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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

; w: H, _+ F- B/ l7 mMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.
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* K3 `) w4 k. Z[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

9 F( M, H1 h- j8 NMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

, o7 ^, [% [" ]/ x9 tExample:

; L+ T. Q$ i: F3 w4 F# IWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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7 r( i. W3 U& Z; j9 _( yExample: 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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# T1 ~" Z# q  g  H3 A. I# ]9 n7 pMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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1 h. w$ B/ H$ a. R4 ?& h8 OMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

3 g5 f$ U) n5 k0 G7 PMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

9 B; k: q- [' c2 f3 X/ |4 k/ E8 \Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

9 u- v8 d' A9 X+ j% I, JMeaning: 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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
7 G$ l9 x, M, Q3 O9 v8 u5 s$ C    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
8 y" \5 \: x( a# v    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

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

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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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)
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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
: M5 ^& x/ h# T6 ]1 q- oYou Have Me There

- x3 n* E8 y2 P  F# m9 K"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.

* x) F  H, Y  ]$ W8 HYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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) [$ y# w/ i+ ?* jThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

" p  Z5 b! H$ p/ _+ d) m  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。
         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。。
3 y$ G. ]0 j! j, X        =when the situation is urgent.


* B' K0 B; ^: j& r; O' m<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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2 b/ G+ _, ]( D8 W8 F6 x( X8 `# U# v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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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9 @1 C+ V2 W( V1 q) }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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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
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2 o- M1 M# \3 z- pMeaning: 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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" R: I3 [4 u2 ]0 ~: KCheck the dictionary and it means:
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: C' k. h/ Y) j5 C6 f& o, zVery 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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& f" f$ v% Q6 f$ z9 X% fMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

: _! @2 ^( E6 o- L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:
4 S5 a$ H4 k9 L$ u" J' Z( q8 Q10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
4 c2 }1 g0 W) E% h) Mb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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) q1 W8 o" A- @. M9 t, F* e8 c3 E9 AI 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.