tear up the pea patch
To put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.
Television tore up the entire pea patch. Radio was so big, so dominant, so powerful in 1939 that television seemed mostly talk and conjecture.
pea
/piː/
noun 13name 3
Collocations
8(noun.)
ADJ
dried, fresh, frozen, tinned | green | mushy | split
VERB + PEA
eat, have | shell | cook
PEA + NOUN
soup
Definitions
noun
1
Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
2
Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;...
3
The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
4
The edible seed of various other pea plants.
5
Any of several varieties of bean.
peas and rice
Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata is what most people call black-eyed peas but some people call black-eyed beans.
noun
1
A ball travelling at high velocity.
2
Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
3
Ellipsis of green pea galaxy.
noun
1
a peafowl
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Idioms & Phrases
pea patch
A small piece of land planted with peas.
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Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;...
Wiktionary02
peas and rice
Wiktionary03
Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata is what most people call black-eyed peas but some people call black-eyed beans.
Wiktionary04
There's a pea in my right nostril.
Tatoeba · #2707305
I like pea pods in my stir fry.
Tatoeba · #3248406
Today the fog is as thick as pea soup.
Tatoeba · #242946Usage Notes
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In some senses, pea is marked as archaic, US, rare, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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