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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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4 f& Z: |# e: R( H: Q# \/ VStick-in-the-mud

; Y8 q# G* I" k0 k( f/ FMeaning: 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.

1 C& J2 b: T/ \7 y4 i& yI remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 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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When 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.
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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
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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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august99

The short end of the stick

' O8 l2 \4 o4 }! OMeaning:
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! G6 K9 H9 g. p0 AEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
/ _6 s; k1 M6 t! jI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

( z: z% l2 u0 P( z& w: t( ~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.

- m) ~) r) _6 W0 P' q2 k, n- P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.

. i+ A9 M. |: g! B9 p) n  J$ X1. Laugh up your sleeve
; K) h+ o/ o( g/ ?% X    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
6 A* ?6 Q# s. j1 Q8 r8 y0 o    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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: E) ~5 \, o  E# N' [& q. N# {) C; @2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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; {; M" {6 K  E6 F5 L- c- `4. Laugh yourself silly

  C* K+ c# N( o+ L# c# m$ CItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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( L1 Z  m5 \2 Q( Y6 h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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5 F0 |$ T' e% S  {Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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8 J2 W2 }( f3 j( U7 b5 P* o7 I"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
3 ]6 G- ?6 Y2 N* B' r7 }& nYou 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)

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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& y% I- d  M' p) U2 j4 TSome more?
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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。
* O/ X/ l# h- s$ J/ m) A4 ~# o         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.


<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:

" F/ k  l, l6 D) q. p  y# y& a% Emakes the ball backspin in pool game

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
( R9 G) Y# m6 r5 Q4 ]  "By the seat of one's pants"
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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。

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.
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0 I3 Y! L+ z( {, z, }" iCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very 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.
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" _2 t* S5 h$ iMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

: E+ w2 j9 C' Y) I$ n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

% i3 }0 E$ f7 i7 D4 KMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

( y* j9 Q6 L: b& V+ m4 [# ]- ^Online Dicationary explains as follows:
; I% y0 y# R" v$ z" ?8 Q, k1 ?% F! ^10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
3 m9 \+ ^  M, a) P) s5 Y, I) e& Eb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
5 p3 s) h2 c5 b0 } http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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1 j- X$ \) E5 E: l/ h  Y6 o; |  SI 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.