Les pavés le disent = It is in every one’s mouth.
Il est sur le pavé = He is out of work.
Prendre le haut du pavé = To take the wall.
Payer
Payer de sa personne = To bravely expose oneself to danger; To risk one’s skin.
Être payé pour savoir = To know a thing to one’s cost.
Payer d’audace = To put on a bold face; To brazen a thing out.
Payer les violons = To pay the piper.
Je ne me paye pas de mauvaises raisons = I will only be satisfied with good reasons.