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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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Stick-in-the-mud
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. D- ^. g, Z8 P2 CMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

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
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( M1 Z) d; L. S8 c. i: LMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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9 ?6 f5 G* T& s- T6 x4 @8 R* x/ sWhen 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
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( v, q7 |6 I6 j* RMeaning: 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

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吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
2 N+ B, W" ~) _) h. F3 z) hI 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。
Example: 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.

' v* R, r  o: Q1. Laugh up your sleeve
3 M0 m0 L. r9 b' o/ f- t7 w    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. Laugh your head off
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% _2 S" s' u0 W  \' J, y3. Laugh yourself sick

4. 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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6 I4 p" x" W( m$ N) ^* U1 zFollow Suit
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# L1 j0 p" B4 [3 a: QMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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1 X0 g: q0 I: ^5 C1 Y% L2 F"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
3 n& G, y/ ]7 N5 m) ]You Have Me There

"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)

( Y$ C; z: U" U8 c5 c  u: ~Now you make a sentence out of it.

% U1 \* t+ {: o8 G+ b# xYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

Thanks for sharing!!

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。
5 @# P/ N0 K$ V% Z7 R         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>

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

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! ~' o: E1 x. _9 H( qIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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but 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"

* {9 h# J5 |, B. J) G3 gMeaning: 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。

1 c# d6 J8 s( G% x/ JTry 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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Check the dictionary and it means:
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0 _* j3 k: g' r4 zVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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6 G4 r- j7 ?1 {% H& I' O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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1 }6 f5 T- o! h" {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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+ u$ `! P. A$ H- d4 u3 s  YMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
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.  
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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.