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BOFA

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

% j0 \& d- P! V+ L1 E& mStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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2 m" S: a8 u7 T; tExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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8 V- Y* S. f6 _* u* @* rI remember there is a song having such a line.

( W. O) F+ y3 A6 a$ a7 p6 |  F[ 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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; j- O  g! u% {# mMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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# b1 H  F+ D, T4 J4 ZExample:
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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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; T, w. ^2 X6 A+ ?7 AMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

/ D' s- L' r( M& z. AExample: 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

8 c$ e! a5 k" u$ dMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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1 \5 k7 C) i. Y  x* c. f0 HMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.


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  I5 A' F. [7 ^* C9 G* y9 iCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

7 E7 o' }( a8 w* A6 bMeaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
* g- q! x1 o& tI 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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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。
0 e2 N0 u7 n4 |9 k4 T1 [5 ]Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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' \. m1 u1 w% ]* q8 P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.

  d/ @. i6 b: o) L! r1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
0 z) ?7 M' c7 {5 J: c    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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- e0 A5 W* D, F$ Q3. Laugh yourself sick
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  ?5 Q. S* g1 M) L4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

; c/ x% v6 G, }) e3 x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

/ ~! B2 B1 F1 C: k5 |Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
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$ i& _2 y9 f8 a1 ~"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.

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

; M0 n, a+ N! Q) p5 K2 J"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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; J& W$ V3 i. vNow you make a sentence out of it.

0 J7 v, U+ Z5 E. z0 TYou 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>

' }- H" r2 Q7 M3 v  @* UMeaning: 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。
' {% \  X3 D- t5 f         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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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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; \- t: K! o2 |- ZMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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' ?, J: o9 q5 d8 ], _) B$ q  s( 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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5 R9 k4 ^; W2 o6 v+ Qbut 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"

% P  D( H) E# B& o' L# m! o6 }+ 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.
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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:

) s+ Z& Y% U1 Q" p  ?Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

5 u$ J: U6 s  H9 [" D( k; A2 M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?

! |/ V' h, C/ k7 [) f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

/ U1 L( D* i8 f) X& @8 a; V2 [Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
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


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.