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BOFA

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

% W5 Z5 E* t6 V7 Q' YStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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6 H: e) G3 |6 I$ \- gI remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 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.

0 D0 \: `* `! {# C3 [5 kExample:

5 p6 Z2 A' q* a9 n3 hWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

) F) W$ E0 B4 T) s4 Y$ @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
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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

Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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8 p: c( ^: a6 l  z; q) IExample:
! ^9 j* R) e$ `# H7 S# }I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

* i4 M4 [2 c" H0 M- HMeaning: 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.

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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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. j' I7 n) j5 ?, H% ]2. Laugh your head off

( K: }6 F# K& c3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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; v$ I1 R/ T+ LItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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0 A6 q- b5 r. p- B  T/ e7 }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.

# w# i6 X4 d' |# n) [& f4 J9 LFollow Suit
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' q6 ?0 D! q0 U! N. M2 @' y" IMeaning: (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

"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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& b0 `* n- s  q( `) l7 O8 }. tNow you make a sentence out of it.

6 ]/ I- V! \+ u7 s7 r. L! ^You really have me there, Bofa.
1 {5 w  J4 }/ ^! ^# M( WYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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3 _' C0 j8 a+ aSome 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>

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。
8 k! r, k9 I1 R# ?( B         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.


" T. p" E& m( M& R' d1 l<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

) u6 Q  J, n7 F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

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7 l0 V! i- w* c# g; MIt 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"

4 j& T* `0 \; kMeaning: 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.
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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.

7 b+ p/ P( y3 q6 jCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

6 C" A, s; k# D7 z+ {1 P2 I+ 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.
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* p% t7 M8 ]2 Y$ c2 }' WMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

8 A' d3 D+ K9 T; P% e6 g* Q% 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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
! B; m- H2 ]5 V; N8 p7 W  ib. 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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: }  ?0 I; x$ Q0 \; |" UI 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.