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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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- o  v" B5 Q- BStick-in-the-mud
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: a* i, y' D3 g. \2 ]- ZMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

2 G7 J1 b$ C( C" L7 e' f5 MExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

! M2 E3 ?% _* k" xI remember there is a song having such a line.
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7 Z7 Q' v8 c  {1 Y% V[ 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:
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! F# w8 B9 P; l) mWhen 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.

! a( x/ `, _4 z2 x2 E* i. u2 XExample: 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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. ^6 o$ [* F; }. m+ A4 F/ X+ b# MMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

$ L/ o+ S7 H% M) \9 fMy 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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( r7 n# y1 b6 Z2 Y0 y5 k5 ]" h2 REnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
' l3 Q* }2 U: ?: kI 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.

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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
! W3 L$ z/ d. s4 P& ]. p4 }! e    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
7 i5 h" o1 p6 f    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

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.

Follow Suit

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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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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
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$ Y5 F) l  j! q"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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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。
' U8 Q# b8 O, r( g' M; M; P) T( h         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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7 K( v/ x+ m1 r. q( A* L# X3 }<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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4 |; O8 [+ R1 ~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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) q9 S6 g* r5 E, F, q' f7 B" P3 X; fmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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; E8 A5 w2 w' XIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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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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& D. R" A" E6 A$ IMeaning: 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。
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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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  _4 Q. v; u( OVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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.

! I5 J2 L9 b$ P3 ~4 N6 y0 TMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

* Q$ F: y2 s1 {2 x1 v4 c9 f; Q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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  c& ^# I0 t/ P+ q: g3 {1 q$ TMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
5 n2 q4 X  W' x3 a  k& cb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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( C* k/ I; ^" X; sI 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.