Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
Julia McKenzie and Jerry Harte , her actor / director husband , motored from New York for the opening , bringing Home while Away . Amy wrote a stunning and final tribute to her grandfather . Geoffrey , my brother , did him proud at the funeral and the young rabbi in Hull was moving and personal in his eulogy . The show went from strength to strength and played to full houses throughout . The one offer to transfer to New York came from Don Taffner , an American TV producer , who 'd actually seen the show at Farnham .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Howe 's illness scare CHELSEA coach Don Howe was taken into hospital for precautionary chest checks last night . Manager Ian Porterfield said former England No 2 Howe , who had a triple heart bypass operation in 1988 , was admitted after feeling unwell . As Chelsea 's players prepared for tonight 's Premier League match at Middlesbrough , Porterfield said : ‘ Don Howe has a chest infection and , as a precaution due to his previous history , he has gone into hospital for checks . ’ The 57-year-old was first taken ill in 1988 after coaching England at the European Championship finals , but recovered quickly to return to coaching .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: yes)
You know . The one , the white one ? Yes , the bottom drawer is half full and you can put things in them , alright ? Alright . Used to be two drawers empty , now it 's full of tapes and I can see they take over .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Make transition rituals the pivotal elements of change ( for example , let people mourn old ways yet re - negotiate new values ) Insist on the importance of job security in the transitional stage . As has already been highlighted , there is a great deal more to successful database and information systems projects than the ‘ state - of - the - art ’ technology , and the analysts explore further these factors in the business analysis stage . Before the team of analysts engrosses itself into data analysis , which is partly carried out through interview and observation , it is necessary to consider the structure of the organisation and the roles played by members of the management team . Without this knowledge , it is not possible to decide on the people to interview , in which order they should be interviewed , and the level and subject matter of the questions to ask .
Idiom: on the horn (used idiomatically: yes)
It is easy to debate in this House and reveal inherent contradictions between one side and the other and to make simplistic points about how one side must be right and the other wrong . I do not do that in this debate . The Labour party is utterly impaled on the horns of a dilemma from which it can not escape . On the one hand , Labour Members know where their roots are and they know how much they matter to them desperately . On the other hand , they know that the price of preserving their communities in the way that they want will be too high for their own country to have to pay .
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: yes)
I have not yet concluded the exploration , and I think that it would be a mistake for me to make any premature statement about our next intentions , but I shall keep the House informed . Rev. Ian Paisley Will the Secretary of State take it from me that the people of Northern Ireland will appreciate his expressions of sympathy and those of the hon . Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow ( Dr. Godman ) , directed to those who suffered in the terrible massacre that took place last night and to the relatives of the person who was murdered this morning ? When the Secretary of State sees the Republican representatives again , will he put to them the revulsion that was felt by the Unionist community and by a large section of the Roman Catholic community in Northern Ireland when Mr. Haughey attempted to foist into the Anglo - Irish Conference a new Minister for Defence ? It is clear from the man 's record that he was an ally of a man who escaped from Northern Ireland and who is wanted in Northern Ireland to pay part of the price for the crime that he committed .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
It was Camilla . Diana wondered whether to sit there or leave and let them make their farewells in private . She left her fiance alone but told friends afterwards that the episode broke her heart . She was now alone in the ivory tower . For a girl used to the noise and chaos of an all girls ' apartment , Buckingham Palace felt like anywhere but home .
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
The gang eventually gave up after a priest intervened . A Roman Catholic clergymen also featured in a notorious siege involving Maze escapers Hugh Corey and Patrick McIntyre near Castlewellan in 1983 . They threw in the towel after police brought a parish priest to the scene near Dolly 's Brae . Security sources have revealed the final decision on how to approach a potentially volatile situation would hinge on a number of key factors . They include :
Idiom: have no truck with (used idiomatically: yes)
So accustomed to using Conrad 's eyes , Eliot is able to see through Twain 's the native emotion of his own nativity and childhood in the nursery bedroom , seeing that childhood in terms of a fundamental primitivism from which his religious consciousness has grown . Here again , anthropology and romanticism have coalesced . The experience represented by river and sea is the experience of tradition 's endurance , and a tradition , even in its full development , has no truck with ‘ superficial notions of evolution [ as]a means of disowning the past’ . Rather , the tradition includes and is aware of its primitive origins : this reminds the tradition of its vulnerability and need to look for higher guidance , while keeping it aware of crude root emotions which can not be avoided . The fear of savage ‘ folly’ links with the fear of God .
Idiom: dry as dust (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Take this tray of fruit and nuts through to the dining - room and try to act sensible,’ Salt said , following Sally with a huge silver dish set with delicate jellies she would n't entrust to anyone else . As the door closed , Mrs Stocks wiped the back of her hand over her mouth . ‘ I 'm as dry as dust . What with the onions and the heat , every last drop of moisture 's gone from me . What I could do with a nice pint of porter!’
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Are you all right , m'Lady?’ she asked anxiously . ‘ Yes . Yes , I 'm all right,’ Tamar replied , opening her eyes and then veiling them with the black sweep of her lashes , but not before Tempy had seen the gleam of triumph in their topaz depths . ‘ She ca n't be glad ' e 's dead … ’ the maid thought , but then recalled what Tamar had said about Davis before the holiday in London . What could she have had against the groom , she wondered .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: no)
•Take the number shown against move one and move the indicated number of circles . For example , if your first number is five , move to circle five and follow any instruction found in that circle . If you instruction is found , simply make your second move as shown by the number on your personal game card . Follow this procedure using all eight numbers . You can only claim a prize if your eighth and final move leaves you on a circle containing a prize .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
Jasper has missed the point completely . He is the kind of person who might even kill you without noticing it . The manager comes out and looks at us , decides not to rock the boat on such a big order . Money is everything , plus we could be armed . The waitress returns , now indignant with her boss for his bought - and - paid - for apathy .
Idiom: on your toes (used idiomatically: yes)
To make internal programmes viable eg . Pre - licentiate training d To keep you on your toes e To avoid duplication of effort
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
But their parents were not of European origin . They come , it is thought , from America . There , in the spring , they lay their eggs at a great depth and the minute larvae float up to the more surface waters with the onset of summer . Here , they are taken by the ocean currents into the Gulf Stream , in which three years pass as they slowly drift towards Europe and make their homes in the rivers , lakes and pools , far distant from their place of birth . But even here the story does not end , for after fifteen or twenty years , the urge to breed and migrate once again comes upon them and down to the river mouths they proceed , slithering over wet meadows by night until they reach the greater river , lying up by day in damp holes , enough water remaining in their gills to enable them to breath .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: no)
By PETER PRINGLE WASHINGTON — Under normal circumstances , when the by - line Gerald R. Ford appears , I frankly do n't bother to read it . In my book , there is nothing this ex - president has done , or said , since leaving the White House which is worthy of attention — especially considering the many worthy things ex - presidents can do and say . But yesterday was different . Under Mr Ford 's byline on the editorial page of The Washington Post was the headline ' Poland : I Told You So ' .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ In England you can play 17 days on the trot and that is bound to affect attitudes . Back home we play only 11 first - class matches , so players come out spitting and firing every time in the knowledge that they will have three or four days off afterwards.’ Spitting and firing are not the first words to spring to mind when Yorkshire 's venerable left - arm spinner Phil Carrick is mentioned . But he proved , when he joined the illustrious band of Yorkshire bowlers to take 1000 wickets for the county , that experience and craftsmanship still count for much in a game which seems to reserve its greatest acclaim for the lean , young gunslingers . Carrick is — how shall we put it — built for comfort these days , and at 40 is in his 23rd season of county cricket .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
One interesting answer comes from a research group at Harvard ~ University organized by Andrei Shleifer , a distinguished economist who focuses on how governments make economic life harder than it need be . Shleifer ’s research looks at 75 countries and asks how many formal steps it takes to establish ( legally and without bribes ) a new company , how long it takes to do so , and what is the cost . For if a country makes it hard to create companies , do n’t be surprised if new companies are few and far between . And if companies are not created , where will growth and employment come from ? The table ( see at the bottom of the text ) gives a flavor of the odyssey involved in setting up a business : an average for 75 countries shows more than 10 separate steps of getting various certificates and a cumulative time of 63 days spent in getting the paperwork done ( assuming no bureaucratic delays ) and total payments to government as high as one third of a year ’s income .
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
Manager Benne Johannsen said : ‘ We are already making travel arrangements for Belfast . ‘ I ca n't see UEFA overturning their decision . They do not make decisions like this on the spur of the moment . The evidence against them appears to be overwhelming.’ Johannsen accompanied Linfield to Tbilisi for the first leg game in Georgia , and like everyone else was unaware of the cash offer to the Turkish officials .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: no)
The start state is the empty board , with no pieces on it . An operation consists of adding one extra piece . Naturally , it must not be put on a square which is on the same row or file or diagonal as another piece . A goal is any state with eight pieces on the board . 4 The eight tiles problem
Idiom: crash and burn (used idiomatically: yes)
Consensual sex between adults is no one else 's business . But now that public figures – especially those deemed to be " of interest " to intelligence agencies – are susceptible to being watched three - dimensionally , the chances of being compromised are far higher than they were in the days of the UK 's Profumo affair , which brought down a British defense secretary in the early 1960s . And there is no end to this crash - and - burn surveillance strategy , owing to the nature of the information that is caught in the net .
Idiom: keep your head (used idiomatically: no)
A look - in at Casualty . We made our own way there ( somehow Tod knows this town backwards ) , and we did n't stay long , thank God . You do what you have to do : you take your shirt off and get prodded and tapped , but you keep your head down ; you do n't want to know about the stuff they do in there . It 's not your place to speak out . It 's none of your business .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's been incredible.’ The pair have become local media stars as well , with interviews in the local press and on Radio Devon . That , says Prue , helped convince her partners she was doing the right thing . They had reacted badly to the amount of time she was forced to spend on organising the first meeting . ‘ It was disruptive,’ she admits , ‘ because we kept having so many phone calls which meant that the staff got involved , together with the photocopying and sending out documents .
Idiom: run a mile (used idiomatically: yes)
His morning swims at the Queen Mother Leisure Centre in Victoria are a vital part of his training which he describes as ' a treat for my body after the running ' and , like many other runners , he will go out for a long run on a Sunday . The only difference is he might run from London to Brighton , which is over 50 miles , and possibly back again . He once ran a marathon for training , but only after running 15 miles to get to the start and ' warm up ' . He finished incredibly in ' about 2:46:00 ' . The invitations to foreign races started coming in after he ran ' about 162 miles ' in a 24-race in Chorley , and Zarei has made the most of them , often running ultra races consecutively and by doing so he has more than proved a point about his approach to running .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
A little boy in clothes dyed in red is jumping into the air
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: no)
There was a drought at the time , and the crowd declared that " God would not suffer it to rain till Bulcamp Hell was pulled down " . Most opposition was produced , however , by the notion that the purpose of the workhouses was to " imprison " the poor , who " should range at liberty and be their own masters " . When , ten years later , neighbouring Norfolk set afoot proposals to follow suit , its two MPs were petitioned by the small - holders and labourers of the hundreds concerned to use their influence to prevent : that imprisonment of our persons , that separation from our children , that destruction of our race , that loss to the kingdom , and that curse from the Almighty which must attend establishing a poor house upon the specious fallacy of providing for our comfort , by the breaking of our hearts . As Dr Digby has pointed out : " That a freeborn Englishman had the right to be relieved in his own home and should not be imprisoned in a workhouse was to be a recurrent theme in East Anglian popular protest . " It was certainly the theme of a protest against the building of a workhouse in 1785 which argued that it threatened " our liberty and laws " .
Idiom: fit the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
CANOE HIKE RAFT TREK THEN … Carry on up the jungle For those with an undying desire to stretch themselves to the limit , the Raid Gauloises should fit the bill , according to Jeremy Hart . Deadly snakes , dangerous jungle and swollen rivers — what more could a humble daredevil want ? No one forced Francoise Jacquier to spend 10 days crossing Central America 's highest mountain , tramping through jungles inhabited by some of the world 's deadliest snakes or rafting down swollen rivers .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
Members of the jet set … Andrei Nikitenko , founder of one of Russia 's biggest banks , with models Yelena and Tatyana . Down and outs … as Moscow 's poor resort to the bottle for comfort . Two victims of capitalism … but the soup kitchen provides welcome food . Bowl of soup is a feast for the poor
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: no)
Mini - Enterprise is an opportunity for a group of young people to come together and make a product for sale , or market a service . It enables them to gain experience of working collaboratively and of trying out a variety of roles and skills , including leadership , working to deadlines , accepting and offering criticism , negotiation and compromise . In addition , young people will learn something about starting up and running a business . A good Mini - Enterprise scheme should also afford young people access to skilled , professional help and support from within the local economic community . 15 .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: no)
What 's cups ? You know , cups . I 've got one more packet , it 's in the bottom drawer . Are they crunchy ? Reeces Peanut Butter Cups .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
