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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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* b- C# |! E+ }+ \5 q3 H. s3 SStick-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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2 e$ {* s7 R' m- s7 `I remember there is a song having such a line.
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5 W4 v& _2 `! x* p[ 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.
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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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# F* |$ G  ]& B5 DMeaning: 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

5 ?0 z/ }) [1 a$ l. bMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

My 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
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) o6 m' Y5 Y5 uMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
+ B4 R6 h' j- e) b, xI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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.

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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) \7 z' p9 p0 {4 G2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

4. 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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" z7 F+ P/ D+ Y) Y: ?9 o' ~8 gFollow Suit

0 Y& V8 v  t4 }' a. \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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3 v% H0 o$ U0 G! \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
. F. S1 R7 }: q9 T1 l" ^) P7 aYou 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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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!!
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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>

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。。
        =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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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:

; w8 ?* S2 W( R% }( L/ ^  Imakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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5 i1 O/ O  Y: _; ~# cMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

' w* M6 c: s1 [5 \8 E8 C: @& n% kIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

% w- I8 w) ^' ?' qbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
# y6 [$ n9 s& O, ~* N+ q4 b7 g" Y4 ]  "By the seat of one's pants"
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8 Q' W2 w: t* T( I/ z' _8 {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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8 _# v6 }9 `# V# {' ?8 HTry 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.

# f5 ~' [( Z6 R3 Q5 o% JCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very 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.

: k: O) t6 D' c- R. {1 F: rMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

& m1 n, m/ @: P6 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
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4 S, Q, C, b8 K' h/ e+ mMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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; E$ W+ E+ a: J0 Z6 G& ^Online Dicationary explains as follows:
7 i9 P" R5 I; Q: Y/ T10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
- h/ G) x5 f0 hb. 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.