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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

+ K$ W- d' K. u7 W% U; q3 A" _2 hMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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7 d( l. S0 q7 _Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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7 y# G9 {8 y4 \I remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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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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0 [. M0 k& T1 q3 L1 TMy 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:
吃亏
2 L# x8 S/ x; E  Q" ]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

: ?/ i. }8 _! cMeaning: 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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    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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, k# U2 q  h' w8 s* W0 V( G3 [" j, |3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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6 f7 |. r+ B8 n/ }/ a8 w/ Y! {, O+ NItem 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.

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

5 {, E9 `" v( h! O% I8 x4 t$ B"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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+ J0 D5 ~3 y7 M  vNow 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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Now you make a sentence out of it.

6 k2 ^7 D$ i* w, ?0 I+ s" RYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some 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>
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+ C6 |0 r7 Z* C+ KMeaning: 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。
4 A/ u  x+ b) u! @& [/ s         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>

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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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
( Y) r3 d2 d: a' c) S  "By the seat of one's pants"

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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Check the dictionary and it means:

5 O4 N/ Y/ p* P. X4 dVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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。

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.

Meaning: 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.

4 i" ^) }! D+ d3 o! `) Y5 F6 R: Q# SOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
$ k- \- ~: J/ y9 M" z9 {  _10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
b. 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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$ N; L' E- u- E. iI 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.