P
Idioms beginning with "P"
Part of speech, explanation, example sentences, pronunciation
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Contents of P:
[poor-mouth] {v.}
To be constantly complaining about one's poverty; keep saying how one cannot afford the better things in life.
* /Uncle Jack indulges in an awful lot of poor-mouthing, but we know that he has half a million dollars stashed away in a […]
[pop]
See: [EYES POP OUT].
[pop fly] {n.}
A baseball batted high into the air but not very far from the plate.
The batter hit a pop fly to the shortstop.
[pop in] {v. phr.}
To suddenly appear without announcement.
"Just pop into my office any time you're on campus," Professor Brown said.
[pop one's cork]
See:
[BLOW A FUSE],
[FLY OFF THE HANDLE],
[LOSE ONE'S MARBLES],
[LOSE ONE'S TEMPER].
[pop the question] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To ask someone to marry you.
After the dance he popped the question.
A man is often too bashful to pop the question.
[popup] {v.}
1. or [bob up]
To appear suddenly or unexpectedly; show up; come out.
Just when the coach thought he had everything under control, a new problem bobbed up.
After no one had heard from him for years, John popped up in town again.
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[port of call] {n. phr.}
1. Any of the ports that a ship visits after the start of a voyage and before the end; a port where passengers or cargo may be taken on or put off; an in-between port.
* /Savannah is a port of call for many Atlantic coasting […]
[port of entry] {n. phr.}
1. A port where things brought into the country to sell may pass through customs.
Other ports of entry have been taking business from New York.
2. A port where a citizen of another country may legally enter a country; a […]