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p: ( See: MIND ONE'S P'S AND Q'S.)
pace: ( ̈ɪpeɪs See: CHANGE OF PACE, KEEP PACE, PUT THROUGH ONE'S PACES, SNAIL'S PACE.)
pace off: ( . To measure by taking a series of steps in a line. * /The farmer stepped off the edge of the field to see how much fencing he would need./ * /The referee stepped off a five-yard penalty Далее…
pace-setting: ( {adj.} * /Bob's time in the cross-country race was pace-setting./ * /The country is growing at a pace-setting rate./ See: SET THE PACE.)
pack a wallop: ( {v. phr.}, 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 Далее…
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 off: ( {v.}, 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 Далее…
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."/) Далее…
pack rat: ( {n.}, 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 Далее…
pack up: ( {v. phr.} To pack one's suitcase for traveling; prepare a package. * /Without saying a single word, the unhappy husband packed up and left./)
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./)
pad the bill: ( {v. phr.} To add false expenses to a bill; make a bill larger than it really was. * /The salesman padded the bill for his traveling expenses by exaggerating his food expenses./)
paddle: ( ̈ɪˈpædl See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.)
paddle one's own canoe: ( {v. phr.}, To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself. * /After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe./ Syn.: HOE ONE'S OWN ROW. Compare: MAKE ONE'S WAY.) Далее…
paddy wagon: ( {n.}, A police van used for transporting prisoners to jail or the police station. * /The police threw the demonstrators into the paddy wagon./)
pain: ( peɪn See: AT PAINS, FEEL NO PAIN, GIVE A PAIN, GROWING PAINS, ON PAIN OF, TAKE PAINS.)
pain in the neck: ( {n.}, , An obnoxious or bothersome person or event. * /Phoebe Hochrichter is a regular pain in the neck (ass)./)
paint a gloomy picture: ( {v. phr.} To describe something in a gloomy, pessimistic way. * /We are sad because the weather forecast has painted a gloomy picture for all of next week when we go on vacation./)
paint oneself into a corner: ( {v. phr.} To get oneself into a bad situation that is difficult or impossible to get out of. * /By promising to both lower taxes and raise the defense budget, the president has painted Далее…
paint the lily: ( {v. phr.} To add unnecessarily to something already beautiful or good enough. * /To talk about a beautiful sunset is to gild the lily./ * /For the beautiful girl to use makeup would be to Далее…

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