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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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8 V& r) s/ A2 \5 S3 }  iMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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$ E$ F/ _& @% ?Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

$ \% d! U0 J% l$ }I remember there is a song having such a line.
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, e1 d7 L6 N2 j) T7 W[ 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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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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8 D+ m; M" X. D, {3 lMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

9 k& D7 `& U( s% {( x8 T8 VExample: 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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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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吃亏
( s2 g/ m' J' r4 A, g9 N0 t  aEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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& F' I% y9 x3 i/ U8 o; V2 ^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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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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.

4 H1 O( r3 a5 w! B# S8 z4 A5 }0 c* x1. 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

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4. Laugh yourself silly

" |- y% G; Z. e8 xItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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6 p) b# r; `( y1 s$ }  Y: p; Z8 @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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"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
You Have Me There
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# v8 ~1 ]4 y( V, z9 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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

/ ?" _2 T+ g9 ^3 g3 ^7 x" x# }) rYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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。
         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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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

$ G8 i/ d0 L0 o/ iMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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& K/ E) W- O- j# r, hIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

( ]% b, e3 N+ s* nbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
7 a; R7 _/ K6 I5 w$ j$ Y! m9 N  "By the seat of one's pants"
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" W- s. H, q' ]0 ~2 `7 bMeaning: 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。

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:
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4 u; o# r" d0 L7 [+ H7 y, mVery 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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" n% F: m* J6 X* R' zMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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7 T( s: W5 W. d' d& f1 m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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' S5 Q/ C" X, N1 GMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
: v" A' {0 s2 M1 I10. 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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' [$ Y0 D' a9 w# jI 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.