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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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" I5 k+ a7 [( [. y6 pMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

0 g1 Z& m! m5 f# e5 D. X1 Z* w3 TExample: 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.

* K9 Q5 D& Q7 T# h[ 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.
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Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

# w+ e2 J# i0 ?  @: F" q# t' qExample: 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

( D" o1 d* }; f2 t6 J5 K8 |- zMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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* t$ D8 J& U0 E4 r! ?' [My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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& |" X# V$ J7 ]/ a7 _7 NCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

1 x2 t% ?" [+ GMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
. ?+ O$ Q8 w3 d- P. T# iI 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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) C: c0 T- Z) a$ f0 F) T4 @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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BOFA

This issue is about how we laugh.

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）
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

$ ~$ W# O' f, lItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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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Follow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

% \( z/ u/ ^1 I0 {! o"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

; U! ^/ B# G& i6 h) A"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
1 ~$ x% t  Z/ t& {4 ]1 mYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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6 j( V* b8 v+ |% d) ~, B; A9 eSome more?

- n& Z" `( t" b0 Z1 WThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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, G  a# p: R7 ?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。。
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8 ?. N! r5 w; [+ J$ |<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:
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" k1 u9 V, s9 Qmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. 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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8 [/ O* |* C# S" ]but 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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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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:
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" f8 a" `6 |# k8 x3 K8 ~$ c% n, RVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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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3 [5 M5 d- S. O! B% YMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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" L8 ?/ [9 ?$ _" H' d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.
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1 |  E& \4 J( r9 L* }; K( dOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
0 u( k# r. G5 L! p! z  Sb. 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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$ U- O- K, H* C% N% _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.