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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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6 b: v3 o  H# l: }* s- ^0 V0 L' BMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

& H! @! Z9 t+ O9 D0 I, cExample: 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.
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( K6 F9 n# K+ v3 `0 D[ 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:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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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

& Q9 W. P7 h- S( b; lMy 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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8 P3 z9 H# l' G% X& R: WMeaning:
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

- ]) t, Q/ U% f4 X" p* aMeaning: 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.

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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& W2 x/ K1 ?3 B1. Laugh up your sleeve
* E* R5 ?, g+ O& \7 m" a6 E$ c# a    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
8 `+ h, }  L( [    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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# h7 B! X2 o, N- A% D5 ]- m# F2. Laugh your head off
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0 U9 O3 a' _, q  s4 K5 B3. Laugh yourself sick
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$ G/ W3 U7 ~8 V( |1 {0 ^& y8 J6 i6 T4. Laugh yourself silly
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/ U: ~, j2 B# i6 l. JItem 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.

$ n7 m4 l  w! m) CFollow Suit
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% r4 N* ?+ ?, B8 i8 h3 sMeaning: (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)

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

"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)

% u& w: l% M& Y+ ~0 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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# ~7 i) O% E9 ESome 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。
1 ^$ D; {" u  P6 \1 k+ s         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。。
- X' r) W. N8 z* [2 c* \0 B' S        =when the situation is urgent.

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0 ^9 y% F% R' [4 o. x7 S6 m' Z. 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:

3 v6 ?: ^# A- j% G' C; \3 Hmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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! S# \: ?- A3 U. Z% u% n! K% H  aMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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4 r2 H: y5 h) F, lIt 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
# Z" V7 ]8 e+ a2 E3 {% j/ u% Q  "By the seat of one's pants"
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! N1 f! W7 R+ F# \) w5 `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。

& P. _; R* h( eTry 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.

+ ]! X0 X4 ?+ O  g- g) rCheck the dictionary and it means:
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2 X1 C& Q8 t3 ]9 CVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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.

+ v( x2 b+ k/ j9 F# {" yMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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" Q1 V9 O. X7 ]0 D- s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:
  W  U, E/ h  h6 W; l10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
5 X8 u2 o& o% h* P! A( u& rb. 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.