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poke around
poke about
To search about; look into and under things.
The detective poked around in the missing man's office.
To move slowly or aimlessly; do little things.
He didn't feel well, and poked around the house.
poker face
Лицо как при игре в покер. Лицо не выражающее эмоций.
Whenever Betty attended one of her children's performances, she managed to keep a poker face.
Когда бы Бетти ни посещала выступление одного их своих детей, ей всегда удавалось казаться бесстрастной.
poles apart
Completely different.
It was hard for the members to make any decisions because their ideas were poles apart.
The two brothers were poles apart in personality.
polish the apple
apple polishing
To try to make someone like you; to try to win favor by flattery.
Стараться понравиться кому-либо. Льстить, подлизываться.
Mary polished the apple at work because she wanted a day off.
Nobody likes the girl because she is always polishing the apple with her teacher.
Никому не нравится эта девочка, ибо она постоянно подлизывается к учительн.
Susan is the teacher's pet because she always polishes the apple.
When John I brought his teacher flowers, everyone thought he was apple polishing.
poor as a church mouse
Penniless; broke; extremely poor.
The newly arrived boat people were poor as church mice.
port of call
Any of the ports that a ship visits after the start of a voyage and before the end; a port where passengers or cargo may be taken on or put off; an in-between port.
Savannah is a port of call for many Atlantic coasting vessels.
A place you visit regularly or often; a stop included on your usual way of going.
His home had become one of my regular ports of call in Boston.
It was an obscure little restaurant which I had made something of a port of call.
pot call the kettle black
The person who is criticizing someone else is as guilty as the person he accuses; the charge is as true of the person who makes it as of the one he makes it against.
Bill said John was cheating at a game but John replied that the pot was calling the kettle black.
When the commissioner accused the road builder of bribery, the contractor said the pot was calling the kettle black.
potshot
take a pot shot at
A direct shot at an easy, stationary target from behind a protected position or camouflage; criticism.
Прямой выстрел по легкой, неподвижной цели из-за защищенной позиции или маскировки; критика.
Everyone in the audience was taking potshots at the comedian's toupee.
Все зрители в зале подшучивали над париком комика.
Modern journalists like to take potshots at the president of the United States.
Современные журналисты любят высмеивать президента Соединенных Штатов.
Now that everyone knows I was involved in that scandal, the reporters love taking pot shots at me.
Теперь, когда все знают, что я был замешан в этом скандале, репортеры любят подшучивать надо мной.