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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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! _8 e; ]0 u( p1 T: o/ BI 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
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" B& Z- q. y' p# I% ]7 s% r7 g+ j, EMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

2 l" V$ Z0 C; J3 f' h# h3 |8 t7 X. DMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

Example: 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

/ `) L8 \: E+ G3 w3 H( r. F' GMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

5 |, y* {4 @, _8 iMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

  ]) h/ l: K0 L0 oMeaning:
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0 _+ ^2 B% N; p4 m% H4 EEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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  h- _. {6 s& h' H% Q2 p! QExample:
( j& Y4 E, e0 F) t& 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.

4 {$ n- o3 v8 g" U$ r5 z9 b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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
9 A) G/ m1 S2 U    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
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3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

& o  X* [  S6 H6 o# s7 `' [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.
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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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"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
& X( H9 ]; H( X" U2 eYou Have Me There

& l, z" q: {- S) p+ _6 h: Y"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)

% p" C: k* g- t/ o) DNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

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GOOD!!

Some more?

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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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  O2 K: A% b. w# a: b) `. `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。
) m6 J9 I1 H' ?' g         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.


; _% _! c  b$ r1 Y<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:

& C, s3 r  b* x% A1 i3 omakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

( I. }( i; V% B5 d' EIt 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
4 f* X8 h( {0 a; b  i  "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。

: E& h' [, L, K3 _- k$ a# E$ KTry 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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Check the dictionary and it means:

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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3 M8 p6 y4 v. ~) s. j* \1 qMeaning: 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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4 F3 X0 m& D% X2 yMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

) `% R2 E3 n2 f" D8 U; ?Online Dicationary explains as follows:
5 f2 g. ]4 A. S5 n! l; K! _! ^10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
) N" X" T; k* `2 f. ^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.