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BOFA

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

6 ^  f# Y' E4 n$ c9 dStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

; K- I' Q# ~: _" R; R  s& eExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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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
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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( ~4 u* W1 w0 n# {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

* h  i8 T! ]; w- vMeaning: 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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3 f7 U7 m$ C4 I* WCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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  k3 ~' X7 L& v% SMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

! w$ a/ [- c2 r7 z6 g4 |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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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。
; `. T% ^: B9 l" F0 N: M$ F& bExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

5 A# J( U9 u. S# o( 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.

# j$ D, k  T5 t1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
6 c+ {6 O  Z! {! Z; w4 j& 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

$ h6 u+ E1 ^6 P. V* ]; B3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

8 m, ~% B6 |$ z. NItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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% X: R( l2 Z' X- }2 R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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8 ?! @% t$ ~0 r; MFollow Suit

! n2 u1 E# Y0 R0 _1 ZMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

"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
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.

  Q6 }& f$ t5 a9 i7 zYou really have me there, Bofa.
) }: o6 I: k5 C" q% ~, CYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

" @( K- }! W# G7 Q& k4 u3 vMeaning: 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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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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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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+ T0 k4 d& [' b8 K, a: p# U& {$ g! bbut 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。

4 ~7 A  g' h1 W+ s# _! OTry 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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7 U4 |" }* s, k% u+ y/ e9 O8 XCheck the dictionary and it means:

* U4 R& K" `8 p0 O5 v8 |) MVery 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.

. k* i# _1 O! Y: b# l& [Meaning: 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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
" k2 X- O% U/ h% D10. 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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+ Q7 q. Q- L# O, ]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.