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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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Example: 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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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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4 W0 Z. e0 s6 z/ C' @. b0 [6 w9 LExample:
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& p* E* E# W# o& p9 qWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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* M% x5 \+ }6 W: v7 C: xMeaning: 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

$ L* N1 }- E2 |$ M: IMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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; w( ?/ u# K) n3 l2 ?My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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1 K( W  U' B. X6 t5 HEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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9 f: L4 K7 D4 k; |1 a( \) Q' oExample:
8 J  I7 a" L& z( X6 q( [I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

" B5 H+ [, Y' g9 i' vMeaning: 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。
( S. A/ r1 y" F8 T6 SExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

* s/ m% B' K% @4 e2 j' }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
: b( g) y, w. v  O$ E    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
( _6 Z# T! O( Y0 O    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

4. Laugh yourself silly

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

9 {; l+ K5 R& C- e! d6 d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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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)

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
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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)

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!!

Some more?

3 C+ O; O1 n' L" G3 R/ bThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

# ~. g( p. O7 O5 o1 K7 G8 k9 e5 jMeaning: 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。
/ m! k& R. L2 t* T6 K7 `% X, w( f8 u         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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! K" W2 S- p  Z<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:
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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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5 F  z  E- a6 s2 f% q# vMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

" y( j+ l, h- K6 q% p% H" gIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

6 y5 D+ y/ i! A$ w4 ~* E$ ebut 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。

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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Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

5 `0 C) F  r9 I( N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.

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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1 N% \" J( P) X* ^Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
$ D9 P% K2 u) `4 E6 x/ J) S10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
% C/ b8 x2 [3 R) ~0 n" |$ ub. 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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" S# u" y5 b" j' VI 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.