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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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, |1 K( ^2 l' ?% W* PStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

" X* z+ K7 |0 m8 AExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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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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: E! o" Q( z! x4 Q; f9 ^) [Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

1 P& d, s, D& }5 ]) B$ l: }Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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7 Z& d4 D6 J* I8 ]3 M) Z7 uExample: 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

+ z, t; z' m$ B5 M- vMeaning:
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' k+ J: H9 i; @3 XEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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。
! x( |/ K; N, B1 `5 X; P" y& U' qExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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6 Z& `. M9 u2 B6 x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.

; P9 C& ]0 l- X' n" l9 B" K# z) i# ~1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
, y9 W- c8 h7 E9 V7 m- ]5 ^    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

9 g7 [- B+ r$ G7 v5 ]' c3. Laugh yourself sick
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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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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.

Follow Suit
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  R" K0 M3 J4 KMeaning: (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)
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: }2 ?9 _) E$ R& K: K0 U/ hNow 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
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& H) M! t- h% T" t7 h"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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Some more?
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; k1 ]2 W- R9 W! RThanks 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。
         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>

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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% B8 a6 c$ L6 I# F/ sMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

4 I- T) @! \9 B' D( h8 ~: MIt 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
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0 t5 I& Z) ^) w; 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。

7 y% q7 @7 p* U; q, H3 eTry 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

9 n0 r% ^5 b7 P5 G' lVery 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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

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BOFA

On the Mend

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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0 @/ L4 Y7 ~) z3 u0 _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.  
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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.