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BOFA

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

( w0 D" G% w* f7 _/ e6 e) l- rStick-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.
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I remember there is a song having such a line.

6 x7 ^& }8 ?" A# M% p- z[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

; i+ g5 B$ ?% |6 m8 J' O& CMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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. Q6 A' e2 Q9 p( v6 f  [& M6 eExample:

  R* m" |/ G. _, v' gWhen 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.

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
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My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

' P' c0 R3 S0 Q( {7 e* VMeaning:
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) L( q" ?7 d5 p& L# V! B. v* @& b3 LEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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6 B" H4 L! `& x3 ~3 s$ H5 WExample:
' L+ S& @+ |) j0 I- O3 j3 |I 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。
0 \, Z1 a6 i; M; W3 {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.
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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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  `1 A5 F; |+ ]- @3 t2. Laugh your head off
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+ l6 D+ N+ _2 `2 T/ n4. Laugh yourself silly
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Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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# S8 M# `- i$ z9 |8 G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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: p% a2 F" G" R# KFollow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

  _3 x3 D$ C- Q# d, m"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.

阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
3 p8 V5 Q, p6 H+ v- z# iYou 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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7 y% k; Q2 Q6 M& b+ l0 hNow 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。
5 A$ y& V% k( Q# B$ ^- 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。。
        =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:

% {' A, E: h5 Vmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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4 o& E2 _5 U5 D' g; F& k/ x; j4 @Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

% s3 d7 B+ n  T( {' MIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

' g+ n$ E! y$ h: t3 u5 vbut 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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7 g- k1 F, p0 i" j# 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。

Try 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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# v9 F: p; {. J1 Y) V* ^8 p' cVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

" ]5 R$ ~+ O4 T! c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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
b. 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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* N# j1 g2 P* d: T) AI 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.