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BOFA

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

* n0 V; g  A( c7 b# E6 _# V6 VMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

' @# Y* h% V( `$ w; n+ W( i3 BI remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

" K' R( L5 B' s9 y/ U( qWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

3 K0 N2 D& g( QMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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' _! Z. ~: A0 f* L2 q9 NExample: 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

0 I, m, x) ^9 z( S! I% pMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

3 M% m( ^1 C3 N  [$ tMeaning:
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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

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。
8 C" J, @. O" K- OExample: 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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
& B1 t! t  ]- G  l: C( c    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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/ a$ P  R1 p% o: e2. Laugh your head off
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+ a" Y7 O/ H/ e1 \6 _3. Laugh yourself sick
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5 t, V0 }" y6 p2 C; r4. Laugh yourself silly

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.
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Follow Suit

$ i1 W( I3 n: C; Q- D, K0 k' S/ [Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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2 p. ~0 s2 z: @3 s: e"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)
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Now you make a sentence out of it.

7 @/ Y, N0 \2 y- j$ H) xYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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>

6 H! m, A( j# N% OMeaning: 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。。
3 B$ C1 t" ?1 o# b; Z/ U0 z; _        =when the situation is urgent.

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8 z0 h' [; `# f' K& ~# b5 C! F<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

8 M7 Z4 F. M" z. e! j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:

" V2 o/ O1 L( c/ M: I  \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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BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"

' S/ ]7 q/ }& N! Q8 B  P0 aMeaning: 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.
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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.
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6 i7 x+ @8 [2 ~9 g7 ?Check the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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2 ~& G! `0 R/ P2 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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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) _; a# K" i! B1 U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

$ D: i5 F7 `& g* D0 E: j0 U" AMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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" Q: H/ X) }& mOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. 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.  
* _. H! h/ w' O3 C- h: {% `) l3 B http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


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.