Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Suzanne Calvert has been in a coma for five months since being given the drug at a party by Army deserter Sean O'Brian . Suzanne , 16 , has severe brain damage and will be unconscious for the 25 years doctors say she 'll survive . O'Brian , 24 , was on the run from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers when he took a small glass tube of diamorphine — described in court as pure heroin — to the house in Guide Post , Northumberland . He laid out lines of the drug in a bedroom for Suzanne , her 19-year - old boyfriend Neil Young and friends Steve Richmond and Graham Longstaff . Michael Hodson , prosecuting , told Newcastle Crown Court that some of them , including Suzanne , were already high on alcohol and Ecstasy .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: no)
If I 've got to fight my way back to my seat again , I 'll punch someone . So I say to this German girl , ‘ Here , you take the camera . You get the picture.’ Cabanaconda . Mud and straw - brick houses .
Idiom: squeaky clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Sidney Biddle Barrows , who ran a call - girl service in the 1980s , said the top - secret file was the only thing stolen from her Manhattan flat . ‘ I 'm afraid someone 's now out there blackmailing these poor guys,’ said Barrows . Carla 's squeaky clean BATHING beauty Carla Bruni shows why she can command up to Pounds 40,000 a week with this sensational new picture . The Italian model hit the headlines earlier this year when it was rumoured she went to Thailand with Mick Jagger .
Idiom: in stitches (used idiomatically: yes)
As such it hardly qualified as a date , but try telling her heart that ! She went , despising herself for her eagerness and unable to contain it , and watched the charismatic and social side of Jack at work with his colleagues . He was a brilliant raconteur , with a wicked wit and a razor tongue , and he had them all in stitches . So different from the brooding and unhappy man of a week ago . Would the real Jack Lawrence please stand up ? she thought , and then smiled to herself ruefully .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Other projects competing for company resources should be analysed in the same way and ranked according to the levels of pay - off for each . This provides a priority list , in terms of EVs , as one factor in the decision making process of arriving at a portfolio of R&D projects . While the EV figures will only be guidelines for any individual project , the expected and actual cumulative figures will converge in the long run if the method is consistently applied , maximizing the productivity of the R&D function . Cost of Information Additional information can lead to better odds and bigger returns but if the information costs more to obtain than the increase in returns the result is a net loss .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
Siward 's army would be the same . A man used to wielding an axe fought best on foot , and preferred the round targe with its cutting - edge and ramming - spike to the long , harp - shaped shields of the cavalry . Above the trees , a frieze of white smoke rose into the blue morning sky and hung unremarked under the sun , thickening a little . On either side of Thorfinn , there was a rustle and dash as men shifted . The priest , standing in front of them , was relaying Siward 's message , which contained words he thought he had forgotten .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
All over the island and its neighbours , the indigenous islanders grew more anxious at the bustle of the settlement , at its expansion . Did the new ship mean that the strangers were planning to sail on , after the harvest , as had been agreed ? Early the following year , the Hopewell was loaded once more with harvests of cotton and indigo as well as its principal cargo , 9,500 pounds of tobacco , and she set sail from the harbour with her sails reefed against the season 's squalls and a small crew on board , under James Lariot as captain . The rest of the growing colony was left behind , so the islanders accepted that the settlers had no intention of fulfilling the terms of the treaty and leaving . Though it grated on their code of hospitality , the island hosts then decided there were to be no more gifts of food or drink , no more counselling or mapping , no more lending of labour , or advice .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
According to Zelda West - Meads , the reasons why women make this decision are complex . ‘ It seems to be that as they get older the prospect of cohabitation is less exciting for women . There is n't the same need to fly in the face of convention or oppose the wishes of parents . ‘ Once they have decided that they are committed to one man , they seem to want to acknowledge this publicly and to receive public approval in return . Marriage is a rite of passage and does actually give credence to loving and being loved by someone exclusively.’
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
or the glittering career of a champion racer . Like knowing Dempsey would have given his right arm to be as hot in the saddle as he was in the ring , and why not , in the thin air round Salt Lake Velodrome
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
And do you know what is the worst thing about all of this ? I 'll tell you . ' He pointed a finger at Dorcas . ' The people who seem to be giving us all the orders now are the very people who , um , got us into this trouble in the first place ! ' ' Now just you hold on — ' Dorcas began .
