Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
And do n't say this is so sudden . It 's not , you know . It 's been on my mind since Bruges.’ He kissed her again , his lips lingering on hers as if they had all the time in the world . Dimly Merrill heard a car door bang outside , then a motor started up .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
I am sure one of them would afford you the protection that you seek . Until then , one of my men will stay with you as before . Not for your sake , Colonel , but because we prefer to keep peace on the streets . ' Try as he would , Ray Doyle could not shake the sensation of being watched . He drove slowly towards his area of London , running through in his mind all the things he needed to buy and do during this tree afternoon .
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . What was your favourite part ? Erm I like it when the cats erm was balancing on the rope . You liked the cat on the rope ? And what about you what did you like ?
Idiom: without fail (used idiomatically: yes)
She chided him for not responding to her Christmas cards . ' One every year , ' she cried reproachfully . ' Without fail . But then , you were never one to dwell on the past , were you ? ' In spite of this , she never lost an opportunity to jog his memory , mostly during the coffee breaks when Desmond Fairchild and the girl with red hair were within earshot .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm just keeping everything crossed from now on.’ Meanwhile , Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson was last night reeling from the body blow of one of his biggest disappointments in football . The Villa boss was still trying to pick up the pieces after his side 's shock exit from the Coca - Cola Cup in Tuesday night 's fourth round replay at Ipswich . The East Anglian side were also the culprits the last time Atkinson hit an all - time low , when Ipswich beat his West Brom side in the 1978 FA Cup semi - finals . Atkinson said : ‘ I have n't felt as bad as this since that semi - final at Highbury .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Whilst it may seem a far cry from the appalling civil war that has torn Yugoslavia apart or the collapse of the Soviet Union into an uneasy Commonwealth of Independent States , it seems that sport , and rugby in particular , can play its part in preventing the exaggeration and exploitation of nationalist feeling on international occasions . Feelings of xenophobia — a fear or hatred of the foreigner — can so readily by whipped up , turning friendly sporting occasions when the ‘ hype’ has been too great , when the passions have run too high and the pervading atmosphere has been too intense . What comes to mind is a series in the Seventies between South Africa and New Zealand , a couple of unhappy England versus Wales matches , the crowd emotion at the Grand Slam decider at Murrayfield and the World Cup quarter - final in Paris . But by and large rugby has much to be proud of as a vehicle for bringing nations together in a sporting brotherhood when political barriers threaten to keep them apart . Diverse cultures , religions and races have often found common ground and contact in rugby and lasting bridges between nations or peoples have been supported by sporting encounters at all levels .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
Under the influence of political considerations in Romania , proof of a historic right for Transylvania was favoured . Therefore , resettling of all inhabitants is questioned .
Idiom: eat like a horse (used idiomatically: yes)
Every rib and every vertebra could be counted . ‘ I do n't know why you should be so thin,’ her mother complained in disappointment . ‘ You 're eating like a horse . I was never thin like that and your father was a great big man , his legs were like the trunk of a tree.’ She was better satisfied with their trip to a beauty parlour , where Martha 's hair was released from its braids , anointed with a number of glutinous white creams , cut to the level of her shoulders and wound upon enormous wire rollers .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
How long until it is ripe ? Are the apples too high for me to reach ? Quick - growing root vegetables such as radishes and carrots which grow out of sight can be compared for size when they are pulled at various times . Will some of these carrots grow larger if we leave them till next week ? Children can plant sunflower seeds in pots indoors and then transfer them to the garden in early summer .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: no)
Read the experts ' advice : then enter the SHE / Pandora Short Story Competition and you could win £ 1000 . By Jane Hardy . As W Somerset Maugham once pointed out , short stories have been around for a long time . ‘ It is natural for men to tell tales , and I suppose the short story was created in the night of time when the hunter , to beguile the leisure of his fellows when they had eaten and drunk their fill , narrated by the cavern fire some fantastic incident he had hear of.’ That definitely describes Maugham 's own descriptive short story , which is an anecdote grown up .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
DB 's founders , David Howarth and Bruce Ledwith , are each taking out £ 2 million in loan notes earning 1 per cent below LIBOR , and keeping a 10 per cent stake each in Atreus . The balance of capital raised will be added to existing cash to create a £ 2 million acquisition fund . The rush to get the new company up and running results from the excellent opportunities to expand and export resulting from the pound 's devaluation and the drop in interest rates , according to the new chairman , Roger Harnett , a company doctor formerly with Benlox Holdings , Speedwell Gear Case and Hobson . He will earn £ 75,000 and have options on 1.5 million shares . Further options may increase the capital by up to 15 per cent over a ten - year period .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It has not.’ Sylvester weakly sent for Nutty . Nutty 's eyes gleamed when she set eyes on the professional Sergeant Potter with four pistols in boxes and a load of shot and a thick wad of targets . ‘ Mr Smith sent me , said to arrange training sessions with you.’ ‘ I 'll fetch the others,’ Nutty said .
