Ending a sentence with period indicates that the speaker feels that there is no further need for discussion and has said all there is to say on a subject.

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Desperate Housewives 

Nicollette Sheridan (Edie Britt) used the word “period” at the end of the sentence while talking to Teri Hatcher (Susan Mayer) in the popular TV show “Desperate Housewives” as shown below:

The Bold and the Beautiful 

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

24

Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer) finished the sentence with period while talking to Dennis Haysbert (President David Palmer) in the popular TV show “24” as shown below: 

Prison Break

William Fichtner (Alexander Mahone) used the word “period” in the popular TV show “Prison Break” as shown below: 

Sex and the City

Cynthia Nixon(Miranda Hobbes) used the word “period” at the end of a sentence while with Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw), Kim Cattrall(Samantha Jones) and Kristin Davis(Charlotte York) in “Sex and the City” as shown below:

Prison Break

Jodi Lyn O’Keefe (Susan B. Anthony) ended her sentence with period while talking to Chris Vance (James Whistler) in Season 3, Episode 13 of Prison Break as shown below:

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 “Desperate Housewives” as shown below:

Brothers & Sisters

Rachel Griffiths (Sarah Whedon) used the phrase “at the end of our rope” while talking to Patricia Wettig (Holly Harper) in the first season, episode 8 (Mistakes Were Made: Part 1) of the popular TV show “Brothers and Sisters” as shown below:

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 second season, episode 9 (That’s Good, That’s Bad) of the popular TV show “Desperate Housewives” as shown below:

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” while talking to Dermot Mulroney (Michael O’Neal) in the movie “My Best Friend’s Wedding” as shown below:

The Bold and the Beautiful

Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan) used the phrase “Off base” while talking to  Susan Flannery (Stephanie Douglas Forrester) in the popular TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:

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: