on the pad Idiom, Proverb

call a spade a spade

"say it in plain language; the straight goods" Kris will report the facts. She's not afraid to call a spade a spade.

pad

apartment, digs You have a nice pad, Nora. I love your leather furniture!

pad an expense account

claim more money than spent, add false expenses How can I pad my expense account if I don't have receipts?

pad the bill

add false expenses He always pads the bill when he goes on a business trip.

paddle your own canoe

be an individual, be independent Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe.

spade work

first stage of the work, preparation for later work, pave the way Paul did the spade work for our food bank. He asked each of the merchants for a donation.

paddle

a gun:"Say why ya creep without a muthaphuckin paddle" -- Lady or Rage (Lyrical Gangbang [1992]).

pad out

1．fill out with extra material用额外的材料充填
The tailor padded out the shoulders of the coat．裁缝给这上衣做垫肩。
2．make a sentence， story， etc．longer by adding unnecessary detail用不必要的材料拉长；添凑
Her letter to her aunt was not long enough，so she padded it out with information about the weather．她给她姨妈的信不长，她又添加了些有关天气的内容。
My advice is not to pad out your story with irrelevant details．我的意见是别用不相干的细节来拉长你的故事。
paddle one's own canoe work without help； earn one's own living独立自主；依靠自己
After his father died，he had to paddle his own canoe．他父亲死后，他只好自己谋生。
Don't worry about your son． He's old enough to paddle his own canoe．不要为你儿子担心，他已到了足以自力的年龄了。

up the creek without a paddle

Idiom(s): up the creek (without a paddle)

Theme: TROUBLE

in a bad situation. (Slang. Use with caution. There is a taboo version of this phrase.)
• What a mess I’m in. I'm really up the creek without a paddle.
• I tried to prevent it, hut I seem to he up the creek, too.

paddle one's own canoe

Idiom(s): paddle one's own canoe

Theme: INDEPENDENCE

to do (something) by oneself; to be alone.
• I've been left to paddle my own canoe too many times.
• Sally isn't with us. She's off paddling her own canoe.

on the pad

Accepting bribes. A byword about said of badge officers. He's fabricated some actual accidental decisions lately, which makes me admiration if he's on the pad.Learn more: on, pad

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