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BOFA

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

" ~7 ?% m( Y' I$ B  EStick-in-the-mud

9 J, \# W, N1 P9 [Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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$ W0 ]! V( d  e0 b" q% \Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

  q4 d) T1 F7 N8 EI remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 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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/ B: o. G5 W2 c: y# z' d& UExample:

2 R# F" O9 q( R) O1 {When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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  {0 j3 i; t" ~) x3 g9 ^Meaning: 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
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Meaning: 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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4 M9 }, d. z1 w) _# y! nCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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5 M4 k8 X* E/ F9 {$ f* i' Q) l* kExample:
# v( q; [, {3 ~2 W/ |" @8 OI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

; t) E0 Z& v4 b, mMeaning: 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.

) V7 x, M% \. @7 ~/ ?9 V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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
; E# @' k8 h" q- c5 S    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
2 c+ _8 Y7 O; Y4 K' o3 Q  Z! f- ]    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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5 B% B3 R/ ]3 B9 r/ ~2. Laugh your head off

5 W1 }  {: w- |8 j0 R, s3. Laugh yourself sick
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0 K- f- Y' e9 \$ \4 f4. Laugh yourself silly
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0 P8 G0 Q2 G& k9 o- H4 O% i) kItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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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7 V4 Y0 Z, s2 q0 h2 a% dFollow Suit
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Meaning: (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)
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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
You Have Me There
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7 R  ^9 ?& C4 B$ w) B3 d' L4 a"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.

9 z2 R1 D  W" o, AYou really have me there, Bofa.
You 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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; e+ f1 v5 G/ w& O4 DMeaning: 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。
$ l! R8 E. ^* B+ \1 l         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:
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4 n1 |/ n$ \  A( q! u, `2 o; \% imakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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: B7 @4 @+ o3 T0 Y6 Z* WIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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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"
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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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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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Check the dictionary and it means:
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. j: V- S1 \: c/ `7 |1 E/ `! T7 Q' c5 NVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

# M4 X0 ^+ o8 P& }7 K* ^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.

5 z8 c/ _9 m, \# Y7 O, gMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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, @8 ]2 B& c8 y* s7 H5 M/ S+ d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.

6 E9 t* ]7 g7 h1 I/ h1 {  DOnline 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.  
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.