a shoulder to vomit on

that sweet guy that keeps you company while you're indulging in a monologue with the toilet bowl after you get yourself lobotomized drunk at parties

-Last night Jared served me as a shoulder to vomit on, hadn't it been for him I'd've drowned in the toilet bowl
-Yeah, he's a sweetheart

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schadenfreude

Taking pleasure in somebody else's misfortune. From German,
also spelled shadenfreude

shrink to a patient:
-what did you feel when you found out that your successful brother had lost all his money in the stock market?
patient:
-schadenfreude

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rub it in his face

to point out someone's mistake or failure quite crudely

teacher one to teacher two:
-this dumb-ass failed the exam again, he's so not getting promoted, I'm gonna go and rub it in his face

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hang a u

make a u-turn

-I want to go home. Hang a U.
-This is an expressway. Niki Lauda couldn't manage a U-turn here

get roped in

to get involved in a situation you have no interest in whatsoever, e.g when your two friends are quarrelling over something and they want you to take a side

-Dude, Bob and Craig are quarrelling about which one's pubes are curlier. We'd better duck out before we get roped in

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uber nervous

very nervous, super nervous

"über" is German for over, beyond. It somehow found its way to the English language loosing the umlaut, however.

It's the first time the band will play a stadium gig, I bet they're uber nervous.

reign in your yapper

not to speak, refuse to give any information

-Dude, you better reign in your yapper about what you saw yesterday or your head is going to roll