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BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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. ?. w- J4 M2 \# U3 sStick-in-the-mud

, p3 h' K3 l: s3 c* R' [! O/ ZMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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" g3 T7 h+ |5 C+ D+ f" }6 c' NExample: 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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BOFA

Pour out your soul

, M3 a. }0 L& J% IMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

% {% D7 c( ]: t3 ?0 x% B8 gWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

Meaning: 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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" M% A+ ^: z) M1 QMeaning: 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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august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
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% H! p$ }, D9 WEnglish: 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

4 v; i. M  w8 [, A6 N5 yMeaning: 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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) q8 I' Z7 e( C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 O6 ]: P1 `9 p8 ~# @' J; N1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
0 ]' Z. X+ o/ W( I5 A! _4 [) H# T    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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. m- u* |0 r+ _' ]9 Z: P2. Laugh your head off

1 u8 q  x4 p! o; F: m3 [$ E8 p, C& _3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly
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- `5 ^# E8 A0 H; C; C5 jItem 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.

  X# _8 e0 s( r/ b0 a* c: eFollow Suit
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: c. q4 @  j) r% X$ j; RMeaning: (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)

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
2 C6 h+ Q# _" IYou 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)

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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+ g( \: y& S2 a9 R  {+ Q) mSome more?
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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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4 W% f, d; h  Z. h: Y1 f/ ^# O<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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1 I  ~: O8 @8 A% z) K( Qmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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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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; g/ F3 J5 Q6 x+ h4 Q" Ebut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
2 E) E& I; b/ J% u" u  d  "By the seat of one's pants"
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& O+ }& ?4 {, m- CMeaning: 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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0 i  z' w3 D( L* ]# ]& u: Z$ y3 bTry to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.

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:

Very 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?

+ h: z, p4 \6 f9 D3 r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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
0 n9 B+ Q7 f! n& `- p  |* q, k2 b10. 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.