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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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8 E5 u$ k5 z/ T8 h, Y2 G7 BStick-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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- l1 w$ E+ n) I6 WI remember there is a song having such a line.

2 v2 z+ @8 I% a[ 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.
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Example:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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9 I1 y# o: u$ R. ~; A1 ]- B; K1 yMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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9 ?, p# V/ \: f4 x! _& w0 fExample: 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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. j- p* x' }( Q7 y+ g1 aMeaning: 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

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1 f* R$ g- ?. d; L- O( Q$ N" x$ y: T6 DEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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: y7 V* F/ U; p4 N$ B  ?Example:
I 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。
% X) U* {/ i& {: M" ^, U$ F; I5 vExample: 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.
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( J% g/ J, H; ^  O. U. J1. Laugh up your sleeve
6 C; q7 \) Q, m  i    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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0 H$ U, ^) H* T; ]1 Z& _8 R$ q- W3. 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....

" C2 T% K8 z1 I' ~: |# J* l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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: E2 r% J$ j7 z( {) c- |+ ]9 DMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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* w8 Y+ O; m( t) N6 [& _"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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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
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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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- B& w8 b7 b- FNow 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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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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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。
$ g( I9 N; s/ [9 `         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

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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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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BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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2 U/ Z3 R3 B9 a1 U4 a: M3 U2 }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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0 a7 D7 n6 b* ?5 Z3 E) g( ETry 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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Check the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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7 Y$ @  `  L0 P$ g' g/ ]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

2 U7 o) t8 {$ ]. g, uMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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  ~9 \9 t7 c* p# L3 E5 IOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
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1 g% j" t- A, h4 |: V7 hb. 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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0 y0 i5 r1 B( Z& a, \2 L% bI 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.