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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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8 I0 i4 n2 E! I" [" u. CExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

6 Z1 L2 W+ u2 d' B& t) pI remember there is a song having such a line.

3 U. V# g9 q1 F- F. p: Z$ p[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

. [* _+ f& n/ v+ C9 \! e7 i$ kMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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' F8 L/ {- s0 rWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: 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

  |% C. {, \5 \, l: YMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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august99

The short end of the stick

2 r! O0 |) o8 ?& vMeaning:
吃亏
9 V$ z/ e1 I$ z. e3 ~English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

$ {4 |( L/ Y1 o. ], J3 M) I3 c+ C- o6 bExample:
# G; {% k  C% b! D2 S. aI 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 q+ o, x: w9 eExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

; F+ v8 D. F9 b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
2 h* ?- \! `# L$ [1 S    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
% R9 _: A+ e3 s6 @  j: j    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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6 e; r. i5 Z1 }" f* F0 B8 G2. Laugh your head off

+ Z# L) f4 z; g+ c3. 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....
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' ]: J- ?' R$ A! y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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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
- a, Q5 c* Y6 Y# fYou 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)

' U) k$ `  o4 ?: F# Z* X( R8 |Now you make a sentence out of it.

- R! j" r8 Y4 w5 S' bYou really have me there, Bofa.
/ m1 f) y6 \$ I. _/ V; |) rYou got me.

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>

  y$ V  T5 w- L6 y( F2 _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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& E4 u" `! g, r9 B" w+ M7 l<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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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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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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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& h# x2 E# c; J5 ]but 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"

% }3 q3 h6 H3 q, Y3 y- a4 w1 UMeaning: 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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% O. ~6 F& }. A9 K3 A3 q! cTry 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.
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; C" r  p$ V1 \: `* G4 s: FCheck the dictionary and it means:
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  h7 [% D0 h' d" vVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

) o" }) M" U) F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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. E1 t) G0 K9 Y6 S1 ~0 d& pMeaning: 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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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  F$ X, K6 w: ^# G5 DOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
1 E: m* w, X  o$ |8 G8 u8 [b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
4 }+ ?; b$ q) n http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


: n. M9 `2 i' {* fI 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.