pick up the check
pick up the check
To pay a bill, especially when paying for others. I know it's old-fashioned, but I still think a guy should pick up the check on a first date. My employers have offered to pick up the check if I decide to go to grad school.
See also: check, pick, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (Well,) I'll be durned!
- (Well,) I'll be blowed!
- blowed
- I'll be blowed
- I'll be darned!
- darned
- (Well,) I'll be darned!
- an old fogey/fogy
- a bit of crackling