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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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Stick-in-the-mud
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8 M/ e8 f  q9 ]$ \1 R/ nMeaning: 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

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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8 M" w9 z# R$ M7 T4 e4 pExample:

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.

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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: s* y3 H- n- Q3 v" P3 N* U" n/ lMy 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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4 @* p) b0 a. J! HMeaning:
吃亏
, `( a9 o8 G5 \English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

$ i0 m7 L# b5 ]0 |Example:
% R9 I  V6 b5 GI 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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7 a) L3 n+ {" C& d" eMeaning: 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。
( z. o( B4 A" c: N. M% U# uExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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7 ]0 g5 ^; |: \4 {% F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.
8 U$ @. Y& E, h0 U& S% R    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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; x' W1 `( ^7 m' H; _: [, J2. Laugh your head off

2 p% D4 x3 u) H* a3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

' u: o1 A, b3 B6 g# u* iItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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6 }# O! c) V+ e- ?+ k4 `, i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
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- N0 F0 |$ w( C6 Z% K9 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)

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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"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.

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You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

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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( y5 n2 \* k/ {# @$ i) AMeaning: 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 g" c. J' D; ?. I" t) [         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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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. 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
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, X" S' d9 ~8 D! `  X0 c) v/ N, lMeaning: 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.

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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

1 W& z, c- L) l' u: k8 b- 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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4 [& r+ ]; L$ L0 PMeaning: 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.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
- @  @7 z* N9 P10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
  P- S% b! H) o' @$ g* A& Yb. 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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' b! s) O9 U: A3 E3 u/ k' o" A3 Y. J7 uI 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.