Idiom: rare bird (used idiomatically: yes)
Bovisand Underwater Centre , near Plymouth , runs courses for beginners . Birdwatchers flock to the West Country in numbers as impressive as their quarry . The coast attracts many species not found elsewhere in Britain , and sometimes quite rare birds are blown off course to land exhausted on the mainland peninsula or the Isles of Scilly . Avocets , shelduck and black - tailed godwits can be found in the estuaries , while the shores and islands are host to guillemots , kittiwakes , skuas and puffins . Only 17 people live on Lundy Island , but there is no shortage of winged residents , so keen ornithologists may make the boat trip from Bideford more than once .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
It was around 6 pm , very dark ; suddenly the train began to slow down to a crawl , ‘ what now?’ thought the passengers . Then to everyone 's surprise they saw on the side of the track a little old man perhaps in his seventies , wearing an old - fashioned waistcoat and jacket , standing in a brick arch - shaped embrasure looking anxiously at the train . As we drew near he took a step forward shining his lantern with its green light above his head as if to give the driver the ‘ All Clear’ . Our correspondent smiled to herself , no doubt thinking that the railway company must be short of staff if they had to bring such an old man out of his back garden to work the system . Since that occasion my correspondent has tried to find the embrasure or refuge that the old man was standing in , without success .
Idiom: alive and kicking (used idiomatically: yes)
She 'd lost a few stone since the last time he 'd seen her and put on about half a ton of make - up . ‘ What happened to the Flying Horses?’ Preston enquired , thinking they 'd probably been put down years ago , but the Flying Horses were alive and kicking and in at least as good a shape as she was . ‘ People like a good old - fashioned merry - go - round,’ she said . ‘ We 've got five of them operating now .
Idiom: vent your spleen (used idiomatically: yes)
You 'll be alone almost all day with her .’ The last words were accompanied by a baleful glare at Lucy . ‘ And so you saw fit to vent your spleen on poor old Ling . What has he done to deserve your wrath?’ Silas demanded .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Section 23 is very similar in terms to the other sections in this Part . It provides as follows : ‘ ( 1 ) A person who has in his possession written material which is threatening , abusive or insulting , or a recording of visual images or sounds which are threatening , abusive or insulting , with a view to—(a ) in the case of written material , its being displayed , published , distributed , broadcast or included in a cable programme service , whether by himself or another , or ( b ) in the case of a recording , its being distributed , shown , played , broadcast or included in a cable programme service , whether by himself or another , is guilty of an offence if he intends racial hatred to be stirred up thereby or , having regard to all the circumstances , racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby.’ ( 2 ) For this purpose regard shall be had to such display , publication , showing , playing , broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service as he has , or it may reasonably be inferred that he has , in view.’ Subsection 2 is rather oddly tacked on , and provokes the question ‘ for what purpose’ ?
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
PC Williamson , from Portadown , Co Armagh , who was separated from his wife , was due to attend his niece 's wedding tomorrow . A brother Freddie , 33 , a soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment , was killed just over ten years ago after he was fired on by INLA gunmen . Jenny said : ‘ We just turned the corner . I thought it was a dream . There was this bang .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
As the Roman polymath Pietro della Valle observed in 1640 madrigals were now not often sung , ' nor is there occasion to sing them , since people prefer to hear singing freely by heart with instruments in the hand rather than to watch four or five companions singing with book in hand at a table like schoolboys ( che ha troppo del scolaresco e dello studio ) ' . However as late as 1668 another Roman , Mario Savioni ( c. 1608–1685 ) brought out a book of five - part Madrigali morali e spirituali , explaining that they were to be sung each at the end of one of his previously published Concerti morali and adding that he had ' taken care to unite together the aria and the madrigal so as to conform with the character of the concertos ' . The movement of the tide is well illustrated by the successive books of Monteverdi 's madrigals . The first four are normal , though the Fourth Book contains pieces , e.g. ' Sfogava con le stelle ' , with a lot of chordal recitation . The Quinto Libro ( 1605 ) has an optional continuo part that becomes obligatory in the last six pieces ( of which ' Questi vaghi ' has g - part instrumental sinfonie into the bargain ) .
Idiom: heart and soul (used idiomatically: yes)
I realized society did n't value my passion . So I went back to my college and became a typical Japanese worker as a systems engineer . I felt my passion , heart and soul , had left my body . I felt I was not alive anymore . So I started to consider what I should do , and I thought , I wanted to make my performance better , and to show onstage how spectacular the yo - yo could be to change the public 's image of the yo - yo .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Will do.’ Lindsey reached for her pen and looked up , smiling , as the first patient walked into the room . She glanced at the brief details on the card Jill handed to her before smiling at the man . ‘ I see you 're diabetic , Mr Allen . How long is it since you were diagnosed?’
