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BOFA

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

5 L  a# R; R* N' s9 tStick-in-the-mud
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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.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

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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>

7 X4 n3 A) m' J+ _) k" E  _$ @Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

. u) S) P) ^% ], c& a: OExample: 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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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

) x6 j* I0 y& D/ RMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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) U) V9 V  R9 |7 C1 e4 KCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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3 |) z( g* s; F/ W* z3 U" sMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

' H/ _5 T: C, `5 X( {% l: G$ sExample:
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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$ g* u8 ^; a5 ^5 y7 j% f! ?# kMeaning: 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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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% v+ r0 L' q# H2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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6 d, X+ F, Z! x+ N: x4. Laugh yourself silly

/ @6 T, E+ @: W7 Z1 W4 {6 W, eItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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* t9 U* j  u+ z7 q% K5 ^8 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
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5 h- C2 i, L& f8 L) c0 S0 lMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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, I+ {* z5 h: b' I"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)

0 o( @# Q7 Y. ]% O: TNow 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
" y/ n+ ?; J! h. J2 s1 ?& ZYou Have Me There
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" c6 I6 t) p( 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)

9 R/ b% x( g- h8 j% w* LNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?

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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。
         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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<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:
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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

2 x; v! K: B4 {$ i, r. _! y1 j1 FIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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6 D2 E# g  _; l4 M/ v$ \, rbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
5 e& L  W; h" r9 M0 L8 V6 W( D" i$ x  "By the seat of one's pants"
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" E7 S1 x1 {  P. J7 a0 k* \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.

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:
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8 I6 {$ T& ^, @' w6 aVery 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.
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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

6 a$ Q: Q! c% D% S3 S$ j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

8 C. M7 }1 z( m/ {# Y3 U- PMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

  q8 \' Y/ q# M1 h- \6 }" p" K* ROnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
; U! m2 n- J0 f( P6 R' }. D* }b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
$ m) P6 o4 _1 p$ r; A 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.