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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.

Stick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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& p, y& o! }, m- ~; GExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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8 Y) M6 K* V  t9 A) S) zI remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 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.

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When 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.

Example: 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

- v9 Y2 l2 k/ h% v1 @" pMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

8 {: m/ \$ Y# ?0 GMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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* M, j$ f3 B" `9 g1 }1 ]English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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' d9 p! e& N5 W8 s  vExample:
I 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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, K0 j- A4 K; {5 D. EMeaning: 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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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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
$ e- r6 \4 v# C* B, e9 c' A% r    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
& U# s1 L- H8 S6 ]; p6 T. o2 _    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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& j: I7 C9 v' g3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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; f$ k3 ?# m; F. c: {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.

Follow Suit

& W" k" S& V' M6 @5 X* ~) YMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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% `1 U" ~) f6 _7 K7 @' _# j"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
You Have Me There
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* q. q0 q" Y* C4 h" ?$ f"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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Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

& [; ]' U! @1 a4 _9 S. O3 BMeaning: 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。
         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.

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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:
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+ z' e2 m1 V9 _4 P' X# \makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

; h1 q- ^! W) DIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

" z' c" U- F- J% A2 R. c; r9 E6 ^9 Ibut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
& }2 I# Y3 Q6 s8 S  "By the seat of one's pants"

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.

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.

( k" e7 i9 x6 w, u, b% HCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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.
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5 t4 W. J: j! jMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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$ X- j% ?$ b- w0 D2 Z+ Y" {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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8 S) P8 k! l3 R+ ^Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

2 j3 U+ a" o: A( o' R1 ~4 VOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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, l8 p( X6 a% I- y" P) P6 cI 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.