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BOFA

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

) _3 S  A% ^: z! x' [. mStick-in-the-mud

: G* C  h& P* yMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

  F9 t6 O( I# m' n0 [  {' oI remember there is a song having such a line.

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BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

When 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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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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# [4 i& U0 |8 Q3 X: TMeaning: 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.
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' A" D) T0 M2 [# R. ACopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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% N$ {; [6 n/ c4 iMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

6 C7 O1 v5 W) R0 wExample:
- y( z) N: f' C$ u+ x6 j+ nI 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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& C) ?8 ~9 ^$ H2 M5 X, H8 DMeaning: 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 `2 P+ P- M8 @8 |/ aExample: 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.
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+ G8 q* ]  j; A6 \1. Laugh up your sleeve
8 `9 Z1 ~) ~# b) [1 t& v; @    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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$ ?& z" d, o. [% I, r2. Laugh your head off

; E# H0 B0 i3 I0 [( V; N2 j: s, C3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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  g0 m  X' H. v) G* ]1 ]+ t9 X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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+ F6 U0 a) o8 Y) J4 v5 VFollow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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.

阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
& O% ~, E! |: p7 C' f4 ^& PYou Have Me There
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/ }2 j2 b1 E; U"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.

- W* H5 e' Y; y$ v1 M3 _You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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。
6 m; L2 u& a5 e8 N8 d3 A         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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1 @6 |) H& x, G7 Z' ^7 a8 y<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:

' O: F* u) m. o. x/ kmakes 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.
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( }' n- ?, ?4 E" I# ?% @, X/ 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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4 r+ Y5 Y& h; v! Y" `but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
$ C/ V% G' _: Z3 p. w9 J  "By the seat of one's pants"
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0 |" ~7 }1 O8 ]5 I/ b* ^& TTry 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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2 G+ a5 f3 M! {2 mVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

. v9 @9 g' f' \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.

: X  m7 y( j4 c  CMeaning: 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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
1 ]6 ~  i; |6 }: R+ W3 y10. 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.  
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$ z, q3 b% K+ L! cI 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.