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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

/ w& F/ e+ S  n. }Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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3 z/ W' S$ D/ x, l) O* xExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

) \1 }( S- A0 ]8 X# T7 SMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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5 l7 l  \7 C1 x! LExample: 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

' w! ?# N. `  n2 d5 SMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

; Z4 k0 o: U: b  h) }- s( ?  gMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
吃亏
& E: H3 I6 B* T) T# IEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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; s& {2 J3 |% f8 j# cExample:
2 y: E0 S: O7 {  f% [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。
, f7 A+ n6 G1 [; EExample: 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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
7 C5 z/ x! L; i8 T) ?8 C; j* c0 @    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

  O5 F- l( o* C& U  T/ Q; Q5 [9 |8 |* v2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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- \, L- Q8 M& O! f' TItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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8 i* B8 F) l! T  i0 A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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# j3 v; O+ o% k+ mFollow Suit
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# {& F# Z6 j" l) Z$ `. XMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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1 O$ U; ^# @# o' q# x"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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* j$ ^: g5 N( c1 h+ t0 w* bNow 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
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) I9 a5 j1 j& I4 y) j* x. u5 |8 V"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!!
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Some more?
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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>

( R6 h. j+ V% tMeaning: 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 J) C! R" h6 L) V' K         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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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

. y3 n9 k; }3 A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

Mhhh. 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
7 `& t- m7 W8 \+ v" u  "By the seat of one's pants"

; {% _* O. _# A* u+ K: t- \* nMeaning: 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。

4 Y: q9 Q# `) I9 FTry 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.

- d2 I+ \0 ~, Q2 b, iCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

* ^! s& z& g/ ~/ E6 {$ E( 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.
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! ]: Z' m* o- R, B, X/ sMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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/ h8 {5 d) D; a; F# v- V* Z% V; {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.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
2 z0 j# N: T2 T6 |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.