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not on speaking terms

(1) Individuals are "not on speaking terms" when a negative emotion (anger, jealousy, pride, etc.) eliminates the willingness to speak with another.

(2) This expression can also be applied to inanimate objects that are not working well together.
Didn't you hear? Michelle and Rachel are not on speaking terms. Rachel is pissed by what Michelle said earlier. I told Rachel she is better off confronting Michelle than bottling up her anger.

My 217 paint brush and I are not on speaking terms, Cecil! Go to the art store and pick up Versamanna brush. I will not look like an amateur in front of the Royal Painters Academy of Florence!

end off on good terms 

1. to end a friendship mutually
2. to end a relationship mutually
3. to fuck and then become friends after being romantic
kody wants to fuck so we “end off on good terms

elle and max not on good terms

A big bitch not giving good reason as to why she is a cunt to people around her
Person 1: Did you hear about Elle and Max not on good terms?
Person 2: Yea, Elle is being quite the bitch with unreasonable points
Person 1: What a cunt

My time is a piece of wax, falling on a termite

Who's choking on the splinters
Gary: My time is a piece of wax, falling on a termite
Vince: Can you fucking stop quoting that stupid song?
Gary: Who's choking on the splinters!

On first name terms with Mr Tumnus 

adj. Descriptive of an uphill gardener who's so far in the closet he's found Narnia, taken out a mortgage there and spends his days fraternising with the local populace.
"I don't care if he was married to the bird off Dawson's Creek, that Tom Cruise is so far in the closet he's on first name terms with Mr Tumnus".

How bout dem knicks? 

A phrase referring twoard the New York Knicks.
Its usually said to break an unplesent moment of silence.
Guy 1: I think I may be gay.
Guy 2: ...
Guy 1: ...
Guy 2: How bout dem knicks?
How bout dem knicks? by Flame060 March 28, 2005
Word of the Day on June 8, 2026