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BOFA

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

; F7 L/ [! T( Z0 t5 f7 KStick-in-the-mud
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' X- S+ T" E+ j9 x" b* HMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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$ w0 i" g1 I$ ^4 b4 s# BExample: 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.
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& H$ l& q% w: r/ J( b. j- C# G[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

6 p/ a0 Z) c) U6 T3 P. t: H5 ^) JWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

9 ]1 K8 z0 x, S5 h3 g0 v2 m8 }Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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9 e0 z9 B: V& d3 WExample: 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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4 ]3 [. U# k6 r! b; H% w" U0 DMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.


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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
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7 I- ?: \$ a& ]. iEnglish: 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
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+ M) D, f2 z+ D/ o! z0 ZMeaning: 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。
% d" |1 F- Z) g! S/ I8 CExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

" ~( _+ e) ]) `5 o3 F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.

& f, |: S  I) Y1 v4 S$ S# t! D1. 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）

; h0 J6 u. j# g0 w  U" k2. Laugh your head off

. ?5 p& _+ w4 D3. Laugh yourself sick

  b& g; L4 Z' Y  a: [  U6 d5 O4. 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....

1 e+ D8 Q, R: H+ x3 l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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. e( l; F2 O0 uFollow Suit
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Meaning: (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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/ C( `; \7 a" V- sNow 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

5 P: p1 j/ Z+ v. ["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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+ r  _3 h1 P4 {* g4 p, lNow you make a sentence out of it.

# j, M$ C% I7 A- r3 sYou really have me there, Bofa.
( p) M9 h# O6 D# ^" _You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

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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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。
/ ^: A: Y9 p- l3 Z8 }         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。。
3 p: M! @, x5 z  j        =when the situation is urgent.

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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

2 [9 c  A* y; X' R7 n! [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

9 p3 H; V3 F" @( sMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

# z' Y$ d- s5 b3 T- T: lIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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1 g9 b' O9 f. r) Obut 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"

- o* D9 Z7 ^2 I$ Q5 nMeaning: 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。

! t7 L/ u5 C$ @4 C2 _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:

% C7 a" Y4 {& dVery 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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* }$ n: M% y& P5 ~/ G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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

& [, t1 D& K0 b- wOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
6 l* L: y; I$ @& G. w10. 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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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6 l! P/ M5 K* _7 {. kI 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.