P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[pin one's heart on one's sleeve]
See: [WEAR ONE'S HEART ON ONE'S SLEEVE].
[pinch]
See:
[TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT] also [TAKE WITH A PINCH OF SALT],
[WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES].
[pinch and scrape] {v. phr.}
To save as much money as possible by spending as little as possible.
They are trying to buy their first house so they are pinching and scraping every penny they can.
[pinch pennies] {v. phr.}, {informal}
Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty.
When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies.
- [penny-pincher] {n.}, {informal}
A stingy or selfish person; […]
[pinch-hit] {v.}
1. To substitute for another player at bat in a baseball game.
Smith was sent in to pinch-hit for Jones.
2. {informal}
To act for a while, or in an emergency, for another person; take someone's place for a while.
* /I asked him […]
[pine away] {v. phr.}
To waste away with grief.
After George was sent abroad, his wife pined away for him so much that she became ill.
[pint-size] {adj.}, {informal}
Very small.
The new pint-size, portable TV sets have a very clear picture.
It was funny to hear a pint-size voice coming out of a great big man.
[pinup girl] {v. phr.}
An attractive girl whose picture is pinned or tacked to the wall by an admirer.
Some Hollywood actresses are understandably very popular pinup girls among male soldiers.