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BOFA

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

0 ?) b9 u. C/ X0 O2 a" vStick-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.

' a4 d! t! L3 ]; u( NI remember there is a song having such a line.

0 Q1 j! c" P3 k( w[ 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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' q: ]8 @* ^! K  L0 ^( o, @/ {Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

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& i  r. U5 D( i0 ^$ Y/ I7 z# RWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

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

My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.


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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
7 G2 o) r# n, R) t/ Z4 |- g. JI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

# G( S1 W& a- TMeaning: 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.
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" X: u, s, j* q" z0 |7 P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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
% J) V1 E7 Q# v* m    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

. R* O# y- P% ^6 ~! g/ H" g2. Laugh your head off

. P7 F! {& y6 z3. Laugh yourself sick
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* u) J+ T; s# B1 N3 `2 {4. Laugh yourself silly
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Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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.

1 o& c& W: R2 w7 TFollow Suit
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Meaning: (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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% [/ d% t  h7 y0 ~5 UNow 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
You Have Me There
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7 K* ~- w( `( V) D* @"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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% @  N4 M" P+ o  {8 {- ~! B/ A7 ANow you make a sentence out of it.

5 c" W) r2 X# R2 yYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

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。
, m+ C* V: d, `3 c. G5 Z4 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.
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, J/ J  A. v! G" v+ |/ @' p9 a<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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# I0 I: X5 X* y, H% u, j* z( O5 Y9 @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

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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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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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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2 Q- H2 D& X% A3 kMeaning: 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 M# q( ~1 P- i9 Z2 ]7 O: J3 @0 DTry 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.
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8 l6 O7 u0 d& u, ?2 `; }) |Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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  g5 x! ~* P" b7 L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.

9 W6 r! |! |7 UMeaning: 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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! y  _1 p6 c4 L+ W+ e$ _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.  
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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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.