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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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3 J2 k: a% \, o5 b, l( uStick-in-the-mud

- j( g, Q) g/ U! N' uMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

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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2 t: C: F9 d5 v$ z  k* J. ?Example:

% Y% `7 s- R( |1 ~) FWhen 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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7 o# ]- l# @: i* h% Y1 {1 O) {! fExample: 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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! e3 `) T! c+ M  K) l1 zMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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august99

The short end of the stick

( S. `0 J" {; f: X0 w& \Meaning:
吃亏
. N. F  s' _4 M# @2 B4 Y+ jEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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8 C5 Z* f! \, EExample:
2 b( m0 i" u8 g( V9 U% P; q% qI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

8 I9 v% M, r# y, z" f. O0 f( 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。
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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; e; F" @. _$ k# n$ Q1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
4 e! V% l& g( t( {    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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5 ], p7 ~2 \& K5 X2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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4 b8 Z4 d* }. }5 ~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.

- `, T4 Q) N# C6 ^$ u( @; [Follow Suit
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1 }9 ~% S# _* S# rMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

"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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1 O& R. R! c! t3 Y* sNow 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
9 h6 B' H. u; O1 C$ |You Have Me There

"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.

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You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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>
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# T8 p+ ]. J0 B& L+ f7 o% yMeaning: 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。
/ t4 ]7 |: j/ Y5 V         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' j& o( }* O9 u        =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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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:
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- ^- i: [# x! l. E% F& b! ~$ w9 B7 ^makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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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......."

$ |; u) E1 }! t! `2 Kbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
" j3 y1 I, B3 t, {2 ?  "By the seat of one's pants"

; N7 F6 f/ K6 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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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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

' g3 S# V/ r/ B3 RVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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- l8 l$ R5 P6 v4 x! R3 J# o, x+ i6 g0 H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
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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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2 j- |% x  D; ^1 r4 {  fOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
. o7 k# l; V" l3 N6 `; fb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


* ~- F3 M4 @0 a5 v3 B2 @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.