"Punching down" generally means responding to someone "below" your status level. It generally backfires, as it places more notice on the comments of the person "below", giving them increased credibility.
It means that the person "below" has struck a nerve, causing the person "above" to respond to someone/something that they normally will ignore. In doing this, it can make observers wonder why the comment struck such a nerve.
If you are making bread, it means to punch the dough after it has been left to rise, which causes it to collapse. This results in a bread with a finer texture (fewer large bubbles).
if you mean punch a sewing needle just look at it and punch it be careful not to get hurt
In French, you can say "coup de poing" to mean punch.
you mean a punch in the chest then yes, if you mean ripping out their heart and punching it then in going to say no
To punch in the face or throat .
You mean who? Emily browning.
a sucker punch
To strike To punch To impact
punch them in the balls
This is not an idiom. When you see AS ___ AS ___ then you're looking at A Simile. This one is comparing someone's mood to the mood of Punch, the puppet in Punch and Judy shows. Punch was almost always gleeful because he always won at the end of the shows.
It means middle kick, quick kick, quick punch, fast punch, fast kick.
Yes, 'Proud as Punch' was originally a derogatory term but is changing slowly to mean excessively and unecessarily proud.
If you mean pouch the answer is a mammal