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yping88

You shouldn't be laissez faire about it   对某事漠不关心, 毫不在乎

Smarty pants  自作聪明的人

Chop Chop  赶快， 快点儿

yping88

I was totally gobsmacked to hear that news   大吃一惊

yping88

Try not to address the elephant in the room 对那些令人生厌的事情选择逃避/视而不见

She is nothing short of amazing  她是个了不起的女性

yping88

Harvey: Hello, look at me in the eyes and tell me how you feel about ignoring a living creature who has been forever searching for food!

yping88

It has become a luxury to have a decent meal without having this little boy persistently hovering around, staring at me and putting me into the guilt trip for not sharing the meal with him! Lol

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Harvey: I can't believe you could enjoy the meal with my hungry eyes gazed at your plate!

yping88

Flip someone a bird  对某人竖中指

Guess what a fish would say if it found itself swimming towards a wall----Damn (Dam 坝，堤) it!

yping88

Be objective about something 对事物持客观的态度/观点

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Keep negative thoughts at bay 避开那些消极的想法

Take the "glass half full" attitude 对事物持乐观态度--不说杯子是半空的，而说它快满了 and try not to sweat the small stuff 不小题大做

A scorpion on a frog's back 比喻某些具有劣质品行的人或动物是很难改变的，即使你在帮他/它，也避免不了被咬一口 (蟹子总是要咬人的)，就好像寓言故事：农夫和蛇 The farmer and the Viper

yping88

I tried to settle with him privately the issues that loomed large between 显得日益突出 us two, but it ran into a brick wall 此路不通--一头撞到南墙上.

yping88

Let's build a Chinese wall  让我们分头干吧，互相不通信息，把对方隔离起来。 Damn it, why so many negative expressions have to have a Chinese component in them to get the message crossed! Lol

yping88

John was talking about one of his best girl friends, who got married last Sunday. He put ,on a sad face saying:

"I am so upset now for not being able to marry her, we were so meant to be together!"

Me: "Oh, bummer! I wonder why you didn't turn up at the wedding and propose to her?"

John: "I tried my best to swap the shift with someone, but nobody was able to help me out!"

yping88

Mary was recovering from her heart attack and keen to go home! Right after she had the procedure done, she was asking whether she could be discharged later the same day. I was explaining to her how it should be working in her treatment process, she cut my talks short pointing at the gentleman right next to her:

"He came in later than me, but he is going home this afternoon!"

I started teasing her: "Why do you use him as a reference, Mary? Are you trying to go with him?"

"Haaahaaa, I was just wondering how come someone came in later than me, but could go home earlier!" Mary laughed.

Me: "No, Mary! I am afraid you can't use the timing for the reference either in terms of going home. For instance, I only came in at seven o'clock, but I will be going home at half past three, will you be able to go home at the same time?"

Mary: "Haaahaaa, you made your point!"

yping88

yang19920815 发表于 16-9-2014 11:19
拥护lz

@yang19920815

How are you doing?

Please be mindful about what you have been up to on this site, which was launched by @MICHELLE07 about a year ago. Both Michelle07 and I have held this site dearly, it has been a long journey during which lots of friends have made valuable contributions to it.

Please be advised that we have been hanging our serous thoughts and passion onto it and we respect your input on it. But, whenever you throw in here the words such as the above, please be cautious about what outcomes they might turn out to be!

Your attention on this matter will be very much appreciated!!!

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 16-9-2014 11:01
@yang19920815

How are you doing?

谢谢yping,  我其实也草拟了一些话（中文的），意思和你的说的差不多，可惜论坛故障没有发送成功。楼上的朋友若是发帖技术问题，我们请管理员来删一下多余楼层吧。对跟帖支持，我们还是很感谢的，也欢迎楼上的朋友多多分享，但重复的楼层就不需要保留了。
@yearshappy  @指纹   请两位处理一下，谢谢。

yping88

@指纹

Thank you for your consideration for this post! Your kind assistance has been greatly  appreciated!

yping88

There was an issue in a patient's care that I believed to deserve an immediate medical attention on. After listening to what my concerns was about that particular issue, the doctor assessed the patient carefully and discussed with me why he wouldn't be over-concerned about it at that particular stage.

