Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
West Indies actually succumbed to 70 for 6 and England were cock - a - hoop . Lloyd spoilt it , of course , with an unbeaten 60 that helped his team to 190 all out , but having dismissed them for their lowest total in years England had to feel confident . By the close of the first day , though , they had lost Broad , and Pat Pocock , going in as nightwatchman , had told the England physiotherapist Bernard Thomas that he had cleaned his teeth and gargled in case Thomas had to give him the kiss of life . Next morning the humour in this wore decidedly thin , as Marshall in particular sent down bouncer after bouncer , unchecked by umpire Constant and apparently unconcerned at the damage he might do — such as badly bruising Fowler 's arm and causing him to retire for a while . Pocock was not spared the treatment , and he and at least three colleagues fell to balls that flew to throat height .
Idiom: cramp someone's style (used idiomatically: yes)
A slight smile played about his lips . ‘ Getting to you , is it , Aurora?’ he queried softly . ‘ What 's the matter — am I cramping your style ? Getting in the way of things you 'd rather be doing?’ She shot him a disgusted look .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
And so if they er when normally there 's only one reason . Yes , I think whenever one makes judgment about therapy being better or worse you have to say er on what criteria and there are certainly certain criteria on which group therapy would do better for certain problems like us making feel people feel better if they had a symptom or problem which erm make them feel worse because , because they felt isolated from the community , so it means other people who have got the same problem makes you feel better erm and er certainly suggestion therapy can produce dramatic results especially in the short run . Th the problem with suggestion therapy whether it be hypnosis or group therapy is it does n't tend to last in the longer run after the person stopped going to the group or they have n't seen the the er hypnotist for reinforcement . There 's a very good example of that some years ago er in one of these groups I had erm a student had a severe stutter problem and he said that he had hypnosis and for two years he was fine , he had no stutter and suddenly one day under stress it came back an and ever since erm then he was having some other kind of treatment I think , but er but that 's typical . I in the shorter run erm often suggestion therapy will work , but seldom in the long run and er then it needs reinforcement you need to go back and have more .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
There is no small irony in the fact that on November 15 , America ’s lame duck president , the unilateralist George ~ W .~ Bush , is hosting a multilateral conference to discuss reshaping the global economic system . It also speaks to America ’s relative position that even the less - than - organized ministers of the European ~ Union acted more quickly to create a floor for the financial crisis than did the US president and congress . And it speaks volumes to the changing world that , as panic recedes and the wreckage is revealed , Asia in general and China in particular are emerging as clear winners . The credit crisis exposed the flimsy foundations of the sustained growth that the US and Europe enjoyed during the past four to five years . While many had noted the extraordinary wealth transfer to oil - producing states and China , the implications of this were not fully appreciated .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
Jack 's house will fall over very easily because the walls are not vertical . Mr Smart 's house has vertical walls and will not fall over easily . Look at the tops and bottoms of the windows on Mr Smart 's house . These lines are flat . You could put a glass of water on the window edges and it would not spill over .
Idiom: come full circle (used idiomatically: yes)
I reproduce one model procedure which sets out a management framework within which it can be achieved . It shows how a complex process can be distilled into a simple framework , generating documentation that can be easily audited . So we have come full circle . The system 's simplicity also helps in checking with our customers that we are actually meeting their requirements . In a functional department we face quite properly increasing pressure on our resources .
Idiom: have an eye for (used idiomatically: yes)
The house is very beautiful.’ ‘ That is Kettering 's doing . He has an eye for beauty , I would say . And of course , you have the wonderful Giovanna.’ ‘ She 's babysitting tonight.’
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Least she 's got ta father ! Funny little mother though . ' As she was thinking this , Carmella caught Hana 's eye . Both women smiled . ' What a sad woman , ' thought Hana .
Idiom: at the drop of a hat (used idiomatically: yes)
Both were lying — as Garland 's novel makes clear — beneath the surface of an England where ‘ the same mood of an old upper and upper - middle class order safely restored dominated almost every area of national life’ . Under the patriarchy of Winston Churchill , homosexuals and teenagers were not marginal but invisible , except when they surfaced as victims of the latest moral panic , of which there were many in those days . Both states were regarded as not only undesirable but criminal : after the Burgess / Maclean scandal in 1951 , police prosecutions against homosexuals reached a peak in 1953/4 , while the scare headlines accorded by the press to the Clapham Common murder in the summer of 1953 lodged in the public 's heads the equation that people who wore Edwardian clothes would knife you at the drop of a hat . Such was the penalty of divergence . It is worth emphasizing quite how serious a refusal this finery of the first Edwardians represented .
