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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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3 ~& S" o. r) c) }$ G( ^Stick-in-the-mud

0 E& h% }# U" T6 M7 yMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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. X- W/ k& L1 F& k+ _( C3 eI 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
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7 t; }7 C& s' r! AMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

3 K* J: z0 T+ {- S/ pWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

1 y, r; `/ I, ~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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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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august99

The short end of the stick
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5 Z' W2 R# m  |% r( v3 J/ f' BMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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+ q  J1 E+ I+ ^% h) Z; uExample:
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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* U4 Y% c4 b, {6 {1 `# G/ Q5 a" W* vMeaning: 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。
- a% c4 c/ `7 o; i0 v; k* p: AExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

/ P& S9 R) {- s. `; ?/ X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
. m) m7 W3 A/ l7 v2 y    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

: K6 J+ u  p( k" n' w2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

) D( S$ g; x2 ~; K4. Laugh yourself silly

5 |  |0 k  F$ z) Q5 m. {Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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7 P: w  b2 ?. z3 x3 ]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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Follow Suit

: e2 l+ B& I, C# bMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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$ j% \2 Z! H9 f- \4 @7 A% A) c"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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2 T1 p# G* e5 HNow 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)

; J* k! W0 G+ ^1 l2 eNow you make a sentence out of it.

" h" L0 e; }- bYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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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8 @4 G: u' E# R4 b/ ^+ A* v2 p5 ]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。
- ~* N, r6 ^: |/ d6 g         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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5 x0 @+ c* W9 n<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:
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4 k' j, q" P4 g+ c, u% zmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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. g1 K* `, p+ I+ V& cMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

! t* }1 a5 X$ ?3 a& V1 Gbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
1 _: ^9 E. h6 F/ \  "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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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:

% y' q( z8 _# T8 G9 U8 P& ~Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

6 O0 s5 I0 u+ L5 e; 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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

! m) S+ B) H7 D# Y- U5 E* [6 P5 l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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: b, Y& N2 `+ U+ i: [6 hOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
# S6 E, x' H! b: pb. 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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. F8 G, e. j& K# m, II 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.