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p's and q's noun shoes. Rhyming slang UK, 1992. ► mind your p's and q'sto be careful, exact, prudent. Perhaps from the old custom of alehouse tally, marking 'p' for pint and 'q' for quart, care being necessary to avoid over- or under-charging. Whether the source is in printing, or 'pints and quarts', or learning to read, is unknown UK, 1779
idiomp's and q'smind/watch your p's and q'sto be very careful about what you do or say in order not to offend anyone or behave in an unsuitable way:You have to mind your p's and q's her -, Lieutenant Denholm is a very important man.Gloria was about to tell Lily that there weren't any snakes in London, but she remembered that she'd been told to watch her p's and q's, and kept quiet.
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