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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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1 Q' K4 a. ]1 F+ iStick-in-the-mud

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.

I remember there is a song having such a line.
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8 L5 H/ U- ]1 E3 A1 \, C( }[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

  @) M- t7 Y! C$ {' z& pMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

. I- ?" R9 @& k% MWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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  I& f# Q6 ]6 ^$ rMeaning: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

5 X  Y- _0 A5 W) hMy 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
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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
# z) E' z! F2 X. T# L% KI 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。
* E3 p& p/ L$ R2 h* xExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

+ u4 Y9 U2 `) b5 U5 H4 T" _& h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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
1 W3 Z9 p5 z3 N: f9 X/ P    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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9 @. @; ?1 A0 K. B2. Laugh your head off
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$ g( y' |% F& u5 E8 {3 f- E7 S3. Laugh yourself sick

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.

Follow Suit
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# f+ v1 A, |( _" R! x5 HMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

"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
You Have Me There
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) [' R9 z, }6 m, R; 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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Now you make a sentence out of it.

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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some 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>

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>

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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# b4 E. ~( O9 n- t0 c+ Wmakes 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......."

$ x9 D% F3 E# m1 U  q* Q& Kbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
2 o2 h% M/ n' r$ C) h: H+ E& ]4 g  "By the seat of one's pants"

6 d# O" ^% k/ zMeaning: 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。

% f7 o+ F+ s4 _* `3 w! VTry 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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:
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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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+ O# q2 G) P# x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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# ^" \3 L/ y( Q' FMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
# I0 P7 {! [* I9 C# {6 X4 \' q$ h( r, cb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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; v, V) H! J5 e  f0 g6 QI 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.