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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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9 O+ v8 a, r; T* b" V; q, TStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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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.
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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
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# g0 c# b+ d% L0 n/ z% r! SMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

0 _7 G6 D+ K  {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.

$ D0 P$ X: j2 e0 i) {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
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- v  b; Q9 h2 V/ {# p6 E0 k4 wMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



' X5 m# i) A7 V3 X- X1 F- OCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
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4 l7 }% k, b3 H7 |: N: F4 iEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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$ Z' I5 d; J4 c) N/ PI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

! p% h% C# s2 V* UMeaning: 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 k# c4 i* E) C: Y% IExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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, K; ]2 j2 i) n) g; P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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8 Q$ }/ T7 R" f- j- M) D3 {1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
3 {% t$ Y- c, \    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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; Q$ x  P  O2 x5 V/ F5 {# @; |  A4. Laugh yourself silly

" m+ }& h4 D! L6 l# b3 d$ QItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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0 F# a+ {7 B' N5 Q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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Follow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

- V5 G0 u. m+ J" R. w( t"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
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Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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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>

8 _5 g" b% c0 W% W1 e* jMeaning: 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。
. ]- a8 w: B5 p         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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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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3 c4 I- _9 Q5 N. F8 ZMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

$ s' r" C0 }9 Y" S1 [It 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
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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2 \# g' D; X$ Q& pMeaning: 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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5 y' U, P+ J# e! s# X1 tTry 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.
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  \4 ?! }" A, \: K& U0 E  TCheck the dictionary and it means:
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6 f( F; d0 u+ oVery 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.
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7 G, L& S% _* _7 x: n7 D. r+ D* N  W( xMeaning: 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

) A6 v3 w) r6 @: ?" X& eMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

5 F4 V! G8 j2 A/ x! y- XOnline 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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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.