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BOFA

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

1 M& y- Y8 f7 t+ Y+ _# k6 \Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

4 Y( o( N0 `2 C; z7 m, f- p3 a% IExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

; R0 _. `  A7 J) p# {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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/ b( h3 c) g! [Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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( z& X6 m' _6 n6 P/ wExample:
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  S# T# h0 W0 L6 j  wWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

) Y' i: _& f8 o. a( ^& @Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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( y) m3 n: \+ g6 L2 [3 pExample: 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

. P+ [0 {+ \  w) G- _% Y0 `2 s, `My 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

Meaning:
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0 q5 M0 X2 b. G7 d7 L! ?2 xEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

- p9 C* ^7 U; p; \" ?6 VMeaning: 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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' B: }. @1 m! @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
( e& H5 m  h  }, Z/ ^% X* I- N6 n    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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/ x) A3 ^: _2 r; y) V2. Laugh your head off
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1 F$ ]5 p8 i" k! |3 M3. Laugh yourself sick
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/ m6 `0 V5 K0 H; J- E5 p4. Laugh yourself silly

4 o4 {6 }3 |1 F/ T: sItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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) S0 h2 ?1 B: x7 @& W  T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

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)

# T7 ^4 t' p# e$ t3 F7 f( FNow 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
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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)

6 z" S  W3 _. Q1 B/ ANow you make a sentence out of it.

3 s1 S0 |) P$ b; N" A! X- \You really have me there, Bofa.
' z8 B/ C# J1 n9 I) J4 m1 \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>

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。
         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.


<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
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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+ g& ]* u$ d, B% \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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# P" ~" f" t, F' M/ k0 sbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
. h5 {; P- q4 W; R9 Z  "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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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.
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5 E& w3 f8 A7 n1 \, sCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

( L: C3 B5 o. z1 i( `4 M0 v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.

9 {' K2 w8 O- nMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

9 v8 P. x7 q( S: W8 k) F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.

5 I2 B) A' T2 `" R. {Online Dicationary explains as follows:
* \$ j! {# }# }10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
2 Q6 i3 J7 G- x5 e1 ?4 F! ^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.