Idiom: rough edges (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm going to die of hunger otherwise.’ He looked up and caught his first glimpse of Celia through the beads . He saw some tangled blonde hair , he saw the white light of the kitchen catch on the rough edge of a broken tooth . ‘ Go on , one of those little boxes , that 'll do . The curtain parted , clicking , and now he saw her hair all coarse and fraying like rope coming undone and her breasts pushing against an old green cardigan , and he knew who she was .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Several nomes pushed their way forwards . Grimma recognized Nooty 's people , and the parents of some of the lads . Then there was a bit of a commotion from under the table , where the oldest nomes were clustering together to keep warm and have a good moan . ‘ I 'm comin , too,’ said Granny Morkie . ‘ Do me good to have a drop of fresh air .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
Did n't that work out ? So I need to take six . Oh I , I was trying to get it up there . Oh it 's my , is it your box ? Yeah .
Idiom: fight fire with fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Brown said it was ‘ included only under the broadest heading — Treasury running costs — was never drawn to the attention of the Audit Office as a special feature and has never been investigated by the Audit Office , something which should now happen’ . He added : ‘ The chancellor must come to explain why the secret arrangements were such that the public were never to know that this payment had been made.’ The chancellor answered by fighting fire with fire . In a letter he attacked Mr Brown for ‘ wasting so much time and energy on an issue which is totally irrelevant to the concerns of the British people.’ Earlier Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes said that in a month Mr Lamont could announce proposals which would make 10 million people ineligible for legal aid yet at the same time he had been ‘ allowed £ 4,000 , his own private legal aid scheme , to pay his own private bill for an entirely private matter’ .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
Christina struggled with the picnic basket , which now seemed very heavy . ‘ Oh , damn , James has the ice - box with all the drinks.’ Elaine pulled a face . ‘ Stephen , darling … ’ Christina adopted her most coaxing tone of voice .
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: yes)
1976 : Bohemian Rhapsody , by Queen . I 'm just echoing the whole country when I say what a venture to make such a track . 1977 : Smoke On The Water , by Deep Purple .
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
And if , as Price recalls , this late expansion failed , Wales always had their original Plan A to fall back on . ‘ We were playing a percentage game and as the points came so we expanded . But when we were in full flow things could come unstuck ; it 's just natural that , if you start to take risks , more and more things go wrong . It did n't usually matter because there was always the alternative of going back to where we started and tighten the game up’ . Which is where Wales would love to be now — though , not withstanding the obvious improvement , there is a long way to go before the benefit of a more productive line - out provided by Anthony Copsey and Gareth Llewellyn and more solid scrummage based on Mike Griffiths , Garin Jenkins and Laurance Delaney is complemented by corresponding forward mobility and the consequent winning of clean , quick loose ball .
Idiom: heart of gold (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We parted company and I took up with the bozo in the trenchcoat . I get a laugh out of it . Old Laz is a pretentious son of a gun , but he 's got a heart of gold . He does n't come cheap , but he gets the job done . With him you can expect a lot of gratuitous sex and violence , a trail of corpses and a thrilling roof - top —’
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
She did n't mind about that so long as she got a lovely little grave like Mrs Hollidaye 's baby daughter . But she knew that Gloria would n't think to give her one . Out of sight , out of mind , is what Gloria would say . Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . A great big boy was in the bed by the door .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
There had been no change of basic thinking , then , merely an adjustment of emphasis . But even at this date the alteration in emphasis can only have been a conscious attempt to attune to the wider audience , if still at that time mainly within Bavaria , which was beginning to show interest in Hitler in 1923 , and an awareness that anti - Marxism had a wider potential appeal than the mere repetition of anti - Jewish paroxysms of hate . We know little in any systematic fashion about the ideological motivation of the rank - and - file membership ( approximately 55,000 strong in November 1923 ) of the pre - Putsch Nazi Movement . Since anti - Semitism was such a prominent feature of the Party 's public image , and that of its leader , whom many must have heard speak in person in the Munich beerhalls , it seems certain that the ‘ Jewish Question’ ranked highly as a motivational factor at this date for the Movement 's recruits , often coming to the NSDAP from other anti - Semitic organizations and völkisch groups . Impressionistic evidence provided in a number of s – dies of the early Nazi Movements supports the suggestion that those entering the Party earlier rather than later were more likely to be strong anti - Semites .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
SAN DIEGO SIX YEARS ago San Diego 's police were being killed at a higher rate than the police in any other big American city . The tables have now been turned . These days it is the San Diego cops who are doing the shooting , killing more people , proportionately , than any other police force in America . It is a dramatic change , and not one that recommends itself to the city 's residents .
