Important Idioms and Phrases starting with Alphabet- P
| S.No. | Idioms/Phrases | Meaning |
| 1. | Palmy days | Prosperous/ affluent days |
| 2. | Pandora’s box | A source of extensive but unforeseen troubles |
| 3. | Part and parcel | Inseparable part |
| 4. | Past master | An expert |
| 5. | Pay the piper | To bear the cost of something/some service rendered |
| 6. | Pay through his nose | To pay dearly |
| 7. | Penny wise pound foolish | Careful about trifles but wasteful in large ventures |
| 8. | Pick up the gauntlet | To accept the challenge |
| 9. | Play ducks and drakes | To waste money |
| 10. | Play second fiddle | To be at a subordinate position |
| 11. | Play truant | To be absent from duty without permission |
| 12. | Poison someone’s ears | To speak against one to another |
| 13. | Poke one’s nose | To Interfere |
| 14. | Pour oil on troubled waters | To pacify the matters |
| 15. | Pros and cons | For and against |
| 16. | Pull ones’ legs | To make fun of or to tease |
| 17. | Pull the wool over somebody’s eyes | To mislead |
| 18. | Put a spoke in one’s wheel | To obstruct |
| 19. | Put in cold storage | To keep a work pending |
| 20. | Put one’s foot down | To act firmly |
| 21. | Put one’s shoulders to the wheel | To work or exert oneself heavily |
| 22. | Put the cart before the horse | To do things wrongly |
| 23. | Put the cat among pigeons | To say/ do something that causes trouble or make many very angry |