Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
I looked at Taff sitting opposite me in the gloom , his hands wrapped around his hot mug of tea , his shoulders hunched forward . He was silent for a few moments , then he raised his head , took a couple of gulps of tea and remarked very slowly , Jesus Christ , Piper , you must be bloody bomb happy ! We are all living in holes in the ground having all kinds of shit thrown at us and all you can talk about is one star being brighter than the others . ’ Taff drained his mug of tea , turned on his side and crawled into his trench muttering to himself , ‘ He 's cracking up . He 's bloody bomb happy , ’ then silence as Taff quickly fell asleep .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
What appears to be distortion in the allocation of power between different parts of the state apparatus ( e.g. bureaucracy and legislature is in reality a reflection of the state 's functioning of behalf of a dominant class . The relationship between the bureaucracy and other institutions is not a consequence of the exercise of political power by the dominant class . So the bureaucracy ‘ puts itself at the service of the political interests of the hegemonic class’(Poulantzas 1973 , p. 337 ) when the class from which the members of the state apparatus are recruited and the hegemonic class are not one and the same . When they are , ‘ the bureaucracy accedes to a relative autonomy with regard to the latter’ . It also possesses relative autonomy , however , when they are not .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
Examples include cutting through rusty screws and bolts on things like gutters , and mending plumbing leaks . A junior hacksaw takes cheap , throwaway blades which are simply snapped into place in the frame ; choose one with a plastic handle for more comfortable cutting . Adjustable spanners : You'll often be confronted with nuts and bolts of various types that need tightening or loosening — on domestic appliances , plumbing systems and so on . Obviously , in an ideal world you 'd have a different spanner for every nut , but for the time being a couple of adjustable spanners will come in very handy ( you need two because often you will have to grip a nut as well as a bolt ) . Choose one small and one medium spanner , to cope with a wide range of nut and bolt sizes .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
The Peking Hotel is not alone in its sympathy for Erich Honecker 's regime . United by a sense of shared adversity , party leaders in Peking and East Berlin have now forgotten their past quarrels to confront what both see as their common enemy — the forces of change sweeping the rest of the Communist world . On one level the sudden and unexpected friendship thrives on little more than mutual back - scratching . When most countries recoiled in horror at China 's killing of unarmed protesters four months ago , East Berlin helped break China 's isolation by offering support and congratulations . Likewise , when China had trouble getting guests for its national day celebrations on 1 October , the 40th anniversary of Communist rule , East Germany was again glad to oblige , along with hardline stalwarts such as Cuba , North Korea , Czechoslovakia and three African countries : the Comoros , Kenya and Burundi .
Idiom: scratch the surface (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ This space is too small for a thing like that , you 'd kill us all!’ Sheldukher fumbled for his laser pistol . Its thin beam barely scratched the surface of the door . ‘ Another fifteen years and maybe,’ the Doctor snorted . ‘ I do n't understand this,’ Sheldukher cried .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
PARIS – The war in Iraq – which led in 2003 to the fall of Saddam ~ Hussein ’s regime – had one clear winner : Iran . The United ~ States - led military intervention resulted in the weakening of the Middle ~ East ’s Sunni regimes , America ’s traditional allies , and the strengthening of America ’s principal foe in the region , the Islamic ~ Republic . Ten years later , we may be witnessing yet another ironic outcome in the region : At ~ least for the time being , Israel seems to be the only clear winner of the “ Arab Spring ” revolutions . Most Israelis would strongly object to this interpretation . Their regional environment has become much more unstable and unpredictable .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
A shed was broken into some time between Thursday night and Friday morning and electrical tools worth £100 were stolen . On Saturday the owner of another shed at the caravan park discovered that it had been entered and a fishing rod and other fishing equipment , worth £120 , was taken . The Pinewood Youth Club youth committee pictured at a meeting on Monday with youth workers Sue Hornsby and Kevin Howpett ( left and second right ) and Val Bethell ( third left ) . Club secretary Barry Dumycz is fourth right with ( left to right ) Gary Sturge , Lewis Whitworth and Karen Sturge . The new venture opens after Easter at Bordon 's Barbados House and Mrs. Bethell is chairman of the management committee .
Idiom: stroke of luck (used idiomatically: yes)
It could not have been for offside . Yet I did not see a foul . All I know is that it was our biggest stroke of luck this season.’ Boro full - back Jimmy Phillips said : ‘ No - one fouled me . I was as surprised as anyone when the referee turned down the goal .
Idiom: hit the road (used idiomatically: yes)
The sun was blazing hot , the skin of my bare arm beginning to burn . Away to the left , black menacing clouds of cu - nim were piled up over mountains dimly seen through a haze of humidity . ‘ When do we hit the road again?’ ‘ Soon.’ Ward peered at the control panel .
