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

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

2 O7 r) o* b' q  T( Q! d# s. GMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

# L  x" Y8 r& `4 }Example:

. ]+ d# t" i0 w. f9 B8 A. KWhen 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.

, p2 E9 G% V- ^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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

1 v  h1 h+ ]  _' S0 DMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
1 c0 K. c3 E/ w; mI 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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' }8 M4 u) p% [; c, }) }, 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。
' a: H$ w: V1 `# F# ]6 xExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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" m& U" m" L8 Z; t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.

4 U; K. x; g; n5 b1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
- L; Q7 P$ e! }; |+ o6 k    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

3 I, x8 {* g1 L1 }2 U2. Laugh your head off
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) {  ^+ K, O+ D: Q3 c% \, K9 \3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

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

" w6 Z# |3 N. {& u$ `0 U8 ^3 I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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0 l* t1 l) v8 T2 s/ h) B  O" eFollow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

5 w. u0 d+ Y: H. t/ W7 O"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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
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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)

* |2 q' o" e8 y4 k2 M. DNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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。
5 Y9 Q* \+ W/ u8 y         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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+ W# {; F+ x: y" m5 i/ fmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

- X9 ~2 q/ j6 N" u( qIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

, M8 ?( W2 v0 d1 s) v5 }$ ibut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
- b8 B, \+ D2 h8 N' U  "By the seat of one's pants"

* `2 f% P3 t" u- v/ R  gMeaning: 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。

8 s; i1 e( C1 P. A3 n4 ~  r& o8 LTry 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:
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4 S% z5 r, M8 K( fVery 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?
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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.

# l8 q4 H4 N" l9 x& k+ r( TOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
; J, o& b* A& }$ cb. 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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: d" h, I5 K) [3 U* z6 YI 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.