Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Ask for Ward 4 — Intensive . Have a good night and try not to worry . I passed this on to the assembled crowd — Lisabeth in her dressing - gown constituted a crowd by herself — and held up my hands to silence the chorus of ' what'll - we - do - now ? ' ' We go to the hospital and stay with her . I 've told the police the name of Frank 's firm and they 'll trace him .
Idiom: true blue (used idiomatically: yes)
My other sister 's friends . Pardon ? True love you 're the one I 'm , dreaming of you 're heart fits me , like a glove , and I 'm gon na be true blue , baby I love you ! You 're the one I songs are really , really strong . Your heart fits me , like a glove so we 're gon na true blue baby I love you !
Idiom: jockey for position (used idiomatically: yes)
She had a view through the windscreen but no one could have seen her in the back . A few familiar miles rolled by before she was in territory she did not recognize . Traffic was heavy and drivers bad tempered so the white van was forced to jockey for position , the swarthy man stamping on brake or accelerator and his passenger bouncing off her precarious seat . Gradually the houses thinned to countryside . Trees dominated her rectangular view .
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
THE day short - tempered Ronnie Garth punched the town 's mayor was the luckiest of his life . It helped him find his long - lost daughter . Ronnie , 54 , hit the headlines when he thumped the mayor in the face after his civic car ran over Christmas lights he was stringing up in the centre of Frome , Somerset . His daughter Tracey , now in her twenties , who he had not seen since she was three , got in touch and the two plan to meet . Ronnie , who also learned he is a grandfather , said : ‘ It broke my heart when I read her letter saying she had missed me.’
Idiom: laugh like a drain (used idiomatically: yes)
And surface she did ; too near for the German to train his guns on her but near enough to get her own gun on them . Pumped one straight into the destroyer 's magazine , then took off , the cheeky sods ! Laughing like drains , I should n't wonder . ' He grinned . ' Bet they could n't believe their luck . '
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
Piss that up the wall ! You can spend as much as you like to do that ! Go out once in a while do I ? It 's still the same Melvin ! I see you alright , you know that !
Idiom: make someone's day (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Tell me more . The whole incident . You 've just made my day.’ ‘ Anything from Jackson yet?’ ‘ No.’
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
Not so the cultivators . Their sedentary way of life , the fact that individual families could become units of production and could not only store considerable surpluses , but pass them on to subsequent generations , now meant that the old egalitarian and cooperative values of the hunter - gatherers were gone for ever . Now the experience of weaning introduced envy , competitiveness and resentment on a level never seen before . As we have seen , the result was the emergence of social groupings resembling more the rigid hierarchy of the primal horde than the fluid community of the hunting band . Thus individualism , egoism and a brute struggle for social superiority emerged once again , leading ultimately to the supreme tyranny of the god - kings .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
' Where did they get him from ? ' ' East Germany , via West Germany . He Saw The Light seven or eight years ago , and went to work for the Verfassung - schutz at Ehrenfeld . Counter - espionage . Given his background , he built up a very effective little unit , then he offered the whole thing to us after the Flying Doctor business .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: no)
Holt ( 1981 ) , in a review of all three of the APU test areas , has criticisms about each . The independent appraisals of the maths testing ( Cambridge Institute of Education , 1985 ) and the language testing ( Thornton , 1986 ) do not directly comment on the validity of the tests . Both are generally positive , and Thornton notes that the testing is based upon an intellectually respectable view of language and uses assessment categories which ‘ break new ground’ . He also comments favourably on the test situation . Even if , in general terms , the curriculum model is adequate , and the test items valid , it may not match the particular curriculum experienced by the student who is being tested .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
They were eager to capitalise on the partial Americanisation of British business and the acceptance in many quarters of American management approaches and techniques ; they also closely followed and matched the globalisation strategy of their major multinational clients . Yet British search firms played an equally , if not more , important role in the emergence of the headhunting business in this country in the 1950s , 1960s , 1970s and 1980s . These firms had either splintered off from American companies — as in the case of Norman Broadbent — or they had been set up on their own from scratch , in a variety of forms such as MSL , EAL , Tyzack , Alexander Hughes , Goddard Kay Rogers , John Stork , Merton and Whitehead Mann , to name but a few . How did the individuals behind these businesses manage to promote their services so effectively ? How many more fell by the wayside in the process ?
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: no)
Sometimes I 'm working and sometimes I 'm not . If I am , weekends do n't mean much in my life . People get murdered , they disappear and sometimes they even break the law at weekends . Somebody ought to make a rule . Take yesterday .
