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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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. k! w3 f, _  `5 y& LStick-in-the-mud

) {$ J2 l' Q6 }  m% N% MMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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( h! ?& y( U( a* E+ T' QExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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3 o7 Y  k+ ^0 s1 }$ Q6 BI remember there is a song having such a line.

# w+ Z7 {, N6 E# R[ 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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! @# L9 ?  \0 oWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

. u7 }2 o! I6 v5 `0 ZMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

3 T( Q  d" D  uExample: 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

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

Meaning:
吃亏
9 ?- g9 C( W& tEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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) K  Z) I+ D. A- {  WI 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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" m4 b$ a: b7 B6 c( {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。
; [9 M( J" t! N& q) a& j3 Q, m5 A4 @Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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( z: ^# ^3 r6 W) a  h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
4 K% A2 @  K8 y% n( G7 q  |    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
$ Y# p/ O, I0 D% }6 t    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

* D% R9 ^4 e! j) k! D( N4. Laugh yourself silly
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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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+ P1 P' ~( @3 ]6 }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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, Y5 [  x, r& e4 Y& [  ^  v2 MFollow Suit
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0 B$ f: }0 a; ^) X0 D3 E; ]Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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$ G  t! i- Y: i, S"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)

% w) o* Y2 Z# c9 hNow 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
9 f6 ~( P1 x0 \; n+ eYou 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.

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You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

6 ^+ w8 {6 y5 V) k7 n+ xThanks 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。。
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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
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# z' {: u7 Z9 o" _' [) R: R. eMhhh. 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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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"
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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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Try 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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9 W2 M2 t) ^- u. X- h4 _Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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, K9 u8 W8 \% Q- J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?
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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
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% p7 r  W/ H6 q: RMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

. f( d6 u5 h3 }/ b4 {2 zOnline 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.  
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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.