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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

% L1 L* c& I1 k0 N: G1 FMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

3 K3 V! q5 K9 w# k/ ^& W  f1 ~7 sExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

. s- S. H5 @. `/ b! O7 {# f" [I remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

9 X: k. v! ?5 B) A- yExample:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: 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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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" j2 S7 H7 u3 ], X  xMy 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:
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8 r' o7 h5 R6 l- J/ M/ WEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

0 d( F+ L# G5 s7 u6 ]Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

8 m! P: n* I; N' _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。
  o. J4 B$ u, W5 PExample: 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.

8 y! l# Q1 B, K- v  L' c6 c1. Laugh up your sleeve
. t  g( C2 A( q* o3 R* a, ]! K6 I    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
5 ?+ d: }6 w8 d2 D    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

1 V3 X7 f6 ^9 i; }3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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Item 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.

Follow Suit

. S9 Z; W4 f) \: ?" F* AMeaning: (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)

Now 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
You 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)
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; v. N& J4 h- `/ Y1 m* i& A; QNow you make a sentence out of it.

5 d; t" \! C+ i$ m. W9 |You really have me there, Bofa.
" {* e" D0 i5 I" E1 K" cYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

( V; P1 W) {4 m/ a9 W% J# 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。
         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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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/ L! Q  B- |  sMhhh. 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......."

0 Q: `# v0 N' t$ O% obut 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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0 G% V, f  ?6 L" N8 O6 YMeaning: 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。

. w& M3 \! h4 o0 K% 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.

6 s' c% w- z. ^# `' ^9 A+ G; y: BCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

8 K1 }1 z! Z2 B9 E' t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?

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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$ w& M- Q! A+ b3 i0 O$ U$ {' V! QMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

% L1 F" O' w5 zOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
' w" R/ O$ T$ _7 i. f: P' J7 Tb. 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.