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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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6 U8 x, ?/ Z; v: CStick-in-the-mud

. R  P2 H) O: y4 o+ ~: [Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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7 H# [8 j9 F3 ^# V% h$ aExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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I remember there is a song having such a line.
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5 P$ d. G. t$ X7 K[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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( Y5 G1 |  X: y% |9 @' k1 mMeaning: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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& P+ t$ S4 ~1 B9 C( oMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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  t; M2 [/ |2 f! x  z7 x7 ]; m/ Q( D: HEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
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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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。
7 }1 x3 @/ |" C1 m9 NExample: 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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- o3 M9 D5 J  W+ Z7 B1. 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）

- e5 r$ I3 y; s. S! m; p2. Laugh your head off
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2 r( {- d; T$ w; J3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

9 G1 R2 j# D+ Y" J$ M  _6 SItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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5 g  U  s& i% b% M" s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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
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; I5 g; {2 X" Q/ e; D1 V"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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, Z3 u- C" V9 l1 d( X6 gNow you make a sentence out of it.

" i! e' j7 C- j% XYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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>

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。
0 w; ^9 c( a% _' ?         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.


<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

9 M) ?, M0 ]6 ]- o+ _+ |Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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8 p# o4 D# E" t% i) U7 a8 n- KIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

2 O4 _: t$ b) N& Ybut 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"

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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, R% p; {( ]7 lTry 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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# t5 ?2 M2 r: F2 MVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

# i9 R# M: R; Y# [( f6 {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?

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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$ G/ _6 W# n# f( g/ V) H! CMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
" e: {: E, z7 ?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.  
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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.