P
Idioms beginning with "P"
Part of speech, explanation, example sentences, pronunciation
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Contents of P:
[potshot] {n.}
A direct shot at an easy, stationary target from behind a protected position or camouflage; criticism.
Modern journalists like to take potshots at the president of the United States.
[pound away at] {v. phr.}
1. To attack; criticize.
In his campaign speeches the candidate kept pounding away at the administration's foreign policy.
2. To work industriously.
* /Mike was pounding away at the foundation of his new house with […]
[pound of flesh] {n. phr.}, {literary}
The maximum payment authorized by law.
He had hoped that Peter would be lenient regarding the interest they had agreed on, but Peter demanded his full pound of flesh.
[pound out] {v. phr.}
1. To play a piece of music very loudly on a percussion instrument.
The boy was pounding out the tune "Mary had a little lamb" on the marimba.
2. To flatten something with a hammer.
* /The bodyshop uses special hammers to […]
[pound the pavement] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To walk up and down the streets; tramp about.
John pounded the pavement looking for a job.
Mary and Bill pounded the pavement to find an apartment.
[pour money down the drain] {v. phr.}
To spend one's money unwisely; to waste one's funds.
"Stop supporting Harry's drug habit," Ralph said. "You're just pouring money down the drain.".