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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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/ z! d. V+ {+ D* K9 |, ~4 mMeaning: 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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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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  d0 T- n- g& [; k9 B% I3 F+ g* H  IMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

7 y* f5 s! g+ k) M6 X' EWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

) V; `! _' y9 m' h2 b( t+ W, G+ ^Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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7 @+ B, E8 `6 |# S9 KExample: 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

* Z- |% H8 \' @) T% }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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1 C+ D1 ~- ?8 w) I; k8 f  _Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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( }; L1 c6 I3 M( l' wExample:
' q/ w# \; r5 xI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

3 z: D- Z# X4 s6 zMeaning: 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.
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1. Laugh up your sleeve
+ F& J3 W( x3 D* l9 v5 d    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

; S$ u+ S2 z1 }% k3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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- D5 t$ B' h5 `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.

# f1 b, l4 A5 z# g+ T1 A* j9 V$ }& ZFollow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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+ T" X+ [9 b6 t: c9 ?! ]' ^"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.

阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
( z2 c0 ~. n6 y- b3 K# ]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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# i$ s' |4 L" f( ENow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

% n2 Z: G4 g5 S. c/ HThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

+ C! P4 O& f1 f1 ^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。
- h% U. E, a7 w; @2 ]* X3 q         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。。
, h% C. O" t1 P        =when the situation is urgent.


$ p1 x) d; R- ]5 ]: J<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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9 X+ B7 H/ X- N/ x9 K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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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

6 |- @; F7 |* x1 IMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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) {# `8 h8 o' k2 r2 [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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- ]9 V# x2 p: [2 obut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
, N/ P) `7 x% w  y3 P" k  "By the seat of one's pants"

) {6 n, t7 I  X  eMeaning: 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。

5 ?) x% N( o4 [3 G# [3 rTry 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.

* R4 y# g( X+ ]Check the dictionary and it means:

Very 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.

- k. f+ v9 g/ dMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

7 _& i0 b, r. e3 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.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
4 C) O2 W* W) eb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
* O* _& o8 w8 e) W 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.