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BOFA

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

# `& P$ }. u6 b' t+ Z8 yStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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2 ~& T* g! W8 \, \Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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* e9 W  F: f! T) j2 B/ K; ^I remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 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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3 N/ ^# q' k# `1 FMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

" ~) l: S0 Y& e: t! _6 aExample:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

0 F, e* H: w: N+ b+ bMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

3 p- K! K4 |$ b  E8 e7 \* CExample: 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

  ?+ i% H6 w1 k! DMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

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
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Meaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
' k& r& F7 f( }$ B+ D( ?5 k9 G% AI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

) b* o8 N8 b% g/ j9 D- rMeaning: 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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
( q, s7 z6 I+ q  n! E3 a    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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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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- I4 l9 `- n7 X5 D' AItem 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.

9 c; C1 s4 E6 Q# A: pFollow 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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"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)

: b7 V# Q" c1 {  WNow 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
! W9 h( v, ?3 `You Have Me There
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) B) t5 e% I$ n& I; a"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)

9 m) V: S3 ]  H6 g( q6 cNow you make a sentence out of it.

) x  t+ n- ?  N" K6 N0 g" eYou 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>

0 K, O0 K4 P5 f3 K7 C1 LMeaning: 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.

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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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/ D4 F  m6 c& Q9 v& `  z/ J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

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

4 R7 ^% z8 @5 j; I6 j7 q( qIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

! M7 m8 T7 R# j+ \! S0 s  F* abut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
1 i( J/ @  ~( c0 @  N" X  "By the seat of one's pants"

# y9 Q, R- B8 w+ w& f( |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。

Try 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.

1 j6 E# b5 ^& {. L8 cCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

: x. `( D$ q* ]& j; N; `6 {3 g; i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.

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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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
, D9 @6 x$ _/ U* |: L% [10. 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


5 T) D" |# M  p+ G; XI 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.