Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Do n't you believe it,’ grunted Connor . ‘ There 's a biting east wind off the river . Let that sunshine fool you into taking off your coat , and you 'll be in bed with pneumonia before you know it.’ ‘ Tell your Dad from me he 's a gloomy old moaner.’ Ruth smiled at her son who skipped along beside them , swinging on Connor 's hand , while Ruth pushed the new baby in her shiny new perambulator .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
The Kunsthalle 's approach will be multi - disciplinary , emphasising and investigating the links between the arts and the sciences . The idea of creating an exhibition centre to demonstrate the federal government 's commitment to culture ( usually responsibility of the regions ) , as well as to political and economic development , dates back to the 1950s . Not until 1985 , however , did the long debate bear fruit , when an international competition was launched to design a suitable building . The winner was the Viennese architect Gustav Peichl , who proposed a straightforward rectangular design giving over 4,300 square metres of exhibition space on several levels . The 6,020 square - metre terrace is capped by three unequal cones , admitting light to the areas below and symbolising the classic triad of the visual arts : architecture , painting and sculpture .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We have ‘ permission’ to share and question on a deep and challenging level without fear of losing friends … We are prepared to travel the length of the country to meet … There has to be a willingness among all the members of such a group to be prepared to give and take , to offer criticism and receive it , to encourage and to be encouraged etc.’ Could there be pointers here as to how some clergy and wives could find more resources in mutuality for their heavy ministerial demands ? The Superior of an Anglican convent , writing about the cell she belongs to ( which includes members from outside her community ) , considers the essential factors in such cells are :
Idiom: by leaps and bounds (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It was for you that I had to leave that hotel suite and not return until daylight.’ ‘ You stayed away all night — because of me?’ ‘ I begged a bed at my brother 's place — a room just a carpet away from you was much too close , the state I was in,’ he confessed , and , while her pride recovered by leaps and bounds at his confession , ‘ Have you any idea , woman , what it did to me to return to that hotel to find you gone?’ She opened her mouth , and then closed it . And , as her heartbeats quickened , she was striving with all she knew to stay calm .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
' I thought it would help with his education , ' she said in court . At first , Paul and his friends swapped computer games . Then he grew bored with the games and joined a computer club . ' He began rejecting his friends and stopped doing any exercise . His friends used to come round to our house and call for him , but Paul just ignored them , ' said his mother .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Graveney insists that Hick should go back to basics , and remain in that classic position he is in at the start of the bowler 's run - up — to stand sideways - on , bat on the ground , knees slightly bent , feet about shoulder width apart , and head up and still with both eyes level . This is the classic position , and with only the bat to be raised the batsman is in position to move back or forward while at the same time able to focus on the ball . From this position he has two options on how to play the short ball . In my prime I shifted my weight onto the front foot as the bowler approached the crease , being careful though not to commit myself to the front foot . I kept my head up and still , and looked at the bowler with both eyes .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
And fly into New Zealand I would have thought on the Yeah . Was that the bloke who played soft ball with us last year ? Er er Yes it was .
Idiom: weather the storm (used idiomatically: yes)
Such a balancing act could keep his government in being only by increasing his own reputation for lack of principle . Instead of a systematic policy of imperialism , Unionists had Montagu 's Indian policy and Milner 's policy in Egypt ; instead of settlement in Ireland there were outrages ; instead of a broad social policy there was first a reckless waste of money and then an abandonment of almost all that had been proposed . In only one area did the coalition succeed totally , but this argument was a double - edged sword : Lloyd George had weathered the storm of labour unrest , and after " Black Friday " this was clearly abating . What was now needed was a means of countering Labour 's electoral appeal , and for this a Prime Minister with a cleaner political reputation would be needed . The more the revolutionary threat receded , and the more Lloyd George appeared as a loser of votes , the more the Unionists would be tempted to cast him adrift .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
They looked at us with astonishment as we marched past , through room after room , until at last we came out into a series of great state - salons , fronting their long and dirty windows on the Square .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Such accidents often result in amputated fingers.’ The court heard that the employee injured by the machine used to cut aluminium frames had made a full recovery and was back at work . Simon Catterall , for the company , said : ‘ This is not a company which cuts corners . ‘ Norlite is terribly sorry and knows it has to do things to the letter in future.’ The firm was fined a total of £ 2,370 and ordered to pay £ 445.69 costs .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over It 's 5.30 a.m. in the morning and a baby lamb is about to see daylight for the very first time . Dawn can be hectic during lambing ; the warmth of the day helps the new - born lamb survive its first few hours and staff work round the clock in case something goes wrong . Rupert 's surviving on 5 hours ' sleep a night . This spring , about eighteen hundred lambs will be born on his farm near Swindon and thousands of people are expected to come and watch .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
I ' m very mad at you . I do n't want to hear from you . Now , out of my sight !
