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BOFA

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

, z, @( {" K- u2 ^0 W5 i. y, Y9 qStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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& K7 R1 m, t1 X# c+ l! [3 wExample: 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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7 h( L1 z, Y# |6 g+ D[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

  A% L' v3 ]  ^/ ?+ \* v8 C) ?Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

7 g- C  G: [8 }$ wMeaning: 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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

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
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Meaning:
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: n2 G' `4 B4 C* U0 JEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

6 c  k, o+ m7 N- R' mExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

( i- i6 R$ x7 F% m8 M7 D; vMeaning: 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.

0 a/ G7 D/ z: A9 M; ~1 L7 W/ |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.

+ B. t6 Q- w# ~9 {$ T1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
0 [9 t: X) M  Y) t% V# [) k    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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. e5 d- n2 z; c' j0 e. \2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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1 }' P0 N5 A) ~6 Y4. Laugh yourself silly

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.
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4 V. B1 [8 i- N( R$ B  Y0 a$ W; S/ O0 bFollow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

0 ^  m4 o& e7 E% E"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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7 x2 l, z8 Z6 X) p: eNow 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

( O/ B: \0 Y2 N& }4 ]. 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)
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5 \8 U4 V7 V: N$ K7 TNow 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!!

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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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" n6 W9 a. y* y: `3 u9 G9 PMeaning: 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.


<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

, o# |1 T0 k5 g5 O: ]$ aMhhh. 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......."
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$ s5 [" C8 Y/ |$ [) ybut 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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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。

) {' L+ h+ v. v% V2 _9 F5 CTry 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:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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3 b3 ~3 Q6 T0 Z, r7 P& h5 O. D7 e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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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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* B/ I$ Q1 s, R* d6 KOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
% K( g0 N/ A" s8 f' \7 S10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
. \; q/ t: S" \% P  y, x( kb. 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.