Idiom: arse about face (used idiomatically: yes)
Do you wanna do something about it ? Mm . So in fairness I got this , excuse the expression , arse about face in the sense that I ha I thought prioritize these and pensions were , was this and that 's why you were exploring the needs for the second appointment . You know you had gone through the whole C C Q and the priority was the pension , that 's what I got wrong . What I should 've realized was that we 're still filling in the form
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Employers refused to recognize their right to negotiate and called freely upon the State for armed support against worker protest , as in the case of the Lena goldfields strike in 1912 . As a result , despite the potentially strong bargaining hand which the pre - war boom gave to skilled labour , workers sustained an almost unbroken record of failure in strike action . Faith in collective bargaining could not take root . At every turn workers found themselves coming up against the State . It required no elaborate analysis to draw the lesson : economic grievances could only be redressed by achieving political change .
Idiom: when the chips are down (used idiomatically: yes)
I never judge individuals in moments of comfort and convenience and certainly not by self praise . Politicians are better judged in moments of conflict and controversy . When the chips are down , I will have Tom Clarke by me any day of the week and so will the Scottish people . Exam results Stuart Harper ( Points of View , 6 February ) welcomes the Government 's decision to provide him with data on examination results so that he can use it to make decisions on schools in ' the Government 's market - place for education . '
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
I had to race to keep up the momentum but I was forced to rest five minutes in every twenty . Just before noon , I began to feel ill and slumped exhausted over the wheelbarrow . My head was turned sideways , cushioned on an arm , my heart beat loudly , and the sun was hot on my back . Sweat trickled from my temple into my eye ; I blinked and blinked again . Something colourful hovered in front of me .
Idiom: go to ground (used idiomatically: yes)
When he was ignored , the farmer reached out and grabbed both men by their hair . Drawing them apart he suddenly cracked their heads together . Boz went to the ground like a felled tree and Seb dropped to his knees , thoroughly dazed . Before he had fully recovered , Christian hauled him to his feet and dragged him away from his groaning adversary . As Boz rose unsteadily to hands and knees , Christian said to the watching gipsies , ' When Boz has calmed down a little , tell him my offer still stands .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah Well sometimes you can get things cheaper in your village shop . No you would n't be ab once that 's gone right down your windpipe you would n't get it up . Yeah but you could get Lambresco again but non - alcoholic .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
But it could also prove hazardous if they were caught crossing the extensive open ground surrounding the house itself , which he and Springfield had noted on their visit . Now that their operation had actually started everyone was keyed up and eager to go , and the whole force quickly gathered round the sheriff 's car for a final briefing . Springfield held up his hand for silence and the low murmur of talk died away completely . He raised a radio transmitter to his mouth and spoke into it . ' Ranger One to Ranger Two .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
Effective management of a county interest required the politician to do more than strike a bargain in which a vote , or votes , was the return for immediate patronage . When a politician assisted a freeholder with a gift of a patronage appointment , he would almost always give it in the guise of an act of friendship , and it was the friendly relationship which was the truly significant factor . The intent of the politician was of course to create a feeling of obligation , which he undoubtedly hoped would stand him in good stead at the next election , but such feelings were all the stronger because the shrewd political manager never breathed a word about a bargain or the anticipated political return . Acts of seemingly disinterested friendship , reinforced by regular social contacts , were in fact the only sound approach to building a powerful county interest . On the other hand , even if the politician demonstrated his ability to provide a great deal of patronage , if he did not follow it up with effective social contact , he would be laying a poor foundation for a political interest , and the gratitude of the freeholders under those circumstances could be short - lived .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
Actually , I had n't played with Craig on the North American tour but we had trained together and he is such a very good player , and , of course , in playing district and other representative rugby you just have to fit in with different stand - offs . In fact my own club stand - offs . In fact my own club stand - off , Jonathan Newton , keeps my on my toes because he moves around a lot , in fact all over the place , and I just have to find him wherever he is ! ‘ Ambitions ? I just want to play against Ireland in the next match .
Idiom: hand to mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
It was even led by a genuine missionary : Reverend Ernest Frederick Waddy , one of a multi - collared brotherhood of gifted Sydney cricketers . Nearly seven decades would elapse before Ceylon , as Sri Lanka , would earn Test status . And the team Allan Border is leading there are missionaries again of a sort : cricket on the island lives hand - to - mouth , and political upheaval has repelled touring international sides for five years . Australian cricketers commuting to and from England have breezed through the island since the beginning of such journeys in 1878 , but usually with the attitude that if it is Tuesday it must be Trincomalee . Ceylon was denied its one chance in 1884 of seeing the ' Demon ' Fred Spofforth , for instance , because he had left his flannels on - board ship .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Arnie wife ill ARNOLD Schwarzenegger 's wife is being treated for the killer virus meningitis . The multi - millionaire actor has maintained a round - the - clock vigil at the bedside of TV reporter Maria Shriver since she was admitted to hospital with a soaring temperature . The disease causes inflammation of the brain but Maria , 37 , is improving and doctors are optimisitic she will make a full recovery . NBC spokeswoman Tori Beilinson said Maria suddenly began feeling unwell last week .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
The superintendent sighed and sat back in her chair , asking Jane to tell her side of the story . ‘ I suppose it started about a month ago . People were whispering about me behind my back — smiling to my face of course— but whispering behind my back . I 've been round long enough to realise something was up . It did n't take long to find out Nicola had told them that she was in line to take over my job.’
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: no)
A LOT of people hate Boys Wonder . They hate the way all their songs end with a huge clang of guitars , the way they holler things like ‘ Viva Boys Wonder!’ s if they 're going to be around forever . In fact , they have been around forever . Which brings us to the Powerhaus , and the Boys ' latest Sinatra - style comeback . Having been sentenced to death in the mid - Morrissey period for the hanging offence of reinventing laddishness ( see The Farm , Flowered Up ) , they bowl on stage like men released from the Tower .
Idiom: lay eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
He laughed harshly . ‘ Maybe I did n't . But I did n't think of anything else since the first moment I laid eyes on you , either.’ She gasped at this admission , then realised he was just looking for ways to beat himself up . The first time he 'd seen her , after all , she 'd had her head wrapped in a towel .
Idiom: bite the bullet (used idiomatically: yes)
This time New Democracy has to resist the temptation . There can be no major relaxation of its new - found economic rigour . If the Socialists win the election , they too will have to bite the bullet . The alternative is to push the task of debt reduction even further into the future . The risk then is that the government will find itself unable to refinance the short - term part of the debt , and will have to print the money instead — and there comes hyper - inflation .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
In any event , since this study is concerned with adjectives , and since , out of the considerable variety of adjectival constructions , very few involve equation we shall only seldom need to make any reference , in the following chapters , to structures built on this relation , whether combined with assignment or not . 1.9 There seems no reason to suppose that equation or qualification are relations specific to linguistically structured thought . Equation is seen , for instance , when we recognize a picture of someone we know ; and qualification was at work when a cave painter added the last few touches which made his bison look more energetic and more nearly alive than the others already on the rock face . The same is true of the remaining relation co - ordination . It is no surprise to discover its presence , since it must surely belong to a very early stage in the mental development of the human species ; indeed insofar as it represents one aspect of the principle of treating like as like , it can be seen as common perceptual property for all sentient organisms .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Mosaic , marble slabs , stucco and painted decoration covered a large area of the walls , ceiling and floor of each house . The work has vigour and good taste . It is strongly influenced by Greek and Etruscan artists and happily shows none of the degeneracy evident in some later Roman work ( PLATES 14 and 19 ) . Ostia The story of Ostia is less generally known than that of Pompeii and Herculaneum .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
The Maxwell pensions scandal had put the organisers of this year 's clash with neighbouring Ipsden on a sticky wicket … but after much debate the decision was to play on . Not that Mr Maxwell was in the mood to talk about his off - the - field difficulties … … but if he WAS concentrating on his game , it WASN'T very hard . There was a hush of expectancy as he walked to the wicket … but this is what happened the first ball he faced … Out for a golden duck — but as Mr Maxwell returned to the pavilion , a wry smile suggested that just now keeping his place in the Hailey first team is the least of his worries .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
As both gauges are affected look for holes in the bulkhead which will leak air onto the dash panel . My 1958 SWB SII Truckcab is sadly in need of a rewire . Can I buy an off the shelf loom ; which side of the engine do I mount an alternator as I would like to raise it above the dynamo position which is too near any deep water ; is it possible to fit halogen headlamps . Finally I have been given a gearbox with the number 26107266 on top , 22 stamped on the right between gearbox and transfer box and Marshall 219467 on the side of the transfer box . Any ideas .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Nevertheless , the report went on , " agreement still seems a long way off " . In the Israeli - Palestinian talks , the Israeli delegation formally tabled a set of proposals for the holding of municipal elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and an offer to permit Palestinian control of local health services . Although the offer was not completely rejected by the Palestinian side , they made it clear that it fell short of Palestinian aspirations for a legislative council to take over control of the occupied territories from Israel [ see p. 38837 for Palestinian self - government proposal tabled at the fourth round of talks ] . Israel 's talks with Syria made little headway on the major dispute between the two countries , centred on Israel 's occupation of the Golan Heights . However , negotiations reportedly took place in a better atmosphere following Syria 's announcement on April 27 of its decision to end travel restrictions for the country 's Jewish community [ see p. 38886 ] .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: no)
