stuffed shirt

[keep one's shirt on] {v. phr.}, {slang} To calm down; keep from losing your temper or getting impatient or excited. * /Bob got very angry when John accidentally bumped into […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lose one's shirt

[lose one's shirt] {v. phr.}, {slang} To lose all or most of your money. * /Uncle Joe spent his life savings to buy a store, but it failed, and he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pay the piper

[pay the piper] or [pay the fiddler] {v. phr.} To suffer the results of being foolish; pay or suffer because of your foolish […]

pick holes in

[pick holes in] {v. phr.} To criticize or find fault with something, such as a speech, a statement, a theory, etc. * /It is […]

pinch and scrape

[pinch and scrape] {v. phr.} To save as much money as possible by spending as little as possible. * /They are trying to buy […]

purse

[purse] See: [LINE ONE'S POCKETS] also [LINE ONE'S PURSE].