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BOFA

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

0 l& v4 L0 ^5 l9 AStick-in-the-mud
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4 Z' F* _6 Z9 eMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

; s2 b  T2 j2 @) eExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

* Q( E: q+ r" v) [* uI 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

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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5 H7 Q6 k) }2 a8 oExample:
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& N& c: w$ w/ v  I' Y' FWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

7 T$ h- X( O# pExample: 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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) w; }9 k% n# R% iMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



3 C; g6 i7 i4 ACopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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# B8 `) Z: C/ f& `) J* I- sMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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+ F- j% g4 `& Y+ o6 K, M: a! eExample:
. [2 W8 x+ A+ k9 F3 _9 gI 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。
+ Q# C3 K9 m% }& _Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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BOFA

This issue is about how we laugh.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
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    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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' E+ V# A& F9 a  i- \) R$ r9 P2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

  E; \) |4 m, D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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! O! p1 x& E" R, x8 Z/ s, a3 ^Follow Suit
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5 U+ M. l8 E; G' w- b, ^! ?Meaning: (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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6 [5 a3 ^2 c! u  A0 BNow 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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"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.

1 O7 \# t( P7 m$ PYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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4 @( W% J1 S8 [# A. v$ WSome more?

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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# l0 n% c& D4 z# L  a0 F9 LMeaning: 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>
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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

4 U0 {' M% i( u/ i$ jMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

' c' ]8 q- S- b% M1 l: iIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

6 o! p, I0 Q0 v8 C( I3 \# X3 ybut 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。
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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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Check the dictionary and it means:

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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Meaning: 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

: v% L6 q& B0 K1 B' J* iMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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( O# A4 _6 @  x6 w7 EOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
& K8 S& N. a( o5 A5 _b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
  {6 F6 I. |' Z$ H7 ~$ D$ z http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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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.