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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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. ], D! `$ h9 J" V; vMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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: s' s% r" B; [- s3 ]0 PExample: 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 p  R. c4 j+ l" h3 O[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

: _8 }6 C8 Y5 Q$ m( R6 H$ J. r0 dMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

2 P" d' g4 p2 X. G) V. J1 k2 O: IExample:

' j# U1 V2 I6 B: y5 v$ V; k- P4 B$ JWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

: ~6 ~8 B. ?4 mMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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% e/ @% {% {+ p' e) E* `( {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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+ z1 n3 ?: Y8 j' Y6 ^' E8 q* tMeaning: 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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august99

The short end of the stick

, Q) E* G9 N& a# K: yMeaning:
, d" C# }2 Y* l% K3 k% L0 A2 E吃亏
* Z0 z! v8 ?1 L3 FEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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7 e' Z0 G( o' n3 |3 F2 ]: lExample:
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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. w7 W6 ], y* H0 Q5 J1 W# n' QMeaning: 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。
8 F. o6 N  J2 Q; u( aExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

5 }; W: W. Y, E1 y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.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

! o) ]3 F# v. l; L0 A5 D6 G2. Laugh your head off
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9 [, y5 |8 W% [9 U( h1 C3 }$ w4 k8 p3. Laugh yourself sick
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! i6 k7 n+ b$ n0 {- R7 E( R4. 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....

& n7 v7 B9 y$ E1 ~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

: N0 I. t/ V& b$ p$ @Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

& F1 ?. J4 p( u% B, E$ ?) ^( |; B"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 W0 a& u/ a) n+ [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
* e; `" g& s) T4 M) K" J. v1 o. MYou 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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" o. _3 N. Q6 zNow you make a sentence out of it.

4 L' y0 q4 x9 J" S6 F2 e8 _8 DYou really have me there, Bofa.
! l4 M. l% y! B7 W0 r& p. A1 UYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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* R/ n+ V2 }8 J2 _' V. c$ {Some more?
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0 l* d" {/ s, M3 R- A1 vThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

( A8 A) U% ?6 gMeaning: 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.
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<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:

' v( c5 G9 D; X- Qmakes 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.

9 d0 @6 ?2 V4 }8 w5 eIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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* c' O) v1 p2 M, z; i) vbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
9 p7 `0 |. p, ^, F  "By the seat of one's pants"

  L, ^0 s# {% E: C, ]# `6 IMeaning: 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

& }1 v3 k0 J0 ~, P; I; |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?

; ?7 U# ~$ p; L7 O' }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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4 f% J& y/ Q* K- Q* ]Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
2 q* {. v6 M2 H; d( e5 bb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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7 a0 A# \. [6 l/ U& fI 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.