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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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! s0 v' t' M- A4 p  D; H9 fStick-in-the-mud
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' R6 q7 t: l* e/ _& Y1 k: J4 cMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

, D- ]1 d1 E1 I( j, g* B$ D( k5 L( r8 lExample: 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

' \, z- T) N2 o! c" `. I( }Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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2 J2 @( }. G2 D; O  eWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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* M3 f0 B6 J4 k$ s/ ^Meaning: 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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

1 \6 k0 U( Y/ y5 O  sMy 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
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

5 f% H4 z5 k; W/ U; U* s* gExample:
% J5 D: G: }: ]3 C5 q+ l$ |I 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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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。
* r7 J! r7 ~$ _: S( Q# ^Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

. X$ f6 X* |$ Q" w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( U* Z5 K3 ?/ @9 X; `1. Laugh up your sleeve
( T. ?# b' j. B3 W) Y5 H2 z6 M+ u- L+ n    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

# d5 Z. x4 r% S$ y. K- o2. Laugh your head off

+ a5 i5 ]& T4 t  ~- e+ E4 M6 |2 e3. Laugh yourself sick
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( ~. V1 o$ W2 W& r1 Q& B4. Laugh yourself silly

6 P" G4 N5 l' |2 L* ^0 tItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

, M2 R4 J1 E8 `$ J6 a! w, ^0 J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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/ P! ~2 f0 _8 D" w& S& `- c3 f% sFollow 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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' T% z+ m2 P6 f* Y"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
: b4 M# B( u: b- a, @6 {7 o, C+ Y2 RYou Have Me There
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' D/ F) H! j3 o' 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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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! c0 w& [) t4 i/ u, M; r; YSome more?
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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>

" }+ X6 Y/ V5 k0 o2 L9 o$ EMeaning: 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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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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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: C) G, K4 K+ y* e* z( i% lmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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( B( J( X/ v1 I  h9 F" XMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

: c9 y" C( I0 P# T0 IIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"

; v( X  p" d) b: cMeaning: 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。

8 r+ j- W- k; P" m* lTry 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.

$ O  p# c# C/ Q( ?- o, kCheck the dictionary and it means:
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  f6 w7 m2 S1 r! e3 q% 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?

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.
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) K+ I. K+ C2 Q- d* ^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.