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BOFA

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

6 {& p; `( [# B5 M) M3 H; _Stick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

  c( L1 F8 e/ V8 @Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

9 n: K/ `$ d% H  V2 oI remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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0 @  S6 c" o2 r& v% MExample:
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/ q9 `8 A# \, x+ A: E2 E. iWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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: l4 U8 N2 W# I; [" ~4 }" oMeaning: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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$ \' T6 [( v& K& TCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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3 P/ e2 ]: c' ?4 x" gMeaning:
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' W) V5 B8 |. R( aEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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: l' ~% d; P9 W1 E% _Example:
; J( x* T3 A) qI 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。
Example: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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7 ~+ N" W' f! Z2 v# h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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6 }/ l+ ?. ?0 |, R2 t" V0 R3 H' ?1. Laugh up your sleeve
) i8 l  K8 q9 D: E1 }    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
1 Z. q) @1 b7 n9 z. Q    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

3. Laugh yourself sick
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' Z$ u! b$ y. Q5 }, |4. Laugh yourself silly

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

! e, m5 I, r* S" t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

% U$ `. E& {" ~* }4 tMeaning: (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)

, C5 g/ q( S% @  S# WNow 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
' W# e/ X4 Y% ^! O+ gYou Have Me There

. J9 I3 T- V- }/ j9 ~% ?2 Q"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.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?
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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>
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8 y1 W! f% }% o1 |  k+ H) M% PMeaning: 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

; g. p# D3 m/ u1 N& PMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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) I3 `1 e4 v4 t. IIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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8 U7 m' W* Y. ^& G; w: tbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
1 _% v% a% u' K. ?! }6 f  "By the seat of one's pants"
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) V+ ?7 ?$ h  u$ d( @3 QMeaning: 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。

3 a8 R' |" B) g1 h5 U' e6 ^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.

* ?" c& I& ^, F* q" @# tCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

- V% a) A* ^# i6 Q7 a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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* o: e1 |, h( }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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; |' ^; w! g9 Q7 l4 ?8 ]5 DMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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  s  N+ o  N( ZOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
6 e" O( H% L, n) Q4 sb. 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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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.