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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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$ h( X) V; n, u/ x' F1 n4 W- Y, f2 VMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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. c% d& G! `4 b: ~8 YExample: 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.
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[ 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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; ?8 N  u! L* ]- z! p3 DMeaning: 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>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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9 j8 Y; E# M& Y0 W  q( w- S, [: ~5 MExample: 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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6 A" T( x+ \) H0 |8 S) {  qMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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- U: y: T( ^4 u' O4 JMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.



) O% n4 V$ s$ V8 x" ^Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

! h, a1 [9 G# ?Example:
4 F$ Y2 @" I: s- F+ o4 A% ?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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. V7 O: O+ A1 a; vMeaning: 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.

6 u1 @3 N5 d* g+ ~& U: U- w  W1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
: e1 y" }* B' G$ b8 V1 i    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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1 H: _# P' k7 p2 F4. Laugh yourself silly
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4 W: I, B9 {/ r. O' e: @Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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6 R7 V3 Y8 m& z) @7 [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

Meaning: (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)

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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' k# J9 E- S% C% ^6 H2 R"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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* u$ f' _% ~3 C7 v( }5 INow you make a sentence out of it.

) t. l6 S; c- v: jYou really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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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>

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         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。。
3 \& d7 b9 e6 {; n# R( [0 ^3 q        =when the situation is urgent.


1 y, E' L' q% _2 x4 ^' P0 x: b+ G<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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' Y5 h: f+ g6 h# K# wMhhh. 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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( E& I% _, \% ~* g& q  w, g4 I( Gbut 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"

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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, y. w! h% h6 m( j3 p; K* g" 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.

' o2 S9 T* ^$ a/ _9 h9 Y* n! x& r1 ZCheck the dictionary and it means:
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" G& e: ?$ A8 I* x7 n4 QVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

+ @9 T  w7 x7 V3 E. p2 G6 t8 E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.

4 {: R" e. E0 p" z& F& KMeaning: 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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1 S; H: u  w+ B% ]7 Z3 cMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

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; d4 D. E' P3 T1 w2 R10. 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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/ c7 o: z4 ~# j6 T2 ^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.