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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Sex and the City 

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 and the City as shown below:

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 the City as shown below:

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 popular TV show “Sex and the City” as shown below:

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 “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:

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 TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:

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 phrase “call the shots” while talking to Katherine Kelly Lang(Brooke Logan) in the popular TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:

Seinfeld 

Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer) used the phrase “call the shots” 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: 

Desperate Housewives 

Doug Savant (Tom Scavo) used the phrase “call the shots” 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 shown below: 

Sex and the City

Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw) used the phrase “call the shots” while talking to Kristin Davis(Charlotte York) in Season 3, Episode 3(Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman) of Sex and the City as shown below:

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” as shown below:

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 shown below: 

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 popular TV show “Desperate Housewives” as shown below: 

Sex and the City

Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw) used the phrase “be along for the ride” while talking to Kristin Davis(Charlotte York) in Season 3, Episode 3(Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman) of Sex and the City as shown below:

The phrasal verb “drag someone or something into something” means to talk about someone or something when you are having an argument, especially when that person or thing is not connected with what you are arguing about.

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The Bold and the Beautiful 

Ashley Jones (Bridget Forrester) used the phrasal verb “drag into” while talking to Susan Flannery (Stephanie Douglas Forrester) in the popular TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below: 

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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The Bold and the Beautiful 

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 “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below: 

Sex and the City

Bill McHugh (Ed) used the phrase “lay your cards on the table” while talking to Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones) in the Season 2, Episode 8 (The Man, the Myth, the Viagra) of a popular TV show “Sex and the City” as shown below:

A wild-goose chase refers to a situation where you waste time looking for something that you are not going to find, either because that thing does not exist or because you have been given wrong information about it.

The Bold and the Beautiful  

Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan) used the phrase “a wild goose chase” while she was with Ronn Moss(Ridge Forrester) , Lesli Kay (Felicia Forrester) , Susan Flannery(Stephanie Douglas Forrester) and Winsor Harmon (Thorne Forrester) in one of the longest serving american soap operas ”The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:

 

Prison Break

William Fichtner (Alexander Mahone) used the phrase “a goose chase” while talking to Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield) in season 3, episode 4 (Good Fences) of Prison Break as shown below: