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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

2 v3 l  P. }' Y+ P0 tMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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8 K0 D$ x' \+ D& k, s% WExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

" X2 L5 D$ Z4 C; B) p3 x( aI remember there is a song having such a line.

) m' p* e# K$ Y$ _4 u7 }0 W: k[ 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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2 S4 }- C5 i* [7 k9 Q" h+ y; Y8 C$ mMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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$ A& ~% g7 E5 ?2 yExample:

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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0 F) ^0 ]. k: _6 q$ G* r6 aExample: 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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& L" ?, m1 _( F- MMeaning: 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
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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
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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5 r+ q; u7 L5 v" \; K' F* z8 WMeaning: 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。
3 B+ g- G! }( 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.
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7 R, C  p6 k% d  }8 _5 `; |1. Laugh up your sleeve
5 T5 P+ x* E4 c* K0 d/ E/ W    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
) i2 w- {6 L% M9 T% j3 ^    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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- k# `" Y( }1 r% \0 _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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; p3 S5 e0 p8 |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
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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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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
3 d3 R  N/ b- P# C$ yYou 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.

, x; H8 G: t, HYou really have me there, Bofa.
& n" H7 e8 x" E, a7 C7 cYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

- O1 h: d3 k9 T$ D& TSome more?
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$ T; s, a4 p0 }' v* X" WThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

$ b& m7 ], s7 B% t0 OMeaning: 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 F9 v; {/ v1 Z7 A        =when the situation is urgent.
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<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:
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8 A9 x- ?: H( J' pmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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  o: c. o( C1 M2 ZMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

/ t, r: ?+ u' VIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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4 D2 h. b) [! R2 z7 Nbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
2 v: |/ _+ J3 C  "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。

. m. }( s1 I2 W6 o2 E6 p0 v& J* M) XTry 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.

' s  }# a3 h1 ]' f0 {0 I# b9 LCheck the dictionary and it means:
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+ L8 o+ @; |- U; e9 l* EVery 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?

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

/ \+ Z  E( t+ }! q5 U/ }! \. _Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
" I9 ?1 Q2 o$ N3 B# ?4 v10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
6 `$ F; n* V! ~" t6 xb. 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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# p* @7 b* n8 K( Q$ |5 k! q' XI 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.