Noticed that I was completely convinced by his rationale for not acting on it, the doctor said: "Say, let's closely monitor the patient's condition and sit on (暂不予处理，继续观察) this issue for now. But I am quite happy to hand over to the night duty cover and ask him to reassess the patient before midnight!"

Totally came around to the doctor's decision, I got a mood to crack a joke with his statement: "No, no, no! Don't pass this issue onto the night cover, deal with it right now! Otherwise, knowing that you sat on it, he will sleep on it (暂不予处理，好好考虑，留待明天再定夺)!"

yping88

They are both staring at me angrily, but I won't run away. I guess it might be better for me to stay put 停在原地，别动 and wait them out 等他们自行结束（Staring）

ll104

yping88 发表于 3-9-2014 18:23
It has become a luxury to have a decent meal without having this little boy persistently hovering ar ...

omg, you stole my heart.

edit: not lz but lz's dog!

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ll104 发表于 19-9-2014 11:09
omg, you stole my heart.

edit: not lz but lz's dog!

Both @MICHELLE07 and I will steal your heart! Haaahaaa

Michelle07 is the founder of this territorial land, I got picked up by her along the journey as an equity partner!

yping88

yping88 发表于 29-8-2014 08:41
Courtesy reminder to those who don't mind jay-walking 随意横穿马路 just for their own convenience!
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A few of my colleagues were talking about how much more strict the councils have become nowadays!

Mary said: "The sensors will be installed in all 2-hour parking spaces, so don't you ever play the lucky porker any more and hope you won't get caught if you run a few minutes late!"

Peter: "Nowadays, you just can't take for granted that you won't possibly be issued a ticket as a pedestrian who walks across the street randomly (Known as Jay-walk) if there is no incoming traffic. Please be mindful that any pedestrian won't be excluded from discipline and you are under close surveillance!"

"What are you thinking, Ping? You seemed a little bit distant!"

Me: "No, no, I have been with you all the time. But my thoughts just wandered a bit far, should I start training my dog (Harvey) not to walk across the street as he wants? I am bit scared that in the future, the councils are going after the pooches!"

yping88

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees  宁愿站着死不愿跪着生

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink! 师傅领进门, 修行在个人

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the opening of the new department had gone off without a hitch. 进行得非常顺利

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He dragged himself up by his shoelaces   单枪匹马，独自奋斗

愚夫

Yping88, 我在报上看到下面的短语，说是艾伯特总理派飞机进入伊拉克了，请教一下，这个词在本场景里，有什么含义呢？@yping88

blow dogwhistle

yping88

doreadme 发表于 3-10-2014 10:45
Yping88, 我在报上看到下面的短语，说是艾伯特总理派飞机进入伊拉克了，请教一下，这个词在本场景里，有什 ...

Usually when people are training dogs for the special tasks, for instance, sheep-minding dogs, they blow the whistle in different tones and frequencies, which means different commands the dogs have to follow. With different commands, the dogs can guide the sheep to the tasks the owner wanted.

In the context you mentioned, I am not sure where this explanation can fit in! Do you mind posting a bit more story? I will ask around my friends and get back to you!

Thank you for bringing it up!

愚夫

yping88 发表于 3-10-2014 16:29
Usually when people are training dogs for the special tasks, for instance, sheep-minding dogs, the ...

Hi Yiping, m so sorry for the late response.

Your comment is helpful, that makes sense. In addition to the above, I happened to get some further info from wiki, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics , it says:
... Dog-whistle politics is political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup...
...The term can be distinguished from "code words" used by hospital staff or other specialist workers, in that dog-whistling is specific to the political realm, and the messaging referred to as the dog-whistle has an understandable meaning for a general audience, rather than being incomprehensible...

I'm still trying to find out what is the AU PM doing on the Iraq play.

Thanks again.

yping88

There is not enough room to swing a cat  形容空间狭小，很难容下那么多人

A cat doesn't mean the real cat, it refers to a special whip that made out of leather with 9 tails, just as shown in the following picture called A CAT OF 9 TAILS.

yping88

In the old days, the guards used to swing this kind whip at the prisoners if they behaved bad. The problem was that at some stage, the prisons were so crowed and stuffed, even though someone deserved the punishment, it would be difficult for the guards to swing that whip without hurting the well-behaved in-mates--Not enough room for the whip to travel a circuit! 打响鞭需要足够的空间让鞭子swing一个来回！