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BOFA

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

, H, w, _, x* E$ l9 u7 c$ U3 eStick-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.

  ?, X$ c6 V9 q* a/ P4 P[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

! [+ \9 Q; S: hMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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6 \  s/ W2 a6 e: n" @6 o9 eExample:

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.

6 F9 m8 a1 z' L8 eExample: 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

& |/ o7 a1 @$ j+ VMeaning: 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

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

Example:
, B" I' T& ~6 o" l( ~7 iI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

, D* H: f0 }- r, m6 V$ `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。
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.
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1 ^/ x* N* n4 a/ M9 x1. Laugh up your sleeve
! ^+ U1 N9 P+ L# K5 B  D    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 ~+ K* O3 T0 f. m1 C3 X7 c2. Laugh your head off
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! W9 a+ G1 y% n3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly
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8 \3 a- c+ ?* t  Q; R) CItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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4 ^# N% O; ]. D6 ?; m4 d: E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.

% W* B4 ]. i  c, U2 {! aFollow Suit
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, y  }4 ]! o) H2 i6 h8 eMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

; P# L; A" G* A% o! ~"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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4 N: u# C- z6 q8 \" o8 R- _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
You Have Me There
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8 z1 F% e+ A& `$ A"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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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 R0 B+ ]0 n" H3 k/ |) a) yMeaning: 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:

# d$ t, t$ `  Q7 Y' {- K$ c" C$ `makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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# i- c- P6 w- ]/ z$ V+ `$ MMhhh. 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
6 J2 E* M0 h/ J6 G  "By the seat of one's pants"
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8 m9 E! [( x7 w6 g" S0 E* ]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.

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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! b: A1 [. g0 W* ]Very 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.

* H+ T. l* Z% ~. }8 KMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

0 W2 E( O4 }: R% Q( }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:
; C6 E; }; R, k- \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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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.