P
Idioms beginning with "P"
Part of speech, explanation, example sentences, pronunciation
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Contents of P:
[put one's money on a scratched horse] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To bet on a certain failure; to gamble without a chance of winning.
You bet on the New York Mets to win the World Series? Why put your money on a scratched horse?
Compare: [STACK THE […]
[put one's nose out of joint] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To make you jealous; leave you out of favor.
When Jane accepted Tom's invitation it put Jack's nose out of joint.
2. To ruin your plans; cause you disappointment.
* /Joe's mother put his […]
[put one's house in order] or [set one's house in order] {v. phr.}
To arrange your affairs in good order.
Grandfather knew he would not live long and set his house in order.
* /When Mr. Black died, his lawyer helped the widow put her house in […]
[put one's shoulder to the wheel] {v. phr.}
To make a great effort yourself or with others; try hard; cooperate.
The effort to get a new high school succeeded because everyone put his shoulder to the wheel.
* /The company was failing in business […]
[put on one's thinking cap] {v. phr.}
To think hard and long about some problem or question.
Miss Stone told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering the question.
[put on the dog] {v. phr.}
To behave ostentatiously in terms of dress and manner.
"Stop putting on the dog with me," Sue cried at Roy. "I knew the real you from way hack!"