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BOFA

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

0 e' M  L" K4 \Stick-in-the-mud
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" V# q9 ], x$ q' c! lMeaning: 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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. K% ^2 x/ n9 e. Z" h[ 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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  {, E! g- c$ YExample:
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  q% {. j" L: X" e' FWhen 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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3 f: r* V, p. {+ z1 zExample: 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

# ]( _$ k/ H- t& J+ M6 _( RMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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9 a, F: O3 q6 c. S! X5 EMy 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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/ S# @$ ~" V& D3 P& fMeaning:
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3 S* i) F% s$ U; ?: nEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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* O- |1 `* e# c3 J0 J+ S; X! y6 I% HExample:
; k( z+ W& h: e) {7 zI 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。
0 P* W$ r% l* I) R: m8 w3 _Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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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.

3 K6 @: y& c" h' X* @( f1. Laugh up your sleeve
* ^+ E4 W( F+ {) {    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
, B6 _! o! j6 l! I5 |, j- K5 y' K    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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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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- I! C# E9 r9 }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.
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4 k9 p+ j0 A  \  BFollow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

; Z! y( t) a) k2 z"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
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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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

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You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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。。
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# U# J' T$ ]: ^7 \7 _( Z<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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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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4 U: P# p7 U9 JIt 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"

5 T9 ~& E- O% S) [+ I2 d' 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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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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

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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.

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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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
* D$ u: I  L) \( ]( K8 z10. 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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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; r4 D" D7 q) D' u$ W( I  TI 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.