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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

. S  ]7 |. Q4 R  AMeaning: 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.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

: `: U1 w1 U3 [- w4 x[ 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:
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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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. J, U/ y! y# }0 o8 K# NMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

9 r. N+ \3 q9 d  P2 SExample: 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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; Z7 t$ i) ^* t/ r; s1 JMeaning: 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

2 w9 k  b( ^7 N6 j, GMeaning:
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/ C6 P. S- v# |  mEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

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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。
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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.

2 O5 T3 P' B! y+ w0 z2 }1. Laugh up your sleeve
/ }- u+ {, E! C    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
( i" f2 |- T8 ^$ K; ], q; _/ x    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

3. Laugh yourself sick

& Z% K/ ?* \4 |) w4. 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....
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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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Follow Suit

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BOFA

You Have Me There
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' Z% |% l: g2 o! d) C8 ~- g/ F"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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。
" x7 G; h" G! ?9 E9 |7 h5 V         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。。
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! u8 g/ a. f0 r5 P" I! J6 E<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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

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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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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
! T% e2 W' M% E1 G, u( @  "By the seat of one's pants"

  _8 L" m- m8 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。
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) k% k" l5 t0 g3 s, \' kTry to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.
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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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. E8 W! ^) f5 g: e# H) nCheck the dictionary and it means:

( C  M0 C) V( |, F0 E, o# O( nVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

" V$ G% l/ m! K0 f7 i+ Y5 o; T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.

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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  \# H, K  K' f; oMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
8 R7 k$ |" O, c5 q9 u6 y10. 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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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.