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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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! N/ h) W4 o' v$ C4 v7 NStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

; r8 W. j4 c' e( y; c& h5 yExample: 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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[ 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.

Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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7 r! |9 g( ^' F* B/ }Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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6 e9 |% E* c7 B; Y# O1 k7 p  b1 _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

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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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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0 n, V  F- s: h4 y. i  MEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
0 z+ ~  H9 J0 ?, x9 G0 s: \. PI 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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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0 b4 `, R' k. F" F5 d/ j( z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.

6 D$ D+ [* l- r- Z) l. t' _1. Laugh up your sleeve
6 |" M# E& b6 m3 d: k" M    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
# N& h" }; \) O  W8 G/ b    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

  V( e% I& B! X8 [& C# }3 U7 h2. Laugh your head off
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& p$ Z- `5 q' r" n6 q$ o$ r( ^3. 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.
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$ B4 f$ d2 t+ g. o/ T. W  R9 G7 I% KFollow Suit
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' ^/ F. V7 c2 U6 _0 f! B- uMeaning: (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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
  N) f8 p6 ?' V/ L9 bYou Have Me There

7 z: X$ D: w  u3 J$ G) u"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.

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You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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+ S; Y3 j5 [0 F6 l; b, aSome more?
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4 t; G5 L# u  F$ g  x% m9 TThanks 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.

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<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:
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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.

4 {6 m: Y6 ~; V7 S  T0 W: S) U  aIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

" m3 h" d- [  r5 }8 E# k+ W# mbut 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 J3 a& |- S2 }0 g# }; _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。

Try 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.
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# [8 ^0 V: z$ I- S8 I4 U6 WCheck the dictionary and it means:

: d, ^- N) ^; H2 O0 |' NVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

# ?) E, M0 n8 W6 S3 P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.

0 |+ P& |& C/ O! U+ C- [- GMeaning: 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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
# t, H7 h3 i; {$ ?: o10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
' V$ |* O; E7 \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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4 P+ ]! n, ]1 @2 mI 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.