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BOFA

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

( [9 p4 ^. Q% ^Stick-in-the-mud

6 O  p3 C4 M- w( l* CMeaning: 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.
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I 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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  w5 c& ?( a0 n( CMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

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

7 o4 S+ o9 O' m! k( |3 @! T. FMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

5 z! p% W* K) r% d, PMy 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:
吃亏
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

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。
! T5 y. ]) L/ J  u4 VExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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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.

% a) C  w! `; d  S- \1. Laugh up your sleeve
  R, X. x7 E! H& A4 R* |    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
/ d# |8 J, p  _) x9 L    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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+ P7 C% w7 T' Z9 A7 J9 o2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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: e4 Q5 ~) `) d4. Laugh yourself silly
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# F% ~) \( ?4 BItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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

4 \) [$ ?5 H1 F( _Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

1 c* a/ i2 N, ]/ y8 E"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)

7 \& R- I. y/ U: jNow 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
8 T& s& W1 s5 h% k1 @9 zYou Have Me There
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8 o$ S/ M( X& H; N" }, P! L1 I"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.

$ A3 k. r# S4 x1 R4 ^7 R  L2 r/ n3 eYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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7 ]4 ~5 {8 S# PThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.


$ P, p& c) J& [7 ^/ T  ?: i<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:

; {$ r! U) l3 s, D) nmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

& h) x) B4 b( x: D; W+ V7 uMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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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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' n0 m5 |9 V. w7 l3 h2 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"
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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。

0 [2 {5 i% p4 C3 r; f/ E2 O9 u9 VTry to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.
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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:

: U! h0 g# c  M0 o/ hVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

& [2 V3 l3 X  W; ?1 c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.

+ [/ C( A3 [3 B4 a# v( P- aMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

: S0 \& k9 V* T, o8 C  D+ Y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

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

7 w# r7 ^! f* _' J& m5 h- R, O( v4 Z3 ?Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
6 l7 K0 k8 ]9 y7 O8 T) wb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
5 d/ ?4 Q1 Q0 r. n( S http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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6 X: v; c' u' C+ I' m$ t" \7 D8 cI 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.