Idiom: jam tomorrow (used idiomatically: yes)
Still to come on Central News : The long and widening road . Will it really be no jams tomorrow ? Plus : Paintballs at Dawn . A whitewash victory for the young army hopefuls .
Idiom: heart to heart (used idiomatically: yes)
But I hate to say it because obviously he wants to find , to go somewhere . But I do n't think this is the place . And heart to heart , having sat through two , I went home it was heavy . Mm . Well a lot of our people said they liked him did n't they ?
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
The launch of First Trust Bank was a mammoth job left to September 's McConnells advertising agency back in November , and indeed later this year the merger will be made complete with AIB . The job , according to media director Billy Alexander , entailed the reprinting of masses of literature . It was the only bank launched from scratch in the province for many years . Coming up shortly is a launch for Vauxhall of the eagerly awaited Corsa . Another advertising agency , Future Image , has broadened the base of its activities with an extension into design and print .
Idiom: on the double (used idiomatically: no)
The John Watson School at Wheatley is facing a parking fine because its Variety Club minibus is too big to fit into a parking space . The ticket was issued at the car park adjacent to the Oxford City Ice Rink , where the school goes on a regular basis . The school 's head teacher , Diane Wilson says although they could have parked on the double yellow lines outside the ice rink , it would have been unfair to other vehicles as well as dangerous for the children . We do try not to use er the disabled sticker if it 's at all possible , because we actually want to behave just as anyone else behaves , in a , just an ordinary member of the community , and so do the children . We actually , people stare at our kids enough , we actually want to keep it as low key as possible , and behave in a proper way .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Ciccolini tends to adopt slow tempos here — too slow , I feel , in the initial étude ' for the five fingers ' , and in those for fourths octaves ( not emporté here ) , and chords , and much too deliberate in the one ' for the eight fingers ' which is n't molto leggiero e legato . On the other hand , he does encompass the notes with consistent authority and there is a slightly dour quality about the playing which does grow on me . I would n't want this version of the Etudes as the only one on my shelves , but it earns a place alongside other ( note , too , that these discs are available separately ) . I do notice one or two places , though , where Ciccolini departs form the Durand text — e.g. he plays the fourth and sixth quarte of the study in fourths as E and A instead of G and C , and the second quaver in bar 10 of the final ' chords ' study is a G minor chord where G major is printed ( though we get G major in the reprise at 4′18″ ) . It may be that Ciccolini is following the new Debussy edition made by Roy Howat ( which I have not seen ) , since that scholar is responsible for the English note .
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
A little further on he stopped before a cupboard door . ‘ This is what I was looking for,’ he said , and opened it . It was a cupboard used by the cleaners that contained a number of other odds and ends . Bryce exclaimed when he found the box of batteries he 'd come in search of . ‘ I was sure these were in there,’ he said .
Idiom: nothing to write home about (used idiomatically: yes)
Nothing much to add except that Redfern scored but it did n't really matter . A fine win at Grimsby for the chart topers from south London . The goal itself was nothing to write home about , had a slow motion feel to it but Charlton are the most consistent side in the Endsleigh League . And that 's why they 're top . Well we complete our look at the weekend 's First Division action with brief highlights of this afternoon 's Milwall versus Middlesbrough game .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: no)
Very sure of myself then . Things change ! Keith was over the moon at first at the prospects of being a father , but that all changed . It hit home , what it involved . He said he was scared about all the girls he 'd miss going out with , stuck with one girl .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
The colour of the paper therefore does not effect the brightness of the drawing and actually contributes something if it is not covered . The disadvantages of these papers is the possible acidity of them and the possible lack of lightfastness of the colours used . Some manufacturers may provide the necessary information on their papers and it is always worth asking for it . Alternatively , you can stretch the paper and colour it yourself with a lightfast paint . POCHETTES ARE GOOD WHEN YOU WANT TO TRY DIFFERING WEIGHTS OR COLOURS WITHOUT PAYING FOR FULL SHEETS .
Idiom: out of this world (used idiomatically: yes)
Three days . right , Archie , he 's erm , on his own , own he 's er , think his wife died years ago , he saved and saved and he went on a big cruise , do you know what I mean ? I think he were going for a , a month , a month and a half summat like that , and he said it were out of this world . He said he felt like a king . Mm .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
They kept everything I had in my pockets : wallet , fountain ~ pen , watch , knife , soap , razor , comb , as well as my suitcase with its contents , my hat , coat , tie , suspenders , even my glasses and , of course , all my money ... so that I could n’t even buy anything , with winter coming . ”
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Rubbish!’ he snapped back and ran out . He did n't come back for several hours , afraid of Mum 's temper but Dad said he would replace the mirror and this seemed to pacify her . Another day we nearly came unstuck altogether . The previous day the proprietor of a little paraffin shop had asked Dad to deliver the sticks in the afternoon because she was closing early ; and to oblige and keep a customer Dad agreed . Off we went the next day and had nearly got to the shop when Dad spotted a relief officer .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Well fling that rug out the hall it 'll be a start , bung it out on the landing for a start . Yeah yeah . So at least there 's something up there at the doors to wipe your feet on and what not , but I 'm not splashing out on stair carpet until somebody else has been Oh no . in as well .
Idiom: bits and bobs (used idiomatically: yes)
They do n't take up much space . You must let me know as soon as you know when you 're moving , wo n't you ? And we 've quite a few bits and bobs of furnishing that your mother might find useful . And of course I 'll send you up some cuttings . How exciting .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
And afterwards ? The healing process — I mean working through things like guilt and remorse — that 's all really valuable . It sort of goes in tandem with recovering from the physical pain . I 've learnt that life is deeper than I 'd thought and certainly not meant to be skimmed along . It 's so easy to forget that the name of the game is survival .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
Yes it 's easier said than done just going in and sort of lying by the seat of your pants . And you can also get lost even if you do say the script because I said to Roger I , I 've Er tried it to remember the script but then I
Idiom: tip the scales (used idiomatically: yes)
On the other , a dismissal would show that we were in earnest about stopping pilferage . The arguments would appear to be evenly balanced , but we must also consider whether Chrissie and Fred are likely to work well together in the future after she has ‘ informed’ on him . In our view , this tips the scales against Chrissie , though we recognize that there is room for argument here . c. Set up a proper control system .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
They were speaking words she could not grasp but now they were speaking them to her rather than to each other and their tone was sympathetic , cajoling . Through them there cut another , familiar , voice . She opened her eyes again and saw , hazily at first , Oliver . ‘ She 's all right,’ he was saying . ‘ But do n't crowd her , she needs air.’
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
After that episode Robert Asshe coached his daughter for the stage . Everything else was subordinated to it ; piano lessons ceased , singing ones began ; English was taught by Robert himself , and consisted of reading Webster 's plays and Marlowe 's , as well as Shakespeare 's . The latter Dinah already knew by heart and loved , and the sonnets ; but now she was Imogen , Viola , Perdita , Portia , Beatrice , Juliet . That last he visualised for her , on the boards , at no distant date . It was miraculous to find so young a girl , of Juliet 's own age , with a depth of passion which could by rights only have belonged to an older woman ; the problem of casting the ideal was solved .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
He is also author of the best - selling book Do Dogs Need Shrinks ? Well , it was supposed to be a holiday , and I did promise Claire I would n't take anything to do with work to Barbados , but both of us noticed fairly quickly just how few dogs there were on the island . There were a few German Shepherds and Dobermanns guarding the larger properties , and the security guard at the hotel had a Rottweiler but , by and large , dogs were thin on the ground and were usually medium to large brown mongrels . When we did meet a dog , we always stopped to chat with the owner — if the dog would let us ! There were no problems with Sombro and Picosso .
Idiom: beat swords into ploughshares (used idiomatically: yes)
But they do n't literally try to deform the old physical object into the new one . The old object is too weighed down with the clutter of history . Maybe you can beat a sword into a ploughshare , but try ' beating ' a propeller engine into a jet engine ! You ca n't do it . You have to discard the propeller engine and go back to the drawing board .
Idiom: rhyme or reason (used idiomatically: yes)
He 'd spoken as if he thought she was in the habit of collecting fiancés and engagement - rings . Luce sighed deeply . At times , and briefly , they had seemed to be in sympathy , then without rhyme or reason his mood would change , the warmth , the closeness would vanish and he 'd be deliberately cruel and wounding … Her thoughts were interrupted by a step , and Rosa appeared , carrying a tray holding iced lemon tea , a bowl of fruit and a plate of almond biscuits . Several magazines were tucked under her arm .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
Historically , clinical evidence has been the greatest source of research into differences between the hemispheres . That is , patients who have suffered brain damage to one of their hemispheres have been used in order to examine the effect of this damage on their linguistic and spatial abilities . More recently , however , interest in the left and right brain is due to work involving split - brain patients . These patients have undergone medical surgery to cut the cortical pathways , most notably the corpus collosum , that normally connect the hemispheres . This gives researchers the ability to study the abilities of each hemisphere of a single brain separately .