pau Idiom

give pause to

cause one to stop and think His problems should give you pause to think a little more carefully about what you do.

rob Peter to pay Paul

take from one person or thing to pay another When the government began to take money from education to pay for the medical system it was like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

pause on

think about思考
Let me pause on these matters be fore I make a decision．在做出决定之前让我想一下。

pause (up) on

think about思考
Let me pause on these matters be fore I make a decision．在做出决定之前让我想一下。

give sb pause

Idiom(s): give sb pause

Theme: STOP

to cause someone to stop and think.
• When I see a golden sunrise, it gives me pause.
• Witnessing an accident is likely to give all of us pause.

give one pause|give|pause

v. phr. To astonish someone; cause one to stop and think. "Your remark gives me pause," Tom said, when Jane called him an incurable gambler.

give pause|give|pause

v. phr. To cause you to stop and think; make you doubt or worry. The heavy monthly payments gave Mr. Smith pause in his plans to buy a new car. The bad weather gave Miss Carter pause about driving to New York City.

rob Peter to pay Paul|Paul|Peter|pay|pay Paul|rob|

v. phr. To change one duty or need for another; take from one person or thing to pay another. Bill owed Sam a dollar, so he borrowed another from Joe to pay Sam back. He robbed Peter to pay Paul. Trying to study a lesson for one class during another class is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

give pause

give pause
Cause one to hesitate, as in The high monthly installment payments gave me pause, or, as Shakespeare put it in Hamlet (3:1): “For in that sleep of death what dreams may come ... Must give us pause.” [c. 1600]

Paul

Paul
see rob Peter to pay Paul.

pause

pause
see give pause.