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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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/ u& ]/ w7 f" T5 }2 s  K3 aStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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' {& G( k( l  J2 F1 H# n/ F5 pExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

5 K+ {! I2 T* O& U3 }I remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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6 y* e: I' L( e& i4 m$ f* }" FMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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- `: T# s7 E* eWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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' n: B8 |8 q* q% PMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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% d) q2 k4 U2 E! K* ^" q+ wExample: 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
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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

% |6 ~! a" S' j# _- C5 |: ?7 a1 f* xMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
+ s2 n2 Q, g- D. GI 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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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.
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* W6 k2 s1 B; ~" C1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
6 {, G# k6 b7 I( \8 U! I    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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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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) k% k( j4 C/ y. {; H0 P) YItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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, ?, ?, G* h* v# ]( [# r# P: 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)

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
7 k% S7 x; v# v' Q' r9 S. RYou 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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1 U1 W8 U& @& K9 e# pNow 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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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

3 N  A: _" G( ]4 p. R) l% \5 R" iMeaning: 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。
+ \: I1 ^- _& F4 z" n: g         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:

makes 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.

' q. S2 E: M+ @, ^  PIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

- S0 g2 m7 N6 l) U: G5 z8 V- Ubut 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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5 _* f/ V! ^0 NTry 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:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

/ X: Z7 g" v( Y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?

! }7 z' S% J" _& G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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' T! d0 r- n" P- P2 IMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
# w4 v  ]+ p! a8 S10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
* j. T% W$ Z) t* u/ v7 j9 w# a% yb. 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


' a; E# Y" K3 H% KI 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.