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BOFA

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

; `# V0 A/ y$ P0 B, b) gStick-in-the-mud
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( ?& q7 a: x3 t  |# D0 U! fMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

: T1 b, c* [. r8 y' eExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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# l4 m4 F7 ]3 d  K. ^I remember there is a song having such a line.

8 X1 s* ~% [8 o* Q[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

$ S% M. b" a3 \1 |8 _- y6 YMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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  ]# A3 G/ b7 H0 Y) R8 q9 O! p% PExample:
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; [. ^" I* H4 M+ ]. p6 B" ^When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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# Q# F- W& I7 j4 lMeaning: 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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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3 A7 h7 Z1 _! d8 m9 ~; Z3 iEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

7 u& ]7 c) f2 r8 }3 W% ^* sExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

0 [* g4 `' L" y1 cMeaning: 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。
5 `) R. Q: {; l- ^2 h8 s- L. QExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

6 B/ z7 w& ^# P' Q2 L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
) \; L8 j! u: d/ W- l4 ^    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
* T8 c1 q/ n; B+ \    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

; j4 ^' H+ ]/ w& L4. Laugh yourself silly
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$ s( D. r" Y- D# kItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

, t0 j" H- z  |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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6 p5 L( M$ A5 J9 a; J0 cFollow Suit
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( ^6 i+ x9 e, r+ W$ p  K( s) v: }Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You 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.

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

& Z! [3 M! N) s9 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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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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>
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8 u: B) V+ |9 w7 [5 |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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.


- Q! L5 R8 O6 G9 x0 ]<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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7 A4 p1 ]/ }/ ^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.
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7 d( B5 S& u' z4 t5 S+ uIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

2 t" H+ j6 N% E- n4 kbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
* N- e7 K5 _/ h3 N1 R5 O- L- ^  "By the seat of one's pants"

  c, x" V7 \: g" ]/ DMeaning: 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。

$ T9 q8 ]9 e6 P. a: E& PTry 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.

$ G* Q* ~3 L3 j. DCheck the dictionary and it means:

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

& z$ _3 O; }5 h. G' B) ?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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6 t% O& F/ A: QMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

( M- U3 i* ]  M( `2 ], ^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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
& {, x: @, E$ i5 b* K; a/ g) i10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
, U' r3 s( e) ub. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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) C) K: V; Y2 u9 ~5 C; C7 EI 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.