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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

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.
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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

  Q& l# l( G8 k, P' L# wMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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9 H% J; v9 ]. R6 h6 tMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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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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$ D* x3 t* e. l1 s# ZMeaning: 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
7 R1 Q  R$ A5 I$ P7 T; Y  PEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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) M/ O9 n( T3 r3 T( W8 dExample:
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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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。
: T( n$ L. I& x3 i- z$ OExample: 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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
2 o/ L) r1 {, L: C( p" }6 q9 U    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
  V0 y1 k9 p+ |8 C" `8 z    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

& G+ v$ ?0 P$ ]3 u2. Laugh your head off

; K. l; u: M- Z" v3 V5 S% Q3. Laugh yourself sick

- G' n- s$ n& ]7 |: B) L: r- w4. Laugh yourself silly
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% j1 D9 D/ U  l9 y6 QItem 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.

' X! \6 a( s; Z5 SFollow Suit

# p: @) U0 o# wMeaning: (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)
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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

"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.

/ b$ z$ b2 M5 SYou 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>

; i# d* E+ R9 n7 }, ~' eMeaning: 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。
         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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( E! [" K0 ~( ~" O- W' a2 H' v<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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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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+ K, E' {  ?9 K- [' s5 C- Y  _It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

# h7 d3 ?# D7 z! ?but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
  y- Q. ?+ o4 G7 a  "By the seat of one's pants"
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" s4 N) D" b0 t: Q& PMeaning: 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。

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:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

" y; ?3 q8 }+ y( ]! i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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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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8 h4 u4 K+ m: r, h4 B) yMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

9 x) z# B" S1 y) VOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
, T. Z, w! @- [6 r3 cb. 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.