Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: take the fall (used idiomatically: no)
She had an eye for talent which they respected , she knew how to pick her designers , and could be relied on to spot a trend developing and to promote it . Never original , they knew that , they respected her position in the market - place . But , of course , it would be delightful if she took a fall . The competitors in the fashion world watched each other closely always , for any sign of faltering . They were on a roundabout , anyway , or if you preferred the image , a swing .
Idiom: in a rut (used idiomatically: no)
He gets annual increases but never a big salary jump , which he would if he were promoted . I seethe with frustration , but he simply smiles and tells me not to fret . How can I make him see his colleagues will look down on him if he says in the same old rut ? A Perhaps the one who is looking down on him is you .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
People would walk up a line to buy flowers in the summer,’ she added . Shock News of her MBE ‘ for service to the nuclear industry’ came completely out of the blue . ‘ It was a big shock,’ admitted Dorothy who went to Buckingham Palace with her husband , Ron , to receive it from the Queen . There were gifts of a different sort at her farewell gathering when Sir Christopher Harding presented her with a silver fronted clock and a Royal Doulton figurine .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ This must be the last place on earth where his words are public — except Albania.’ For a reason not quite clear to her , Erika felt embarrassed , as if there were an irony in Karl 's words , especially the reference to Albania , which she felt she was not clever enough to understand . ‘ I ca n't really say about that,’ she said , ‘ but —’launching into a text learned by heart —‘although guilty of many deviations from Marxism - Leninism and Socialist legality , Stalin did lead the heroic resistance of the Soviet peoples in the anti - Fascist war.’ They sauntered on , Erika conscientiously describing each slab as they reached it : ‘ Tribute to the glorious soldiers of the Red Army … . Tribute to the glorious airmen of the Red Air Force … .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
She had had the barest glimpse of it , for it had vanished at once , but somehow it had left her with an uncanny impression that was not particularly pleasant . It was with some trepidation , therefore , that on her way back she pushed open the gate and walked up the drive . The sound of strange footsteps upset all the animals , who gave tongue in their various ways , and a deafening concert was in full swing by the time she reached the door and rang the bell . Another dog began to bark , this time inside the house . She heard a man 's voice say , ‘ Quiet , James!’ and then the door was opened by Roger himself .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
That 's horrible is n't it ? erm on your own do n't you ? Well anyway Wen , Wen was in bed with flu , he was with mum so when we went up to pick him up about ooh twenty past twelve I said to and Rudy , I said to Rudy I 'm , I 'm worried about Wendy , he said are you ? This is New Year 's Eve ? Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let 's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: no)
Confronted by so much stone , the irony of the autumn sun would make light of the whole affair , pace that smothered undertone . But reading of what we lack
Idiom: money talks (used idiomatically: yes)
NEW ~ YORK – The world is drowning in corporate fraud , and the problems are probably greatest in rich countries – those with supposedly " good governance . " Poor - country governments probably accept more bribes and commit more offenses , but it is rich countries that host the global companies that carry out the largest offenses . Money talks , and it is corrupting politics and markets all over the world . Hardly a day passes without a new story of malfeasance . Every ~ Wall ~ Street firm has paid significant fines during the past decade for phony accounting , insider trading , securities fraud , Ponzi schemes , or outright embezzlement by CEOs .
Idiom: miss the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
George III irritated American colonists by summoning them to meetings in ‘ places unusual , uncomfortable and distant’— a complaint familiar to many of today 's business executives . Until the nineteenth century , Marco Polo 's account of his travels in Asia and China , which he dictated between 1296 and 1298 , was virtually the only source of information about the Far East . Mr Pilkington of the English glass firm had an important meeting in Paris on 15 July 1919 , but he had missed the boat - train and thought he had missed the meeting . On the evening of 14 July he was flicking through the London Evening News when he spotted an article which said that the ban on commercial flights between Britain and the rest of Europe had been lifted . He immediately chartered a plane to take him to Paris the next day and made his meeting .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
Hey — wait a minute . Did I say new vogues ? There 's nothing new under the sun ! Life 's basic needs remains fairly constant — but we juggle the formula for fulfilment of these needs , until having reached a frenzy we go ‘ over the top’ and the formula has to be reassembled . However — given some perception along the way we do n't have to go right back to the beginning again .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
She had recently changed her mind and in a moving and closely argued speech declared her support for the combined system . This was naturally received with enthusiasm and she was warmly welcomed within the fold of the BDDA . Her conversion helped to make the BDDA at long last take the plunge and appoint its first paid staff . Two appointments were made : Molly Sheavyn , who became Further Education and Youth Officer " , and Mark Frame , by then the Rev Mark Frame , who had been Honorary Secretary since 1951 . Frame as " Liaison Officer " was given the task of bringing members and branches into closer communication with the executive and of encouraging the work of Regional Councils .
