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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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5 l4 g. r( F) VStick-in-the-mud

  T# @' s- T0 D; MMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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8 R% \+ R: w, y+ D9 VExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

. v4 E) r( ~6 v) V, i" b, R7 c3 yI 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.

Example:

( `' g! O+ p4 S8 D) h' c+ L' tWhen 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.
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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

( W. z# d6 N5 t5 F9 w# c% YMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



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august99

The short end of the stick

' i4 v  U3 `* m- u, d* G( tMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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6 t: b* N/ [/ n3 A; jExample:
$ ]( B) C2 Q0 \; W" L. sI 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.

- m2 }5 E9 A% v# q1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
7 p4 G9 w# P& p( }    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

1 f' g3 d+ v) `+ B3 H3 ~* B' B3. Laugh yourself sick

- ^* M8 M2 Z0 M4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

7 \" D3 g2 n. Q8 ?) {) U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.

Follow Suit
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$ H. Y( v- H4 Y- _/ Z7 u& r8 KMeaning: (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
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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+ g3 ^: o2 x8 J8 o& cNow you make a sentence out of it.

5 w. i, w$ d4 m3 n2 f% @9 l& AYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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>

' y0 v& v' G' D( N* E; ~2 AMeaning: 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。
& Y1 c9 l0 o. _3 v$ ^* _         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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) }( Y# ]2 K# u; w<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

: A7 Q' ?! f) b1 {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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BOFA

Today's sharing is
( Q5 h4 X1 r  J: y/ Y* [9 O  "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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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.

4 `* c/ L8 l: X. A4 TCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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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( Q0 ^3 E/ P3 a9 T5 J0 CMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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  l; l: V% Q/ G2 Z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.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
0 ~+ ~3 A6 \* s- [, ib. 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.