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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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, i! z' J. d* P; a0 RStick-in-the-mud

2 Z5 ^$ v. n2 t& x4 r8 hMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

- X- |! {) m% X- C: U3 ]- A2 DExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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/ J! a+ b% N6 Z! [6 LI remember there is a song having such a line.
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4 Q: T0 h8 e! S9 F. U! ][ 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.
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* C; C! Q# W7 ~2 MExample:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

* K7 `  k1 m" W9 |Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

+ H4 j! J& c* G2 X- jExample: 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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" S/ r) w1 u. h2 k, ]' A. N5 JMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

/ L6 O0 b3 B5 |* |8 l+ k6 MMy 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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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

: I5 c- U4 q. _" b4 j) Y* mExample:
# y" H# z5 ~: lI 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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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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
+ q/ ^/ Y: D5 m    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

: I! x/ H/ M4 z2. Laugh your head off
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% ~( g$ Y. l  L3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

6 n+ a6 t- ?, o1 B( \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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- p1 ?9 Y1 T+ Y& ~: S* ]7 cFollow Suit
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4 k* A) S( `+ v& R3 bMeaning: (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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7 A- o+ [7 b/ ~6 l4 l  w) I! x: BNow 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
. G/ e0 H8 L' c* H* r: |; f' DYou 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)

% c0 z# B0 [9 o& [. xNow you make a sentence out of it.

% k- K  `6 M2 Y' M! k/ D& HYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

3 ?+ F" m9 `% |9 x/ o2 I/ YThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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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。。
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( [, @5 P- Y- ~3 b+ ?<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:

% ~4 Q" o1 e3 g/ d7 U3 Umakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

9 d5 l( K1 X7 P' a4 E& gMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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. V2 z' H& h# [1 i1 a, G, @It 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"

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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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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:
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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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

) G6 c  K! |+ k$ X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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0 L: X( V: k% jMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

* K$ P3 U& x8 j0 A. VOnline 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.