ox
do your own thing
each to his/her own
feather your own nest
get your own back
get your own way
have a mind of its own
have the devil's own job doing
sth/to do sth
have the devil's own luck
hold your own
leave sb to their own devices
line your (own) pockets
make a rod for your own back
Mind your own business!
not have a minute to call your
own
of your own accord
on sb's (own) head be it
on your own account
on your own hook
pay sb back in their own coin
play sb at their own game
save your own skin
stand on your own two feet
tell its own tale
to each his/her own
ox
be as strong as an ox
OYSTER
the world is your oyster

PAID
put paid to sth
PAID-UP
be a fully pald-up member of
sth
546
PAIN
be a pain in the arse/backside
be a pain in the ass/butt
be a pain in the neck
on/under pain of death
PAINS
be at pains to do sth
go to/take great pains to do
sth
growing pains
PAINT
be as interesting as watching
paint dry
be like watching paint dry
paint a [bleak/rosy etc.]
picture of sth
paint the town red
paint yourself into a corner
PAINTED
not be as black as you are/it is
painted
PAINTING
be like painting the Forth
Bridge

(and) into the fire
PANCAKE
be as fiat as a pancake
PANDORA
open a Pandora's box
PANIC
hit/press/push the panic
button
panic stations
PANTS
a smarty pants
be caught with your
pants/trousers down
[beat/bore/scare etc.] the
pants off sb
by the seat of your pants:
see
fly by the seat of your pants
fly by the seat of your pants
have ants in your pants
wear the pants
PAPER
a paper chase
a paper tiger
a paper trail
couldn't [act/argue/tight] your
way out of a paper bag
not be worth the paper
it's/they're printed/written
on

Parkinson's law
PARROT
be as sick as a parrot
parrot-fashron
PART
be (all) part of life's rich
pageant/tapestry
be part of the furniture
Discretion is the better part of
valor.
Discretion is the better part of
valour
look the part
part and parcel
take sb's part
take sth in good part
PARTED
A fool and his money are soon
parted.
PARTING
a parting shot
the parting of the ways
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PARTNER
silent partner
sleeping partner
PARTNERS
partners in crime
PARTS
a man of many parts

PASSAGES
purple passages:
see
purple
prose
PAST
a blast from the past
be a thing of the past
be first past the post
be past it
be past your sell-by date
I wouldn't put it past sb
PASTURE
put sb out to pasture
PASTURES
greener pastures
new pastures
pastures new
PAT
a pat on the back
have sth down pat:
see
learn
sthoff pat
have sth off pat: see learn sth
off pat
learn sth down pat
learn sth off pat
pat sb on the back:
see

The road to hell is paved with
good intentions.
PAY
Crime doesn't pay.
give/pay lip service to sth
hit/strike pay dirt
If you pay peanuts, you get
monkeys.
pay dividends
pay its way
pay over the odds
pay sb back in their own coin
pay the price
pay through the nose
pay top dollar
pay your dues
pay your way
rob Peter to pay Paul
there'll be hell to pay
PAYS
He who pays the piper calls
the tune.
You pays your money (and you
takes your chances).
You pays your money (and you
takes your choice).
PEA-BRAINED
pea-brained
PEACE
a peace offering

PEEPING
a peeping Tom
PEEVE
sb's pet peeve
PEG
a square peg (in a round hole)
bring sb down a peg or two
off the peg
PEGGED
have sb pegged
PEGGING
be level pegging
PELL-MELL
pell-mell
pell-mell: see pell-mell
PELT
(at) full pelt/steam/tilt
PEN
a pen pusher
pen pushing: see a pen
pusher
put pen to paper
The pen is mightier than the
sword.
PENCIL
a pencil pusher
have lead in your pencil:
see
put lead in your pencil
pencil pushing: see a pen

a pep talk
PERCH
fall off your perch
knock sb off their perch
PERFECT
Practice makes perfect.
PERFORM
perform/work miracles
PERIOD
a honeymoon period
PERISH
Perish the thought!
PERSON
a girl/man/person Friday
about/on your person
be your own
man/woman/person
the man/woman/person in the
street
PET
sb's pet hate
sb's pet peeve
PETARD
be hoist by/with your own
petard
PETER
rob Peter to pay Paul
PETTING
heavy petting
PEW

pick/take up the slack
take your pick
the pick of sth
PICKLE
be in a (pretty/right) pickle
PICNIC
be a couple of sandwiches
short of a picnic:
see
be one
sandwich short of a picnic
be no picnic
be no picnic
be one sandwich short of a
picnic
make sth seem like a picnic
PICTURE
be in the picture:
see
be out of
the picture
be out of the picture
be the picture of
[health/innocence etc.]
get the picture
keep sb in the picture:
see
put
sb in the picture
paint a [bleak/rosy etc.]

