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发表于 2008-7-27 19:48 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.$ y) j9 N& W. k1 B3 l

9 f& a  D. s& Q9 \Stick-in-the-mud! o  x( z' w* G$ r. R4 G

5 J+ P3 g. X" o$ Q! XMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper4 w* C- {! B! |1 N. [0 r1 V4 r
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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." d! e- ^) g. M1 T

. _1 L6 M+ _- s4 [1 p# T' A4 u; L[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-27 19:51 | 显示全部楼层
Pour out your soul/ H1 e6 A# ?* h, ?5 h
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-27 19:54 | 显示全部楼层
<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>- d; t' C3 e, h, c. l
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.( S1 g1 M1 F2 Z- @

6 y. H3 p8 ^7 W4 F/ wExample: When you build the fence, save the odds and ends to make toys.
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发表于 2008-7-27 21:30 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
you've got a major typo in the name of the thread
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发表于 2008-7-28 09:41 | 显示全部楼层
One-Track
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject6 y# t/ D' J* z+ s, e3 J% J( o  g+ S. D

' C# U- h$ A0 t: ~) t0 J" ~. b% T$ _My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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Copied from the original posting by BOFA
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发表于 2008-7-28 09:42 | 显示全部楼层

another opy

The short end of the stick& W: y& E% \/ n, ?7 u" I
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吃亏
$ y& d+ |' q- x# y$ fEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on+ H3 n: y1 a2 I2 I- i

2 P% ?( G/ J0 {, J) U, ^; ~Example:
* r* B0 W# f2 v5 Q  @I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-28 20:28 | 显示全部楼层

Canadian Slang Sharing

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Lay a Trip: {  V2 X$ n# R/ _
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Meaning: 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! D7 O0 G( y; U
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。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-28 20:33 | 显示全部楼层

About how we laugh

This issue is about how we laugh. 2 U; y$ z0 n# n0 V

3 e: p  e' _$ n. ~1. Laugh up your sleeve
  f7 Z5 ~$ ]3 T5 l6 Z% H    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
6 ]2 j: D- [, |- Q    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧)
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. ~- G5 o' p% [6 W" Y6 O2. Laugh your head off
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1 W, G# |# e. [3 C! J$ C3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly  Z8 E7 D/ w; u* ?9 Y1 P6 `$ a, F

! m7 `4 w8 o! n+ n/ B$ zItem 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。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-30 16:02 | 显示全部楼层

Follow Suit

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.: Y3 [- L! K) |

/ ~8 F% `" j# _Follow Suit: G! p  V4 E! b& |7 g8 s: w
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-31 21:34 | 显示全部楼层

You Have Me There

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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)) I7 a, M( _- c3 H7 g. ]" w

$ ^- U; V  r& Y1 ]5 {4 m, eNow you make a sentence out of it.
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发表于 2008-7-31 22:01 | 显示全部楼层

yo

yo bofa, you are the man !!
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发表于 2008-8-1 09:04 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
+ s' I$ P, j0 {4 BYou 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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" S2 G3 e! @! ^) f" GNow you make a sentence out of it.
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You really have me there, Bofa.# z- L+ ?2 M3 a+ ~. T
You got me.
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发表于 2008-8-1 09:04 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
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发表于 2008-8-1 10:24 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
GOOD!!
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# j) I( D; L' {& }- ~% Q' YSome more?& M2 z3 I9 r% T3 a4 C1 |

" E& m; ^2 W/ y& w6 J8 NThanks for sharing!!
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发表于 2008-8-1 11:15 | 显示全部楼层
goood, go on
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-3 11:23 | 显示全部楼层

Two new for today

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>5 H" j- {3 f( J9 H

  C! `' l7 ~1 e6 T6 m% x! LMeaning: 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。1 I9 I$ {8 s" l  Q3 D1 P2 W: r
         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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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
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发表于 2008-8-4 10:47 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
put english on the ball: ' k  ]1 s+ j& R% T: q4 q; [' S) a

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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-5 20:34 | 显示全部楼层

A Penny for your thoughts

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) H/ a& v' o1 ]1 R- ~! y8 _Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not. 0 t' E0 b  f/ Z  V9 F2 n' V3 H% Q* D

, u+ y+ @' C% p9 n& H2 RIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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* a, b, [* T3 |+ Qbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-6 21:18 | 显示全部楼层

By the seat of one's pants

Today's sharing is
2 M/ d1 d5 |3 S! P6 \) \- e  "By the seat of one's pants"- c+ a$ P$ i/ P3 V, c. ]4 K
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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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3 B4 c# F# d+ s+ I1 @Try to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-7 18:02 | 显示全部楼层

On the Edge of My Seat

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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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* m  ?& o8 R# @2 p/ h4 Z+ z8 b6 uVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).7 s( R/ Z7 E3 l% e  s/ F  ?
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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。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-7 18:05 | 显示全部楼层

What's Eating You?

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?6 n) P0 s( H9 s6 u6 d

' a) o" f0 e0 f! m6 H明天如果见到你的BUDDY情绪低落的话,用这句话试试看。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-9-3 11:31 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
On the Mend
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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.& A; U! y0 [3 E
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
6 ^8 Y2 P6 f" I/ i; d- M0 |10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
( p+ ]6 \7 G% Vb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  9 _7 U1 F$ n+ H3 n1 i7 V
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# {; K5 r) {* X) xI 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.
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