The phrase “Put out feelers” means to try to discover what people think about something that you might do without being too obvious.
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From TV shows, movies and novels
Bold and the Beautiful
Patrick Duffy(Stephen Logan) used the phrase “Put out feelers” while talking to Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) in the popular TV show “Bold and the [...]
The phrase “You name it” means anything you say.
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In Treatment
Blair Underwood(Alex) used the phrase “You name it” while talking to Gabriel Byrne(Paul) in season1, episode 2 of the popular TV show “In Treatment” as shown below:
Desperate Housewives
Teri Hatcher(Susan Mayer) used the phrase “you name it” while talking to Nicollette Sheridan(Edie [...]
Long time no see/Long time no speak is said when you meet someone who you haven’t seen for a long period of time.
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Lost
Ken Leung(Miles Straume) used the phrase “Long time no see” when he and Josh Holloway(Sawyer) ran into Matthew Fox(Jack Shephard) and Evangeline Lilly(Kate Austen) in season 4 [...]
It’s your call/It’s my call: A decision taken with responsibility.
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From TV shows, movies and novels
Lost
Matthew Fox(Jack Shephard) used “It was my call” while talking to Evangeline Lilly(Kate Austen) in season 4 of the popular TV show “Lost” as shown below:
24
Kiefer Sutherland(Jack Bauer) used the phrase “It’s your call” while talking to Sean Astin(Lynn McGill) [...]
A sore spot or point refers to a subject which someone would prefer not to talk about because it makes them angry or embarrassed.
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Prison Break
Wade Williams(Bradley Bellick) used the phrase “a sore spot” while talking to Wentworth Miller(Michael Scofield) in season 2, episode 4(First Down) of Prison Break as [...]
Slippery slope refers to a bad situation or habit which, after it has started, is likely to get very much worse.
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Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw), when out with her friends Kim Cattrall(Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis(Charlotte York), Cynthia Nixon(Miranda Hobbes) had used the phrase “Slippery slope” in Season [...]
To say you are ”blowing it all out of proportion” means you are behaving as if something that has happened is much worse than it really is.
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Bold and the Beautiful
John McCook(Eric Forrester) used the phrase “blow it all out of proportion” while talking to Susan Flannery(Stephanie Douglas Forrester) in the popular TV [...]
Both the phrases “My five cents” or “put in one’s two cents’ worth” are used when one wants to give one’s opinion on some topic.
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The Bold and the Beautiful
John McCook(Eric Forrester) used the phrase “put in one’s two cents’ worth” while talking to Ashley Jones (Bridget Forrester) in the popular TV show “The [...]
Erotic transference is a process in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. In the erotic transference, there is an excessive anguish to be loved by the analyst, with conscious demands of sexual gratification, which are direct, exaggerated and persistent.
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From TV shows, movies and novels
In Treatment
Dianne Wiest(Gina) used “Erotic transference” while talking to Gabriel Byrne(Paul)in the fifth episode [...]
Get underway means “to begin”.
Excerpts from popular TV shows and movies:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004)
The following excerpt is taken from Michel Gondry’ movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” to show the usage of the phrase “get underway”.
Mark Ruffalo(Stan) used the phrase “get underway” while talking to Jim Carrey(Joel Barish), as shown in the [...]