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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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- U1 r- r" _: L+ K/ b7 FStick-in-the-mud

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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0 p8 q6 ]1 Y6 ?  i1 u5 KI remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

" F! K! [+ `2 s1 u: v( c$ ?" K$ UMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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5 M+ i$ n1 W& K6 Z0 eWhen 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.
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& k% Z4 Y! h6 c+ a  R% w- d: HExample: 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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" W2 }4 W7 t8 p% ?) Z$ m* 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:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
7 m5 H" W! |9 H/ I) p8 G' jI 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。
, A4 y# W1 I) t/ IExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

. V% k* i& N7 J! h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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
! b; _1 z* T+ H; u    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 ?3 x, W8 J& l1 h! ~2. Laugh your head off
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4 c# [, V6 i! ~1 t& o( U3. Laugh yourself sick

  b3 f; I6 p7 b4. Laugh yourself silly

; C7 m( k$ F9 D8 I9 q1 o9 N* f+ yItem 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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Follow Suit
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1 k9 o6 x2 J7 v2 h" l/ wMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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+ O) G' O1 b- f6 J0 J"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
4 N3 @( t8 j# s5 Y+ Y: n( P' U2 JYou 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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* d1 J4 \/ S0 S1 H' _Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
( a  y( w+ |( l# ^; ~% j+ Q; QYou 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。
5 w9 X4 `* C% _- l; S/ F. p) T! I8 X         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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<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:

6 b8 v5 R% n1 m% e( c2 gmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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3 v  s# o2 Q$ MMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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1 Y/ }1 q+ w$ gIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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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"

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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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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1 d% g; G7 C7 O2 d6 MCheck the dictionary and it means:
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  o( T. ~* P; f2 I; d; XVery 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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7 T5 n- R; i1 A& y2 }- IMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

; @& ^. S0 [7 M/ R$ z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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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
) u6 }5 \  i& ~$ q, M5 `* a# F# P3 zb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
/ s; l0 C# J; |/ k# `9 ` http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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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.