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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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& `" p7 ~& i4 lStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

6 A7 J- |# l9 n, A& PExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul
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# Z5 k, f/ t7 B/ z0 j7 aMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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/ k2 k  C$ G% D- f/ k$ B. R( o  W3 bWhen 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.

! `5 K% h$ |& E+ |# BExample: 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

3 o5 M6 \; z$ W# p9 ?Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



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

! T6 F" I  W3 I) uMeaning: 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 L% v+ I" |, X8 A) |Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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. o. w3 L8 _0 I7 t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
1 o2 _4 V8 m, i, f# t, p    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
7 |6 Z8 b, O& a- F    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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& p( p4 ~: k; z! H" P4. Laugh yourself silly
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% Z' U! g( D3 {6 XItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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. _( Q3 M! [2 J7 `/ |+ D  j) H% Y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

" K4 ^3 K& m+ \- [8 ^3 rMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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! p0 \, z0 {4 @- }"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
You Have Me There

' o4 Q; ?; k7 t3 }* a% F"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. V8 o6 Z8 K! V8 ?4 {: UYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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2 m3 v6 v7 B( x. M: zThanks 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。
# S8 I) Q) Y; c! E- [3 c! U- d. 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.

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0 B5 p1 a( i6 l: ]( E6 h<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

! n8 @& K0 }2 e' G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

& a6 Z8 e) x) ]Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

6 v" y0 i" P7 g) p2 oIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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) R* v: g6 I9 a1 pbut 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"
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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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* G0 F8 t# d. a" s! G! ZTry 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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5 B' p$ H. R$ {  UVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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9 ^3 }, Y( `' ?! R1 l( D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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1 `0 x, x0 {$ C7 ]+ O& E6 ^- [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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, T* t5 D. ~' g3 E2 s! L2 p, z( mMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
# Y3 \; `4 G" g10. 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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. O4 j( b" C5 I9 ?1 {( {) |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.