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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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0 Z+ u- D5 g( z* }Stick-in-the-mud
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9 l* C* e, t7 r) m, G. f. w* |Meaning: 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.

( v+ ]4 `' X  l: iI remember there is a song having such a line.

$ z/ Z4 K& r3 L+ o. s8 q+ C[ 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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3 O2 f. j4 E  \  hMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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When 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.

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

6 b" x: H7 q% P; I- XMeaning: 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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Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

% t7 R) j5 |3 [' x% rExample:
* x* ^+ b2 @- u& n& `  T# I! eI 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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. u6 E7 G# w3 v! aMeaning: 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.

7 w3 r* w/ `5 h" }9 l' v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.

+ D0 I8 m4 Z) k- G+ W: a1. Laugh up your sleeve
) [' r9 c6 v' v* U    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2 }* B% D5 k) [1 b3 t  v2. Laugh your head off

$ E$ U! M! \& r, F. t1 t3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. 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....

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
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; l/ B% {2 \2 {; AMeaning: (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
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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
9 B- t: U& B7 Q( B: yYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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- J5 D) x2 B4 J8 v6 N' |& MSome more?
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+ Z* ]; U; {( W" K/ C5 r% XThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

7 t) Y" m* K. h' q2 s0 c' fMeaning: 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.

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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:
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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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8 Z  ?3 k' v" ~& fMhhh. 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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* ^4 \2 b8 x5 ?& x) rMeaning: 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。

9 ~; t# f( ]7 o5 i& X- XTry 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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2 G+ s; K0 e9 \# H' ~7 F- ^Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

. i/ Z0 _" N. ]! a5 l7 w4 h% u4 W/ H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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7 M* s% q' ~5 N! `$ ^% TMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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+ L6 l& h( `+ N10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
/ Z# q: l6 p; L' S; Q& ^b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
. M! i+ o1 m. b" C: N http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


& A6 M; [9 m, ^0 y4 ^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.