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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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Stick-in-the-mud
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2 v& N' I. y7 u% ?0 zMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

% @: n" o9 ]( M& @  V; u. YI remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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, {# s6 q! v4 t4 \# d4 _Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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: e! ~/ _; d+ Y  @4 Z6 gExample:
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: Y$ g9 W3 v; {  u( K+ Y3 `3 OWhen 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.

) h9 K7 J. p" f* j$ E( ~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
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  w* r% P; Z8 _" `Meaning: 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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* A+ T9 K* n8 LMeaning:
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English: 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

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。
1 M, X2 p7 j" X: oExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

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
$ A) y! ]5 W4 J. [    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
$ f4 u3 B4 K8 F: x1 _+ y0 b    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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9 C( o$ J( Y" Q% U  V+ c  \2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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* O6 F7 g, t2 x8 Z9 _( C4. 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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( L) |' g# R" Y3 D, w- d) 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.

Follow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

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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

"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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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>

7 j, A9 S7 C  s, q0 s' bMeaning: 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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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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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

% K  y0 N+ W& z3 z& v( }/ O- m4 z* XIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

5 @1 ^! K; Y7 J; S3 T) mbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
# U/ V/ k. {8 X, I7 M  "By the seat of one's pants"

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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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% w% y! P6 R6 ^1 N6 c, j0 WVery 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.

' G* Y$ ^/ w! k  T6 [9 k% XMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

/ z- N6 R/ t$ E3 U0 @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.
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2 s3 V, s7 O( lb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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5 s  c2 t( {* |& Y7 d5 fI 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.