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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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4 Y7 A' r, Y% VMeaning: 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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" W2 r# A( ?; k0 [4 T/ b- ?8 Z0 I; y0 RI remember there is a song having such a line.

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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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- ]. f! K: \  H8 W1 P. eWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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- s. E$ J: t" G6 u$ w( S) S3 HExample: 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

) B7 l; G% p' r; `- p  O, p9 {* L# PMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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0 E) d7 f9 S3 W& a) e0 G/ C* TEnglish: 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

& {* t  e' t+ r+ b# ?- A( B, ^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。
) b% e5 \, [4 r* ]  ^7 A# v$ x! h8 X/ ]Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

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.
) b9 O+ F/ G' [5 u2 n: x    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

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Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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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
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BOFA

You Have Me There
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6 E- e% I7 t) {# D8 ?"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
4 M& {0 p" O! ?  p9 `, J/ zYou Have Me There
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" ~7 [0 Z2 p3 W0 j8 J1 b' u& \"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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8 s9 u7 B+ A: Y! m4 SNow you make a sentence out of it.

) S7 h. g0 C  F" O3 L. VYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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Thanks for sharing!!

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。。
, p& |' U/ ~& \3 D" C2 Z* K& R/ `5 q        =when the situation is urgent.
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8 o( _: b  U  m6 B# [! `' }" L<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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; Z' B6 b2 n# `/ s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:
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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. 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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. q$ _7 z$ Y$ Y+ z# q# g" M# jbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
& G: p0 X3 ^  j9 |' }  "By the seat of one's pants"
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# Q. n$ _5 }, W* e( U6 J$ NMeaning: 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。

* l" ~  f9 E' ETry 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.

1 M: L  C( ^/ Y5 t) {; oCheck the dictionary and it means:

1 I( A0 o7 p* y- W; ]% {! zVery 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.
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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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; d3 H; M1 R% W. f2 B6 n1 F4 VMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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1 c. A2 M. c' qOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
7 h' ?% u  Q4 V) u) f* w% h7 }10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
9 L1 j, F7 U. Y9 \b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
$ W5 e" |1 h3 n3 N% ]' C& F: Z- H' M http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


( p! v. ~  o0 O* W4 r; q$ t* HI 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.