Idiom: one of those days (used idiomatically: no)
Mum I know Julia 's trying to find out I need n't go to school on Thursday so I can have a lie in So why she 'd like to go to France on one of those day trips to Wish we co , if we 're going on Friday yeah Too much of a strain going over and back
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
( Hang myself ! — Ed ) . Also , tell all those 16-bit owners to stop making fun of all us 8-bit owners or Miss W will give them 20,000 lashes ( hope you do n't mind ) . At least we do n't have to spend £ 25 on a single game . I have a friend who owns an ST and he keeps telling me to sell my C64 . Well if he does n't like my C64 why does n't he buy me an Amiga 500 for my birthday ?
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
DOL attempts a comeback tonight in Leeds reserves after 3 month layoff . Be good to see him back I reckon . Help consolidate on our good run . MH From :
Idiom: wipe the floor with (used idiomatically: yes)
This time McGaughey reckons it wo n't even be close . ‘ Portadown are head and shoulders above the others,’ he says . ‘ They played Ards on the first day of the season and wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win . It was an exceptional performance . ‘ You ca n't read too much into early season form but I 'm convinced they will only get better .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
C. Just silly jokes . I did n't go on . I have an irresistible desire sometimes to get to the bottom of him , to drag things he wo n't talk about out of him . But it 's bad . It sounds as if I care about him and his miserable , wet , unwithit life .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
Anything to take the presence of the Hon . Blanche Arbuthnot of Dankelly Castle , Co. Louth , out of the room where Eileen was expected to lie in bed with her son . There was a conference going on in the kitchen . Tea had been made and a big cake like the one served in the library was cut up in thick slices on the table .
Idiom: grasp the nettle (used idiomatically: yes)
What we need to do is get our members and make them feel that they 're part of Europe , not dispossessed by it , at this moment in the time there 's not a lot for them in consideration of Europe . We need to try and make sure from the grass roots level up , we have involvement . And that 's what the G M B need to do , to grasp the nettle to move forward . Both these concepts , computer literacy and language training are ways of attacking present pessimism and mobilizing the will within our movement . Support these motions for a better future , arming our grass roots has never been more important .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Kanza lost the lead on the second leg run when her spinnaker pole broke allowing America to turn a 23-second deficit into a 56-secon lead . But Koch 's vacillating views on his own afterguard line - up , seemingly decided at the last minute with minimal consultation among his senior crew , is bemusing observers . Melges tried to make light of the issue : ‘ If the question is ‘ Is it difficult for us to make a decision’ , the answer is ‘ Sometimes yes , sometimes no’.’ AMERICA 'S CUP . — Defenders ' rd 4 , semi - final , race 6 : America ( H Melges ) bt Kanza ( W Koch ) 0 m 34s .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
A superbly struck goal . Burt made two more fine saves to deny Wells and Daynes , but there was nothing he could do to stop ‘ Mill 's third after 70 minutes . Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . Shottermill wrapped the game up in the 85th minute with another fine goal . Again it was the industrious O'Shea who played in a precise , low cross and Nick Wells raced in to strike an unstoppable left-foot volley .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
The haunt was a favourite of Mr Mellor and his former mistress , soft - porn actress Antonia de Sancha . There had been gossip about Bates and Suzannah , who has also written in The Guardian and Chelsea match programmes . And it is thought the boss did a ‘ Paddy Ashdown’ by coming clean before the affair was revealed in a newspaper . He began his statement by announcing that Chelsea 's Stamford Bridge ground , which had been threatened with closure , was safe . But he added : ‘ However , there has been a heavy price to pay and the continual publicity has been particularly hard on my wife Pam , whose fierce and unswerving support has been a very significant factor in the outcome .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
20 year - ole Alison Hanlon has natural corkscrew curls that most girls would die for ! Alison comes from Southport . These lovely curls and the pretty floral headband caught our eye . They belong to 20 year - old Susan Goldswain from Peterborough . It 's a flick - up !
