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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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. i! l. [! x2 @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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6 ~- e3 D" Q* E$ U* qI remember there is a song having such a line.

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BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: 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>
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* \  ^1 K( n& b; m( X, l  o' WMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

* }$ z: U' A( \# M- a& SExample: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

0 G) Z; k- j* k# z' GMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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( s3 h7 ^/ J& H& u0 ACopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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  T0 B& B* ?1 z, y8 N$ F  n: QMeaning:
吃亏
- H! F1 H6 a" {. m8 o/ [: \English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

, ]( x- b7 S4 y0 M  y) Y5 V6 ]Example:
3 @! M( J9 }) O% l+ H/ uI 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.

! s3 b7 l* |* p4 Z: Q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 e+ \  c$ Q) }9 w7 T  f1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
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2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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, ~' }2 P4 E7 Y% k4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

3 M1 q' u2 ~' G6 E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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4 Q9 S3 [; P' `8 j# X( ?Follow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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! q( J8 t# P& Z7 t! Z* w"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
6 J8 {) `/ ?: j! u# }% a1 RYou Have Me There

% K( q1 w1 A* S"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.

3 F  A$ @7 U4 zYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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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1 \& G, R" ^0 G7 I6 o4 ]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。
1 ]) X# y- [# }" A         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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: n: ^% n/ z, J' B& H/ C- D' V<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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:

; ~% F4 p" g4 T; S$ j8 J2 rmakes 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.
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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......."
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BOFA

Today's sharing is
, ^6 B4 `( R0 x' x4 r1 `, b  "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。
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% B4 G, w7 l- w! J6 v0 y/ wTry 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.

2 G8 k  Y1 I% _7 r2 qCheck the dictionary and it means:

" \" e- v8 m2 [4 P. bVery 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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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。

BOFA

On the Mend
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! F! G! Z+ A$ a  @$ T% dMeaning: 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.  
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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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.