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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

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

" G7 K! `$ L/ @. FExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

9 ~" }$ k0 L# ]; z) f" `[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

, ~+ t% ]6 f6 R# q) cMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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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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! L1 b' p0 L5 C, h3 i4 Q. h, lMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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% I# k5 N* V8 j1 W3 D$ Q$ RMy 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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8 f+ ^" E0 ?3 b9 hEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

* v2 v' h: w; d0 KExample:
I 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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& e9 I" \; m3 Z( ]9 {. [8 r7 rMeaning: 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。
2 s! r) J3 Q0 j. v( ^Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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3 \+ D1 c; X, e! y: }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.

/ T0 q- P4 t& |' w! ^; \( ~& M0 X1. Laugh up your sleeve
' Z/ j) U/ ^' _- N9 v, P  a    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

5 V- U% T- a2 L7 M( J  e5 d, I2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

$ ]2 T- H) ^3 X: k4. Laugh yourself silly
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4 m) E+ J  b+ ~- W2 X# ^# N$ `Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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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$ K2 V9 W/ S4 LFollow Suit

! z5 h) X  E% [* b4 m" EMeaning: (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
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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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6 d. z& c) i8 ?, C  D7 nNow you make a sentence out of it.

  w/ {# R0 c$ c& w/ xYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

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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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。。
        =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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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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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! J4 K. F9 o8 d; F+ [$ EMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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7 Q8 x! L+ h5 [& P- i& rIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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& p0 Z' b; q  d) t2 ebut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
4 f. S+ W1 H$ q9 [! Q  "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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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:
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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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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4 I. L8 ^: m! I8 |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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. 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.