Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
The groups have a certain homogeneity . All include more women than men , more old than young . There is always one member who gets lost and is late for the bus , one who talks too much , another who never speaks at all . There is one who stands apart , dissociating himself from his companions . And there is a high proportion of people who know a good deal about what they are looking at and may even have seen it before .
Idiom: perish the thought (used idiomatically: yes)
They have been buggering about with things a lot though … No news as yet about the Villa game , except that leslie silver was a bit pissed off at losing the stlg75,000 ( I hope you see a pound sign as I do , and not ‘ stlg’ ) that comes with a sky appearance . They 're trying to arrange a ‘ mutually convenient’ date ( and in the back of their minds they also want it to still be on sky … so unless we both get knocked out of the FA cup this weekend ( perish the thought ) we 'll probably end up playing a saturday and the following monday if moneygrabber silver is owt to do with it . In a way I suppoise it was quite fortunate as we would have been without speed and wallace , who have now got a longer recovery period — as have all the other cripples that we 're carrying . Sean .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
so remember that , do when you do the bearings if you 're doing some , erm examples , or you 're looking through , or you 're doing some revision , get up , stand up , and think , right what 's to think of , oh it 's not there , like if I 'm taking a bearing on these flowers , it 's , well , just that much in it , you know , Yeah . get dizzy going all the way round , but make sure you do , you know , stand up and do it , and then it 'll go in . Hey , that 'd be a good one for spatial awareness , thanks for the idea , Yeah .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
He was born in London in 1592 , fifth child of a prosperous East Indian merchant at whose house Hawkins , Drake and Raleigh had been visitors . There was usually a clergyman in the house ; Nicholas was brought up not only on the Bible but on Foxe 's account of the martyrdom of his ancestor Bishop Ferrar under Queen Mary . At an early age he developed a remarkable memory and could recite long passages from the Scriptures by heart . As a child , his brother relates , The prayer was answered and , says John , ‘ he had all his lifetime after a more than ordinary fear of God and His presence’ .
Idiom: teething troubles (used idiomatically: no)
Information might be presented in a distorted manner . This will enable the group or manager presenting the information to get their own way more easily . For example , if the engineering department wants to introduce a new item of equipment into Service , they might give biased information about likely ‘ teething troubles’ with the equipment 's technology or the expected costs of maintenance , or breakdown times . A group ( especially a specialist group such as accounting ) which considers its influence to be neglected might seek to impose rules , procedures , restrictions or official requirements on other groups , in order to bolster up their own importance . A manager might seek to bypass formal channels of communication and decision - making by establishing informal contacts and friendships with people in a position of importance .
Idiom: in your dreams (used idiomatically: yes)
" You 're here to follow my orders . " " In your dreams , pal ! "
Idiom: in your dreams (used idiomatically: no)
♫ you lie asleep in your bed ♫ ♫ and I wonder if ever just briefly ♫ ♫ do I creep in your dreams now and then ♫ ♫ Where are you now ? ♫ ♫ My wild summer love ♫
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What — fifteen miles to Botley and fifteen miles back every week , just for you to join a Brownie Pack?’ he exclaimed . ‘ Not likely!’ Jenny begged him every day to change his mind , but he was a busy man and declared that it was quite out of the question and he wished to goodness Miss Clinton had never mentioned the subject of Brownies ! Miss Clinton stayed for nearly a week at Dale End before leaving to tour Scotland . She ordered a new tyre for her car from Jenny 's daddy , and left the car at the garage to be fitted , all ready loaded up with her luggage .
Idiom: have it both ways (used idiomatically: yes)
That is a register - based system . Our system is not register based but claimant based . The Labour party can not have it both ways : it attacks the system either because it expects people to claim or because it requires a register . Of course it is a claimant - based system — no one has ever hidden that fact . People who can be eligible for up to 100 per cent .
