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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.

Stick-in-the-mud

# I) c4 s' `* {* pMeaning: 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.

! T$ T( V1 b! K, C; GI remember there is a song having such a line.

, r/ m. F8 Z$ M4 P[ 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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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

, G: B* V, g1 s9 p0 x' OMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

9 h1 `6 b, H/ U8 [4 E* 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

/ H+ l3 M. t) a8 w6 r  \0 @% d6 kMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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6 _$ @6 F# \9 j' b) H) m- vMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

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

Example:
. Q  u  ~% O) C( ~1 r# yI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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。
& |1 z( d1 I: j6 N& T; _# nExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

" j) y" m2 J: {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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2 B9 _* r9 x8 N% V5 W6 \6 V6 v' e1. 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）

2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

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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.
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Follow Suit
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2 O- d' ?  C$ D6 wMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

4 ~6 u4 x0 z7 l( H. Y! e"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.

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

9 x' M5 F5 H+ G6 n. b"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.

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

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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4 v9 V7 G$ m1 a* c& `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。
         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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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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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......."

, @# G8 v7 M* B: m) v  ibut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
- F2 c; ~% W8 \- l! _1 d: G  "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。

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.

! u+ D- O  a& R: h$ W) JCheck the dictionary and it means:

# e$ e* S: g. M* `9 N. P5 U+ U& A& CVery 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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

9 ^6 l6 V7 l9 h% t: M  P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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: S" ]& `& e/ a# i9 ]Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

  ^& U' j" e0 G7 L/ m! F. XOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
. a& Y3 Z. H0 a+ V) w. m10. 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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' J8 ~. U% f" m2 W& nI 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.