Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
I bet Lynda 's in for a lark for the next year . She 's round the corner when Raymond . And then she 'll come home some days and discover the place chockablock with students or three birds in bed with him or something . That 's unlikely . I agree they are
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Right , thank you Mr Secretary . Matters arising . Several things come straight to mind .. Do do you want to take them , or or shall I remind you of what the headings were ? Er y erm well the three things I 've got down here , piano , I I notice the piano 's arrived .
Idiom: take it or leave it (used idiomatically: yes)
She had been determined to see that it should . She had wanted to go to bed with Freddie Nash more than anything else in her life . Used to getting her own way with her father over most of the other things she desired , Freddie 's initial take - it - or - leave - it attitude had simply fuelled her determination . She had made all the running , with the present disastrous result . The pains , though still at lengthy intervals , were becoming more severe now .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
Julia , of course , is the pretty one , with the cameras doting lovingly on her legs , but this time her wealthy mentor ( Campbell Scott ) has a terminal illness and her wide grin is supplanted by quivering lips . The contrasts between the characters , — an uneducated but vivacious working girl and an aesthetic but austere playboy — are displayed by a tritely schematic design code . His flat is modernist and bleak , his clothes are grey , she dresses in red and puts enough flowers in his kitchen to make up for the decimation of the rainforests . She teaches him about life,(a little late , since he 's not long for this world ) and he teaches her about art . Meanwhile , the illness is portrayed in a graphic detail that fails to gel with the superficial visual style and unperceptive dialogue .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
The issue , as far as I can see , and I was told , when I was growing it up in school , about the holocaust and that we must ensure that everybody remembers about the holocaust in Germany , and that it should never ever be allowed to happen again . And that sad fact of the matter is , it is happening again , throughout the whole of Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia . It is my contention that we do n't sit back and simply allow for peace to develop , and we go and keep that peace . I think there is a moral obligation on the E C , not necessarily the Americans because it is a European problem , to intervene at least to the extent of ensuring protection for ordinary civilians and ensuring that they get food and medical s provision . Now the political can not be imposed .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: yes)
Thermopsis montana lasts well in water with a dash of antiseptic to beat the rot With its indigo - blue flowers , Baptisia australis is beautiful used fresh Like all achilleas , A. filipenduline ‘ Gold Plate’ cuts and dries well Lady 's mantle , good for drying Mixed ‘ Galaxy hybrids’ offer a superb blend of colourful achilleas
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: no)
Corporate America has plenty of problems . But debt is not one of them FROM 1984–90 guesses that cash flow could be higher if assets changed hands or if a firm 's financial structure was changed were made in $ 1.7 trillion - worth of cases in America . In the period after 1986 , many of those guesses were in the form of leveraged buy - outs , the use of debt finance to buy a firm from its existing shareholders and to make it a private company . Such LBOs accounted for $ 216 billion - worth of deals in 1984–90 , peaking at a total of almost $ 54 billion in a single year , 1989 , before halving in 1990 .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Meanwhile , on Feb. 13 rail freight traffic resumed from Baku to Yerevan ( the Armenian capital ) ; the whole Azerbaijan railway network had been paralysed during January , leading to food , fuel and raw materials shortages in Armenia as critical as those of September 1989 [ see pp . 36899 ; 36978 - 79 ] . The situation in Azerbaijan and Armenia was discussed by a closed joint sitting of the two chambers of the USSR Supreme Soviet on Feb. 19 , but deputies reportedly failed to agree on a policy to resolve the conflict there . Azerbaijani deputies staged a walkout during a speech by Defence Minister Gen. Dmitry Yazov , and shortly afterwards Armenian deputies followed suit when President Mikhail Gorbachev stressed the inviolability of Azerbaijan 's borders . Moldavia It was reported on Feb. 2 that an emergency session of the Moldavian Supreme Soviet Presidium on Jan. 31 had declared a six - month moratorium on " all political events which are likely to cause interethnic strife " .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
It is also disappointing to see that home shopping , in the shape of Grattan , has failed to recover from the travails of last year 's postal strike and turned in a fall in profits from £ 14.3 m to £ 8.6 m . And even in an area which is working well , Next Directory , the company failed to capitalise on strong demand , which lifted sales by 49 per cent , because it did not hold enough stock . On the high street a sales rise at Next Retail of just 3.6 per cent compared with an increase in trading space of 17.6 per cent speaks volumes about Next 's unbalanced expansion . David Jones , chief executive , is acting in a determined way to remedy the ills of the past and will reverse some of George Davies ' more grandiose schemes . Next the Jewellers , which lost between £ 1 m and £ 2 m in this half , is in the process of being sold to its management .
