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发表于 2008-7-27 19:48 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper3 v& L$ U8 O& e9 o/ {( a

$ y7 [5 f4 t( H# GExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.- D% u3 d2 c/ c+ `

% H9 K: u) t# |# f0 o- |) wI remember there is a song having such a line.2 j* P, X% g9 o
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[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-27 19:51 | 显示全部楼层
Pour out your soul
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all./ L- b( M- T; r9 ]5 q( G
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Example:
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* \3 n/ M# b- [1 _When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-27 19:54 | 显示全部楼层
<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.1 t( t# a  l6 R

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发表于 2008-7-27 21:30 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
you've got a major typo in the name of the thread
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发表于 2008-7-28 09:41 | 显示全部楼层
One-Track
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) t( c; `! s. o# LMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject- E6 Z: f! w( L4 O$ ?& T( j
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My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.7 _1 r; d1 r' X( d' ?

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Copied from the original posting by BOFA
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发表于 2008-7-28 09:42 | 显示全部楼层

another opy

The short end of the stick
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" j2 P) C) |2 D/ @$ eMeaning:
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' f( o' d+ K% [2 m: zEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on5 _$ P3 C* V; ], t/ h; g

. F8 `/ N# ~4 D! d9 ^) A' fExample:$ [6 s% H% k: M
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-28 20:28 | 显示全部楼层

Canadian Slang Sharing

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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。
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( g6 [  x" a1 x& S0 ?- |/ L非常好的一个习惯表达法。我们以后要用噢。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-28 20:33 | 显示全部楼层

About how we laugh

This issue is about how we laugh. ' `' _: k8 n& J0 Z2 |0 l

' v6 U) a0 ?* F/ G  v& Z$ l1. Laugh up your sleeve
. I4 ]+ h( j$ j( A    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.1 v% i' j1 F- d# p7 t
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧)$ L9 E- J0 P2 i

# T1 R* x6 f3 E$ S/ q# y2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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! b* M; U# v6 ~# c8 f, t) ?5 dItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....( x7 \8 D5 `: p! x/ O" x

* i+ i" Q8 v1 z$ F" e7 f% B1 w下次我们该知道如何说我笑破肚皮了。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-30 16:02 | 显示全部楼层

Follow Suit

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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.  ~. [, J5 @7 C' s9 ?# i; @
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Follow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-7-31 21:34 | 显示全部楼层

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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发表于 2008-7-31 22:01 | 显示全部楼层

yo

yo bofa, you are the man !!
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发表于 2008-8-1 09:04 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表 + Z$ ^; v% _( E
You Have Me There; }' Q( x: {2 j& l) O& ^* Q
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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)* r8 L! _( s+ G" |7 \) m6 R  |
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Now you make a sentence out of it.

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You got me.
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发表于 2008-8-1 09:04 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
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发表于 2008-8-1 10:24 | 显示全部楼层
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GOOD!!
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6 x6 R1 y9 }0 |+ v" D8 ~Some more?: n2 t$ }9 ]5 }& ~: l

- C; ~- [+ H" `+ ^* b6 [Thanks for sharing!!
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发表于 2008-8-1 11:15 | 显示全部楼层
goood, go on
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-3 11:23 | 显示全部楼层

Two new for today

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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! i+ P+ G) M) ?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。/ ~- E* ^3 N- V: v
         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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$ [8 d1 l5 f) a( b/ g/ R<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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发表于 2008-8-4 10:47 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
put english on the ball: ! p* n2 C& \6 e& M+ o4 @/ d
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makes the ball backspin in pool game
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-5 20:34 | 显示全部楼层

A Penny for your thoughts

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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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" |' |# D/ V( w' i' S! CIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."7 L) l3 f4 w5 M0 v$ L9 ~

. y6 ^+ L+ o  U8 s  ]but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-6 21:18 | 显示全部楼层

By the seat of one's pants

Today's sharing is
. w/ X; J, N, W7 x/ [( ?  "By the seat of one's pants"% Y; ]& }0 v5 b+ t5 ?& P
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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。0 t% c& z/ s- i  U

3 Z; W5 m3 U+ x. D! \Try to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.2 s5 x( _& a2 M: ^
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-7 18:02 | 显示全部楼层

On the Edge of My Seat

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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.: S) i9 R9 h4 ?! Q# n
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Check the dictionary and it means:
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6 E: P* |( h% m' b& U' dVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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4 D( U2 p- r* |* U0 M我想下回我们催别人赶紧说的时候,可以用这个表达法了。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-8-7 18:05 | 显示全部楼层

What's Eating You?

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?+ m% c+ f; ^  J; p4 V- X
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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。
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-9-3 11:31 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
On the Mend
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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.3 M! A; ]4 ~0 Q( u1 [4 ]
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8 _6 ^& ^( k. r* g) k' s10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  ) T* T5 D; h6 ?$ {' u
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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4 a- A7 V6 Y4 k; k" kI 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.
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