Idiom: have kittens (used idiomatically: no)
‘ He hasn't,’ said Rosalba , but then caught herself , seeing her sister 's need , and admonished her . ‘ Wake up , Cati , for crying out loud . You 've seen Micia have kittens - Mother of God , she has them four times a year . You 've seen the sheep 's afterbirths , lying in the fields after the lambs are born . Well , we 're no different .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
With Ali and Asaad in the lead , we trudge around the driveway . Soon , Ali 's son decides he wants down . Ali lowers him to the ground , holding his left hand , and tries to get him to walk . Asaad turns to look at Isaac ; he intends to play . I ask Isaac to take Asaad 's right hand so he 'll go with his Daddy .
Idiom: play with fire (used idiomatically: yes)
The events in Judge Broomfield 's courtroom constitute the element of truth in the myth of Gandhi 's successful appeal to the British conscience . Addressing the court before sentencing , and speaking in that confiding style whose quality of extreme directness made ordinary statements seem extraordinary , Gandhi took upon himself complete responsibility for ‘ the diabolical crimes of Chauri Chaura’ and other disturbances which had broken out in recent weeks . ‘ I knew that I was playing with fire’ , he confessed ; ‘ I ran the risk , and if I were set free I would still do the same.’ He did not ask for mercy ; he did not plead extenuation : he was here , he said , ‘ to invite and cheerfully submit to the highest penalty that can be inflicted upon me for what in law is a deliberate crime , and what appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen’ . With a high sense not only of justice but of dramatic effect he informed the judge that the only courses open to him were ‘ either to resign your post , or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer are good for the people’ .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
I thought it had to be him . And she had n't come back . I know it sounds mad but I suddenly had an image of them doing it on the carpet in the office like a couple of dogs.’ His voice was flat with sadness . ‘ Sounds silly , does n't it?’
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
' There was nothing really wrong in what I did , Ben . ' ' Of course not , Rhoda . ' ' Just taking a liberty . Nothing worse . I 'm glad I told you all about it at the time .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: no)
PATRICK VAN DEN HAUWE is the professional Associationist born on 16 December 1960 in Dendermonde , Belgium ( although he represents the principality of Wales at ' international level ' ) . A ' full - back ' , he began his career as an ' apprentice ' with Birmingham City , making his ' full league'debut in the 1978/79 season . Unhindered by colour disposition he was able to join Everton Football Club where he won medals for two ' League Championships ' and one ' European Cup - Winners Cup ' . He currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur ' FC ' where he proceeded to embark upon an intimate friendship with the nutritionally - disordered Ms Mandy Smith . This led to divorce from his wife , who could perhaps be permitted some schadenfreude at the fact that Van Den Hauwe 's relationship had , perforce , become platonic .
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
Speed of response is also important . Andrew Hemmings who manages an alcohol recovery project in Manchester for Turning Point , said people had lost heart and started to drink again because of delays in establishing whether the local authority was going to pay for treatment . ‘ Whereas previously we could get the money from the DSS , now there is a long , cumbersome process to go through and people are falling by the wayside because of it . Last year we dealt with 16 different local authorities so it is very time consuming.’ Use or misuse : How can local authorities help assess need ?
Idiom: fall from grace (used idiomatically: yes)
Not surprisingly , their most fanatical fan happened to be Steven Morrissey . He was to be found lurking in the band 's dressing room whenever they ventured into Mancunian territory , which was often . The Heartbreakers were to fall from grace with violent rapidity towards the end of 1977 , only to re - emerge as cult heroes in 1984 . It 's interesting to note that , a heavily guitar based sound apart , the gap between The Heartbreakers and The Smiths could n't possibly be wider . Indeed , in retrospect , it is difficult to see just why the young Morrissey was drawn towards the New York Dolls school of hammy glitter at all .
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I 'm still rather tired after the birth,’ she admitted , ‘ but I 'm getting stronger.’ In the privacy of their bedroom that night , Sarah expressed her dismay to her mother . ‘ I 've never seen anyone go downhill so quickly,’ she said . Ann Butler sighed . ‘ I know , lass,’ she replied .
Idiom: no can do (used idiomatically: yes)
She did n't have to stand for it ! ' My father will pay for you to have a room in the village . ' ' No can do . I work until late into the night most nights . You 'll just have to put up with my company , or else … '
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Last year,’ he added , ‘ accountants advised us to let the station fold and buy the bits back from the receiver . But you ca n't do that to people 's dreams and jobs . So we ignored the advice and got stuck in.’ In a valiant effort to keep the station on air , Gaston said they had to cut overheads , increase the audience , find £ 120,000 to pay off creditors and convince the bank that , as he put it , ‘ the dead duck could fly’ . At the time the station was still losing almost £ 10,000 a month .