Idiom: up the spout (used idiomatically: no)
insy winsy spider climbing up the spout again What else , what else do you know ? insy winsy spider climbing up the spout no one , two , three , four , five , once I caught a fish alive , six , seven , eight , nine , ten , then I let him go again again
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
A major problem is that those caring for patients are only too well aware of the restrictions they are tending to impose . Patients are advised to eat regular meals , avoid certain foods , take tablets or inject themselves with insulin , monitor their blood glucose levels , to be careful with alcohol and see their doctors regularly . Many physicians regard giving anti-smoking advice as just too much and this falls by the wayside . Although understandable , this attitude can not be condoned . Perhaps the best approach is to devise methods by which patients conclude for themselves that smoking is harmful and undesirable .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
The Friends had proved themselves to be ingenious and enterprising in their adaptation of the building and in procuring items needed in the refurbishing for little , or no , cost . For example , the donation of some R25,000 worth of roofing material has come from a French company . All of this activity has meant that aircraft and artefact restoration has necessarily taken to the back - burner , but , to quote one of the volunteers : ‘ no building , no aircraft in the long term’ . Within the mass of timbers , display boards , tools and artefacts , Vampire FB.9 205 awaits its turn . The item that makes everyone tick at PE also lies within the former gunnery hall , but it has been receiving attention since its arrival — within the hold of a Safair L–100 Hercules .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Poor countries suffer from a multitude of growth constraints , and effective reforms address the most binding among them . Poor governance may , in general , be the binding constraint in Zimbabwe and a few other countries , but it was not in China , Vietnam , or Cambodia – countries that are growing rapidly despite poor governance – and it most surely is not in Ethiopia , South ~ Africa , El ~ Salvador , Mexico , or Brazil . As a rule , broad governance reform is neither necessary nor sufficient for growth .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
In the old days , incidentally , when a mother discovered her daughter was the innocent young victim of the lust of a rich old man , there were several obvious remedies . In my neck of the woods a boat to Ireland for a stay with the Dublin cousins was quite often handy . Alternatively , a year 's au-pairing in France , a beauty therapy course or half-a-dozen driving lessons did the trick . Jilted Simone Hyams ' parents , you will note , chose none of these things .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
I believe I gave Joe a bit of a shock when I walked up to the table and played a few shots with him . ' Look at this lad , ' he said . ' He 's just walked in here and picked up any old piece of wood and starting potting balls . YOU'VE played before ! ' he grinned . Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round - the - table shots .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
Everything must go . The only exceptions are items that his widow Betty can prove she inherited from her family . ‘ Like the man , the house and its contents are bold and larger than life,’ said Sotheby 's director James Miller . A 19th century mahogany desk dominates Maxwell 's study . The silver cigar box on it was empty — the last £ 200 Corona taken by a mystery smoker before it could be sold .
Idiom: do the honours (used idiomatically: no)
Johnson had travelled hopefully and was about to arrive : the following day he would leave the comparative comfort he had hitherto enjoyed , and head into the wilds , and not in a coach but on horseback . He wondered , in his Inverness passage , whether it was ' peculiar to the Scots to have attained the liberal , without the manual arts , to have excelled in ornamental knowledge , and to have wanted not only the elegancies , but the conveniences of common life ' . He goes on to make the point that the Scots possessed advanced tastes and understanding in literature , with a Latin poetry that ' would have done honour to any nation ' , but then ponders aloud — no wonder he offended them so — why ' men thus ingenious and inquisitive were content to live in total ignorance of the trades by which human wants are supplied , and to supply them by the grossest means . Till the Union made them acquainted with English manners , the culture of their lands was unskilful , and their domestic life unformed ; their tables were coarse as the feasts of Eskimeaux , and their houses as filthy as the cottages of Hottentots . ' Thus did , and do , travellers in other countries offer huge insult .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Both of them were aware of Alain 's black anger and Marguerite was feeling the sorrow of leaving her own house . She refused to allow Jenna to feel guilty , though , and from time to time she smiled across and patted Jenna 's hand . From time to time , too , Jenna caught Alain 's dark eyes watching her through the driving mirror , and she was greatly relieved when they began to skirt Paris . ' Can I be dropped off at the airport ? ' she was glad to ask as the signs came up . She wanted to be away .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
A Governor Support Unit was set up and is still in operation and working well today . The National Curriculum was introduced also , alongside L M S and we 're already able to see the success of that now . Testing of pupils has been introduced and is continuing to be improved in the light of experiences of its first year of work in spite of the criticisms , which are of method rather than of reason . We can see that it 's gon na provide parents and pupils with the continuous necessary information which they need to see how the they 're wor working out , how they 're progressing , and the need for further improvement . We 're now looking forward to teacher appraisal and the opportunities that this will give s school staff to enhance their own future development .
