EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING

Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.

SLEEP ON

1.To ignore, overlook, or to forget something. Used as a verb, to sleep on something. 2.Overlooking something that is deemed good or tight.
"Yall can sleep on the Steelers. They finna take it all this year."

 3.. Lit. to recline on something and slumber.

a) I like to sleep on a firm bed. b) John had to sleep on the floor because his sister was visiting.

4. Fig. to postpone a decision until one has slept through the night. (As if one were going to think through the decision while sleeping.) 

a)It sounds like a good idea, but I'd like to sleep on it before giving you my response. b)  You go home and sleep on it and give me your answer in the morning.

THICK SKIN

The definition of thick skinned is someone who is not easily upset or insulted and who can take criticism well. 
An example of thick skinned is a person who is insulted and simply says "whatever, I don't care."

You think you heard that expression before? You probably did, on the radio or even on TV. It is part of a song by Sia.

 

So, are you a thick skinned type of person? Or are you easily offended?

The Final Nail In The Coffin

An event that causes the failure of something that had already started to fail.e.g.: This latest evidence could be the final nail in the coffin for Thomas' case.
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COFFIN

THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN ( or ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN)

CUT TO THE CHASE

Meaning: 1.Leave out all the unnecessary details and just get to the point. 2. Come to the point.

A Shot In The Arm

Meaning: 

A stimulus.

Origin:

This expression derives from the invigorating effect of injecting drugs. A shot is of course US slang for an injection, either of a narcotic or medicinal drug. That term has been in use since around the beginning of the 20th century; for example, this piece from the San Francisco Chronicle Supplement, October 1904:

"I varied hardly a minute each day in the time of taking my injection. My first shot was when I awoke in the morning."

'A shot in the arm' came soon afterwards and the first mention of a figurative use of it in print that I can find is from

the Maine newspaper The Lewiston Evening Journal, January 1916:

The vets can give politics a shot in the arm and the political leaders realize it.

BABY MAMA/ BABY DADDY

A person you had a child with.

Example : 

Chief Keef's got a brand new baby mama situation -- she says she just had his son ... his lawyer says take a number, lady ... and Keef can't decide whether to celebrate.  

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/08/26/chief-keef-baby-mama-files-for-child-support/#ixzz3tVa9kpbr

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BAG LADY

A homeless woman, especially one in a big city, who carries her possessions with her, as in a shopping bag.

BUSBOY

a junior restaurant worker assisting the  waiting staff, a table clearer, a water pourer e.t.c. 

DID YOU KNOW?

1 out of 8 American have been employed by McDonald's at some point

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HOLY MOLY

a term often used instead of and meaning "holy shit" either by a young person in front of there parents to avoid getting an ass whooping or by a young person in front of peers as a term of surprise, shock.

"holy moly did you see the speed of that car?" 

GO COMMANDO

To Wear No Underpants

HANG LOOSE

*Also sometimes called “Shaka” sign, it was popularized in Hawaiian surf culture.

 Meaning:  Cool, thanks, all right

TO MOON SOMEONE

To bend over, pull down your pants and show someone your naked butt. 

e.x: While riding on the school bus, Charles loves "mooning" other drivers.

THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

the conversation parents have with children to explain sexual reproduction.

ex: My dad looked really embarrassed as he explained me the story of " the birds and the bees"

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BROMANCE

(noun

informal) 

a close but nonsexual relationship between two men.

                                                             EXAMPLE 1:

                                                   Your boyfriend and his best friend

EXAMPLE 2:

Joey and Chandler from Friends

                                                         EXAMPLE 3:
                                                 Dr. House and Dr. James Wilson

DELISH

= DELICIOUS , TASTY, YUMMY

e.g.: 1.That dinner at Travis' was delish!

         2. You should go to that new Greek restaurant that opened around the corner. It's delish.

SELFIE-CONSCIOUS

 When you're trying to take a selfie in public but fear other people are staring at you.

e.g.: 1.  I want to take a selfie, but I'm feeling a bit self-conscious.

         2. People should be more selfie-conscious. I have seen several selfies in the middle of catastrophes. This is so distasteful.