I hoped he was reminding her that she had his bucket on her back and he did n't want it covering with dents . I waited for her to erupt as the ear - splitting entourage drew level . She made no move , but Beejay seized her mane and she subsided . I was sure that his status as head of the herd helped me out in an unpleasant encounter . We regularly left a trail of trembling motorists .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: no)
Tara . Tony Smith 's a bigamist and his wife does n't like it and Miranda ‘s on the game and claiming . Mrs Thatcher does n't care and Katie 's pregnant and alone , ravishing Reagan 's over there and I 'm working my fingers to the bone . Tara . The rich get richer and the poor get poorer , my accountant 's on the fiddle and I 'm an overdrawer .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
The police themselves did not possess the necessary internal organization to root out specific forms of vice , which often necessitated painstaking investigative work . It was only late in the 1890s , under pressure from the NVA that New Scotland Yard established a special department to deal with indecent books and pictures . Until then , police practice involved turning a blind eye to minor breaches of public decency rather than embarking on lengthy prosecutions . Moreover , as Coote acknowledged , magistrates themselves were initially hostile to the aims and methods of purity groups . They were loath to convict , especially in cases which seemed to contradict common law .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Boardman , 31 , and Tasker , 34 , were making steady progress as they approached the cloud covered pinnacles that form the ridges most formidable physical barrier . They missed first their 3 pm and then their 6 pm radio call , but Bonington was not unduly alarmed . Then , just before dusk a single figure was spotted again moving out of sight on the small col below the second pinnacle . It was the last time that they were ever seen alive . Like the disappearance of Mallory and Irvine over 50 years before , what happened in the next few hours or days has remained one of the mountain 's unfathomable secrets .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: no)
This process is like the creative process of mind where ideas and images stored in the mind 's vats join together and change through time and become the matter of poetry . The eyes are harvesters in the fields of light and like the bees gather honey from mystic gardens . But the soul 's honey is not inert , it is living like a seed which takes root and forms into strange hybrid flowers and even stranger fruits . These become the gardens and orchards of the mind and are the supreme creations of the human being and it should be our life 's task to tend our wild vines and taste the berries that hang in profusion in their many coloured flasks . Here , then , is one such exquisite creation by the Taoist poet , Li Po , on his banishment from the court and his homeland
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: no)
’‘The aroma leaps out of the glass and assaults you while your senses wallow in big good fruit and a long , long finish.'’ ' He inhaled deeply . ‘ Big , hard , hot , juicy , fruit attack on the nose.’ ‘ Generous but well - structured body.’ ‘ Soft but beautifully tight .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Vélez was on a list of judges ( jueces sin rostro ) whose identity had been kept hidden in order to protect them from such attacks and to encourage their independence . Jorge Eduardo Avendaño Arango , one of nine who escaped from prison in July with Pablo Escobar Gaviria , leader of the Medellín drug cartel [ see p. 39001 ] , and who was one of Escobar 's most " trusted men " , surrendered to the authorities on Sept. 15 . There was speculation that Escobar would follow suit . A taped message from Escobar had been printed in the newspaper El Nuevo Siglo earlier in the month , saying that he would consider surrendering if the government ensured his safety and placed him in a prison in his home province of Antioquía . He was currently being hunted by 5,000 members of the armed forces , supported by 17 helicopters and three aircraft of the US Drug Enforcement Agency ( DEA ) .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Michael Thomas , several years younger , is not quite in the same class yet but may have to play in Chorzow . If so , it will be a gamble , because he flopped on his only previous international appearance in Saudi Arabia . The odds are favourable enough according to Chelsea 's Mike Hazard , who said of his adversary : ‘ He could cope in Poland , not just because of his ability to close people down and use the ball well , but temperament — you saw that when he scored the goal that won Arsenal the League . ’ Very kind , but international players are supposed to be habitually influential , and it was Hazard who in the second half , with a few incisive passes , gifts from the heavens on a day like this , left a greater mark . Chelsea might have won had the ball not kept turning into a Mexican bean at Kerry Dixon 's feet .
Idiom: to the hilt (used idiomatically: yes)
But she cancelled her trip at the 11th hour as she had ‘ a problem at home.’ Two days later the Northern Ireland Tory party chairman Leonard Fee issued a statement saying our article was based on ‘ innuendo and unsubstantiated gossip.’ But last week the Conservative candidate in Belfast 's Victoria Ward Jim McCormick — who polled 684 first preference votes — backed our story to the hilt . In a message to Sunday Life , he said : ‘ Congratulations on your very fair ‘ Comment’ column in yesterday 's Sunday Life . ‘ You hit the nail squarely on the head .