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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

Meaning: 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.

1 y5 \$ E" h  B# E$ UI 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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; s0 a& }7 R6 S. }" V4 @$ ^Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

' p) g( G4 {8 y1 [, w  t9 MExample:

When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

/ F  }9 l$ O, D* n+ l, m% PMeaning: 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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" X) J% U5 ~) c) y. \Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

  Z2 ^- _8 M) ?' j. pMy 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

  a' ^* T/ N' J  p" t4 ~: N4 kMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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/ q: i  S& h% |. ]( t4 Y2 y8 _Example:
  }$ Y# D5 m7 ^: W9 O3 \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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# I4 D% x: S1 MMeaning: 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.

" Q2 y+ B0 D# R6 v" B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.

" @! K' J7 q$ F! E; }0 o1. Laugh up your sleeve
/ K; [4 A  @4 f* D    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

4 W* u$ D* G8 O2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

- H, }0 B; e' }+ _  }Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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# J& R- G8 I' F, D- Z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.

% I3 H! W- ?& H" O. i' QFollow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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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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
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+ @( W" t! h; X( M* Y"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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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.
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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. 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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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
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+ g5 E0 g0 b1 p8 aMeaning: 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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& D$ p( W" G# c! wTry 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.

4 }* z- H# D' o: w# g- J* nCheck the dictionary and it means:

; i. F3 }5 q4 {$ A5 g2 Q2 CVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

# e0 h# f& @& ~+ P  S" E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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/ h$ {" l$ ^7 @/ H& A! NMeaning: 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
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0 \# u7 N( U( ?/ O8 \9 FMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
# V( m8 {; k3 t2 b  G. 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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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" r- f4 i" U& X  kI 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.