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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
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8 g8 H: O* x4 Z/ C5 B$ nMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

9 i+ O. B* O# ]Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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1 K7 ?, h0 t  O5 _& K! DI 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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Example:

: U, G9 M% P: S/ I) x' ]! C% ]6 kWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

* H- O' ]+ b4 e  g2 xMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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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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0 x- q6 A1 _6 S+ q, i6 d& N# dMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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. O, C3 i, @, wMy 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
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- G, c% B& S9 c. D: K. mMeaning:
吃亏
: w9 `3 X! F& [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
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' _, ~& l0 o8 p2 H! b' _) a6 FMeaning: 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.
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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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
4 ^; b) a& t& w5 |    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
' F% _$ U$ Y$ w/ ]    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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+ j9 C! m7 H' r5 s0 p- E2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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- S6 Q' _0 H3 Z4. Laugh yourself silly

3 U' Y9 b' ~7 b- q: s" K/ sItem 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.

( p9 P4 B9 X3 g+ f, a3 R; [Follow Suit
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# v  K! L+ v3 G- zMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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. X" p9 S' g: N, L) F1 k) 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)
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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
' K/ M+ \/ S) [' `' VYou Have Me There
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9 Y/ r$ C7 A- u3 A: J( F" g' }; a/ ^"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

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

' Q  k: W) Z$ H$ D! l6 i7 KThanks 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。
         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。。
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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

' ^% {6 v% E  S# b+ |+ KMhhh. 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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3 o$ R. P9 L' ]$ y* _0 ?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"

- \( _3 |4 Y4 Z8 P5 p. eMeaning: 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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:
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$ s) w9 E3 e) {Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

! B& p7 X# J6 E& `7 m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.

- o- S; T& L* o. @; ?Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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

# A: ^- N+ h* K" yMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

8 R& G, j- e% n8 M1 d6 J5 fOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
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.  
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.