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BOFA

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

& I8 j$ F/ y4 CMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

( f$ p8 H! h2 \( h& _+ B[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

3 A! C- `2 I: I+ q$ t  \/ N: @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.
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0 d& Y) t& `8 m. g3 k0 }& 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

* Z4 A4 O, p6 ?  C& f; RMeaning: 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

5 _' w, P9 I# X; ^: PMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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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8 _4 k2 ?6 S* u  ]" i, cMeaning: 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.
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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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4 K4 c# H( l  u3 B8 C3 U" q7 t8 z1. Laugh up your sleeve
6 v- Y& I+ Y- G1 X8 @    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
7 Y1 m; {( K' e) Y( l1 n    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2. Laugh your head off
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3 ?$ I1 e6 \* q7 g+ p3. Laugh yourself sick
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: p4 d2 t% e1 P8 y6 O4. 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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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.

9 ~+ r2 |( }- A: ?2 ?Follow Suit

8 k! ^1 L) ]; Q  i& S- k7 F7 TMeaning: (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)

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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

& {9 M) S! I2 e+ I"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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- _9 W8 F  ^+ i& x* s! U! uNow you make a sentence out of it.

; F, O5 |# P# u9 J6 f  t4 `6 o1 H+ O4 @You really have me there, Bofa.
: F9 \  c1 x# q) x6 ]8 P, L$ t. YYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

' `6 ]' t! l' [+ x# W2 ^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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.

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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

. g2 B  O. L: U2 b/ uIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

2 X; F4 F. D0 Rbut 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"

- w+ ]+ P. m5 F# G7 g9 r  g  S+ _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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* e4 a5 c3 }2 l& C% V# ]9 A! e& ITry 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.

" t6 E% \! H2 p# CCheck the dictionary and it means:
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0 [3 ~7 B" N7 \8 [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?

7 U  i: Q* p* b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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

) P7 P2 t3 T% \5 s) o# {Online Dicationary explains as follows:
0 ?, x3 w' S+ e4 Y10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
9 Z8 r# J2 J5 e" ^  i6 Ib. 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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9 f, M- J' k, x' g! a. `: }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.