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BOFA

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

2 {$ l+ x( Q6 k  Z: IMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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  y* M: {' k. U, KExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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" C2 S: d" m/ |( Q5 I' pI remember there is a song having such a line.

) n7 |8 J0 l# p% E[ 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.

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/ ~. @" [2 I7 S  n6 ^# |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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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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2 k5 x  \! D" g" xMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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/ x' C5 [/ P. r7 rMy 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:
吃亏
English: 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

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.

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
8 G& S+ x. Z* D) E( C) i7 f    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
2 H$ U9 W1 Z3 O: i; ]0 E4 Q+ ^    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

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3. Laugh yourself sick

1 d2 {6 |, c% v: A" n5 t, \4. Laugh yourself silly

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

2 u, G  D0 Q4 s# q# i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

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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)

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
8 ~- a( z4 l+ t! o9 oYou Have Me There
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. L# B5 s9 _* K" m7 S  l- L"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 T4 P/ F: M# v8 U8 |6 D/ ?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!!
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Some more?

1 I- X" w+ q% A+ o) oThanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

# s7 }4 `% x$ E+ X  D7 w5 WMeaning: 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。
  V8 C% `6 I3 A, v& G         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

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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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"
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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.

* D$ E$ n& C; H; CCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

+ A0 N, U& S8 c& t3 w( k4 t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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Meaning: 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.
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0 O9 h% h4 X% J7 q  F' }Online Dicationary explains as follows:
6 Q. ]) ]7 \( V/ ?* D9 I$ ^10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
1 {$ \: T8 ]5 t, y* eb. 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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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.