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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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7 \; x" y- p7 k6 VStick-in-the-mud
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" N- ^: W7 w5 t4 l3 o1 eMeaning: 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.

I remember there is a song having such a line.
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1 h; X) [- a2 _0 g[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

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2 [. r. R0 ^" q: B! U: KWhen 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

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My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
吃亏
+ I3 n, k1 W2 s- ?English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
6 e( L, T* z5 MI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

* [! F6 c7 J: n+ ZMeaning: 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.

# O) J' T' j0 x: L" j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.

, O6 X6 y/ X4 m1 D& D% [5 L1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
* I; f. A1 B) b& ~+ f    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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& Z/ f8 @0 a5 Q0 @2. Laugh your head off

2 R) k% j2 B0 D5 s+ A6 e3. Laugh yourself sick
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6 L3 Y, [% a( ^; N; d: c4. Laugh yourself silly
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; i" d: c7 K' W( T$ KItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

" z' k2 p7 O% A( e3 E3 R, n& c( q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.

  ~- w9 Z/ w% [' l7 cFollow Suit

, w8 v& K; [5 K: w5 u) kMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You 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)

7 V2 w; B7 n+ HNow 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
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3 j4 i& T& M1 s. `- K' y! k3 e"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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You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

0 S9 X* f# Q& r+ }6 ^9 xSome more?
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. Y6 i( }9 ~- \- U, n; G6 C8 \( ~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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3 [$ u, Z1 H/ u6 e1 m& z<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

' u- u2 i# w+ ^Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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" i4 H9 m$ r$ X$ c( Q& a% j- p) CIt 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
4 V9 B; x' N! t+ L  "By the seat of one's pants"
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6 q& A% |" ~+ j5 o/ Z3 `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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Try 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.

  d8 U6 t) i8 ~! F5 p% iCheck the dictionary and it means:
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: h, X) p( Q! Z2 m  RVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

6 G6 ^  z8 j" R6 p" _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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9 u  |* f: y2 H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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% |: c# Y& g( ]+ i8 d. KMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online 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.  
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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.