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BOFA

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

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.
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8 z% n3 ?$ G& d* ]: nI 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
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6 o; T; g0 l. Q2 }2 Z+ {# LMeaning: 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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Meaning: 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

/ l1 v/ e3 j- ?1 h1 Z) ]. IMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

0 g7 N$ i2 u. W$ VMy 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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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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* k( ?, P4 V7 ?Example:
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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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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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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
' c  t0 b4 L1 o  R0 _    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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5 M6 o% g1 |0 u# H2 Z3 ?0 r2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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2 _; a3 `+ s" x+ B8 p4. 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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Follow Suit

$ ^% c( L( _& T& t6 w$ J. S% l; HMeaning: (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
7 I/ c# y1 ]3 M& U2 _You Have Me There
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9 N0 K, E) Y* e3 \"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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8 u2 Z% |- U3 t6 M/ y6 \. zYou 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>

* L3 B" S% ^0 u3 F& R  _2 cMeaning: 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。
0 {' B7 f  _% ~, E+ u# \  R* Y, G         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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( W; C7 C2 E; q3 d, @<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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湘沙古人

put english on the ball:
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makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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" n' x' }5 E, ~7 J7 ]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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1 z, |- Q- k: 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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Try 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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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.
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2 g2 |1 o' P! F/ C8 y8 H+ [8 sMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

. U9 y. E8 l2 S5 F; K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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* O- ?" a6 T3 k, s$ c- @) ?+ iMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

8 l2 ^; A4 i- `4 g7 cOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
4 {' N( S; H: N7 j  H2 ib. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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/ g2 S7 r4 p; l" UI 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.