[the devil to pay] {n. phr.} A severe penalty. * /If […]

[the edge] {n.}, {informal} The advantage. - Usually used in the […]

[the idea] or [the very idea] {n. phr.} - Used in […]

[the lid] {n.}, {slang} Something that holds back or holds out […]

[the long and the short] or [the long and short] {n. […]

[the picture] {n.} The way things are or were; the facts […]

[the pits] {n.}, {slang} 1. A low class, blighted and ill-maintained […]

[the powers that be] {n. phr.} Constituted authority; those in power. […]

[the score] {n.}, {slang} The truth; the real story or information; […]

[the three R's] {n. phr.} (W)riting, reading, and (a)rithmetic, the three […]