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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

5 B$ r" @3 K6 c. @- wMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

) `* Z, q7 @6 P- CExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

! ?' D. t/ ?4 ~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

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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" w2 P+ u( c. Q8 ^$ H, e' fExample:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

3 z$ c" q' S  Q) J7 ]0 CMeaning: 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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$ ~5 k: K5 u8 N& J& {1 |- bMeaning: 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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Meaning:
吃亏
4 k. V2 l( K3 [4 FEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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. o+ w0 Y/ Q3 [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。
' U( \- k$ h4 ~Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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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.

9 e# s) j; v+ y( \) d1. Laugh up your sleeve
" O0 v+ a3 c2 j" D0 Z8 i    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
( E# `( Q- L  T1 _! x    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

8 T# r" y/ |0 e4 f2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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" |6 e* ?# o. n4. Laugh yourself silly

  |8 J/ n* r$ [+ yItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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- u' r2 l: q& J# F$ T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.

# o& Y2 ]1 p0 f& g8 Z& [. O7 eFollow 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)

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
# O, x" W: l% l- N, v7 QYou 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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Now 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?

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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.

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1 N" j: v/ M# y# G; P. b<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:

8 k2 M. }& G4 b1 X! M% Hmakes 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.

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
/ y* ]- k) L, Y. `  "By the seat of one's pants"
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6 S  ]' R/ m! I; ?% GMeaning: 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。

. e% w0 H- E6 j- r' |+ S7 X- aTry to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.

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.

2 i4 e% l3 H* i8 K& eCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

$ y  ^- a& y, o0 b3 y  T- ]# W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.

# t- j6 A2 {# @6 }  [1 X# tMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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.

& n/ D; T: w: g6 eOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
b. 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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) B2 Z: c& D( {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.