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English Idioms :: pack of lies
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packge.html - {n. phr.} An unbelievable story; unprovable allegations. * /What Al told us about his new girlfriend was nothing but a pack of lies./ |
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English Idioms :: pack a wallop
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packge.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} 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 wallop./ |
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English Idioms :: pack off
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packge.html - {v.}, {informal} 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 started on her homework until she had packed the children off to school./ |
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English Idioms :: pack one's bag
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packge.html - {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."/ |
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English Idioms :: pack rat
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packge.html - {n.}, {informal} 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 brother's room, and he is a pack rat; he is unable to throw stuff away."/ |
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English Idioms :: pack up
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packge.html - {v. phr.} To pack one's suitcase for traveling; prepare a package. * /Without saying a single word, the unhappy husband packed up and left./ |
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