E.E. on November 29th, 2008

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 [...]

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E.E. on November 21st, 2008

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” [...]

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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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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 [...]

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E.E. on November 19th, 2008

If you see through someone who is trying to deceive you, or if you see through someone’s behaviour, you realize what they are really like and what they are trying to do.
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The Bold and the Beautiful 
Ashley Jones (Bridget Forrester) used the phrasal verb “see through” while talking to Katherine Kelly Lang [...]

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E.E. on November 18th, 2008

If you have an experience or a qualification under your belt, you have completed it successfully, and it may be useful to you in the future.
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The Bold and the Beautiful 
John McCook(Eric Forrester) used the phrase “under your belt” while talking to Ashley Jones (Bridget Forrester) in the popular TV show [...]

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E.E. on November 18th, 2008

In a heartbeat means immediately.
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Prison Break
Amaury Nolasco (Fernando Sucre) used the phrase “in a heartbeat” while talking to Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield) in season 1, episode 8 (The Old Head) of Prison Break as shown below:

In Treatment
Embeth Davidtz (Amy) used the phrase “in a heartbeat” while talking to Josh [...]

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E.E. on September 3rd, 2008

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 [...]

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E.E. on November 9th, 2007

The phrasal verb “work out” means to happen or develop in a particular way.
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The Bold and the Beautiful 
Susan Flannery(Stephanie Douglas Forrester) used the phrasal verb “work out” while talking to Ashley Jones (Bridget Forrester) in the popular TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below: 

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