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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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, D0 a* T8 N, A2 _# S" hStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

0 Z# a/ n4 d+ j, j. f( c% N# ZExample: 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

7 N/ i( c1 v1 p# H# C4 qMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

, A$ W2 P3 z( \2 QExample:

" a! ?5 C! b1 E% W8 h5 ^- w) kWhen 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.
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* L- W7 d5 J. k8 J9 M$ iExample: 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

* X+ r; \/ `2 ]# x' D( e) m, R! qMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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8 X$ }: O4 T5 T* t- F4 \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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Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

3 Q! F& ^9 X- U4 ]  G/ AExample:
' s0 C( Y% K2 q! J* o, w- l7 mI 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。
/ v0 S, `) z( E/ K* UExample: 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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# N3 C' Z( W  q; y/ l5 w( `1. Laugh up your sleeve
2 d4 [4 m) E/ H6 w0 O    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
' L& A6 B6 w7 \3 c, a7 O    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

3 B- L% k6 S4 P( d/ K2 e' e4. Laugh yourself silly
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0 o& m: E9 K( |' t8 l8 z* OItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

1 c7 u6 d! ~9 D+ K5 x9 g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

( U5 r3 t& ~/ W9 pMeaning: (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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. a0 a$ F! |: w6 d, b: h% ^: x* VNow 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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& [+ r, ]5 Z3 N5 d" D  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)

+ s3 r1 y' \4 P# dNow you make a sentence out of it.

0 M% m& T( t7 uYou 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>

2 F0 t- M% i' t2 QMeaning: 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。
2 V# ^# ~0 t1 c9 Q6 C         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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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3 n6 r. l( r" ?% M- W' X0 u- e1 |, cMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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  I* r" w* u6 M% }, k/ T0 ?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
! ?2 }% b$ D* `# J2 |* r6 L# L  "By the seat of one's pants"

; o! Y! h- n5 V2 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。

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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

( j! }) G4 `8 \; {Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

5 b4 j8 Z/ s/ V' g5 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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online 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.  
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.