How long is a piece of string?
say your piece
sb's party piece
take a piece out of sb
the villain of the piece
PIECES
be shot to hell/pieces
be thrilled to pieces
bits and pieces
go/fall to pieces
pick up the pieces
pick/pull sb/sth to pieces
PIG
see also
PIGS
a guinea pig
a pig in a poke
eatlike a pig
in a pig's eye
make a pig of yourself
make a pig's ear of sth/doing
sth
Pig'sarse!
squeal like a stuck pig
sweat like a pig
PIGEON
a stool pigeon
be sb's pigeon
PIGEONS
put/ set the cat among the

see also
PINS
as straight as a pin
be as clean as a new pin
pin back your ears
pin money
pin sth on sb
pin your hopes on sth/sb
You could have heard a pin
drop.
PINCH
at a pinch
feel the pinch
in a pinch
pinch-hit
take sth with a pinch of salt
PINK
a pink slip
be in the pink
be tickled pink/to death
pink-collar
the pink dollar
the pink pound
PINS
be on
pins
and needles
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have pins and needles
PINT

not have a pot to piss in
piss on sb's party
Piss or get off the can/pot!
take the piss
PISSED
as pissed as a fart
as pissed as a newt
pissed out of your
head/mind/skull
PISSING
be pissing inIinto the wind
PIT
a bottomless pit
a pit stop
pit your wits against sb/sth
PITCH
fever pitch
make a pitch for sth
queer sb's pitch
PITCHED
a pitched battle
PLACE
alsb's place in the sun
all over the place
as
if
you own the place
be in the right place at the
right time
be out of place

face
be plain sailing
PLAN
a game plan
PLANET
be (living) on another planet
What planet is sb on?:
see
be
(living) on another planet
PLANK
walk the plank
PLANKS
be as thick as two short planks
PLATE
give/hand sth to sb on a plate
have a lot/ enough on your plate
have your plate full
sb's head on a plate/platter
PLATTER
give/hand sth to sb on a
(silver) platter
sb's head on a plate/platter
PLAY see also PLAYING
a play on words
act/play the fool
act/play the goat
All work and no play (makes
Jack a dull boy).
allow/give sth full play

play for time
play games
play God
play gooseberry
play hard to get
play hardball
play hooky
play into sb's hands
play it by ear
play it cool
play (it) safe
play (merry) hell
play (merry) hell with sth
play possum
play Russian roulette
play sb at their own game
play sb for a fool
play sb for a sucker
play second fiddle
play silly buggers
play the field
play the game
play to the gallery
play with fire
play your ace
the state of play
Turnabout is fair play.
two can play at that game
When/While the eat's away
(the mice will play).

pull the plug
PLUGHOLE
go down the plughole
PLUM
speak with a plum in your
mouth
PLUMB
plumb the depths
PLUNGE
take the plunge
PLY
ply your trade
PNEUMONIA
if sb/ sth catches a cold, sb/ sth
gets pneumonia
PO-FACED
po-faced
POACHER
a poacher turned gamekeeper
POCKET
be in sb's pocket
be out of pocket
dig/ dip into your pocket
have sth burning a hole in
your pocket
pick sb's pocket
put your hand in your pocket
POCKETS
deep pockets
line sb's pockets

One man's meat is another
man's poison.
What's your poison?
POISONED
a poisoned chaltce
POKE
a pig in a poke
550
poke fun at sb/sth
poke/ stick your nose into sth
POLE
be in pole position
I wouldn't touch sb/sth with a
barge pole.
I wouldn't touch sb/sth with a
ten-foot pole
the greasy pole
the low man on the totem
pole
POLES
be poles apart
POLICY
Honesty is the best policy
POLISH
spit and poltsh
POLITICAL
a polttical football
POLITICALLY
politically correct
POLLS

pork barrel
pork-barrel:
see
pork barrel
PORT
a port of call
Any port in a storm.
POSITION
be in pole position
the missionary position
POSSESSED
like a man/woman possessed
POSSESSION
Possession is nine-tenths of
the law.
POSSUM
play possum
POST
be as deaf as a post
be first past the post
be pipped at/to the post
be pipped at/to the post
from pillar to post
post-haste
POSTAGE
fit/write sth on the back of a
postage stamp
POSTAL
go postal
POSTED

In for a penny, (in for a
pound).
the pink pound
your pound of flesh
POUND-FOOLISH
be penny-wise and pound-
foolish
POUR
pour oil on troubled waters
pour your heart out
pour/throw cold water on sth
POURS
It never rains but it pours.
POWDER
a powder keg
keep your powder dry
powder your nose
take a powder
POWER
do sb a power of good
More power to you!
More power to your elbow!
the corrtdors of power
the power behind the throne
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