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yping88

Seller's remorse  卖家懊悔匆匆地把（房产）就卖了，等等也许会卖个更好的价格

It sounds like a loaded question 听起来像是一种含沙射影的质询

yping88

Hang on by a thread 生命岌岌可危/情况危急

Break into a cold sweat  吓出一身冷汗

You have made a lousy choice  做出了一个荒谬的/鲁莽的选择

yearshappy

yping88 发表于 4-12-2013 15:19

                               
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This is a "Turkey shoot" situation  这是个进攻方占据绝对优势的情形==意即：哈哈，你死定了

He just  ...

He is falling off the grid.
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It rang me a bell.
I saw the grid sets quite often while driving to the outback.
It's there to provent livestock from passing a border, a railway, or a road.
He is falling off the grid - we would not see him.  Would we? vivid

yping88

I learn things on my feet. 我通过实践学习--而不是死读书

yping88

Peter has taught me some naught idioms these days. After i picked them up, I started using some on him when he wasn't behaving himself. He felt so sad that he has taught me those expressions.

But one of my colleagues found it very amusing and said to him: "Have you heard the expression---what goes around comes around? I believe this one serves this situation perfectly".

What goes around come around. 种下什么豆， 收获什么果---多指一个人教给别人所做的事，所说的话终有一天会被回报到自己身上-----victim of ones own policy

yping88

She will be again back in Cuckoo's nest in no time 用不了多久， 她就会返回她通常的疯疯癫癫的状态，而显示出不着调

yping88

When worst comes to worst---the worst scenario one can imagine  最糟糕的情况也只不过是...到了最糟糕的境地也就是....

I have to commit  against his will  我不得不强行把他送进了精神病中心

yping88

Let's sink our teeth into it  让我们尽心尽力去做这件事

They lost the ground under their feet 他们被落下了/丢掉了自己的优势

Cut ground from under one's feet 被别人算计了/计划被别人破坏了

There is no shadow of doubt   毫无疑问

God has a soft spot on somebody  上帝对某人一直钟爱/眷顾某人

They will lay low for a while 他们会被击垮一阵儿

Hold all the cards 掌握着整个局势/势在必得

We prefer the elements of surprise 我们更喜欢惊喜的瞬间/令人意外的惊喜

yping88

Show somebody the rope 教给某人一些窍门/技巧

We have a lot of people coming out ears 很多人熙熙攘攘， 络绎不绝， 让人难以承受

浮云云艾米莉

I've been watching too much South Park lately.

All I can thinking of is Kyle yelling at Cartman: what the fuck you are doing you fat ass!!!

Or Cartman in his raccoon custome : it's cooooool ... We are the cooooooon brothers (Cartman voice)

Colleagues said my Cartman voice is getting there,....

MICHELLE07

EmilyS 发表于 12-12-2013 11:11

                               
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I've been watching too much South Park lately.

All I can thinking of is Kyle yelling at Cartman:  ...

太过分了太过分太过分了
1000楼就这样被你抢了


抢楼对我来说虽然还算不上深层乐趣，但难得来总是要数数楼层的

问题是我很久不来这个帖，你也是，怎么你就碰上了？

大米粥

Dropping in to say hi, n congrats on keeping this going to the remarkable 1000th floor, we need more quiet achievers like you

How about we play a game to make things more entertaining?

So somebody begin with a sentence, any form of sentence but it have to make sense, the others have to continue the sentence under two conditions:

1. The last word of the previous sentence must be part of your sentence, however the word can be inserted anywhere in the sentence
2. The sentence have to make sense, both independently and in conjunction with the previous sentences, so when you put all the sentences together, it should read like a story

So for example:
A: Karen is going to the shop
B: The shop owner gave her some flowers for free
Etc

I'll begin.

Yping88 is glad the weekend is coming

yping88

大米粥 发表于 12-12-2013 13:38

                               
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Dropping in to say hi, n congrats on keeping this going to the remarkable 1000th floor, we need more ...

Your participation means a whole lot to this family, please make yourself a permanent part of it!

A thrilling day has been made!

yping88

大米粥 发表于 12-12-2013 13:38

                               
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Dropping in to say hi, n congrats on keeping this going to the remarkable 1000th floor, we need more ...

