put the kibosh on(Your friends will put the kibosh on any bragging you do about your brand new flat screen TV – especially when you have yet to pay them back for stuff. VLZ_58)
for Pete's sake!("Please--please--please leave me out of it," she whispered. "I'll give you more money. I'll give you all the money you want." "For Pete's sake. You've already given me more than I'd keep. It isn't money I want." (Raymond Chandler)ART Vancouver)