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BOFA

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

! Y5 {& r. I8 ^5 oStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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" s# j7 q; Y3 `; \) S  GExample: 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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" i* G6 \7 @/ E  [[ 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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; ?+ h' H  |" K0 UMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

0 v. S& W& H6 P6 G/ N2 X# rWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

$ _- F& B4 N7 `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
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, K& `. N% Q: B- }& ]2 j: |7 zMeaning: 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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0 s' T( b& S/ y  y. u4 vMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

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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0 a# d' U& D. f6 }/ H  r: 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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

  {" @9 X' ^2 ]3 k- ^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
8 \3 M; \, q4 H3 f    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
6 C& B# Y4 y; M9 @0 n7 p% {3 A7 m, v    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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: q5 o$ t2 b. [9 r- `2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

) u. t2 Q: Y- G/ d& c9 s4. Laugh yourself silly

# o: s7 N% T1 H; o2 N. w4 JItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

7 C6 M2 F) N7 N/ R  a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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8 J8 Y) J/ k2 ]8 X5 C; ZFollow Suit

1 n( U9 V# ^3 W4 g9 S6 FMeaning: (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)

7 n& |+ X) R9 `$ P0 xNow 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)

3 h5 V$ x) k" GNow 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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7 ^  t: e/ `' Z- k+ O/ L3 o) nSome more?
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5 Z/ c. b  M# YThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

( j! f  ?7 @8 Q) l, R* u+ \+ G: P* F! G3 uMeaning: 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。
$ z! d: n; M5 u+ w+ s3 e         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:

0 ]% j/ Q* I  N9 m) s/ j' E0 amakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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% Q  D3 X( F, l: Y% UIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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1 R. X& O/ s( ?$ A, `3 lbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
) p- i; H9 j: ^" |' M' g9 r  V1 H  "By the seat of one's pants"

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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/ P' J' M* ?0 x' \& sTry 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

/ J" o7 K* T8 E$ Z0 }9 D# ZVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

+ N+ V' u( W9 ]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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( s5 W3 u6 ]7 F7 G' f9 rMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

" }" f* X" l4 Q/ k$ z% J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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online 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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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' m- [, u3 b8 Z! U" jI 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.