| Palmy days |
prosperous, affluent days |
We still remember the palmy days of our life when we had nothing much to do and still got everything to fulfill our needs. |
| Part and Parcel |
inseparable part |
Every Indian citizen living in India must regard himself as part and parcel of a larger whole. |
| Pay lip service |
pretend regard |
Most of political parties pay lip service to the plight of the poor. |
| Pay one back in the same |
tit for tat |
We should not hesitate in paying China and Pakistan back in their own coins. |
| Pay through one's nose |
to pay dearly |
A hapless customer has to pay through his nose when there is shortage of goods in the market. |
| Pell-Mell |
great confusion |
After the intruders had ransacked the house, every thing was in Pell- Mell. |
| Pick holes |
to find fault with |
He is always picking holes in ever project |
| Pin-money |
allowance given to housewife for personal use |
She is frugal and saves even out of pin-money. |
| Play foul |
to do something wrong |
Don?t play foul with your well wishers. |
| Pros and Cons |
for and against a thing |
We must always consider the pros and cons of any new project that we take in hand. |
| Pull one's socks up |
work hard |
You must pull your socks up to get over financial problems. |
| Pull strings |
to exercise influence secretly |
He managed his promotion out of turn by pulling strings. |
| Put heads together |
consult seriously |
Our leaders should put their heads together to solve national problems. |
| Put the cart before the h |
to do wrong thing first |
The Congress leaders put the cart before the horse by neglecting villages in the name of industrial development. |
| Pyrrhic victory |
victory at a high cost |
Greek victory over Trojans proved to be pyrrhic victory. |
