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BOFA

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

3 F9 b& n3 F6 u7 e: e) ~Stick-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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/ K- }1 c+ L( n% z1 TI remember there is a song having such a line.
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$ u. {6 I- ?# `' Y& V- e! e[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

% w/ ~+ Q' M, o9 G2 GMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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$ a1 n7 E* J0 z2 q) F4 xWhen 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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7 C+ G& |& m" ]* y/ |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:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
6 o" A1 Z" Q9 }  s, }* CI 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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$ X' w2 M0 N5 t0 y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. Laugh up your sleeve
6 `2 Z: `; s% [0 }# s    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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, Q5 e' S! S- ^4 c. @9 ?3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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* L) r4 i0 f+ }7 j! kItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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. o9 S. q: D3 L0 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)
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- ~3 A, c+ E* n/ G+ x' e* L  \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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"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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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!!

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>

& g! {6 B0 g' I( 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。
         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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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.

4 A# _/ w$ N4 i! ^0 qIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

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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.
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Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very 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.

2 ~# Y: r: ]' R3 k, o- H* d: r2 bMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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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* P. _* [0 F. WMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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. g" z, p1 Z1 R+ P6 ^, pOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
: t# [9 b+ g5 w& n: Y& p# l- P  \8 `# [10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
5 M  S0 {* Z1 W. g! cb. 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.