A short person

(noun) (of teasing tone) saucy little girl; bold and lively little miss

(slang) an expression when someone goes to visit their friends but no one is at home or to fail to visit a place because it is closed

a thumbtack; a drawing pin

a crude way to address a young female who has done something wrong or terrible

'the worst of the rich is still better than that of the poor'

'the worst of the rich is still better than that of the poor'

there must be something useful in anything broken or disused (slang)

rivet

(literally: put lice on the tiger's head); to provoke a powerful person or organization

spikes on a pineapple

there should be no ambiguity

a small child

to calculate and add the compound interest on to a loan, especially those practised by loan sharks; to pull out nails; to remove the spikes on a pineapple

folliculitis

passed away

staples

homophonic for 'thank you'

license cancelled (spoken)

dead; passed away; literally 'to nail down the lid'

doornail;decorative nails on the door panel

compound interest; interest on interest, charged by loansharks [colloquial]

to lock someone up; imprisonment; to hold someone hostage [colloquial]

compound interest; interest on interest, charged by loansharks [colloquial]

the interest on loan [colloquial]

crucified

nail

nail household (resisting compulsory government relocation)

resolutely and decisively

a thorn in the eye