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Robbing Peter to pay Paul

To take something from one sorce and use it towards another.

Many folks believe that this metaphor has its origin in 16th-century England, when part of the estate of Saint Peter's Cathedral in Westminster was appropriated to pay for repairs to Saint Paul's in London.
Jacob: I think I'm going to apply for another credit card so I can pay off some of my bills.

David: Robbing Peter to pay Paul, eh?! Just be carful not to get into debt.
by MoonCricket March 27, 2005
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St. Peter High School

St. Peter High School is known around the OT area for its crack addicts and heavy black tar heroin abuse. but St. Peter High School's most notable act was from its star football kicker Jackson, using Rohan's head as a football to score a game-winning kick straight into the concrete sidewalk.
Person 1: Yo fam what school do you go to?

Person 2: St. Peter High School, the best school ever.

Person 1: You get kicked in the head, cause your talking nonsense.
by Brampton #1 October 6, 2019
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Peter Beck Moon Shoes

The act of jumping on somebody so hard that you fly to space
Peter needed to do a science project on Uranus. He took Brendan after school, jumped on him, and with his Peter Beck Moon Shoes he flew to space and completed his studies with ease.
by M7M August 28, 2012
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peter pangender syndrome

When a trans lesbian or a queer person thinks of themself as a girl or a boy, or a child in general, despite being in their twenties or thirties.
"He says he's a transboy."

"Isn't he thirty-two?"

"Peter Pangender syndrome."
by radicalgenius August 10, 2018
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panic pack rat peter

Other wise known as Scrat. Half squirrel and half rat. Accurately named after Scrat from ice age. Scrat is known for his skittishness and obssesion over nuts. Particularly one nut.
by G January 15, 2004
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Hello Peter, Welcome to Fortnite

"Um, it was actually what Donald Trump said to Peter Griffin, not Joe Biden. The other definition is wrong" 🤓
Holy Crap, Donald Trump or Joe Biden (I don't fucking know)

Hello Peter, Welcome to Fortnite.
by RandomRubbishRick November 23, 2022
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Peter Pan Syndrome

When a man over 40 dates women in their 20s… because he isn’t mentally matured enough to Meet the standards of women within his age group. These men often don’t commit until they’re elderly.. or act as sugar daddies to the PYT’s and many eventually start families and/or marry these women that have no genuine interest in being with an older man outside of the security or potential benefits the man can provide due to his advanced age and financial success.

The syndrome aspect is that these men are not matured enough to date women that have a established sense of self & life experience to Have learned from … so they keep dating women so much younger that they are looked up to by them instead of equal to them.
“Man you have Peter Pan syndrome… you mess around like you’re forever 21 and you’re old enough to be somebody’s grandpa!”
by EllisonB August 2, 2022
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