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BOFA

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

7 |. |$ P! M8 z3 K# b* R3 p5 NStick-in-the-mud

: D8 M4 d& v0 |' ~) f6 @. M! JMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

: J" Q5 |  [  r4 y% s. jI remember there is a song having such a line.

0 J1 b% y: {0 X6 Z* f. }& }[ 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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9 z' \% A- c7 `* `Example:

6 K5 [- C! m6 FWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

# f8 x9 w+ c7 n) @# lMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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

3 D7 X' u* ~9 Q8 C+ P( xMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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1 ], ^# p; L5 x6 xMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



4 }1 j# z1 d6 u3 O, n( ]7 M6 TCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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; `0 W* J/ J* h9 Q0 X: `9 {0 tMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

9 `: B! H- E' h! u; [5 b3 `) {Example:
5 Q0 M8 n8 }9 X0 a! DI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

+ s5 ^# q$ P4 b) X. ?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。
4 t9 T% E" V+ m$ C! PExample: 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.

& l' o7 J7 H  g  S7 {- x  L1. 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）

2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

4 n" v& s/ i1 W- ^) r; c4. Laugh yourself silly

) K2 X% J# G5 z* yItem 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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Follow Suit

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

BOFA

You Have Me There

7 N- v4 v" Y; N/ }3 _& ?"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
; z5 s" C2 [/ y( m% P( ?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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

# r/ B9 M  o9 H4 L% JYou really have me there, Bofa.
' v, f/ S2 b* S0 d, \1 \- iYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

& L, j. |9 C& T& LMeaning: 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。
2 g# Z  v9 S/ X( ^- @/ ?6 e         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>
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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:

% n, S% f1 l2 q! v+ Amakes 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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7 g3 H, U" m: tIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

! g. L$ X$ N+ X' o# ^# z, xbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
2 u/ N$ g( ]  h4 f) N% u  "By the seat of one's pants"

! t$ l: F# z7 v. V5 aMeaning: 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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, X1 M9 w, v9 C. D4 ~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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& I6 S& n) ^) ^6 o8 r" tCheck the dictionary and it means:

; Q- C$ _# M$ b6 Y( xVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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) B2 U) a1 X/ O" y7 E- E. {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.

( Z. w/ L4 E5 W2 A+ G( H" VMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

6 Y0 J; a& N4 ~5 {, @9 O& [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

6 ]8 q" G  ?' GMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

' q7 [( V9 I$ t0 e1 N' H) j  ]Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
! X. N* x3 x+ P5 C6 ub. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
: s; a- g9 e' o' {/ L" d http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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; I# t5 s, a  x1 ]$ w7 sI 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.