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 [...]
If a person calls the shots, it means he or she makes all the important decisions.
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24
Carlos Bernard(Tony Almeida) used the phrase “call the shots” while talking to Paul Schulze(Ryan Chappelle) in the third season, episode 10 of the popular TV show “24” as shown below:
Bold and the Beautiful
Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) used the [...]
The phrase “overstay/outstay your welcome” means to stay in a place longer than someone wants you to stay .
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Hunter Tylo(Dr. Taylor Hayes Forrester) used the phrase “overstay your welcome” while talking to Katherine Kelly Lang(Brooke Logan) in the popular TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” [...]
The phrase “run the show” means to be in charge of an organization or an activity.
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Desperate Housewives
Doug Savant (Tom Scavo) used the phrase “run the show” while talking to Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) in the second season, episode 16(There Is No Other Way) of the popular TV show “Desperate Housewives” as [...]
If an argument or discussion clears the air, it causes bad feelings between people to disappear.
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Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw) used the phrase “clear the air” while talking to Tatum O’Neal(Kyra) in Season 6, Episode 9(A Woman’s Right to Shoes) of Sex and the City as shown below:
The phrase “be along for the ride” means to join in an activity without playing an important part in it.
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Desperate Housewives
Doug Savant (Tom Scavo) used the phrase “be along for the ride” while talking to Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) in the second season, episode 16(There Is No Other Way) of the [...]
