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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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/ |" ^2 y9 z' ^' `! R4 q7 d) EStick-in-the-mud

1 c% z3 o% n/ c9 ?, C* gMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

4 _3 B8 Y! @3 G# E3 z& j+ }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.
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: M. ^2 Q; X5 a; n2 M. v$ L! k[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

, q" m; }' c5 B" Z/ {  _Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

- Q& G) Y9 G2 a+ O1 R8 VMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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6 W" e; u( P2 N) z& y0 v. [My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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% y( ~) B4 Z& QEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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。
! L3 ]/ ^+ V0 W6 J3 g0 y7 ]7 hExample: 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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
# S0 |8 D# n. I8 b3 |( R+ G    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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) C0 l; r# s7 L- D: y2. Laugh your head off
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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....

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

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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9 K* l. z/ K+ |9 T"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)

. @4 c9 ~/ F% ~+ ]0 QNow 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
5 g4 ]3 e/ J  Q8 Z' b0 w9 a; a/ oYou Have Me There
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6 u9 V* |% x0 A8 @" U. a' I"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.

( o4 z2 S8 O+ D1 ^/ O5 i2 eYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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' i1 s' D" E! {0 XSome more?
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Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

& h( }+ c% W8 _7 _' _& pMeaning: 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.


) w2 D$ x7 ^1 E$ V7 M( B" N+ X<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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

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9 q5 R* U, L( o6 w9 A0 o5 fIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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4 A% x- `7 S" ?- B! i2 _" Zbut 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"

% A% S2 G2 E+ _1 }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。
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8 U8 `$ }  L& ?- t& A% W; {# kTry 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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Check the dictionary and it means:
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- [6 E% [" D( ^  P" Z0 cVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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: o- }. L0 ]& B* p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.

. u2 G6 \/ k$ c  r* m+ J& WMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

7 y" F7 A0 `  D5 }( 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

) C) J  F! {( s; J0 ~$ JMeaning: 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.  
5 C- A7 S; s5 E# m1 a) gb. 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


% \. z6 l- J9 o! _' @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.