Idiom: take the floor (used idiomatically: yes)
Russian " shock diplomacy " Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev prompted surprise and confusion when he delivered an aggressively hardline speech to the meeting on Dec. 14 . He later took the floor again to explain his remarks as " shock diplomacy " , intended to illustrate the tone which Russian policy could adopt if the political opponents of President Boris Yeltsin were to come to power . In his speech Kozyrev had accused Western powers of interfering in the former Soviet Union , claimed the right to use military action in the area , and threatened to come to the aid of Serbia . He subsequently described this as merely a " rhetorical technique , " and underlined that these remarks did not represent Yelsin 's views or his own .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
GUS LOGIE and Jimmy Adams put on 75 in 58 minutes to help West Indies recover to 280 all out on the opening day against Western Australia in Perth . Hansie a hit BATSMAN Hansie Cronje staked a claim for a place in South Africa 's Test side with a well - crafted 73 out of the President 's XI 268 against the touring Indians . Chepstow TV Guide 1.00:TOP weight BOLLIN WILLIAM bolted up by 10 lengths on his reappearance at Bangor eight days ago , and will be very hard to beat in this less competitive contest off just an 8 lb higher mark .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Instead of sparseness or spareness , a corsetted sound , look for opulence , sprawl , vulgarity even — the ruinous vanity of Prince , the indecently sumptuous Act . Abandon the obsessive search for grassroots , and value music for its distance from them , its floating free and outlandishness . Look for music that takes the plunge into the infinities of outer or inner space , rather than music which paddles through the shallows of everyday feeling . Reject the exhausted creed of naturalism and prize the far - fetched , the super- or un - natural . Rescue the word ‘ pretentious’(all it means , after all , is aspiring to something ) and turn ‘ unpretentious’ into a pejorative .
Idiom: in the fast lane (used idiomatically: yes)
But that was due more to slower growth in domestic demand — and hence slower growth in demand for German exports — on the part of its trading partners than to a big jump in German imports . Germany 's imports from France rose by only 7 % last year in D - mark terms , well down from the 13 % average rise in 1988 and 1989 , even as the rate of growth in France 's imports from Germany slumped from 15 % to 1 % . In the fast lane Despite these disappointments , it remains true that the stronger a country 's trade links with Germany , the better its economy is holding up . The latest available figures for Holland , Belgium and Austria ( which , though not a member of the EMS , pegs its currency to the D - mark ) show that output remains fairly buoyant .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Grant and the rest , however , believe the fans should know how the board feels about Celtic 's crisis , but it is thought that no - one on the board wants Brady 's resignation . The manager is also being backed by Celtic 's captain , Paul McStay . ‘ The players have to take a heap of responsibility for what has happened at Celtic Park,’ he said , ‘ but the squad is also made up of footballers who want to play in the manner Liam Brady has adopted as his philosophy on the game . ‘ We hope he succeeds because the game is supposed to be an entertainment.’ McStay does not absolve himself from blame for Celtic 's poor season .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: no)
The speed of hands stamped the most vivid contrast on the encounter , for in each session Leonard took time out in his backtracking to whip in the jab and later the left hook to win the judges ' favour . Nine years ago and several times since , Duran had shown the difficulty he has in fighting someone who is on the retreat . This time his 38-year - old legs were not quick enough to cut off the corners and trap his quarry for even the slightest roughing - up . Yet if Leonard 's fleet feet were still part of his youthfulness , there were signs of bodily frailty ; he bore the only real wounds of the contest , a cut to the lip sustained early on and a more serious one over the left eye in the 11th round . But it was a fight in which no one— apart from the punters — suffered any real pain .
Idiom: scratch the surface (used idiomatically: yes)
Carole Meadows gave her a wry smile as she began filling the picnic hamper . ‘ The twins and Kerry - Jane might not have much flesh on them , but boy — they sure can pack it away!’ she laughed . ‘ In fact , you 'll soon find out that three square meals a day is hardly scratching the surface — most kids seem to have an ever - open stomach.’ Laura gave her a wry smile . ‘ Yes , I can see that I have a lot to learn.’
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
The worst fear is that temperatures will rise most dramatically a t the poles , with a very real possibility that the huge ice caps at the North and South Poles wills tart breaking up and melting . They would produce more water so the oceans would get fuller . Unless expensive sea defences were built , low - lying coastal regions would be permanently submerged . Estimates are that sea levels could rise by as much as 1.65 m ( 4½feet ) by the middle of the next century . Another consequence may be that wet countries will have more rain and already dry countries will have less .
