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BOFA

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

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.

1 P7 [8 E7 E  K7 o0 l& }I remember there is a song having such a line.

/ H2 {" ?9 I0 O7 W; ][ 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.

$ ^$ W8 i: A3 q( HExample:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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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

- ~  l. |. I$ q# ^. B+ v4 h1 YMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

, L1 `3 d$ X5 {0 }8 h+ fMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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1 x# F1 r5 o. G+ d9 i6 q! c2 Y# PCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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- t$ g: \+ j4 E) B( b6 p0 `Meaning:
吃亏
6 y2 N  s7 N/ `6 jEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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8 H: S/ z" U3 R9 d/ D+ E9 QExample:
% t+ ?. z9 S# U/ ~3 ?0 G# S) R* EI 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.

# S6 z: D7 z+ L& a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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; t9 P  E  R6 i1 D! F8 V1. Laugh up your sleeve
3 V. g. L2 [' u! `. N; L4 f7 q' e' K    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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2. Laugh your head off

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4. Laugh yourself silly
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: s( Z# z8 i5 ]4 w! Z% hItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

* t) Q9 \( U  Z9 r3 U7 Z, h" l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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BOFA

You Have Me There

% d! I* P, N6 ], F; T6 W"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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' l1 N' N8 s( D, _) O; xNow 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
You Have Me There

: O: \; q2 D) t" H  ?3 P4 z, s"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)

  ^$ Q% z& d' h) d' B" R& gNow you make a sentence out of it.

% W$ T- H( k" _# {1 \  U8 JYou really have me there, Bofa.
0 H+ s& ~$ x& ~! Y+ SYou 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>
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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。
         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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$ c6 r$ E) G0 g<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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4 Q# C* Q: e2 GMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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: p4 n& D+ e, x% ^5 _8 Y; N! S$ }/ }It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

9 |4 d$ s& m. q( d5 q- p. Cbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
' q, \1 M* j' L4 ?8 U+ @( E  "By the seat of one's pants"
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1 D4 ]3 E* \- h% _. Q$ d9 _4 HMeaning: 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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* X( e0 w- X) pTry 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:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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4 K* R4 w8 Z# L0 t' m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?
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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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: e! @$ g& u9 C7 n0 h+ N2 I+ M9 cMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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& g. x3 `( y0 F7 u# L$ Q9 f6 f$ COnline Dicationary explains as follows:
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.  
$ P' \) S7 ?$ | 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.