clam up

clam up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets. (INFORMAL)

(make) a dent in sth (infml ) (cause) a reduction in sth
To say Apple is about to put a major dent in Kindleworld is an understatement.

get your pound of flesh

get your pound of flesh
to get the full amount of work, money etc that someone owes you, even though it makes them suffer and you do not really need it

white-knuck·led

white-knuck·led
Slang Characterized by tense nervousness or apprehension:


Pennings said he urged Sikes to speak with reporters the first time, on Monday, after the white-knuckled journey down Interstate 8 to avoid getting besieged later by the media.

go get slammed.

goes to the wire

If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment. (mainly JOURNALISM)

get a bang out of sth

AmE spoken to enjoy something very much

Shouldn't you be banging her by now?
I'm about to bang her out.

She is  a solid seven.(virgin)

I'm wired. ()
If someone is wired, they are tense, nervous, and unable to relax. (mainly AM INFORMAL)
AmE informal feeling very active and excited, especially because you have drunk a lot of coffee or taken a drug

We are homeys. Lock it up.

homey

 AmE informal
a friend or someone who comes from your area or gang

the jitters n [pl] (infml 口) feelings of extreme nervousness; the jim-jams


It was giving me the jitters.

rub up against sb (infml 口) meet sb by chance 偶然遇到某人.

rub up on those strippers 

that's a wrap. 

I am a dog now. 

pay the piper for it
pay the piper to accept the unpleasant results of something you have done pay the price

The Thin Blue Line

wave off

1. To dismiss or refuse by waving the hand or arm: waved off his invitation to join the group.

2. Sports To cancel or nullify by waving the arms, usually from a crossed position:
The Thin Blue Line is a colloquial term for police and police forces

take a swing at someoneto attempt to punch someone.
square up (for fighting)
to get ready for an argument or a fight.

A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
hit the bottle and hit the boozeFig. Inf. to go on a drinking bout; to get drunk.

I'll flank.
I'll draw fire.

pull the wool over someone's eyesFig. to deceive someone.

hole up (somewhere)

1. to take shelter somewhere. During the blizzard, we holed up in a lean-to made of branches. Looks like bad weather coming. We'd better find a place to hole up.

2. to hide somewhere.

I'll muddle through.
I have managed so far.

R and R ----rest and recreation

coiff
you have highlights.
past his curfew

snowed under--overworked; exceptionally busy.

an uphill battle

If you refer to something as an uphill struggle or an uphill battle, you mean that it requires a great deal of effort and determination, but it should be possible to achieve it.

touch a sore spot and touch a sore point

Fig. to refer to a sensitive matter that will upset someone. (Fig. on the notion of touching an injury and causing pain.) I seem to have touched a sore spot. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. When you talk to him, avoid talking about money. It's best not to touch a sore point if possible.

a song and dance

If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He used his money to help others-but he never made a song and dance about it.
= fuss

Slang. An excessively elaborate effort to explain or justify. An elaborate story or explanation intended to deceive or mislead.