Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: full of beans (used idiomatically: yes)
He came in at the side door as though he knew his own way . ‘ You 'll find her in the drawing - room,’ Dot heard Mrs Hollidaye say . ‘ Yes , she 's simply full of beans now.’ He did n't wear a white jacket like hospital doctors but a heavy greatcoat with the collar turned up and boots dampened with slush . But Dot knew he was a doctor because his hands smelled clean and soapy .
Idiom: poor little rich girl (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ No,’ she blurted out , instantly regretting her response . This man did n't deserve it . ‘ I 'd feel sorry for you , but I 'm afraid I do n't have much time for the poor little rich girl syndrome . As for reporting to Daddy , you go right ahead , though you might find that what he has to say is n't much to your liking.’ He looked as though he was going to say more , but he did n't .
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: no)
Run - down old cows have gained a third in value because their meat is popular in France — and still cheap because sterling is 20 per cent weaker against the franc . Top - quality Scotch beef is replacing more expensive German beef in Italy and the price for the best and heaviest home - killed bullocks has been forced up to £ 1,000 a head — which goes some way to explaining why fresh meat is suddenly so much dearer in shops . But while they are determined to make hay while the sun shines , farmers are still watching the monetary horizons for the clouds of revaluation and are ready to scamper for figurative shelter if the rains of realignment fall . Their problem is two- pronged and affects both markets and subsidies . Old cows , for example , could be stripped of £ 100-£120 of their value if the pound suddenly recovered against the franc .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
He cocked the weapon . Rostov looked at the others . He caught Sandor 's eye . ' All of us ? ' The lieutenant nodded .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: yes)
I think this one has to die for the other to live . It 's a cruel world .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: no)
Possible developments Home Corner — equipment Much of the mathematical experience in the Home Corner will be an integral and incidental part of the child 's free play with the equipment provided . There is a need for good quality equipment , and by varying the colour , shape and size of things provided , the opportunity may be extended for one - to - one correspondence , sorting and ordering . These are experiences which lead towards number and are explained more fully in chapters 7 and 8,Towards Number and Apparatus , Toys and Games .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: no)
Canadians do not even travel across the country that much . There is none of the restless westwardness of the US . When a Quebequois or a Torontonian gets fed up with life 30 degrees below freezing , he heads south to the Caribbean not west . Hardly anyone ever travels the full 3,727 miles from sea to frigid sea — Halifax , Nova Scotia to Vancouver , British Columbia — except the odd , crazed British journalist . And yet it is such a magnificent journey .
Idiom: hit and miss (used idiomatically: yes)
That awful script : ‘ Good morning / afternoon / evening . Have you decided which party you will vote for?’ Canvassing is usually done with a rather hit and miss approach . It is left to the individual 's instinct and good sense , which are not always entirely sound . A Conservative candidate knocked at the door of a run - down council flat one evening at 7 pm .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: yes)
The movie 's message is plain and unequivocal : do drugs and die . The only way to redeem yourself is to check into a rehab clinic , suffer the torments of the damned and make a final public confession of your sins . That 's the plot in cut and dried form , though there 's the added twist of Keaton initially agreeing to undergo treatment only as a means of outmanouevring his creditors . There 's also a shot of doomy love interest ( Keaton trying to get fellow addict Katy Baker off ) and dopey oedipal sparring ( Keaton trying to get counsellor M Emmet Walsh on ) , but in the end any attempt at getting a fix on using as a way of life is elbowed puritanically aside . It seems that drug abuse just ca n't be tolerated by American politics .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
The ice cold water made him gasp , but after swimming a couple of lengths of the plunge , he got out feeling an exhilaration beyond belief . Now he could understand why the Finns came running out of their saunas and rolled themselves in the snow . Earlier , he had been amazed by the amount of sludge being discharged by his pores , so before going back to the hot - rooms , he went to the wash handbasin and scrubbed his face with a will , and imagined all his blackheads disappearing down the drain along with the waste water . ‘ Hello , it 's Nigger Asnett , is n't it?’ Nigger awoke from a slumber and sat up .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
But the polished surfaces of the furniture had been scored , even gouged ; the counterpane had been cut to ribbons and the eiderdown slit open in several places . A carriage clock lay smashed on the floor beside an art - nouveau lamp ; and the bedside table on which , presumably , they had both stood , had been split almost in two . On the carpet by the tallboy were several red carnations , as fresh as they had come from the florist , and beside them , a shattered glass spill . Water from the spill had soaked the carpet . Also on the floor were three or four framed pictures which had been trampled stamped upon , so that the frames were broken and the glass shattered to fragments .