Here is a sentence following yours, @大米粥:

I wonder what you would do to make the coming weekend count!

大米粥

EmilyS 发表于 12-12-2013 11:11

                               
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I've been watching too much South Park lately.

All I can thinking of is Kyle yelling at Cartman:  ...

South park remands of me of the Chinese 皮影戏 for some reason, maybe it's the way they move

Anyhow, Kenny is the best south park character and I can do his voice "ummm...ummm...ummmmm"

yping88

Put your weight to it  竭尽全力做

Go over someone's head  越过某人的权利/无视某人的权利

yping88

When I was arguing with him, I might have triggered one of the red buttons 我可能竭了不该竭的伤疤

I realized straight away that I shouldn't have pulled that trigger and tried to dial it back (对它进行补救), but it was too late for me to undo what had been done.  

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 12-12-2013 19:06

                               
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Here is a sentence following yours, @大米粥:

I wonder what you would do to make the coming we ...

Are you counting, how many days left  till Christmas?


just follow 小米粥,s proposal
love it,yes lots of fun’let's keep going

akincn

Mark一下方便学习查找

大米粥

yping88 发表于 12-12-2013 19:06

                               
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Here is a sentence following yours, @大米粥:

I wonder what you would do to make the coming we ...

you have to include the last word from my sentence into your sentence, my last word is "coming"

i.e
大米粥:Yping88 is glad the weekend is COMING
Yping88: Because her/his neighbour is COMING for a chit chat on Saturday etc

yping88

大米粥 发表于 14-12-2013 23:48

                               
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you have to include the last word from my sentence into your sentence, my last word is "coming"

...

Sorry, my bad!

I'll follow that one again as directed, @大米粥

"Mary88 was wondering too about where they could start while he was coming over, since they had not spoken to each other ever since their heated argument ages ago".

zelovehit

MICHELLE07 发表于 12-12-2013 11:32

                               
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太过分了太过分太过分了
1000楼就这样被你抢了

hi, Michelle, are you still living in Wodonga? I do miss your family~

yping88

While I was walking my Harvey, we met a Husky and his owner. This breed is famous for its talent and cutie, which we were talking about while our pooches were chasing around. To answer my question about his Husky's intelligence, the gentleman ended up saying:

That's right, he is very smart. But, I am afraid he is too smart for his own good!

To think of it, I just realized how expressive a phrase it is to serve certain people as well!

大米粥

yping88 发表于 15-12-2013 07:27

                               
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Sorry, my bad!

I'll follow that one again as directed, @大米粥

Sorry I was away for a couple of days.

Let's continue:

"So the day arrives, and the guy did not turn up, Yingp88 was disappointed and packed away the chocolate she brought back from europe sometime ago, suddenly there was a loud bang followed by a scream from outside the house..."

大米粥

Others are welcome to participate

yping88

大米粥 发表于 18-12-2013 19:58

                               
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Sorry I was away for a couple of days.

Let's continue:

Mary88 rushed outside to the street and was terrified by what she saw: A car just smashed into her neighbor's house with its head lodging in the living room, surrounded by the bricks and rubble!

yearshappy

yping88 发表于 20-12-2013 11:23

                               
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Yping88 rushed outside to the street and was terrified by what she saw: A car just smashed into he ...

Horrible. Aren't we seeing way too much of this?
Your neighbour's house? How about yours?
Hopefully no one injured.

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 20-12-2013 11:23

                               
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Yping88 rushed outside to the street and was terrified by what she saw: A car just smashed into he ...

难道是真的？

yping88

yearshappy 发表于 20-12-2013 16:43

                               
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Horrible. Aren't we seeing way too much of this?
Your neighbour's house? How about yours?
Hopef ...

No, @大米粥 and I are just making up stories!

He started a project similar to our Chinese idiom train, we are curious about how far it could possibly go!

Do you care to join in? Please refer to the rules laid out in the thread #1002!

Thanks for your attention!

yping88

MICHELLE07 发表于 20-12-2013 21:18

                               
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难道是真的？

No, thanks for your concern, though, MM!

@大米粥 just made himself a bad director, and I followed his naughty improvisation and came up with this incident when I heard his loud "Bang" and "Screaming"

I will change the heroine's name just to avoid the possible confusion!