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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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3 X; {9 c: V2 Z( z$ N7 [, Z. i0 e# ^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.

I 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

8 y% ?$ ~" M, j, W* QMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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1 @0 P1 V6 y* D3 dWhen 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.
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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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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

# z( \% T" Z' `3 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
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0 Z# z. M& Y) U- BMeaning:
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3 n+ f& m' v0 `1 R3 j$ h  B  R2 cEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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. U* v8 R% M8 @5 O$ K# k; V8 OExample:
5 H/ q% D1 {8 r/ X- OI 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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- g, H" s; V; q) K& e( d7 [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 n* ]/ \8 S7 q1. Laugh up your sleeve
, [1 u0 w" m0 Y. |6 w- B    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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2. Laugh your head off

8 l3 j8 ~' N/ B3 s# K  S3 E3. Laugh yourself sick
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6 y6 Q8 D" H1 o9 H* l5 u" e/ M3 ^. E4. 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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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

3 I# F$ l$ {+ rMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

2 B9 D2 v. ^6 t2 c& |5 p7 @4 F"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)

" }+ m6 M; W4 x8 `. yNow 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
$ b- h; ^! d& jYou Have Me There
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  y0 U( F; E: w% j8 ]"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?

Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

# Z- p* @  v* l) h: B9 m0 Ymakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

% O! W5 m) @) c8 w9 B8 |Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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+ i. `; F" y9 T1 e3 KIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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7 x/ k9 W, N) Rbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
, V6 y- H* p3 {% Q; v9 p3 z  W0 e  "By the seat of one's pants"

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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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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

" s& o& c' \; M* t# [/ h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?

  x9 ^" r4 D, Q& d, o2 s$ u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

1 H* \% o( x6 p$ MMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
2 E" a$ x( i- {# _7 |3 Q5 r10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
8 F1 c/ k  O) Qb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
0 j6 w. J1 D8 r/ m- M- B http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


, @' C$ r) m# e  K! S9 [" jI 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.