Porter example sentences
Related (1): doorman
"Porter" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- porter's lodge - the small building or room where a porter lives and works at a hotel, school, etc.
- portmanteau word - a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example "motel".
- bread and butter - the ordinary routine means of making a living.
- packed like sardines - crowded together in an extremely tight space.
- hand and glove - in perfect harmony or agreement.
- once in a blue moon - very rarely; on an unusual occasion.
- at loggerheads - in an argument; in conflict.
- sixes and sevens - in a state of disorder or confusion.
- smoke and mirrors - deception intended to create a favorable impression.
- hook, line and sinker - completely; without reservation.
- far and wide - to great distances; very widely distributed.
- wrack and ruin - in a state of disrepair and dilapidation.
- hook and eye - a fastener formed of a hook or eye specially adapted to grip and hold the other.
- thick and fast - happening in quick succession.
- salt and pepper - hair that is graying or turning gray.
- strength and honor - moral or mental strength with dignity and integrity.
- back and forth - in opposite directions in quick succession.
- lock, stock and barrel - completely; entirely.
- to and fro - repeatedly from one place to another.
- kith and kin - relatives and close associates.