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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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/ S' U2 `0 v& |& Z& Y! xStick-in-the-mud
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3 [# d& }) u' }: V4 J- NMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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3 }' ~8 {0 G7 s4 iExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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I remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

7 A. T1 G1 [! C" l" lMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

1 b: n1 u& K# H  |Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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, E9 s" t" W1 v/ x" B! SMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

% @# H3 g% u) w4 i. }$ }- e& ZExample: 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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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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# N% e$ D, S: K5 t3 BI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

1 d( e/ \- @3 Q1 F4 @  F3 dMeaning: 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。
6 [: l/ G" g# q6 Z' o0 HExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

! N/ a2 ~4 J3 r* \1 E1 D9 Q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.

8 s0 r7 t. w9 K1. Laugh up your sleeve
4 O. U1 t) N& A- j    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
! u% ~$ O7 U) c/ w    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

% N9 x3 M9 n. R* `9 V! b2. Laugh your head off
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, i* `) ?. b/ v( D. P6 V0 D, }5 o: ^3. Laugh yourself sick
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) n4 p# h, d& Y- c( o# q4. Laugh yourself silly

" X& w: i- M& i1 O3 D+ QItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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# X8 H5 N) n% Y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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8 ^, A& Y  V! }5 |0 D6 `Follow Suit

; F8 c1 A. p) I. V( E2 q: t% OMeaning: (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)

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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)
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! q1 {- w  c$ [2 g" {/ QNow you make a sentence out of it.

2 H. c; r1 }1 h) Q9 CYou really have me there, Bofa.
( z7 I6 Z0 S9 W% {- HYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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3 c% t5 D$ L; ?4 mSome more?
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Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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# @2 `* L) I2 o5 c8 OMeaning: 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。
3 l7 Y, [+ V/ w3 |         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:

* \% T$ ]8 c9 i( S* cmakes 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.
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& ^5 |/ f# G( dIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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' t. ?( v) u4 j+ b2 abut 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"

1 _  f) ~5 Q8 d$ h9 e9 sMeaning: 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:
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* R7 @3 t- t2 m* |# L$ k7 D, YVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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- m4 E& o" O: A+ @7 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?

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

9 q1 C8 s4 t2 s2 {Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
9 p  z0 Y1 I5 [( q8 ]5 z8 Sb. 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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7 q4 m' Q6 P* l- ^, W/ _, x2 n2 _/ II 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.