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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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* l4 s) {* w( p6 y7 {" K6 S" D0 jStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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- Q! N9 X! @5 p- MExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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I remember there is a song having such a line.
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+ H' [& m( E; Y[ 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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, i" t; f/ J6 \Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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& d) O# K1 K- p- [) q# VMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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- n% c. h. A8 ]+ A4 pExample: 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

  j+ e# N- g' v, f2 Y  o1 `1 UMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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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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吃亏
0 o- F% _) F" _( iEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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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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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

! t. M! E5 Y. y* q' N2 Q. B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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

4 h& W5 S; r6 L+ g2. Laugh your head off

$ W4 ]! |, p3 k. C. R  {+ U) W3. Laugh yourself sick

; d/ A. @7 e' J+ Q1 h4. Laugh yourself silly

; k/ A5 f" N5 N- `3 IItem 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

. Y* F) \7 x: U* ?  C4 o7 EMeaning: (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)

2 U* g/ U- ^1 y5 UNow 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
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  D8 g6 I$ K3 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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Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

" B0 z2 Y8 o. Z, B% t4 gMeaning: 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.


<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:

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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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2 ]  @0 e2 }5 t* U. mIt 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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2 `  q0 |( C, S, ^. ]6 C  l" bTry 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:

# V4 ~- J0 O3 CVery 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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8 f7 C6 g8 @) `) R; \Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

9 `8 U0 L3 z0 M$ Q1 f# OOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
# e5 [* ]% t0 k: c7 w, r6 R10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
" K/ A  m' R" y$ I% _6 Zb. 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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$ ]; ?, C$ d! a: oI 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.