Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: pearly whites (used idiomatically: no)
I am told that the tapered polyester bristles have a different shape cross - section to conventional bristles , octagonal in fact . Without being too scientific , it worked for me . I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly - white bristles . This I found a great help . I discovered that the flats used on their edge were ideal for quickly flicking grass - like stems .
Idiom: talk shop (used idiomatically: no)
Mr Smith says it is not a party inquiry , even though most of its members have strong Labour connections . The only question is whether they will tell the Labour leader what he wants to hear or whether he does not even know what he believes about the state of Britain after 13 years of Tory rule . The country is crying out for leadership and all Mr Smith has to offer is a talking - shop for academics and political has - beens . Generation gap THE Prince of Wales says he really valued his chats with the Queen Mother and his late uncle , Lord Mountbatten .
Idiom: under your belt (used idiomatically: yes)
This is common practice , but it is a mistake to overdo it . A prospective employer can view too many changes with suspicion , often rightly . When you start working in advertising get a few years of solid experience with one agency under your belt . Women in advertising In a modern advertising agency women are welcomed in every department .
Idiom: piping hot (used idiomatically: yes)
Well there was six customers wanting , all wanting , right fine , I 'm not getting it Yeah . and I explained to them that it really wouldnae be piping hot , and then John came up with stuff and the custard Mhm . and cos he paid him twice for that , their sweets , and John was coming up , so , I do n't know if it was genuine , asked him and I cos I knew John was coming up
Idiom: sitting pretty (used idiomatically: yes)
But they will still cost around £ 350 each and Goodyear will supply the team with more than 2,000 for the season . MONDAY 'S Back Page ROARING TO GO … but yesterday the new Williams FW15 dream car was sitting pretty at its unveiling in London . Retiring world champ Nigel Mansell will give it a spin around the Silver - stone circuit tomorrow and next season the super car makes its long - awaited Grand Prix debut . POLICE CALLED IN BETS COUP
Idiom: every nook and cranny (used idiomatically: yes)
Then there are the cupboards and drawers , both inside and out , top and bottom and all the shelves too — areas that are often out of sight and out of mind . Kitchen Checklist Steam round them all in no time , using the Steamatic 's extension tubes to reach into every nook and cranny . Finally , what about those things that you know need a good clean , but you 'd rather just forget ? Things like the swingbin and dustbin , dust pans , washing bowls , kitchen buckets and even the baby 's high chair .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: no)
I 've got shitty . What do you get ? Well nuffink at the end of my day . I just normally buy like water bombs , things like that . No I have to buy
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: no)
that said , it 's a must - see revival , but expect to enjoy more with your eyes than with your ears . WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP OH YES they bloody can , even if they do n't know when to stop jumping and when to get their lives together . White Men Ca n't Jump is a little big movie . Nothing happens .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Their findings , reported last year in the British Medical Journal , highlighted poor sanitary conditions in some inner London schools . Using school nurses to carry out their survey , the doctors investigated almost all the 41 primary and secondary state schools in their health district . And although regulations stipulate the number of toilets and washbasins in schools , over a third of the schools surveyed did n't come up to scratch because of an inadequate number of toilets . One primary schools only has one inside toilet for 60 pupils in one of its buildings . In two schools , the toilets were kept locked for most of the day .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
Here lie the mortal remains of Christabel Madeleine LaMotte Younger daughter of Isidore LaMotte Historian And of his beloved wife Arabel LaMotte Only sister of Sophie , Lady Bailey Wife of Sir George Bailey of Seal Court Croysant le Wold Born January 3rd 1825 Laid to rest May 8th 1890 After mortal trouble Let me lie still Where the wind drives and the clouds stream Over the hill Where grass 's thousand thirsty mouths Sup up their fill Of the slow dew and the sharp rain Of the mantling snow dissolv'd again At Heaven 's sweet will . Someone , again not recently , had sheared the hay from the grave , which was surrounded by a low and crumbling stone rim , thrust apart by couch grass and thorny trails of bramble . On the grassy mound lay the ghost of a large , indeed opulent bouquet , held together by bridal wires , now rusted amongst the mop heads of dead chrysanthemums and carnations , the skeletal leaves of long - faded roses .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
You say it was n't by the Lock . I really do n't know , I ca n't say as er er as I ever , ever seen a unit in , in this area at all . Course though they had the bombs drop down the road here , they had a bomb drop just down the road here . There was a bomb Where was that ?
