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BOFA

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

, w! `4 A# Z3 M$ n+ \Stick-in-the-mud
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# r' R% _% ]& [6 G# d+ Z& xMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

" g( B# Z3 W" d/ F; NExample: 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

- }4 o2 s, A. g5 L. a0 \Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

- \. u6 ]( S7 D' c. a8 mExample:

4 L3 d0 z+ W% ~, m  UWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

' _3 [2 p9 t( }! Y7 V8 @Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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" Y; Z2 b9 W$ J. pExample: 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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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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$ |, L  o+ j0 n$ j! i3 u3 AEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
( a4 l+ Y6 l, A  |7 U! II 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。
9 L/ }& _/ w7 [" sExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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; C: O3 i( f0 ?/ ~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. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
5 n4 @* ]5 }" D$ i/ B3 `- d    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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! m% i' z* |/ V7 B8 V' k4. Laugh yourself silly
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  ~. x3 b* }& b: X- h2 I" e# T/ HItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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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( a$ M7 P5 c6 V2 j0 ]& RFollow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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3 c# h  W: B* j& {7 v7 h$ n7 \# Z"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

7 o* D5 l* `- L( 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)

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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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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, ?' p4 Y/ a! C% z4 [7 c( i$ CMeaning: 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。
' J. ^/ P9 s( [7 {5 y( P         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。。
" e& y( `, s/ W$ H  ~- D  n        =when the situation is urgent.
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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:

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......."
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but 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。

  i5 t( c  x% [9 b) \! p0 M! zTry 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:

( c. D0 _: q1 V0 l1 ~Very 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?
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; r" B( e, h7 F5 b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.

* F2 E9 D1 N7 t& o. Q$ t: L- u. NOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
; @/ r& }0 ?3 t. e10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
4 b4 T( W9 o0 }3 W6 Vb. 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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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.