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BOFA

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

) o% F4 L! m4 Y% y3 N. gStick-in-the-mud

' R" L$ I2 N; \1 r( y4 x3 j: XMeaning: 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

7 [! }1 Z8 T8 `$ c8 F9 \9 M4 k& gMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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5 I( p2 m- q! ]+ v3 F% dMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

) F( ^7 ]! P" r7 Z4 J) P% \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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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( o6 P# w. w6 q( b, ^, S0 TEnglish: 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
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5 t5 Z* ~7 v' ^- \8 K) U: Z+ ?0 VMeaning: 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。
7 W* s9 G8 I+ B. V7 ]* H: }Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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! n, Y& G' O2 [; }, ?4 ~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
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

+ T" x1 O' ~! Z. o/ n4. Laugh yourself silly
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9 q+ O: ~4 U- P& \# ~Item 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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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( N: R  @+ q$ B"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
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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4 e6 b  Q+ Y9 m/ x: j+ rNow you make a sentence out of it.

2 ]; G' H% g5 m2 x9 R- lYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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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>

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.


8 w; r# ?2 t9 b: G: ^' i# y, z<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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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7 b! p; c7 f$ T8 z0 e7 W$ wmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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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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# d1 S- f" ]5 j; U7 G7 tMeaning: 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。

  `( l* z4 @" D( W8 S# ETry 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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$ A6 f( ^6 o* A  aVery 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.

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
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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

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10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
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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.