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BOFA

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

% |9 x9 p/ q; ?+ IStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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2 A  |* R+ o5 H7 R3 v6 w4 a2 {" `I 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.
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Example:
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! w: Z6 }) V5 [1 J5 {. S5 WWhen 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.

$ O$ \7 ^/ G  L  y0 _9 fExample: 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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- w$ g% q# E  DMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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My 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

2 u2 C2 G7 ]- v, _8 S/ G' ^. F* i+ [Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

8 P( v6 I, c+ J4 b. Y* _1 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。
9 }7 G# V' j3 d* p7 V% SExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

; y3 r) e* Q* {. Q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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
/ _; {( f2 G/ r4 V    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
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4 Z1 j- [8 [5 I9 {' }) b" M4. 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.
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Follow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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9 \/ l6 q7 H+ X  z"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
& o& W2 z5 s* nYou 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)

$ s- B( h8 a& g5 ENow you make a sentence out of it.

, W, P1 w8 F# T$ o/ i+ tYou really have me there, Bofa.
! c( \0 w5 U+ t4 I# eYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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9 N) c9 \5 D8 j, C) _3 ]! ]' J  C1 cThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

" y" j: j4 O+ k- S8 R# A8 H. uMeaning: 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。。
' P( S6 u. d3 V8 p$ D" C- m        =when the situation is urgent.


/ F1 W5 {! Y# e) a* E  d  ]3 K<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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% a' H5 X$ {, P( C: d) s/ m& r& ^2 ]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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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

4 q1 n$ C/ x& N' j1 |/ u" ^2 t1 JIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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but 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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! S" V, b0 N9 l/ ?7 s- s$ u& k: ?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。

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.

& \; {  V; s- n: Q( l* {" J. [Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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5 X4 h+ o$ C* {# T: j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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

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

# P0 w6 f5 w) _7 M) XMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
! u) ]& K" p! |/ f0 }# x3 i7 d10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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1 T$ o( i/ R- j( 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.