| Expression | ...may mean any of |
|---|---|
| paint oneself in a corner | paint one's own picture in a corner |
| paint the floor and then get stuck in a corner | |
| painted nail | a nail depicted on a painting |
| a fingernail depicted on a painting | |
| a polished fingernail | |
| a nail with a coat of paint over it. | |
| pencil eraser | device to erase pencils |
| eraser mounted on a pencil | |
| pencil-shaped eraser | |
| play: now playing | the song that's currently being played |
| the game that's currently being played | |
| the musician who is performing at the moment | |
| playing card with the most pips | the act of playing a card with the most pips |
| the ten in the deck of cards | |
| the state of playing a card with the most pips (i.e., while ~, ...) | |
| polish reviews | reviews done in Poland |
| Reviews done by Polish reviewers | |
| do polish these reviews | |
| post: 100% post consumer | 100% post office consumer |
| 100% after (a) consumer | |
| press center | apply pressure in the middle |
| newsroom | |
| midpoint of a press | |
| press charges | iron the explosives |
| the proteges of a canteen | |
| accusations from reporters | |
| file accusations against someone | |
| the reporters jump out of the trenches and attack | |
| press one's suit | to iron the tuxedo |
| to court a lady | |
| printing day sheets | the process of printing the daily sheets |
| [I'm] printing, right now, the daily sheets | |
| the sheets for the printing day | |
| problem at work | there's a problem where work happens to be |
| there's a problem which is doing some work | |
| propose: peasants protest the proposed plant | peasants protest the proposition to build a factory |
| peasants protest the marital agreement with a botanical specimen | |
| public sex scandal | sex scandal which is public |
| scandal caused by sex in public | |
| scandal caused by, not private but public, sex | |
| public supported radio | radio which is supported by the public |
| public doesn't support radio anymore | |
| purchase order samples | buy the order samples |
| the samples of purchase orders | |
| a purchase order is sampling |