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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

9 V: Z8 g$ n! }$ c3 m7 ]2 n0 U! \Example: 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.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

+ p$ r5 U/ \( i9 l. q/ F0 |Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

$ f! J7 X2 x7 I$ f( pExample:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

$ j/ t, q0 s0 `5 }( h0 i  `Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

/ P, i# ^6 N. Z3 @% a  \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

+ c2 c" ]6 U. \% ]! M5 K& y. XMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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7 G/ A6 x! i& w" v3 lCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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0 Q1 }  Z" r) Q- o9 K, ?5 J! R3 ^3 ~Meaning:
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6 n! a# @% _/ V6 {English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

1 \/ j7 Y0 q. v# ~Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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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+ t3 J6 V% v1 g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.
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! S4 X- A2 j# ~9 x: ^; w6 F5 a1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
, c7 ~, X1 s+ E+ ~3 o3 P& c" {    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
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3. Laugh yourself sick

' r+ `2 d* M& V7 Z4. Laugh yourself silly

! p1 \0 W2 a; {% TItem 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
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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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3 b6 L& X4 a" J( V"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)

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
) g. a/ Q0 b9 J0 ?' k# LYou 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.

8 c& g: [/ e9 t4 g+ ?# d' x, M* jYou really have me there, Bofa.
5 Y7 X. n2 S- A5 I. HYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

9 p, ~! ]) R- J7 r- l/ V' lSome more?
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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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' [1 @) r. h1 Q& S& D  V. X6 kMeaning: 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。
. J9 J1 U2 n) o8 ~2 e1 w: c         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。。
- G+ k, X6 \8 H! O        =when the situation is urgent.


/ \3 u8 ?# R- j8 `. t8 X<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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4 ]3 b( G; q4 B, w* M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:
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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......."
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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& {9 _/ W5 R2 s8 }Meaning: 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。

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.

, n/ I9 ]' J5 A2 p! ?9 H7 F: W8 RCheck the dictionary and it means:

4 z+ Z$ v; d8 D5 `& ?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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: G' \- ]0 E" Q! @7 c' ~& ZMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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! x+ B1 ?1 H; E7 C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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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
3 A1 s# Q' U# k' q1 p* B& G10. 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
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9 h5 t8 d7 |5 }% J- }6 p7 MI 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.