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 [...]
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 [...]
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” [...]
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.
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan) used the phrase [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Two or more people are said to be on the same wavelength if they think in a similar way and understand each other well.
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Hunter Tylo(Dr. Taylor Hayes Forrester) used the phrase “Be on the same wavelength” while talking to Katherine Kelly Lang(Brooke Logan) in the popular [...]
The phrasal verb “walk out on somebody” means to suddenly leave your husband, wife, or partner and end your relationship with them.
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Katherine Kelly Lang(Brooke Logan) used the phrasal verb ”walk out on” while talking to Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) in the popular TV show “The Bold [...]
Breathe down sb’s neck is a phrase which means to stay close to someone, watching everything that they do.
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) used the phrase “breathe down someone’s neck” while with Katherine Kelly Lang(Brooke Logan) and Lesley-Anne Down (Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Payne Marone) in the popular TV [...]
The phrase “Piece by piece” means one after another.
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Katherine Kelly Lang(Brooke Logan) used the phrase “Piece by piece” while she was with Susan Flannery(Stephanie Douglas Forrester) and Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) in the popular TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:
