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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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! A1 w+ \  T5 p3 C# Q) {$ _& U2 vStick-in-the-mud

; @; u' h6 l& q+ VMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

7 R- M3 T) {; n- FExample: 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.

* r$ H' T. R* ~9 a: v# x& ?[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

0 }8 T" z9 b* [) H2 t* TMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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; z3 I# Y+ I* k  eWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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( g% _) X% B# w' E; X; TExample: 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
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My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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4 F1 d) b: Y; n* u. w$ r4 ]Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
& U$ R3 q7 r0 _. _; {8 g4 tI 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。
. A9 v' x. G  A5 H/ kExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

1 M1 ?0 e9 P: n  b$ K* q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
) b# x; [2 S6 V, u3 b    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
: A4 K* _2 C$ S' G7 H! V) l: h    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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4 x) n2 A# H& Z: Q9 U2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

# |5 P5 y$ ^7 d6 I# ~Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

- \2 {" W  h, c$ ?: _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.

& j; t* v% g% i- S  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

"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)

3 w( B- A; H9 u! m# E" g0 WNow 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
  W2 D# {+ X: V) w4 V" kYou 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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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。
& R% t4 Z& A5 T$ _& E         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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<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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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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+ w) g8 t, m) S: e, uIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

0 K3 F4 M3 j! ?1 bbut 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。
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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:

0 L, k" C9 D+ E5 yVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

& ^- j6 }! T! s3 c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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& R; k6 g1 i( R) H2 h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.

2 ?7 K# q% L  J6 ]( D1 H) r- w3 ?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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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.