Is Anybody There?

Literally 'to burn the cartridges'. Used when someone has exhausted every resource or avenue available to them.

Common idiom used when someone is being evasive or long-winded and you want them to state things directly.

Vague but contextually loaded. The speaker implies the other person is being unreasonable or too emotional. Tone can range from genuinely confused to dismissive.

Used when someone pretends a serious event did not occur. Often signals a refusal to ignore something significant.

Signals resignation rather than anger. The speaker has stopped expecting something from the other person.