[charge off] {v.} 1. To consider or record as a loss, especially in an account book. * /The store owner charged off all of the last season's stock of suits./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

charge up

[charge up] {v. phr.} 1. To submit to a flow of electricity in order to make functional. * /I mustn't forget to charge up my razor before we go on […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

charge with

[charge with] {v. phr.} To accuse someone in a court of law. * /The criminal was charged with aggravated kidnapping across a state line./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

charge account

[charge account] {n.} An agreement with a store through which you can buy things and pay for them later. * /Mother bought a new dress on her charge account./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Duncan Spaeth, Princeton professor

I know why the sun never sets on the British Empire: God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark.

come to the point

[come to the point] or [get to the point] {v. phr.} To talk about the important thing; reach the important facts of the […]

strike one funny

[strike one funny] {v. phr.} To appear or seem laughable, curious, ironic, or entertaining. * /"It strikes me funny," he […]

P.J. O'Rourke

(1947--) U.S. humorist Never wear anything that panics the cat.

Adminisphere

[Adminisphere] The rarified organizational layers above the rank and file that makes decisions that are often profoundly […]

around the clock

[around the clock] also [the clock around] {adv. phr.} For 24 hours a day continuously all day and all night. * /The factory […]

wear thin

[wear thin] {v.} 1. To become thin from use, wearing, or the passing of time. * /My old pair of pants has worn thin at the […]