P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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[MIND ONE'S P'S AND Q'S].
[pack a punch] or [pack a wallop] {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. To be able to give a powerful blow; have a dangerous fist.
He packed a mean punch.
2. To have a violent effect; be powerful.
It was vodka, and it packed quite a wallop.
[pack off] {v.}, {informal}
To send away; dismiss abruptly.
When an Englishman got in trouble long ago, his family would pack him off to Australia or some other distant land.
* /Jane couldn't really get started on her homework until she had packed […]
[pack rat] {n.}, {informal}
A person who cannot part with old, useless objects; an avid collector of useless things; a junk hoarder.
* /"Why are there so many things in this room?" John asked. "It is my brother's room, and he is a pack rat; he is […]
[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.
[pack of lies] {n. phr.}
An unbelievable story; unprovable allegations.
What Al told us about his new girlfriend was nothing but a pack of lies.
[pack one's bag] {v. phr.}
To leave a place out of anger, annoyance, or disagreement.
"This place is beginning to irritate me," she said to her friend. "I want to pack my bags and get out of here."
Leave my opinion