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BOFA

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

- \0 Z: F& O- cStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

* ^: x% h& ]" `0 V" _Example: 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.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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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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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

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:
吃亏
0 ?2 c2 f9 M" W+ yEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

9 k) J: S+ O) H4 c' a* I' |5 _8 k/ MExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

0 ?/ d4 G2 t+ ~7 H8 RMeaning: 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.
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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.
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, _! `) D, V# e& v; ]- I1. 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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1 J& X" J/ n5 b5 o5 Y0 p2. Laugh your head off
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1 ?( \4 \/ ^+ ^- I. N+ X3 s- [3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

. A1 R& C2 x- f9 D/ zItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

( V) d+ c2 ^" Q6 K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

* R  k9 A! E! t- EMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

: h  }+ T8 ^$ |"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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  I" ^# ^' T$ A9 O& z4 dNow 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

/ _/ S8 y8 Q8 h  T  @* Z& i; N6 l"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)

- H; a: V: K$ a% k: O5 |  INow 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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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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8 i+ ~) f6 }- v2 ^& UMeaning: 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。
% w$ u" m5 J7 z9 g' @6 b         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>
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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:
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6 P  H& \  z+ Lmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

3 p% V( I7 ^) kMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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$ k, O1 q& _! |: u) z" mIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

) c/ e# x# d: X2 o% t3 @; hbut 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。
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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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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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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9 m  Q0 p+ j6 ?$ m0 ?6 K) a% tMeaning: 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.
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1 g; I! U7 ~5 ~; @% m( pOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
6 N4 f# V$ N( S5 R9 R10. 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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5 R( z0 m% y  D/ bI 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.