| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| peek-a-boo |
peek through the fingers with hands covering eyes
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Shelly was playing peek-a-boo with the baby.
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| peep this |
look at this, check this out, eyeball this
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Peep this! My fingernails are as long as Dolly's!
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| peer sneer |
an unfriendly look from a person who is the same age
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When the manager praised my work, Vic gave me a peer sneer.
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| pell-mell |
in a wild manner, in panic, harum-scarum
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When the fire alarm sounded we ran pell-mell down the hall.
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| pen those words/lines |
write those words or lines, compose that line
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The medium is the message: Do you know who penned that line?
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| penny for your thoughts |
(See a penny for your thoughts)
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| penny pincher |
a person who spends carefully, a thrifty person
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He used to be a penny pincher, but now he spends freely.
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| penny wise, dollar dumb |
wise in saving, foolish in spending; burn a hole in your pocket
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You spent our carefully-saved money on an expensive electric organ
that neither of us can play! Now that is penny wise, dollar dumb!
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| penny wise, pound foolish |
careful with pennies but careless with pounds, penny wise, dollar dumb
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Our budget is penny wise and pound foolish - we save a little on food,
and waste a lot on a luxury car!
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| people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones |
people who have faults should not criticize others
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Perfect people can be critical, but people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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