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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
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. m8 l/ w9 H" uExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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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

8 r9 g* y) @3 d* X% O" ~Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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When 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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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

0 H9 M, d& b3 {: L+ P% D1 `( @Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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0 O2 N# O+ S4 C: L+ O& `My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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& W3 s0 C, k% \1 G. [Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

8 x2 [0 c) t) Y3 T9 ^) G8 a! dMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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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3 F" Z1 W, f4 t: S4 Q" A) EMeaning: 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。
. d' `( `- j$ Z: [5 b0 iExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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6 p% T2 q- z: _" P) ^; E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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& g8 \7 I7 r6 w1. Laugh up your sleeve
6 D' B! ^2 o% }7 y' F    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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2. Laugh your head off
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3. 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....
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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

+ _; c) U/ t1 }3 Q8 ?Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

0 b  z# ?1 V" ]5 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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
3 @- v! _2 q: Z; F# A, FYou Have Me There

( j- b2 X8 R7 ^8 M2 J"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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) W7 C. T% A5 f3 u6 TNow you make a sentence out of it.

) ]: x1 V$ {- r4 c( U9 BYou really have me there, Bofa.
' v7 S# H" n* r6 x( W# U2 CYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

  J8 N' x* a6 x; K, B  J1 hMeaning: 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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% n) m! {5 o* }: s% e<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

/ y$ e' S  M, ?" [$ P! g( v$ R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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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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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......."

+ {9 |- t, O; u1 s' l0 sbut 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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% E7 X3 o3 p9 p% SMeaning: 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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9 m+ h3 L1 Z$ DTry 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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5 k4 e. e. l  U) v4 k( zCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

, d1 a: K5 ~  [3 |/ i" y1 a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.

) P4 y* f5 U9 E" l. T8 P+ u7 EMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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% q2 K* ?7 R7 t0 @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.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
7 {" x; O: o- N2 S  y0 E& z8 G7 B10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
2 \- k1 p' ]' w6 }' G; o' Yb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
% _/ [' K9 V9 B) T8 a http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


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.