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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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) @& I  a/ {+ ]2 xMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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( z) \% n! \6 XExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

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BOFA

Pour out your soul

+ k+ ?+ ?/ p5 ~, OMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

- d  R& l' u) v& j/ M: Z$ f  RWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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/ |' K, I" F' }9 Z8 w) sMeaning: 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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4 F" K) I. F8 z; gMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

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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吃亏
- e7 N2 m% X$ @5 h$ Z$ TEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

$ Q9 {- V$ u( A1 r' sMeaning: 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.
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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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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）

2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

5 g: {; _1 j' _1 N+ K4. Laugh yourself silly
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1 ~: W7 Z4 y8 M/ BItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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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8 n2 [" S0 z# V" K4 Q1 y8 PMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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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)
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2 R3 E# h" ]( K. i# e/ }" T9 TNow 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
+ f% c3 H" X$ n9 j/ l6 N6 jYou Have Me There

. y3 ]6 S. V0 O4 d"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)

; x3 z" g& s9 q+ `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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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。
         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

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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. c" u$ U# u. i! t, R* d0 Q" EIt 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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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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Try 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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  g3 Q3 m$ j& E1 C6 r" tCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

4 q% c9 {# U0 m" T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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3 y2 p. g, R0 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
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0 b+ r4 D# z% j0 K5 }Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
1 O, C9 Z) c8 a  D' V+ {10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
1 f: V# v$ N& [+ ?& F( tb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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/ G7 k4 p( `0 }$ D) |9 d3 |( [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.