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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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1 w& d" X3 Q, qMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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0 c. ^$ w+ y) kExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

( p" t7 D. L0 ^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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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

/ n+ @' p; W7 `$ @, u$ BMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

: B3 }* o$ c7 W$ c0 {) W- PExample: 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

# A* }. e0 v' X* g2 GMy 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
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% t# r- Z- Y# ]Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

3 }1 b* T9 t- ~7 b$ c' qExample:
5 y) k. h$ p! Q1 J1 |) |I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

# n( g( J$ K# p" j, ~/ _. |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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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.

" n1 h' v8 j0 F9 v* A+ V& ]2 h1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2. Laugh your head off

' s- o, T& }3 g8 K- s, p( U3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly
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4 y4 _& I& U4 c$ p2 n% KItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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: P* c$ O6 l2 ?' @$ n) l) 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.

Follow Suit

" s7 q6 e# }: QMeaning: (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)

' D( c5 H1 N  Z# Y4 w3 TNow 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
6 F* ]% j% Z$ t; ?" JYou Have Me There

9 t2 A! q3 i8 y' B"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.

; F6 `! M. Q: ?2 ~You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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4 v" ^# p3 n9 ~4 y* q; BSome 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>

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* r9 X- O/ U* U" M6 x5 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.
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# r6 j3 n* b9 e* ^<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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. ^' G; t8 S+ y+ E3 J( G4 `makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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7 A! n& e! Q8 K, M1 sMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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, p% d! }; T4 k  C7 U* a8 o, LIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

4 Q) v# d% Y: G8 J7 L5 R2 l6 tbut 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"
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, E- _, y( Q* b3 @' E0 z+ WMeaning: 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.
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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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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

# }8 s; q+ m/ \! m6 w0 L  h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?

  C$ ?/ R- F8 ]4 T: c/ t5 j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

3 r9 b) U" R+ V- n6 H! Z% NMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

9 j: F4 x. i) s' [4 H4 X) u; J! fOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
8 Z" p0 ?; d! ]4 [# ], \3 {7 l6 w5 V10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
6 G2 i8 R& d8 B# l  E- A7 m* Yb. 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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