to actual breakage , wear and tear is excluded , it does n't cover the cost of working materials such as gaskets , if the vehicle has been modified in any way it 's excluded , it excludes any personal injury resulting from the breakdown , it covers erm the schedule is invalid if you have not covered the servicing aspects on page ten , the servicing aspects on page ten require you within ten days or two hundred and fifty miles of three thousand miles intervals — most cars now are six thousand mile intervals — to have the oil changed , so there 's a built - in additional service , and so it goes on . Right . erm in other words , what I 'm really saying is , with all these exclusions , what included ?
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
He 's got a chip on the hard shoulder that a crate of Sarson 's could n't cover . In fact I 'm thinking of inviting Dr. Ruth Westerheimer to a mass therapy session at rush hour at the exit to the Birkenhead tunnel . They 're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel . Jaw set , hands gripping the wheel , a steely stare fixed on the fellow next to him , both of them determined to get to the toll booth before the other . That quiet building society clerk becomes Dick Dastardly behind the wheel .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
' What do you mean ? ' I asked , getting that first warning flicker that something was wrong or out of place . He laughed in that slow way of his , and it sounded to me as though he was turning his head away from the mouthpiece . Probably to wink at the office shit , crossing her swishing legs . ' I mean are you all right ' he said , ' are you O.K. ?
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
The other little rain jacket tomorrow rain jacket for Annaleigh get the jacket done , get that in for Ian and something in for Claire and then when you go down town you can do it for me I thought we were going to town tomorrow ? Yeah , but it wo n't be ready will it ? Ca n't be ready cos the little jacket ai n't erm
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The book.’ Connelly felt a sudden stab of fear and also of quite irrational embarrassment . The pain seemed to take a back seat momentarily , then he moved his right hand and it came thundering back into his mind . ‘ Christopher Ward took it from us , you know that,’ the first voice said . Connelly was aware of that rancid stench growing stronger .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Sellars op LEEDS winger Scott Sellars has had a hernia operation and is aiming to be back by Christmas . He said : ‘ I 've had a miserable two years with injuries , but this latest op should do the trick.’ Whyte in shape to do job on Italians By Graham Fisher
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus ‘ a language can signify the sound - concept by whatever sound image it likes , though you as a person ca nt — these relations are not under individual control . Any sound image will do , as long as it is distinguished from others in the system.’ Every culture will organise the world according to its own perceptions of reality ; thus one language may have words which have no equivalent concept in another . ( Where sounds correspond aurally yet the concept differs depending on the context , further confusion can arise . In one of my own journals recently , a report featured a European conference on dairy cattle .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
Members of the not - for - profit support organisation , other hardware developers and independent software vendors that have passed through its binary testing and certification schemes are nevertheless full of praise for the work 88open has done . Now reduced to a shell with news that members are believed to have backed out of providing their $ 3.5 m dues ( CI No 2,143 ) , the organisation must now offer its testing services on other chip architectures if it is to survive in any form . Last year , on the back of industry acclaim for its work , 88open took some first steps beyond the 88000 horizon by offering its binary testing suites to other manufacturers and bodies . Precision RISC It netted only Hewlett - Packard Co and the Precision Architecture RISC Organisation as a customer .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
A doctor commented : ‘ MS has been something I 've used . Having MS has been an added dimension in my training , in my understanding of people , and in the development of my expertise and skills.’ And a prosthetist said : ‘ You have a great understanding of their problems because no matter how good a prosthetist is , if he 's got two legs he falls short of really knowing what it 's like.’ However , two of the disabled professionals firmly believed that being disabled gave them no additional insight into other people 's disabilities , and one congenitally disabled person said she had no special understanding of acquired disability . Some people pointed out the advantages of their work from a personal point of view .
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
MIKE HALLETT was taking a hiding from Thailand 's James Wattana last night . Nothing went right for Hallett during his fifth round match , and at 7–1 down , he is facing almost certain defeat . Hallett , who has slipped from seventh to 24th in the provisional world ranking list for next season , missed an easy green in the opening frame then took a back seat as rampant Wattana raced 5–0 ahead . He could hardly believe his bad luck though in the sixth frame as Wattana fluked the first red and proceeded to compile a total clearance of 136 , the highest break of the tournament so far . Northern Ireland 's Joe Swail reached the quarter - finals by beating New Zealand 's Dene O'Kane 9–3 .
Idiom: get the boot (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I do n't want your bloody sympathy , Charles!’ ‘ That 's not what I 'm bringing . I 've got the boot too.’ ‘ Oh Lord.’ Alex Household drew aside to let him into the flat .
Idiom: up the spout (used idiomatically: no)
What 's that other one ? Insy spider climbing up the spout We do it like that Come on , you do it
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
While our household is largely devoted to children , there are definite no - go areas ( a concept that has to be reciprocal , of course ) . When he was much smaller , Tom was once discovered in my study attacking the dust - jacket of a Norman Mailer novel with my scissors ; no doubt he will make a fine critic , but since then the door to my bolt - hole has remained bolted . By the same token , he would not expect me to be found playing with his Gameboy . I am all for sharing , but am not interested in running a commune . Children must also learn to be left to their own devices , to take second place on occasions , and to learn by their mistakes .
