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BOFA

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

4 n$ `" t) M) K. R. HStick-in-the-mud

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.
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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
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# W- G" ?- _- n) i. C5 ]Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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2 r6 F' _9 {2 C1 qWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

- k& t  `7 Z$ I4 w0 G) q9 ~Meaning: 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

# J/ [, Q% t& E, G! [% l. cMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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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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( ?5 a0 F, I( M. k/ RMeaning:
吃亏
' }: S1 I1 S8 b- E) }! b  X! b3 {English: 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

9 n3 \/ h* m7 m/ t! nMeaning: 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。
2 `# j& X  o! k! @8 N3 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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
& N; j3 U* Q6 R    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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) H' C  P' z0 F0 S8 a2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

( k+ Z0 }( C' D  x! [$ J7 L- i4. Laugh yourself silly
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& ^1 }  Y, [' lItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

1 x) {$ U& P: T0 \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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5 x$ v+ T$ r4 L& b6 i% d"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
$ X! Q; @( l' y0 m" [7 N* KYou Have Me There

"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.

1 |5 x9 J" m: A' J4 FYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

6 X" {: Z- H( t! x! E& 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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- C5 D7 i: o5 C' B. iMeaning: 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。
2 M/ q( h9 A# T- E  V, S         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.


: Q, P2 k# J0 h) _<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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  g: k" U  N. K+ n5 Z. M8 T$ CMhhh. 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......."

; L- ^6 C& c; S6 M7 `3 H1 G% Rbut 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"

9 f0 m0 o. R" A% Z8 C9 h( O% NMeaning: 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。

3 h+ q% ?3 M/ {8 g) r7 C% }( zTry 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.

4 F9 q7 G! y' Q+ Z% UCheck the dictionary and it means:

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.

4 G) @8 E1 P& iMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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  |' e8 D( Q; o" |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.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
4 ]1 [- _# F/ e; X8 C10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
+ k& B/ ?0 ?" K& L5 {b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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$ S8 T# M* C1 J# k# ^" S( `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.