Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
At that moment the front door bell rang and the voice on the intercom declared itself to be Doctor Hawkes . A brisk antipodean , she moved with speed and efficiency , despite being weighed down by the most magnificent chest Amiss could remember ever seeing in real life . He tried to keep his eyes on her face as she examined him thoroughly , declared him fit , warned him to take it easy for a day or two and to drink sparingly because of the risk of delayed shock . It was a relief when she dashed off to her next call . As the door closed behind her the telephone rang and Amiss and Rachel spent several minutes in near - inarticulate exchanges of endearments and expressions of relief .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Love all men and speak well of them . It is like a man who sows round his garden flowers and aromatic herbs ; whenever he looks out , he sees flowers and aromatic herbs and is always in paradise . Now since you are able night and day to see flowers and a flower garden — Love every man so you may always dwell among flowers.’ Love is the mystical marriage celebrated in the bridal chamber of the heart with its matchless splendour . This love can be transcendent and timeless , and in no way can it be tarnished .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's ten minutes past nine and joining us on the line this morning is er Judy in York good morning Judy . Good morning Jonathan . We were talking on the subject of erm divorce in in yesterday morning 's programme and this idea that erm the the whole procedure of getting a divorce som er would be speeded up and there 'd be something called , No faults divorce , so that people would n't have to point accusatory fingers at one another . What was your erm wha what was your opinion of of these new suggestions ? Right well erm I I believe er that we should make every effort to preserve marriages erm and thinking especially of the suffering that 's involved fm for children .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
On the other hand they are criticised for making so much money in a world that pampers them , and for covering themselves in sponsors ' deals to the point that the locker - room at the Players ' Championship sometimes seems like Gasoline Alley at the Indy 500 . Waggoner supports the first theory , but has little time for the whiners . " There 's a lot of opportunity out there , " he says,"and it 's tough to get to the bottom of it all . Not all the players get courtesy cars . Some have to pay for their hotel rooms ; others do n't .
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: yes)
Not to be denied , Sunderland were ahead again five minutes later , Goodman clinically finishing off another move inspired by Byrne . At that stage , Sunderland were good value for the lead and Mr Crosby must have been a contented man . It all went wrong for him , though , in a three - minute spell during which time Mills scored twice for Leicester to turn the game on its head . He headed in in the 31st minute after Wright 's centre had taken a deflection , then scored from the penalty spot after being brought down by Bennett . Leicester : Poole ; Mills , Whitlow , Hill , Walsh , Grayson , Thompson , Oldfield , Wright , Ormondroyd , Gee .
Idiom: place in the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
Supplements per person per night : Single room £ 5.90 . The private pool at the Bergamo A place in the sun , Diano Marina beach Citalia VALUE Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples staying at the Hotel Mayola , Hotel Bergamo and Hotel Moresco , receive a bottle of sparkling wine and flowers or fruit , those at the Hotel Palace receive a bottle of sparkling wine .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
The first , a deep and strong desire , was that he should win his own mandate from the people . He felt acutely that he lacked the authenticity that the popular vote bestows upon a leader . For 16 months , like a prince in medieval England who succeeds to the throne before he comes of age , he was tied to a particular past and regime , hedged by his predecessor 's courtiers and advisers , living through his minority and aching to make his own mark . On Thursday Mr Major reached his majority . He is at last , and to his evident relief , his own man .
Idiom: in the doghouse (used idiomatically: yes)
MY LAST MEMORY OF MY FATHER : Julia Orange tells the heart - rending story of the carer THE CHEMISTRY OF SEX : Is love all in the hormones ? BRITAIN IN THE DOGHOUSE : Canine controversy WILL YOUR MATE BE FAITHFUL ? He promises to love only you .
Idiom: at a pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
They look slightly out of place , and quite why the turn and slip should be separately switched I am not sure . The seats are of modern design and exceptionally comfortable , especially compared to the basic seats you find in most Pipers and Cessnas . There is a large bench seat in the rear which will accommodate two adults or three smaller people at a pinch . The baggage area behind that is quite spacious , although the small baggage door is only just big enough to allow a flight size case through , which means anything larger needs to be manhandled over the seats . This may , of course , be intentional since there is a 65 kilogram limit on baggage , and this depends on the C of G which requires some careful calculation when it comes to a full load , baggage and fuel .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
NatWest 's American subsidiary lost $ 350 m in 1990 , mostly on making loans to shaky companies ; its chief executive has just quit . Marine Midland , a subsidiary of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank , lost $ 300 m last year for the same reason . Because it owns First New Hampshire Bank , Bank of Ireland took a bath in New England , America 's most depressed banking market . First Fidelity , at least , is on the way up . Its new chairman , Tony Terracciano , cleaned up the balance sheet last year by taking a special $ 300 m provision .
Idiom: hammer and tongs (used idiomatically: yes)
Sarah ran to him , slipping on the wet floor . Righting herself she slapped him across his face , a white hand print appearing as if by magic . ‘ I 'll give you where 's the kid … she 's your daughter , Roy Ryan , and you fought hammer and tongs to marry her mother . When I think of the trouble you caused because you could n't keep your private parts to yourself ! You 've driven that poor girl to distraction.’
Idiom: find your feet (used idiomatically: yes)
" Look , Nenna , we 're not proposing anything so very sensational . I think we have to admit that you 've tried and failed . And if we 're offering you your passage home , you and the children , and help in finding your feet once you get there , and a good convent school for the girls , so that they can go straight on with the nuns and wo n't really notice any difference , well , all that 's to be regarded as a loan , which we 're very glad to offer you for an extended period , in the hopes of getting you back among caring people . " " But there are people who care for me here too , Lou . I do wish you 'd come and see Grace . "
Idiom: off the beaten track (used idiomatically: yes)
The Gotthard as North - South Corridor Today a majority of those travelling south over the Gotthard are heading either for the popular lakeside resorts of the Ticino , or beyond that into Italy . So although no route can more truly be called a " beaten track " than the one which heads for the Gotthard Pass , now that the old Gotthard road has been supplanted so far as through traffic is concerned by the Basel - Chiasso motor expressway ( E9 , N2 ) , many towns and villages on the old road can be rated as " off the beaten track " . In 1988 this was recognised by Swiss Federal Railways promotion of a stretch of former " Gotthard Road " between Fluelen and Goschenen as one suitably traffic - free for use by those who seek to combine touring and sightseeing with cycling , which in Switzerland has become popular as part of a current"fitness ' movement . The scheme is based on Goschenen and Fluelen railway stations .
Idiom: jump the gun (used idiomatically: yes)
And these Encores ? They look like Rickenbackers , especially from fifteen feet away , and they 're perhaps fairly acceptable for the price , but they 're not comparable to Tokais . But that 's jumping the gun … CONSTRUCTION What we have here is one jet - black copy of a Lennon - style Rickenbacker 325 ( dubbed the RK-32B , ho ho ) and one red sunburst - finished copy of Townshend 's fave battleaxe the 330 , the Encore RK-33R ( I think we 'll call them the red one and the black one ) .
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: yes)
In a television interview on 8 January 1979 , Mrs Thatcher said that they had been ‘ put above the law’ . True , this remark was later said to go beyond the consensus in her shadow Cabinet ; and Mr Prior sought to moderate it . So , a possible explanation of the unions ' behaviour is that they judged a Labour victory uncertain , if not unlikely ; that they preferred to make hay while the setting Labour sun still shone ; and that they felt secure against whatever weather a Conservative dawn might bring . But if that were the explanation , it would imply that the movement was only willing to act in the general interest when the Labour Party formed an assured Government , and having decided that its defeat was impending , abandoned any sense of responsibility save for the unions ' immediate , sectional interests . And that surely would be too unprincipled .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
Of the other Zeppelin memorabilia in this collection , perhaps the menu cards signed by passengers and crew ( £ 750 ) , and Lady Grace 's circumnavigation flight ticket were unique and items so rare that they will form a valuable part of the private collection to which they have passed . There were two other collections in this 1,000 lot sale , which also included a good selection of Marine , Motoring and Railway items . These were the remaining items from the collection of Major David Summonsby , who as a bomb disposal specialist acquired an amazing collection of World War Two German aircraft relics , such as werke nummer plates , a Bf 109 control column , a fragment of a tail fin from a ' 109 , a rare camera - gun liberated from a Do 17 , and , interestingly , a pennant flown from a JU188 shot down over Combe Hill , Dorset , in 1944 . Every lot in this collection , as in the Zeppelin archive found a buyer . Not all lots sold however , the auctioneer 's buying - in an extensive collection of medals and badges awarded to Ben and Joe Adamowicz who flew the Atlantic in their Bellanca as well as the historic log books which so faithfully recorded this epic flight .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Were the people of Hong Kong ever consulted on who is to represent their interests during the difficult years to 1997 ? Or are they expected to be grateful that after the hamfisted handling of Sir David ( now Lord ) Wilson 's resignation , Hong Kong is to be the possible reward for a loser in the game of political musical chairs ? The po - faced statements issued by the Foreign Office that ‘ the matter is under careful consideration’ and the like are revealed as hot air . A rabbit has been pulled out of the political hat , and might be handed to Hong Kong . If so , let us hope that the magic stays with it .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
JOHN MAJOR sought to break the Cabinet deadlock over the pit closure programme yesterday as Conservative rebels piled pressure on ministers to save at least half the threatened collieries . The Prime Minister called together ministers at the centre of the dispute in an attempt to speed publication of the delayed white paper on the closure programme . It emerged that Michael Heseltine , the Trade Secretary , and the Chancellor Norman Lamont are still at loggerheads over how many of the 31 threatened pits should be saved . Mr Heseltine is also likely to be forced to publish the long - delayed white paper on the coal industry without crucial figures on future coal orders which will underwrite the future of the reprieved pits . While Mr Heseltine discreetly canvassed back - bench dissidents on a plan to save 13 pits , some for up to only two years , the Treasury was insisting that only eight pits could be justifiably saved .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
But caring for Biggles taught us a lot . I tried rearing owlets in my bedroom under heat lamps several times , usually without much success . Come to think of it , I always seem to have baby owls in my bedroom . Perhaps that 's why it smells so terrible in there . One particular owl that sticks in my mind was one I kept alive for six weeks , in the early days .
