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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

2 N8 S" ^8 v& R$ Z; B3 i# cExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

5 E  e3 p/ k$ k/ sI remember there is a song having such a line.

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BOFA

Pour out your soul

  p) R) v0 d- p8 T) xMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

; ?' s: _- P% g/ a9 U2 WWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

7 G5 Q6 Q3 |# {/ ^  P; u% hMeaning: 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

Meaning: 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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2 s- z2 ]" ^4 V* t8 wMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
' w+ ]4 q* ]. d2 B+ `6 |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。
+ [0 }4 p, C. rExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

$ z% J3 e4 G) F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.

5 [$ m5 n+ K' e2 u1. 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）
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2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

* h# ~' Q$ M3 L4. Laugh yourself silly

9 M) Z( p$ g. ?0 _( T2 e" q3 hItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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.

Follow Suit

& y: e- P/ V4 F7 l- TMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

8 I% h& c. K7 W# a"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)

4 {- t% N4 ?1 |2 c( 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
5 d( g, I+ p% j" r9 n2 M" tYou Have Me There
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9 q3 |  i* [- z  O$ H"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)

3 t5 Q# X! N0 M' T8 Q4 dNow you make a sentence out of it.

! L) G, l: d% k1 A! |# MYou really have me there, Bofa.
! ^3 w+ Q+ Z3 L" d$ f5 kYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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9 t( Y6 I- @0 r& ^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>

0 h% n& a  h) C% mMeaning: 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。。
1 a) O9 t+ L+ v5 }- n3 B/ Z        =when the situation is urgent.
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, Z* k8 U2 V+ w' a<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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! t8 K5 @9 ~$ S, f. p8 jMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

8 ]7 t, x9 m  j; K! g2 O& O! lIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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. y2 {3 C) e2 @8 O; M* s' `' bbut 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"

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。

  I2 u  R8 h$ ?- E* k2 qTry 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.
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: z5 L# {$ i9 G+ `" dCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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$ K' d5 G8 G! m1 j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

; A; j5 ~# ]2 x( e+ P/ Y, S* KMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

+ q% _4 ~! N) m# d+ ^Online Dicationary explains as follows:
+ j$ ]* E4 G7 @- I0 @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.  
4 ], X! z$ U( x 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.