Idiom: dressed to kill (used idiomatically: no)
Gallacher admitted at the enquiry that he and his team - mates had been thirsty prior to the game , and rinsed their mouths out with whisky and water . The football authorities in England accepted the explanation and sided with Gallacher and the Newcastle team , probably as a gesture of national protocol rather than with the conviction that the Scot was telling the truth . dressed to kill There must be something in the Gallacher dynasty that provokes scandal . If Hughie Gallacher was the first Scot to be accused of being drunk in charge of a football then his namesake , Patsy Gallacher , had already gone one better .
Idiom: one of those days (used idiomatically: no)
A cardboard box banged her knees as she blew across the road to where an old lady was hopping on the spot and poking at a plastic bag on her foot . The wind had turned it into an octopus and the old lady muttered , ‘ Oh dear , oh lord , oh good heavens , what a nuisance.’ It was one of those days where she stood staring at corridors of soup cans , dithering between chicken korma and coconut or sweetcorn and satay . If you bought six cans , you got one free , but she 'd only wanted tomato anyway and that was n't part of the offer . Then , in the queue , she was in front of Min and Joe .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Long before , when he was in perfect health , we had watched a television programme concerned with the high cost of dying and had sent for the accompanying booklet , entitled , appropriately , It 's a R.I.P. Off . This we read with great interest , but at the time my husband merely made enquiries about leaving his body for medical research and was told there was not a teaching hospital near enough to accept him . Apparently the cost of transport would be out of the question when there was a plentiful supply obtainable locally . He then enquired — not too seriously , I feel — about the practicality of being put bodily on the compost heap , thereby incurring no cost and contributing , in time , to the fertility of the soil . However , our GP persuaded him that such a course would be against the public Health Act .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
Get on.’ He put on the helmet and climbed on the pillion . Biddy drove out of town fast , and down narrow lanes into the country of wide marshland and wider skies which Nails knew existed but had never set eyes on before . An urban lad , such wide open spaces made him feel exposed and uncomfortable . He was suspicious of the visit anyway , not wanting to change his ways .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
The first small groups to be provided with pensions were the lower - paid naval warrant officers in 1672 , and soon afterwards customs officers ; while an Act of 1749 set up a scheme for master merchant mariners . The pioneering general pension scheme was , however , for the Civil Service : first established in 1810 , by , 1859 a full pension scheme allowed retirement at sixty . The first commercial companies to follow suit were public utilities such as some railway and gas companies , which started pension schemes for their clerical staff from the 1840s onwards . These early pension schemes were all rewards for loyalty to a narrow group of white collar staff , whose salaries were insufficient to allow them to retire like more prosperous middle - class professionals . It was only in the late nineteenth century that a sustained campaign for pensions for manual workers began .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
The needle had caught on the Mahler record . Conrad used the back of his hand to knock the half - played chess game off the low glass table . The white queen rolled under the table and was not found for several weeks . ‘ I 'm alone,’ he thundered at the television screen . ‘ She 's there , yet she 's not there .
Idiom: plain sailing (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ She was going to have him all to herself for at least three years , probably more like five , and a part of him for ever … ’ . The novel is no persuasive advertisement for marriage , or for Jews and gays . But it is n't plain sailing either to claim it as racist and sexist . There is a difficulty with Jenny , of a kind that came with the innocent of the previous novel . She now knows more , but the iron has not entered her soul .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: no)
Around 1985 I was getting so many requests from students , mainly from Blackwomen , to give interviews to inform their dissertations . Hours and hours of Blackwomen 's work goes — unpaid and unacknowledged — into quite literally saving Blackwomen from failing their degrees . So few informed Blackwomen artists are employed in institutions , that we are co - erced into helping out , at the very last minute , to save Blackwomen artists , no , let me correct that , Black students across the board , that it was obvious that the wheel could not be eternally re - invented . Passion offers schools , colleges and community venues the opportunity to invest in a vast wealth of information about our work during the 80 's and then draw from that information in a more creative and challenging way . All of us face racism and sexism in our explorations , and the wonderful articles and portfolios in Passion signpost a continuum of experiences , our litany of survival , which has created the situation where we can , like the Blackwomen 's Creativity Project , network internationally from a position of equality not imperialism .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: yes)
His tongue thrusting between her impassioned lips emulated the rhythm of his penetration . Ruth 's head spun wildly as her whole body convulsed against his . The water buoyed them and Ruth had never experienced anything so erotic as she dragged her hands down his wet back to grasp his hips to her own . Her mouth sought his again and again as they broke for breath . ‘ Oh , God , no,’ she husked pitifully as Fernando suddenly drew back from her and with eyes hooded with desire and power he let himself sink below the water .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ She was playing a bit of commonish type girl , with really short mini skirts and all this . When the role of Charlene came up , I remembered her and called her in with some others . Annie Jones , who plays Jane , was also in the running . But Kylie had just the right look and style and character . Just as I imagined it.’