Idiom: for my money (used idiomatically: yes)
It should be more clearly aimed at such a market , for it has pretensions otherwise . In many ways it seems churlish to criticize Competing Discourses as I have , for there are so few books available which engage with discourse stylistics in a manner which is readable and accessible . But for my money , I would have liked to have seen more radical analyses and a weaker Whorf - Sapir hypothesis dominating the book . Keith Green Sheffield Hallam University , UK
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
I ' m tired . I just want to go on the teacup ride and take it easy .
Idiom: hot under the collar (used idiomatically: yes)
All appointees have to provide a urine sample — even Pamela Harriman , the new ambassador to Paris , had to stand in line , clutching her paper cup — and turn up for a face - to - face interview , which usually lasts between one - and - a - half and two hours . The interviewers , who are normally retired FBI men , are pretty tolerant of homosexuals ( as long as they are out of the closet , making ‘ outing’ an official policy ) and marijuana - smoking ( as long as it was part of student experimenting ) . But they get hot under the collar about trips behind the old Iron Curtain . Candidates are still asked that venerable chestnut : whether they are , or have have ever been , members of the Communist Party , ‘ or any other organisation whose purpose is to subvert the government of the United States.’ Those answering in the affirmative are presumably blacklisted .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Highlights include Frank McGuinness ' Baglady ' , a series of RSC performances of Shakespearian classics , Lorca 's ' Blood Wedding ' , adaptations of Heathcote William 's ' Whale Nation ' and ' Falling For A Dolphin'plus a whole host of new and experimental works . Elsewhere , James play The Ulster Hall … Desmond Dekker plays the Festival Ball in Whitla Hall … There 's an entire film festival with opportunities for film buffs to review old classics and to catch up with films from abroad and from underground directors … There are workshops , lectures , masterclasses and exhibitions of sculpture , painting and other media …
Idiom: champ at the bit (used idiomatically: yes)
I scrambled frantically up the face of another eight - footer . Miraculously , we were out the back . Damon was already up and running ; Bodo was champing at the bit . ' I 'll check out the smaller break for starters . Catch up with you later . '
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Meet Dr Kate Ash , the representative from IMP whom I 'm sure you 've heard about!’ CHAPTER TWO AT THE end of a long and exhausting working day Kate retired to her room with one thing only on her mind , and that was a need for a cool shower . The weather was still heavy and sultry , the promised storm still not having broken . Both she and Ace had kept their inevitable contact strictly business ; in fact she had to be impressed with his total single - mindedness with his job , finding in his perfectionist attitude an answering chord within herself .
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
I think that is actually something that I like about him , the fact that he left school early , that he did actually have to struggle . He 's a self - made man and that sort of thing . Well he has an army of people sleeping rough in London , and if this the cold Well he 's inherited an army of people sleeping rough . But he could have done something quite dramatic and significant there .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
To her relief , Elinor was not slumped on the floor ; deathly white , she clung for support to the silver brocade hangings of her bed . Wordlessly , she pointed above the fireplace . Buzz turned her head to the left , where the portrait of the three sisters hung . At first Buzz saw nothing , but then she gasped in horror . Each of the three long , creamy necks had been cut horizontally : a small triangle of canvas hung downward from each slashed throat .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
mechanistic Oh yes I feel oh stop ! I do n't have to look too far back in there when we started this whole process , four or five years of throwing it all up in the air to say that I felt every pupil could comment in some way , something that they had enjoyed , something they felt they 'd been successful at , something they felt they found difficult , something that had pleased them , surely every child could comment on wo , if it 's just one of those things Wha but i it has then
Idiom: close shave (used idiomatically: yes)
However the offices were closed so he said he would call first thing in the morning . Dad thanked the man several times but he just grunted and left . ‘ Phew , that was a close shave,’ Dad said , flopping into the chair wiping his brow . True to his word Dad signed off the next day and we heard no more about it . In the weeks that followed he built up a regular round of customers and boasted that it was better than going to work , especially on cold winter mornings .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
His latest project takes him back to Hawaii , and Rick Batey finds out why … Mention Hawaiian music , and you automatically think of lap - steel guitar . But lap - steel is a relative newcomer to the island 's culture when compared with the tradition of slack key guitar , a beautiful acoustic fingerpicking style based around dropped , or ' slack ' open tunings which have been handed down through the generations . One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder . Back in 1977 , Cooder guested on one of Gabby 's best albums , ' The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band ' , and Gabby returned the compliment by playing on Cooder 's ' Chicken Skin Music ' .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Design of the study — " before and after " We look at people in hospital , hopefully before they get into any rehabilitation programme but that 's not always been possible . We do an assessment and allow them to express their views on the quality of life in hospital . We then do the same set of assessments in the community about 9 months after people have made the move . It is based on different assessments , different views . There is a common instrumentation across all the client groups .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
Fully - fledged domestic rivalry among banks is also quite modern . That is not to say that banks faced no competition ; but because it came from mutual - fund companies , savings banks or manufacturing firms ' finance arms , they were slower to spot it and restricted by regulators in reacting to it . Non - banks , by and large , have accepted for longer that they must be cost - effective and efficient to survive . With their shareholders lulled by the regulatory safety net strung under them and lured by the prospect of fat and easy profits , many banks in the 1980s went for growth instead . All this changed when recession threw debtors into receivership and many fast - growing banks into or near the red .
