P
Idioms beginning with "P"
Part of speech, explanation, example sentences, pronunciation
No categories:
Contents of P:
[pan]
See:
[FLASH IN THE PAN],
[OUT OF THE PRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE].
[pan gravy] {n.}
Gravy made with meat drippings with seasoning and often a little water.
His wife liked cream gravy, but he preferred pan gravy.
Pan gravy from country ham is often called red-eye gravy.
[pan out] {v.}, {informal}
To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed.
Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?
* /Edison's efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out […]
[Pandora's box] {n. phr.}, {literary}
A thing or problem that, if activated, will give rise to many unmanageable problems.
If they insist on having that inquiry, they will open up a Pandora's box.
Compare: [CAN OF WORMS].
[pant for] {v. phr.}
To desire something very deeply.
He is panting for his girlfriend, who went out of town to see her family.
[pants]
See:
[ANTS IN ONE'S PANTS],
[CATCH WITH ONE'S PANTS DOWN],
[FANCY PANTS],
[FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE'S PANTS],
[GET THE LEAD OUT OF ONE'S PANTS],
[KICK IN THE PANTS],
[WEAR THE TROUSERS] or [WEAR THE PANTS].
[par]
See: [UP TO PAR].
[par for the course] {n. phr.}, {informal}
Just what was expected; nothing unusual; a typical happening. — Usually refers to things going wrong.
Mary is very clumsy so it was par for the course when she bumped into the table and broke the vase.
* […]