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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
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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2 l: T" P/ @% g- E0 xExample: 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.

1 M6 `+ x: W: T1 r( m[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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- m. @* v/ X; `0 e8 h4 eWhen 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.

& k$ U2 j. y3 y( _4 ZExample: 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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, V# O" Q7 k; n$ d* H! \; [' m4 vMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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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

2 Q, m. |& ~6 H# X3 s# XMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

& U' W! K, z. a& y8 q8 @  iExample:
7 |$ T5 m( {+ G, a1 }5 O8 i- EI 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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; ]) M5 k0 `6 o- E% z+ o) sMeaning: 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。
9 E8 n1 f3 M; D9 w2 k3 }: wExample: 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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1. Laugh up your sleeve
1 Q7 q, g' \' |8 k) i; w& D    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
( n3 X/ \/ X+ G0 b1 G+ I' I) q6 c0 i) K' ]    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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$ p4 d: v& w6 a, M4. 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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7 t  L" \7 K  S9 E; r; b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

$ S& I% O( N/ Q$ Y. a  r3 nMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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.

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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"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!!

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1 d. ?+ j9 Y$ n' C) q! v. H, S% cThanks 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。。
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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

/ D9 j$ [2 @+ L8 @: ]Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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5 l1 r2 F8 w( j6 NIt 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
  "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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; p, Q# k$ c) C+ I& K& L, lTry 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

0 E7 T$ g& }8 `0 kVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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$ H0 M  h$ [+ J: l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.

" E: F4 X+ _% M* I8 d7 \+ U/ {Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

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.

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10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
/ \, E, }7 m: p1 `  Zb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
6 D" X+ u: i4 ? 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.