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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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. t) f# I4 A) Y/ ]4 U+ I( rStick-in-the-mud
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7 V" Q( A, N4 s/ y: }Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

6 h9 b$ C  \# _8 z4 oExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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9 L# P( n2 y) D% \, [+ w, l5 q5 xI remember there is a song having such a line.

& P, B# c& [' m" @[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

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BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: 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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

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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吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
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BOFA

Lay a Trip
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( M4 C, k. \9 _/ h/ f5 r6 ~8 \7 WMeaning: 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。
5 U" g/ g8 r' f3 f4 L* d" W8 NExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

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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.
% _' t7 t2 E- p: \2 ~    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

4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 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.

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

BOFA

You Have Me There
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4 V' ]+ D3 I3 R% ]' Q0 X"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
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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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) F' Z, _" }) W3 eNow 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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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。
3 \. Z. D' O* |2 u1 O  m         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。。
' T" t& q: {  a% U5 ^        =when the situation is urgent.

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4 F( f/ W8 V4 K' R7 H% a9 w<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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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9 Q, ?8 }* l: D$ e) ?. Z1 W& gmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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. H3 u. k5 m1 w! ~7 A% f4 p, DMhhh. 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......."
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" l$ W& N) ~9 T) p# q" ybut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
, J( C8 r+ E8 t3 z! O  "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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+ ~4 e$ r9 V6 bTry 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:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

6 w  G8 Q7 G  \$ Q& z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.

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.

/ C5 B4 h$ g- w+ p7 eOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
1 ?3 `- [( S9 @* nb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
! r+ [( J2 [9 W% ~! _! V3 L http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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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.