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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

0 {; F* s* q7 p& D1 oMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

7 ^- P. j5 ?" T% g1 v8 ~I remember there is a song having such a line.

& B& ~* v+ Z% b7 U' G5 f4 {8 @# o[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

  a9 d: E+ Q' ?# n1 I- LMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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# F& Q  Q% l7 ?& M2 }When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

( _; G' Z$ ~( b% TMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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

; t/ p, J, {8 a0 n: z* n$ a' y" sMeaning: 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

Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

2 [% _3 h- S5 @" FExample:
5 u8 |$ V/ |  _/ P1 l" iI 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。
* ?) E! X% Q9 V) SExample: 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
9 z6 B4 B/ C$ R    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
5 F9 q" f$ m! G$ e3 s. m0 a$ `    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

: l7 w, p" v& [( q  t! U& s2. Laugh your head off
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+ F  V2 l$ x; t: _6 u3. Laugh yourself sick

4. 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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" L5 y$ r2 Z+ H8 z0 K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

" w- ~* o7 f3 s2 P* G# B: ~" X& DMeaning: (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)
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: \. s8 k: |7 b4 a' mNow 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
$ x) |% j. [, P  dYou Have Me There

2 [- d' h3 `( a6 F) m/ Y' G"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)

# _' ?+ _! {8 [" p4 QNow you make a sentence out of it.

; y0 a8 G+ p; |# v/ a6 j. VYou really have me there, Bofa.
* J8 }7 _9 l6 P% Y+ gYou 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。
         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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: y" B2 V5 y& S, n; ~5 f+ K6 L) C<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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0 k+ O1 n+ U2 i; XIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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- K% G' Q% v: cbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
- m( r8 }& L. t! J. s2 M' F; ?  "By the seat of one's pants"
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! K; q/ H. k: l8 t, |, OMeaning: 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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' e/ E# |9 t' m+ |9 ~3 {Check the dictionary and it means:
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) {0 G$ j' D: Y2 EVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

# |+ P9 \% t: U0 C5 @1 @3 b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?

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

* U4 `. O4 U3 v( [. A* p) BMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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  l7 u4 Y! @% }4 X  W* @; BOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
; o& q" G& B$ K6 \2 y7 _6 j: o10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
7 }0 [/ d  i3 U+ q+ h% qb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
2 ^0 n* `* }/ Z4 J5 Q http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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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.