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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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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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: ]* I+ k; {3 Z$ N' g3 w' `. vExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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- Z4 a6 q3 z, U2 A7 Q9 N" GI remember there is a song having such a line.

, h5 S% Q: _6 M[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

1 F9 h1 d9 L. Q0 ZMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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& Z' x# A; Q1 Y) m8 H6 kWhen 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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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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5 z  l, P! h$ F0 X5 `5 q( uMeaning: 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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; n' }+ l2 i9 h8 pEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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( R. z: ?( W, c! p3 a  ]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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( r( Q! R  o- I* [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。
* j# w4 z$ W' @0 h. lExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

4 A) C9 O& X5 r. J9 f4 j9 r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 S0 {1 K5 y$ j1. Laugh up your sleeve
4 Y8 m# e; Q/ T    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
+ e$ m8 u9 h. t/ H8 P: D    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

7 H0 c: g, G( t. V3. Laugh yourself sick

% ?9 e: a' W' k: K7 s0 ]4. Laugh yourself silly

/ _% Y" \2 G# G" o- w+ O7 |2 b* oItem 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.

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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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"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)

' z. ]3 {; L- v1 B6 }- @; f: dNow 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
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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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

6 y% \! I7 ]. K; {9 t+ [. P0 T' kYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some 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>

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。
. S5 r* {! ]; D, U4 [/ w" f0 {         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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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:

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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

- l8 \+ R9 C0 MMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

! |) |8 q, U" r& ^It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

9 w4 Q% i; ~" ]' B2 D/ U* Z8 ^but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
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6 z) a  I9 N% F) c# Y  A7 iMeaning: 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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9 x0 l: S; j: e% b& ^9 jTry 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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.

6 f+ ?+ _7 X# L7 F3 w0 cMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

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.

  |/ S8 _( O5 C2 `+ h1 ?Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. 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.  
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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.