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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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2 f' H, v, Z) N6 D% k. F. ?6 p( DStick-in-the-mud

/ m& j1 s: x2 y; h  l; JMeaning: 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.

+ ^+ u% [: _9 II remember there is a song having such a line.
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$ v4 ]: p4 e5 V/ ^  F[ 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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  |* h" ]% S1 m1 Q- `( M; A! NWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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$ ^# _3 t; g0 G4 Z6 d' DMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

8 N  O7 o& j% QExample: 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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; ?; m% p+ y# {5 `, r0 bMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

! L* |% Z5 b' p9 i) cMy 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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吃亏
" P% C/ F/ r$ G) Q) I0 p" zEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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5 B; |7 I! X; U% x1 k- {6 [1 [Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip
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" {6 y  `- y, H+ m* T" _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。
8 p) w& u+ Z5 b/ gExample: 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
; c# b4 m# ]' I5 ^3 Q& w5 X    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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9 G: ^! f7 g9 q: ~7 b3. Laugh yourself sick

( f8 P' Q9 n) @# d3 p9 x5 B4. 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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! i+ A. ]+ z1 G% B# f; X+ C/ x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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4 a" O- ^2 ^+ E3 |; h1 }Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

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9 B, y2 S: L/ G' j5 ]6 \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
4 T1 Y3 \: H7 L* uYou Have Me There

2 b$ f4 U/ i: K4 p& }4 N) 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)

4 G' m6 I/ N6 Y. x7 bNow you make a sentence out of it.

* _- \! b4 L2 l( L' bYou really have me there, Bofa.
! N/ q1 ^2 R% Q# eYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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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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0 o$ V1 Z/ X' K, [9 Q+ P  c1 H<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:
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- k( M! [2 j  e: y! y! Tmakes 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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- M% X; u  R$ w/ H/ XIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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2 X$ ?* j! F. bbut 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"

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。

" ?  o9 z' r; ?5 i, gTry 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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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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0 u9 i* K) q: }1 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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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7 Q" N6 X3 O) y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.
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- V3 ]/ I0 D( F% L6 I* ]10. 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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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% ^$ s" z* g- R. u# \: 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.