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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
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

& r3 @6 S1 I& a) @/ t! ?4 U7 g$ Q" aExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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6 m1 ]$ g+ s- ^/ ~1 F" W5 q0 s" UI remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 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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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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7 V$ r" P( ]) [4 ^Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

! C4 S+ ]1 Z  r0 EExample: 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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* m1 u- A+ d- D3 W7 l  k' m" K  cEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
+ i7 s. B5 S' S4 c6 G1 \I 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。
Example: 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.
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1. 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）
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2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

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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.

Follow Suit
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8 q0 Q  C& I6 T, r" `* |Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

8 ]7 g# G! m9 C0 H* e. S"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
# k2 S! U  r. |2 e. ]You Have Me There

$ N' Y+ ?1 r! M, p0 X( ^- e' g' @"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.

; Y8 h( F$ Y; E* KYou really have me there, Bofa.
! K6 t/ Z, }- Q7 A% y( UYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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; o5 s. m% y5 |# E- S4 BSome 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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" Y9 ]% q; n) [/ [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。
( u' Q9 d1 c0 t' x         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:

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.

8 a$ W9 M2 J$ U" h6 eIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

+ g4 p+ r' W% V% |0 N* Ybut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
3 i6 h+ D! k  ?3 S) R( f  "By the seat of one's pants"
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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。
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3 q( d5 N0 C' rTry 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.

2 v% H- u' G3 I# XCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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2 Q1 z( ?1 X2 d% q# u  o( f/ 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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

. [5 ^! O4 A; `0 i$ ^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.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
1 I7 x+ I" \0 W; I6 `7 |% `# m, U9 Ab. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
( t6 Q& k! S) _, G( X& a" z; } http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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% x; W4 I: s) ^' PI 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.