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Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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( x$ H, t3 e  rStick-in-the-mud

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

0 D9 p% x6 i/ \( R5 U7 M; u' P6 CExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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6 K$ p  w. o! r% `I remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 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.

$ P* x  |* w( @Example:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

$ N8 t0 Q) u& n1 v1 B/ ?4 O& Z8 xMeaning: 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

% |) b7 v, z+ X$ L0 SMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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* X& L  j7 _% E3 t+ KMy 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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Meaning:
吃亏
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

2 C; N( F  h  Y) y0 |8 X. D) g3 n5 RMeaning: 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.

. u  Y0 M5 L' a8 b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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
$ s6 z2 W# M& C3 v; r    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
) d3 H& ]6 q: }* N    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

* C& A9 b4 o0 R) g2 Q5 M2. Laugh your head off
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# Q% N' W( G% _3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly
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% A+ j  x4 X, R# w& J6 ^: hItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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.

: q8 s5 ^/ x, u) E. A& G. K/ T9 OFollow Suit
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; n, _) ?) g# @( J2 EMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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9 G; F. U: e, M7 j/ z5 ^"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
$ o- ^3 S3 @4 A( }You Have Me There
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! [5 }  W: ?5 Y4 w2 h"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)

" b$ ]- ^8 R& N1 r$ UNow 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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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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3 a+ }9 b, w9 W, I# ~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。
! x" z. F4 c* Z0 S7 I2 [! X         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。。
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6 C4 G) ~; `! M: k- {<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:

$ h: M; T4 i6 P$ b+ xmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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( v: y' y  `( g( r" j$ ]; {2 qIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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+ m$ A4 ^& {3 H  obut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
, V  g5 E% E: q  "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.

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.

! _: A- g  s; ?6 x* B2 p5 j+ eCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very 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.
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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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$ A% I2 t8 A7 Y  c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

: M* Q7 D1 Y+ J/ Y* ^: S4 YMeaning: 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.  
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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.