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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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2 c0 A+ |6 E% T; M: f+ S! E8 \Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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- e* j/ \% u9 k5 p! y9 xI 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
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

9 w6 A# z* a/ ]  TWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

& @! Z2 r( ~$ ], w6 LMeaning: 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

! Z6 q& C: h* t; ?# a1 C- wMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

& G' j% v7 u; v! R; X. {My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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7 Z, z- p' a8 K9 ]4 FCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

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( A) S" m) ?1 G- y: ^# c, iEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
: k: g& f7 x. D" x# FI 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.
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2 s" v1 V9 l) B: t. L4 {9 P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.

  g/ X) U; q/ S6 i1. Laugh up your sleeve
# }' N' s# r% M    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

; o  r! ~0 }/ n2 G( [- \/ d2. Laugh your head off

3. 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....

4 F8 f1 ^) J, A9 I2 w+ [0 E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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Follow Suit
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* B. ]" K( y& f5 |/ o* k* ^. fMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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1 E% p) L: V  e  Q% [0 |* \# B"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
: B: H% S  C3 F" \1 h2 G8 S$ N$ SYou Have Me There
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& Y* u7 L8 P8 B$ @( b  ]"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)

" x: }8 ]( @3 WNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
' z9 l7 s& d2 j" U! q$ f* P" JYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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9 v9 K7 m8 R4 O9 N. W1 ~% J8 ySome more?

Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

/ |. C; Q& O  X0 h" M  [- zMeaning: 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。
: M; l' U7 b0 D         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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( H2 P1 m1 i9 F: P& s<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:

4 H; ^  W5 D. R3 kmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

$ Z  z( u2 c0 g. Ebut 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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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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; k% {1 d3 a: H2 hTry 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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5 Q' B! m; V7 {4 w0 Z! h& \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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  L7 w! H6 T9 B3 g! lMeaning: 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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% k4 |) z% k" M2 N7 NMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

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, k( @: W6 D. m* ~6 D0 B10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
/ z/ P3 a+ ?: ab. 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.