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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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  V) S5 s) _4 @Stick-in-the-mud

$ h0 {* q. D; E' F, P' R; DMeaning: 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+ r( h5 k6 y5 c( Z8 F; XI 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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' N. D6 K* t& |* z2 Q. _2 pMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

( r0 K, u5 |  s4 |' fWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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" L8 Z5 h" m1 |( QMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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  G& L% L( ~* {* }/ u, `6 x# q6 I: DExample: 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

3 {/ \: ^( b$ {% {: `# ]% LMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



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august99

The short end of the stick

3 e: A6 e4 N, c4 k1 N1 @; u8 JMeaning:
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* m. [, s8 R+ A1 W. f" pEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
8 j9 e  I$ U; J' V; oI 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。
9 `$ _3 x) n8 @5 O* [/ y3 v# WExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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2 o) ?# o& }2 d/ Q, N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
% m( t. Z1 ?9 H" c1 b, N& |  G    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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) x3 a# X  l5 U. }7 l2. Laugh your head off
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+ S7 I& O4 L# ?+ b3 I0 @3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

0 F6 q' v. m0 p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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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)

3 s7 G4 w1 ]& V: cNow 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
# N- x, I1 v) t9 N6 K. WYou Have Me There

4 |2 P: Y' S: z* Q% l"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.

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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>
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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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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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:
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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

4 M4 F" }. U. D9 R# O; b* d; [5 o4 sIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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: E) h* U. ]& k% [9 i* cbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
( H4 `- v* `+ ~  h& e0 `& \' k  "By the seat of one's pants"
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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。

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.
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: E5 s0 N) K, s+ f6 @Check the dictionary and it means:
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5 C: B, f# ^& Z- v: H% E, BVery 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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, i4 |9 q& Q2 f# y! kMeaning: 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

7 N0 x3 n0 C& H: T9 R0 g0 Q4 QMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
# t- w0 R3 P% D8 @5 i10. 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.  
$ N0 ~7 T/ b; z* C0 O% U; A http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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& w7 J8 T" s9 Y( N. c9 |+ `3 MI 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.