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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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; C8 a& d& o5 ^  y+ zStick-in-the-mud
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. T0 r7 j# R5 [( F$ SMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

  z5 f& }  s; m* f+ e( tExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

% ?5 D7 A" B- n7 c. [I remember there is a song having such a line.

1 L8 V3 N4 ]* E5 u* C[ 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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7 x4 K, I% u* i/ R( AMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

# Q( v" h' |7 o: m  q4 y7 hWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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+ P+ q% q. }! l, L  ^' V/ u7 TMeaning: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

! D1 V0 ?+ l6 X3 HMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



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august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
吃亏
0 q  e+ L0 Y9 F5 \1 hEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
7 J" a% r, y. }8 c( @' iI 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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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。
$ e: f2 |+ l* u2 F/ _# fExample: 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
: G& M) @& o7 m+ T" t    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
' S, y) ?& {: W8 O, Y- D9 `    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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% G$ M, G  W1 S0 }- _% G3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly
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' D9 {7 p2 e  ?* m9 ~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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, ]  n1 Y, Y! H% T1 L: R) x$ AFollow Suit
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2 G0 J7 \3 U8 G3 F; S+ AMeaning: (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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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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9 |' E; j. }& D7 I, w"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)

$ `  k# V2 x' z  ?3 u$ Z# q. k! ENow you make a sentence out of it.

; g7 e# L6 Y5 j$ ]* W' b, FYou really have me there, Bofa.
; W' u4 Q% p7 @0 mYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

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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9 l5 H& c( ~% o1 @7 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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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......."
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but 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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4 r7 Z, p9 q/ t: c  e& N7 I6 [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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Try 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.

( {7 o1 S; q* D) q5 u/ ~4 iCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

  w% i4 I) f; Q' @0 W4 |  m' 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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

: i. D6 J# S: d9 L3 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
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* S, \5 U- n, g# @4 TMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
! O+ u! v9 G, M) R3 h: gb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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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.