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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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, r* g' ~- {& S* |. T5 K, f! EExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I 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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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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& i2 p, e' ^4 LWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

+ H5 Z' y8 f; p6 @Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

& i0 |$ m$ P' R! [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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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

: w# |3 p$ |# t/ DMy 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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Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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+ c2 w4 K4 y/ i5 _; ]Example:
6 N3 L( y' u6 {1 r5 q7 C: _, UI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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。
/ f) M; [. `4 h$ }& w/ ?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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* }: H! X  H. X5 A) S% Q: u1. Laugh up your sleeve
4 t. g1 D2 w0 d/ F8 t* U7 M    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

7 V2 ]7 e2 [! @/ }% }" k2. Laugh your head off

$ x& a# w. L) b4 t, X8 Z' b. K3. Laugh yourself sick

4 }, U# J9 V. T) o7 S2 i6 t4. Laugh yourself silly
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( J9 q2 H$ a- w" r$ }. eItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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  L, L& i, s  [4 N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.
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$ X2 H" ]# F0 H: V% `  W0 QFollow 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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2 Y- W2 ]# o1 e: v: Z"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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5 q- O3 N. \% u! X; o; sNow 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.

. I4 N* G9 F$ {) W- WYou 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>

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。
: f' u1 B' s2 z! _* l         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。。
# _1 I! U# w" X6 d" c% ?$ G        =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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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:

0 {; I5 ^# u: D1 |$ C& Zmakes 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......."

6 ^& p8 Z' c& g) [: k8 r* T+ ibut 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"

/ Z- w/ e! m6 z& ]* S6 b: FMeaning: 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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2 x! ^2 s6 S. U: qCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very 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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
& ^6 L6 q% m& s- ~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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2 e0 V9 z$ l2 `' x  i; |: P1 {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.