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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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) k. O# U% Z. g' ^% e0 B1 n- AStick-in-the-mud

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.
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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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5 H) i- O9 S( o$ M2 K9 x# nMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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# K: o$ e( J. y$ @5 WExample:
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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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4 [1 T2 O) H5 `" @7 z8 dMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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* D7 U" z, e& U' cExample: 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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# D0 S: T8 V% E. [Meaning: 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

Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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/ Q' O5 V; m9 _6 s  A# aExample:
# K; n& T& x8 B8 l/ C5 k/ Y* C. _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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' z7 f* E0 r% N6 p" h+ ~7 ^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。
$ }7 y2 a" N" ], A: R6 P  B" TExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

5 e. t4 t, n* w; V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.

8 g2 a# _, G3 m1 }  d1. Laugh up your sleeve
6 f9 p2 C* g6 M0 Y# y6 s  C    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
4 N0 N: C9 K4 ~. \8 \0 j    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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: H" U! `4 ]# U) x" _" q2. Laugh your head off
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1 w/ q) o( H7 m2 O3. Laugh yourself sick
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8 ?3 x7 S* h+ i/ M2 X0 s4. 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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2 U; @! X5 z3 Y0 V& ^( J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.

/ J/ c& k* {' p8 R' t( y" @$ m# DFollow Suit
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4 |, T$ h, a( O+ eMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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- }; L0 h/ K+ Q! z6 g"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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2 ~# `$ y- s4 a) v) ANow 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
& h4 i! E3 H  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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6 _3 W% p/ n* ]1 j! [) i/ cYou really have me there, Bofa.
. k, F. Q; Q0 Y7 f" l8 \) ~8 JYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

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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2 @. F$ g+ L! ~) i* w% ^& eMeaning: 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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<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

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......."

/ b( h2 T7 Q9 u$ ~but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
& B* F6 c+ u, i8 q0 i5 }' z  "By the seat of one's pants"
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5 u, o- R9 C, f* q8 Y5 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。
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Try 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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0 S' U! Z- O' B% |Check 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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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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4 W  {# U. w3 {9 z: k7 w* ZMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
7 n. c+ |6 _: d$ r" I8 [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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- ~! H9 V7 S3 D; r& s. Z# [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.