以P和Q开头的英语成语

P idioms

Pass muster- to be approved

Pick someone to pieces- to criticize sharply

Paper over the cracks- to try to hide something

Put the cart before the horse- doing things in a wrong manner

Pull up the shocks- do things in the right manner and correctly

Parrot fashion- If you learn something parrots fashion; you learn it word for word

Pay on the nail- If you pay on the nail, you pay promptly in cash

Pen is mightier than the sword- The idiom 'the pen is mightier than the sword' means that words and communication are more powerful than wars and fighting

Pick someone’s brains- If you pick someone's brains, you ask them for advice,

Suggestions and information about something they know about

Pieces of the same cake- Pieces of the same cake are things that have the same

Characteristics or qualities

Play fast and loose- If people play fast and loose, they behave in an irresponsible way

And don't respect rules, etc.

Poker face- Someone with a poker face doesn't show any emotion or reaction so that

People don't know what they are feeling

Q idioms

Quarrel with bread and butter- Bread and butter, here, indicate the means of one’s living. If a subordinate in an organization is quarrelsome or if he is not patient enough to bear the reprimand he deserves, gets angry and retorts or provokes the higher-up, the top man dismisses him from the job. So, he loses the job that gave him bread and butter. Hence we say, he quarreled with bread and butter (manager or the top man) and lost his job

Quiet as a cat- If somebody is as quiet as a cat they make as little noise as possible and try to be unnoticeable

Quiet as a mouse- If someone's as quiet as a mouse, they make absolutely no noise

Queer fish- A strange person is a queer fish