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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

' z( ?6 ~$ ]% m5 f/ D( i3 A( N3 X9 YMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

& |/ ]# d) L4 D' m% mExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

8 N" }0 o! h( V6 [8 E) V4 `I remember there is a song having such a line.

1 d$ g. c4 f5 o" J% y% R+ `. d) 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.

Example:
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3 ?& w, r6 k/ w/ E* rWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

/ B/ d; }( k5 I# r  r5 lMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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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) B, J2 i7 i9 x1 o! g# k" C3 OMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

3 N3 u% d( T7 X9 j2 W9 x& uMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



; J, }8 J: X" P( c7 L4 V% P' o8 T) hCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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5 G9 s3 k. K  `) Q. RMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

+ d. V+ N, }' VExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

6 `9 k2 q, l3 V$ V1 v9 S; MMeaning: 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.

5 @% ]1 b1 _+ k, \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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  \; H( E4 n" i) ~; I( o0 P1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
9 s5 ~1 f# H7 `9 z/ g2 ~( _* y8 V    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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- B& P9 E) f# J/ Z- K4. Laugh yourself silly
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! m9 \2 }& w$ m) sItem 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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Follow Suit

3 h4 S* b! m, o' f" ~Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

  n, e( w0 f% o$ V: t( j& 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)

' d3 _7 F2 Q, D, S: ]1 G$ t; M6 q5 u; rNow 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)
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7 s+ A( \0 H! q3 I; d* UNow 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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Some more?

" s" ]% d* l' H% t1 zThanks 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。。
        =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:
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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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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
) r) o# p% ]8 _  q* Y5 r  `  "By the seat of one's pants"

' [/ B( g. f% f  w$ w5 oMeaning: 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。

) {2 z: o- S- L5 F- ]1 |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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

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.

# E# Q$ |2 m0 c6 k& ]Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

2 ?4 {* B& E( d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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5 n2 d6 k2 V* i4 A/ gOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
- ]" F0 \: E- W8 Y- c10. 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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; f' N6 W0 b: }: ZI 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.