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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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' w! w2 i& @) u* {- q: LStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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6 C2 S+ G& I  p2 f2 XExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

+ ^: S/ W* T, G# C& C" ]. {8 uI remember there is a song having such a line.

% v/ o- l4 u" Y" L[ 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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Example:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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# u, J& F% j1 O/ w3 xMeaning: 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
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. \" ^+ Q& w- ~6 |( I! lMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

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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, w: M& t) |. ~, E  D3 J  b( S6 T* L" ~' SEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

2 M8 |: N* m8 z* d; M( 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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6 ?& Q2 |. K1 Q* C1 OMeaning: 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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BOFA

This issue is about how we laugh.

0 Q7 v& G: _, ^+ E& V1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
6 o1 K4 C( A  ~    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

3. Laugh yourself sick

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6 o' ^0 Z2 d& J' j0 w  _# [$ K: h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.

' N) q3 q4 L8 D2 _0 _# v4 ?Follow Suit

6 y) e4 C0 s* i" ^* m. lMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

( Z1 M* y, b$ Z2 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)

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)
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. c5 {6 E1 S2 YNow you make a sentence out of it.

' ?: _  Q( p5 q% hYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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>

  w: E8 a8 M: n8 E5 ?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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: h( F$ e8 {: @' Q. @) @* X<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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4 M1 p) X3 g) g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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! S' w) }( A# v$ Z0 W- n  y. G6 _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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but 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"

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。

( c, i. G) k3 p$ A& }' w$ ITry 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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. s+ w7 ~& z0 Y( fVery 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?
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2 z9 A8 h7 g/ J9 X/ ~- B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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
8 |1 w8 r5 Q) E+ K10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
7 h: ?6 {0 G( z" Z- 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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I 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.