P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[peeping Tom] {n.}
A man or boy who likes sly peeping.
He was picked up by the police as a peeping Tom.
[peg]
See:
[SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE],
[TAKE DOWN A PEG].
[peg away] {v.}
To work methodically, industriously, or steadily
Thomson pegged away for years at a shoe repair business.
Jones kept pegging away, and finally recognition came.
[pen]
See:
[POISON-PEN],
[SLIP OF THE PEN].
[pen pal] {n.}
A friend who is known to someone through an exchange of letters.
John's pen pal writes him letters about school in Alaska.
[penalty box] {n.}
A place where penalized hockey players are required to go to wait until the penalty is over.
Two players got into a fight and were sent to the penalty box for two minutes.
[penny for one's thoughts]
Please tell me what you are thinking about; what's your daydream.
"A penny for your thoughts!" he exclaimed.
[penny wise and pound foolish]
Wise or careful in small things but not careful enough in important things. — A proverb.
Mr. Smith's fence is rotting and falling down because he wouldn't spend money to paint it. He is penny wise and pound foolish.
[people who live in glass houses should not throw stones]
Do not complain about other people if you are as bad as they are. — A proverb.
* /Mary says that Betty is jealous, but Mary is more jealous herself. People who live in glass houses should not […]
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