Idiom: thin as a rake (used idiomatically: yes)
Nick said savagely , ' She 's a child . Absolutely sexless . Thin as a rake and flat as a board . And plain as a lemon . ' Will raised his eyebrows .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Although we must get it right , we will not necessarily be able to prevent such cases from happening again , because human beings are full of frailties . Nevertheless , this case could have been avoided . In connection particularly with the second inquiry , will the right hon . Gentleman bear in mind the fact that we have children in private as well as in local authority homes , all of which need to be looked into quickly ? How is it possible not only that children are not listened to when they complain , but that the man against whom they are complaining can leave one employment for another and be given a reference by the very people who have already received complaints about him ? That seems unbelievable .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: no)
It is , of course , at least as much development as exposition , and the Hagen very properly repeat it , then intelligently pressing the music forward in a constant increase in intensity ( with the major - key suggestions throwing that into strong relief ) right the way through the movement . They respond with real shock to the dreadful moment near the close ( band 5 , starting at 14 ' 03 ' ) when Schubert moves the music softly through a series of appalled discords , before driving matters home . This , in a performance of the present one 's quality , properly prepared the way for the work 's titular song . The death- like opening phrase is played steadily , with blanched tone and no vibrato , the viola exactly judged in counterpoint to the first violin . The mood is held through the variety of each variation played by no means as diversion but as an exploration of the theme 's essence ( which Beethoven would of course have admired ) .
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
Arab Spring , Western Fall TEL ~ AVIV – The old vocation of what Rudyard ~ Kipling called the “ White Man ’s Burden ” – the driving idea behind the West ’s quest for global hegemony from the days of imperial expansion in the nineteenth century to the current , pathetically inconclusive , Libyan intervention – has clearly run out of steam . Politically and economically exhausted , and attentive to electorates clamoring for a shift of priorities to urgent domestic concerns , Europe and America are no longer very capable of imposing their values and interests through costly military interventions in faraway lands . US Secretary of ~ Defense Robert Gates was stating the obvious when he recently lambasted NATO ’s European members for their lukewarm response to the alliance ’s missions , and for their poor military capabilities .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
It gave ministers an improved intelligence system on the physical consequences of industrial disputes in vulnerable industries and services . It also fashioned an improved operational instrument for ministerial use to buy time and to distribute scarce resources once a dispute started . By and large it performed well during the miners ' industrial action of 1973–4 and the concurrent ' go - slows ' in the electricity - supply industry , as David Howell recalls : HOWELL The system of government was rather good .
Idiom: hit the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
The scale of the disaster which has slowly emerged over the past four days has shaken those who are working to tackle the crisis . It has also underlined the urgent need for sufficient Government funds to pay for a massive recovery programme . So far , it has emerged that the cost of repairing damaged roads will alone hit the £ 1 m mark . A total of 500 council houses have been declared uninhabitable and it will cost £ 2 m to deal with them . Several hundred private homes were also badly hit within a five - mile radius of Llandudno where the storm struck .
