Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
I said what would I like to say , disgusted with the way he 's been treated , I said my father left intensive care at one o'clock on Friday , we was told he was gon na leave there at four o'clock to go home and have a meal and be with him when he went on the ward , when we came back , he 'd been moved , he 'd gone on the ward , he was plonked in the chair , his catheter was on his lap , it had leaked all over him , his dressing was hanging off and seeping with green stuff the wound on his leg was run all down over his foot , he 'd got no cover on his seat so he could see , Dave said they looked and they did n't look very bloody nice And your dad could see that ? Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? I said he 's my father and then he falls out the fucking bed when they put him in it because they admit negligence , they forgot to put the cot side up , dad has got lack of oxygen to his bra brain , he thought it was the Battle of Hastings going on but they said there was nobody there , well surely they must have known Joy he fell out the bloody bed because he 's laying like this and he 's falling and he 's falling and bang come out , he split all his bloody head open , do you know the blood was there from the night he fell out , he fell out at half past ten at night and they never informed us , which is against the law and the blood still sat there at quarter to four the following day , all over the floor , he 's got a bloody stitch in his head which they done to him while he were in the bed , and ripped three tubes out of his arm , split all his bloody arm open And your mum knows all this ?
Idiom: over my dead body (used idiomatically: yes)
She 'll never starve,’ Alfred pointed out , rallying his defences . Sir Thomas turned puce . ‘ You marry my daughter over my dead body , and that 's my last word.’ It was not an original word , but it made his point as far as Alfred was concerned . Sir Thomas stalked off , maddened beyond endurance , and with only five minutes to change before the Prince of Wales arrived .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
He pressed a button and a vivid , writhing , three dimensional computer graphic blossomed forth . ‘ This is the model our analysts have come up with for the development of our leisure interests over the next few years . ‘ Rock’ climbing has already overtaken shopping as the number one leisure pursuit in most parts of the developed world — and still has a good way to go before it peaks . We are doing well with dog - fighting in spite of its illegality , and we are making progress with a few speculative lines such as cave diving , simulated extreme skiing and Russian roulette . If we can train the market to accept a high degree of objective danger — such as we have in Cybercranker , then we can make mutually beneficial arrangements with certain medical organisations .
Idiom: pull someone's leg (used idiomatically: yes)
Whether it is civil war , pogroms , or other armed conflicts , all too often women ’s bodies become part of the battlefield . The victims of large - scale sexual atrocities range from baby girls to old women . In Darfur , janjaweed militia kidnapped a 12-year - old girl and gang - raped her for a week , pulling her legs so far apart that she was crippled for life . The biggest fear of rape victims in Darfur , however , is that they will never find a husband . Under sharia law , raped women are prosecuted for adultery or fornication .
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
Only a miracle could save Germany , and belief in miracles was a thing of the past . Hitler 's speech on 20 July after the attempt on his life was turned into a criticism of him and the regime . The Führer 's claim that his work had been sabotaged for years , and that the German war machine could run at full stretch now that the last plot had been foiled , was seen to demonstrate that the people had long been lied to in earlier statements that time was on Germany 's side and war production increasing . Either the Führer 's statement , the report went on , meant that he had allowed himself to be badly deceived and was not , therefore , the genius he was always alleged to be ; or he had intentionally lied to the people about rising war production , knowing all the time that saboteurs were at work . ' The most worrying aspect of the whole thing ' , it concluded , ' is probably that most people 's comrades , even those who up to now have believed unwaveringly , have lost faith in the Führer . '
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
On October 17 , shortly after midnight , Seth Morgan and Suzy Levine approached the right lane of the bridge at about forty miles an hour . He steered too far to the left and nicked the edge of the median strip . The bike shot up in the air . Seth flew forty miles an hour face first into the piling with such force that he uprooted the eight telephone poles . Seth ‘ stopped abruptly’ , Sergeant Barrios explains , then rolled another twenty - four feet , coming to a halt in the roadway .
Idiom: meet someone halfway (used idiomatically: yes)
Shock held Lindsey rigid and speechless . At least he had the grace to look shame - faced . The least she could do in return was to meet him halfway . In any case , she told herself , it would be ridiculous to antagonise him , especially as , like it or not , they still had to work together . ‘ Well , I … ’
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Local Management of Schools will be judged a success if it has been up and running reasonably well since 1 April 1990 . That is a short - term view . In the long run , ' LEAs will need to evaluate the success of local management in improving the quality of teaching and learning in their schools , ' and ' the government will wish to evaluate … the success of local management in raising the quality of education in schools 'says Circular 7/88 ( DES 1988b ) . Standards may well rise from 1990 , but the rise may stem from the National Curriculum , testing , parental choice , opting out , or other factors which have nothing to do with the ERA . How will LEAs or government be able to say whether LMS has affected standards ?