Idiom: kicking and screaming (used idiomatically: no)
Peered into the engine area . Cursed the engine area . Kicked the radiator and screamed as the bonnet fell shut on his fingers . He was cursing still as Cornelius bandaged him up . ' I 'm sorry we broke off the bonnet , ' the tall boy said .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
DnC 's worse - than - expected results are indicators that the Norwegian banking sector , if perhaps on the road to recovery , is not all well yet . Norwegian banks were severely hit by the 1986 oil price fall . On top of that the 1987 stock market crash and a steep domestic increase in interest rates nearly nearly put paid to some of them — including DnC. The fact that the loan losses of the banks remain heavy will force the Norwegian government to agree to the merger which otherwise might not square with its normally tough monopoly considerations . Next year 's outlook for the banks is expected to be less cloudy .
Idiom: all wet (used idiomatically: yes)
Now come good watch they listened , she heard the robber moan , she heard the dead man say , look for me by moonlight , watch for me by moonlight , I 'll come to thee by moonlight , though hell shall bar the way . she twisted her hands behind her , but all the knots held good . She her hands to her fingers , all wet with sweat or blood . They stretched and strained in the darkness , and the hours crawled by like years . Till now on the stroke of midnight , cold on the stroke of midnight , the tip of one finger touched it , the trigger at last was hers .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
An image was produced for the initial tests as an extra check . Finally the effect of placing material in the subject area was tried . There is a rarely occurring minor bug , apparently due to pixels seen on the edge of the reference area under some light conditions . The effect is that the message Ref card
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: no)
It was so brilliant and Yeah well I 've got to go to town only I dunno whether she 's gone , ca n't be gone yet , twenty past No she 's got Andrew 's er , she was talking to Andrew and Andrew happen to say airport for something , I do n't really know
Idiom: draw the short straw (used idiomatically: yes)
But workers rejected that offer and the matter was referred to the national executive of the Amalgamated Engineering , Electrical Union , which ruled in favour of the action . AEEU 's regional officer , Alwyn Rowlands said workers are angry that they did not get a cost of living increase in April despite the company making a healthy profit . One angry worker explained : ‘ They said they did not have sufficient money to sustain capital investment and pay shareholders , so somebody had to draw the short straw and it was us.’ Staff are still coming to terms with the decision to close the main part of the Junction factory within two years , making 100 workers redundant . Only 125 staff will be kept on at the Junction making washing machines .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I could n't believe it.’ At the same time , in Huddersfield , Chapman 's former colleague Dick Parker , who had heard that the Arsenal manager was ill , was on his way to the Leeds Road ground . ‘ As I turned the corner I saw the flag flying at half - mast and the meaning of it came like a flash.’ A minute 's silence was observed before the afternoon kick - off , after which a stunned Arsenal managed to hold Wednesday to a draw . The funeral four days later befitted an emperor .
Idiom: in stitches (used idiomatically: yes)
Nick has appendix out He hobbles down the aisle to we d JOHN PEACOCK HAPPY Nicholas Brennan was in stitches at his wedding — after an emergency operation . Nick , 27 , had his appendix out just eighteen hours before he was due to marry . But he bravely went through with the ceremony .
Idiom: good riddance (used idiomatically: yes)
Just then brother Jack came strolling in to collect the rest of his clothes . He went straight up the stairs and a few minutes later came down carrying a parcel of his things . Mum looked pleadingly at him but not a word was said between any of us until he was opening the door to leave and Dad said , ‘ Bloody good riddance , an ' do n't bang the door when you go , I 've only just mended it.’ But he did and once again the pictures on the walls quivered in fear . After that things went more smoothly for a few days , at least until the following Monday .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
But what is the result of maintaining such a false value of our currency ? If the foregoing is true , then prejudicing that section of industry which is most likely to reduce the unemployment numbers — the small family businesses — seems ill - advised indeed . Recent legislation has enabled tax relief to be obtained on money invested in new and , in many cases , new and modest - sized businesses . This is an attempt by Government to bring help to the traditional type of industry . It was assisted by the government Guaranteed Loan Scheme , which supported High Street banks in lending money to family businesses by guaranteeing up to 80 % of the banks ' risk .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
Newer materials , such as acrylics , which are being used by an increasing number of artists , are virtually passed over in favour of longer selection on preparing gesso . Pearce states that ‘ Acrylic grounds are too fat ( too flexible ) for oil paint’ , without offering a full explanation about what she means . Such a statement flies in the face of the types of acrylic primers offered to artists who wish to over paint in oils . Surely manufacturers who offer these products and recommend them of use as a priming support for oils have done their research properly ? Such statements serve only to confuse and prevent artists from being creative .
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: no)
Did she think I would n't notice ? thought Viola , beginning to breathe heavily . She must think I 'm senile if she thought that . So all Oswaldston will read that , and they 'll read between the lines and they 'll start calling me the marriage - breaker , will they ? And Hilda will be the poor little wifey at home who had her husband snatched from her . The sneaky little tart .
