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General idioms that span a wide range of everyday topics.

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pack a punch

to have a strong effect or impact

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pack a wallop

to have a significant or powerful effect

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packed like sardines

crammed closely together with little space

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page-turner

an engaging book that keeps the reader's interest

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paint a rosy picture

to present a situation in an overly positive or optimistic way, often ignoring the negatives.

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paint oneself into a corner

to create a difficult situation for oneself from which it is hard to escape.

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paint something with a broad brush

to make sweeping generalizations without acknowledging specific details or differences

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paint with a broad brush

to make generalizations or oversimplifications about a complex issue.

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pale in comparison

to seem less important when compared to something else.

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pale rider

a figure associated with death, often representing the fourth horseman of the apocalypse.

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paper over the cracks

to conceal or minimize problems instead of addressing them directly

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paper tiger

a person or thing that seems threatening but is actually ineffectual.

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