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

$ y7 [5 f4 t( H# GExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

% H9 K: u) t# |# f0 o- |) wI remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 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.

Example:
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* \3 n/ M# b- [1 _When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

; I  \0 S# L3 B. ^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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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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' f( o' d+ K% [2 m: zEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

. F8 `/ N# ~4 D! d9 ^) A' fExample:
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。
, X; F+ u) p' u% y3 zExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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BOFA

This issue is about how we laugh.

' v6 U) a0 ?* F/ G  v& Z$ l1. Laugh up your sleeve
. I4 ]+ h( j$ j( A    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

# T1 R* x6 f3 E$ S/ q# y2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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! b* M; U# v6 ~# c8 f, t) ?5 dItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

* i+ i" Q8 v1 z$ F" e7 f% B1 w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
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Meaning: (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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

" M1 ~# u5 H& N9 Z  R7 jYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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! i+ P+ G) M) ?Meaning: 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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$ [8 d1 l5 f) a( b/ g/ R<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

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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" |' |# D/ V( w' i' S! CIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

. y6 ^+ L+ o  U8 s  ]but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
. w/ X; J, N, W7 x/ [( ?  "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。

3 Z; W5 m3 U+ x. D! \Try 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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6 E: P* |( h% m' b& U' dVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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4 D( U2 p- r* |* U0 M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?

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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
8 _6 ^& ^( k. r* g) k' s10. 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.  
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4 a- A7 V6 Y4 k; k" 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.