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BOFA

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

$ d& c8 \) ]* V% J! h( E. mStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

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
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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9 J1 T! R/ u( K+ ?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.

9 V  A1 ^. m' G2 m  H" _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
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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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Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
5 k" q8 @3 e# ?# A6 B4 V9 xI 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。
9 I2 ?, b/ y4 }+ ZExample: 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
( Z# m: J$ U' T/ A$ j    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
$ j% \: E/ [# m1 E. D. B1 i    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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  [' O, ^' C+ f" Q  T) `/ V) n3. Laugh yourself sick
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5 I5 i$ Y! ^# e; |4. Laugh yourself silly
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- A1 J, M7 ?( \  C6 AItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

* T2 s7 B. T' L/ `- v6 |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
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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)

) P3 w$ D$ f8 b+ v9 X$ xNow 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
# v: x0 @1 o) [2 AYou 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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7 \) z" d" }6 R1 J4 BNow 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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: l' D$ L4 l2 RSome more?
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( f; W7 b! K6 B  fThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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1 e9 h! _7 a' M: U% o0 v7 cMeaning: 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。。
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9 m6 ^4 l1 f% ^7 c( F' L<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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* t4 N" ]* y& ?1 y/ ?) \Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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# @5 k. \4 c$ \1 D6 o* KIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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: d$ X& H& f; J; V# h8 I4 [7 Z1 |but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
: t6 W/ R7 y+ x! c$ \) T0 V  "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。

Try 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:
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; {- p$ B: X1 E% g* iVery 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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

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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, S9 r6 p6 M' E4 T2 uMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
- \3 k9 }0 E' ?0 V10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
! D: l" K. z% a0 yb. 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


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.