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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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4 H( C+ I8 U+ h4 oStick-in-the-mud

. V$ g: d3 c$ J8 ~! YMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

0 a) [1 t8 g4 h6 G& OI remember there is a song having such a line.
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. f9 b6 E; _; U, l2 \/ d[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

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.
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" G# w+ {. W: H, n# W  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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

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
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

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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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9 E& D: c; b7 }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。
' V# d3 ?( o& O4 b6 i! X% `Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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. f/ _! A/ N0 y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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
# I4 M+ l' G. G    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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' \9 q, S; r0 T2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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* m: ?) x9 u; _$ |4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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8 W. z: f+ m/ P$ P, M* r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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, d! P) x2 G: P- U0 [  ]Follow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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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: b- j) l& l  LNow 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
! [0 |* i9 e0 `You Have Me There

1 a- |6 p) k: L2 O2 o. R. U& }"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 c& N/ B9 d  V$ G1 V$ LYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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6 `6 z+ S" l5 O7 UThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

) P2 I* H, j# N1 CMeaning: 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。
9 _2 ]$ C8 n/ S$ P0 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.
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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:

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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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! |8 F$ L0 G4 D9 R- q$ h9 _$ rMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

4 ~8 q/ [( ~4 y' [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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" f9 s% x2 H5 y- O$ H! `8 Bbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
! H2 y  M! |9 Q/ E1 M9 S3 v  "By the seat of one's pants"
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/ q) V3 E+ z3 {$ ?, q: d  L0 n1 FMeaning: 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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9 z% X/ C0 a' |) F  W. LTry 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.

2 D0 I) P7 \: k( }8 q9 OCheck the dictionary and it means:

  \; r$ L( S8 Q  c; yVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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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* @3 V( O- }" r- A9 y6 z( W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

/ p7 r; n2 x4 b8 rMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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& x+ _$ I* d! Z- }& S4 S4 \$ gOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
( g8 z5 [: Y/ h/ X5 x10. 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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7 k% M5 n% E, e" u+ f) Y4 kI 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.