Idiom: walk the plank (used idiomatically: yes)
that are slept on but never opened . Weasel never gets near Hilde . Brother and sister walk down the gang - plank in easy paces . They see New York
Idiom: leave well alone (used idiomatically: yes)
Finally , the Report suggested that the Minister might establish ‘ a small committee to advise her from time to time on the subjects and types of adult education courses which should receive priority in qualifying for grant’(Recommendation 18 ) . In general , the Ashby Report received modest praise from the press . The Times Educational Supplement , for example , called it ‘ a soothing but useful report in which the evidence is interpreted with good sense’ and summarised the conclusions as ‘ leave well alone’ . The leader writer depicted the Minister of Education Florence Horsbrugh as having been ‘ hoist with her own petard’ : if she had hoped that her Committee of Enquiry would recommend financial cuts she had been disappointed , for if anything the proposals made some increase in expenditure likely . Within the adult education profession at large , there was gratification that the existing providers had been commended for their work , but some fears lest the proposals for future grant allocation might lead to increased governmental control over courses taught .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: no)
Frère Pierre recorded : He composed his blends not only according to the flavour of the juice , but also according to what the weather had been like that year — an early or late development , depending on the amount of cold or rain there had been — and according to whether the vines had grown a rich or mediocre foliage . All these factors served him as rules for the composition of the blends . Dom Grossard further informs us that ' He could tell at once which grapes were from which vineyards and would say , ' The wine of that vineyard must be married with the wine of that one ' , and never once did he make a mistake . ' Grapes for pressing would be brought in from many different vineyards , following Dom Pérignon 's explicit instructions .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
Where uncertain about a title ( particularly those in unfamiliar subject fields ) she / he will need to consult selective and evaluative bibliographies for an authoritative opinion before making a final decision . After a section has been weeded , those books which are considered worth retaining in their existing form will remain on the shelves — one would hope , a substantial proportion . Additionally , there would be various piles of books taken off the shelves and marked for action of one kind or another . These fall into a number of categories . 1 .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: no)
By and large I do not believe that people want for profit organisations running human service delivery . Indeed I do n't believe the private sector can get into the community in the way that er , not for profit , communitarian organisations can . What we need is to get the best of both worlds , an enhanced and more competent community providing care , support and help to individuals efficiently but without dumping disadvantaged people onto unsupported relatives . There is of course , an opportunity to use money currently locked up in large institutions and statutory organisations more productively through local effort . That is the challenge for local government .
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
In Britain , ministers were careful to introduce any announcements they made on the matter with assurances that there was no intention to bully Denmark . At the same time it was made clear that British foreign policy was not going to be dictated by the whims of one small country . A way would have to be found by the time of the Edinburgh Summit ( later the Birmingham Summit was introduced for the same purpose ) of providing a form of words ( possibly involving subsidiarity ) which would help the Danes to save face . The prime minister put the Government 's position very clearly in a statement to the House of Commons on 3 June , the day after the Danish vote : ‘ The Government continue to believe that the deal we secured at Maastricht is in the best interests of this country . In the expectation that Denmark will in due course be able to join them , our partners propose to complete the ratification procedures .
Idiom: go through the motions (used idiomatically: yes)
The British were mistaken in supposing that they continued to have the same sovereign and therefore the same national identity vis-à-vis the outside world as the Canadians . They did not : the Canadians had one sort of sovereign , and the British had another sort . The person who sits on the dais in Ottawa or Canberra and goes through the motions of opening a Parliament is not and can not be the same being at all as the person who does these things and has done them from time immemorial at Westminster . The difference is subtle , but the difference is fundamental , even though for a hundred years the British managed not to realise it , because they desperately wanted not to . The point is not , as sometimes supposed , that the sovereign had been made divisible .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
We can try and improve we can try and better ourselves , but at the end of the day we are still what we are . And David says it for all of us , I was born in sin and shapen in inequity . The apostle Paul , he says , I know that in me , that is in my flesh dwells no good thing ! He says , I am a sinner ! That which is born of the flesh is flesh .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: no)
You could also go to local amateur dramatic performances . Members of such groups are usually very friendly and so grateful that people turn up to their performances that they are quite often there to smile and chat to visitors at the door . Go to your nearest town occasionally for a special event — a concert , a festival , or a flower show . All these things you can do by yourself , but at the same time you will be making some sort of social contact . You could develop an interest that brings you into contact with other people , .
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
It was then that Nigger started going bad . Several assault and battery charges had brought him trouble with the police . The last couple of times Yanto had seen him before joining the army , it had been touch and go . Nigger 's taunts and sarcasm , usually in front of girls , had pushed Yanto 's self control to the limit . The last time they had met was on V.E. night in Berkeley .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Bill did not recognize either man . ' What 's the bastard trying to do , Nurse Dungarvan ? ' he mumbled as Dr Curtis tried to listen to his chest ' Tell him to get the hell out of it . ' ' Take it easy , son , ' said Dr Curtis . ' I 'm a doctor . I only want to help you . '
Idiom: in the fast lane (used idiomatically: no)
Researchers stood on street corners , checked the clocks in banks and the speed at which tellers cashed cheques and shop assistants gave change . They watched how fast people walk and talk . Not suprisingly , people in the north - east of the country , where the work ethic and the climate push the pace of life ever upward , reside permanently in the fast lane . North - easterners generally walk faster , give change faster , talk faster , and are more likely to wear watches so that they can make every second count . How much people are worried about time means a lot , of course .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
He was now a mere ten feet above the urinating man 's head . The cruel blade slid smoothly from its sheath into his right hand . Swinging lightly over the top rail he glanced down , measured the drop to the shoulders of his unsuspecting victim below , and stepped into space . As he did so , the silence was shattered by a warning shout from further up the alley . ‘ Joe , look out !
