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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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9 I3 F( R3 c, E+ L. K& Q3 jStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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7 J' g: I1 N7 V- V8 d( e/ [Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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! Z7 \7 P3 j. o" s, w) o) s! VI remember there is a song having such a line.
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$ a4 q! }4 S5 c9 \/ Z[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

, X7 m+ o% P: L: i, s( _, IMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

9 Z5 a. i/ k& F4 x' o; IExample:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

: `' j7 I# S+ X* j+ }, I1 q6 F3 OMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

8 d9 l* q" [, c. [, H: b- {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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1 M' p8 X) n& I7 eMy 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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3 Y; E1 H' g, H! @7 l* XMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
1 R  m+ p! l' ~( mI 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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! P3 o2 @, G9 s: oMeaning: 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。
* s0 k% V% |; zExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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+ u0 k7 b' \* s7 P! y) p% l' {% t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.

6 ?  X  a, U; j1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
9 F! T  `9 o! r6 V" ^% Q: i    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

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; a6 }; s  h6 b% f$ \' lItem 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.

" T! x3 S. G0 d8 A6 \, tFollow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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3 j( H( B# x0 \2 B  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)

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
4 Y0 T/ c% Q9 c# e2 |. h5 nYou Have Me There
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/ j% u% y) L3 n. A, s3 M; h! u"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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7 [0 ~$ [8 N# H. SNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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" ]2 b2 A6 ^4 c# t7 RThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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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。
+ Z9 [9 Y: X' r6 m( d% L( @         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.


<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:
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2 U, ]8 b: g/ O  z8 j: Kmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

2 C6 K' |" i+ e2 KMhhh. 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......."

3 C; h4 {- W7 ibut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
' Z# T+ i# H  b+ u* h  "By the seat of one's pants"

3 j5 m9 {0 U) ^, yMeaning: 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.

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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, R$ r7 c# L9 G. D, x- LCheck the dictionary and it means:
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" `( s: D- K" v2 yVery 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?

6 W) ?4 ^, W- N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.

5 _. ]& L  ^# I. k( y6 EOnline 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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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.