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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

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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  r6 J; }5 O" {I remember there is a song having such a line.
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0 a( V5 ^/ G$ Y; {1 X7 Z[ 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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# g% q6 U  _. N: HMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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& b2 N) ?4 q4 A/ c& H0 F8 bMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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! o5 m3 r$ p. {' s6 sExample: 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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% S# X6 L9 J5 w7 vMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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  g3 d- V: `$ x" e+ ~7 VMy 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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% n, D4 Z6 ?$ r8 r) S3 y# k3 YEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

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I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

9 N  I5 n) n- v( H; KMeaning: 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。
3 \! f* g* H/ M+ o5 Z  U1 DExample: 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.

% v2 X' w+ J% O1. Laugh up your sleeve
' ^7 s$ J$ d( }$ N. `' B; s    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
# d0 e( x$ _4 [/ S2 ]( @    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

4 J1 @  h  m6 V; K2 s2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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6 T5 [# d. l+ g- p! _4. Laugh yourself silly

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

You Have Me There

+ t9 w& I: m' T( p+ K8 w  u"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
You Have Me There

( H1 A% g, b# g+ e/ p" \"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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3 m5 L" o6 m* p8 k9 p# {* qSome more?
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4 M. L+ Z, J3 e( J3 ~( sThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

0 h5 ]( x  |9 J/ n7 }; M2 e1 W+ MMeaning: 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

Mhhh. 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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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
2 N: R9 Y2 O3 e+ T# X' }' P, c& O  "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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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:

/ [! n% C) G$ ?1 `. {  {! oVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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" s/ A" x4 r$ `4 _8 ?7 q+ S( p* h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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

- l! P" L' V% V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.

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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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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I 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.