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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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; ?+ {# u- I& {2 k. L" YStick-in-the-mud
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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.

7 w: ?3 l" I$ J1 gI 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.
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Example:

( n* k, R7 ?' \+ E4 W) r* bWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

$ g; Q$ J, F# {( p) F. j; vMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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2 t) A# G5 }, J+ w' ~$ d2 mExample: 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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! {. T/ Z- V4 _" mMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

& X# w6 i6 |0 F& R- C. g2 bMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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8 T3 G# n+ y" y4 m! Y9 v& ~Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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& u& G/ w& n- _/ n4 a3 v! d7 YMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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, h2 _( P6 H4 K" ^Example:
" i1 Y+ u4 [( ]/ p# |8 II work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

* x& ]' I# j9 P7 b% H# J7 P% _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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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+ z, Y3 u' c$ C; t& t; ]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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
! D0 ~# x& R! j' ?. O    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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+ b/ J1 J# o3 c3 F, g3 [+ \3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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$ A9 ~( E  n# B& H! I3 z1 S+ K+ {7 `Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

6 [( s! P; S3 I  Q9 u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

6 v! \) _( {6 m4 BMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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' g% t5 Z% f5 |, c) t"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.

阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
" w$ F4 v3 r- F4 mYou Have Me There

( r! s2 @6 X$ i7 q" m! C"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.

7 [4 A$ Z4 e8 f, |: IYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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( {3 L* V& b; `5 g5 z- USome more?
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5 y5 u5 x4 Z; Z; EThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

- W! r+ q! r# k2 P) N# K! C, cMeaning: 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。。
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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:

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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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4 ?& K' v  \8 \5 @$ T" }' l) j, m# bMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

! e1 }# y* P, \4 ^$ n. PIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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, c! ~  }- X. O8 Bbut 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"

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。

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.
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4 p6 V+ V; z4 q2 eCheck the dictionary and it means:
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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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/ r2 l7 s% X6 o: [8 {5 C/ W  SMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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4 p& u9 f# g+ M7 W3 P4 i/ a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

; u8 F2 t, p: qMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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3 ~$ y6 Z3 V- x* p9 C& AOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
( b% D" J0 M; o  }2 C1 X10. 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.