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BOFA

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

  L, ?6 I- g3 p! T  wStick-in-the-mud
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4 l& J. J# G* F( m4 |# w! oMeaning: 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.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

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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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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* N) f- D6 P6 L: D# uExample: 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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Meaning: 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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august99

The short end of the stick
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0 l' h+ R7 D+ }Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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。
5 J" d% q1 O" P. gExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

2 Y. D# A# c% |: ^7 ?* E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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* t+ P% e, ~9 v4 B6 U1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
4 R6 j* b* [+ O4 e. R( N    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

" N, E$ q  O7 ^& k$ C" C9 }2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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: V  ~- A: \$ p& e$ R4. Laugh yourself silly
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# |+ u! W  G0 m! aItem 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.
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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

"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
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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

Thanks for sharing!!

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。
, @: e; w, G2 j, [" o( ~( ]- _+ }         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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<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:
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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

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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8 M: G& l% I6 ~& F! |0 vIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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/ _- n! w6 I' X# `" T/ r; ibut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
# {, j8 e; f" U  O" C+ _, ]7 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。

, }5 U7 U3 J( e' ]& V% BTry 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.

9 I2 H! }: I& A; N2 wCheck the dictionary and it means:
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( y$ e, x3 ]) {% J2 TVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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% B; T( o7 U' b3 E4 [/ C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?

) H3 a4 S3 H4 k7 S6 _8 P! I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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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
9 A" U% S( F1 Y1 @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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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! T- A4 r: h) `- p: e5 t. t, nI 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.