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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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- u  P  v# }3 RStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

. z; |: q, Y. c- yI remember there is a song having such a line.
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0 u+ W; n# y; U[ 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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3 o$ G9 v1 {2 y+ sMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

' N) V' A1 ^3 R$ w% J- rMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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7 V5 K/ W3 b: q" h1 {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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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$ b' K! z* o: s7 D" e; J% REnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

, N6 z+ D" O& Z: H% q6 I) JExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

" f3 ~0 Y: [5 Q6 R9 F1 pMeaning: 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。
" ^; {- o! H  [7 OExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

7 m' ~" c: G1 U# f! D. x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.

7 c+ u3 f" o' {: W, V2 D1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
9 o3 X2 q6 k( [. u) ]! o# f    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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  t6 `1 @2 ~5 T5 B5 N1 J* D: bItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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3 E2 A7 a4 N" W0 {. ^0 d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.

& x& V/ j- f% c0 uFollow Suit
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; F2 d8 r. a  y  H$ ~0 B. i9 `; QMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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$ Z$ V% w2 v. S, t6 w"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)

) F/ V* j5 v4 l5 iNow 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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?
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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>

; a( v  o* I4 }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。。
# M9 q4 P5 \7 w9 E. O9 c        =when the situation is urgent.

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4 B1 [2 N* k  \<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
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Mhhh. 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
( i% e3 b* R  k  "By the seat of one's pants"

2 c) S+ }: f0 p' k: @, V5 q) hMeaning: 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.

+ f! o0 K: v, O4 J8 s- H, X. u) wCheck the dictionary and it means:
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7 {) g! }7 }5 t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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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0 t0 `$ P& Q2 _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

4 y4 t1 z# p0 [/ ?  g% R8 PMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
5 N7 @: @0 X) W% v1 O/ 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.