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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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" D; `) \4 O: L( [$ a& C. X. FStick-in-the-mud

- r. G" Y( u: G: SMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

/ h8 u! Z; |. RExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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/ Q# n% C+ d& RI 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

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

8 g, o* r5 c- g9 JWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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/ K, s) W0 ^' uExample: 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

& {/ l! `3 R/ T: tMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

: {  o, f$ ^) zMy 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

( n9 z9 Q% l1 jMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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1 Z4 C9 d" U" Y% L: S9 K+ qExample:
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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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。
/ R, j- R1 E, YExample: 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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/ G8 ?0 c( Y, z0 ?  x0 ~0 v+ p5 K1. Laugh up your sleeve
4 y% @2 f; B5 ?/ L    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
+ R  ?+ R( Z/ v! u4 Z5 X# Q    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

* f3 f# z  [" N# N# \5 x7 n* |2. Laugh your head off
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; ?0 l7 Q7 i" }) t( t4 M, T' l# A6 q3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

, ^7 r4 X5 L9 K' J: {/ c8 UItem 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.

  X1 z9 ^2 D3 j0 f' R9 ^9 PFollow Suit
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  }8 ?2 I% }; {7 i3 W8 y. q- h3 q5 TMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You 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)
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4 w. v9 R* M, l8 aNow 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
You Have Me There

7 ?0 ?8 g6 j9 U+ g3 j* u( ?5 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)

7 M) S8 Q, w- wNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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+ ^0 O; O3 Y3 f. MSome 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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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。
6 k; |, Q  l# \6 G" L         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。。
$ a' f) @! z' N8 s9 A5 v1 g        =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:

7 f; j6 e3 |" g8 ]# _makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

. l4 A) a* }- h/ t$ ~. |" n% UMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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% Y. m+ Q: q& ]7 c5 DIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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$ X. \1 c/ b5 M( ]9 l2 [( Jbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
) h1 n  C: p' b' S4 L  "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。

, w: G, e: E' d: ]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.

$ `& g9 W: ~# _Check the dictionary and it means:

" J( t/ Z8 i. ~Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

3 I3 c! n0 e9 ~+ G) d8 F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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, Y! U/ K1 ]7 g* Q6 x# C: Y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

- z6 |! J1 {, n7 R# D. AMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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8 `! @% d+ Z1 [& y. o& UOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
4 R$ ^% M6 F4 V( D10. 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.  
# j# V& Y, K$ T) \  I4 l3 E4 E 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.