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
progress was occasionally slow but the big driver was coaxing the big wheels gently over and through the snow . Tony and I shared the navigation seat , and right now I was in the back , warm , comfortable and dozing gently . I was brought rudely back to the real world by Tony 's tripod coming off the top of the pile of clatch ( odds and ends ) piled up above the seat and hitting me on the head as the truck lurched to a halt , diving itself into a drift of deep snow . Hafpor eased us forward again . Yawn , settle down again .
Idiom: force someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
He would rather died on the spot than endure that pain again . Two inches . The man tugged harder , using his immense strength to force Connelly 's hand down towards the large ring . One inch . ' Where 's the book ? '
Idiom: get under someone's skin (used idiomatically: yes)
There is a profound streak of anti - modernism running through the Thatcherite Kingdom of the Bland : no one seems to want the future any more , apart from Martin Pawley . This trend did not start in the Eighties either : the old puffer and old motor movement were well under way when Prince Charles was a lad . So , come on you literary types ; stop fretting about Orwell and start getting under our skins . There is a massive sub - culture there , looking backwards and it 's getting more insidious all the time . A. Townley Manchester , 25 .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ If you 'll excuse me … ’ she mumbled , and , whether he would or not , she was n't staying around to find out . Travis had left the door open — she seized her chance , and was through it like a shot . Reaching her room , she wanted with all her heart to leave Parkwood , and even made a move to get out her overnight bag . But how could she leave when she wanted to be near Naylor ? For while she was to some degree confused at that precise moment about the importance of keeping a job that paid well , she knew , whatever else was hazy , that she was very much in love with him .
Idiom: hard as nails (used idiomatically: yes)
and some sit in , you know , it 's locked . Yes , yes . So I go , have a job to find it he just looks at me hard as nails . Well he 's not a party - goer really No , it 's only cos he does n't
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
He drew deeply on the cigarette and stared out at the darkening sea . It was late now . He was going to have to make a move , one way or the other . Perhaps he would just hand her a sleeping - bag and offer her the tent … Something was wrong .
Idiom: high and mighty (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Aaah!’ Robyn screamed as her grasp on the fountain faltered and then scrambled to regain her hold . For one awful heart - stopping second she felt as if she was going to fall , here , now , right in front of high and mighty Luke … Luke ? Robyn screwed up her brow and tried to remember what he had said his other name was .
Idiom: hope against hope (used idiomatically: yes)
So watch it , me lord — no laughing!’ In fact Edward had never felt less like laughing . ‘ Am I to understand , Forest , that a new constable has been appointed?’ he asked , hoping against hope that the answer would be in the negative — that Brackenbury 's absence was only temporary . ‘ Understand what ye please , me lord — it makes no odds to me!’ Gritting his teeth against this insolence , needing to know more , Edward decided to try a more direct approach .
Idiom: head over heels (used idiomatically: yes)
Then , turning away to look out of the small , square window he delivered the cruellest cut of all : " Specially when she 's second best . " At first , it seemed to the village gossips that both couples were happy enough . Ann was her usual quiet self ; Harry was a little less wild ; Sam was obviously head over heels in love with is new bride , and Martha was clearly content . What the locals could not fathom out , however , was the reason behind Pascoe 's new - found prosperity . Though he was an adequate mariner , he was by no means an expert fisherman , being the sort of man who makes more conversation than profit from his catches ; but after a trip across to Plymouth early in the new year , he returned looking exceedingly pleased with himself , dressed in finer clothes than were often seen on the Polruan side of the Fowey , and full of the news that he intended to commission John Knollys to build him a bark of a hundred tons .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
Alyssia forced a don't - be - silly expression on to her face . ‘ Why should I mind?’ Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I?’ ‘ About Piers.’ ‘ Oh.’
Idiom: good riddance (used idiomatically: no)
Thankfully , Doctor Agrippa had made himself scarce , realising that d'Aubigny 's invitation did not extend to him . He was probably closeted with that sullen turd , Angus . Good riddance , I thought . A steward wearing d'Aubigny 's livery , blue with silver fleur de lys , announced His Lordship was waiting for us outside . I thought the fellow meant the bailey but he took us out into a garden which ran down towards a small river .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
The boom days of the 1980s will never return and though profits should recover well when the upturn finally comes that is largely in the price . On upgraded full - year forecasts of around £ 19 m the multiple is 18 at 243p falling to 15½ for 1992 - 93 . Questor Column : Still a long way to go for Waterford THIS year Waterford Wedgwood is set to make its first profit since 1988 and the first of any size since 1986 . But there is no need to rush out and buy the shares .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
Please , Mamma , tell me.’ Suddenly Lee saw the exhaustion in the folds of skin beneath her mother 's eyes . The indentations in the flesh of her cheeks looked like inroads carved by tears . ‘ I do n't know , love . You 've got to find your own way .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
Rincewind 's room number in his hall of residence had been 7a . He had n't been surprised ) . Rain streamed off the black walls of the temple . The only sign of life was the horse tethered outside , and it was n't Twoflower 's horse . For one thing , it was too big .