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English Idioms :: pan
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panlessness.html - See: FLASH IN THE PAN, OUT OF THE PRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE. |
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English Idioms :: pan gravy
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panlessness.html - {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./ |
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English Idioms :: pan out
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panlessness.html - {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 until he used tungsten wires./ |
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English Idioms :: Pandora's box
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panlessness.html - {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. |
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English Idioms :: panic
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panlessness.html - See: PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON. |
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English Idioms :: pant for
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panlessness.html - {v. phr.} To desire something very deeply. * /He is panting for his girlfriend, who went out of town to see her family./ |
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