E.E. on November 29th, 2008

If someone or something turns up, they appear or are found, either after a long time or when you are not expecting them.
 
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Tatum O’Neal(Kyra) used the phrasal verb “turn up” while talking to Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw) in Season 6, Episode 9(A Woman’s Right to Shoes) of Sex [...]

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E.E. on November 29th, 2008

The phrasal verb “rip off sth” or “rip sth off” means to remove a piece of clothing very quickly and carelessly.
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Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw) used the phrasal verb “rip off” while talking to Cynthia Nixon(Miranda Hobbes) in Season 4, Episode 15(change of a dress) of Sex and [...]

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E.E. on November 21st, 2008

The phrase “Lay/Put your cards on the table” means to tell someone honestly what you think or what you plan to do.
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Antonio Sabato Jr.(Dante Damiano) used the phrase “lay your cards on the table” while talking to Ashley Jones (Bridget Forrester) in the popular TV show [...]

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E.E. on November 18th, 2008

If you have an alcoholic drink on the rocks, you have it with lumps of ice.
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Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw) used the phrase “on the rocks” while she was out with Chris Noth (Mr. Big) in the Season 2, Episode 10 (The Caste System) of a [...]

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E.E. on November 16th, 2008

The phrase “have something up your sleeve” means to have secret plans or ideas.
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John Corbett(Aidan Shaw) used the phrase “have something up your sleeve” while talking to Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw) in the Season 4, Episode 15(Change of a Dress) of a popular TV show “Sex [...]

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E.E. on September 21st, 2008

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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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 [...]

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E.E. on December 6th, 2007

The phrasal verb “go off something” means to stop taking something.
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Cynthia Nixon(Miranda Hobbes) used the phrasal verb “go off” in Season 2, Episode 11(Evolution) of Sex and the City as shown below:

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