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BOFA

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

Stick-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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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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/ K) O. A- F- [* p& U3 uMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

' j3 t. d" P- OWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

7 K2 o, ^2 g; C* _7 ^" lMeaning: 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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

. u2 a8 {1 U  k. X, h! d+ ]9 {My 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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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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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3 H  i; x. Y4 E( }1 jMeaning: 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.

/ o; t# T( m# S8 `( i- Z& f5 L1. Laugh up your sleeve
( [% ]( p0 Z7 |0 H! d    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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2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

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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! J" s% y) g! y  A3 T" M/ ]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.

# p9 r! y9 z( xFollow 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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: V% t) k9 a& i) C/ Y$ S2 O"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
7 ~) y& ^# ]( }: zYou Have Me There
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6 H4 N# n4 N- O7 `' m: v" r7 ^"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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; l+ }! }$ K* k* y! O& F$ ?, zNow you make a sentence out of it.

2 T' d5 o+ u3 m, }! p! @You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

! ~  A" E( B* Q) R& j0 q5 A3 \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。。
        =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:
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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

; o# T8 c# R& `& c3 TMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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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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9 L! I0 o! B: A* g6 `. @Meaning: 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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( B7 {; ~; a$ X9 ?9 f8 bTry 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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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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; a6 }/ r4 Y  J& g8 k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?

: f8 D* p! v5 i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

8 J( x- @' f. HMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
2 ^* M# D: R, N% R+ _10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
" V" h# s1 E- L( {: Xb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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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.