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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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2 F' o6 q- W' _( o" H% ?Stick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

, r/ N9 [% G8 i& OI remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

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( C; n/ w8 @% q+ P& VWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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$ E$ b- s* x) q/ b* zExample: 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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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
; @& \8 I, ?9 a' b4 n$ k! dI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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。
, M$ O: T; ~9 ^Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

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.

6 g5 _) G8 {# F; N" L1 z1. 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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8 m# |; L) t# c! J8 w" C3 U2 P2. Laugh your head off
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; k3 O4 d# D8 \+ E  n3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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  q! U: ]) E0 t: HItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

6 t+ }1 o9 b/ S% O) b% o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.
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+ U8 m. Y" P( ]) w* Z7 UFollow Suit

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

BOFA

You Have Me There
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+ u- @" C/ C' Z. m. j; I' t7 V"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.

阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
8 d+ ?: L* r/ y1 D" L* m( |You Have Me There

4 F9 k# `2 O( ?9 Y) ?: ^6 k"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.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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9 I3 B2 d$ Z" [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>
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8 d! A& m- _1 ]/ AMeaning: 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。。
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: y3 e9 E7 U+ n! |; w1 |) G9 g+ W<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

, L) `4 u. b" o1 ]% ~* x" ^Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

4 Y# M2 X3 j' A9 |It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
: c/ B" a9 J- }, \  "By the seat of one's pants"
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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。
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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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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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.

$ Q$ A5 A* j. H( w+ ^Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

7 X/ L  H% R; n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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6 A! s! w5 z+ n& xMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
# I9 P4 g; X3 O# u4 w) v10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
6 i5 r, m7 K# ^b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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4 F' e) @/ ^( v$ k- m+ U: R& S6 uI 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.