Idiom: yes and no (used idiomatically: no)
However , beginning from the first or second post - operative day there were gradual signs of improvement until her death three weeks after surgery . The second case , that of Crockett and Estridge ( 1951 ) , survived for a period of four months after left hemispherectomy . Immediate post - operative speech was limited to " yes ' and " no " but after two weeks the patient was able to say " no , I do n't want any " and " put me back to bed " . During the following two weeks his speech improved and he began to use a few more simple words , but subsequently " a block in his speech appeared " and he only said " aw - caw and " yes ' and " no " . Such limited expressive speech following left hemispherectomy was also observed in the third recorded case ( French , Johnson , Brown and Van Bergen , 1955 ) .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: no)
' Let 's go and have a beer , ' she offered , ' or a hot - dog or some candy - floss . ' ' Beer , I think , ' said Betty , making for the tent . ' There you are , ' said Dr Wyn with strenuous good will . ' So we are , ' said Lydia , smiling radiantly . ' Enjoying yourselves ? ' asked the doctor .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Take the case of She gave him a piece of her mind . A good part of the meaning of this expression is accessible via normal metaphorical interpretation — it may be inferred that some opinion has been communicated . But a crucial element of meaning can not be construed in this way , namely , the negative , scolding aspect ; because of this , the expression to give someone a piece of one 's mind must be considered semi - opaque — and , by the same token , only semi - translucent . Because of their non - transparency and syntactic frozenness we shall consider dead metaphors to be minimal lexical units . 3
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
Over - reaction again , I noted . He placed his cup and its flooded saucer separately on the coffee table and sat back in his chair . He gazed up in the air and appeared to be musing to the ceiling . ‘ Goodness me , yes . Well , well , that does take me back .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
He put this in the breast pocket of his leather jacket , next to his heart . He kept it there for weeks , later transferring the number to his Filofax . After a few days ' dialling he knew it by heart . Day after day , he was given the same old put - off by the stage doorman about Viola not being there . It was not a likely story when she was due on stage in half an hour .
Idiom: in the sticks (used idiomatically: yes)
Better get out there and have a look just the same , Cesena told him with a hint of malice . Even down there in the coastal flatlands it was a wild night . They could imagine what conditions must be like up in the mountains , having done their stint in the sticks at one time or another . Out where , though ? Apart from the undisputed fact that the farm in question was ‘ up’ , the sergeant knew only that it was near a village called Santa Sofia , above a river and on the way to a church .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
We commonly think of the illness as the symptoms but I would ask you to expand your view of disease to take into consideration the individual 's susceptibility because , as we have just seen , it is essential to the process of producing an illness that he be susceptible to it . With that in mind , how can we reasonably leave it out of our picture of disease ? When we consider the essential role of susceptibility it becomes plain that the people who caught a cold in the bus were ‘ ill’ before they ever stepped onto it , for if they had been healthy they would never have picked up the bugs in the first place . How long they had been ‘ carrying’ their susceptibility to that cold around with them just waiting to meet up with the right bugs will depend upon the individual circumstances of each of them . At this point there is a need to distinguish between two uses of the word disease ( or illness ) .
Idiom: stroke of luck (used idiomatically: yes)
And that box thing . Me too , except that Hrun dropped me . What a stroke of luck for you.’ ‘ Well-’ began Rincewind . Kring ignored him .
Idiom: put someone in mind of (used idiomatically: no)
' I had no idea , however , that it had attracted the attention of the Grand Army . ' Fedorov sat beside Thiercelin at the end of the long library table , steepled his blunt fingers and rubbed them together carefully . Thiercelin , who in his youth had studied law , was put in mind of an expert witness preparing to face examination . ' It may have some connection with certain other matters we are investigating . You will appreciate that with political affairs in their present delicate state we can not afford to overlook anything that might touch upon questions of security . '
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't think it was a German soldier at all . I 'm sure Thérèse made that up . I think it was Louis all along . For Louis , Antoinette had kicked off her buttoned high - heeled shoes by the wine racks and lain down on gritty sand . Was it better to be raped by a Nazi than seduced by a Frenchman ?
