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Don't pry with the package when it comes.

Deadrat · Accepted Answer

"Pry" means to use as a lever.  Do you mean "Don't open the package"?

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, something like that. The things can be letter, card, bag, etc.

Clive · Answer

Pry also has the meaning of to look closely or inquisitively.

Consider a case where your spouse orders your Xmas gift, to be delivered to him by mail, and then says to you
Don't pry into the package when it comes,
He is telling you not to try to eg peek inside it, before he has a chance to formally give it to you.

Clive

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Don't pry open the package when it comes.

If you pry (force with a knife or stick) it open, the contents will be damaged.

Anonymous · Answer

A person who pries into something is always referred to as a prying eye. Am I right?

Deadrat · Answer

The idiom uses a verb before "prying eye":  have a prying eye, keep a prying eye on, etc.  Calling someone a prying eye invites a collision with "private eye," i.e., a private detective hired to cast a prying eye.

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