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BOFA

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

1 I# n2 y  w! |, D# _; R4 HMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

6 ~2 o- t* h, a9 J9 _Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

9 u! N& {5 J# _2 _6 F[ 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:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

+ v1 g% n  J. r' _, l( ^Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

+ `+ c5 x) ]6 J) K  j) mExample: 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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2 }$ H+ z, r1 ^1 j0 ~3 x; fMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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( T# M/ v6 x9 N' ^$ t  t' @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
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Meaning:
吃亏
; j- p: w$ N& y' `/ \! GEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

: j5 {. I# Z2 L( _* SExample:
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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+ O1 J/ ~3 v$ w8 |( }: IMeaning: 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.

1 l% f7 o. l, B3 W5 f0 b) _8 I+ G) ~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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1 s* u& |+ C* X8 Q- S+ C% u" h' }& g1. Laugh up your sleeve
2 m2 K$ m, V$ j    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
# x9 N6 V! [: F, W- x4 ?    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

6 F2 |7 b; l* I; C4 w+ B4. Laugh yourself silly
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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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

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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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0 w5 Q# T4 {9 d6 {# j" W"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.

( c3 p: e& O9 P7 H% _2 N% Q/ M/ `You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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! u/ m4 p( a* l5 N+ f+ w0 CSome more?

+ Q4 R# N- S: d4 f+ U( UThanks 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。。
6 c% T( W9 K( h2 K        =when the situation is urgent.
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. i- T0 W9 F! V, o/ s' |: V<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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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......."

  ?8 R0 p3 ~. s6 e5 d" x, kbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
) ]' B! n, ^& F% V3 h6 v8 K! v$ |  "By the seat of one's pants"
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) `6 n1 S3 w- b1 ^. D$ jMeaning: 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.

5 W) |" C9 y1 g& hCheck the dictionary and it means:
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2 A( \/ D# U% `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.
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, \; n6 P9 E) I. g. B9 e& ZMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

- q. e  n( t9 J  \2 [. ^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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4 k4 m+ ~# n* XOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
) t( a5 f& X( G; R+ K/ |3 k3 c- N% Y10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
  {5 ?+ r( g6 ^- Ob. 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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$ {8 L7 c3 v) q+ R: r5 ]( jI 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.