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
And that was what he said , at one o'clock in the afternoon , in the smithy yard at Ballinluig . The house was much too small ; people made a deep ring round the couple and Cameron , standing on the cobbles among piles of bar and rod iron , the children perched on tree - stumps and on the lower branches of the very old yew tree which made a dark thicket with its multiple trunks . Donald 's wife Aileen looked upset and redeyed , without a minister the occasion seemed rough and ready , no better than a ceilidh , unlawful even , and her misgivings about the McLaggans had all revived . She glanced repeatedly at her daughter in the long white linen gown which had been her own wedding dress . But Mary was delighting quietly in the atmosphere of freedom .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE is leaving the restaurant , I ask him whether he feels that he 's now best known in Britain for chasing chickens . He pulls a face as if he 's just sat on a chicken , as Peter Cook has just asked him what 's the most boring job he 's ever had . He pulls a second face as if his entire life is flashing before him , as if Sir John Gielgud has told him to piss off . In fact he looks exactly like the Dudley Moore that John Osborne called the most overweening man in the world . ' Who give a shit ? ' he replies as if he does give a shit .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
A decision to live.’ ‘ But Caro — carry that to its logical conclusion and you do n't believe in contraception . Because every time someone screws they could make something with a will to live . If you 've got a coil you 're just making your womb into such an uncomfortable place that the little things with a will to live ca n't actually live there.’ ‘ Yes,’ said Carolyn simply .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
And what did you expect us to do ? Call the police ? Putting him behind bars wo n't serve any purpose , will it ? He is n't likely to do it again.’ ‘ No,’ Rain agreed , ‘ and putting him behind bars would bring to light the reason for the murder .
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
His generation — perhaps all generations at that age — hated making plans , making arrangements ahead . Adam had viewed with near - incredulity his mother 's preparations in the past for going on holiday , the way everything in the house seemed to get washed , the way she and his father wore their worst clothes for days beforehand because the best ones were packed , the phone calls she made , the notes she left for tradesmen . He liked to do things spontaneously , be up and off on the spur of the moment . His other would n't let him have the car . It might be needed if they went out for the day .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Donnellan 's tutor said the case was important because it dealt with such a sensitive issue . The key point to me was as soon as he said n as she said , No , he stopped . In my book that 's not rape . And it seems not in the jury 's book either and I 'm very glad of it . Moved by the verdict , Mr Donnellan 's mother said she was proud he 'd taken the case to the police in order to clear himself .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
I think this is brilliant , I want to float this past you , OK ? Just say what you think , OK?’ ( He resumes pacing , then , spinning on his heels to avoid the wall , he veers round , stares you straight in the face , hands flared , fingers spread frozen in time and space , chin tucked in on itself like a gossiping neighbour , takes another deep breath through the nose , opens his mouth , swivels his eyes to left and right and walks clean out of the room . As he leaves , via the door which leads into the wardrobe department instead of the corridor , you hear him saying to two puzzled coat hangers:)‘Hang on . Sorry .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
But John Barnes ' assessment of the performance was more pointed . Asked by Norwegian TV about new boy Stig Inge Bjornebye 's performance , the England winger said : ‘ As a team we let him down . He 's good in the air and can distribute the ball . All he needs now is someone to pass it to — another 10 players around him . ’ Dream
Idiom: not cricket (used idiomatically: yes)
That is what the Government is changing . In my view , rightly so . Many argue that such an appeal by the Crown against too lenient a sentence is simply not cricket . If an accused person hears that he is going to be sentenced to one year in jail , it is argued that it would be distinctly unfair for a prosecutor to appeal . Personally , I am not in favour of mammoth jail sentences except for the deserving few — and that 's not so much a matter of punishment as a means of keeping society free from their future depredations .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . And there you have it . So we 're up and running now . Okay statement . Okay I suggest we take a five minute break before we go on and just talk about regionalization and get a coffee or whatever .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: no)
25th Of May are graduates of the EMF school of exaggerated jumping about onstage and seem desperate to convince us of their streetwise - raver - hardcore - homeboy credentials . Not only through the cavorting about but by excruciatingly pretentious rave - speak between songs , a few pointless samples , a few pointless keyboard squiggles and a bit of pointless scratching from the sadly redundant DJ . For about a song and three - quarters they are quite exciting to watch — they 've got rhythm , they 've got lightning - fast political raps , who could ask for anything more ? Well , I for one rapidly lost interest in the one - dimensional , monotonous rapping and the constant ' Homelessness blahblah AIDS blahblah Poverty blahblah ' polemic , to say nothing of the music , a nondescript blur of indie - danceisms which needs some offensive noise of the guitar or techno variety to really hit us where it hurts . A second rapper causes batted eyelids for a time , and the addition of a second guitar during an encore of ' Go Wild ' suddenly give the sound the extra bite it 's been missing all night , but if 25th Of May are going to appeal on musical merit as a vehicle for their politics , they 'll have to update their sound , experiment and hit harder than this .