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BOFA

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

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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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1 e: k. J$ ^4 i3 x- l[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

# e0 R$ _7 B( K, i" O& R  _; bMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

8 @3 S. q; E; Q+ i. N3 B. P8 `0 C5 wWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

8 w5 B+ P1 t! r. @Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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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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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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吃亏
, g) {. e. X4 U  G% I  m6 ]6 G% [English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

5 m/ d: F! q2 @' k; Z4 X% FExample:
/ Q& t! N4 C! T2 c- B$ ~: ~9 r) nI 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。
, F8 x9 l& c* x9 x* ~9 EExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

, @& G# Z& _' `5 ^) ]( v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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0 G9 W+ m# P: P0 r4 |( v1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
5 V4 v! B' v0 ~. G6 H5 C9 K    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

5 {( B( w% A  l: N2 ~2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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+ }2 H3 q* N/ [& {0 Q1 k% pItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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

, n0 W- @( t" W3 s6 l/ mMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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)
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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
6 {6 u5 M! r3 z" |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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

' d7 f$ A- A8 jYou really have me there, Bofa.
; |) F6 @  A/ A4 l8 j" HYou 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.

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<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:

5 W  g& G' r% R- `2 |6 Qmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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2 n8 r& @8 w; L. `# ?8 ~5 R: nMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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* t- s/ D6 H" g+ R! `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
7 _8 `( f9 \- h4 [# ~0 \% Q  "By the seat of one's pants"
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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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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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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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.

8 p, r1 y' N- W2 b+ ^4 tMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

6 f$ [4 C5 N7 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
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! |* V. x7 R- i# v2 q2 P, eOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
+ B3 \) A  M( b7 wb. 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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/ j* Y% X- \5 ]* A' N4 TI 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.