Idiom: up a tree (used idiomatically: yes)
Satisfied , I began to notice other birds , the all - the - year - round residents . Nut hatches flicked over old leaves in search of insects . A silver and tawny tree creeper spiralled up a tree trunk , probing for beetle larvae with its long thin bill ; it dropped down to the roots of the next tree — and edged its way up once more . Jays strutted through a clearing , beak - prodding the ground for green shoots of acorns buried earlier . The mechanical drumming of a lesser spotted woodpecker raining blows at a branch with its bill reverberated across the park ; a strange territorial ‘ song’ .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
His hits make a roll of honour which stretches beyond just the charts . His version of You 'll never Walk alone has been immortlaised at Liverpool Football Club and raised hundreds of thousands after the Bradford fire . The same went for his classic song Ferry Cross the Mersey after Hillsbrough . Still liking it , still doing it , Gerry Marsden keeps rocking and rolling at the Apollo tonight . Surgeons remove benign tumour from the Pope
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
' Of course not ! ' ' Liar ! ' At half - past eleven he went down to the town with Tony to collect the papers . ' Lunch at one , sharp ! ' Zelah called after them .
Idiom: in Dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
Only in 1914 were Indonesians admitted to schools where the medium was Dutch ( these were intended for Dutch and Eurasian students ) . As his father was a teacher and priyayi , Sukarno was among the favoured few . His father coached him in Dutch , and also introduced him to theosophy . By now they were living in a small town , Modyokerto . Sukarno was sent to Surabaya , where he experienced loneliness and sought shelter in the Theosophical Society library where he became acquainted with the great Europeans from Rousseau to Marx .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
Or is there a hope that European leaders will use the anniversary to announce the successful integration of the remaining Balkan countries into the European ~ Union ? ABalkan Monitor survey recently conducted by Gallup Europe gives suggests the state of public opinion in Serbia , Montenegro , Macedonia , Albania , Croatia , Bosnia ~ and ~ Herzegovina , and Kosovo 20 years on from the fall of the Berlin ~ Wall and a decade after the end of the Kosovo war . The findings seem to indicate that the next five years will be a make - or - break period for the region 's future development . While the overwhelming majority of citizens are convinced that further armed conflict in the region is unlikely , the public 's mood – with the exception of Kosovars and Albanians – is pessimistic . The future promises peace without development .
Idiom: live in sin (used idiomatically: yes)
measuring the length of Italy to darken the road outside your door . LIVING IN SIN We were never at home in that house , the home of the Bishop of Truro 's widow :
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
New transatlantic currents were making themselves felt . In March the Californian Governor Ronald Reagan cordoned off dissident Berkeley , and the US remained convulsed by the war in Vietnam . But the aftermath of the European Events of May 1968 still made waves , and the politics of papers like the Black Dwarf meant that alongside It 's report of American Ed Berman 's Inter Action and its development as a ‘ community arts centre’ were stories of ‘ Communications for a Revolutionary Europe and World’ , and reports from Prague under Soviet occupation . Another issue was creeping into the paper . In It52 Lee Harris reported on a new play by Jane Arden at the Arts Lab .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've want me papers . I mean them kids would be over the moon if they went there . Them kids would be over the moon if they went there Euro Disney . Yeah where he is ?
