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BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud
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( D1 O5 W, P+ N7 ]5 E- x1 R9 CMeaning: 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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I remember there is a song having such a line.
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" K/ {# R  J; M[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

- I% m5 H' O4 s2 e2 l# ~1 eMeaning: 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>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

1 X( Q  y8 u  k! f! w1 w1 LExample: 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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" m9 E) k- J  F6 L6 n/ SEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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  u: |! t% N% w" m, ]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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" q; h. I1 {5 v; S- p' _. F9 EMeaning: 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.

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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+ n' b+ L5 I& N3 T. F1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
& |1 A- ~8 a/ j, a; r( c+ z. t    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
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) i& y- E2 _' ~; x  A5 f4. Laugh yourself silly

" Q1 l, L: e8 [/ MItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

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
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. Q/ I; w; f+ t6 P/ PMeaning: (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
+ [8 V$ l% {. n8 S5 `) C3 _You Have Me There
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3 e" A8 {! F$ o- h1 T* F"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.

: ]: K( j& l) d" E1 I, n) pYou really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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7 C" G9 N7 y* H+ v3 ySome 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>

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。。
: ?' n. a& s  D1 A, J        =when the situation is urgent.
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" _0 V. z. j) L<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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......."

: X3 g0 v" F5 w+ kbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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: k* f+ E) b( x% C+ A8 mMeaning: 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.

5 n$ t: {! _; A" i: I) [: P3 YCheck the dictionary and it means:

5 F! r% |1 ^3 a+ hVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

' E1 {3 V) x, U2 z! c! s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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Meaning: 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

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

! M0 e7 b: x+ O6 g: d8 lOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
3 f# w* U1 L' H0 d; W0 ~b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
4 Z. i" p/ Q& P# x http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


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.