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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.

Stick-in-the-mud

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

) X  l4 V5 T& S. BExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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I remember there is a song having such a line.
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6 u2 r! b" n9 r) R$ t$ }( p$ U" c[ 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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6 o  [8 {5 J8 o: A) NExample:

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.
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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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

& T+ ~7 T" @: d5 hMy 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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7 T& R% a- s/ O3 p- p5 zEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

* ^1 z  @- [4 c0 }  k6 eExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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。
Example: 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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
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    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

7 p" y2 X9 w, ]( G1 g8 s/ r3. Laugh yourself sick
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9 y- ~9 O+ X4 F* l% ^1 K' x0 ^4. Laugh yourself silly

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

! L% M  n" M. d) V) w2 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.
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Follow Suit
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6 w# `  C  X# GMeaning: (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
5 [/ r* H; X; G  FYou 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.

" y- x* N, h7 TYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:
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9 s' [" Q1 x* ^) b5 Xmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

  l' h4 R; m( kMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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$ x8 E0 b* L) jIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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3 w* a3 Z4 l; u3 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"

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。
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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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Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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: t8 D) P: x, U8 {! g. B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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% Q8 L- R0 ~5 f0 H  e& VMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

, {6 j" G. p- ]! r4 n1 J3 Q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.

; ~" X. ?5 N3 E0 L1 qOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
* W( G0 D6 \0 E7 w) Q: h8 c9 n5 w10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
2 b( O, f" E* Y4 Ob. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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& r( C8 P) h) y6 S, r/ X. BI 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.