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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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6 \5 S0 u8 j. Y7 VStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

/ w  A% v2 M, 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.

- ^1 \+ E4 X$ d: w[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

8 T6 p) t6 c6 {, x% `Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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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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" X7 I% L2 B# X1 ]. e! YMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

  @% f+ B) M- }7 g+ NExample: 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

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

# L+ w2 Q( r+ a0 |! ~Meaning:
吃亏
0 T- b' Z( R8 gEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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. v" D, B# t$ Y% dExample:
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.

* D# h+ c; p. \* E: B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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7 U$ e9 g% @- d& d  c1. Laugh up your sleeve
0 L- u5 I3 A4 ^1 S( X/ X    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. 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....

: ], z( D: L0 s* }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
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" L2 a' g( Z. ~  x* }7 D"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
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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some 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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  a( ?& `6 \5 _- E8 ^& S6 S5 NMeaning: 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。。
4 d7 r0 R7 i2 x) r: _  j        =when the situation is urgent.

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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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

# j* F* B! B$ u; a/ f9 j6 Z$ wMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

' B4 y$ r2 V' S" J( 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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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
& T% a* z: Z0 E* r2 r: }  "By the seat of one's pants"

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。

2 v# E# x) e+ j' }4 s! BTry 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:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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2 V! K) B; Y; ?" g' X' p, C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?

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.  
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4 \5 h. w* |5 n9 D) L! |! Y, |5 }; W5 h http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


6 j4 z0 p3 C5 AI 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.