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BOFA

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

( f+ E# ?3 A% ]2 BStick-in-the-mud

6 c4 J- B: a* H  a4 N# L" b9 C6 eMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

5 d6 i! C4 I3 ~2 H: p/ _) vExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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1 y: G) M5 d- J2 E  T  \3 pI 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
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

+ [1 Y; D1 ^: j) b0 dWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

! b2 |5 H2 n; d1 D- WMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

" K( E4 y2 @& G5 s* RExample: 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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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

+ F3 ?9 j: j6 N) WMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
吃亏
4 t; C" T1 |' f( m. l6 o1 xEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
/ R$ E. o) c  O5 }5 ^! H; YI 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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2 s. R( T$ k% b( [! I' ?2 ^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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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; F, T: R1 z% i6 @" a) v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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
, a  \& k5 ^: N( a& W" d    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

! K5 i: d, J4 i& _7 `% s) |) t2. Laugh your head off

, {. m' X' F8 U/ m: P) b3. Laugh yourself sick

/ m1 @$ t* w2 R* S  s) @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....

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.

/ j0 Q  `) i/ `% L8 W& nFollow 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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5 F* B% f4 C* B6 Q: c7 C"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.

阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
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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Now 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!!

Some more?

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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6 V3 J/ D: a0 p( h0 q; W. TMeaning: 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 z6 |; r- g8 }" n# E4 L0 X<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

! n9 W. J( \6 L! ^/ K3 R9 ^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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

- u2 h, k, J8 ~Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

5 @* i! y* w2 J5 aIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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# h( U6 g  V* X8 s2 B0 Mbut 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"

/ f) A5 a" ^6 V1 JMeaning: 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.

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.

! @- v( i% D7 M! e8 i+ f+ SCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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, l6 p. V- u* U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.
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3 E, B( p7 j4 A' JMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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- L1 g1 I3 m+ 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
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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
1 i, w1 L$ ]3 `( K& J" G9 eb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
+ x. E# S- J0 T1 ^  A http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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; L, k3 x# S. K" q1 g& T3 ?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.