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
You groom them . See , we call it dressing them over you see . Er , you get ready and yo by quarter to seven the head lad see goes and walks round and he says , oh eh okay , come on , get a move on we wanna be out . Well you start getting out so that you leave the place at seven o'clock . The horses are walking round in a ring then .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , with a variant : I call it ‘ political iconography’ . Iconography as studied by Panofsky and Saxl was always directed towards the history of ideas ; it had a specific philosophical slant , whether Neo - Platonic , Stoic or humanist . I believe that , as Jews , Panofsky and the others deliberately steered clear of any politically orientated iconography in order not to be controversial . This involved , for example , all questions of art geared towards particular interests , such as propagandistic iconography , the iconography of rulers and so on . In his essay on the Reformation , Warburg did in fact indicate that there was a political aspect to iconography .
Idiom: sticky fingers (used idiomatically: yes)
' You 're right . I do , ' Caroline admitted , holding the warm little body against her and experiencing a faint , inexplicable pang at the other girl 's words . ' Sticky little fingers and all ! ' ' But he 'll ruin your lovely dress ! ' Anneliese was admiring the cut and style with a practised European eye for fashion .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: no)
Only eight consultants held one to one teaching or tutorials for their house officers and most consultants estimated their total teaching time to be less than 30 minutes a week . Twenty four respondents stated that they delegated some of the responsibility for house officer teaching to other junior medical staff and to ward sisters . All but one of the consultants said they provided feedback on the house officer 's progress , although one admitted it was little more than ‘ five minutes at the end to say thank you.’ The apprenticeship experience was seen by almost all of the consultants as the most powerful contribution to house officer training . Being caught up within the clinical culture , learning by immersion , and absorbing the practice and principles of the firm may seem to leave the educational process to chance but all respondents pleaded that any changes in the preregistration year should not depreciate or downgrade the contribution of apprenticeship to the training process .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah . Oh I could have kicked myself when I got up there . Went all that way on the bus . Come back again . Well you 'll know next time .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
I knew most of me hurt , but was not sure which bits might cause lasting problems . I 've watched Casualty on TV often enough , so I knew what to expect at the hospital : lots of furrowed brows and swishing cubicle curtains . The full damage report revealed a deep gash over the left eye , a broken nose , and fractured sternum , ribs and right foot . My wife , meanwhile , was in the next cubicle with a fractured sternum and collarbone . There was one more serious casualty .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
Dave . Come on . Get a move on this morning . Oh ! Phillip the tape 's going .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: no)
Nursery is the logical place to start . It is unique in its opportunities to establish from the outset good habits in terms of expectations of parental involvement and willingness to participate in honest exchange about the child 's progress . It is helped by the daily face - to - face contact staff have with members of the child 's family , or caregivers : exchange arises naturally from this continuing and immediate contact . The study aimed to allow staff and parents time to think critically together about educational issues and their joint responsibilities , and to provide a brief record of the process which would include a monitoring commentary . It was hoped that parents and staff would become more aware of the importance of sharing .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
All four racks are crammed with fish as oily as a politician 's smile . There are eels , mackerel , salmon and trout . There are even a few herrings for good measure . ( I did n't catch these because they are rarely taken on rod and line , but herrings make excellent bait for skate and pike . You never know when you 're going to need a herring ) .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
The Feldwebel agreed and she came back with three large bowls of hot pea soup . The mousy man pulled out some bread and sausage , wrapped up in a copy of the Vökischer Beobachter . There was a large black headline on the front page , thickly underlined in red : ' Gegen den judisch - bolschewistischen Feind zum Sieg ! ' Somebody had made a speech .
Idiom: at a pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
To - night he must make the shortest time of it he could to Strata Marcella , reassure himself that his father 's grave had not been desecrated , and warn the prior of Isambard 's malignant interest in it . There was a boat at the mill , and the current would help him down - river in the crossing and bring him quickly to the water - meadows by the abbey . Or if by any chance the boat was not there , or too securely chained , he could swim across at a pinch . The level would be reasonably low now , for the autumn had been dry ; and the cold he could bear in such a cause . ' As you please , ' said Thomas airily .