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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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1 G5 b8 n8 T4 s8 E3 sStick-in-the-mud
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+ S; ]$ E9 g' W0 U5 K6 gMeaning: 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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- K4 G: T3 c! U, p' _$ fI remember there is a song having such a line.
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; ?9 G/ D  z( P# H3 H7 @[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

: U, m8 s" u5 H( B0 c" W) T6 oMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

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9 u/ b6 M- P* p/ ]' d3 N1 Y) LWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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$ r  ^3 R. U$ x7 X/ ~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
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! {9 F) B: n, H& {' Z1 K: \% u% C5 jMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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% G: |$ V. A4 F! `  W! zMy 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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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
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: y, L/ r8 {' g& fMeaning: 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。
' @6 U, [& [' `7 i) c& M3 C5 HExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

! }* y  V$ Q- s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
    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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2. Laugh your head off

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" Y- w! H- m) H5 T$ h4. Laugh yourself silly
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* @/ V# y  n( H8 W5 t- ~! |Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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& f# R2 V1 V1 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.

+ M6 P' E  ~- |! FFollow Suit

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

BOFA

You 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)

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
9 R4 [# s+ z) {1 K$ [$ ~You Have Me There

' s  o0 j1 k  U& A- d7 e/ y4 ["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.

You 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?

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

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。
1 u. ]& I$ x+ M         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。。
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  r3 p, X: q$ F; [/ g4 x<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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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6 p- s" s9 A# W& p0 ?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.

7 Z# W8 D( L" R; T& NIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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! u8 ~+ A7 d1 H- l) ^7 x9 _& dbut 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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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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$ a* r6 f4 a5 m# H9 [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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/ L2 P. L- h& D2 ECheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

& Z8 @6 h& c! ~- x+ s7 S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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6 j: ]) {6 L" M1 l  HMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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0 U: x& F; c0 Q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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" `) Y6 {  b6 M7 W2 B+ X10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
0 b" ?/ Q+ k! E( |6 g: O) Mb. 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.