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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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; k* d: l3 A$ Y; c2 w3 QMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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2 m* u3 E0 q% TExample: 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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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

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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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

# [5 \# a! b8 ^7 }- N( r# v3 JExample: 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
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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

/ l" U2 z6 T. hMeaning:
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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

: a( x0 G  E' Y" ]- b( YMeaning: 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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

) w: ]5 g0 k6 b4 N! ?8 J$ {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 b* L( w  E! O3 H) q1 C9 [, b5 ?1. Laugh up your sleeve
3 v& V# L1 k( D. t7 f# M    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

7 Q2 I  e) P' ~9 p" E1 L$ a6 V1 D# a2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

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

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.

! k' w% F8 A0 U  k8 j# `( KFollow Suit
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7 p) O3 s0 H1 {$ J0 c: EMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

, U& u9 p2 Z/ u' u' L9 _5 |7 v"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.

阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
- W9 T2 T$ \8 }; f4 a1 Y0 BYou Have Me There
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& y# v" \. T  |$ ]8 y. 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)

& v4 ]$ p! f0 TNow you make a sentence out of it.

8 n( X9 V) h7 ?9 U2 b9 RYou really have me there, Bofa.
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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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  w! a; ^/ u6 j7 t: r: GMeaning: 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。。
( b$ j( t# o1 d2 B, T- q$ S$ ?        =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:

3 }) e9 \4 ]5 c+ ~makes 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.

. U! v1 N. F. C' C9 `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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) v" r0 r  `% f5 o# z5 }but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
# f0 t- R( l$ S7 s' P3 S  "By the seat of one's pants"
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! v9 ~$ Q5 t# r! G8 z6 AMeaning: 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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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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Check the dictionary and it means:

$ Y2 _! E: n7 j- f, MVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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4 j$ q9 w3 y+ ^* e0 c( y  a! U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?
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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
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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
& q# I3 L3 @) ]4 T7 X- m. G0 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


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.