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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

Meaning: 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

( a6 l* P! s0 ?/ Z; ^: G" CMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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0 M" ?- m9 U8 [8 f1 s5 GWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

9 G. W7 D' W- J9 ^9 D  E9 nMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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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3 d' Q" R6 Q; vMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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6 F& @; A% w! z  CEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

3 M9 s/ n* x) M2 `6 ^Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

/ A! \+ p4 l3 Y& N3 MMeaning: 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.

4 y0 S' _3 I: y1 g2 K# [6 c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.

+ z/ M! G9 a/ @- }1. Laugh up your sleeve
7 V& B  `1 f, \/ p- s% Z6 @    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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! N0 V2 f3 I; `9 M/ \4 ^3 U. v2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

9 w: u- j4 i) i: n4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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" z0 I; o& ?! C" l- T" ?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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! c" K. N, {& c7 R# oFollow Suit
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2 y% D% p+ {  U! `Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

# w: f  u" T' w: Y"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)

6 m" L6 g7 D! u: J. P5 h# F0 }% MNow 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
- ^. V4 X9 j0 u# x7 n7 s: [! |+ GYou 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)

+ R4 V7 t5 m1 d4 p- L/ T$ MNow 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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5 ]( ~4 ?4 e: @/ ~6 fSome 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>

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。。
4 }0 O3 X' a2 @; b" S( S        =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:

* V0 z/ Y4 R5 ]0 R0 Y) \& r! emakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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( G1 a& W; R/ [! `$ AMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

8 R5 n" P/ A) kIt 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"

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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:
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0 A3 {+ C7 K9 `/ d  NVery 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.

; g& R, [$ H" M* o/ bMeaning: 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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2 o6 y: ?6 B! G* f" ^Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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) l, U+ c# n2 [( MOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
' Y; n' n3 K$ J- Vb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
7 B& S, e) M* y+ X" @( D% M" O http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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9 j1 l" B* z: ^1 V' F0 a. pI 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.