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发表于 2008-7-27 19:48 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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Stick-in-the-mud6 i5 @% v1 ~# V

& u% W' r* R! {9 v2 NMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper$ @# z4 O& [4 k) I6 p* J5 v/ `5 i% Y

2 ]8 V: Y' i* c2 p* A2 L2 `3 c5 DExample: 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 ]
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-27 19:51 | 显示全部楼层
Pour out your soul
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1 o# q# Y0 J) q* R: ~Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.& ~- P# P- |4 X" Z9 _. G- Q

7 A' k. A4 p' ?; @6 c7 u) u; h, Z4 ^Example:1 S$ T$ I/ X( Y, t

7 |7 o9 s: [3 jWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-27 19:54 | 显示全部楼层
<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.% x- o% q4 x) E0 I3 c& O4 l6 U
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Example: When you build the fence, save the odds and ends to make toys.
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发表于 2008-7-27 21:30 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
you've got a major typo in the name of the thread
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发表于 2008-7-28 09:41 | 显示全部楼层
One-Track
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Meaning: 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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' N) ^4 Q6 W( m1 F- h( U7 JCopied from the original posting by BOFA
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发表于 2008-7-28 09:42 | 显示全部楼层

another opy

The short end of the stick
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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# Y9 t2 `3 H, G4 A* HExample:
9 K0 U& c2 w' `$ [% \5 q( HI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-28 20:28 | 显示全部楼层

Canadian Slang Sharing

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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。) B/ R+ f" F6 H' P" y
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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4 ~' H% C3 }, E6 M+ ^  q非常好的一个习惯表达法。我们以后要用噢。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-28 20:33 | 显示全部楼层

About how we laugh

This issue is about how we laugh.
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1. Laugh up your sleeve$ E; ~6 O1 z3 p, d3 A5 ?: h, j- A
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.. F9 H% Z( j9 R! d3 c% K
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧); W9 N% ^* J5 [* T, W9 F
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2. Laugh your head off
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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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1 h" `3 m1 B# J% z. x下次我们该知道如何说我笑破肚皮了。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-30 16:02 | 显示全部楼层

Follow Suit

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.; ^6 R3 ?% S- o* d. P, n; Z5 n. j
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-31 21:34 | 显示全部楼层

You 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.
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发表于 2008-7-31 22:01 | 显示全部楼层

yo

yo bofa, you are the man !!
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发表于 2008-8-1 09:04 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表 . V0 o& X4 y( R
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/ ?8 r. w) q9 ]8 K; w% t/ ~9 y$ Q"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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You got me.
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发表于 2008-8-1 09:04 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
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发表于 2008-8-1 10:24 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
GOOD!!9 u4 D3 M/ r1 U9 A! f- D  O2 t% D

' v( h! [, U" ]1 tSome more?; i0 n) `" w% _& [5 g. c

5 ?' w% x" i  o/ y% lThanks for sharing!!
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发表于 2008-8-1 11:15 | 显示全部楼层
goood, go on
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-3 11:23 | 显示全部楼层

Two new for today

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>. H& A- B) \; y# k; C; U
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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。' L' s/ ^  b6 D1 ^7 J
         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。。  \1 y# k9 c  S* m
        =when the situation is urgent.. O) n; }2 A. x3 W/ n. k
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<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
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发表于 2008-8-4 10:47 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
put english on the ball:
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makes the ball backspin in pool game
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-5 20:34 | 显示全部楼层

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......."% _8 o1 ^6 @) b
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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-6 21:18 | 显示全部楼层

By the seat of one's pants

Today's sharing is
' F. [3 ]" C4 w  "By the seat of one's pants"4 d6 _+ u3 B8 R

& h8 a2 l7 [" o( wMeaning:
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。) k% i# X( T) J# u# P
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Try to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-7 18:02 | 显示全部楼层

On the Edge of My Seat

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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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Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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/ I' m2 d; ^& ~" N我想下回我们催别人赶紧说的时候,可以用这个表达法了。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-7 18:05 | 显示全部楼层

What's Eating You?

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.9 T$ ^  P6 `& W4 A4 g& X
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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。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-9-3 11:31 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:! x6 j8 d9 g: ?0 ~5 |; u; s5 L/ \
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
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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.
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