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
- 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