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BOFA

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

( i  v7 L9 R6 M* j$ cStick-in-the-mud
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  c$ [: e; n' _8 H& p' nMeaning: 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.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

9 O3 E; B6 |' J, Q) o4 A5 mMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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4 @/ U1 z% }* a! v& W1 S# w1 FExample:

# a5 L9 u( i" E7 y' [( A0 h: ?When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

( V7 v0 V( m) {* r4 `; w" 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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& a/ m( Y1 U8 ]7 _; z  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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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$ Y, O3 D* d, ?, D7 Z6 x2 rExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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。
5 P/ Z- w/ g% w' {; H  i' h* U: e) LExample: 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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
9 q+ z4 Z4 \3 m% h' I    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
. a* V5 q* o/ q  g3 l    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. Laugh yourself sick

! k3 X5 V% {2 v. [0 R9 e4. Laugh yourself silly

7 D) f/ h; E1 s! m1 tItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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; l; L+ O2 p+ i) X: S8 S: g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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7 @) j7 [3 I$ K" ^  @# K+ _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

- v7 m' K5 K9 b/ @"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

"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.

4 i1 @: L/ C! a4 d) M, ^) SYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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7 F; \4 K/ g+ O( XSome more?
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/ I  D: M3 K/ oThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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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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2 ~: d! ]4 c. c- `0 w<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

7 ]8 ^' A, X7 w9 g- C. \6 c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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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

. H0 z; [6 T" Ibut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
4 J7 K, I4 N" A, F  "By the seat of one's pants"

5 V% z4 G( s0 T4 oMeaning: 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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5 Y$ K! [) ]! B6 X4 FTry 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.

( i6 [& B/ d; ^Check the dictionary and it means:
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0 g% ], Z) {9 |' \  m+ X7 kVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

2 E! k. o7 {) \  P1 z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?
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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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
8 G' x1 J. w* h- q3 q1 D* R" h10. 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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  y; u/ B: {- [3 d8 P2 CI 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.