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BOFA

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

! S4 K3 X" s7 H* {Stick-in-the-mud
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  `3 r5 O9 K7 L0 d% wMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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6 N  [. n; ~3 I1 ^# |Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

' l& i" h$ N5 P: r5 q' a" a) ]1 [I remember there is a song having such a line.

) Y6 s. z) {2 F7 U[ 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.

1 E' L' }2 H+ ?$ u5 VExample:
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" s9 Q$ V6 k; |+ L+ Y6 f4 f4 xWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

9 S) Z% w6 y! y; A1 a2 zMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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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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# U, B& e, g3 H0 eMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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0 i& \2 _- o6 t7 y. J2 u( f. JMy 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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- M% \3 P* n8 r# g# X* ZEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

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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* a0 ?' |. |9 ]- ]+ U8 Y$ eMeaning: 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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3 `' n/ B5 W6 }: h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.

4 t. V+ {, R9 {( h/ B1. 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）

. a5 P$ E6 ]3 K2. Laugh your head off
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3 ]* C8 e/ E# Q; n/ r) K9 d3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

/ t% O0 c, @% O/ K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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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)
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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)

Now 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!!

Some more?

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。
         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。。
" Y% P& Z- R3 l6 T# c        =when the situation is urgent.
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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:

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.
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& G' r& W, c! P, x  \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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$ b$ O7 r$ t- @# nbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
2 I: h8 u- w0 X! s! D0 d  "By the seat of one's pants"
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  u+ ^: |8 h2 Z3 ]  T5 O8 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。
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+ n, b8 |$ |9 X$ _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.

# Q' N- t, V# n" `% SCheck the dictionary and it means:

) N' |6 G% n' C$ w; [2 w! HVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

% }/ R4 G/ X" z7 p. }/ c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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6 x, Q, r' C7 u4 m3 O. Q4 rMeaning: 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

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

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
& k; Z1 ?$ I0 j& e5 Z10. 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.  
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, @/ }$ k$ g, I! gI 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.