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BOFA

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

% J! C, ]% `3 W+ ~9 m4 R8 b* gStick-in-the-mud

$ g  w) M; m  d* m! e' zMeaning: 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.
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) @' y# R' S1 ]' kI remember there is a song having such a line.

5 F; y1 G' X. n6 h: S[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul
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& a" Q: \! `  M: `, AMeaning: 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>
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3 f* U3 u. @4 Q6 @6 X7 t2 LMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

$ R6 Y4 @8 h* x# k  @# H# M) 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

' u8 s# F& N" g: rMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

. h( P3 J) d1 D, x, S9 tMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

. ^; l+ t$ P, C& ]Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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( S8 S/ R8 U( A4 d* P0 a$ `+ jExample:
3 ~7 L  J7 }: q& _" B' X# a8 SI 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。
  m! R$ b3 s6 O  |) iExample: 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.

; p, b. A( A9 j2 y, U9 I/ z2 J) {+ ?0 Q1. 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）

; I* Z  y) E% n9 g* c6 v; P2. Laugh your head off
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/ ~  |9 D4 v  ~' x( ~3. Laugh yourself sick
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( a! h, f" n& Z2 u: _9 J% V4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

9 h+ B+ H+ v7 `# Q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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: N  b/ c" s/ d# w% I$ g7 D: u5 f$ TFollow Suit
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9 ]! @* f( I1 x; D2 pMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

+ \$ ^: ]6 z& e4 s3 i"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
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( K/ j, d# Z& ^- b. G" U& 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)
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/ b' O- f) e4 _) ?Now you make a sentence out of it.

) \2 Q$ i% v& [: f. PYou really have me there, Bofa.
  r# A5 C! P* M' J7 pYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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: P! |; x- H; G. DSome 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>
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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.


<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

  @" v8 s$ T+ r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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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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7 {- [0 d8 s. A% aIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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$ o# V" ]- ~7 g! U6 tbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
& p. s! u2 U  x/ G& j" ]0 \9 z  "By the seat of one's pants"

# l# d' a/ s8 A/ W7 aMeaning: 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.

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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:
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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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

2 A8 H' G- l% [+ nOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
; a* R9 c" H( r. n% h& B10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
; H% ]$ L0 p0 z0 Z* X/ ^+ [b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
0 s* ^! V/ z7 C, G# U 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.