| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| pointed questions |
questions that accuse, on the carpet, the third degree
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"Why did you take the files?" he asked. "Stop with the pointed
questions!" I replied. "I didn't take the files!"
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| poke fun at |
laugh at, make fun of
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Would you poke fun at someone who can't speak Chinese?
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| poker face |
(See a poker face)
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| pokey |
jail, prison, behind bars, in the clink
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Don't mention pokey in your resume. You don't want to
advertise your time in jail.
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| polish off/polish it off |
eat all of it, drink it all
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Somebody polished off the last few cookies. Who ate them?
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| political football |
a program or issue used by politicians to get votes, play political games
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A day-care program is a political football. Politicians use it to get the votes of parents with babies.
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| politically correct |
appropriate, not racist or sexist
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Advertise for a salesperson. Use the politically correct term.
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| polluted |
very drunk, loaded, plastered, wasted
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Every Friday night he goes to the bar and drinks till he's polluted.
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| pony tail |
tying the hair at the back leaving a tail of hair
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Stan pulled on Judy's pony tail as he walked past her desk.
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| pony up |
contribute, give some money, do your part
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Okay guys, it's time to pony up. Ten dollars will pay for a taxi into town.
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