mind one's peas and cues

English

Verb

mind one's peas and cues (third-person singular simple present minds one's peas and cues, present participle minding one's peas and cues, simple past and past participle minded one's peas and cues)

1. Alternative spelling of mind one's Ps and Qs.
   • 1893, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley, The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry, page 328:

     The Chinese are prudent people — they mind their peas and cues.

   • [2006, Russell Madden, Death Is Easy, page 130:

     Her eyes danced at me, warning me to be on watch for my peas and cues.]

   • 2011, Gregory Dark ·, Susie and the Snow-it-alls, page 17:

     “In other words,” said the blue frog, the one from Perth, Australia, “you just be blooming sure, Suse, you mind your peas and cues.”

   • 2012, Barry Eysman, The Sum of Sad Smiles, page 61:

     I told him to stay away from demon rum and reefers, to mind his peas and cues, and his p's and q's and never to ask what peas and cues are or what p's and q's are either, just mind them, eat them or follow your cues on stage or subscribe to CUE magazine if stage work is in your blood or if you blood is all over the stage work.