P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[packed (in) like sardines] {adj. phr.}
So tightly crowded that there is hardly room to turn.
The trains are so full during rush hour that we must go to work packed in like sardines.
[pad the bill] {v. phr.}
To add false expenses to a bill; make a bill larger than it really was.
The salesman padded the bill for his traveling expenses by exaggerating his food expenses.
[paddle one's own canoe] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself.
After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe.
Syn.: [HOE ONE'S OWN ROW].
Compare: [MAKE ONE'S WAY].
[paddy wagon] {n.}, {informal}
A police van used for transporting prisoners to jail or the police station.
The police threw the demonstrators into the paddy wagon.
[pain]
See:
[AT PAINS],
[FEEL NO PAIN],
[GIVE A PAIN],
[GROWING PAINS],
[ON PAIN OF],
[TAKE PAINS].
[pain in the ass] or [pain in the neck] {n.}, {slang}, {vulgar with ass}
An obnoxious or bothersome person or event.
Phoebe Hochrichter is a regular pain in the neck (ass).
[paint a gloomy picture] {v. phr.}
To describe something in a gloomy, pessimistic way.
We are sad because the weather forecast has painted a gloomy picture for all of next week when we go on vacation.
[paint oneself into a corner] {v. phr.}
To get oneself into a bad situation that is difficult or impossible to get out of.
By promising to both lower taxes and raise the defense budget, the president has painted himself into a corner.