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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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- @+ D- V8 m4 RStick-in-the-mud

; j! j* d5 f+ ?Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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' r. R/ {; G1 cExample: 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
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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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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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7 ?9 w: F; Z4 r; G% B5 YMeaning: 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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

% f- N5 k, e1 N& V+ t$ K3 ]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:
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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

- H7 U+ X" l0 K% y3 c6 GMeaning: 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。
2 X1 v2 U7 _- r% I1 S1 D- A9 ~6 |Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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8 A2 J5 t' Y, J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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* V$ Z4 k: A- F$ ?8 i1. Laugh up your sleeve
. [  u+ ^; c( k( i1 {    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

3 x! w8 w' R* g' n4 K2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly
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3 c% z/ ~0 H4 F! ?! @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.
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' |0 \3 w& X; v# ]. QFollow Suit

+ D7 g; P/ P6 R3 ^+ FMeaning: (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)
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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

"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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: s1 H1 i; X, {  L# FNow you make a sentence out of it.

7 v# v9 f: P% \! V/ ^# GYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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6 R" s7 ^: t7 E/ B. ASome more?

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

6 M5 m* }$ h0 n. H* m6 }* Z+ bMeaning: 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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1 v% [1 {/ ]" _2 h5 q- ?<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

$ K; e5 F/ m: K5 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:
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" ?/ Y* F1 g$ ^) Vmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

8 A% y7 B' P; Q4 `3 s, oMhhh. 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......."
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7 ?7 l- @! Z! h: {7 n# ~/ dbut 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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0 E% C) n% e+ P9 I9 O: i" mMeaning: 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。

& |4 ~  F; }9 \1 J: S/ L# [& lTry 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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) W! I7 \+ \# K8 u/ c! m# sVery 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.
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! F! A7 ~2 S8 s. s/ z+ O7 l) JMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

7 ~: f, i" o8 `" w. }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

+ O. Q2 x( u: s) T- @/ q/ ^Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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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.  
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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.