be on (one's) Pat Malone

To be without anyone else; to be on one's own. Australian rhyming slang referring to a ballad about an Irishman (called Pat Malone) who suffered numerous misfortunes after emigrating to Australia. Primarily heard in Australia. To be quite honest, after a hectic week of work, I much prefer being on my Pat Malone than spending the weekend around a bunch of people. Mary's been on her Pat Malone ever since Rupert broke up with her last week.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tera	TER-ə	English
Ferapont	-	Russian
Koba	-	Georgian
LetÍCia	le-TEE-zyə (Portuguese), le-CHEE-zyə (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Matthias	mah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English)	Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
TÓDor	-	Hungarian