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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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! n1 o9 c  o# }. FStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

6 P7 V$ P3 L' G# V5 CI remember there is a song having such a line.
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6 H3 I" x( k* _[ 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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5 V6 u# }/ N! U" ^& v7 DExample:

; q. Q3 ^" ~/ a1 o; h! N& d( {! F6 G, TWhen 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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/ _0 I  V2 f0 o4 p; gExample: 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
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$ p9 V) D7 o. L9 e3 SMy 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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! D1 W  Z4 I/ U0 u9 g4 V& r0 UMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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。
: }/ \" U3 k2 v+ W2 c2 CExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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, |* g: n* @% n3 ^7 I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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/ U: Q% F4 y3 B8 R1. Laugh up your sleeve
) B9 o& b% o* X, ^, F  G    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

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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....
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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.

Follow Suit
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BOFA

You Have Me There
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: G+ C/ \( K' M4 B' a! ^* U. |2 V- n"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
! z( o* O* a1 u+ j. T1 n8 x4 e7 @You Have Me There

$ ]# d* B6 U0 b  u* U& Y2 W"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)

$ W2 t; l- u9 F: o+ aNow 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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Some more?

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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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。
$ @+ m& r! R+ s2 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.
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& Q) g- H$ K/ q<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

  {" |' v1 g% A; m! q! bMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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It 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
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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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/ d3 j8 L' Y* s* e9 |0 N3 TTry 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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8 {6 E: i7 M: J6 C% O: b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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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
7 b+ v% z) q# \+ D2 x$ r10. 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


3 n& n1 |( j* J" u3 xI 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.