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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

* [4 G/ b7 ]% J8 V' [% y! `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.

! l8 Q/ f( G4 Y0 |9 h[ 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:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

7 E8 d7 l4 Q3 K3 L" q% o# tMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

, h7 J# x" P( @7 K$ OExample: 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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) \/ ]: J! a2 T& @% Z% j5 @% TMeaning: 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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. D; u9 C/ c; d9 _+ W6 ACopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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0 P% Y, F9 z# U4 Y! j1 _Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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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.

: Q+ y& d9 M2 H: L1. Laugh up your sleeve
! t! p- H2 X( T+ }/ T7 @0 R    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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  V' j1 ]% n+ a8 W3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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) H; I1 ~# ^; t% h" nItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

1 V5 n( R$ G4 q1 t. ~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.

; j# p; H- F6 b3 I- mFollow Suit
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8 [  u& |; [) j1 t  D9 TMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

7 Q' K. U9 D, b& O"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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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

0 V' ^6 I$ t3 e  Z"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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0 d2 G( ]; W% _5 o3 g0 m# a. m: mNow you make a sentence out of it.

4 _$ E" E3 E1 u8 ~) KYou 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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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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Meaning: 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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.


) \3 k! J# t# t( ?* W) W+ N+ N<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

7 @' F8 u7 l0 d7 q/ Y2 |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......."

* }1 r) l( y+ cbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
. @, a2 k8 R8 q$ x  "By the seat of one's pants"

/ i- v1 H# C( fMeaning: 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。

: ?6 p2 A# w2 h! p7 {1 ^2 e& zTry 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.
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) G0 c9 D% Y7 V, Y) z$ t* f0 S3 Z! b$ ~Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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* q2 ?( d. W7 p! r% v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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% ~' h9 B3 Y* c: y2 V6 M1 [Meaning: 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

5 I0 K9 A$ c) {" D( `8 M' ~, vMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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  A- X/ w$ A( S  VOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
& ~( |& `1 Y9 ?. F3 d7 a10. 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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; A& M# n( r  p% j5 J5 I  ZI 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.