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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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- l  `+ O: V' e9 w& ]% M8 oStick-in-the-mud

6 B) W% y5 a- b" W- x5 i, b2 ZMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

" s/ r4 O1 [' W( {Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

3 C. G5 Z! i+ O' p; j2 r: L" n7 U; VI remember there is a song having such a line.
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- Z5 {8 p8 G& m3 @* ~[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

) u) ?/ F6 C* c# v$ oWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

5 k2 s. M. ]# ?1 D- bMeaning: 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

Meaning: 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

7 ]) `% O0 w  h3 ]4 r$ r: f$ l2 q' [Meaning:
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4 @% u9 A' _2 R: K8 z/ WEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

( t. o/ j) q9 x  e: m  B: S- H7 \1 NMeaning: 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。
# X4 V, c0 |" E, SExample: 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.

# V& K% ^2 ]7 ^9 _$ h8 F1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
# u& U8 }2 e+ Z& N. }    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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% K  i& F- i; W7 ^8 \4 O  c$ c2. Laugh your head off
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/ ?9 ^0 v5 o7 T9 m2 P& K3. Laugh yourself sick

  ?. `8 b2 g% h4 U- x: k4. Laugh yourself silly
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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

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

7 i- S" t6 \7 d' p9 m& |% M"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
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4 c7 M& S. l! v1 `  |! o"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.

; }1 Y4 q% b$ m4 O' L0 LYou 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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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。。
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8 i$ b( X4 h5 A# ]0 a& h/ ]<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:

/ v/ x9 Y  Y2 D8 T4 y+ Zmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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8 m3 f' J! E0 R7 J& CMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

" ~$ E3 W: n: N+ n; R# MIt 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"

5 g; r8 x3 B/ ], ^% M, K- f; mMeaning: 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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# d0 p. b  g: o/ ^: BTry 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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

* m8 Y; y& A/ N$ G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?

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:
2 x: Q" A6 `3 P' J10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
3 s% d5 E& t  I' t2 ab. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
7 k3 |0 z" R" U, Q 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.