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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 z# B1 G( n" U$ ]Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

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I 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

3 {1 a/ H/ q% Y' r$ r+ {Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

  W- R2 o5 f0 w" t" o/ j1 e+ `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>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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0 G: w0 X7 p4 Q1 m: Q4 h# ?5 {% `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

% q! [& D/ b, S; W) Y6 }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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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6 o0 W8 [$ I7 N0 OEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
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* o( ]" z+ y' bExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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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.

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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2 ?# O% \4 U$ b* g$ a( n6 U7 \2 _3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

  {3 L; l( b) d3 A$ B7 NItem 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.

9 H, y  ~7 T3 |# M# G% DFollow Suit
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! A7 |( u& V2 b$ }, DMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

# o0 x1 I! P3 V* U" M"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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! i0 h0 l5 B7 JNow 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
' b: O; l' H; b( cYou Have Me There
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6 g) O. Z6 h# z4 T4 S, V8 a"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)

( R9 G; h3 K/ Z& k2 P, mNow 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!!

Some more?
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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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* e8 ^" E& U; P7 eMeaning: 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。
* B; j  S& \' _, g' o: A' @1 r; Y) P* C         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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) n- W& \1 E9 T/ s8 I) c, Q<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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:

9 K* G" N$ w: lmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

/ D. J4 [) W& o% e' K9 `, g! I9 Zbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
) ?8 W* G* I7 _: A/ @3 A  "By the seat of one's pants"

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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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.
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, o  F& o6 U2 m, ?+ }6 I: i) BCheck the dictionary and it means:
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" |$ g! O) P; Y/ m- \Very 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.
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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
$ Q0 i2 e% O5 ^! c/ m4 B10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
! G- D" ?6 O, g4 |8 `; c3 _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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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.