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

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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I remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 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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; j1 H' u; O) Z* l% q% O1 B" Z( Y" _Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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# ^& Q* P- E: s+ K4 M! QWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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' \* K2 c8 u' `4 nMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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4 \( e: X& u7 l/ f5 ^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

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:
吃亏
& U0 |! U$ ]- hEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
6 @0 A2 ?6 o# o% A' U3 J2 }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。
& ?3 S" A9 L7 y5 c1 \% X/ B: 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.

( V) z% l) m7 [4 n/ L- t1. Laugh up your sleeve
$ p7 P, i$ D1 ], g7 w  D8 K/ `, _    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    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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3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly
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7 @$ n- {* C4 \& f. w9 q" ^/ j, MItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

' `0 _1 ]# p7 |: }* ^8 l6 A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.

Follow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

3 [( \# k- e6 {# ]* H; |/ _5 k, ?"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
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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Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some 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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  y: I0 R% O5 `! IMeaning: 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。。
        =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:

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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

3 p7 g  A5 W  O' [2 p3 TMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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7 M, h0 D0 t8 p, u; OIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

  c: \& H  r% @  P/ b# b5 abut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
/ u6 \3 l* Z+ ^9 E; v  "By the seat of one's pants"
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& I$ k+ J+ {, q4 h# QMeaning: 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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6 G5 {, b* q: j* NTry 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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Check the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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7 N3 H, p& N' s* M+ L0 u, t6 O$ a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?
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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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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/ }' J+ a/ s% B+ X. W2 ^Online Dicationary explains as follows:
* ]0 D. }" Y' 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.