To pack up shop: To prepare a place in order to leave it.

To be out the door: To leave. To be gone.

To feel up to something: To have the desire to do something.

To stand someone up: To not show up for a date or appointmentwithout giving the other person advance warning.

To stew over something: To be quietly angry about something.

To cut someone some slack: To give someone a break. To be understanding of someone’s situation.

To fall through: To not be accomplished. To not work out.

To leave someone high and dry: To fail to do something that someone else was depending on. To bail on someone withoutwarning or trying to make up for it in some other way.

To make it up to someone: To compensate someone for something, especially something that you’ve done wrong. To do something in order to apologize.

In the meantime: While waiting. In the time that passesbetween one event and another.

To let off some steam: To release or let go of built-up energy,anxiety, or pressure.

Low-key: Relaxed and quiet. Simple.

Like a chicken with its head cut off: Moving around quickly and crazily, as if without reason or thought.

To catch a flick: To see a movie.

A chick flick: A romantic or emotional movie, as opposed to an action movie or thriller, suggesting (chauvinistically) that these movies appeal mostly to women.

To zone out: To stop thinking or become unaware of one’senvironment.

A play-by-play: A moment to moment description of events,either as they happen or after the fact.

To let someone off easy: To allow someone to get away with unacceptable behavior with only a light punishment. A similar expression is “to let someone off the hook.” This means to not hold someone responsible for something, or to not punish him or her for a mistake or misdeed.

To grab a bite: To eat a snack or light meal, usually outside of the house.

To be so hungry you could eat a horse: To be very hungry. Used humorously.

To even the score: To settle things, to make things even, to arrive at a fair resolution between two people.

To be “on” someone: To be someone’s responsibility, especiallyfinancially.