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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

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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' i; j6 p' D" r( G3 OExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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2 k) m3 w; A6 ], W- ?! [* w0 II remember there is a song having such a line.
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% R0 E7 `. }6 e8 Z5 g2 K4 f4 s# d[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

8 C' V1 P  w: j* {7 l0 \2 h0 yMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

5 s5 U$ [2 j' }Example:
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9 m1 T2 n/ {& H! t$ u; MWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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; _1 ?+ I9 q& }5 p. [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' q$ {* H1 `3 GMeaning: 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
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Meaning:
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  P" l& e1 Q, N* h6 j; t$ F4 @English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

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' Z5 {  e" B  V3 {2 X  ?I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

: z! L7 n: s  |5 GMeaning: 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.
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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.

: ?8 L# m2 K& g, n, E6 D! A1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
  [  x9 W; L6 K' L1 v( _! w' L    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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# m" S5 o! U: V8 |4. 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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  v% g. [6 }/ \2 @4 M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.

Follow Suit
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  s, t/ K) X# O( x# h! nMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

( h! u+ Z. A1 B% 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.

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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. H( ~+ M' G. ?' ^' {" U7 u$ j"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)

8 T$ s9 a) j9 {2 cNow you make a sentence out of it.

  D& P* @' K! bYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

! W) `2 Y+ s0 P2 V" v. YMeaning: 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。
4 y' j4 u$ O: o* d  Q; \3 T+ _         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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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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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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" h( v! F& l8 n7 k" S, s5 Fbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
! R4 B& s2 Q. B0 y% w& O- q  "By the seat of one's pants"

4 {' Z$ W& B0 HMeaning: 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.
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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.
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& [# f' W# D* A3 |! |1 sCheck the dictionary and it means:
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7 D1 B" c; C5 rVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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  `0 _, [7 w9 x! v. ]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?

/ P+ ?( @1 [5 ]- K( j) C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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8 w8 {( L1 U' u0 _$ d5 H# kMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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; R; p" n% q, j' ?1 zOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
8 |  h! d4 K: Ib. 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.