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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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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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- o. T- p% O! o0 L4 w; IExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

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

0 K, i8 T9 K7 x  m- BMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

# S! Z$ J1 p- @& cExample:

- G- W7 f7 }, cWhen 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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/ N& G; e' H$ Z" `- VExample: 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

: y0 h. }1 T' sMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.


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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
吃亏
) ]) z5 t" z# ?% O' k! L1 zEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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。
5 M' ?( b* Y$ C  u; o0 L# L+ ?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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
: S8 N/ W9 J3 A2 p4 p; Y    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

/ Q1 x  E$ i7 _+ h1 h2 J: z2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

7 u  R7 A) @6 j2 O9 L' yItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

8 C! \+ N& F3 ^  k( R  ?9 i+ n. j  f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

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

BOFA

You Have Me There
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: U( C  n$ w- Z7 \8 K8 `9 P1 g! g"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)

1 D: t5 T* q& tNow 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
% v9 k, Z: o& qYou Have Me There

; ?+ F7 L' o$ 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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% P- U0 L! k/ [5 E2 h! D9 hNow 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!!

2 x. |5 L5 e' U6 N7 mSome more?

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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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.


<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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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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3 j$ S( V- ?5 c: O/ `Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

2 a. n  `, u" O8 lIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

$ S4 I* S) T9 Q4 h' o, fbut 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"

2 o6 P; c# Y  PMeaning: 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。

Try 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.
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3 y. \" ]8 T% B- D4 y3 [- BCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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.

5 |/ L2 z" u. gMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

2 a, ]2 u. N: I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.
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" |0 V+ s# H3 t" w/ K: xOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. 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.  
7 [8 T4 _) R6 X2 L- K http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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6 u' T, }: E" N3 ]/ x$ lI 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.