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BOFA

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

; p# f" S( Z( v: Z" W! u1 o) ?Stick-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.

5 `7 x% ^1 k: I8 }4 x: hI remember there is a song having such a line.
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! ?$ }4 [  \3 m' }0 B[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

+ J8 ~7 q7 A+ o  A! K$ q& U9 ^/ zMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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, Z) p/ _1 x0 Q3 J1 Z' BExample:

: E  U' d/ l' D) l1 pWhen 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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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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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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august99

The short end of the stick

# _; |+ D  M6 Q: yMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

* B3 A4 Z  M3 M9 WExample:
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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0 ]/ H  q( [" n* Z* |1 M% [2 pMeaning: 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。
( E9 p( p$ Q; ^  a! ]Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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5 t1 u. e1 f" b  y3 v0 y0 W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
- a/ i6 s, M, ?& O" ^5 D  I9 k4 W    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
- `& I5 _2 ]/ m/ ]1 q    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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4 l' e0 y0 n/ y& T8 i2 R, O, Z4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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

) S+ D' L4 a4 \# b! S9 yMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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; [' @. P0 t# f3 W0 a"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.

阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
4 N2 A+ i9 o7 m# }. @5 o& ]9 {% Q; lYou Have Me There

- |' G! [; X* u" `+ d  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)

7 s& j# {  `# o; Q/ j7 _% b& J2 rNow you make a sentence out of it.

. Y! }( l" I' c4 O$ kYou really have me there, Bofa.
" X, A' V  K3 y& cYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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  ^! _9 x# |6 [& f' [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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.
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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

湘沙古人

put english on the ball:

: v3 V- j: Z$ U8 Q0 Fmakes 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......."
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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"

$ [  P# P. P* x" y4 J: o# C. C7 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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Try 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.

' H+ v, M2 C* w! ~Check the dictionary and it means:
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1 S8 j# `/ {+ MVery 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.

2 B4 s1 z, T( y) ~' n, IMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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" g' U1 q( E, d  Z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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/ ^8 K) K# Z, a' oMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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$ b. d/ H9 N2 D% w& ]Online Dicationary explains as follows:
  q) l& o, N" l( \( B4 T2 C10. 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


( F. A4 t  q! O- _/ n* x# N3 `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.