The phrase “At the end of your rope” means to feel that you cannot deal with a difficult situation any more because you are too tired, worried, etc.
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Desperate Housewives
Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) used the phrase “at the end of my rope” in the third season, episode 18 of the popular TV show [...]
You use the phrase “hats off to” when you want to express your admiration for someone.
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Friends
Courteney Cox (Monica Geller-Bing) and Molly Hagan(Sarah) used the phrase “hats off to” in the 8th season, episode 21 (The One with the Cooking Class) of the popular TV show “Friends” as shown below:
The phrase “turn the page” means to begin to behave in a more positive way after a period of difficulties.
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The Women
Meg Ryan (Mary Haines) and Jada Pinkett Smith (Alex Fisher) used the phrase “turn the page” while talking to Debra Messing (Edie Cohen) in the movie “The Women” as shown below:
Meaning of the phrase “back to the drawing board”: If you go back to the drawing board, you have to start planning a piece of work again because the previous plan failed.
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The phrase “back to the drawing board” was used in the [...]
The phrase “off base” means to be wrong about something.
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Cashmere Mafia
Lucy Liu (Mia Mason) used the phrase “off base” while talking to Frances O’Connor (Zoe Burden), Miranda Otto (Juliet Draper) and Bonnie Somerville(Caitlin Dowd) in the first season, episode 3 of “Cashmere Mafia” as shown below:
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Julia Roberts (Julianne Potter) used the phrase “off base” [...]
If something is out of the question, it is not possible or not allowed.
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Seinfeld
Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer) used the phrase “out of the question” while talking to Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld) and Jason Alexander (George Costanza) in the sixth season, episode 23(The Understudy) of the popular TV show “Seinfeld” as shown below:
A sight for sore eyes is a a way of saying that you think someone is very attractive.
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Sex and the City
James Remar(Richard Wright) used the phrase “a sight for sore eyes” while talking to Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones) in the Season 6, Episode 13 (Let There Be Light) of a [...]
If you say something tongue in cheek, you intend it to be understood as a joke, although you might appear to be serious.
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan) used the phrase “Tongue in cheek” while talking to Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) in the popular TV show [...]
To have time on your hands means you have nothing to do.
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Sex and the City
Tatum O’Neal (Kyra) used the phrase “time on your hands” while talking to Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw) in Season 6, Episode 9(A Woman’s Right to Shoes) of Sex and the City as shown below:
To give someone the benefit of the doubt means to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad.
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Hunter Tylo(Dr. Taylor Hayes Forrester) used the phrase “benefit of the doubt” while talking to Katherine Kelly Lang(Brooke Logan) and Ashley Jones (Bridget Forrester) in the popular [...]