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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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; ~( m6 N: w) a( S; R8 {; {  ^" GStick-in-the-mud

3 I  A- q' I1 r4 tMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

9 B& A5 x- e* T- ]/ v9 {$ |8 M/ FExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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5 I9 u+ c0 |# K1 n* {0 l2 \Example:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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7 V/ \: C1 Q6 c- V9 }; jMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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  ^# X8 @& O; V: dExample: 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

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

Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

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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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.

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.

( B0 f* h' Q7 j% u2 X( @" [) G8 x+ k1. Laugh up your sleeve
% k9 }* O% y$ B7 {    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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, a3 g% J/ Q* D! E/ ?& `) P2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

- M- I( z* v/ ?Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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7 R6 K. s1 v! {+ l- V9 a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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" c3 B% x# M. z3 uFollow Suit

8 `' L8 _+ Q$ {4 K" a+ h% JMeaning: (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
You Have Me There

# D, o- C% _( ~) G" D"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.
You got me.

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。
         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。。
5 B4 h: `$ l; Q6 V        =when the situation is urgent.
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9 P' ?0 @1 _! r9 S. z6 H6 T+ E<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

Mhhh. 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......."
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: F# T% G0 Y7 Z  `9 }! M4 hbut 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"

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。

( M: Q  ~$ h1 {- w0 L0 STry 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.

  o3 t; L8 S7 \4 \; N. ^- PCheck the dictionary and it means:
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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.

8 x- p8 Y8 `+ U/ RMeaning: 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

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

4 t4 G$ E, {. k& k3 G( u4 AOnline 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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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( n$ v$ ]  s% c" h& v' r: VI 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.