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

) F/ W% p' y& V* b- sExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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  q) I- @9 Y4 B. B  e: e5 c3 WI remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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/ G* S% j- V) c& ^1 pMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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7 B- c" R9 a; P2 b/ [" F# O; c) e1 tWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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; W: T! p# X2 P8 q! `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
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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

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+ V7 I  a5 P/ u% p" c& ], G/ p1 pEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
4 u# X# i0 U9 ?: Q7 \3 dI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

; p5 [& S5 ^$ q$ X; pMeaning: 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。
% X9 @6 ^9 B) u& d+ J( JExample: 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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
7 i  Z1 U3 ?5 H" V4 \    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

$ ~& E5 w# }6 o& \2. Laugh your head off

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6 X2 _7 k6 f, u( [/ V" v4. Laugh yourself silly

% z6 g/ {' a5 ~! r+ L: MItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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) y+ D2 V5 t: W7 }! u) c6 r8 n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.

: {& U1 n' [3 pFollow Suit

Meaning: (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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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
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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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You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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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>

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。
         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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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

! U2 P6 o' L0 D  [Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

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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"
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3 K5 s# C) J! P! ?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。

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.

' N& o. b% q1 M4 Z6 L8 R$ }Check the dictionary and it means:

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

' G7 ~1 A( F$ x% ]" p3 I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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; x! d% r* @( e. Q4 FMeaning: 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
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( U8 I9 z5 U; g# m+ n5 ZMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

' Z3 o$ F& X! l4 |! X" tOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
* \! Z# Q2 H6 r$ u$ z10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
0 A1 h! D1 L3 u* c2 o& _4 U. ], ]b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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, O2 `3 Y% V' b2 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.