Holbrecht 's street plans had provided for the planning of living quarters , i.e. the planning of Baublocke and of the buildings in these blocks . His idea was that the parcellization of building land would enable the construction of blocks that were 120–150 metres wide and some 75 metres deep . These ' Mietkaserne'(literally ' rental barracks ' ) , to avoid the slum problem of a London or central Berlin , would be four storeys high and would open up on an interior square that was green and ample enough to permit plenty of light and fresh air . Holbrecht advocated a mix of social classes in the same building ; his outline was for a single apartment to be on the first floor of a typical building ; for two apartments each on the Erdstock , the second storey and the third storey , and for three apartments on the fourth floor , as well as smaller flats on the ground floor and in the courtyard . The outcome , due to the power of speculators and property holders , was that Berlin 's Mietkaserne became a symbol throughout the West for substandard housing .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Where 's my coat ? Let 's go home . I 'm chilled to the bone . Having used these twelve sentences in your do - it - yourself practice and been aware of the sound ( or memory of sound ) and of the slight differences which are visible , you may like to compare two sentences , each from a different group , specially noticing if you can spot any difference in the diphthong shapes . So far you have thought about four diphthongs ( each illustrated by three sentences ) :
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
There is also a keyboard port , communications port for cellular and wireless connection and PCMCIA II slot — two slots for the 880 . The 880 also has a SCSI II and VGA connection . The products will initially be manufactured in the US , though the possibility that Olivetti could one day manufacture them in Europe , for Europe , has not been ruled out in the longer term . The company anticipates that the personal communicator will open up new markets and will prove an ideal base to which it can add its own technology — the Digital European Cordless Telecommunications system . It says it is looking to provide a full range of products ranging from low end consumer devices through to those aimed at users in vertical markets such as insurance or medicine .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
This year City pundits , working hard to get themselves quoted in the media , bid up their idea of a suitably tough budget . In the space of a few weeks they went from favouring broadly no change in taxation ( which is what the chancellor gave them ) to yearning for the rod — in one case a tax rise of £ 5 billion-10 billion . Budget palaver and acute short - termism seem to go hand in hand . The healer 's art IT WAS absorbing political theatre .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
Rodo glanced confusedly up at the ceiling , half expecting the roof to collapse in on him . But the sound was coming from behind him . He turned his head wildly about from side to side . The light was getting brighter . The rumbling had become a steady , low roar , that seemed to be coming as much from inside his head as from all about him .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Those were the days when shops were shops and supermarkets had n't been invented , days of dark wood counters and lots of assistants , when carrier bags were always made of brown paper with string handles that ripped off in the rain . By 1951 Cohen had converted four stores to self - service — a revolution . And ten years later most other high street stores were following suit . We called them supermarkets . But they were n't really that super .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The PDF ( Panamanian Defence Forces ) as an institution is rotten to the core,’ argued Mr Alan Sabrosky , professor of international studies at Rhodes College in Memphis , who taught for more than five years at the Army War College . ‘ For the government to survive , we may have to rebuild [ the military]from the ground up.’ Mr Les Aspin , the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee , warned that US military police units might be forced to stay in Panama for at least a year to help keep the peace . He noted that the last MPs did not leave Grenada until 18 months after the 1983 invasion . Despite fears that the continuing American presence could undermine Panamanian support for the new government , they ‘ are going to need a police force’ , Mr Aspin said .
Idiom: slip of the tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 'm sorry , Madam . I did n't mean it . A slip of the tongue.’ ‘ Make me a cup of coffee . I 'll be in the bath.’
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
There 'd be so many other people around that she 'd be cushioned to some degree from the effect of his presence , she had reasoned . She could hide in a crowd . But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . She 'd left for England two days later , having spent most of the intervening time with Gaston . But Rohan had not put in so much as a token appearance .
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: yes)
Did you tell me that ? It was more like , he says He already said he could see red and green . How the fuck does he know we can see red and green ? Exactly .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
Patrick had been called in when the man had threatened his team with a baseball bat . In normal circumstances the men would just have forced their way in and relieved him of the weapon . But the police had been called so everything had to be done by the book . The man was watching them from a bedroom window , the bat visible . A young PC went to the letter box and began shouting through it .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
How do you like it now , Columbus sneers . By absenting himself from her court , by this final and suicidal invisibility , he has denied her her heart 's desire . Serves her right . Bitch ! She murdered his hopes , did n't she ?