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BOFA

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

2 p7 ~2 q9 N! a( `8 X0 s/ [$ QStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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6 S' x! v% u' y3 l  J6 S; H7 R( GI remember there is a song having such a line.

. @1 ?4 W. \/ n[ 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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6 E$ f& l3 C- S& F- i9 F! }9 vMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

+ }" A& H* b3 j7 S0 QWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

! p3 k/ p0 {2 E% h( m7 z7 ]Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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9 _5 T) n" J/ z. }+ D2 ~3 C8 TExample: 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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& Y) l0 i8 \3 F3 a. E: hMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

& g- U. v0 B; _; UMy 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
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

$ ]" X2 T5 p! kExample:
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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' j& J3 m; O. g/ i8 y6 |9 pMeaning: 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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BOFA

This issue is about how we laugh.
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3 j/ b  I& k1 p0 H) F0 C1. Laugh up your sleeve
2 k, e2 @" j6 N( [* d/ [6 ^5 ~( k    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

3 s/ \3 L- [1 j0 B# l# |2. Laugh your head off

" v, O' e; _5 k- b3. 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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+ E; u' g+ N) j6 h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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! l/ t% q* R4 Q' P0 _6 l6 wFollow Suit

' m( I: y/ F: ?# _, }Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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, {  A' M& n. q4 j3 X"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)

3 H. Z' I0 s5 S$ I' GNow 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
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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8 g; _; D4 Z$ s" X# p" eNow you make a sentence out of it.

" r$ s; q" h$ }* N  e- |( }' V) @6 MYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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4 A* s  H. x0 [9 \' jSome more?
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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>

( k7 e/ s8 b+ E/ YMeaning: 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.


<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:

makes 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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3 P" v4 }1 b/ d% C: V  M3 uIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

$ r4 Z# w( }/ F/ m+ G, ibut 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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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。

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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3 x9 J1 Y" U" F. p7 k' Y" QCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

9 j9 ?5 E* U) m8 r; C6 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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; e3 x# Y. H8 Z, i8 d, ~Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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8 a7 d+ C& V* }) R! o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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$ R. W/ W5 I; E3 `Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

) Y; `1 q! K7 Z5 vOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
5 P( }; b2 H6 |: T* O! m3 }b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
8 P' F% P1 o( `9 V  t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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% c1 M- r6 h" x' wI 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.