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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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* |8 Y+ k3 R, q6 k  J2 VStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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1 H( ^$ W, b! C! p& h6 x+ _' vExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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1 b6 G% W9 A/ Z9 ~. {, z( HI remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

: X+ s% s0 |1 P( d: n5 gMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

* T; c0 Y9 o) N: T& o& I, N) cExample:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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4 E, G! [% i1 m! K2 f8 EMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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9 q6 B/ c8 y! f- a- P2 Q0 eExample: 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

* @) R0 e8 m0 ~Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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" ], d; t! U5 K' @- fMy 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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. w/ g" e/ e7 x3 nMeaning:
吃亏
8 V, g  k0 a. b/ B) K0 }( i' FEnglish: 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.

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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
, O3 o: ~+ w! v. R7 z7 r; \    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

1 v. @& O; @. O! H5 l3. Laugh yourself sick

% P) a% `4 G) x% c, z3 i4. Laugh yourself silly

9 @) c# F" u* H! m% t& B4 GItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

7 ~& S( e$ c5 `" O5 j* W' s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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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; V& K1 X( k/ m7 U6 X/ Q2 R"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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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
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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)

0 }1 G) f! [) QNow you make a sentence out of it.

0 M. O2 ~# t0 b6 x0 S" q7 DYou really have me there, Bofa.
) l6 A( ?3 W) \) ^6 G& ?( ~% ZYou 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>
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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。
% b/ s5 ]9 t" w+ z; V         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>
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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:
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8 r! K* E9 G% E  z( q- ]& c! lmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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$ C  D9 H& }4 z( _% w/ a3 cMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

" |6 ]8 M/ O3 Z* P$ XIt 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/ Y( v/ A" O' pbut 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"

0 \& _* E" U/ JMeaning: 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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: w1 k4 C; Z5 u. z1 {5 xTry 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.

( D1 }+ L9 P' S7 q$ DCheck the dictionary and it means:
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, q# z5 A) g2 q, a6 V  g+ C) C+ N, OVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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- ^  {2 W5 F& j) J& ?; {. P& ~2 {+ U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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  W; p/ p+ [, v% P) {" y5 p3 K$ @Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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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$ p6 O3 w4 P; v! Z" NMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

7 E2 m+ l2 [9 W/ C% aOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
* _% s' g  p2 Kb. 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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! D+ V1 m4 b$ |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.