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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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) g0 j( O; j9 k) h6 RStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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) h! N+ t  a/ q" YExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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* g: Z/ r! W! A9 Z* II remember there is a song having such a line.
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+ _1 \7 ~" p" t' A+ J[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

  H9 Q4 _3 O& i& GMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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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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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
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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
" j* F& F) _- _/ i: u8 cI 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。
* |' O$ f+ I3 BExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

' Q% @/ Q3 T9 ^) C% e+ U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.
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: p" a# g) e3 }" |/ ^; j3 }1. Laugh up your sleeve
/ b. n8 i/ a5 @7 n    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
3 J9 h0 Q( C& 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
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8 m0 ^8 E0 A# t- A. l/ S6 C4. Laugh yourself silly
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Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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4 u$ E* j, h# n" Y- Y* P" 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

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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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
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/ G6 w& K; e% m6 D9 I"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 X# X; }. Z1 d1 C. m- DYou 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.
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<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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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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$ m7 T2 i4 g  m$ T7 A- F, yMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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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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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"

1 B6 t3 x$ S4 fMeaning: 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。

$ N/ B9 J# }* `/ q, iTry 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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:

1 h! g) d$ K7 N. M# E0 w- p+ b* JVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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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BOFA

On the Mend
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, k# a1 t5 Q2 CMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
* m% a" U2 r; v; O# R1 A( x+ H1 _10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
b. 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.