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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
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( F3 [0 d9 x- ?8 z9 dMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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/ c* x4 O# r* S& b! ~% `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.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul
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- w/ L5 V; j* XMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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  y: B) v, r# J' MExample:

' s7 ^4 d! L- r; y$ |When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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- d/ Q) T( [5 JExample: 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

( [( \* K( ^, d1 p. T2 X$ N5 LMeaning: 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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august99

The short end of the stick
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3 d2 D' d! o. j# d3 gMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

3 Q1 X, o+ _8 J1 o0 I% ?Example:
. O& Z& T8 {' J6 UI 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。
- m3 |  |) ?: ^3 d: o! \1 mExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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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.

: k1 }7 [. V$ ^0 f- Y& U5 g1. 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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5 ~7 l0 }& g+ k2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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) @1 r1 a  m9 \, i8 t7 x4. 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....
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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

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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  H1 q- O4 h0 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)

8 l- }5 g7 w: V) C- T1 e: BNow 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
/ B. B) W+ A8 }You Have Me There
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, M/ E6 Q8 ]2 R/ h"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.

You 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>
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) t6 C7 _: I" \: W% wMeaning: 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 e: P* M- u8 F) N3 D7 N         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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<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

  ?4 B# d: l. D! U# |. q$ BMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

- S  D1 L- d; w2 o# {It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

1 Y1 Q: o+ w( m3 ]9 ubut 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"

0 T! b) F  K# X4 [! tMeaning: 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。

; g/ S+ q9 l7 {& z/ g8 }8 OTry 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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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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9 p# a' F, F3 X7 ?Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

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.
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. C0 V1 k9 C5 d6 u2 S10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
, d5 L  H) U$ Eb. 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


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.