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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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- {9 n5 A% J; H, PStick-in-the-mud
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+ ]  G2 L4 g) P* C$ T; H3 f& S) 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.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

" x4 ^" J  E& k3 z- E3 t) WMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

( B: q3 C) x3 lExample:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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9 u# n! k( Z( XMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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- i% Q( A8 Y9 M* }8 W7 CExample: 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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3 t' c! G) o& e; u2 O; F1 AMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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0 _; T$ Z- Z, M% gMy 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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  A# N  K- m* ~Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
4 B4 S( `% z+ |7 ^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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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。
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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) d/ k5 A6 x" ^1 o1. Laugh up your sleeve
3 S0 I7 Z: U9 D, K( ^    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

3. Laugh yourself sick
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- O+ _# ?' k# t/ T' N4. 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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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
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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)
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3 r( A' o0 A4 ^  R! S! wNow 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

"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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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>

. e1 u( \/ R- i0 Y8 j1 IMeaning: 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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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:

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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: g8 \8 t4 Z  _( p# K7 A3 \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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; Y( b1 S' z5 n$ xbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
4 K6 D6 a) z4 y6 U% T  "By the seat of one's pants"

+ ~# h( a6 G2 J" O! F. R3 H( sMeaning: 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。

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.
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; e' @( T- D; Z% B4 ?Check the dictionary and it means:

- i1 K: T, V3 JVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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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?

; a4 O4 E) @; d) r2 v. v# M4 P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.
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! D3 T! i, m7 {10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
) u, N& V: X- q/ V! R" {. y2 Mb. 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.