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

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I remember there is a song having such a line.

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BOFA

Pour out your soul

0 B  B# m( x- _Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

  E9 g( J3 i6 G8 D" w9 `! m3 NMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
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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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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3 P7 {! h0 |9 A$ o& J0 |" `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）
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2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

/ K; g) t8 _9 y% `4. Laugh yourself silly

' v( ~" v$ O% N) r( I4 {Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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2 m, y: u% u- l9 t, B# F7 ]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.

' @" N7 g4 ?: ]% ?3 e$ D5 RFollow Suit

3 J% D2 C& b, x8 c9 f! [Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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# i, b4 t' _* m1 z6 B) ]6 j' w"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

"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)

7 i& R- K3 u( N0 x, b, @Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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。
( h4 B# w* \8 m4 N" 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。。
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* V  g5 T2 M9 M5 e, f1 @) W" z<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
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  I  S. ~  j4 Z+ W4 aMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

( A3 s* F1 B* E1 e6 F5 R3 {" qIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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, h- F  t3 K; n3 j& o( I" Bbut 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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( [% [+ U1 U6 Y4 mTry 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.
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* @: _- u  R$ p1 v; {) B3 r8 ?0 ECheck the dictionary and it means:
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6 R9 e. F, M2 i. d1 yVery 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.

$ ?0 f) m. d# [4 o0 [Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

4 G7 }0 \7 N  v& K# W; l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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6 p# U6 z/ }" n/ ]. J7 L" J, a4 aMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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4 F! G" p8 v- E% W* ?) F( _Online Dicationary explains as follows:
! I$ E" {* l2 y1 L& C' I10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
5 k: \" B! {( T6 Fb. 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


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.