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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.

$ l0 k" B. ]9 I& h8 U! `0 Z: cStick-in-the-mud

1 ^- ^4 W: p' l1 ?: \2 h2 [Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

9 S7 x& r1 ~- W# E. [Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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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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# l. t, |' h; m1 u1 N3 Z3 B+ HExample:

( a% V; H* ]. Q2 l9 {9 wWhen 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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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

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

% d: ^) A  T" S9 {Meaning:
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English: 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
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* Q" j- _* \* ]( w& C  g  d* g' JMeaning: 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。
" m9 P) Y0 K' t# O  T: OExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

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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7 d6 k0 e! {" |+ S! p0 F0 n1. Laugh up your sleeve
1 n  y9 W  r! F$ L6 \    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
" f: [8 h% u8 T4 `5 u8 ?    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2. Laugh your head off

0 t. H* N. N# s$ `5 d3. Laugh yourself sick
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& p1 y' U/ \; U, @# `% ]& x4. Laugh yourself silly

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.

Follow Suit

* B6 P: \1 z' q1 @Meaning: (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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
. c# R% O+ I/ f0 Q8 JYou Have Me There
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" U' A0 r2 w" J1 I- ^"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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Now you make a sentence out of it.

. x, u& ^! d3 F5 X  A6 H0 x. LYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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3 G* E9 \9 E  sSome more?

! o# m& t  ^8 _( Z  f( PThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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% ^# u: m- `+ Z" q1 ^7 b7 WMeaning: 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。。
. I* l9 R& J1 p5 g# u+ j# J        =when the situation is urgent.


<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

" _) f  P' \/ D8 U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

% h4 l7 `( l: l. `# p9 X& `Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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/ z6 y3 ^7 Q4 h2 Z5 P+ n7 }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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( [' _% N0 ]% e' h/ xbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
6 M" y9 E5 v! S, T0 l  "By the seat of one's pants"

( V' q4 }$ N, oMeaning: 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。

- u$ c; {9 x$ @" ^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:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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" a7 B5 y4 ^  W' U+ G2 o: ?: M8 R+ d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

$ I. B3 S% P' c5 r$ JMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
5 J9 m' [9 M6 [  }% v9 C, eb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
8 \# f  W  i/ x http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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$ _1 P+ A, o+ PI 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.