on one's Pat Malone

== English == === Alternative forms === on one's pat === Etymology === Australian rhyming slang; possibly from the ballad Paddy Malone in Australia, recounting the tribulations of an Irish immigrant. === Pronunciation === === Prepositional phrase === on one's Pat Malone (Australia, slang) Alone, on one's own === Further reading === Eric Partridge (2005), “on your Pat”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1449.