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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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0 r, m- M- g4 z+ n" a' qStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: 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.

8 K, L  Q( x0 K( m1 ?[ 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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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

( p) W4 t, x! ^! K5 ZExample:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

! e, U3 @' R/ v* K$ k/ XMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

3 y  |4 n  V; [2 p$ g+ ~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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/ @0 K$ M, a0 T  u  f- V3 J  Z' CMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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# j4 f  H/ m0 S* G1 [! ACopied 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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# H3 W6 f1 Q9 _+ rExample:
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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5 J! B3 s4 ?  ~7 S5 G% IMeaning: 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.

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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7 ]( `4 f& P6 S- d+ }, {( g: H8 W1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

$ s+ m& [  ~  O6 S6 e' u- x* |2. Laugh your head off

1 z. K; e- l4 W8 z& {3. Laugh yourself sick

# n  p. Q( G: z. U; w7 j4. Laugh yourself silly

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

. Q5 r2 A4 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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9 [! X5 E* y7 s/ OFollow Suit

( C& ]$ r4 d' C6 c" Z. m+ YMeaning: (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)

$ e" i! c8 K7 @3 J7 L4 SNow 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
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! c: }0 Y% ~  P) C  s/ \"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)

7 D7 i' \" d; a+ ~0 K4 {: rNow you make a sentence out of it.

1 |8 ]5 B1 G5 \3 K0 A" eYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

; g8 R' o0 O$ d3 l$ |! R' C  g( AMeaning: 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。
7 o3 P* w/ N& p0 f& z7 @& s5 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。。
8 d( R- y8 E9 V3 ?+ X. J. o        =when the situation is urgent.


<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:

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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0 g* C2 ^& y: v9 J* ~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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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
$ Z5 U+ T/ e. Z  Y/ d# k/ _9 X  "By the seat of one's pants"

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1 T  M" ?/ @5 N* s* Z$ ^( M% r3 _Try 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

# @& w" j2 P- a3 ZVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

- t' ~7 F) a6 J2 ~# f6 B6 N6 z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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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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2 b9 p, h9 y$ u8 zMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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8 `5 W7 H2 s. M$ x$ v& kOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
/ P5 L- ^! ^5 B5 R0 Z8 {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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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.