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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

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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I 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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" O% P2 u0 m% M$ C; aMeaning: 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>

( `' C# O# s& g+ C& ]" K7 f" JMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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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3 A4 M! u. O4 N: u6 YMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

( v5 G# b4 x2 rMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

1 ?8 e, m9 Q& |* XMeaning:
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, Z* e3 w; D: p: oEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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  D6 @$ ]7 Z" f8 e  g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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2 O, g+ o& T3 s2 X1. Laugh up your sleeve
0 D2 }0 Z" j9 L* @  l    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
/ W% E. L4 m) M7 `! L' y/ h6 u    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

& d" |) Y. Q2 t% J. Z9 N2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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$ t8 m) }, I/ V8 f4. Laugh yourself silly
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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.
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Follow Suit
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( O  J! t0 N1 X- XMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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3 K- C+ H( W) k2 B& ]3 |" J"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)

5 I3 z( v$ W' i, Y4 P5 _Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some 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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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。
+ c3 r6 w; p. R4 ]$ X  P: w         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 z8 B5 H( F& L# x; B) q        =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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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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" i: R- U" A1 `makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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$ r% k2 o) G" A1 q6 {: j& }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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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。

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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

! C8 j% @$ f# CVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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7 c$ z7 p) I8 m6 N( ]+ j/ 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.
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( O1 B" b  s# U- o* t- ?7 XMeaning: 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

* A1 C) I! g3 F$ v1 W( v6 f1 zMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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  f$ _% T: V3 Q+ I& `' zOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
' {6 p6 w0 d8 u. F10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
# r, X8 ]# ~3 N3 e. D( Zb. 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


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.