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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 j! C( J5 h; X! I+ dStick-in-the-mud
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1 D* _- m" W) v3 V' p3 ^* r- Y/ UMeaning: 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.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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! C4 y* S' P% U* _7 _* qExample:
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5 ~& S3 f7 D  c1 `When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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% B( X6 n5 Z; A9 K! vMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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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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1 R  T+ j( a0 ]6 m/ D& f* Z! d: l+ RMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

6 u8 z, j8 P9 q8 T% f% d5 ^1 ?: y  JMy 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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: \' h( {0 }& C. m, LEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
* k% R) }! p- Q' I4 h" ?7 k; rI 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 _6 q& s/ s% W3 ]8 yMeaning: 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.

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
6 T& `% d' Y# p$ o+ B0 V8 z8 S    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    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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& i/ S8 @2 J! x8 f6 Q0 ^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....

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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5 k+ `# X9 C  u* z/ U5 yMeaning: (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.

% B7 z8 Q8 f. a9 V  A( RYou really have me there, Bofa.
4 M. U  @% P# j+ B5 E# HYou 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>

% W3 Y6 d0 Y6 t+ Z5 R9 [% @: q/ EMeaning: 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。
+ ^' U9 J9 \9 |0 R( ^3 C- 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:

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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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2 Q1 b, n& k# Q" F  W5 m$ C+ P4 OIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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BOFA

Today's sharing is
, f5 i1 Z  w( B6 T  "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。

3 \' m2 a& I( i/ a  j8 {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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

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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$ h7 Z% c( \& T9 A- q' G, Q5 {Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

% N# L. v/ l7 G. K* t5 ^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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" H! b9 [, K. D* d* G# S1 FMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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6 L; b3 }% @+ g1 N8 M  M; JOnline 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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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.