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BOFA

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

( A$ t4 k- j4 M! N) hStick-in-the-mud
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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.
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6 _9 G1 i  Q4 r  {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

' m- M/ A) }  LMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

- A, I- Q' T' y2 T" o/ U5 l8 t0 W; NExample:
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7 `! ]$ l2 r1 o/ A3 O9 eWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

( g# Z1 L% ?  R& f0 T( d. Q( NMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

; F; m* ~- D6 V9 Z- oExample: 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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6 [( B0 s; \4 t. \$ x; e: VCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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; A# }8 J9 x  w1 rMeaning:
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1 O( @0 F" Y1 k8 @& j7 dEnglish: 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
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: C% j+ ^( I5 a' D# B& p# EMeaning: 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.

; j: \* e3 {# R0 [# {- m4 K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.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. 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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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.

2 o) S$ H( X2 r) ]( A7 g4 }Follow Suit
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8 {: i$ U- X6 g. ?1 k( a8 t& \1 ]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)

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
0 ^$ L3 J( w9 t' A! K+ h$ oYou Have Me There
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  @2 o8 p& O$ V' 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)
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Now you make a sentence out of it.

! ]% S" Y' r* S: A" X7 v) yYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?
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9 Y# l9 x4 I, H8 |Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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) M' Q; ~/ L: p! g: e: F% |4 p, zMeaning: 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>

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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:
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3 C7 V. [" n% C# v) [makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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2 ~5 F- \( J0 d  h& wIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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$ f! {* ~: T: v( H' v  z6 |- Nbut 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"

7 Y7 c# [) \5 y6 |% {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.

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:

# w' ]4 Y7 {* T  h+ wVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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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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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: }5 k2 J6 N- bMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

. ^  R' Z  a& dOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
& j- i6 h3 A) i) bb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
3 k  R$ x3 e* z. `; ? 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.