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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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# O' Y$ I% j/ [Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

' H; H! b7 G3 O; [Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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5 }: G& E2 P6 R* VI remember there is a song having such a line.

9 N' Y( r' ^/ p1 n5 G3 E[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

: N+ G7 c3 L; W0 p2 nMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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9 o# o2 f2 E. l- x' AExample:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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3 B1 y9 ~- l# b" k- a7 PMeaning: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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1 O  E) a( C- I* L' {& FMy 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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4 O- F: j! W! S, ]- j( T- O3 ^Meaning:
吃亏
- h; P1 l1 \  `, a) n: e- OEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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  Z0 [2 g- r) s- bExample:
% j% {" R. q1 b* c0 `5 H; r+ HI 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。
# R3 g" Q+ x) H( uExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

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' O+ T7 t0 @5 V% X$ S8 _3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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: i& p* K. f1 X; O) g" ^- PItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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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) H- O" c+ t& u( y& eFollow Suit

1 M0 t4 \* T; m+ z+ ~) SMeaning: (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)

% G5 @6 X% ^( w! _8 N' a3 ONow 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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"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)

, x0 `4 u3 [4 f% t( i: b+ nNow you make a sentence out of it.

# v9 a( M* V* I( f  zYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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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>
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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.

$ L& a) ^  k! a3 g" }+ e- iIt 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
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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9 b7 G1 q/ p1 h: i$ S& m: FMeaning: 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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Try 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

8 r: ]$ |% I/ H& o" ~8 n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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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

' N  l' s- L( A  {, f* z/ p! jMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
/ ]. K; z( p+ H$ T4 ]* |4 Db. 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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" M" C: s" C# fI 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.