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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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) d% O, \2 [) ^- m' D* ~Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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' W1 E% `" {4 H; O; ], y" x* Z5 zExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

: [0 N, u, b0 T, H  Z- AI remember there is a song having such a line.
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/ w" f- M8 K/ R) c- J" a- D8 f[ 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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Example:
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When 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.

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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

9 O; s- X2 G! GMy 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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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
  D; U+ F. s4 Z' d. K9 t& {0 ^# MI 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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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。
$ F8 Y/ X$ _8 }9 j  r! P7 r% i6 fExample: 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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. d( E; ~9 C/ P+ _" k1. Laugh up your sleeve
' ?. S: n4 U4 {& h% U& i    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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$ g) o7 K8 u( C2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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8 Q& f- Y, F# l9 V% D) `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.

5 U% y& I0 J: G; B! L& }Follow Suit

; Y2 q/ @, ?# c8 u8 F) jMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

8 Q9 \- r3 k5 g3 t# U% q"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)

1 s; A; S7 k, P) M1 NNow 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
$ X5 j+ r8 {" f( GYou 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.

, q/ v. H- K) Z4 iYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some 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>
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( a3 l: B: G( VMeaning: 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>

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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Mhhh. 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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; [+ i0 \0 d% \but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
9 M5 g" a) s9 A4 x! V1 W9 |* D  "By the seat of one's pants"

; o, L. ^' \! r3 ?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。

7 |( v$ ?- G: p9 [1 }" s: QTry 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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3 P  A: q) N  u+ v% aCheck the dictionary and it means:

/ a7 X( W$ `% J! }- r# PVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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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5 ?- z- l$ C4 ^7 UMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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, e! z! M0 b: ?( ]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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4 }4 `' P; n& a8 x* J" j! v; n+ H1 v- rMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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) `% U: n. i' @9 U, n* rOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
2 }. [$ s" J; m) o$ D: C: vb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
( l% B" K1 p/ p) _0 A 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.