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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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. h5 M7 q4 h: v3 B3 u7 t. _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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I remember there is a song having such a line.
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- `& N! u$ s, m* y! E. q' p[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

: }. ^# ?  J" {; V" ]/ ^: ^Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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3 f: k; q2 j4 N% X. |* B5 CWhen 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.

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
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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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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3 }: B  v$ U. \8 ^6 U& v0 x4 eEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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$ j* I, H: X6 U. y. V: fExample:
0 P' N7 K6 ]* y3 r9 l5 w8 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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, P" h; `6 m  ~! d3 ^; q! x3 F! [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.
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& H6 `6 X2 X" w/ S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.
. L/ ]0 x. O  t& a: V& Y7 p    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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/ A( {7 j  L+ u  d# z& E" W7 n" [3. Laugh yourself sick
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) P( J  I4 D: S5 m+ u! P% l' u4. Laugh yourself silly
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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

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

BOFA

You Have Me There

$ \4 O" t# _, T: z' d+ Z"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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. z0 j7 j0 A8 F2 W2 W9 J  d8 z8 KNow 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
. Q/ t+ R( U$ Z& ^0 H5 gYou Have Me There

- K+ A  V) V4 A0 l& C* j"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>

& @0 M9 e# k  c# `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。
& d! X% v# M/ 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.
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. U5 G0 }( S& `! e. I8 N<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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+ X' A; ~  {( l( e8 Y4 ?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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  S# z5 R" ^! D: e( rbut 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"

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。

4 P; `5 b$ C) }' r& L( aTry 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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Check the dictionary and it means:
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; |8 `& c3 B; n. F0 Z2 ^Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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; P8 H; K: R! ^6 u; x' }7 H- y+ ^7 @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.
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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

+ C5 d2 J( F( M. ^! J- @6 E! G. NMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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6 e2 @5 E6 |$ M% Y" k8 WOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
" \5 e5 n' S( ^) i8 ?, Z* _3 Sb. 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


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.