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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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' V- L3 ~4 [$ a  C4 v! ~Meaning: 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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$ c& S) s0 B' A: t  JI remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 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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Example:

When 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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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

4 s4 A" E3 k# @2 _+ a% T/ R! \9 i, IMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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( i: h$ r* _8 I# o: x1 RCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

  U+ g; H1 `5 x# jMeaning:
吃亏
; t, t" l& Q+ _  y- uEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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# u3 j3 d0 \/ k6 c# U4 MExample:
I 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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0 ~9 Z6 Z/ [, g: w- uMeaning: 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.

* U* _1 T$ {+ [3 W+ d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.

/ ~* m5 A+ h, }5 t; T1. Laugh up your sleeve
5 z3 Z9 f9 B0 \. q: n' j    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

* H  ?* }# M+ N: Y( |2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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4 c! i, U6 c" s$ l7 v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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& i, |7 C* E4 DFollow Suit

' \8 d- T, h# \/ ^# p: ^Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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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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

"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)

' C. b* I3 k% a& y7 j1 WNow you make a sentence out of it.

+ n4 A7 _6 R$ v; L8 d& A5 ]You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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1 C) t( a2 J/ v& M" u% KSome more?
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0 ]- y0 n+ l) B4 _/ l5 B. XThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

+ ^- d5 K6 ^9 x% h  Y) B" D! zMeaning: 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。
' x  a/ j$ J( @7 F# `3 f5 H         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。。
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0 X* \- [6 ]% J6 }7 y/ \: @' E<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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9 w- Y7 ~; \4 u; X1 P4 Q+ LMhhh. 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......."

: Z) T6 s) N1 B$ @2 |2 t9 _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"
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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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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.

$ P% L# _- Z- X8 L5 b7 Y6 DCheck the dictionary and it means:
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3 L( E! V# E; X" O% lVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

1 d6 g, r* o% E0 M' `# {* G) l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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) _4 y* R3 r) q7 c3 m! h: 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.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. 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.  
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.