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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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; ?) p$ N! a9 Z- Z- _. {. {Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.
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6 x4 z6 g( c5 s/ B- E[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

: ?% X. o5 z: X8 m5 UWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

7 s. e% z( K' cExample: When you build the fence, save the odds and ends to make toys.

munkkie9909

you've got a major typo in the name of the thread

august99

One-Track
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' U8 E1 V+ F/ e0 h7 \! ]Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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3 x1 Y2 ~9 c5 X3 N- pMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
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% K3 k1 g6 z2 d# pEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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. ?1 t6 Z; B, i+ A: EExample:
# B+ O6 h- D5 SI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip
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Meaning: suggest guilt or blame or duty。 也就是我们经常说的"不要让我有内疚感，负罪感“的意思。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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: U. D! S0 Z4 \% \非常好的一个习惯表达法。我们以后要用噢。

BOFA

This issue is about how we laugh.
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4 B; E7 w5 f8 X8 Q1 P1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

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2 r% C! X7 t' fItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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下次我们该知道如何说我笑破肚皮了。

BOFA

I Stepped into the Bookstore today, flipping over an Oxford Dictionary of Idioms, and spotted these. I heard of this on the movie last night too.

$ ~8 L; I0 o5 ~$ {0 E8 bFollow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

"你把我问住了, 我无法回答“， ”在这点上你把我抓住了"= I don't know (but i am supposed to know)

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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
$ S+ d/ q, d4 n5 mYou Have Me There

"你把我问住了, 我无法回答“， ”在这点上你把我抓住了"= I don't know (but i am supposed to know)

9 R# u1 I; i4 p: Y0 O5 x+ [4 HNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

% i4 E; B1 N* |& z/ J  r  B5 P  }Meaning: When it is time to make a right decision, or have to win. 在非常关键的时刻，一旦作出决定，成败在此一举。
% j! t7 s# g: d         来源自扑克牌游戏。Chip是筹码的意思。整体意识是下了赌注，就不能反悔了。。
        =when the situation is urgent.


9 M0 `4 n( q/ g3 C2 v% t& T: e<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

意思很容易理解。 就是旧木块的碎片。。什么意思？？孩子跟他、她爸一个模样

湘沙古人

put english on the ball:
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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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1 I: f' U3 k! i) E1 x" g. TIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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( B( _2 q. K1 q7 S5 j6 a* Fbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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' |* z7 \) V* Z$ @Meaning: based on one's experience, feeling, and sense. depends on one's intuition......凭着经验做。。。。来源于飞行员仪表盘失效后凭屁股的稳定感来驾驶。

Try to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.
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BOFA

I heard this saying last night in a movie, when one said she had something important to tell the other woman, about her husband's cheating on her. The other woman said this sentence. I  thought she meant to mean that she is so eager to know.

* S  O! X7 C: I; k  R  B  ICheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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我想下回我们催别人赶紧说的时候，可以用这个表达法了。

BOFA

You can hear this between two close persons when the one being asked seems to show upset, be low, and just be different than usual.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

明天如果见到你的BUDDY情绪低落的话，用这句话试试看。

BOFA

On the Mend
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- V# r' Q# r1 {$ @Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
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1 X% R1 w3 K* M& s: BI learned this on the cartoon The Simpson's, when Bart faked the sickness to avoid another failuer in his Grade 4 tests that would qualify him for moving foward to Grade 5.