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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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Stick-in-the-mud
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0 q* I, e3 ~5 \, w( h7 b4 V7 gMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

& t$ k' C, T3 p% tI remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 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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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>
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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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

9 h0 T- X; E. r, ~9 GMy 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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3 ]  _: C6 N5 V! GMeaning:
吃亏
$ R; N7 X- @' C2 `English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

) r8 j3 K. t& \3 o, S) [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.

. H4 n3 k7 c5 `9 S$ n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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5 D* w2 F6 N( i' ?: c8 o1. Laugh up your sleeve
& P6 p; b8 {3 ^' L5 v3 u( Y    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
5 ^. _- f2 f* I1 Z1 m    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

, d8 u7 o/ h0 D9 V/ j2. Laugh your head off
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; {, n+ w% w  u3. Laugh yourself sick
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7 C4 M+ S3 ?. R  p$ l4. Laugh yourself silly
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$ [$ x3 h" s$ aItem 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.
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Follow Suit

1 X/ E4 ?+ R: U: r1 eMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
5 W7 i$ R3 C; `; [4 w% jYou Have Me There
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* Z! @* \( ?# [( c- W/ l"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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You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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& W& i6 T( a1 eThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

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。
         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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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

9 @3 h/ |1 v2 vMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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' i: w/ d6 D+ F7 _# j; TIt 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
) i/ Z" S7 N( v, a& p  "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。

; ~2 I2 N/ B4 l& E# pTry 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 c3 M* C0 y: N: ?Check the dictionary and it means:
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3 p. o" m! \" [# o* I- i0 I9 sVery 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.
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4 Z* X- Q; q8 L+ O/ C) Z4 iMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

( j+ q  ~( D; _3 A" x: i& \7 k  M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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! H1 o6 q  c( \) CMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
) P) O) ^. y$ o% p: w7 {2 rb. 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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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.