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Either we wash our hands of the country and allow the Communists to overrun it ; or to continue to pour treasure ( and perhaps eventually lives ) into a hopeless cause … at a cost of alienating vital segments of Asian public opinion.’ It was , obviously , a monstrous dilemma and although Ogburn in the State Department was concerned that the Congressional Foreign Relations Committees should not be misled , his suggestion of periodic cocktail parties with non - communist Asians seemed to offer only slight relief . In any event , at the higher level Rusk announced that the independence of the Associated States of Indo - China within the framework of the French Union was now assured , even if this did mean squaring the circle or at least begging the question . A similar attempt to draw attention to an approaching commitment that was so deep that it might even lead to direct US intervention was made by the Deputy Director of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program , John Ohly , in a long and thoughtful paper which he submitted through Rusk to Acheson . Ohly , without being absolutely sure , thought that US foreign policy was wrong and was at least in need of urgent re - examination .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: no)
He took it . While Branson was negotiating the purchase of his Caribbean island , the living corpse of the Sex Pistols was slowly kicking itself to final , ignominious extinction . In October 1978 , Sid Vicious — whom Malcolm McLaren had described as ‘ never seeing a green light ; it was always on red’— woke up in his room in the Chelsea Hotel , New York , to find the body of his girlfriend , Nancy Spungen , sprawled on the bathroom floor , dead from multiple knife wounds . Vicious was charged with the murder , but released on bail . Four months later , on 2 February 1979 , Sid Vicious finally shot one red light too many , dying from a drugs overdose , naked — so the popular press reported — and in the arms of his latest girlfriend .
Idiom: far and away (used idiomatically: yes)
Triceratops fossils are far and away the most common dinosaur remains found in the latest Cretaceous rocks in the western United ~ States ( up to 70 % of the fauna in some areas ) .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's a sort of compromise when you decision but it is difficult to know which way to go , when you 're actually up you know , I , I would n't say you 're a hundred percent but I would n't say Right . there 's anything too much wrong with you either .
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: yes)
So I did not hesitate any longer , but took heart and sang with all my might :
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: no)
" I know how you came by your money , Harry Pascoe , and I know that Sam was only in with you because you gave him no alternative . My Sam — he wanted no part of it . So do n't come to me offering shares , because I 'd rather die a pauper than soil my hands with the blood that 's on your money , and there 's the truth on't . And I 'll tell you another thing into the bargain , so 's you wo n't go harbouring no ideas about me . You lost that contest with my Sam because I decided you had to lose it .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
Most sports injuries are to the mechanical structure of our bodies , the very areas that chiropractic was developed to treat . By specific adjustments , your highly skilled chiropractor can restore normal mobility and relieve strain whether the problem is with the spine , joints or muscles . You may remember that , when Olympic diver Greg Louganis struck his head on the diving board , in a surprisingly short time he returned to the board to win a third Gold Medal . What startled spectator did not know was that a chiropractor on the Olympic Staff had given him a spinal adjustment immediately after the accident . Even though not all the results of chiropractic adjustment are this dramatic , many sportsmen and women have benefited from chiropractic treatment .
Idiom: pull a fast one (used idiomatically: yes)
Tomorrow , all eyes in this far corner of Spain will be on Madrid . Walker named for Irish hurdle WALES yesterday chose Olympic hurdler Nigel Walker in place of Llanelli 's Wayne Procter in a bid to pull a fast one on Ireland in the Five Nations Championship at Cardiff on 6 March . Walker , who has scored 14 tries in 15 Heineken League matches in his first full season for Cardiff , is the only change from the team defeated 20 - 0 by Scotland . He competed in the 110 m hurdles in the 1984 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 60 m hurdles in the World Indoor Championships three years later .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
Secondly , it is the belief in the need to encourage within community groups and individual activists the continued development of their own cultural expressions , whether in the form of music , poetry , art or drama . This cultural expression is used both as a safety - value of light , communal entertainment in situations which might otherwise be tense , boring and/or tedious , and also as a tool of protest in itself with which to unify and cement the groups ' sense of identity and purpose . With a mountain upbringing , Myles Horton developed the idea of Highlander in an attempt to come to grips with the problems which were really facing the mountain people of Appalachia and the rural south , the day to day problems which these communities perceived as being obstacles to them , rather than necessarily those which planners , developers and politicians were telling them about . Beginning with the organisation of bible classes in the rural communities while he was still a student at Cumberland University , he became disillusioned with the apparent inability of the current educational system to tackle adequately the problems of social and economic mis - development in Appalachia . He went to New York to study at Union Theological Seminary , arriving just before the crash of the stock - market and all the subsequent social and economic turmoil which resulted .
