parr 관용구

thrust and parry

Idiom(s): thrust and parry

Theme: CHALLENGE

to enter into verbal combat [with someone]; to compete actively [with someone]. (From the sport of fencing. Fixed order.)
• I spent the entire afternoon thrusting and parrying with a committee of so-called experts in the field of insurance.
• I do not intend to stand here and thrust and parry with you over a simple matter like this. Let's get someone else's opinion.

Parrot fashion

If you learn something parrot fashion, you learn it word for word. A parrot is a bird from South America that can talk.

Sick as a parrot

If someone's sick as a parrot about something, they are unhappy, disappointed or depressed about it.

parrot-fashion|fashion|parrot

adv. Like a parrot; by rote memorization and without any understanding. The candidate delivered a speech that was prepared for him and he read it parrot-fashion.

sparring partner

sparring partner
An individual with whom one enjoys arguing, as in Jim's my best sparring partner. This expression alludes to boxing, where since about 1900 it has denoted the person one practices or trains with. [Mid-1900s] Also see spar with.

More Idioms/Phrases

Spain span Spanish spar with spare spare tire spark sparring partner speak speak down to speak one's piece

English Vocalbulary

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