operator (block operator) option (have an option on something; have the option of something) orchestra (leader of an orchestra) order (by order of someone; day order; doctor’s orders; enter a religious order; in order; in order of some- thing; in orders; in short order; in the order of something; mail order; not in order; on order; on orders; post-office order; postal order; receiving order; reception order; short order; take holy orders; take one’s orders; take orders; tall order; to order; under orders; under the orders of someone) ordinary (in ordinary; in the ordinary way) out (all out; down and out; from out to out; have an out; in and out; ins and outs; inside and out; inside out; out and out; sell-out; selling out; up and out; way out; well out of it) outside (at the outside; on the outside) oven (bun is in the oven, the) over (it is all over and done with; it is all over but the shouting; it’s all over with someone; it’s someone all over;) overboard (go overboard) overtime (be on overtime) own (each to his own; of one’s own; on one’s own) pain (at pains; give someone a pain; give someone pain; in pain; in pains) palace (gin palace; ice palace) palm (grease someone’s palm; have an itching palm; one’s palm itches) pan (throw someone into the frying pan) pants (ant’s pants; by the seat of one’s pants; catch someone with his pants down; have hot pants; keep one’s pants on; wear hot pants; wear the pants) paper (fly paper; music paper; note paper; notice paper; scrap of paper; scrap paper; working paper; working papers) parade (hold a parade; make a parade) part (for my part; in good part; in part; in parts; on my part; play a part; play one’s part; play the part; take a good part of something; take something in good part) particular (in particular; in the partic- ular) partner (pillow partner; sleeping part- ner) party (bridal party; make a party; make up a party; party is over, the) pass (bring something to a pretty pass; bring something to pass; come to a pretty pass; come to pass; cut some- one off at the pass; make a pass; make the pass) passenger (transit passenger) pat (give someone a pat on the back; give someone a pat on the shoulder) path (cross paths) pea (like two peas in a pod; thick as peas in a shell) peace (achieve peace; be left in peace; keep one’s peace; keep the peace; rest in peace; win the peace) pecker (keep one’s pecker up; put someone’s pecker up) peg (bring someone down a peg; off the peg; on the peg; take someone down a peg) pen (knight of the pen; light pen) penalty (pay the penalty for some- thing) pencil (knight of the pencil) penny (bad penny; bad penny always turns up, a; count the pennies; hon- est penny, an; pretty penny, a; spend a penny) pennyworth (have one’s two penny- worth) people (best people; boat people; chosen people; earth people; enemy of the people; jet people; man of the people; plain people; plains people; plane people; real people; river peo- ple; small people; street people) pepper (red hot peppers) perch (come off one’s perch; fall off one’s perch) period (climacteric period; climactic period; latency period; latent period) permit (driver’s permit) person (amiable person; amicable per- son; boat person; lay person; natural born person; natural person; night person; people person; person-to- person; short-spoken person; supe- rior persons; young person) peru (from china to peru) petrel (storm petrel; stormy petrel) phone (home phone; house phone) physician (house physician) pickle (in a pickle; in pickle) picture (bring someone into the pic- ture; get one’s picture in something; get one’s picture of something; in the picture; in the pictures; put someone in the picture) pie (sweet as pie) piece (all in one piece; all of a piece; come to pieces; go to pieces; in a single piece; in one piece; pull some- thing to pieces; take something to pieces; work piece) pig (bring one’s pigs to a bad market; bring one’s pigs to a fine market; dirty pig; drive one’s pigs to market; eat like a pig; make a pig of oneself; ride on the pig’s back; teach a pig to play the piano) pigeon (dead pigeon; milk the pigeon; pluck a pigeon) pill (go on the pill; on the pill; on the pills; sweeten the pill) pilot (armchair pilot; cockeye pilot; sky pilot) pin (be on one’s pins; be on pins and needles; bright as a new pin; clean as a new pin; have pins and needles) pine (swiss mountain pine; swiss pine; umbrella pine) pink (in pink; in the pink) pip (get one’s second pip; get the pip; till the pips squeak) pipeline (in the pipeline) pistol (hotter than a pistol; put a pistol to one’s head; put a pistol to some- one’s head) pity (for pity’s sake; out of pity) place (any place; go places; go to places; in place; in places; out of a place; out of place; put oneself in someone’s place; put someone in his place; swap places with someone; take a place; take one’s place; take place; take the place of someone; working place) plane (sea plane; sea-borne plane) planet (habitable planet; inhabitable planet; unhabitable planet) plank (thick as two short planks; walk the plank) plate (have something handed on a plate; have something on one’s plate) play (at play; be played out; child’s play; classic play; classical play; fair play; good as a play; horse-play; in full play; in play; love play; make a big play of something; make a play for someone; make a play for some- thing; make play with something; two can play at that game) player (chess player) pleasure (have the pleasure of some- one’s company; take pleasure in someone’s company) pledge (give a pledge; give the pledge; in pledge; under pledge) plough (follow the plough; put one’s hand to the plough) plug (pull the plug on someone; pull the plug on something; pull the plug out; put a plug in for someone put a plug in for something; spark plug; sparking plug) plunge (take the plunge) pocket (burn a hole in someone’s pocket; in each other’s pockets; in pocket; in someone’s pocket; in the pocket; make a hole in someone’s pocket; out of one’s own pocket; out of pocket; put one’s hand in one’s pocket; put one’s hands in one’s pockets) point (come to a point; come to the point; gain a point; gain one’s point; get a point; get one’s point across; get someone’s point; get the point; get to a point; get to the point; give points to someone; go straight to the point; have a point; make a point of something; make points with some- one; make the point about some- thing; pour point; to a point; to the point; turning point) poke (pigs in a poke) Key Word Index – 390 –