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BOFA

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

7 [' s% `4 X. `7 t6 |  w+ X- T6 IStick-in-the-mud
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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.

6 m2 }6 M% A* u  ~5 V8 ^$ oI 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

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>

" o9 B8 A( w* fMeaning: 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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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

5 I6 J+ `, A) Z7 a6 M7 {' CMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
9 }. Y* n  n7 Y5 T+ pI 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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5 ?/ r) C0 C) f" KMeaning: 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。
5 n! E5 A" j; BExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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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
& V+ F0 x  F9 n    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

& o2 U) g2 h% f2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly
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& p3 s9 u: J7 A2 D1 z$ bItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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5 t8 ?# Z/ G$ a5 y- q* d! c, n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.

$ K% w/ C9 L3 U6 MFollow Suit
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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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"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)

. C5 U6 A4 I. p& F( r0 n1 k8 U% @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)
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Now you make a sentence out of it.

  O# U2 @+ r! b) ~; `( M+ h2 m' o6 kYou really have me there, Bofa.
( `3 e" _5 k7 Z, \. q9 eYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

4 f8 h6 S. C0 ]  W- A- H, \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。。
' p6 P9 S/ k2 v6 }8 I' E$ n2 q        =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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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

' {5 q$ l) g- ?' t$ w8 YIt 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
1 w8 {% y5 o, W" ]! L  "By the seat of one's pants"
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+ p% Y) G+ Z7 Q+ H/ QMeaning: 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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6 c# ]9 h6 o6 n$ o# O  @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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: @  G% h8 l' S# S) ~Very 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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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$ D% C+ }0 z* ~/ D1 {, P6 ~) _" U0 y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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$ z# u' T9 i( c9 pMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

* Y' |$ \& N* POnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
% V6 l2 f! f9 T/ y7 k) A# X& rb. 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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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.