Finally?
Why would you want that? By the time we get cleaned up after shutting down for the night, it’ll be
too late to do anything but go home and crawl into bed.
* shut down: to halt operations
temporarily or permanently
ex>
The company decided to shut down the factory due to a lack of sales.
Note>
A person can shut down emotionally which means he/she refuses to open
herself/himself to certain emotions (especially if it’s painful)
Personally,
I like the excitement of serving the midday clientele.
They know what they want, the tables turn over quickly, and the tips pile up.
There’s no time to get bored.
Yeah,
but the evening customers can drop a lot
of coin. The tips can be pretty good.
* drop a lot of coin: to spend a
significant amount of money
ex>
Jamie must have dropped a lot of coin to get that vintage sports car.
Fat
chance! While you’re feathering your nest with those big evening tips, I’ll be hanging
out with my friends. Hey – why don’t you come out with us sometime? My friends
would love you.
* fat chance: very unlikely; no way
= not
a chance!; no way; forget it!
ex>
You want to borrow my car for a week? Fat chance!
* feather one’s nest: to accumulate money
or valuables for one’s own benefit
ex>
Those two never go out any more because they’re feathering their nests
for retirement.
Note>
This expression alludes to birds making a soft nest for their eggs.
Careful
– I may just take you up on that!
* take one up on something: to accept an
offer someone has made
ex>
Judith kept inviting us to her place for dinner, so we finally took her up
on it.
ex>
I took Cal up on his offer to introduce me to his cousin.
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