Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: go with the flow (used idiomatically: yes)
The Man Within No 3 ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9)6 Old - time US lawyer and rocker ( 5)9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5)10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9)11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time?(3,5)12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6)14 The man himself ( 7,6)16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6)21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6)22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8)25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9)26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5)27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5)28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6)2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7)3 Request he received from the British Empire?(5)4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10)5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4)6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5)7 Solvent with less substance?(7)8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6)13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7)15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9)17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7)18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy?(5–2)19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6)20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6)23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5)24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time Image Problem What do the following have in common?(a)(b)(c ) IMAGE PROBLEM ANSWER :
Idiom: on the mend (used idiomatically: no)
James played the second period unaware of the seriousness of his problem . Mel back SHEFFIELD United goalkeeper Mel Rees , on the mend after a stomach operation , has joined Terry Yorath 's Welsh squad although he will be out of action for the rest of the season . RICH PICKINGS Row looms over West Indies batting ace
Idiom: take someone to the cleaners (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , if you 're going could you pick up my white jacket at the same time … I really have n't got the time to start picking up everybody 's cleaning , I 'd better wear my blue suit … You ca n't , you took it to the cleaners on Saturday … There is in our house a running conversation about keys . Never was so much intellect and emotion expended by so many on so little .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
This is particularly true of the eurozone . The eurozone as such has no representation in the international financial institutions . Instead , 12 eurozone countries are represented on the board of the International ~ Monetary ~ Fund via six different " constituencies , " or country groups . The two largest , Germany and France , have a constituency all their own . Ten other eurozone members are part of four other constituencies headed by Belgium , the Netherlands , Spain , and Italy .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Understand the lesson in this for you , and heal the rift between you . Then gently come back to the room . ( When you later discuss the problem face - to - face , you might be amazed at the telepathic impact of this meditation . ) RELEASING A RELATIONSHIP 1 )
Idiom: make a pig's ear of (used idiomatically: yes)
Anyone who thinks youngsters need coaching to catch fish has n't seen them at it . Kids are naturals at pumping , giving line and so on . Only adults make a pig 's ear of it when they first start fishing as adults . By now other species of fish were falling to Kate 's rod and also to Penny 's . These were perch and although quite small are renowned as good eating fish .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: no)
Such young skin , surely not … ? SHe tried to imagine the soul of a middle - aged man living in this flesh . It seemed absurd . ' I uncovered something , ' Tammuz said after a moment .
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
Within weeks of its return to power the duplicity of the National Government 's support for sanctions became embarrassingly obvious . An agreement between Hoare and his French counterpart , Pierre Laval , was leaked to the press . They intended to offer Mussolini control of two thirds of Abyssinia provided he would save their faces by allowing Haile Selassie to continue to rule over the remainder . The outcry was spontaneous and virtually universal . Even The Times protested .
Idiom: to the hilt (used idiomatically: yes)
But we need to look closely at such a rhetorical tool . It brings us back to the old calculus of human happiness , back to the rationalisations by which different measures and patterns of investment are justified purely in terms of their direct or indirect benefit to ourselves . Environmental organisations have worked that one to the hilt . If you look , for example , at the case that has been made for the protection of the rainforest , you will find that it is peppered with every conceivable argument . But eventually the arguments all boil down to the fact that it is more economic to harvest the rainforest sustainably than clear - fell it in the idiotic way we have been doing until now , and that this is of immense benefit to us , the human species , because of the maintenance of that genetic diversity which will cure all sorts of dreadful diseases in the future .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
Now when Abbey looked at the policy , because he 'd got the Covermaster policy , the cheque and everything , there was nothing there to indicate that there was a problem . There was no medical problem highlighted that he knew about that he should have disclosed on the form . It was just basically , one of those things , and Abbey paid out , because they said we would have done it , we would have accepted him on this anyway . Now you ca n't tell your clients this will happen , but Abbey will do , obviously like , like any life assurance company there is goodwill in that . But there is goodwill , we should make more of that should n't we ,
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
There must be lessons here for those involved in the current debate over whether to build a PWR at Sizewell . A good deal is said about nuclear proliferation and Goldschmidt staunchly defends France 's uncompromising stance on trading in uranium . The latest move to supply India , a country which exploded a nuclear device in 1974 with material produced from a research reactor , typifies France 's ‘ go it alone’ approach which has more than a hint of economic expediency in it . France has certainly been consistent in this stance . Through the early 1960s , it refused to join a common front of uranium export suppliers as long as it was treated differently by Canada from the United States and United Kingdom over sales of uranium .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
The business of public relations The public relations function is increasingly used by a wide variety of interests . Following in the footsteps of advertising agencies who gained great riches and new respectability when many became publicly quoted companies , public relations as a business " came of age " in the early 1980s when the first consultancy went public on the Unlisted Securities Market . Since then others have followed suit . This is bringing increased respectability to public relations as a worthwhile commercial undertaking with a stability and purpose in the world of business .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
With the fluoride and the chlorine . If they 've been changing the pipes or digging them up or something they often flush it through with a load of chlorine , the water of or b Boil it erm As water get 's hotter , and something like sugar , would you get would you find , Let 's say you get a cup of cold water and you try and dissolve as much sugar as you can in it , and then you try hot water , try disolv Dissolve more in the hot water . Okay . What about gases .