Idiom: make a meal of (used idiomatically: yes)
Nothing , no rules ! So the Old Guard have got upset — well sod 'em eh ? After all , they 've had their say years ago and made a meal of it : undeclared top - roping , hold chipping , secret rests , etc . Now it 's your turn . No underhand tactics as then , everything out in the open , everyone operating to the same rules .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
He was artistic , gentle and country loving , and though be was based in London , with an office in Great Marlborough Street , country commissions were his favourite . If your client was called Rothschild there was no such word as ‘ restraint’ . Mr Devey went to town . EDWARDIAN TO THIRTIES A more stylish and dramatic return to English tradition came about through the Arts and Crafts Movement , which stood for integrity and truthfulness and believed whole - heartedly in the use of local craftsmen and materials .
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: yes)
IF THE life stories of Billie Holliday , Loretta Lynn and Pasty Cline were interesting enough to inspire major Hollywood movies , it 's surely only a matter of time before the Dinah Washington biopic arrives . After winning an amateur talent contest in Chicago at the age of 15 , the woman who came to be known as the Queen Of The Blues spent the next few years singing in low - life nightclubs , occasionally supplementing her meagre income by cleaning lavatories . Washington 's career went from strength to strength in the ' 40s and ' 50s , but her private life is the stuff of folklore . She became addicted to alcohol and diet pills , had seven or eight husbands ( depending on which reference book you read ) , and was not averse to the odd bout of fisticuffs when she got off her head . In 1963 she overdosed and died in the arms of her last husband , baseball star Dick Laine .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: no)
A spontaneous remark can often be followed up by a simple check . A child who thinks his friend has more blocks can be helped to compare his set of blocks with that of his friend by placing each of his blocks in correspondence with one of those of his friend . Those blocks which have no ' partner ' will indicate who has ' more'and , of course , who has ' fewer ' . There may be a case for sometimes deliberately providing ' too many ' or ' too few'of , for example , straws for bottles , to enable children to verbalise what they , in some cases , intuitively see . Some examples of situations in which comparison of number may be necessary are given below .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: yes)
Thank you for flying Maggovertski Airways ; please return the stewardess her pantyhose , put her in the upright position , and kindly pray that the tyres do n't blow . ' They did not , and thus I came back to Wavebreaker . I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . I retaliated with detailed instructions on how to bowl off - breaks to left - handers on a drying pitch , and we eventually declared a truce as we watched the sun sink across the oil - storage tanks beyond the creek . He offered me his spare bed for the night , but I could not stand the stench of the creek , and I wanted to make an early start on the work I had to do on Wavebreaker , so I caught the bus to McIllvanney 's boatyard .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Our review of clinical features , however , found no increased incidence of pouchitis in cases that had had emergency colectomy or postoperative sepsis ( Table VIII ) . As shown in Table VIII , the 13 cases that were judged histological to be definite ulcerative colitis ( category A ) were distributed almost evenly between the RP and control groups . By the same token , five cases representing Crohn 's disease ( category E ) by virtue of containing sarcoid like granulomata ( evidently overlooked by the original pathologists ) , as well as 15 cases with varying degrees of overlapping histology ( categories B , C , and D ) , were also distributed almost evenly between the two groups . Finally , there were no statistically significant associations of RP v control classification with any of the 23 individual histological features listed in Table IV , including the presence of chronic ileitis . Discussion
Idiom: break the ice (used idiomatically: no)
The effect was striking in its simplicity , its sobriety , while his face had a gentleness Li Yuan had never seen in it before . He came forward and embraced Li Yuan , holding him to his breast , one hand smoothing the back of his neck . It was this , more than the death , more than the coldness of his father 's cheek , that broke the ice that had formed about his feelings . At last he let go , feeling the sorrow rise and spill from him . ‘ Good , good,’ Tsu Ma whispered softly , stroking his neck .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Not only is Hardwick House the the environment for Kenneth Graham 's imagination , Toad himself may well have been based on one of the old inhabitants . ( My great grandfather lived here and he was a larger than life character . He liked yachts , fast cars and horses . Kenneth Graham did come to visit quite a lot between 1880 and 1910 . )
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
7 FL Cup ‘ Budgie’ was Palace 's extrovert and excellent goalkeeper through the period in which Palace sought and grasped the 2nd Division championship in 1978–79 and a stable security in Division One the following year . Burridge cost the Palace £ 40,000 when he joined the club from Aston Villa , but he became part of the Palace 's best - ever defence , for the 24 League goals conceded in 1978–79 were the lowest for a single season in the club 's history while John 's 21 ‘ clean - sheets’ that season was also the best - ever by a goalkeeper here . But ‘ Budgie’ was more than a fine professional : he was a marvellous personality . The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre - match warm - up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing - room as mud - stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game .
