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BOFA

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

3 V9 d# q' P# ~5 h) o- n) s) DMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

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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BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

) F" [2 G" a8 b% Q9 \5 H: L$ IMeaning: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

8 b# n* W6 H# E; q- B& Z& h+ NMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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/ N' q3 s* H1 C* W4 H( @9 O* bEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
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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。
8 N7 x' F) |/ g4 tExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

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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) t0 g2 y7 @; Z; n1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
3 U  s, h7 s0 l* _/ W    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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- A5 a; \+ i5 P2 ^  S" u7 {5 r; R' v+ `2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

. l5 T- m% `2 K+ T4 a, m/ o8 @5 H4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 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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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

" X! E+ {" Q& d- \4 i" T4 h- u8 p"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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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

"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.

! F0 [/ i, v" n8 K3 M2 nYou really have me there, Bofa.
3 c: d; b6 S$ y* S( ]You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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1 ]* U! B5 k: u& ]. _3 [" i1 ?( }Some more?

/ B* i8 k. l# N, p: x* dThanks for sharing!!

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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<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

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

+ }  e! H/ }( |9 j2 H& CIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

5 P0 E7 a& M0 ~6 S5 Cbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
0 h# l4 Z1 v1 e  "By the seat of one's pants"
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" H: ^5 t( \, n5 U: v) g' \7 |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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4 \4 H  B* u* ?" u) cTry 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.

1 Q" Z3 A9 t3 B+ Z! Y. w* l$ m! }. yCheck the dictionary and it means:

6 _. o6 m# R$ z, k) j: t0 _Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

* i& V2 g# Y9 g" C+ o; R" 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.
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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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( J6 X0 ?+ l1 t+ j. o; ?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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4 n- y1 o: r: j4 FMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

4 l) ~" o5 X# z! x/ f+ M* R( M+ OOnline 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.