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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

' F* G7 U6 k6 [! F; [Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

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

, O2 _9 y4 s0 t2 j2 nMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

/ ]1 q* y( W( `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>
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9 x4 X: A$ ]/ `5 X& _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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6 T* ^7 ?8 m' g, Y$ Y& j) `: VMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

- {3 \; f) Q. I1 n! Q& q, C: r1 g" I) IMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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3 C. ?& B) I+ I; Q" m! h* NCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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+ m$ E) D, a: uMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

& {9 N& R) }. m# S# B/ lExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

6 P$ k8 `3 N) _3 ~0 y7 Y% @/ EMeaning: 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。
" [# Y7 ]' w" o/ G% \, t# DExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

% k3 `0 Q- C- h) C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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
    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

3. Laugh yourself sick
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1 |9 T1 y) m8 `/ B2 j  w4 w4. Laugh yourself silly
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' v  x2 T# Y; q+ p0 R0 iItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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' l6 w7 x1 R4 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.

Follow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

2 h8 ?0 a, {: ?"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
9 A6 T/ B1 j9 J8 u2 R$ o9 BYou Have Me There

' D) h9 L9 x% v& p; j( y"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)

* Y% A. ^/ ^- u$ y4 rNow you make a sentence out of it.

: N' p$ |  ~2 X$ [6 k2 J6 B; PYou really have me there, Bofa.
& a! I! n4 m* @7 N2 Z7 H& ?You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some 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。
4 O7 x2 E  m$ [% N0 H2 l) `- l% G         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>
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2 F: P2 t- \* p; T! v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
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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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/ o6 j) y4 ]" C, gbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "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。

7 r: ]9 W0 c* O9 s5 S) c0 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.

) W: R+ t" L5 QCheck the dictionary and it means:

) ?. z1 ^# D# cVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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7 W# j6 b/ a  ]. g% M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.

- I5 _/ D, n3 D$ x# [. s* qMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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; Q  m  y' K$ W; i: c9 I8 j  \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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9 [) {7 m: h' u: _Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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: l3 w$ d1 c5 ^" g8 j7 r* wOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
9 v: P& Z. u- q10. 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

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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.