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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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6 r( r+ e# ^" I  k7 VExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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+ u3 q1 i; H, P' \I remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

  K) ?1 J% c- L9 @8 Y  l! ?Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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, Y( B8 {1 R' S% I) C& r2 RExample:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

& I3 I" I0 U$ bMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

, _, K" l; p: N0 e! v2 {, aExample: 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

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 a2 u3 d( y' \( yMeaning:
' _7 x) z) I8 T8 q吃亏
3 R- u2 `: f+ D) o  ?5 T' I. ]English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
3 N( X6 h+ k  @' k0 T- x4 b7 I) A" RI 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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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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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. Z& _1 T* c0 ^6 Y1. 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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& A: k8 u  m) f0 ^$ u2. Laugh your head off
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) O3 F, T" i# C7 C, I2 [  K# E. T3. Laugh yourself sick
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, }+ r+ K- Y9 a) h4. Laugh yourself silly
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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.

% U) m7 n1 C; Y- K% H+ hFollow 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)
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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
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. E9 C6 r" i2 K) H& v& W' m$ {"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.

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You got me.

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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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。
2 Z- x/ x! Y( B( P6 H1 I         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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<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

4 D$ f$ q+ s" C, c( {+ W( I9 rIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

# H* u" r5 h9 Dbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
0 W6 J. T1 }- ^  "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。

$ a! C& f7 d. d( dTry 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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  ~0 \( h+ D' |1 nCheck the dictionary and it means:
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9 n# ~1 U/ D- N2 e' SVery 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.
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, q/ p$ W% g6 \3 a$ zMeaning: 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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
) D9 X' @- o+ o* ?, t, ?) V10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
( H, M# p+ J$ t$ Lb. 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


. D- u6 Z: \3 p/ [; z, ?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.