P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[pay off] {v. phr.}
1. To pay the wages of.
The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday.
2. To pay and discharge from a job.
When the building was completed he paid off the laborers.
3. To hurt (someone) […]
[pay one back in his own coin] {v. phr.}
To retaliate.
Jim refused to help Bob when he needed it most, so Bob decided to pay him back in his own coin and told him to go and look for help elsewhere.
[pay one's respect to] {v. phr.}
To discharge one's social obligations by visiting someone or by calling them on the phone.
The newly arrived people paid their respects to their various neighbors during their first couple of weeks in town.
[pay one's way] {v. phr.}
1. To pay in cash or labor for your expenses.
He paid his way by acting as a guide.
2. To be profitable; earn as much as you cost someone; be valuable to an employer; to yield a return above expenses.
* /The bigger […]
[pay the piper] or [pay the fiddler] {v. phr.}
To suffer the results of being foolish; pay or suffer because of your foolish acts or wasting money.
Bob had spent all his money and got into debt, so now he must pay the piper.
* /Fred had a fight, […]
[pay through the nose] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To pay at a very high rate; pay too much.
He had wanted experience, but this job seemed like paying through the nose for it.
* /There was a shortage of cars; if you found one for sale, you had to pay […]