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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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! }4 w- p9 t9 R! s8 e: kMeaning: 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.
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- x+ H+ A+ ]4 fI remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

( U, K/ a) h9 p1 y. ~& l2 x" {- aWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

- R% ?- N- l- ]Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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( E- w. ~; y, E9 W" CExample: 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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$ n6 Y3 G* k  C3 `7 ]2 \: |Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

; t+ }9 f7 z, AMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.


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+ T4 u: r" ?- d% QCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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( N4 ^: U% p* O) BMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

% `" g5 x5 W" ^- j+ J" l1 {Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

9 r4 z1 a! x* k/ p2 @" G( s$ _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.

  B( o( n* B& S+ I, G0 l1. Laugh up your sleeve
1 F: Q, D" x4 a/ x: A2 u    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

' e+ q( B4 @' R  b2. Laugh your head off
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2 q& n/ E4 t+ ^8 @  `1 G* W7 F  L3. Laugh yourself sick

9 f- ?# L: q6 o# p4. Laugh yourself silly

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( c' [9 n5 z- L. \. Q$ K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

) L  H/ x: z+ O3 C* JMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

) G0 L7 k, X" Y. x; r+ u' Q8 w"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
- `  J- ], ^& b% H6 CYou Have Me There

! |8 f' h) j$ m4 A4 E8 {"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)

3 R! Y) B. E' S1 WNow 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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Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

  r7 q# }4 h1 |2 Q. |2 O2 ]  b  R5 ?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。。
- G; _( j& [6 r: |        =when the situation is urgent.


, {& o, e, N+ T6 L  P% U<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:

makes 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.

, I  U+ v' j0 s9 hIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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7 o. [# x0 |1 a6 E8 wbut 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"
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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。

) L/ ^* m0 q3 O+ {7 ]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.
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4 L6 {( [# Q3 G! j( HCheck the dictionary and it means:

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

. u/ W  I$ e/ N! a3 ?+ [6 W5 Q' 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.

, N5 Y3 q7 Z3 I" w  H1 R( w4 g& QOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
0 P( n* `: p6 h& L1 kb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
5 Z; J, [6 G$ M8 u http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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+ V$ X, N6 G( R( Q- t8 r0 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.