poker (straight as a poker) pole (up the pole) policy (comprehensible policy; com- prehensive policy; lunatic policy) politics (lunar politics) pony (iron pony; ride shank’s pony; ride the cotton pony; show pony) poorly (be poorly off ) pork (carry on like a pork chop) position (in a position; in no position; in position; out of position) possession (in possession of some- thing; in the possession of someone) postcard (on the back of a postcard) pot (keep the pot boiling; put some- one’s pot on; put the pot on; sweeten the pot) potato (jacket potato; unpeeled potato) power (have power over someone; have someone in one’s power; military power; sea power; war power; water power) practice (have a large practice; have much practice) premises (on the premises) prescription (make out a prescription; make up a prescription) present (at present; for the present; in the present) preserver (life-preserver) pressure (at high pressure; under high pressure) price (at a price; at any price; at the price; pay a heavy price for some- thing; sale price; selling price) prime (in one’s prime) principle (in principle; on principle) print (in print; in the print) prison (escape from prison; escape prison) progress (be in progress; make progress) project (science project; scientific proj- ect) promise (give a promise; give promise) property (common property; commu- nity property; man of property) proportion (in proportion of some- thing; in proportion to something) proposal (make a proposal) proposition (make a proposition) proud (do someone proud; make someone proud) province (not in one’s province) psalm (book of psalms, the) public (in public) pull (have a pull with someone; have the pull of someone) pulse (feel something on the pulse; feel the pulse of something) punch (beat someone to the punch) purpose (on purpose; to some purpose; to the purpose) purse (hold the purse strings) push (at a push; at one push; give someone a push; give someone the push) pussy (feed one’s pussy) put (be put up against the wall) quarrel (have no quarrel with some- one; not quarrel with someone) quarter (bad quarter of an hour; fifth quarter; good quarter of an hour) queer (on the queer) question (ask the question; beg the question; beside the question; be- yond question; bring something into question; call someone into question; call something into question; call the question; come into question; go into the question; in question; it is not a question of something; money is no question; no question; no ques- tions asked; not the question; open question; open to question; open- end question; out of the question; put a question to someone; put someone to the question; put some- thing in question; put something to the question; put the question; there is no question of something) quiet (at quiet; on the quiet) quit (be quit of someone) quits (be quits with someone) rabbit (chase two rabbits; her rabbit died; kill the rabbit) race (be in the race; boat race; boat race, the; make the race; rat race; ski race) racing (rat-racing) rack (on the rack) rag (be dressed in rags; have the rag on; have the rags on; like a wet rag; lose one’s rag) rail (get back on the rails; go off the rails; ride someone on a rail; ride the rails; third rail) railway (underground railway) rain (come in out of the rain) raise (get a raise; make a raise) raiser (curtain raiser) raisin (seeded raisins; seedless raisins) range (rifle range) rank (pull rank with someone; take rank of someone; take rank with someone) rap (take the rap) rash (come out in a rash) rate (third-rate) rather (one had rather) readiness (in readiness) ready (at the ready) realism (social realism; socialist real- ism) reason (lose all reason; lose one’s rea- son; with reason; within reason) receipt (in receipt of something; on receipt of something) recess (in recess; in the recess) recession (in recession) record (have a record of something; hold a record for something; keep a record of something) recorder (tape recorder) red (in red; in the red; indian red; paint a bow-wow red; see red; see the red light) reflect (be reflected in something) regard (have regard for something; have regard to something) register (lloyd’s register) rein (hold a rein on something; hold the reins of something) relate (be related to someone) religion (enter into religion; get reli- gion; lose one’s religion) rent (dead rent) republic (black republic, the; czech republic, the; dominican republic) republican (black republicans) request (in request; on request) resemblance (bear a resemblance to something; have a resemblance to something) resident (senior resident) resort (as a last resort; in the last resort) respect (give one’s respects to someone; have respect for something; have respect to something; pay one’s respects to someone; with all respect to someone; with respect to some- one) rest (be at rest; be resting; give some- thing a rest; lay someone to rest; put something to rest) result (consequent result; consequential result) retreat (beat the retreat; go into retreat; go on retreat) return (point of no return; send some- thing by return; send something in return) reward (as a reward for something; in reward for something; receive a reward) ribbon (red ribbon) rich (strike it rich) ride (free ride; give someone a ride; give someone a rough ride; go along for the ride; go for a ride; one way ride; take a sleigh ride; take someone for a ride; take someone for a sleigh ride) rifle (range of a rifle) right (all right for you; all right with you; dead right; dead to rights; do right by someone; get something right; in one’s own right; in the right; mr. right; on the right; put someone right; set something right; that’s all right; that’s right; within one’s rights) righteous (self-righteous) ring (be ringed; be rung) rise (at rise; at the rise; get a rise; get a rise out of someone; give someone a rise; on the rise; take the rise out of someone) risk (at one’s risk; at risk) river (down the river; go down the river; go up the river; row someone up salt river; sell someone down the river; send someone down the river; send someone up the river; up the river) – 391 – Key Word Index