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
For lunch use the soup left in that pot . With a sandwich of some kind , that will do . While I go up for a bath you can take stock of the supplies I brought.’ ‘ If I were n't here what would you have had for dinner?’ ‘ Something easy .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
I believe that the Government would have kept the matter secret for much longer if the draft letter had not been leaked . Against that background , what assurances can the Minister give that contracts are not being pursued with other east European countries such as Bulgaria and the Ukraine to take in spent fuel and nuclear waste — given that the Iraqi contract was shrouded in secrecy for four months ? Can he state categorically that no such contracts are being considered , particularly in the light of the decision by the Ukrainian Parliament to shut down Chernobyl as soon as possible ? I do not believe that Scotland can or should avoid its international obligations , but I object to the fact that we are apparently being singled out as the one country that will be the nuclear laundry for everyone else . I believe that the genuine fears that exist in my part of Scotland and throughout Scotland are justified .
Idiom: tempt fate (used idiomatically: yes)
When you see him charging around you ca n't help but get involved . ‘ It 's a good partnership and we think it 's going to get better . ‘ We 've got a decent team but no-one here is going to tempt fate by saying what we can and ca n't win . ’ Lewis in title plea Steve Acteson
Idiom: power behind the throne (used idiomatically: yes)
Kenny 's Bookshop , near Buttermilk Lane , seemed to be the centre of civilization in Galway . I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf - ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze . When it closed , a statuesque elderly lady in curly grey hair , several laps of necklaces and a sweeping gown that may have been bombazine ( a word I have often pondered over ) showed clearly by her bold carriage that she was a power behind the Kenny throne . I had to restrain myself from running after her and asking who she was — heir to the Austro - Hungarian Empire perhaps ? Emerging from the delightful maze of shops , bars , churches and cafés , I crossed a bridge over the River Corrib .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: yes)
They hark back to an older , more religious notion , where it 's not a question of wholeness of being , but of holes . Would you agree that your sense of the world is n't secular and humanist , but religious ? ‘ I have no cut and dry philosophy , but I ca n't believe that we just die and become dust . It just does n't seem particularly logical or rational to me , that you live and strive for a while , then die . Without sounding too clichéd about it , there should be more to it than that .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
But please be patient.’ Blazing row A Spanish driver let his fiery temper get the better of him when he was stopped by police . As they wrote out a ticket 30-year - old Pere Costa smashed the car 's windows , doused it in petrol and set it on fire before walking home yesterday and leaving the police to deal with the blaze . Prisoner says thanks
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
The first thing someone familiar with Christine Brooke - Rose 's fiction notices about the novel is that it reads almost like conventional science fiction . The characteristic verbal acrobatics of Brooke - Rose 's earlier work are kept to a minimum , and when they are employed they are always motivated in a naturalistic way . There are two child narrators who work in tandem , but distinguishing between them poses no problem , and their identity is never overtly threatened . As the novel progresses , however , it becomes apparent that Xorandor does in fact address many of the same concerns as Brooke - Rose 's earlier novels , and that her assumption of the narrative idiom of the popular novel and her mimicry of a childish language are carefully calculated . The seemingly ingenuous children discover that as a model of reality , narrative can have explanatory force to rival even the most powerful scientific theories , and indeed that narrative has many of the same characteristics as the concepts on which modern science is founded .
Idiom: run amok (used idiomatically: yes)
For , after less than 20 wickets in four lean years with Derbyshire , Taylor was part of the Staffordshire team that came to Northampton in the first round of the 1990 NatWest Cup to be plundered by Allan Lamb and company for the record total of 360-2 . Northampton chief executive , Steve Coverdale , takes up the story : ‘ Paul , like all the Staffordshire bowlers , had some pretty horrendous figures . His were about 0-95 in 12 overs as our boys ran amok . ‘ But in his last over , he had the guts to bowl really fast and he should have had Allan Lamb caught three times but each time their 'keeper dropped it . ‘ At the time we were very short on quick bowling , and decided to take a real gamble and offer him a place on our staff .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: no)
He tried re - dialling two or three times , but either it was a long conversation or he could n't time it right to slip in between calls . At least they still had a phone . He hung up and got the last volume of the bigger directory from the rack under the table . There were hundreds of entries under Wells and a dozen or more A 's ; none of them matched with Alison 's address as he remembered it ; and yet she 'd told him she was in the book . He put the directory back and tried the agency again , but it was still engaged .