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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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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

9 N/ r( j$ \3 t- U7 C" cExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I 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

$ r" N1 d! t7 R" MMeaning: 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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2 W9 n: y8 a* B, c. I% F$ M# {Meaning: 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
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8 I; e0 r7 A2 K1 dMeaning: 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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Meaning:
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* i) l! q' c; {4 [' [English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
2 c7 d0 g' ?8 H. z# OI 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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! j0 E7 O. F. d) r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.
: R# }6 }! U- }4 F% z    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

. s" Y* c4 X* ~4 R7 b9 A. e2. Laugh your head off

. J5 }, }  Q4 _: M3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly
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7 e. B/ @: Z* o$ }  |Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

( a" a' u+ V/ Z+ d  P& w5 R* 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.

8 C( G9 m" u. AFollow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

  D, a% h" V4 A9 i$ ]+ N"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
9 c+ [2 o3 k6 m8 N% yYou 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)

0 L; S5 R/ C/ n( C  ~1 ?Now you make a sentence out of it.

9 n- I% ]  w/ \& o2 t8 \: KYou really have me there, Bofa.
9 }: q, y4 Y- m' A0 \) lYou 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>

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。
/ F# m2 x# m9 l5 G         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。。
3 G- Y  Y  n- H7 h        =when the situation is urgent.

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* v/ |9 @0 c+ q& f<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:

3 ?2 G& p- B% a$ {5 Cmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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+ v; P- ^6 c2 C9 ?& E# iMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

$ K, V- D" J" K* q# z6 v- M+ _# IIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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+ G, d6 Z7 Q6 j, r5 O! B1 {( O# Xbut 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"

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。
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" c; d: q3 j' h( u+ A! mTry 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:

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.

9 u2 x$ t+ E2 mMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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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! X6 H# V- V8 o$ L& D' y+ x6 N+ zMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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3 w- z8 w6 u% M% rOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
$ B% S8 j& l! w+ K# {$ y! b10. 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

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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.