Idiom: steal someone's thunder (used idiomatically: yes)
Welcome back : A five year old Bosnian airlifted to Britain from Sarajevo upstaged the Health Minister today , and publicly thanked hospital workers for treating him and his fellow evacuees . Wesley Smith The Minister had planned a speech of thanks himself during a visit to Stoke Mandeville Hospital … but Adis Avdic stole his thunder . MARIA COYLE / Stoke Mandeville AMELA AVDIC / Adis 's Mother
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
Two others were offered it by their usual dealer . One was regularly given a ‘ chase’ while he waited for his cannabis to be weighed out and so was initiated . The other worked as a ‘ runner’ or delivery man , for a large dealer and was paid out in heroin to the tune of 2 grams a day which he began to consume . Finally , one other began to use heroin almost by default in that he and a friend bought heroin with the specific aim of selling it for a profit . This was before the ‘ epidemic’ had reached its current proportions and , being unsuccessful in their enterprise , they used it rather than throw it away .
Idiom: make it snappy (used idiomatically: yes)
These questions will find answers with further development of endothelin receptor antagonists for use in chronic , as well as the more usual acute , studies .. Chemical Dynamics Chemists make it snappy Ian W. M. Smith Over the past decade , lasers able to generate ultra - short pulses have moved out of the laser physicist 's laboratory and onto the chemist 's bench .
Idiom: scratch the surface (used idiomatically: yes)
But the pot of gold simply does not exist as he has already discovered in trying to pay for Labour 's initial promises . To raise funds for higher pensions and child benefit , he is having to turn to 4½m people on middling incomes with his higher tax affecting those earning just 28 p.c . above the national average — and 18 p.c . above the South East 's average . But Mr Smith has merely scratched the surface of Labour 's election promises . Accountants Coopers & Lybrand cost Labour 's promises at £ 26 billion , even if the more far - fetched ones are dropped or postponed . Yet his higher taxes will finance only the £ 6½ billion of additional spending in his ‘ shadow’ Budget .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . But when the smoke cleared for a moment , he was horrified to see , very close to the burning rick , a whole row of wheat - ricks . These probably contained most of the wheat produced on the farm that year , and could catch fire at any moment . As he rushed towards the wheat - rick that was most in danger , he saw he was not alone . A crowd of farm workers had seen the fire and run into the field to help save the wheat , but they were so confused they did not know what to do .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Farmers were told they would make pots of money , more than the heroin processors in the neighbouring , largely tribal agency of Bajaur could hope to offer . Moreover , they were told that if anything went wrong the United Nations would guarantee them a market for their onions . Convinced by the foreigners — and the then high price of onions — the farmers took the plunge on a large scale . Whole villages went over to onions , and narcotics officials beamed with pleasure and satisfaction . Crop substitution was working .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
' Go back to your duties and mind your business ! ' Curtsying , Theda left the little parlour with alacrity , and went to the kitchen to find Adam Diggory and retrieve Hector from him . The dog was under the kitchen table , gobbling scraps of meat given to him by Mrs Elswick , busy at the stove . ' So you are being spoilt , are you , sir ? ' Theda asked of him , mock - stern .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ This is a lovely house — eighteenth - century , is n't it?’ Patrick nodded . ‘ Yeah , I picked it up for a song about twelve years ago . Seventy grand I paid for it , and that was the national debt then I can tell you . It was a ruin.’
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: yes)
I love it . I happen to tell you , that it 's , we hope that the tree will be lit . It 's lit again at the moment , but so far we 've had something like fifteen bulbs stolen , and when that heavy rain comes , it fills the little cups and goes bang and the gentleman today , was busy drilling things out of the fuse box , where I think it had gone again . So . It 's we lit tonight .
Idiom: bugger all (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh I were just wondering . Ca n't find clocks . Ca n't find bugger all . Oh so they 'll be round here somewhere then wo n't they ? Yeah , radio alarm clocks .
Idiom: bite the bullet (used idiomatically: yes)
This may sound far - fetched but it is surely worth considering as a co - operative European venture . After all , it would be highly dangerous if the Russians start selling these aircraft anywhere else . The EFA should therefore be a prime target for spending cuts , but at the same time , does n't it make sense for the Government to ‘ bite the bullet’ on another contentious issue , viz . the future of the Rosyth dockyard ? Both these decisions would mean job losses , but what is the point of employing people on very expensive projects that are no longer needed ? Eventually these jobs will have to go and it might as well be now .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: no)
But there is a second possibility : beyond our planet 's computer , there may be others that are its superior . Then , indeed , existence will not need to resemble our past life , and a person can die with a vague yet justified hope . And Agnes imagined a scene that had lately been often on her mind : a stranger comes to visit her . Likeable , cordial , he sits down in a chair facing her husband and herself and proceeds to converse with them . Under the magic of the peculiar kindliness radiating from the visitor , Paul is in a good mood , chatty , intimate , and fetches an album of family photographs .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
He pitched his cap , which bore a gold monogram - probably the badge of some bank - in a wide sweep across the whole room on to a sofa , and with the tail - ends of his jacket thrown back , his hands in his trouser pockets , advanced with a grim visage towards Gregor .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
After stuffing himself on mince pies and quaffing all that milk , and getting even tubbier , it 's surprising that Santa can carry all the things the 600,000 ask him for . And even more amazing that he can still squeeze through chimneys and central heating air vents in tower blocks . Most kids have a pretty long list : ‘ Please may I have a Barbie doll with her van and a oops a daisy doll hands down games bensing babys teddy bears leggo my dolley suprise hungry hippoes.’ Some of these kids start young . One three - month - old baby managed to talk its parents into sending Santa a letter asking for some clothes and a few bits for the cot .
