huff and puff

Submitted by Mladen on 2020-09-10

Idiomatic translations of "huff and puff"

English
huffing and puffing
Explanations:

Meanings of "huff and puff"

English

to breathe loudly, usually after physical exercise:
We were huffing and puffing by the time we'd climbed to the top of the hill.
to complain loudly and express disapproval:
They huffed and puffed about the price but eventually they paid up.

Explained by MladenMladen on Thu, 10/09/2020 - 08:47
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Greek

ξεφυσάω/αγκομαχάω
π.χ. όταν κάποιος είναι λαχανιασμένος

Explained by olga.kolga.k on Thu, 04/09/2025 - 08:08
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Russian

пыжиться
неодобрительно тяжело дышать

Explained by Guest on Fri, 11/09/2020 - 13:13
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"huff and puff" in lyrics

Rihanna - Breakin' Dishes

(I don't know who you think I am)
But I really don't give a damn right now
If you don't come, I'ma huff and puff and blow this, blow this, oh
Blow this, blow this, I'ma blow this, blow this, oh

Eminem - Hell Breaks Loose

[Verse 4: Dr. Dre]
Yeah, so let us in 'fore we huff and puff and we blow
We ain't bluffing for nothing, we'll knock the stuffing out you

Taylor Swift - A Monster In My Closet!

There was nothing there but stuff.
I know that monster's in there!
I heard him huff and puff!
Could it be he wants to eat me?

MAD ! - All Gods Love

Don't have time for this drama and stuff
Without you there is plenty enough
You can holler and scream huff and puff
Long as you let me be

HAN - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Fatigue is piling up, the maze has turned pitch-black
Brake pedal, step on it, beep, beep, beep
If I don't stop now, I'll crash and just get mad, huff and puff
Pedal to the metal, but again, streak, streak

Eminem - Bully

Says anything to this man to keep him at bay
So now Ja thinks that he's so tough and Murder Inc.'s the big bad wolf
And they go huff and puff and blow our label down
But our building's made out of bricks so you ain't taking out shit

SNH48 - Princess Cloak

The heartbeat of the next second electrifies you
With the brightness of red, my dress makes a circle for it
Let the angry bull's nose strongly huff and puff
I definitely cannot overestimate my abilities nor stand out, all it takes is for me to dodge it by a little bit

Thomas & Friends (OST) - Thomas You're the Leader

Thomas has so many friends,
The list is long, it never ends.
James and Percy huff and puff,
And Emily, she knows her stuff,

Justin Timberlake - Breeze Off the Pond

Now the sun dances across the sparkly waves, yeah
While we're canoeing, stoned as "Tiny Dancer" plays
Huff and puff all they want, but this house isn't made of straw
What we got is solid as oak so you know it'll never blow away

Kikuo - If 7 Billion People Put Balloons on Their Heads

We don't care about life or death
We huff and puff balloons together
and face the end happily

Cypress Hill - I Ain't Goin' Out Like That

But he got me stirred up
Enough to grab the handcuffs
I'll huff and puff and blow ya head off!

Have Heart - Armed With a Mind

You flex your muscles and not your fucking head
A deep man with a strong point made without one thoughtful word said
"Huff and puff", fierce fists will do the talking
Can't speak for yourself so your crew's with you walking

Margaret Thatcher - Speech to Conservative Party Conference 1982

But we do not measure our success merely by how much money the Government spends. The well-being of our people is about far more than the welfare state. It is about self reliance, family help, voluntary help as well as State provision. In a society which is truly healthy responsibility is shared and help is mutual. Wherever we can we shall extend the opportunity for personal ownership and the self-respect that goes with it. Three hundred and seventy thousand families have[fo 12] now bought their own homes from councils, new towns and housing associations. [applause] That's the result of this Government's housing policy carried through in the teeth of opposition from the Labour Party. We have fought them all the way, and we won. [applause] Half a million more people will now live and grow up as freeholders with a real stake in the country and with something to pass on to their children. [audience] There is no prouder word in our history than “freeholder”.

Mr. President, this is the largest transfer of assets from the State to the family in British history and it was done by a Conservative Government. [applause] And this really will be an irreversible shift of power to the people. The Labour Party may huff and puff about putting a stop to the sale of council houses. They may go on making life unpleasant for those who try to take advantage of their legal rights, and what a wicked thing it is to do that. But they do not dare pledge themselves to take those houses back because they know we are right, because they know it is what the people want. [applause] And besides, they would be making too many of their own councillors homeless, not to mention one or two of their MPs. [laughter]

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass

What a bit of gusto he muster up
To make a dark horse rush like enough's enough
It must'a struck a nerve so they huff and puff
Till all the king's men fluster and clusterfuck

Racoon - It's You or Me

Shoulders up and I toughen up
As I walk around, I walk around, I walk around
Huff and puff as I strut my stuff
You won't get me down, you won't get me down, I'll stand my ground

Devon Again - People v. Maryanne Sue

Orange soda dripping down my legs
I'm fixing my earrings
Huff and puff to your hearing
I rush in and sit sweetly on the stand

Ute Lemper - Tango ballad

But when the day would bring no job to me
He'd curse and say how lazy can you be
I'll let him huff and puff
I've worked long enoguh

Redman - Let's Get Dirty

I'm walking half-dead, acting senile
With bigger niggas from jail than the one on "Green Mile"
I'll huff and puff, blow the club down
I'll snuff a duck, I'm headed Uptown

Freestyle (Sweden) - Riding around

(da-da-da da-da-daaaa)

You huff and puff
after a long nightly ride

Bonnie Kellett - Boots

Well baby you ain't good enough
Show your hands I call your bluff
A caught out wolf you huff and puff baby
Yeah now that we're through