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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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- H8 t7 [5 d! ?8 x' JStick-in-the-mud

( y7 I1 D" e4 j# d9 l* z2 ~5 jMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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- P! ~, F: U! r: \8 A9 EExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

/ q$ a0 t- {! U: p1 V, EI remember there is a song having such a line.

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BOFA

Pour out your soul

" q0 P2 \: r$ B* \6 P1 e- X( a; tMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

' J5 a0 x/ U6 y, O1 ^! \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

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

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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1 ^- P" a' [  {: e. }; `" L: R) AEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
/ r& H. p% g+ \9 FI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

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
) @8 c  K$ L0 H% |4 c# ]    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
% X. w% d! M2 a$ I7 ~/ g    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

8 m" f# R4 Z" N! V* l4 f2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

$ y$ A, g+ f* i/ q; Y4. Laugh yourself silly

' W/ k% B& n% V1 K" F) rItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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

9 K: }% N: z0 h) h/ Y! I+ c8 U2 GMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

8 e/ f& m2 t: d7 c# R4 G6 a$ O- ^( 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)
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8 W* Z2 Z" |! j2 Q2 g: ^/ 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

1 i+ ~  a5 G, D  F; C0 \. Q"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.

6 F" ]$ T7 o" [' w6 XYou really have me there, Bofa.
  f: }! K8 L- ]  h/ mYou got me.

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>
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$ Y) ]+ r& Q* Z2 d" 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。
         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>

! P& d( I/ N3 N: [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:
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. u7 [' b) c3 R# Umakes 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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% e! V1 M" }) `- D- F  Abut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
% z) |2 W% i& a$ U! e* w1 R: \, y  "By the seat of one's pants"
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, L# U: ^4 b* x# m. d% u& 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。
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7 a+ ~) a9 \5 F: j8 I6 l5 JTry 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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. Z1 E: y/ p4 y; nCheck the dictionary and it means:
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/ p- r* ^8 ^% `3 oVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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: I  I3 C7 w# g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.

$ S! C4 ~* Z( ^( G7 FMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

1 p8 F6 o  x% C7 x1 X6 M  D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:
% N& m# |: O& e6 d; M10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
' l3 r; A; H3 C' Z+ b( fb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
: o# t+ B9 k/ D3 D! u$ G2 r http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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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.