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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

/ `% ~9 n! @. t  l  l9 X- L$ p- C3 ]Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

5 [" Q5 k, s; C* dExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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3 a( Z1 i4 N- _1 l4 II remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

; ]  d7 y- G9 U+ m+ u7 X( XMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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4 _& T/ D5 l& ^! cExample:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

: U0 h* `9 A  p8 `2 V1 T, }9 E8 OMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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" p6 e# B' g# V* T' w3 tExample: 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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' \8 u% l3 b  O! I2 A9 CMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

2 P3 G; O7 @8 u- gMy 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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' \  }8 a- L8 wMeaning:
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2 x; r( i% H6 l1 G# h! [5 L3 jEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

5 `3 O8 s* H  Z# L3 p5 B% ZMeaning: 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。
2 |  ^; c1 s/ }0 \5 o' bExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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4 h) y8 [  f" V' g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
+ q  z% v6 D% U7 L) J    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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2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

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....

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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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/ t/ @7 i$ J4 U% S6 b' c"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
" T; R8 c# i+ i" B9 zYou Have Me There
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  f" u, A: D& ~# I"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.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?
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! p) O4 ?# l* S& d+ g0 q; H& aThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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1 @5 |3 I  R0 T  V& B8 P1 ?/ CMeaning: 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。。
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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

" T/ {8 G. x( P0 Q. }. B7 }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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1 \, q+ E6 E! D. [+ imakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

% V% U! U+ F7 m, Y* iMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

2 t" {# Z3 c3 T5 Z9 L3 U2 N* hIt 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
6 I2 Z. h' c7 r% e9 M9 p& Y/ y  "By the seat of one's pants"

  J+ A# V$ H5 [3 ^" I9 I( c( rMeaning: 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.
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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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Check the dictionary and it means:

. Y6 q* O" I. l) O8 b3 A: ZVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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8 V1 d: g7 `( h* G- X* B! C+ _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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' v$ F; \* i! o% q8 }8 H: n' \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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% V: _' A( N. M# eMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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# n; g8 p6 N! ~Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
& K) ^% H6 _4 M9 b9 L7 v" ub. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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% K% i6 `% [# B  n" j. q  DI 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.