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BOFA

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

2 n5 f: Z# q# i9 e4 r  QMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: 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.

[ 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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7 I2 ~  e- H: z0 ZMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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+ ^) s/ T5 k$ F/ |. q1 Y! xExample:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

' H: c; L  D, N& rMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

" n! B. {* k/ g7 b( EExample: 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

( w2 C6 R3 [% A& G; Q! MMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

8 B( ]" W" a6 m4 z. l5 ^- VMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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8 A5 W8 e) d1 ~5 l6 i( tCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
8 q9 N3 t& ^% t6 }3 L' ]7 EI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

! ~$ a% n/ V6 b# M, 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。
( t2 \& i6 ^9 d1 H! q* q  y* O$ \" ~Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

/ Y5 u2 N: k: G( Z/ p8 C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.

, X$ @& M* G9 L/ g0 Y( i1. Laugh up your sleeve
( p+ u8 V3 I! }2 {    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
7 }0 N* v) X+ n    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
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3 ~( N: E# k: ]0 ^. e  a+ Q5 Z5 i3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

8 `& N: Z7 S6 M; sItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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  O6 u& o! a+ l8 X/ k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.

! [+ V- w: x( T( x) DFollow Suit
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# B8 U! s5 d* J; G% U! O; X% LMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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$ u; b& e$ M3 R0 `8 i9 t"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)

" x2 \5 Y5 c$ U) Q+ ?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

"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.

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You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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+ a1 h# z# Y& U$ X+ l% j; |  G5 `Some more?
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# r2 e% t; V$ Z! ~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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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。
, E5 f! ~2 |* }& q  ~4 r, `* E+ |         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.


<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

. G) a5 E# L" i& ?5 }" BMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

3 S0 h, q$ n* Q) d+ pIt 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
- Q  J2 b( Q/ Z, E- m  "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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: P0 g7 q- r  Z. ]- R5 A+ 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.
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" K8 I3 Y. i1 Y" j2 ?! E9 uCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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?
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( b4 r, Q6 h% W( O- h3 v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

0 c/ A) s$ `0 |. [/ S$ hMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

7 K  g( x: y% l# g1 fOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
) z0 j, r: _' _8 J6 Z* M; K& ub. 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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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.