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BOFA

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

" T; T# B4 J& C2 C8 f: TStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

" V/ A8 Q9 _7 v3 v9 @! d6 tExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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9 f/ n* _, U3 f/ l* ^) w, E5 dI remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul

! n9 L4 @& J1 C- W0 \Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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! P; k5 [8 n) Y1 b  k& I- g: UExample:
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0 w7 Y+ k+ T8 }% bWhen 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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/ @& Q5 E2 n2 fMy 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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7 O; J& }8 c8 B: {( lMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

/ w' ]5 y4 j5 m( dExample:
) b  e7 {: R) C* ~2 m& x8 y% YI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

+ i8 C8 v2 I- L' cMeaning: 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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) ~/ ]+ x& @# I6 F7 B8 j+ n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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
3 \7 y3 a# V, A5 P4 a$ O4 W8 Y6 }: v  H. R    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

/ K3 S$ Y9 k' S# Z% X; m' X5 ~3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

( G( y  k8 _: @# P0 k9 x! l; E* bItem 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.

Follow Suit

4 s9 m/ H# x0 ]' J) H9 p+ @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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2 J, F2 N  |5 O. z: |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
; D. S5 \7 U! b1 _! y+ x0 o1 QYou 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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Now you make a sentence out of it.

  ~3 ^8 v* _- P2 q3 HYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

% Y1 @" H" Q" o" \Some more?
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2 G! e+ Z7 c1 L2 C. ~0 y$ C6 dThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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1 N7 k/ G, c: J2 k$ o# Y* UMeaning: 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.


, @# h" `3 N) e2 G<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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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4 K6 k2 h  o  }  `- f6 ]0 H  nmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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- D/ c, Y& v4 I( z  V( \" aMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

3 n* H# {) m' ]( \! ?It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

! D1 ^- `6 y) X# B" r1 Q% e$ hbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
# k+ ^3 h3 s0 h3 R, b& v5 r  "By the seat of one's pants"
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) H9 t3 L5 ~5 t! E3 r. tMeaning: 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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) G- y0 i: c6 o8 c+ s  p) Y8 ~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.

6 R$ a0 w9 W3 ~; V) {1 q' z- DCheck the dictionary and it means:
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1 E$ P, ~5 X) W3 mVery 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.

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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
# k! d# a, ?% U& H" Ib. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
2 M# I5 M9 y3 X% ]; J9 T9 r5 l6 } http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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8 W, c- O' b% _, x; {( iI 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.