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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

; A* `' A8 {  J, f6 ^, Z5 }* kMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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- m' ^+ W" N& z$ G) gExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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: t# \% a; Z$ @  {; |1 NI remember there is a song having such a line.

" a, h: \6 u; }; W- p# V1 F[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

- I- A8 R- Q9 z/ U: aMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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4 t6 @7 s' c0 TWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

) R1 y7 g+ y) k1 I. O6 o# QMeaning: 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
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# [! i$ y5 H& h6 X3 G. wMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

1 E5 Z4 h* Y# x7 o6 E4 {6 fMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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2 m& c" \0 z: T( m3 l1 Q* DCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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  y$ Z% `  _4 E) P) `4 RMeaning:
吃亏
, ]/ v6 J1 z" I+ F' J: D( D- N% REnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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. y' C! C! S. d# r- H, E4 F0 x  CExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

' r( s9 k; A0 g* f9 s0 U4 oMeaning: 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.
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1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
, a2 P, {9 X" y! X    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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, T. m# J: e6 d( S2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

4. 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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$ Z5 F0 j' w0 f2 u! M! e: ]Follow Suit

4 f, L& b2 z- z  P2 X% R. ]+ v" s$ aMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

6 G" v! G8 O+ Q9 B7 u& z. ^"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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
You Have Me There

9 [4 m+ m1 S8 K"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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  r$ S! D) U  t+ @1 }+ a5 G: ?; BNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

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>
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+ n% \& J3 c. J3 h/ j, hMeaning: 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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. ?* k5 x3 l6 ~7 o<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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. O' w9 f- M; ~9 Q3 amakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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: P% M, U3 F: H; ]9 VMhhh. 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
  "By the seat of one's pants"

Meaning: 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.

8 t: ?/ M3 g" Q5 v  VCheck the dictionary and it means:
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5 V4 S* V7 D& RVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

6 }( P$ y9 e- g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.

3 S& i" b6 X4 _+ d0 w% G  \/ MMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

  ^  I4 T0 U, B5 ^5 o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

) y" M* j$ B, h6 p8 e. DMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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/ S# m9 G( h5 {  n! TOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
8 l3 R7 |0 h: ?! g; \9 lb. 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.