Idiom: cross the Rubicon (used idiomatically: yes)
Now , tragically , a full - scale Russian invasion of Georgia has happened . The West , especially the United ~ States , could have prevented this war . Instead , regardless of whether it actually pulls back its troops to South ~ Ossetia and Abkhazia , Russia has crossed the Rubicon , making this a watershed moment in the West ’s post - Cold ~ War relations with Russia . Exactly what triggered the fighting is unclear . Each side will argue its own version .
Idiom: and all that jazz (used idiomatically: no)
( Album courtesy of Makin ' Tracks ) . ALBUM REVIEW by Nigel Tilson All that jazz and even more BUDDING young jazz musicians are being given the chance to shine with the launch this autumn of the Ulster Schools ' Jazz Orchestra . The orchestra is the result of an intensive summer course organised for local young musicians by south Belfast man Ken Jordan .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
Other displays , however , should be changed regularly in order to maintain enthusiasm . In addition to wall displays thought needs to be given to the equipment which can be used in the room , e.g. does the teacher always have to use the overhead projector or slide projector with the whole class or can groups of pupils go and view a selection of slides independently as needed ? The teacher might think of extra resources : a box of artefacts ( some of which may be replicas ) which the pupils can handle ; a bookcase with additional reference materials including dictionaries and atlases as well as appropriate texts of higher and lower levels or a selection of visual materials for study . Where paper based source materials are being used , the teacher must give thought to ease of access for retrieval as well as the effectiveness of storage . Worksheets which are in good condition are treated with more respect than those which too quickly are crumpled , torn or part company with the staples or covering .
Idiom: head for the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
If you 've found my column occasionally depressing over the past three or so years because of my doom - mongering , you should try reading The Great Reckoning by James Dale Davidson and Lord Rees - Mogg . This book ought to have a free razor - blade stuck to its front cover . Subtitled How The World Will Change In The Depression Of The 1990s , its central hypothesis is that we are headed for a major depression , that deflation will return , that property prices will collapse by two - thirds , that Islam will pour into the power vacuum left by communism , that taxes will soar , that many major corporations will cease to exist , that anyone wealthy enough will flee big cities and away from the gangs controlling them , that countries like India , Canada , South Africa and Israel will fall to bits , that there will be plagues of locusts and frogs and that firstborn sons ought to head for the hills while they 've got the chance . All good sensational stuff , but the all - important question is , is it going to happen ? My guess is that , with a few exceptions , it wo n't but that in four years we 'll have another Mogg - Davidson book claiming that they got it right all along .
Idiom: run riot (used idiomatically: yes)
Durkheim saw the social order , and the moral obligations it placed on individuals , as a barrier to the realisation of their basic and instinctive drives . At the same time , he envisaged these innate and largely egoistic tendencies as threatening to the social order . The risk associated with societal modernisation was , therefore , that the individual passions would run riot . Social cohesion was thereby at risk . Nevertheless , Durkheim saw signs of hope .
Idiom: give someone the creeps (used idiomatically: yes)
But soon they 'll be just like mum . A giant tarantula spider . They may give you the creeps , but not Ray Gabriel . He breeds them . His spider nursery is packed with creepy crawlies of all shapes and sizes .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Time has moved on since you first started dealing with someone who has become a major influence in your life and now you need to re - work your thoughts and opinions . A small , but far reaching change in personal habits , career practices or attitudes and approaches to life could increase your efficiency and awareness . Take the plunge and opt for change , you 'll soon begin to fell the benefits . Just when you 're looking forward to pushing the boat out and having a spending spree , your sensible side reminds you of all the practical and prudent things you should be doing with any extra money you have . You might find you 've one too many problems to handle at the moment and a final hassle or irritation will be the straw that breaks the camel 's back .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: no)
if you 're wanting to produce two hundred of those I mean if we colour photocopy and you 're talking about forty five pence each We do n't have to colour photocopy them just s try it in black and white and see what it comes out like . Yeah . But they 're they 're
Idiom: go the distance (used idiomatically: yes)
We had made our break under the trees — the worst place to be in that dreadful weather — so I urged my group on . By this time we were climbing towards a ridge . We 'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash . We all keeled over and hit the ground . We 'd been struck by a lightning bolt .
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm glad . Why ? Cos I 'm glad you 've got a big spot on the side of your face . Where man ? There , right there .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
TED OLIVER / RAMSAY SMITH MOST people would agree that drug dealing inside Buckingham Palace is a pretty serious crime by any standards . But when the Daily Mirror uncovered startling evidence of a shocking cocaine racket on the Queen 's doorstep we almost ended up in the dock ourselves . In a judgment out today , the Press Complaints Commission says our investigation was ‘ entirely proper ’ and in the public interest . But we got brickbats instead of justice when we exposed young mother Lucy Marshall in October last year for dealing in drugs .
Idiom: make a killing (used idiomatically: yes)
A woman driver , Erika Leukemans , said a bullet came through the windscreen and missed her head by centimetres . The law and order minister , Hernus Kriel , announced a 200,000 rand ( £ 43,500 ) reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderers . ' The killings are made all the more reprehensible by the fact that innocent children were involved , ' he said . A police helicopter traced the green BMW to Orange Farm , a giant squatter camp south of Johannesburg . The gunmen fled into the endless fetid alleys of the sprawling camp , but the driver was arrested .
Idiom: free and easy (used idiomatically: yes)
He stood mute . And then Jess said : ‘ Come in … come in , afore the weather does thee an injury!’ smiling at him . A free and easy smile , but lop - sided because her face was still puffy from Garty 's beating . She looked so comical he was taken out of himself and stepped inside with a return of confidence . ‘ It 's enough to freeze the arse off a cat,’ Jess went on cheerfully .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
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Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
VIDEO : A Rage in Harlem ( 18 ) * * MUCH touted as the definitive account of the black ghetto , A Rage in Harlem has an impressive cast list and an intriguing story but stops well short of expectations . Robin Givens is the sexy femme fatale who , on the run from her former lover , lures unsuspecting undertaker Forest Whitaker into her deadly web before sucking his bank account dry . The backdrop of 1950s Harlem is violent and sinister and the direction pulls few punches . This is warts and all film making which , though done to good effect , is hardly uplifting .
Idiom: now or never (used idiomatically: yes)
The root of many of the failures lay in de Gaulle 's impatience . He returned to power in 1958 haunted by the thought that he was ten years too late . There was an increasing sense of " now or never " in his actions . Initiatives such as the Montreal speech and even the withdrawal from NATO were motivated in part by a feeling that he could not trust his successors to do the necessary . This impatience led to an overestimation of the potential for change and to premature and ill - fated attempts to force its pace .
Idiom: siren song (used idiomatically: yes)
BR , exultant , refused . Thatcher said that there would be no relaxation of anything in the budget . Resisting the sirens ' song from the Tory wets , she said that like Ulysses , another resister , she would come safely home to harbour . ( Note for students : Ulysses lost his ship and his entire crew . ) Once a country joined the EEC , it could not leave , said the politicians .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
We took the semi - rigid rubber boat and went south towards Dawson Island , finally beaching it in a little cove of black sand and gravel on the shore of the Brunswick Peninsula just before the dog - leg that took the Strait north - west through miles of narrow channels to the Pacific . Moraine boulders were piled in rounded heaps and we walked inland through tufted heaps of tussac grass , climbing well up the scree - covered slopes to picnic in a spot where we had a magnificent view of the Strait and the channels and islands further west . The sun was shining , the water a deep indigo - blue and the air so crystal clear that it seemed as though I could stretch out my hand and touch the gleaming white of Sarmiento far to the south - east in Tierra del Fuego . We had agreed not to talk about fitting - out problems and we lay in the sun drinking from the bottle Iain had humped up in his backpack . With the fish and cheese sandwiches Iris had brought the world seemed a different place , gentle and relaxed .
Idiom: come to grief (used idiomatically: yes)
Aristotle called the kings ‘ hereditary generals’ and an incompetent or even average king could do a lot of damage in a short while — like Kleombrotos who lost the decisive battle of Leuktra in 371 but was not catastrophically inept . Kings who showed independence risked the fate of Pleistoanax , exiled in 446 — most unfairly , because Sparta ratified his provisional settlement with Athens , which became the Thirty Years Peace ( p. 46 ) . The number of kings who came to grief in the fifth century is staggeringly high , and this must have had a deterrent effect on kings who contemplated taking initiatives . ( The two most famous Spartan ‘ initiatives’ of the fourth century , Phoebidas ' capture of the Theban citadel the Kadmeia , and Sphodrias ' raid on the Piraeus , were both the work of competitively minded private individuals : pp . 207 , 209 . King Agesilaus ' reaction in both cases was roughly ‘ Spartan interests , which are all that matters , mean that we need soldiers like that’ : Xen .
Idiom: move heaven and earth (used idiomatically: yes)
IBM ‘ SQUABBLING OVER RS/6000 MP DESIGN’ IBM 's RS/6000 multi - processor effort is pinned down between the crossfire of two opposing internal factions , according to reports received from our spies . IBM Kingston is supposedly moving heaven and earth to scuttle IBM Austin 's plans for machines Kingston complains are too fast . It would apparently prefer the company to go with high - performance machines of a Kingston design , and is doing whatever it can to sabotage and embarrass Austin . The smart money is still betting on Austin , however , reckoning it 'll have a 250 MIPS box ready for beta test by the end of the year and the backing of the company to go with it .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
If you can not get to your own branch , you can withdraw between £ 100 and £ 200 in cash from HICA by presenting your Midland Auto Cheque Card , which must have been issued on a Current Account held at the same branch as your HICA . HICA Card You can withdraw cash from your High Interest Cheque Account ; transfer money to and from both your HICA and Current Account ; find out the balances , or order detailed statements on your HICA Card , together with your PIN ( Personal Number ) , at most Midland self - service banking machines . These machines are available 24 hours a day , 7 days a week , and we will notify you of your PIN shortly after the account is opened . The maximum amount of cash you can withdraw from most of our machines is £ 500 per day , subject to there being sufficient money in the account .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: no)
She 's been nosing around in the regulating office , bet you anything you like she has , and she does n't fool me!’ The smile was back on Vi 's lips again . Leading Wren Lilith Penrose would have to get up very early in the morning to catch Vi McKeown on the hop . ‘ An’ it 's still me birthday , innit , and if we 're not too late for the transport into Craigiebur , I 've got a spare ten bob I feel like spendin ' . My treat .
Idiom: on the trot (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But I 'm scared of my own squad in terms of numbers . ‘ I have 12 or 13 players who can hold their own with the best in the League but injuries would leave me struggling and I know it . ’ City have slumped to halfway after three defeats on the trot and it is doubtful whether the recovery will start at Maine Road today against a Villa side that Reid acknowledges is ‘ brilliantly balanced right through ’ . Reid 's bid for Celtic striker Tommy Coyne is on hold until he can raise cash from sales and the only potential departure is goalkeeper Andy Dibble . Portsmouth are interested but want assurance on his recovery from a broken arm before parting with £350,000 .
Idiom: heart of gold (used idiomatically: yes)
Or will he have the success that eludes the smart boys of Tin Pan Alley ? The answer is never in doubt , and neatly topical in a week when American voters showed their preference for small - town boys over city slickers . Adam Goodley has star quality as the young innocent abroad , but even he has to bow to age and experience : Frank Lazarus as the seen - it - all piano player ( with a heart of gold , natch ! ) is wonderfully witty and quietly steals this entertaining and pleasing show . Our Song Ivan Waterman
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: no)
finger licking good Finger licking good and wipe under the table Swap one card with a player of your choice , ah I swap with you cos I do n't think you 're the only fucker that has got one have you ? Yeah
Idiom: young blood (used idiomatically: yes)
The meeting which was to set Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer irrevocably on the road to St Paul 's Cathedral took place in July 1980 on a hay bale at the home of Commander Robert de Pass , a friend of Prince Philip , and his wife Philippa , a lady - in - waiting to the Queen . Diana was invited to stay at their house in Petworth , West Sussex by their son Philip . ‘ You 're a young blood,’ he told her , ‘ you might like him.’ During the weekend she drove to nearby Cowdray Park to watch the Prince play polo for his team , Les Diables Bleus . At the end of the game the small house party trooped back to Petworth for a barbecue in the grounds of the de Pass ' country home .
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
She gingerly lifted her skirt to reveal perhaps twelve inches of heavily embroidered , ankle - tight white pantaloons . Hussa did n't bother . She plunged forward , skirts dragging , heaving on the tow rope . At its deepest I reckoned the water might be waist high . The whole inlet could n't have been more than fifty yards across , but to Maha it was at least a mile wide , as deep as the ocean , wet and cold .