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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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Stick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

" t8 M9 Y1 d7 B& ^I remember there is a song having such a line.

2 f6 j4 |8 b9 T[ 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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9 M$ R1 _, [' @8 w& zExample:
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. y+ c" e) _+ C( v- z9 D: YWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

+ L3 B0 E. F, Z) l& `) lMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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

( x! _2 u5 R2 f3 @& g3 aMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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5 _3 w7 x: ^5 |$ U' NMy 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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吃亏
+ V! L6 E0 f& |8 P( L, KEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

+ S! f- N- n0 x8 {# d3 XExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

: F6 l" n" \" tMeaning: 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。
! }, K: C' p& @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.

$ H; X" T1 E1 p0 K) E1. Laugh up your sleeve
7 A! [/ }" x7 x. |6 J7 l    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
$ \8 d; }# O# Q    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

& Q- @& h6 l3 L/ T; B! F4. Laugh yourself silly
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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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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)
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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
8 ]5 g' ^/ e/ b6 ?+ R+ eYou Have Me There
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. f% Y% r3 ?+ I2 ^"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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+ x! t" k2 z% C! i7 z6 EYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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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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8 ~" S, w' m$ ]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。
8 B. u7 n! J0 `1 v+ q5 m         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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4 a% ?9 V, U+ {: t" d1 i<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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. h% R& t# H, d) a2 a+ Qmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

; V3 R1 _% C( |5 j; dMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

8 w8 Y. ^- @' O; A9 }& ]5 jIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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: Y/ N, N3 Q2 k$ _3 Gbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
6 w5 K5 S. j/ Y* `/ J; R8 c" }  "By the seat of one's pants"

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。

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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.

Check the dictionary and it means:

% E. c3 B& c' R9 a9 s8 lVery 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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3 T  N. p1 K) W* P, g4 H7 Q) S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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! [& M6 E) u. RMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

7 J; b) z7 e( K* E/ {Online Dicationary explains as follows:
; D, E8 A' h  I! s6 B% g9 v10. 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.  
. Z4 C. V' j+ B1 W* D" ? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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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.