puff and pant/blow
puff and blow
1. To breathe very heavily or laboriously. Running to catch the bus has left me puffing and blowing. You really should quit smoking—look at how you're puffing and blowing after a single flight of stairs!
2. To make an exaggerated show of one's anger, often by making empty threats. The boss likes to puff and blow when things don't go right, but don't pay too much attention to him. My parents puffed and blew when I told them I was dropping out, but in the end they came to respect my decision.
See also: and, blow, puff
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
- graft away
- blow up a storm
- 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
- skating