Idiom: spit it out (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ As I told you , Khan . We have heard nothing from him since he acknowledged your order.’ Burun chewed the end of his moustache , then spat it out again . Even without Jotan 's five hundred , he could deal with Sipotai , but he preferred the edge that would be provided by Jotan 's presence in Sipotai 's rear . The grass on the plain was short , sharp - bladed stuff , no good for grazing .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's another good reason for keeping all your inputs in a separate area . It then makes it easy to save all your inputs into a separate file , when they 're all in one separate input area . If you 've got them scattered about all over the place , it makes it much more difficult to try and save them , and , later on , get the data back in . It 's very easy to do all in one separate area combine and put the test data file back in again , but very difficult when scattered about . Erm , said that .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: no)
A poll taken earlier this year showed 80 % support for abolishing conscription . Even then Spain 's army might not turn up when needed . Another opinion poll , published in the magazine Cambio 16 , found that only 8 % of those questioned were prepared to die for their country . If it 's not money , it 's philosophy Even if they were razor - keen to fight , not all of Europe 's armies are well enough organised or armed .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
How the girl had changed since their first meeting on the ship ! She had been a little waif then , in her Yorkshire homespun . Though come to think of it , she had known how to ask for what she wanted . But now she had an air of confidence a bloom on her skin , a light in her eyes . The New World certainly agreed with her .
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
Engineers with goggles on their headsets and drones hovering at their heels . Netball teams from the Church of the Star Shepherd , all perfect bodies and gleaming white teeth . Then you 'd get a bunch of compulsory emigrants , once in a while , Indians or Chinese , all wearing identical pyjamas and shuffling along in a crowd . There were n't even any interesting aliens . There were only Alteceans dragging black plastic bags everywhere , and Perks , and Eladeldi , looking like big dogs dressed up in uniforms .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: no)
Reflecting on his day out against Dublin he said : ‘ That day it seemed I could do no wrong . I had acres of space . A forward has a sixth sense and from an early stage I realised I had the corner back in my pocket . Potential ‘ He was terrified .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
Police enforcement of the traditional code , on the other hand , is in theory not a matter for a mere segment of the population , and except where the police deal with persistent or ' problem ' offenders , their target population is one made up of strangers , given to unpredictable deviance . Left unremarked in the discussion so far is the irony of the place of criminal punishment in a system which emphasizes conciliatory control based upon compliance . This irony prompts the questions which guided the research and which form the central problem addressed by this book : since those who are subject to regulation have good economic reason not to comply , how is compliance secured , given the frailty of the criminal sanction and its virtual disuse ? How is control effected where the law seeks to remedy a state of affairs ? What is the place of the formal legal process in regulatory enforcement ?
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Ask your grandmother how long mothers of her generation rested after having their babies . The chances are it was something like four to six weeks , if they could take the time off from household chores . They called it ' lying in ' — and if you could n't actually ' lie ' all the time , people around you made quite sure you took it very easy indeed . Stove - blacking , coal - scuttle filling and vigorous work with the washboard were definitely out . Our own mothers , giving birth in the Fifties and Sixties , took it fairly easy as well .
Idiom: close shave (used idiomatically: yes)
But then you 've not used it up , and so there 's certain things that are now going to happen . And they can be , which is what we 're going to move on to . Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something . That was , really close that one was . O K then that 's right , you go and sit down , get yourself together again , and get back to being able to cope with life .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
there Marks and Spencers they are yes I , it , it Cath and Frank intended to come they would n't now I doubt if they would in this well I would n't want them to come in the fog well no there because
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
He was not the only bookseller to benefit from the effect of IRA activities in encouraging affluent suburbanites to shop locally — and not the only one to hate admitting it . Icing on the cake Austicks in Leeds with its mix of academic and general bookselling , ‘ looks upon Christmas trade as the icing on the cake . And this year 's general trade was looking as if it might not equal last year 's , until Monday 21st December , when , with many companies and all the schools having closed , panic buying on an old - fashioned scale happened,’ reported John Lauder . The sweet ringing of the tills ensured a modest increase , boosted further by ‘ substantial’ buying on bank holiday Monday .
Idiom: come in from the cold (used idiomatically: yes)
Contact your local London Underground booking office for details . Charivari wireless The cry that came in from the cold SHORT OF HOLDING an arts festival down the darkened drains of Guildford , it is hard to think of a less promising cultural centre than the Arctic Circle . No orchestras , no opera , just loads of seal meat drying on every available ice slab .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
Riva Hotel Sole ∗∗∗∗ This hotel has an enviable position on the main square , just a stone 's throw from the lake and the resort 's bell tower , and offers an excellent standard of accommodation . Completely refurbished and upgraded there is a lounge . American bar , roof garden and terraced café which runs along the lake promenade .