Idiom: move mountains (used idiomatically: no)
All my friends said , ‘ Oh , my God ! ’ ‘ But it was n't two teenagers getting married so quickly , it was two grownups , well into their thirties . ‘ Then we moved an hour 's journey out of Los Angeles , and created this mountain-top Shangri-La . ‘ We hardly ever come down . We stay up here for weeks on end , riding our horses , just having fun . ’
Idiom: easy on the eye (used idiomatically: yes)
The demand for elegance carries with it the requirement to fit in with existing furniture and although talking points can be useful , a table surrounded by a set of such chairs could be a positive eyesore . Talking to professional designer - producers confirms this point : people will stop to admire such designs , but many more ‘ traditional’ products are purchased . So we can put some limits on the project : the chairs must be upholstered ; modern in the simplicity of their lines but not ‘ Cubist’ for want of a better term ; easy on the eye and bottom ; they should fit in with other existing furniture ; and naturally should be of strong construction so that they will be heirloom quality . Starting with a blank sheet of paper is perhaps easy for some , but for myself , I can neither draw accurately nor can I imagine without a picture or actual model to start from . Consequently I find myself spending a lot of time looking at chairs in museums , shops , exhibitions and other peoples ' houses .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
She argued that the Bulletin of March 1992 , in recognising the role of religion in the formation of group identities , was colluding with the oppression of women 's rights . However , women 's oppression in minority communities , as in all communities , is not located in any particular set of circumstances . Muslim communities like any other are varied and diverse , liberal and orthodox , left and right , and women 's rights are fought along these complex lines . Ms Bard 's article displayed the ‘ Islamophobia’ currently rampant among certain anti - racists and sections of the left . It is difficult for her and others to grapple with the fact that , although they often oppose racism on behalf of Asian communities , they find themselves unable to control and dictate the forms that anti - racism takes .
Idiom: take something as read (used idiomatically: yes)
No , I 'm not The men collect it and know that of the children doing it , you would think that they 'd have noticed over the years , that at the end of each month it says , on the readers ' list it says children and I think that Some things are taken as read and they 're not actually said . I think it Erm I , I somehow felt that that 's what she was feeling that there was something like that lacking .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: no)
Clearly , however , post - depositional breakage does occur , because the bones from fossil assemblages obviously accumulated by predators are consistently found to be more broken than the predator assemblages described here . Transport of bone before or after burial is probably responsible for much of this breakage , but this is a factor that is hard to evaluate for small mammal assemblages because of the difficulties in keeping track of the small bones . In order to assess the nature of the damage done to bone by transport , particularly in cave environments , two approaches have been adopted . The first was to trace small mammal bone in modern cave environments , to examine the extent to which it is transported and what effect this has on the breakage and preservation of the bone assemblages . Difficulties were encountered both in finding small mammal bone to work on in caves , and in identifying , with sufficient precision , the processes acting on the bone .
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
We can infer that George was in a restaurant , and that he sat at a table and looked at a menu . The waiter probably took his order and brought him his food . People make use of such knowledge about what typically happens in order to ‘ read between the lines’ . The aim of the project is twofold:— ( 1 )
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
I need some paint,’ she explained awkwardly , which got the same astonished reaction she 'd had from Leo . Did n't anyone ever buy paint , for goodness ' sake ? Avoiding their curious glances , she walked round to the hardware section and tried to shut her ears to the whispered conversations that suddenly broke out as soon as she was out of sight . Well , she 'd known it was n't going to be easy . Peering round the end shelf as she heard the doorbell ping again , she pulled a face as she saw it was Mrs Beeson .
Idiom: square the circle (used idiomatically: yes)
Cameron then had to find something appropriate to say . He needed to placate Tories and his domestic critics while avoiding the economic and political havoc that would be caused by announcing an imminent referendum that might lead to the United ~ Kingdom 's withdrawal from the EU . The time that he took to decide what he would say attests to the difficulty of squaring that circle . In fact , as Cameron 's speech made clear , his solution to his dilemma – to buy himself short - term peace from his critics at the expense of potentially making his ( and Britain 's ) problems more intractable in the long term – is hardly new . It was already clear that Cameron wanted to push any possibility of a referendum into the most distant possible future .