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: yes)
You 'd be crazy to sell today . What I would suggest is that you seize the opportunity to buy … while the price is right . Make hay while the sun shines , you know . We 'll cover the purchase by looking to coming out of your present holdings towards the end of the account , maybe today if the Index picks up … " ( N. B. If a client bought one stock today , and sold another tomorrow to pay for it , the time difference served as a cover for the dealer 's churning .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: no)
11 1988 STATISTICS We need to analyse the current year statistics as soon as possible and hope you will find the form and printout of 1987 class details , which need only be ticked / updated , easy to use . Please let us know about EVERY class that operated at any time in 1988 , whether it was only a couple of weeks in January or a short summer course ( children or adults ) and take the highest number on roll at any time in the year . 12 EQUIPMENT All offers of spare equipment ( donated or loaned ) will be gratefully received to help those about to start new classes — even broken hoops ! !
Idiom: get under someone's skin (used idiomatically: yes)
Poor old Matt . Shit , he was a good bloke . Sure he could get under your skin but so would St Francis of Assisi on a job like this . He 'd have spent all his time looking at the bloody birds in the Jungle instead of reading his cue - cards . Sorry , love .
Idiom: take a dive (used idiomatically: yes)
The pound , however , inched ahead a pfennig against the mark to DM2.43 . EUROPEAN stock markets showed barely a flicker of interest in the election result . The German market took a mini dive of 12-points but the Paris Bourse was fairly firm . TOKYO was up 211.84 ; SINGAPORE added 15 and the Hang Seng in HONG KONG was also higher . SYDNEY also had a minor gain .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I love you . I am your mother and nothing can change that . But if you marry that woman , you will break my heart.’ ‘ Everyone needs their family . Everyone needs their home .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We congregated at certain bookshops and talked a lot about books . Those of us who studied English had a background in Shakespeare , Dickens , Hardy , Swift . Galsworthy was a set book : I felt I knew the Forsyte Saga by heart . I read Yeats , Dylan Thomas , Ezra Pound , Tennesse Williams and Harold Pinter.’ A Russian friend , educated in St Petersburg , said that the staples of her English studies were Great Expectations , Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Vanity Fair .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
By 28 October the Germans were forced back by the rising waters , many were drowned and masses of weapons were lost . This watery bulwark gave the Germans no option but to turn the mass of their force against the British salient , north , east and south of Ypres . From 29 October onward , fighting was continuous , both night and day , in conditions dominated by mud and wintry cold . At first , the Germans succeeded in penetrating a single point in the British line to the north . Then the southern British flank was broken open by a new German army of six divisions and massed artillery moving toward the Zandvoorde and Messines ridges .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
The rapist , believed to be aged 20 to 22 years , was described as lean but muscular and about 5 ft 8 in tall . He was clean - shaven with straight blond hair and angular features . He wore dark trousers with a light cotton shirt . ' Clever ' calculators pose problem for exam boards By BY SIMON MIDGLEY , Education Reporter
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
okay , sorry about that Alf . Alright , no problem . Er you you 're sort of chatting away and people come in and they 're all over the place , so er station where you are then ? I know it 's like it 's like like the train station , is n't it ?
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: no)
Two Graham Bowen goals damaged Carlisle 's championship hopes as Redcar held them to a 2–2 draw . A 0–0 draw did little for Darlington 's hopes of escaping the drop . They now go into second bottom spot on eight points . They will play bottom place South Shields next week . Shields lost 40 to a strong Norton second team who are probably safe on 10 points although they play Sunderland next week .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Did you see or hear anything at all which might be regarded as suspicious or unusual — either then , or earlier in the evening?’ ‘ I 'm sorry , Inspector . Nothing of that sort comes to mind . Naturally , I 've been thinking it over ever since poor Sarah burst into my room this morning . It 's terrible.’
