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BOFA

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

" K3 ]  G8 v' [/ ?" E1 m9 @Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

* D! w. v* ]: T% u# kExample: 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.

+ L. I& T8 `3 D! r7 \3 s[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

; W2 c; m" k6 T1 Y: D& _Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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$ A+ Q( p. T6 ^# m" p  F, i: _Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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, b( P( v* X7 ?* ?  Q; sMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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

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
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* H$ B" q4 v1 `, N# a2 `+ cMeaning:
吃亏
' u9 B4 Y3 p. Z1 O( h$ e8 rEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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' T# z) K3 [; HExample:
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。
* I# n; [, Y2 }' VExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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- l2 N0 ?. U& T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
- \' l9 l# C0 e8 c    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
7 p% Q( z( T/ O/ j: ~    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

) m& U" i# e8 D0 u2. Laugh your head off

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. }. k) @1 S% G1 }7 k- Z; b4. Laugh yourself silly
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; }4 x7 H6 |* O; A9 FItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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

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)

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
; ]6 d- C" c' u% k/ u& R% 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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

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GOOD!!

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

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。
         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。。
0 N  I! O4 a  p        =when the situation is urgent.

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6 ~6 B) Y- ~! n& Q# x7 C<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

3 t; H9 h2 x; }& ~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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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) `" u4 p' U3 i: V5 ZMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

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BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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( b+ n: s2 e8 |" r0 BMeaning: 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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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:
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+ s: k. o. I  `8 b" EVery 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?

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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6 ^* h# z& }; Z8 B- l, o- Q5 pMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

9 [- a" N. [: i( ~& d. S, f' EOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
5 y4 f1 A1 h- e) u9 M) _10. 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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% E  c' C% l! Y% ?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.