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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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5 c0 L# P- {8 M) r- rStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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/ ^5 \% u! x; ]" f+ F+ rExample: 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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[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

8 ~+ h; K0 b0 \  S. I0 YMeaning: 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>

/ Y1 ]1 {! i5 AMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

; K3 Y2 @5 c7 d* QExample: 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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% X9 B2 R$ a- E$ yMeaning: 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.



Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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" Y* Y; [7 E7 F+ Y' i2 |( oMeaning:
: u# B3 \8 v! R+ x# M吃亏
/ h. ]& Z* q' [' c5 z5 }3 EEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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8 h+ P) o8 N# BExample:
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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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。
& R1 x; x5 I+ ]& uExample: 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
( v! E6 W$ }9 z9 }3 O5 S7 j7 m    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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2 d/ r" I) _0 O5 I3. Laugh yourself sick
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6 K" F( Y3 d- C6 O% r% L& Y4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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& ^6 X# Z- f, U1 ~& d* s; M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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Follow Suit

1 P6 ]9 J4 C+ ^( U; vMeaning: (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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3 p, j1 d$ N) J& k; i7 ?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
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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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

8 e( Y! q) O* M( o0 o  U3 h1 FYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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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>

. X2 j7 G( ]5 S* Z) [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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<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

+ q8 a* {% l4 E7 n( `; NMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

# b8 k1 O% ~& {0 S- {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
. i5 L( }4 r0 |" u! ~8 Y( \  "By the seat of one's pants"
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; {. T: b8 ?# @  e1 y7 r& q& J+ WMeaning: 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。

: K" {1 C7 l2 C( W% hTry 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.
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  G" I; b! G& }" Q- ?Check 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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1 Y; A" Y) A4 Q! S0 o" ?Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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: W! Y6 n1 o$ Q7 w) e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

) P3 p" x2 Y/ C3 `Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

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, q! U8 \( q1 j9 ?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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: G/ T& w5 |( F2 vI 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.