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: yes)
relationship , I mean do set up , I mean , if you get into , if you establish relations with me then it 's an ongoing thing , it can be , and it ought to be , so you actually do see the same people over a period of time , and you do establish a modicum of trust , not entire trust , because it 's asking too much for entire trust in all circumstances , but at least there is a certain understanding , particularly with the , on the , on the local basis . It was a pretty With this business of embargo , Liz , I 'll agree with that but the , the off the record , one wants to get the local people very well and you do develop this , this trust , and if you can in fact give them a lot of scope that you know what to use . You have to be very sure about that Yes .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
As will be recalled the Lugbara trace the causes of unmerited misfortunes to those power - hungry elders who hang on to office , although no longer capable . The Akawaio are more extrovert . In probing the sources of undeserved distress they generally look outwards to the people across the valley , or over the hill . Each Akawaio settlement is a tiny republic whose patriotism bristles with hostility towards other , rival communities . The impressive sense of internal cohesion at the price of external hostility is epitomized in the ambivalent role of the shaman , or inspired priest , in each community .
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
Comencini is best known for his 1953 film Pane ,~ Amore ~ e ~ Fantasia ( Bread ,~ Love ~ and ~ Dreams ) , which starred Gina ~ Lollobrigida and Vittorio ~ De ~ Sica . The director often focused on children and childhood in his many films . Two of Comencini 's daughters followed in his footsteps as filmmakers . Cristina ~ Comencini directed the highly acclaimed La ~ Bestia ~ Nel ~ Cuore ( Don't ~ Tell ) , which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Hollywood 's famed Academy ~ Awards .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
We 've been fighting about money of late , but then again it might be my face . Never my best feature , my face is still swollen , up there on the left - hand side . That tooth caught fire again . I took my poor mouth to Martha McGilchrist , who exasperatedly drained it for me . Any chick who fancies herself as a feminist ought to go and see Martha McGilchrist .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What the hell 's going on , Quinn ? It 's been three bloody days.’ ‘ Hey , take it easy , Zack . It 's the diamonds . You caught us on the hop there , ol' buddy .
Idiom: lend an ear (used idiomatically: yes)
Up till this time Wendy and I had endured the discomforts of Althorp Street with cheerful good humour ; but when we discovered layers of stale milk on the saucepans , we felt we had had enough . We must look for another billet . We knew that we should have to find this for ourselves , as the Billeting Office would not be prepared to move us again , nor lend a very sympathetic ear to our complaints . So , by dint of various enquiries , we managed to locate a house in a more salubrious area , Cardington Road , where the landlady was prepared to offer us a small sitting - room in addition , for an extra guinea a week . Even halved , this was a good deal to find out of our salaries .
Idiom: in the lap of luxury (used idiomatically: yes)
ROBERT KILLICK 'S Short Story Glowing exposure Sitting cosy in the lap of luxury , surrounded by knee - deep snow drifts … the sight of a strutting cockerel was too much to resist . Curse that dog ! I am a gout sufferer , and it 's no laughing matter .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
Labour ~ Minister ~ Bluem said the cuts were not being made " for the fun of it " but out of concern for the unemployed .
Idiom: run amok (used idiomatically: yes)
Why such an effort was made to disguise the B–25 when reports would indicate there was at least one B–25 at Hickam during the actual attack is unknown . Probably the sequence that most viewers remember more than anything else . The Zekes come in against the line of P–40s , one runs amok as others erupt in flames . The groundcrew running away are special effects men running for their lives as the planned - for sequence went wrong but with cinematically - sensational results ! Above : The incredible B–25J mock - up with a single fin for the hangar - crash sequence .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a habit with Scrooge , whenever he became thoughtful , to put his hands in his breeches pockets .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow goes for such audience participation in a big way . Get the public involved , the rationale seems to be , and the public will always come back for more . So Rose , a smooth - talking and mirth - making ringmaster who seems a wired embodiment of every snake oil shyster and showman there ever was , pulls the strings and baits the crowd . Do we want to see him hammer nails up his nostrils ? ' Yeeeeaah ! '
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
CorelDRAW has been the best - selling PC drawing package for the past couple of years . The latest version really upset the applecart by including slideshow , painting , charting , file organization and autoracing applications , turning plain CorelDRAW into The Corel Graphics Toolkit . The idea behind it is to cover practically every graphics eventually in one integrated bundle , with loads of fonts and clip - art to boot . CorelDRAW 's drawing capabilities are improved , with full colour editing , more standard fonts and innovations , including the best roll - up palettes around . The package is great value and is quite easy to learn .
Idiom: fall on deaf ears (used idiomatically: yes)
While scientists may be called on to use their knowledge to set priorities for action by conservation groups , the groups depend for funding and action on their public appeal . Projects which appeal most to the public are by no means certain to be the most scientifically pressing and vice versa . Injunctions to love the slugs in your garden may fall on deaf ears . Furthermore , supporters of conservation groups may exhibit a general lack of confidence in science and technology and a suspicion of scientific ‘ expertise’ . Scientists may thus even face problems within their organisation .