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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.

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6 E% L- _, a. F1 xMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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- X( ?7 b" R/ I6 Z" U2 ~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.
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, E" ]* r1 }& J[ 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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1 i3 v" R1 Y* Z6 Q- S& n4 c8 fMeaning: 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>
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% O, k6 s3 ~6 `Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

0 `# P% C) M0 G5 m9 t; C7 O7 j/ FExample: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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1 B7 [4 {8 j, oMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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august99

The short end of the stick

$ Y8 r5 I! S; i: L, V2 S# n# oMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
! U# }  F" u# w0 Y0 z$ EI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

- Z5 X; i% U9 t5 o; I4 s- A) m- bMeaning: 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.

) E% J4 {9 x2 P1 M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.
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1. 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）

2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

' r4 R% D) ]. X, A* Z4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

5 W! h3 H9 l+ [( 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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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5 B& A' ?! M1 u5 g& L9 e) \- p0 f' V"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
You Have Me There
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$ X, o. k3 H3 F  T9 |"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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9 Q4 W* m. s9 Y7 l" k  R0 Q' MNow you make a sentence out of it.

1 j  q5 _* k, M* x, ?/ hYou really have me there, Bofa.
3 Z0 @5 i; S; c6 a5 E8 ^You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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3 w# @! Z& {- B# k( p: u* kSome more?

$ U) T% t; O6 b$ I0 ]7 AThanks 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。。
( {6 B8 N1 @$ ?1 u1 z0 R' C$ e) v0 U        =when the situation is urgent.


<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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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

3 X3 R% e# m, N' a9 V( zMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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& F; R- m7 N: h. B$ ~9 B/ A; P) Xbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
1 L0 ^, |# j9 |3 T2 G  "By the seat of one's pants"
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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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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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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9 F( L! B) U3 o* i, ?  T' K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?
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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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& W! F3 B* v+ B, }8 j& VMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
5 B" z: x, I9 ~" N: d. k7 r( G8 Ob. 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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$ g* Y3 _% Z# A! |, XI 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.