To promise more carts than oxen, [121]
To promise much means giving little, [284]
To protest and knock one’s head against the wall is what everybody can do, [122]
To pull down the house for the sake of the mortar, [124]
To put a good face on a bad game, [17]
To put in a needle and take out a bar, [232]
To put on one’s doublet before one’s shirt, [110]
To put out the fire with tow, [126]
To put the plough before the oxen (or cart before the horse), [38]
To put water into a basket (To pour water into a sieve), [342]