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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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; J1 K8 n+ i% _% ?0 K5 m8 g) TStick-in-the-mud

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

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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I 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:
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6 V0 A* j$ }. [! Y. s+ X( {When 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.

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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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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

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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
4 ~! p; G* F0 b$ c+ ZI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

/ [# t& D$ F5 Q! P+ I3 cMeaning: 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.

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.

2 h. h& Z, J5 x6 s: c' o$ V, r1. 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）
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8 T1 g( O( \2 `6 Z- I  P3 l( e! e2. Laugh your head off
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1 w' i- \( X( H3 N; u3. Laugh yourself sick

, U) Q% l, I/ ~5 A" r4. 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....

5 _' k  f3 I" Z! e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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$ ?4 S: J: w: w& e- V. CMeaning: (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)

8 {, k" ]; u" h* _# ^3 c$ dNow 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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2 M9 Y+ o+ ]5 q- _# g1 o* B5 `/ r9 s"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.

( P9 j) ?  D, p6 sYou really have me there, Bofa.
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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>
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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。
: K% U/ G2 K4 h7 m         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。。
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' g- j  A( ~; X6 A<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:

6 t" o( h3 O4 Q5 Y  N' l0 B: \makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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' V( q/ Q& T, t2 C1 t5 hIt 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
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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9 n/ C1 X- [3 Y- D+ m  p9 N3 wMeaning: 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。

1 [2 [* Q2 g6 U4 cTry 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.

& v( ?2 K+ x7 m. jCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

7 D1 @5 ?  _2 u0 R# t& A" U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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& H" _1 M$ |5 IMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

; h3 W: M- N& [# J+ l# A2 S1 l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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
% n4 p- j4 S( [: b" e, D' ^0 Pb. 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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; w9 y/ n& J' S! n; h: [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.