Idiom: mean business (used idiomatically: yes)
This is recognised by officials of the organisers , the Hammers ' Independent Supporters Association , who are asking fans to leave Upton Park five minutes into the second half in the protest against the club 's bond scheme . ‘ It may not be a success if we 're 1–0 up at half - time,’ they admit . ‘ But when the dedicated thousands leave , the club may finally realise we still mean business.’ West Ham 's 4–0 home win against Norwich on Saturday , their biggest in the League this season , will not have helped the protesters ' cause . Supreme optimists might suggest it marks the beginning of one of the greatest escapes and would be unwilling to miss any part of it .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
For soccer skills , we 've always looked to the Brazilians ; in cricket , the West Indies have been the power . As for table tennis , it 's the Chinese who 've dominated . Although times are changing and China 's crown is slipping , Sweden are now World Champions , the Chinese are the ones who turn the tables up - side - down . They held the bat like a pen and set the game spinning in weird and wonderful ways . Over the past few weeks , their National Team has been on a British Tour and wherever they play , the house is packed .
Idiom: batten down the hatches (used idiomatically: yes)
Finally he jumped up , when he thought the appropriate moment had arrived , and whipped a blast of abuse across the table . It was accompanied by a squall of spittle . She could do nothing but batten down the conversational hatches and wait until the storm blew itself out . She stared at him defiantly , and after he had ranted for a minute or so , the chief superintendent felt vaguely ridiculous so he lowered his frame into a cowering chair , and resumed the final polish of his palms . ' I warned you before , I 'd have to take action if you carried on as you were .
Idiom: neck of the woods (used idiomatically: no)
Certainly he was incapable of being indiscreet , losing his temper or being unkind . He moved now towards Miss Tilley and her acolyte , smiling . ‘ Miss Tilley , Pat , how are things in your neck of the woods?’ He at least had no difficulty in recalling the parish in which she worked . ‘ I hear Father Marr has taken to digging pits for the unwary.’
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
You might think that laying a simple path through the garden does n't require much thought , but time spent doing a little planning never goes amiss . Paths , walls and patios form the ‘ backbone’ of any garden plan , and if you get the materials and shape right , the rest of the garden will look better for it . Planning a path on paper before you build gives an idea of the shapes and patterns you can create with the materials available to you — and it 's easier to correct mistakes on paper than on the real thing ! ( Artwork from Build it with Marshalls and Countryside brochure ) . STEPS ACROSS THE LAWN
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
It would be fanciful to suppose that Charles and Diana are enjoying marital bliss just months after their faces confirmed that they were living separate lives . But that does not mean that they should not look positive for the world . If they have both come to terms with their differences and can now work together successfully , then they are to be congratulated . Smoke signal THE French love to smoke and it will come as a shock to them that they can no longer enjoy their Gauloises cigarettes in public .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
Rather , we claim , it is the political objective of removing local government 's autonomy that is at issue . This has both a short - term and a long - term objective . In the short term , the centre can make cuts in public service provision and enforce its own policy aims in every local area . In the long term , alternative political and policy positions can be weakened — there will be no government framework to give them any institutional voice or credence . Although Duncan and Goodwin develop a particular analysis of local government which explains its existence largely in terms of uneven development and the representation of differentiated local social relations ( discussed extensively in Mark Goodwin 's chapter which follows ) , their conclusions here would have been shared far more widely both by academics in the field of local government studies and by many local government politicians ( such as Blunkett and Jackson , 1987 ) .
Idiom: play with fire (used idiomatically: no)
She turned away quickly . This was no game . Playing with fire would get her burned . And though she longed to lose herself in the flames , to be consumed and reborn , she was also terribly afraid . Not so much of what would happen .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: no)
But one can not overlook the point that all other known medieval European versions of this tale , written in or translated from Latin prose , present it as a moral example ; it can be allegorized , with the housewife as the Christian soul , the absent husband Christ , the lover worldly vanity , the procuress the Devil . It is in fact possible to find passages in Dame Sirith which may again recognize , and irreverently exploit , a knowledge that such was a possible presentation of this tale . This appears , for instance , where Margery first rejects Wilekin 's advances , referring to " " houre Loverd , hevene king " " and going straight on to : ( " I have my lord who is my spouse who brought me a virgin to his house … " ) ( 91–2 ) This multiplies the humour for those in the know , at the same time as it enhances the potentially shocking behaviour of the poet - narrator .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: no)
Parents ' anguish as boy admits 50 thefts Nine - year - old out of control A NINE - year - old boy who went on a six - month crime spree and carried out more than 50 thefts , went back to school yesterday after police were forced to let him walk free . The boy , from Witham , Essex , is too young to be charged with a criminal offence . The age of criminal responsibility in this country is ten .