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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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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.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

$ d5 ]6 ^( K- I) L7 ?6 k2 N$ gMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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" _% b# {9 s0 w& ?% OWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

- ]) j4 \6 }8 k5 ^+ _! g( O' d( _7 ~  [Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

2 }) M9 h1 T' x$ S( d0 ]% XExample: 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

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:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

' E# [# {1 Q/ b8 A6 bExample:
6 I6 u+ ]: q( g- p# e# W- l  oI 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。
! t# `8 I0 h! b' a; z$ s3 JExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

0 D/ H9 n' y- l, {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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
+ `- Y. ]& d. r8 ~    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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5 B, i% G3 }+ S$ q9 D9 ~! W2. Laugh your head off

5 a1 [+ ]. m  L( t" x+ H3. Laugh yourself sick

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....

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

BOFA

You Have Me There

$ q8 }8 I% b+ Q6 x' h* L  P4 E. T"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
! [7 M8 @( d, F( V3 |* Q. ^You Have Me There
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"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)

/ G4 ]1 [( T, t) w% p; iNow you make a sentence out of it.

" `7 ]6 ~% v; \: k5 s+ HYou really have me there, Bofa.
" T% G: j- ^6 ]( T1 sYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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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。
         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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4 D1 e" u; v* e1 N+ \4 J# 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:
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+ k6 {1 b3 f3 ]3 a" ~" ?makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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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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" m, m5 c# \6 x( o1 Q, I- c' j9 `9 Kbut 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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5 g4 `0 d' c! HMeaning: 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.

+ F3 f5 b. {) ~' f+ I  hCheck the dictionary and it means:
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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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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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

( }/ t4 V. a* a! O3 A4 POnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
; w+ g+ h6 t# M) A5 J! A! Ub. 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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; G8 {4 s9 [+ K- zI 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.