puff and pant

To breathe very heavily or laboriously. He sat puffing and panting for several minutes after sprinting to catch the bus. You really should quit smoking—look at how you're puffing and panting after a single flight of stairs!

ˌpuff and ˈpant/ˈblow

(informal) breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth after physical effort: Eventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the gate.

See also: and, blow, pant, puff

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

puff and pant/blow
pant for air
graft away
not breathe a word of (something)
able
as I live and breathe
As I live and breathe!
hardly have time to breathe
scarcely have time to breathe
ice-skating

References in periodicals archive

LaBeouf and Monaghan puff and pant for all their worth in the midst of eyepopping pyrotechnics.

Thrills and spills galore

LaBeouf and Monaghan puff and pant in the midst of eye-popping pyrotechnics, generating sparks of sexual tension that only really ignite in the film's mawkish epilogue.

Review: Eagle Eye; Movies

词组	puff and pant
释义	puff and pant puff and pant To breathe very heavily or laboriously. He sat puffing and panting for several minutes after sprinting to catch the bus. You really should quit smoking—look at how you're puffing and panting after a single flight of stairs! See also: and, pant, puff Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. ˌpuff and ˈpant/ˈblow (informal) breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth after physical effort: Eventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the gate. See also: and, blow, pant, puff Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: puff and pant/blow pant for air graft away not breathe a word of (something) able as I live and breathe As I live and breathe! hardly have time to breathe scarcely have time to breathe ice-skating References in periodicals archive LaBeouf and Monaghan puff and pant for all their worth in the midst of eyepopping pyrotechnics. Thrills and spills galore LaBeouf and Monaghan puff and pant in the midst of eye-popping pyrotechnics, generating sparks of sexual tension that only really ignite in the film's mawkish epilogue. Review: Eagle Eye; Movies
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