"yadda yadda yadda": This shows that you are bored. You either use it to skip part of a story or to show that you don't care about what you are saying.
"I went to the store, bought some meat, yadda yadda yadda, I went to bed early."
"Teachers work hard to teach their students. Yadda yadda yadda."
"over my dead body": It expresses that you will fight very hard to prevent someone from doing what they say they will do. Usually the person's claim is something that you want yourself.
"I will become president of the club!"
"Over my dead body! I want to be president."
"do the honors": This is a request by you to someone else. It means you want someone to do something for you.
"I can't open this bottle. Will you do the honors?"
"sole survivor": only survivor.
"Bob was the sole survivor of the boat accident."
"That's the point": This expresses to someone that they have said something that you have already said.
"She is pulchritudinous."
"I disagree. I think she's beautiful."
"That's my point. 'Pulchritude' means 'beauty'."
Gentlemen's agreement: This is a serious agreement between two people.
"We made a gentlemen's agreement not to have our companies compete for the same clients."
"More clever than he looks": a backhanded compliment when you say that someone is smart but looks dumb. You can change "clever" into something else.
"He did well on the test. I guess he's more clever than he looks."
"dead tired": very tired
"I just ran five miles and I'm dead tired."
high society: the social network of rich and famous people
"She only works at a shoe store, but she dreams of becoming part of high society."
"Watching___like a hawk": this means you are watching someone closely (or someone is watching you) because you are looking for something in the person's actions.
"He cheated on the last test, so during this test I will be watching him like a hawk."
"stare danger in the face": means 'be courageous'.
"A good warrior should be able to stare danger in the face."
"put your manhood to the test": means 'try to prove you are a man by being courageous'
"Teenage boys are annoying because they think that every competition requires them to put their manhood to the test."
spine tingling: exciting in a scary way.
"The scary movie is spine tingling."
have a look see: means "take a look" or "look at"
"I am having trouble with my paper. Will you help me?"
"Sure. Let's have a look see."
"It doesn't matter....What's important...." This is a common structure. The first sentence rejects an idea or value. The second sentence claims that a new value is of greater importance.
"It doesn't matter if you are rich. What's important is that you enjoy your life."
fun boys: derogatory term for gay men.
"This part of the city is popular among fun boys."
"get a room": you yell this at people who are doing something in public that you think they should do in private.
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"In a pig's eye": this shows strong disagreement with someone's claim. You say this to someone who wants something that you want.
"I will be the president of a club."
"In a pig's eye you will!"
--The term can also express a strong disagreement with someone's opinion.
"The purple party will be good leaders of the country."
"In a pig's eye!"
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