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."