Idiom: like father, like son (used idiomatically: no)
' Oh , for the touch of a vanished paw and the sound of a bark that is still . ' ROBERT KILLICK 'S Short Story Like father , like son Toby the Welsh Terrier is undeterred by any challenge . With family honour at stake , his inquisitive nature just gets the better of him …
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
Not long after this time ( c. 1530 ) we have a source , Royal App . 56 , containing half - a - dozen anonymous liturgical pieces : a Kyrie and Christe , two ' Felix namque ' and a Communion ' Beata viscera ' , an antiphon , ' Miserere ' , and an unornamented transcription of a four - part hymn , ' A solis ortus cardine ' . The Kyrie - Christe is based on one of the set of conventional tenors employed at this period in English votive Masses of the Virgin , for instance those of Nicolas Ludford ( c. 1485–c . 1557 ) , which are mysteriously called ' squares ' . Indeed the Kyrie of Ludford 's Lady - Mass for Tuesday is based on the same square as the organ piece . The organ - writing is undistinguished , a florid , aimless counterpoint for right or left hand , while in the ' Felix namque ' and ' Beata viscera'long - note cantus firmi are accompanied by two parts in loose and minimal imitation . Another source of perhaps a decade later , Brit .
Idiom: in the pink (used idiomatically: no)
He took her in to dinner . Mrs Burrows was careful to indicate what a privilege this was , her only son and she , Alexandra , a nobody and a temporary resident at that . Behind her in the procession to the dining - room was Grace Langley on the arm of a languid young man with a monocle , several couples of strangers , and then Rose Langley in pink , giggling , and a young man like a ferret . The table was enormous and gleamed redly in the candlelight . There were baskets of flowers with long green trails of smilax all down the length of it , and by every place , above the glittering phalanxes of silver and the shining forests of glass , were engraved menu cards , each held in a little silver fist .
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Shut the hell up , Radcliffe!’ Damian snarled , whirling on him . ‘ I 'm going to get the truth out of my wife , and if I find out there 's anything going on between you I 'll be back here to use you as a punchbag ! And as for your friends , please feel free to invite them along ! I 've long wanted to knock the groovesome dudes over like a pack of skittles!’
Idiom: close to home (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr. Kinnock My reference arose because the Prime Minister was trying to obscure his record . If he is interested in looking close to home , he should note the fact that while unemployment in my constituency has , tragically , gone up by the figure he mentioned in the course of the past 12 months , it has gone up in his constituency by 110 per cent . That is very close to home . Will he now answer the question why in the other 11 countries of the European Community the total rise in unemployment in the past 12 months has been 130,000 , while in this country , for which the right hon . Gentleman is responsible , unemployment has risen by nearly 800,000 ?
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
The outcomes of inadequate assessment in this area are evident , for example , in the learned helplessness of institutionalised routines , or the difficulties of transferring skills learned in a rehabilitative setting to a domestic setting . Successful practice requires a thorough understanding of how a shift from practical to verbal consciousness occurs and may be facilitated . We need to know much more about this , but until these ideas are developed more adequately for use in work with elders , the practitioner may have to be somewhat rough and ready in assessing the capacity of an elder to use both practical and verbal consciousness . This may mean directly asking an elder for an account of her or his behaviour , and , after discussion with the person , forming a provisional judgement . This entails checking the capacity of an elder to receive and send messages .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
We will have no speeches here . Come on — let us beard this lot and send them packing . The half of them are on my rent - roll anyway . ' He looked with displeasure at the frantic figure of his wife and said tersely to the housekeeper , ' Mrs McDougal , have you no smelling salts ? Or you might try brandy — it cures most fits .
Idiom: keep your head above water (used idiomatically: yes)
' It 's hellish hard work . You 're confined to this place , ' he waves his gangly arm around his tiny office in the Lords one Wednesday afternoon , ' stuff flies at you from left , right and centre,'he snorts , as his forehead furrows . ' You just have to try to keep your head above water . And as for those bloody red boxes , ' he says pointing to the battered containers which deliver official papers to Ditchingham Hall every weekend , ' hate ' em . ' Lord Ferrers and his like continue to provide the Conservatives with a steady supply of workhorses because , whatever its move away from traditional Toryism in the eighties , the party remains the only natural home of the aristocracy .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
After he was shown into the Kings presence , the admiral kept his eyes , lowered , as normal in audiences with the Shah , stood to attention and read from his memorandum . The Shah paced up and down the room . The admiral suggested that the revolution was coming to a head and the Shah must order the military to take control . they would have to arrest everyone responsible for the present crises . This included perhaps five thousand of the most corrupt courtiers and businessmen — to calm the millions of people who wanted the government overthrown — and five thousand mullahs and revolutionaries .