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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

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 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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) A5 X- w. f" w* h$ o# gWhen 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.
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1 F/ z; n7 i  M* l$ IExample: 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

! q4 v% H* t8 R: z* 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

. e/ x, M; j* ?4 W' a6 C3 t. a8 EMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
% L# y9 N4 ^- `& a7 aI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip
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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
" p( G: o4 j- e    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

  a0 K: Q2 N1 R$ G2. Laugh your head off

' C) m) g8 P# ?) C; {6 n3. Laugh yourself sick
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9 u, }! K, ^0 ^" V* l4. Laugh yourself silly

' r# K' B1 b. G) C' C9 N7 KItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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( C/ ^, j* J1 d# m& R; 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.

Follow Suit
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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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7 d& R% ^. _" T# D$ Z"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)

0 @: n" N) a. }' Q4 tNow 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
( H2 Q9 ^% C: X3 d3 n3 q. TYou Have Me There

9 X' Z: x! T8 ~2 \6 a6 j& 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.

3 x) C! b' a  |. S0 [! HYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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0 B- U# ~, q2 D4 b0 F: X1 c4 f4 DSome more?

  H- b+ T0 V2 R- @* a3 \Thanks 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.
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<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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makes 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......."
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) K+ u5 @4 _6 ^7 _/ U, abut 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"

# B" |% A, K# `3 J0 uMeaning: 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.

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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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: i7 H6 q' b) |% M; PVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

) j. R3 H6 d/ E7 m3 `1 R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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. u- m( |% p; C3 S: oMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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, \! D! F# J' K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:
* d$ F2 {7 }7 [% M+ K/ \10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
! m$ l5 d& P  {1 J0 Gb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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2 M. e/ R# _0 Q7 |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.