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BOFA

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

, }2 a& O" Z3 l  C% RStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

" W; @3 e3 d3 v. H0 ^; |& F[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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2 q" d3 L: C0 E! F. QExample:
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( Q' R( Q: K3 p* r2 bWhen 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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) z1 [5 U& J5 B- YExample: 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

) }0 h4 F' _6 [/ c; e0 ]) [! _1 U1 RMy 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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7 l6 t% o5 \; S9 q$ cMeaning:
吃亏
/ y" f0 h8 ^- h8 M  X1 E' oEnglish: 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
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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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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: c7 ?* j! x& 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.

2 z6 p& r! R, }' V! o1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
( W9 d+ o4 ~: H+ Q- I, x0 I, Z    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

! P! J9 i) ]( H6 C( B# I' H2. Laugh your head off
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9 @5 f7 y/ y; a% P- w! v6 F. U/ Q3. Laugh yourself sick

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.
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1 S+ t+ F+ ]# f) v7 S' IFollow 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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"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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
8 o' G) G7 \5 H. ^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)

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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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。
! W8 @. u6 P, n9 N8 T8 J         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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( a$ ?/ |5 B/ p. y" c. R, l4 W<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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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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1 L/ S& o+ h/ ~" U6 q( r' f" oIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
# }- r2 I6 {5 J, }$ D/ j  "By the seat of one's pants"

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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0 `2 i9 m7 \5 j2 W3 ?. X& GTry 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

; w! V) v% K  F* ~1 ?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?

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

! p: U8 u# m& O9 KMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
2 a4 z: m# H. M( m4 y10. 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.