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BOFA

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

0 ?- C$ z% ^4 [% m0 j& XStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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7 k5 u: v% c; X+ Y6 j: iExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

2 O4 }: a: e* D3 A4 A5 f. nI 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
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5 M7 r4 z9 Y7 D7 GMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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0 k* G: |/ H) @( Z. h! p/ XExample:

& r# X! ]- K, N: G+ R5 A# |When 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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  x/ w" O5 u/ G; gExample: 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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2 e- S* X/ e7 x- h/ A! IMeaning: 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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* g8 R: _8 M; d: Q6 ICopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

& a: z; ?. ]2 m# K# Q2 `5 zMeaning:
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! G) _  }* ^! e6 [/ {: gEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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.

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.

8 \4 G, k  h. b5 P0 i$ A1. Laugh up your sleeve
+ a' r4 z7 L. d( x7 f9 s    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
. V  ]2 H, {4 Z1 [! U    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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, t# _" n& ]' e2. Laugh your head off
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# x$ ]& j2 |: V7 t' s1 K0 r$ i6 z3. Laugh yourself sick
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. d# T) b; s9 X7 \5 q, e+ q& j( c% ?$ X$ r4. Laugh yourself silly

' C+ D; F; e6 x; iItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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

- d+ e5 }+ `+ v& D7 u- MMeaning: (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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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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"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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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。。
" v% z( Q9 D1 }        =when the situation is urgent.

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<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
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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% I# f: R' s3 r# }# j# \. ZIt 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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* P$ z1 X/ g, `0 ]8 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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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.

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

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BOFA

On the Mend

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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9 t. K1 F) C  G# F6 D) ~) V! dOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
# V8 r5 a+ d, S# }& Hb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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! u" N6 m3 j" ]) k& L" vI 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.