colloq.
31hang up one's fiddle — (Colloq.) Quit business, shut up shop, give up one s occupation …
32have on the hip — (Colloq.) Conquer, subdue, vanquish, defeat, overcome, overthrow, overpower, get the better of, prevail over, get the upper hand of, get the whip hand of …
33john bull — (Colloq.) 1. English nation, England. 2. Englishman …
34kick up a dust — (Colloq.) Make a commotion, create an excitement, make a stir …
35knock under — (Colloq.) Submit, yield, knuckle, give up, lower one s flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one s horns …
36number one — (Colloq.) Self …
37on tick — (Colloq.) On credit …
38pay up — (Colloq.) Settle, pay arrears, settle an account, square accounts, quit scores, strike a balance, pay the bill, pay the piper, pay the fiddler …
39play second fiddle — (Colloq.) Be subordinate, take a subordinate part …
40poke fun at — (Colloq.) Jeer, ridicule, deride, flout, taunt, mock, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at, rail at, make a butt of …