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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

2 W3 r- }+ |7 F& a# i. ?Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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3 c' _9 M# M) R: ~% LExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

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

7 M  u2 Z% R* i# ZMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

+ n+ f* @2 @9 G9 X3 W  B* qWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

5 T/ Y' R7 I7 K  L- B8 gMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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; \( u& U1 @% k8 y2 ZExample: 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

  S1 K- i( U1 P; Z) LMeaning: 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

Meaning:
吃亏
+ _& F. h/ _* ?: U; g( FEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

' ?% c: ?: H4 z+ l# _; vMeaning: 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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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.

6 F% q/ s# T" [4 O/ K+ y2 {6 B% N1. Laugh up your sleeve
1 O- H$ i7 m; O, o/ X* a$ Q! |    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    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

4. 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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! i: h: Q( M2 d9 g' C: G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

( M. o$ W7 G/ s) z8 T9 nMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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2 r* ?9 o$ j% a" {  R, t% P"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

6 e4 }4 P% g% g3 O4 s9 C"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.

7 z2 K. p6 t) a" P0 H, X+ DYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

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。
, k* s. Y# c% \8 _( r& D+ C' ^         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。。
# d) G) I6 G/ h        =when the situation is urgent.
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! o$ ^4 O1 V% \3 g<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

; A8 f% k. ?4 e5 e5 vMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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. Y0 s3 H( t; M6 R& f+ ^, uIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

8 O5 O% P  }2 e+ j( J4 y9 }, s, c! o  Abut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
' K( e3 D' _5 V  z7 [  "By the seat of one's pants"
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7 }2 _& Z8 u1 kMeaning: 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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* ^3 D9 L: E5 h+ F  S0 GTry 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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0 \5 ]( v( t" I. L% h3 \Check the dictionary and it means:
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+ U9 f  e/ Y5 R( [Very 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.

$ |  S$ o& g0 d9 ^5 @' i) @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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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. k/ m: W4 O6 H$ r: JOnline 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.  
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.