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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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- [* l1 q8 _+ F  l. LStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: 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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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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, x! ~7 X4 _# g- ^1 }When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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* l) K) l0 S( B! G2 \9 b% gMeaning: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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My 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:
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3 D' [" \. e5 _) T9 w# vEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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) o- e) }! P8 H+ C( rExample:
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.
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BOFA

This issue is about how we laugh.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
# C  c0 U* I- X; }6 {, m    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    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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( Q& h" X- g# `0 k/ |3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

3 A8 a5 `! K8 Z- wItem 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
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BOFA

You Have Me There

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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
; K& |1 G: L" }0 L. I* p9 PYou Have Me There
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$ K6 H. Z& Y# W0 c* T5 Q/ N  w, \( ?"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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1 S! d+ Y3 }, {+ W5 Z$ P: @8 fNow you make a sentence out of it.

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You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

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

, S. ~, u9 L5 p* K/ NMeaning: 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。
' e( L: m7 C( D         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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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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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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1 }1 p  o  \! a3 }+ yIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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3 b, W3 z! m5 ?5 R3 G( J8 \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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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:
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- w7 q, N4 |+ v  RVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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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$ Y2 R" M  M% [1 T% \8 PMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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; u2 r! p) ?% ^* ^* ~% P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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& R* o+ G+ H' N% {9 I9 f, V' h, I* PMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
4 E* m# l. @0 E/ _# i- I10. 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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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8 X8 f) ?2 _  ^# K: d8 FI 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.