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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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+ J; b8 G9 i( `" KExample: 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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BOFA

Pour out your soul

. ]7 u" J  R4 W4 ?Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

# I, @! [& ]! u3 q5 {9 O0 XMeaning: 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

' Y$ L1 y8 m# T6 [& GMeaning: 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
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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

. N5 u7 a* Q1 d) eMeaning: 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.
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1. Laugh up your sleeve
7 d- m# s: k+ v( X. ~& X    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
* g2 B6 P% ^, l9 O    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

1 ~$ R3 m1 z1 W: |. P/ V, `8 F! ?  R2. Laugh your head off
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7 E! k, P+ y$ h  k3. Laugh yourself sick
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# k0 H$ r8 a8 N& a9 H# {4. Laugh yourself silly

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

2 H7 V- D4 n! }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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! `: V% a! F, {& g% ~% Y% U: I& bMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

$ v% O- V( N+ q; g$ X' x. G9 U( w7 `"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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
( ~& h0 P, F' FYou 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)

% C% `9 ?- }5 ]1 vNow you make a sentence out of it.

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

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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, r9 s* A, j! ?1 B4 zSome 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>

: ?9 n2 Q, y8 e1 D1 ~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。
0 i: W1 G; T- C" x! Y- P         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:

- V9 x: E7 [( z; P# k# \, jmakes 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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" `+ C; j3 B  W8 Ibut 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"

# F6 J/ g$ |9 f$ RMeaning: 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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Try 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.

# K# k* y# T" j% U% j- X3 YCheck the dictionary and it means:
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# B; W3 Y/ K& [: A5 k1 L* JVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

. {5 y" F& h+ A$ c& k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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* B- y) w! ~4 O2 P. o# FMeaning: 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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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
  a/ ?. R& Y2 X/ k$ S/ A7 O0 |10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
& c  h' u( D9 p; Y, x7 f( Jb. 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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: O1 m: P! o# hI 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.