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"knock the hell out of someone/something":
to strike someone/something very hard.
'Let sleeping dogs lie':
If someone is told to let sleeping dogs lie, it means that they shouldn't disturb a situation as it would result in trouble or complications.
'second' (verb):
to make a formal statement of support for a suggestion made by someone else during a meeting so that there can be a discussion or vote
'Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours':
I will help you if you will help me. If you do me a favour I'll do one for you in return.
A collect call in Canada, Pakistan, and the United States, known as a reverse charge call in the majority of the English-speaking world
'split the difference':
to accept only part of what you originally wanted when making an agreement with someone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9OiHOTqGc
'couldn't care less'
You can say "I couldn't care less" when you don't care about something, or it doesn't matter to you.
'draw blood'
1. to hit or bite (a person or an animal) and make a wound that bleeds.
2. to anger or insult a person.
When used as a verb in American English, eighty-six, eighty-sixed, 86, 86ed, 86'd, and the like are slang for getting rid of something, ejecting someone, or refusing service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you.
'doggone':
Used to express feelings of annoyance, surprise, or pleasure; more polite form of 'damn'
deader than a doornail (or dead as a doornail):
It means utterly and completely dead - either literally or figuratively.
[The phrase] could come from a standard term in carpentry. If you hammer a nail through a piece of timber and then flatten the end over on the inside so it can’t be removed again (a technique called clinching), the nail is said to be dead, because you can’t use it again. Doornails would very probably have been subjected to this treatment to give extra strength in the years before screw
'go way back' ('go back a long way'):
to know someone for a long time
'pull someone's leg':
to kid, fool, or trick someone.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/origin-phrase-pull-someones-leg/
'out of the question':
Impossible, not worth considering
'out of the blue':
1. From an unexpected or unforeseen source
2. At a completely unexpected time
"in the middle of something":
busy doing something
'waiting for the other shoe to drop':
To await an event that is expected to happen, due to being causally linked to another event that has already been observed
'straighten somebody out':
to improve someone's behaviour
'on your toes':
Someone or something that keeps you on your toes forces you to continue directing all your attention and energy to what you are doing
'up to something ':
1. plotting something.
2. well enough or rested enough to do something.
3. to be as good as something; to be good enough for something.
'to have a fit':
sudden attack of uncontrolled movements
"work one's tail (buns, ass, butt) off":
to work very hard.
"Punch a time clock":
to record on a special clock when you arrive and leave work; to go to work every day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_clock
"odds and ends":
different kinds of things that are usually small and unimportant
"have second thoughts":
if you have second thoughts about something, you change your opinion or start to have doubts about it
"Butter and Egg Money":
Money stashed away for buying little pleasure or home items. Extra side money earned just for fun spending.
Appalachian farm wives contributed to their family’s income through the butter and egg money they earned by taking their extra eggs and butter to the general store. More broadly, the term referred to any surplus earnings resulting from women’s work. Butter and egg money often had to be used to pay ordinary household expenses, but sometimes it could be spent on extra treats th
"baloney":
nonsense, lies; a nice way of saying 'bullshit' around someone who doesn't like cursing
"take sth under advisement":
to consider something such as advice or information carefully
"not in the least":
not in any way; not at all.
"cloak-and-dagger":
involving or characterized by mystery, intrigue or espionage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak_and_dagger
"gravity of":
the seriousness or importance of something
"cut the bull":
to stop saying bullsht
"keep a low profile":
to avoid attracting attention to yourself
"ring a bell":
to sound familiar; recall to the mind something previously experienced, esp indistinctly
"be in a tight corner/spot":
to be in a difficult situation
"go through the motions":
to act or perform the task (of doing something) mechanically or without sincerity;
to mimic the action (of something) by gesture
"pet project ":
A project, activity or goal pursued as a personal favorite, rather than because it is generally accepted as necessary or important.
"cut it close":
To judge or finish something close to its limit;
to give yourself only a very short amount of time to do something
"Wet your beak":
1. To drink a beverage.
2. To get a share of a criminal venture
"so to speak/say":
used to highlight the fact that one is describing something in an unusual or metaphorical way.
"tag along":
to go somewhere with a person or group, usually when they have not asked you to go with them
"draw out":
1. to encourage someone to talk more by making them feel more relaxed and confident
2. to make something continue longer than usual
3. to move out of a place
4. when the days draw out, it remains light for longer because it will soon be spring
"You bet your life" (you can bet your bottom, you bet your ass):
You can be absolutely certain of something
"May-December Romance":
A May-December Romance is an instance of the romantic involvement of two parties between whom there is a considerable age difference.
The reasoning behind this designation is that while one person is young and in the "Spring" of his or her life (thus, "May"), the other is in "Winter" (ergo, "December").
"On the ropes":
On the verge of defeat or collapse, helpless. The origins of this phrase derive from boxing, where being on the ropes is considered a bad place to be.
"Publish or perish" is a phrase coined to describe the pressure in academia in the United States to rapidly and continually publish academic work to sustain or further one's career
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_or_perish
"Over-the-counter drugs" are medicines sold directly to a consumer without a prescription, from a healthcare professional
"duck out":
to sneak out of some place; to evade something; to escape doing something
A punch line ("punch-line" or punchline) concludes a joke; it is intended to make people laugh. It is the final part of the typical joke structure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_line
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