Idiom: in the offing (used idiomatically: yes)
Just how long it 's gon na take . It might take months , it might take years , it might never even be possible . 'Cos I think another thing , where a lot of pressure comes on scientists , is where , it says a lot of cases , where profit is in the offing , this is a thing , Mm . we wanted to get people chemical , wanted to get a thing through , so they could make a profit from it .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: no)
So the second thought might be : why not integrate fully ? There 's a great deal of language , for example , which can be transacted in science and maths . Many aspects of science could be drawn into a variety of project / topic work arrangements , and some of the maths and science items could also be delivered in tandem . There are , however , constraints on creating a fully - integrated curriculum . The two main ones are :
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
How far certain aspects of Chinese dream - interpretation might be considered , as Chinese themselves are sometimes inclined to think , anticipations of Freudian psychology , would be a subject worth investigating . The invention of printing in Europe in the sixteenth century soon brought with it a number of books offering dream - interpretations for ordinary people . These books typically claimed to be the distillation of wisdom handed down from Arab sages through the centuries , and they all drew heavily on Artemidorus 's work . They took the form of dictionaries , with lists of subject - matters and their associated meanings . As Raymond de Becker points out , they could have been used as gospel by the naive , or turned into parlour games by sceptics .
Idiom: grin and bear it (used idiomatically: yes)
They 'd just have complained to Mrs Goreng about me , and then there would have been hell to pay . I would have been the scapegoat for anything bad they wrote afterwards . I just had to grin and bear it . So I was not sorry to see them go . De Gaulle , who had never murmured about leaking taps or malodorous drains , remained somewhat out of favour with the group for the short time remaining .
Idiom: run a mile (used idiomatically: yes)
Once you have to make sacrifices in your job and you have responsibilities then things might be different . ’ Training Their current training programme means two nights a week in the gym , one night running six miles , two outings a day at the weekend in their single sculls , a 6.30am outing once a week as part of a national squad eight then two more sculling outings have to be fitted in during the weekdays . Jonny says : ‘ Rowing is the sort of sport that , if you 're tall enough and weigh enough , you can get pretty good at it — if you 're willing to put all the hours into training . I was no good at rugby so I took up rowing .
Idiom: laugh all the way to the bank (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's the one with the power . — Look at him laughing . Bet he 's laughing all the way to the bank ! Looking down here , thinking : ‘ What a load of mugs!’ Bet all these machines are fixed .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: no)
The record £ 700,000 buy said : ' I 've been missing chances and I can understand the fans ' frustrations but this goal should help . ' It was only the Lancashire side 's second win in nine games and manager Joe Royle admitted : ' We needed that . I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time but nobody could deny we deserved this result . ' Royle added : ' Olney has taken time to settle in but he is full of running and he is now doing okay . It was certainly a vital goal for us . '
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
Les Bence Dear Mr Bence , I was astonished , to say the least , the other day when I overheard you tell my young son and his friend that Mike Channon , the former Southampton and England footballer , now turned racing magnate , was your brother - in - law . Well ? Mrs Y. Lamb ,
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: yes)
In order to explain fully the story of the Louth - Bardney goods train it is necessary to describe the line 's history and situation . Louth in Lincolnshire , 16 miles south of Grimsby , is a pleasant little country market town . With the formation of the East Lincolnshire Railway Company in 1848 , Louth became an important junction , for in 1874 , together with other branch lines , it became like the hub of a wheel , with its main line from Grimsby to Boston , Spalding and Peterborough running north and south , the branch going south - east to Sutton on Sea , Mablethorpe and Skegness , and the Louth - Bardney branch going west through the Lincolnshire Wolds towards Bardney and Lincoln . The latter is the branch line on which the mysterious ghost train was heard . It was planned to be an important branch , conveying iron ore from the strata at Apley and Donington , but this traffic never materialised owing to the vast amount of iron ore deposits found at Santon , near Scunthorpe .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
Just say the name and your invisible assistant will call their office . She will also , it is claimed , answer the phone automatically , so you do n't need to move a hand off the wheel to take an incoming call . The BT Azure has a security lock , a hand - signal strength indicator and a dual - function timer , to help you keep tabs on individual calls and your total calling time . For those who need the ability to carry the phone with them wherever they go , it is also available with an optional transmobile kit that turns it into a transportable cellphone . Apart from the safety aspects , most people will go for the Azure because the voicedial command system makes this unique phone both easy and fun to use .
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
In all first - class cricket , he scored 19,034 runs at 26.65 including 21 centuries , and took 1894 wickets at 25.05 . He did the double six times and also held 599 catches . At Test level , he scarcely made the grade , averaging 19 with the bat and 40 with the ball . Why , it might reasonably be asked , does someone who on paper was merely a competent county allrounder justify a centenary tribute ? The answer is that his remarkable methods as batsman , bowler and captain made him one of the great sporting entertainers .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
' She and Guy have split up . I 'll bet that 's made for a few tensions in Schreider Sterne Inc. ! ' Serve him right , Virginia thought uncharitably , but some buried corner of her rejoiced that Guy had told the truth , at least on that score … She despised the treacherous reaction , smothered it immediately . Lucy was eyeing her changing expression speculatively .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
I stopped in a little restaurant and ordered a hot dog by pointing at a picture of one that hung over the greasy counter . I gobbled it up and pointed that I wanted another . The man at the counter shook his head and held out his hand . I reached in my pocket and pulled out the wadded up bill . Wiping his hands on a towel , he opened it up , stretched it a couple of times , and then slipped it in the pocket of his dirty apron .
Idiom: go native (used idiomatically: yes)
Robert Armstrong , the Cabinet Secretary , developed a genuine affection for Mrs Thatcher , which was obviously reciprocated during his term in office . Another highly influential bureaucrat , Charles Powell , was a fast - rising Foreign Office man who came to Margaret Thatcher 's notice when part of the team negotiating independence for Zimbabwe . Seconded from the Foreign Office as her deputy private secretary , Powell was soon reckoned by his former colleagues to have ‘ gone native’ , and was widely resented for his continued and easy access to the Prime Minister 's ear , into which he appeared to be whispering something which was definitely not the authorized FO version . All worked prodigious hours ( ‘ Charles , eez 's nairver at ' ome’ was the frequent complaint of Powell 's sprightly Italian wife ) , which reinforced their remoteness from the rest of the world . Then there were the courtiers , the greatest of whom was her husband , Denis .
Idiom: recharge your batteries (used idiomatically: yes)
Her father had warned her it would be this way , his grey eyes unusually concerned as he sat with her in the club office . ‘ I thought you wanted to be out of the limelight for a while,’ he 'd said . ‘ You told me you wanted to get away from it all , to recharge your batteries after all the craziness . You wo n't manage that in the nightclub — they 'll be flocking from miles around to see you.’ ‘ And they 'll stay because they like the place,’ she had answered lightly .
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: no)
You know when you sit down in your seat the performance is going to be uplifting and you will leave the theatre humming a cheerful tune.’ That was certainly the philosophy during the times of economic crisis in the early Eighties when the original run of Barnum played to packed houses , and when the National Theatre hit the jackpot with its first musical , Guys And Dolls . Psychologist Dr Glen Wilson , author of The Psychology Of Performing Arts , believes an evening of song and dance can actually change people for the better . ‘ Musicals give a direct emotional lift,’ he says . ‘ The music has an awakening effect , which has you leaving the theatre with more energy and life than before.’
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
The coroner said Michael 's head hit the chair and he died instantly from a fractured skull . The lift was stopped immediately . But the parents were stranded on the lift on chairs just behind the accident scene for half an hour before they were rescued . The authorities in California are still investigating what went wrong . The so called Sling - shot lift was closed down after the accident .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Preaching epistle to the apostles and anointing them with water ( still , not carbonated ) . He came back with us , skateboard under - arm , to the hotel out in the suburbs near Troy , after their customary riotous reception . He was pissed off about a cameraman who kept stalking his every move ; filming for use on the large video screens positioned on either side of the stage . He said it detracted from the band 's performance to focus mainly on him . Detroit Pine Knob , August 1
Idiom: under a cloud (used idiomatically: no)
In ideal weather conditions a field landing should present no difficulties and even in poor visibility , with a known wind direction , the risks are acceptable . But landing safely in torrential rain , with a squally and unpredictable wind , can only be a matter of luck for the most skilled pilot . If the cloud base is low , there is bound to be a risk of coming out under the cloud and being unable to reach an area where it is not raining . For a good chance of a safe landing , the ground must be seen from at least a thousand feet so that there is time to select a field and assess the wind . In sinking air even this would not be enough to allow for much choice and , of course , it assumes that the descent will be made over open countryside and not amongst hills or moorland .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
The repair would have taken us over our budget so we saw this as God 's way to close the door . He provided a better place , which the uneasy partner did not even want to look at , but admits could not be better . Actually when you consider that particular kind of situation , what type of person would , in a crucial decision , knowing he was charged with the responsibility for the direction of his family , say ' I consider my plan to be the most effective , but we 'll do it your way to keep peace ' ? I think we would all find that irresponsible . Authority was never given for the benefit of the person in authority , but only as a tool to serve those under that authority .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
What you saying here , what is it ? three little ducks came swimming back three little ducks went swimming one you sing it one day over the hills over the hills and far away that 's enough one little duck went one
Idiom: famous last words (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Looks like we 've had our trouble for nothing,’ Jack said , with appropriate satisfaction . ‘ Anything that 's run that gauntlet without getting hooked has got to be brother to an eel.’ It was one more case of famous last words . In the first dark pool under the hollowed bank the steady , rolling eddies went placidly round and round , smooth as cream , their tension dimpling the centre into a slow , minor whirlpool . And in the middle of the slanting span , circling upon a radius of about three yards , and light enough to maintain its place a foot or so below the surface , something pale and oval went monotonously round and round .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't know about these , this person you 're thinking of but er a very common reaction , I certainly have this from time to time , it really does irritate my wife cos I usually wake her up , is you know , you 're just going off to sleep and you suddenly kind of feel you 're falling , does , does that happen ? That 's quite a common thing I think . I mean I kind of you know , you give a start and unfortunately if you 're in bed with somebody else you tend to wake them up , because my wife never does that , she 's just too good to be true . But erm , so now I 'm blamed for waking her up . But erm , you know , there 's a wonderful picture , I do n't know if you 've seen it , by Salvador Dali , called Sleep , which is a kind of head - like figure , it 's a figure which is mainly a head with a kind of sheet draped over it , supported on crutches , lots of crutches , and this kind of represents this , and the idea that if one of the crutches were to move , the figure would wake up .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'll leave it in the other room for you . Just in case you got ideas.’ In the doorway Battler turned and gave me a final beam for good measure , then they were gone . I heard the outer door shut . It was a relief to see the last of them .
Idiom: in the same breath (used idiomatically: no)
‘ If I loved him , replied the river , ‘ it was because , when he leaned over my water , I saw the reflection of my waters in his eyes.’ ( Oscar Wilde , 2 ) Lawrence 's masquerade of adjustment involves a projection of his own fears , anxieties , and neurosis which , in the Swift / Celia case , is especially revealing because in the same breath he consciously repudiates the scapegoating process which partly comprises that projection ( pp . 303 — 4 ) . But Lawrence dramatizes something else : if , within the construction of homosexuality as a fear or refusal of otherness , there may be a projection by the male heterosexual on to the homosexual of his fear of the woman as other , there may also be a disavowal of the heterosexual 's fear of the homosexual as the same —that is , a fear of those gender proximities and interconnections , including Lawrence 's opposed energy ‘ flows’ , whose feared mutual implication compromises not only the ideology of sexual difference , but the cultural formations which it underwrites . It is in this complicated sense that misogyny and homophobia once more interconnect , and otherness may be said to inhere within the same .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
But maybe it suited her . She was a lively one and no mistake . All for getting out and about . I suppose it was pretty quiet for a young girl at Four Winds . That 's what made it seem all the more strange when she turned in on herself , so to speak , in the end.’
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus Mandel had set out the three levels at which the fight against bureaucratization must be waged by the ‘ revolutionary vanguard’ : 1 . At the level of the political organization of the state by fostering workers ' democracy and direct participation by the masses in the running of the state . 2 . At the international level by world revolution which , by breaking the isolation of the workers ' states , will provide an effective antidote to bureaucratization .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
It can bring them literally in touch with the past . Most local record offices encourage educational group visits . Often groups can be given a " familiarisation visit " , going behind the scenes in the archives to learn about the range of documents and the methods of preserving and caring for them . Such visits can form a very useful introduction to a history course . Much of the time pupils will work on sources that have been carefully selected by the teacher .
Idiom: not cricket (used idiomatically: no)
It was unfair . Dastardly unfair . It was a filthy trick , totally unsporting and certainly not cricket . Had they obeyed the accepted rules of warfare they would have stayed somewhere ‘ further down’ . Cancer cells , like meter readers without identity cards were evidently not to be trusted .