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Quinn is striking right note with Gould Duncan McKenzie HE 'S no ball player and certainly not one of the game 's better athletes , but you just ca n't argue with his goalscoring record over the years . Mick Quinn does n't have to say too much in his own defence apart from pointing to an average of 20 goals a season for 13 years , and 13 in 10 starts since August . It makes people wonder why he 's only had one season at top level , never been bought by a successful club , and why Kevin Keegan is letting him move on to Coventry now .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
Although Russia vehemently opposes the inclusion of former Eastern block countries into NATO , in practice , and on the level of the armies , the cooperation between East and West works already :
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
In the centre of the bowl their huge mounts wait among the herd . Far above are the distant rocks of the cavern floor , discoloured by centuries of dragon droppings . Moving with the easy gliding movement that is second nature Liessa sets off towards her own dragon , Laolith , who turns his great horsey head towards her . His jowls are greasy with porkfat . It was very enjoyable , he says in her mind .
Idiom: on the dot (used idiomatically: yes)
The Aberdeen and Shetland mail steamers call at Wick Bay , weather permitting ; this clause has a deep meaning in it , as many can witness who have seen how the waves break on that shore at times . After sketching the steamboat , as she lay in the bay unlading her cargo , from the bridge over the water that divides Pultneytown from the old town of Wick , I got into one of the boats leaving the pier , and was landed on board the ‘ St. Nicholas,’ thinking it would be more pleasant to visit Thurso by sailing round the coast than to go by rail . I was to be at the harbour at 8 a.m. on the dot . At 7.45 , with a knot of sickness already tightening in my stomach , there was not a soul about . It was bitterly cold but dry .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
He had learned to his cost , when the ' Empire ' had staged nude reviews in a desperate attempt to keep going , that using sex quite frankly as the basic attraction meant losing the reliable , come - every - week family audience to gain the dubious favours of a fickle , rowdy mob of hooligans . Besides , he did n't want to awaken the wrath of that turbulent priest again . He had won the last contest on points , thank God , but he knew that a series of ' X ' films , and the suggestive posters that were essential to their promotion , would give Father Whatsisname just the chance he wanted to point the accusing finger . That would knock the bottom out of his own defence of the cinema as the clean , healthy family entertainment . He had seen Father …
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
The Parliament is by no means the European counterpart of Westminster . It has no substantial legislative powers and is as much a debating chamber as anything . Its powers , however , do include a measure of budgetary control and the Commission is responsible to it and can , in the final analysis , be dismissed by it , so that in political terms it enjoys a potential influence of considerable substance which , however , it has not yet fully developed . The preponderance of power within the European Community presently resides with the Council of Ministers and the Commission . Together , these two bodies constitute the bulk of legislative and executive authority within the Community .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: no)
There must have been a time before Fenna , just as there must have been a time before words , but Maggie can not not conceive of either . How could it have felt to be lonely and dumb ? But at the same time Maggie was still young enough to hold two or more things in her mind , clear and contradictory . Her mind , like the women in her house , was still laid down in strata , each virtually impermeable to the others . All this about Fenna was entirely true , but she would not have said it , would not have known how to shape such sentences .
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
He pressed the starter . He pressed it again . He went on pressing it until the starter engine ground to a halt . Then they sat in silence for some moments . ‘ George God strikes again,’ said Bob .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
MANAGER Oh good , there you are Tracey . Could you lend a hand with the laundry this morning ? We 're one short . TRACEY
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Spurs start their Premier League campaign at Southampton today with £ 1.7million summer signing Darren Anderton filling the vacant slot in attack alongside Gordon Durie . But with Anderton more at home in a wide midfield role , Spurs ' chief executive Terry Venables may be forced back into the transfer market — with Sheringham still their top target . Venables ' initial bid to sign Sheri for £ 2million last week was put on ice because Forest boss Brian Clough refused to let him go until he found a replacement . But Spurs are keen to replace Japan - bound Gary Lineker , who scored most of their goals last season , and have £ 2million to spend from the sale of Paul Stewart to Liverpool . Lineker and Paul Gascoigne have both been in touch with Spurs to wish them good luck for the new season .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
Walls are tumbling down . Barriers are being broken . History is being made . And business opportunities created . Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung GmbH
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
To be sure , they find that implementation has been patchy , with a gap between items whose follow - up was assigned to strong international organizations , such as the International ~ Monetary ~ Fund , and those merely calling for coordination among national authorities . Overall , however , the result is far from zero . Indeed , the US adopted wide - ranging financial reform in July , Europe is in the final steps of approval of its legislative package , and the Basel committee has just given the green light to a substantial tightening of credit - risk rules .