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BOFA

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

1 J3 d( \! x8 U% k' v2 N8 OStick-in-the-mud

5 y" Y  u4 D, W( I3 F/ n) f( ~Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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) b/ R" j) {6 c. Z% a' ZExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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/ K( l* u  l; QI 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

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

7 v- `# D) x4 J) ?Example:

8 p( V$ C( x6 T! [2 a8 [When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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! b* x: _  \/ y4 W7 OMeaning: 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

1 l2 l/ {1 _/ v, U* Z1 dMeaning: 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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0 M5 E9 Y- z, e% P5 \' Z" `" GCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
吃亏
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

1 ~% w' P5 v( Q; qMeaning: 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.
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3 \& s- G9 W) I, p$ l. R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.

9 n  g- W4 @; `+ G3 O% U. ^! m- m1. 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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2. Laugh your head off

; J# j- ^  e: n8 V3. Laugh yourself sick
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/ I3 ^# _0 n6 S1 B4. Laugh yourself silly

0 T, f5 w1 `& t0 D1 cItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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9 l7 U/ L7 ?* s( x% U4 p# m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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3 H+ ?, ]# u& t  Z5 F2 KMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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  s- H  u2 ~7 h/ k"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
You Have Me There
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- R1 z: O7 l$ s4 P9 D& i5 n"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.

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You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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: P7 R' ?+ J! ~7 H" m4 O) RSome more?
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; H% r; K( r% g% c9 z5 uThanks 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。
) L  J0 s9 L" ~4 W         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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% e, `" S. g0 a2 D) @<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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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" C% G) Q; C/ I, l' LMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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8 s; a' X! `/ Y4 A  ]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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3 K2 ?! z/ x9 _$ l1 [; s3 g: u2 ebut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
9 u9 f+ P! _) D4 J  "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。
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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.

5 b0 {* k* w* {Check the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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- }; }* }8 l1 @/ X+ @( |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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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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3 Q5 @: W, C2 Q1 O( EMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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2 M& u! S, q/ m2 J% _/ @) }Online Dicationary explains as follows:
$ M/ D3 r$ ~& z2 N10. 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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8 k, `2 Q' \8 G; jI 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.