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BOFA

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

; l$ M0 [( A7 [; f+ k- k" h. e6 WStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

$ A' E4 T& f; N[ 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.

4 O! b5 B+ C7 r7 _# S" uExample:
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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.
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' ?' q; U! @# H8 k6 V, DExample: 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

: M8 W* G3 v1 f0 h0 g  @+ TMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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. B2 R9 \8 C2 x1 X* jMy 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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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
7 n9 y' Y) ?0 |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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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4 h* B% V0 [& j6 @- Z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
$ d' \# A# }- L" g3 T5 @; |    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

/ a4 P5 V6 }" _) M( w2 X2. Laugh your head off
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6 z4 b; |! y$ }3. Laugh yourself sick
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+ ]2 \2 |2 _( t6 A2 v4. Laugh yourself silly

" K+ u+ `8 s& m( \% o5 G* E% G' Z7 ?Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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; h4 v  _5 j7 f( b& F3 c2 \7 ~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

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

/ C0 O" s3 w) H  s( I9 u8 r"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)

; V$ T& U7 q; N( s& v4 j  M/ eNow 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
( ^% z" ]  l* x* BYou Have Me There
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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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Now you make a sentence out of it.

6 o- T. d4 q3 U( f6 b: V5 @You really have me there, Bofa.
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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>

; O! s3 v2 Y, l# i0 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。
% \7 u# s- s$ G: H         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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; K$ s" {2 H0 s$ A<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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:

* ?( _1 L5 h9 {  \  F9 @1 zmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

( n) t: i7 z+ i' r# [  C0 N, zIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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BOFA

Today's sharing is
) c1 O& {8 T5 m. B7 n5 i+ E  "By the seat of one's pants"

  n9 b* m5 h6 H7 zMeaning: 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。

& P# J$ z' \6 p9 x+ ~3 L! xTry 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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6 s; S; `7 m- o4 L0 P. \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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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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1 E+ z+ i8 A/ X# Y$ }. OOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
; z7 U4 i. r3 f: ]  I1 a- e+ nb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
% k2 M  u3 L5 Z: K" A http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


' @, z) h- W6 j' M1 ~" g3 `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.