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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

: s& O/ \1 Z- V# D" yMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

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

& B- Z# B# c) q- C5 o: rI 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
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' l( Q& Q! F5 W) C5 eMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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$ r6 ?6 o* ~7 Y& s* g+ XWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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; u. x  r. S+ c# R* h4 ^" Z# HMeaning: 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
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$ O1 g6 [* p; Y5 cMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

% d/ ?* j* m( n1 a$ s- Y/ }My 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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( [8 J: j  ~6 X4 B3 `Meaning:
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+ S. g7 a* @4 BEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

: O1 V1 C) M1 DExample:
# f/ N: o, x% |; j2 X; vI 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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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。
* Q: u& h, W9 z3 g" k7 HExample: 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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( R: ~1 m2 L4 I! q3 _. R4 `3 [1. Laugh up your sleeve
/ u/ f7 S2 X2 t) G    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
8 C; a$ }6 w# \, u7 y    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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% B  G5 O  C5 ?2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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8 R- t$ t# y+ f) Q; K4. Laugh yourself silly

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

" x, w' b/ y1 v+ M% x: ?' {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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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1 \0 j4 R2 F* 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)

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
$ B2 k  O5 ~' ]! i, z; nYou 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)

4 d7 `( [# ^! b( d' ?6 mNow you make a sentence out of it.

/ T% A. N4 p% r. K: uYou really have me there, Bofa.
% m$ z# j+ [, w  p9 MYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

3 T( J. ]. w+ Z5 C2 f5 ]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。
. N) _- \* w( z4 X         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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! n7 g! J$ g- U$ z2 k. Y<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:

; B$ q/ [8 X/ b7 B# c* mmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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* f3 i; K! D8 O. [: M- MMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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4 s' C9 v3 e* i. O; hIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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+ N! Z8 s5 u6 L( [. w" Ebut 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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! w" p: ^2 S) z8 P# o. vMeaning: 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.

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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" `( l7 a4 n* k- H) N' qCheck the dictionary and it means:

( e/ U/ U) W0 y  z# R0 o8 a; ~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.
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: H$ n5 P% s' ?' H* q9 @: MMeaning: 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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Online 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.  
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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.