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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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% c; J; V) ]- j. \Stick-in-the-mud

+ p) m2 [) x& `" i7 x# R% }3 J" R# nMeaning: 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.

8 [: F8 B7 i1 o# D" ?2 mI remember there is a song having such a line.
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9 N8 F  ?/ o# H: o! A0 b[ 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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1 B$ a5 R/ i3 j, k- v  i2 p) c4 {' WMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

6 R. i! V5 S& O6 c1 zExample:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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" N, A% q% S- ~, fMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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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' ], K. ~( [9 \1 }/ l; |# Q( QMeaning: 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
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! S) m5 X5 K8 r  mMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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$ D/ o1 [3 N6 g. mExample:
' {& B% r6 p0 h1 B, y% ^" ?I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

% U8 j. y+ N# {* Z4 y9 e' @" H: |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。
: [$ d+ d/ q9 _8 c3 d$ a3 X, YExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

5 u- C7 h5 i3 {( v+ y3 Q" A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
0 i5 J( d/ u; ^% b( E    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
! R' c4 C1 O) h; o8 f& |& f2 A    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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5 c: Y  N7 Y# D# e2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

! \$ [; r) W" W4. Laugh yourself silly

' T- Y7 Q6 M# Z1 u) i2 ?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.
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Follow Suit
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+ Z; b. H! t& F5 [. PMeaning: (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
3 O% W/ H% S- {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)

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!!
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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>

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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<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:
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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

  G/ L7 H4 Z! H: |2 m1 t8 o  [Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

! S$ N* n+ f4 Q, ?, ~/ MIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

, I: ?. t/ F- Nbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
1 w/ ^' L+ ?0 O7 Z( f  s. C% @( m  "By the seat of one's pants"
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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。
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3 l& a* }' m  E* t' h7 qTry 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:
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7 q& G0 u' W/ L. I. IVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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" s: ]. J7 {+ |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?
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2 V: I- ]) r2 Q& Q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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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- p8 W# l* C; j$ O, p* V4 |- F8 _9 tOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
8 ]  B0 y4 y2 Z9 o* E10. 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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, e/ p1 M) m. T% _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.