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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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, G9 {4 J3 i$ Y! l9 y( SStick-in-the-mud
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  q) C# g" |. N$ fMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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! s$ i9 Y; ^( S8 S8 W; wExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

7 ^. J, Y3 }, L+ d* J, YI 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

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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7 k8 ^5 {/ W) e1 T+ h( zWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

  J$ @) q- O/ p9 DMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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, v2 a* Z  z; J# GExample: 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

Meaning: 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
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Meaning:
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" l6 y# d, L' w9 CEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

0 ]% u/ Q, n! m2 p8 _" W5 Q- BMeaning: 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。
0 P* {, K# W4 |) f# {2 GExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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6 O& g! J2 j- A- q3 q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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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9 A. s7 {' w6 b! \8 B2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

/ h% v' H% F; ?0 f/ I9 u4. 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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7 o- J; ~/ _" b; u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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

/ m6 b4 v1 t! Z$ V"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)

" [$ @; r4 w" e3 H8 Y/ oNow 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
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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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8 k* G! \( U7 cYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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7 x: w, w; @5 t# q7 R' W) `6 FMeaning: 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 V6 ~7 t7 r" n         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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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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) m+ f5 p3 i0 P- tIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

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BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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: {3 o4 ?# x( ^9 X* |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。

7 z2 R. [3 _# ]( _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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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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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.
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Online 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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) a. i0 @/ D! C" R# P+ ]) o% ]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.