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BOFA

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

; G: A: ]% L. C, P- t( P8 W1 dStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

1 S) N" r2 F, R+ QExample: 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

+ J  y5 G7 T. p; R9 i- d  N3 W6 OMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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7 ~% b/ y; @. p0 l8 v! NExample:
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$ k/ b- Y5 r' D) `When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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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
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: H3 A# H" h, m# ]8 _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

Meaning:
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2 J, P: b! P1 e* t" l0 C3 q" \English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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 o% B' e8 U' O) zExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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BOFA

This issue is about how we laugh.
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1. Laugh up your sleeve
8 u8 B1 ]" w) n2 h* |+ U" D+ Q    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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3 ]0 G" y0 e$ y; `% f2 J* {2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

2 ?: U& C6 y+ hItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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' p% \! j0 Z/ K4 i" |4 E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.

- b: }$ k' r; @- g+ }: rFollow Suit
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9 r- l& e! W# @* }: E! g! DMeaning: (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
, _) V8 t; J1 F' _, A/ V9 TYou Have Me There
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  x! M( S+ F7 f5 R' m"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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( J; G6 M0 k3 Y  W! J& M- A) QNow you make a sentence out of it.

2 s& q+ M- n/ v7 I' E5 t& GYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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9 V$ p0 N! A/ U: uThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

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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3 V" B: g! U0 s, ~<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:

" v- O, L1 `: M2 Tmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

9 \8 S' a6 n% k9 ?9 B, \4 EMhhh. 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......."

/ t/ G/ G: e5 n: m5 u7 g5 f4 }but 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"
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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。

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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Check the dictionary and it means:

- p1 C# u- d7 ?8 w0 N! jVery 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.

/ S" O9 C" e, N: E  y: BMeaning: 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

; v. d+ I3 k/ M" vMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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4 m$ \3 o6 r" MI 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.