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payoff
Culmination point; climax.
After many months of patient labor on your book, the payoff comes when you see the first printed copy.
peg away
plug away
To work methodically, industriously, or steadily.
Jones kept pegging away, and finally recognition came.
Thomson pegged away for years at a shoe repair business.
pen pal
A friend who is known to someone through an exchange of letters.
John's pen pal writes him letters about school in Alaska.
penalty box
A place where penalized hockey players are required to go to wait until the penalty is over.
Two players got into a fight and were sent to the penalty box for two minutes.
penny wise and pound foolish
Wise or careful in small things but not careful enough in important things. A proverb.
Быть мудрым и осторожным в мелочах, но не проявлять осторожность в важных делах. Крохоборничать, скряжничать.
Mr. Smith's fence is rotting and falling down because he wouldn't spend money to paint it. He is penny wise and pound foolish.
Забор мистера Смита гниет и того и гляди упадет потому, что он не хочет потратить деньги на его покраску. Он скряга.
people who live in glass houses should not throw stones
Do not complain about other people if you are as bad as they are. A proverb.
Mary says that Betty is jealous, but Mary is more jealous herself. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
pep talk
A speech that makes people feel good so they will try harder and not give up.
Mary was worried about her exams, but felt better after the teacher's pep talk.
The football coach gave the team a pep talk.
pet name
A special or abbreviated name indicating affection.
He never calls his wife her real name, "Elizabeth," but only such pet names as "honey," "honey bunch," "sweetheart," and "sugar."