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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

( M9 D! b! i3 P. M0 dMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

' Y. W9 F, b5 K6 z: E% N# i1 wExample: 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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[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

7 C+ C. R0 T  I3 {: ]& iMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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5 m: g+ t9 D) ~5 n9 j: B4 mExample:
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! [) N$ ^* n+ C7 o5 |* a$ GWhen 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.

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

% m! n- C/ ]$ F* Z: JMeaning: 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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august99

The short end of the stick

8 R4 H, r5 H/ X0 `& AMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

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。
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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
5 I9 z2 ^6 b/ ]1 E- n    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
# r% \! B( m! E& A* R    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

) T  C1 m; l; Q4 f, m2. Laugh your head off
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0 j* b; Q. z. J0 S3. Laugh yourself sick

" I1 A$ ]3 F* k4. Laugh yourself silly

( j) g. S4 u1 S; C4 e  O* P6 YItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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  g6 `# o& `. k3 V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.

Follow Suit

5 N0 b- z% W3 V; z( P% B2 n! wMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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5 D8 K3 @4 Q& E  ?9 g1 h/ x" q"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
2 b2 u- m7 o, _6 K' ?2 o6 SYou 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)

% E5 o2 ~/ O, Q) fNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

; f5 w4 b$ E2 U( w2 lMeaning: 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。
3 A( r% x8 v+ q$ `# t1 h         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.


<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

# \. K* t" X. ]0 qMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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It 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"

& v( p8 ]" o& o! PMeaning: 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。

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.
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9 ?$ l& F% J0 `! YCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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. L5 G0 a) c0 K( N. D0 a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

9 C, j! j+ t8 w' uMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

7 Y- I" l" ]# o: N' q3 ]Online Dicationary explains as follows:
4 k) |- v. A8 X$ h8 u/ r10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
% [" r) G; W( ?- ob. 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.