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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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, [$ E) b* V) z6 Q/ r% UStick-in-the-mud
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0 F8 V: N$ \' T# I5 IMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

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

& ?5 }) H" X6 N% FI remember there is a song having such a line.

" Q; o; Y! K- l. U[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

" I* _' C# h8 o3 J) z# uMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

: y& R5 @- U( ]9 oExample:
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- [3 _) r) j# y+ M$ Z) J- t) yWhen 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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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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+ ?7 k, l; ], g9 M$ KMy 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

Meaning:
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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

# o5 I. `3 `5 N; C0 Q! zMeaning: 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。
% c% D! H2 ^- G4 r. l  QExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

% a% v, o9 y9 X7 c7 i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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
& Y4 ~: Z3 \$ U7 s, P' B9 |, r3 V+ L    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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0 y/ w. C3 `1 n/ ~5 Z3. Laugh yourself sick

! x% I& B" x2 T& J" G5 q4. 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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. e- g& f! \) }. h' L7 ?, M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

. C8 G% h" A2 q: o- y+ j: dMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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.

阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
4 V7 b+ q! ?. E* rYou Have Me There
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, f- H. [  C# x"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.
You got me.

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>

2 S6 _8 t# C6 H2 Y* ^" e) lMeaning: 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。。
# d- N4 G* b4 D        =when the situation is urgent.

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<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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: i" ?3 P4 e" j3 Z6 m5 C- vIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

+ A4 h! [9 |0 q# I" Gbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"

" M, S5 c8 ^- g' s3 t0 g: HMeaning: 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。

; }  O# [4 S" u2 [' p$ L) \Try 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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2 ?- k7 B+ Z* ], q3 }Very 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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4 q: y7 n/ f6 E0 g! E; kMeaning: 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

) g1 O9 n# H$ U, V, Q) B" ?Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
% i7 p. Q5 Q+ D, 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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


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.