Pay (someone or something) a visit
To visit someone or something.I paid the tax office a visit to try and resolve my tax problem.
Pay (someone) a compliment
To compliment someone, to give someone a compliment.My supervisor paid me a compliment for the work that I was doing.
Pay (someone) a back-handed compliment
To give someone a false compliment that is really an insult.The woman paid her colleague a back-handed compliment when she told her what a good... Read more →
Pay one’s (own) way
To pay the costs for something by oneself.The young man was forced to pay his own way during college.
Paradise (on earth)
A place on earth that is as lovely as paradise.The resort in the mountains was paradise on earth.
Par for the course
To be just what was expected, to be nothing unusual.That was par for the course. My coworker always comes late when there is much work to do.
Paper over the cracks (in/of something)
To try to hide the faults or difficulties of something.Our boss tries to paper over the cracks in our office and will not deal with staff... Read more →
Pan out
To end or finish favorably, to work out well."I hope that your plans to go back to school pan out."
Palm (something) off on (someone) palm off (something) on (someone)
To deceive someone by a trick or a lie, to sell or give something to someone by tricking him or her.The man palmed off his old television set as... Read more →
Pale as death
Extremely pale.The woman in the hospital waiting room was as pale as death.