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

resolutely and decisively

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)

a thorn in the eye

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

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

folliculitis

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

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

the interest on loan [colloquial]

passed away

nail

nail household (resisting compulsory government relocation)

stapler

staples

homophonic for 'thank you'

crucified

license cancelled (spoken)

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