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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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1 v( X6 K$ Q" x6 |Meaning: 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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2 ~! a5 J8 ?: ^7 P. VI 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

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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  A% P, ]2 @4 E# h. y  X7 ~6 t2 fWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

$ F* g* \% x3 H* r2 c( wMeaning: 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

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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. v* ~6 B6 X) uMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

, j! Q% F6 `) w% q4 Z3 PExample:
* y. e! y; \' EI 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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/ \% U6 Y1 [! j1 ^2 h- u5 ~- W8 ^/ DMeaning: 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。
! L+ g+ q8 M% n( U  y5 xExample: 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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6 J  p" [, J! a) _( q; P+ R  g. A1. Laugh up your sleeve
0 j: L1 L3 J+ E  [7 X) m    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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2. Laugh your head off
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7 I  N3 y7 a) M; I3. Laugh yourself sick

; ]- ?+ e+ ~/ b- i& `6 S8 I- D4. Laugh yourself silly
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$ J% q! K+ x" U6 UItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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: l' r6 Z  W/ [$ ]7 Q; _$ v' 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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3 `# q7 ^) Q* M2 [( x9 MMeaning: (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
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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

' y7 D1 d3 _4 a# a  OYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

: e7 A  R' b3 Q; PSome more?
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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。
0 E/ H0 y" ?8 o1 u3 ^         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.

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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.

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BOFA

Today's sharing is
; y# v8 \7 b2 S4 u; K8 O7 S  "By the seat of one's pants"
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/ f# r% H$ A& JMeaning: 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

* @% g$ w2 ~$ ~5 B' U5 \Very 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.

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.

; v! |. z8 V& ]/ K3 l; |Online Dicationary explains as follows:
3 A) Y5 q% l8 H6 Z0 k& w10. 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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. k5 t4 D# T' a1 i5 d: NI 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.