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BOFA

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

( Q+ o; ~( N! r4 R* s9 [Stick-in-the-mud

- c( t' i  F& E  rMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

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.
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) O) }! ?7 F, o+ v2 w[ 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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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

$ r% }9 u) F' k- a/ VWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

+ i2 n7 E# F  PMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

9 l1 D# o( M) a* f8 `* I2 gExample: 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 Z. I& j! i, v  a, d8 qMeaning: 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I 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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

* a% J, L6 i# B4 Y* }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 N9 w& N6 I. w8 n" ^. n1. Laugh up your sleeve
6 ]3 R( x( ~1 H) q8 w# j' E    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
& `: U% y1 |1 D" t& E& o# ?6 t. {    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

$ e! A* Q" w+ d' J) R; v2. Laugh your head off

. F  E0 T- U- \7 j. Z4 n5 x  d1 ]3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

2 z+ D5 K) v$ B" J* [Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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.

$ I' e- A0 o( q$ h/ Y( E4 v) [Follow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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- o) n$ L* z* Q( f  @"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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, Q1 w/ N, F+ {# }7 NNow 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
0 V: H7 ?0 _/ J. D; |( m0 U4 UYou Have Me There
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: Q7 r/ a. Z9 Y% X  N% R4 o"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.

5 X. R) G" ]# R  iYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

Thanks 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。
         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。。
0 j; I, i2 m+ l- m/ {# U        =when the situation is urgent.

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: S2 R& }$ f* R8 M; Q<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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5 O( O4 }9 Q  Y( ^1 t8 K6 ^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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" J5 Z9 @2 e& Z$ n4 L% Kmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

* n/ X, b5 @( gMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

, C( \3 ^, G, `- {but 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"
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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。

7 h4 \& N! E( ~$ H; f# s+ n+ ?Try 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.
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$ X( p( Z/ [0 r* A, y4 ?Check 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.

& a( V  K$ Y8 \4 U7 J$ ?2 J1 |* AMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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/ M/ p% ]# Y0 z5 {$ h- O, f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

! x) U$ G* n! I) |5 TMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
1 b# m7 r' @" @3 D9 D! Fb. 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


9 T- T, f7 H  Y( 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.