mend one's fences
To do something to make people like or follow you again; strengthen your friendships or influence.
The senator went home from Washington to mend his fences.
John saw that his friends did not like him, so he decided to mend his fences.
mend one's ways
To reform; change one's behavior from negative to positive.
He had better mend his ways or he'll wind up in jail.
method in one's madness
A plan or organization of ideas hard to perceive at first, but that becomes noticeable after longer and closer examination.
We thought he was crazy to threaten to resign from the university but, when he was offered a tenured full professorship, we realized that there had been method in his madness.
millstone around one's neck
An intolerable burden.
Max said that his old car was a millstone around his neck.
mind one's own business
To not interfere in the affairs of others.
He finally got tired of her criticism and told her to mind her own business.
mind one's p's and q's
To be very careful what you do or say; not make mistakes.
(From the old U.S. Navy when sailors marked on a board in the bar how many Pints and Quarts of liquor they had taken. It was bad manners to cheat.)
(From the old U.S. Navy when sailors marked on a board in the bar how many Pints and Quarts of liquor they had taken. It was bad manners to cheat.)
When the principal of the school visited the class the students all minded their p's and q's.
If you wish to succeed you must mind your p's and q's.
money is no object
The price of something is irrelevant.
Please show me your most beautiful mink coat; money is no object.
money to burn
have money to burn
Very much money, more than is needed.
Dick's uncle died and left him money to burn.
When Joe is twenty-one he will have money to burn.
Jean is looking for a husband with money to burn.