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BOFA

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

: o1 ?& j! M. v, c: P7 i0 Y, tStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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- a' X4 l1 e( W9 }) B4 g# k, O- iI remember there is a song having such a line.
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8 G. E; U4 i9 b- ~" B[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

' Y) j- ], m& D  lMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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0 X6 o0 u+ w6 U( h( P3 v5 TExample:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

' U8 U* a- F+ X9 V6 a7 W1 k# ]Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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' @" t# H1 X8 `+ S" b  B& v4 k, aExample: 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

7 U$ m7 w$ f$ N# b; T: TMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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$ N" Y% H. P2 T+ H2 T  |9 PMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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( T3 n! q* C+ {. ~& CCopied from the original posting by BOFA

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:
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.

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.

: Z$ q& e$ v7 N: J6 A+ D6 |' f1. Laugh up your sleeve
% X- M6 x! P8 o9 B    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
- ?0 g. l+ h7 b  v2 }" `/ u    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

3. 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....

6 b# T1 H6 V% U+ S7 n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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9 v2 R* _& J/ E( ?0 P8 dFollow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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- a6 J, w. F0 h6 ^) L' y"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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' S% I5 U9 J7 V. [3 x* b, ONow 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
- B! E% e5 u2 ?- mYou Have Me There
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' e4 \) z! t' s4 n"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You 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>
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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。
         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:

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......."

5 x, \# P7 M) lbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
) m( ]5 D+ t3 m: E2 A* {  "By the seat of one's pants"
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8 N3 P8 ]2 K. r5 o! M8 UMeaning: 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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4 z& F7 @! v3 e1 xTry to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.

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

0 e# ~6 b$ C" q- G1 u9 [: y" x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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9 I! t, o- x/ s# f" v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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& ?- B3 o" C" c" }3 Z3 ZMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
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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1 j8 l- s* q' bI 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.