| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
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| play with fire |
do risky things, live dangerously, take chances |
"If you play with fire," Trine explained, "you may get burned.
You may get hurt." |
| pleased as punch |
very pleased, happy about |
Our minister is pleased as punch when there's a large offering. |
| pluck at the heart strings |
cause us to feel sadness or longing, move you to tears,
touch you |
I'm feeling sentimental. That song is plucking at my heart strings. |
| plug away |
work slowly and steadily, slug away |
If you plug away at physics, you will eventually understand it. |
| plug into |
become familiar with, learn to use |
If he wants to be a dentist, he'll have to plug into the sciences. |
| plug the product |
(See put in a plug for) |
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| plug the team |
add the best players from other teams |
The Flyers plugged their team with star players from the league. |
| plumb loco |
completely crazy, crackers |
After several crop failures, one farmer went plumb loco. |
| plump full |
very full, full to the top, chock full |
Johnny's glass was plump full - so full he spilled some milk. |
| pocket Hercules |
a small person with great strength |
In the 1970s a guy named Stan Jonathan played for the Boston Bruins.
He was small but very tough - a pocket Hercules. |
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