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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

. W& g, W* ^9 S4 sMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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1 u# [' x+ P0 ~: S; GExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

* Q& d9 F$ \& `2 b% K, R[ 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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( k0 I& `, d* f6 M, O, V4 F; ]Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

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.

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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, K9 c1 \' P# _# B( YMeaning: 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

4 r; u7 O8 `$ H. f0 q3 ]( t- fMeaning:
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! ]3 l1 K# W# ?1 ?English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

7 j* k8 p0 t, h) w- h3 ^* DMeaning: 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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( V) g) O9 d& S- L$ Q# b2 V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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
9 p$ T7 C8 C/ K' I& |4 q  B' O    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
. I) ^& Q; ?; j2 Q    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

. b6 H: T) H- `' Q4 C2. Laugh your head off
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) J$ `+ n' N. y% g; d3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

; P- Z( K6 m* x, wItem 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
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3 ?6 x' W  B+ n% p# _4 Q$ SMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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)

  M/ H% j# a3 d0 Y9 t# gNow 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

"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)

) T# M) y: I3 m. f& q3 HNow you make a sentence out of it.

% a4 p0 B% I" R! h2 {; r# _  IYou really have me there, Bofa.
8 u2 K. `  ]0 J4 h- W4 ~You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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; H' j+ Q3 z4 j) ^. x0 PSome 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>

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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: p  E5 K2 l7 o" _& c- ^<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:
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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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* q. t3 i6 j+ J. @3 ?' uIt 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
) E  ?0 C4 a$ U3 {! S& w7 v! W. }  "By the seat of one's pants"
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1 r6 U4 l+ [4 D/ s! `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.

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:

! V7 p$ l# ^3 MVery 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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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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
: }6 F: O0 m! C; [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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2 E: ^9 e0 F0 K" ]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.