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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. P% H& O0 |$ F% Y# sStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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7 y2 d* J$ \0 `7 I; _! R' t! |Example: 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.
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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
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

% `4 S/ W0 b# iExample:
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% R" W) f  }3 H0 p/ CWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

/ ?0 ~% Z) F8 F4 gMeaning: 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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$ ~( Y6 H" M! a+ |/ j( HMeaning: 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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吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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* D+ I& W9 ^) g  C5 z. e+ R6 cExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

# E6 ?  \8 J" G  d0 b! U# W6 uMeaning: 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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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.

! ?  E) n& [* P& t! g1. Laugh up your sleeve
! e3 [2 ^( d* A  V# Y0 B    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
6 X' Z/ N* H  Y2 i: R5 c% K    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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; d& R. A/ e9 n! }8 g) A3. Laugh yourself sick
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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....

! J4 e& w6 r' t( A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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/ Q1 v+ j% `( oFollow Suit
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Meaning: (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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! i% J" i, T- _6 q1 \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
% o0 Z! q/ }9 T- uYou Have Me There

9 ^9 s& j" E1 c"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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) i5 w2 {' k$ q* W2 w  ]2 wThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.


# r1 r8 B: v' s, u! H8 ?<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:
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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......."

* ?/ h! i* y. V. |& g2 D/ Kbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
% i) ]. t6 \' F5 H/ y  "By the seat of one's pants"
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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。

2 e1 s: w4 q3 N; j& c3 ~3 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.
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: r9 m# S4 m/ rCheck 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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. S0 g, |& V/ t5 S+ E6 K; nMeaning: 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
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) y7 z8 O% ?8 l2 ^" o) V0 dMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
9 d& G5 q( T* r5 k10. 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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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8 u5 `0 K% b0 y  c( Z* g' l  uI 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.