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[pad the bill] {v. phr.} To add false expenses to a bill; make a bill larger than it really was. * /The salesman padded the […]

[pop one's cork] See: [BLOW A FUSE], [FLY OFF THE HANDLE], [LOSE ONE'S MARBLES], [LOSE ONE'S TEMPER].

[put wise] {v.}, {slang} To tell (someone) facts that will give him an advantage over others or make him alert to opportunity […]

(1844-1924), French writercritic Chance is the pseudonym God uses when he doesn't want to sign his name.