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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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& k6 W6 Q6 S4 o' zStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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' q$ E# v3 e, Y) ?6 F. yExample: 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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9 r) D9 @2 v  B. I  m[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

4 u. X  E! F' u0 _4 A: C; K$ AMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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2 e2 p) |) c# f$ YExample: 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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# F' S  C9 F2 S: U/ D3 dMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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$ C* \6 E% B0 R; OMy 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

) H2 w* ~+ L! V- `, F  I5 LMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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6 {- ?) a2 [6 I. L* I6 rExample:
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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

/ Y/ O6 i- T" u, k$ J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
' _/ O+ w5 B3 L/ Q7 b    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
2 a6 M- B) U8 b9 O! U2 ^    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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7 u7 J: X+ I3 C0 Q3. Laugh yourself sick

, f2 z2 n. L) e4 S/ p- {% g& O( _- Q! T4. Laugh yourself silly
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4 o1 m5 X" `: g- d! gItem 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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

0 I' r) b" O+ k3 B9 k& X- 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)
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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

"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.

/ t0 m8 X- ?3 A  a- M& k- yYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?
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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

5 E6 {6 }. X7 T! H" HMeaning: 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。
" }2 g- o' S6 `, ]( }2 q, w         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>

) {) R1 a: v( c! V4 a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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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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1 A' {, e. c7 t5 u' y" a5 DIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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9 L% \  u4 [1 u3 @* r- Hbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
( ^+ n2 F; d7 T9 e  "By the seat of one's pants"

9 q/ V# N2 [3 g* N! G, H$ ?$ JMeaning: 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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4 O( p8 o* P, ~5 l2 o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.

) k+ Z' F8 W5 {1 J" @: A: Q( |& LMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
8 e* P4 n% Y/ F9 p# ib. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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7 Q* X3 [5 |; {6 \7 Y7 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.