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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

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

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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; U2 G3 F/ q3 g" W9 g0 I! zI remember there is a song having such a line.

" Q, X" i6 g& B) a4 t7 A: _7 L[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

) ~# H; v% [2 [4 I" gMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

  c2 y$ @* I! k& AWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

$ W: o* m2 [: R7 vMeaning: 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
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8 M5 g, q  Q! A3 B' j7 AMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

* @( z9 y/ N0 `# W: Q; ~# GMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

$ n$ A! b0 b9 ^/ e: B0 rMeaning:
吃亏
9 R; `' N) x; p1 P7 {English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
/ o+ p+ p/ c; D5 D  cI 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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7 Q. g: p9 p: @5 D8 n9 `) o& CMeaning: 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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
% s$ R7 v1 ?9 [$ ~% m$ d    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2 I8 N9 N! \1 Z* q/ S9 l* N2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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. J* R/ ~" y: e8 f5 g# ~- @( V& g4. 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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5 \" x, N' q# {  T5 G8 B- U8 I8 L: x4 x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

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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1 H, M# g! a( c, G9 ANow 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
& s! i8 @, E% g2 CYou Have Me There

: ~) \: k2 R$ ~) ?8 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)

/ D# T* u. G$ e2 y: n6 ~8 j/ s& rNow you make a sentence out of it.

/ n7 v" z6 R" J$ ]9 }/ RYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

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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5 A( @' y% I+ w  {8 uMeaning: 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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8 D5 K. j. `) F* a# y9 X$ \& {<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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

" }+ T: X0 k. h1 xMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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& ]( I- L0 x, P: T- i+ JIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

$ o% K3 L4 y; _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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/ S4 m6 h: D0 n" ]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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. l5 N0 M0 ^* U$ T! C2 V( @: nTry 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:

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.

3 D1 h3 s8 S5 ~0 G/ DMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

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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( l% e4 l9 Y% Z3 J; j/ V5 TOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
( ?- j3 O; H' o) qb. 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.