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
Lieutenant Simon Doggett , who had been charged with keeping Nosey from killing the chickens that pecked in the inn yard , followed Sharpe out to the road . ‘ Well , sir?’ he asked Sharpe , but in a nervous voice which suggested that he expected his temerity in asking to be met with a savage reproof . ‘ He 'll be at the crossroads in one hour with four thousand men . Let 's hope the bastards can fight.’ Saxe - Weimar 's men were mostly German troops in Dutch service who had fought for Napoleon in the previous wars , and not even Saxe - Weimar himself was certain whether they would now fight against their old comrades .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah , I would like to stay Leith , that 's where all the football fans are that support Hibernian . Right . Er if my choice , I 'd like to be in the docks , but things can not ha happen that way , we 've got a lot o , a lot of the yuppies moving in that area , and that seems to be taking over that area so no chance of a football stadium there . Things do have to move on . The outside of the town seems to be the best idea .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah it was was n't it ? Mm . Only it seems a long way to go ! I know , but it 's the Poole West Revision . Ah !
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: yes)
In contrast , boys seem to have a firmer self - identity and a clearer ambition showing more insight in response to sentence stems such as'My main problem is … ' and ' He / she felt proud that … ' . Such findings give us some clues about the characteristics of boys and girls of these ages . If we compare boys of 14 years of age who opt for science with other boys , we find that the former have very cut - and - dried views on many issues . For example , they take the view that ' criminals should be severely punished ' or that ' anyone who is unpopular deserves his fate ' . To the sentence stem ' When a child will not join in group activities … ' , these boys gave responses like ' he is selfish ' , ' he must be stupid ' , ' he deserves to be unpopular ' .
Idiom: in the fast lane (used idiomatically: yes)
Daytimes are spent on the beach in town or in one of the adjacent rocky coves . The beaches are a mixture of sand and shingle , and the sea is very blue . Off the beach you can paraglide , jet ski or waterski and on the shore there is a go - kart track for those who wish to spend life in the fast lane . Won thing we should tell you is that last summer Benitses sold out fast . If you want to get a slice of the action book early — no kidding .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Not listening was always one of my faults and one of the reasons I so frequently found myself isolated in misunderstanding : like a careless rider , cut off from the company , alone and benighted for failing to pay attention to the prevailing agreements as to intention and direction . After a while the other riders do n't even bother to come and look for you . They leave you to amble into the desert on your own , and when you come to think of it you ca n't really blame them . One day she was talking about love again . She said — or I heard — that we should only fall in love once , that it was an experience of such profound significance that to repeat it would be to devalue it .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
But I hope Madame does n't expect me in a hat and gloves . ' She compromised with one of the few dresses she 'd brought with her — a simple navy cotton in a button - through style , with short sleeves , a deep square neck and a full skirt . Then , obeying an impulse she barely understood , she took the silver medallion out of the inner pocket of her bag , where she 'd zipped it for safekeeping , and fastened the chain round her neck . A talisman , she thought . For protection .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
This is not surprising when one considers the ways in which the attitudes and structures of society condition us from the early years of life . She also points to the danger of a new tendency to give attention to affluent active newly - retired people , which only serves to concentrate ageism on older , poorer people . She believes we must all recognise and come to terms with our own ageism and seek to break down the barriers to understanding . In this , the media — particularly television — could play a major role . Mary Marshall recommends that :
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
Sort of re - post them . But my stage tended to turn into a revolving stage and I became the recipient of endless encores . The whole process became disheartening and , although I tried various mantras , from words I repeated endlessly to candle flames that I stared at , my thoughts always got the better of me . It was perhaps because of this , and because I tried to foster the whole idea of positive thinking , that I began to concentrate more and more on visualization . For years visualization has been an everyday part of my life as it is an everyday pad of every writer 's day .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Palmer explained that the money was not returnable , should I fail to complete the contract within thirty days . ‘ That wo n't be a problem,’ I told him with bravado , though I had n't a clue how I would get hold of the balance of the cash . For the following twenty - seven days I approached everyone I knew , from the Bow Building Society to distant aunts , even fellow - students , but none of them showed the slightest interest in backing a young woman undergraduate to the tune of sixty pounds in order that she could buy a fruit and vegetable shop . ‘ But it 's a wonderful investment,’ I tried to explain to anyone who would listen . ‘ What 's more , Charlie Trumper comes with the deal , the finest fruit and vegetable man the East End has ever seen.’
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
Changing employment patterns . Many of the points that I make in this speech have already been covered by John , but they are important and deserve to be repeated . The matters of employing people is changing and in the main those changes fly in the face of traditional G M B organization and make recruitment and retention of membership more difficult . Whatever the reasons for these changes , be they because of a hostile government , new technology or the European dimension , we must respond and change if we are to survive as a creditable organization . The employment situation described in the motion are no longer the exception , they are the rule and as such we must sharpen up our recruitment act .