Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

6 |6 D  D% t* Q! `  R% `Stick-in-the-mud
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  t  N8 s7 w( Y" FMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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% O( ~  U: q0 e4 c6 yExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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5 \+ b+ D! s6 }6 u* F) qI remember there is a song having such a line.
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/ D- }0 V4 D1 v3 Q[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

; @9 B2 i8 N9 r  c: F  B& XMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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7 S7 r9 Z9 A8 n$ }6 CExample:

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.

# Z& _# m) X0 eExample: 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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) o7 b$ e- r+ y' X# wMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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/ q, S/ G# a- ?( ~& X$ q2 ~My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

- @( B1 [: J- T( OMeaning:
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  V1 Y7 Y$ X) @) |( nEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

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.
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+ _1 o' h8 j/ N+ }, |1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

( W. v3 O& |9 n  q- |, i/ w( I* O2. Laugh your head off
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; l- s; X% K# a' G1 J1 u' C% n) E3. Laugh yourself sick

4 R; K! d1 \6 G' G  U" z4. Laugh yourself silly

) z+ h, P& D. _1 ?0 QItem 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

  M' p' h! \7 Z  L6 MMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

7 A$ q/ O- u) _"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

"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)

5 z7 t4 b& y( `( S, X5 X/ xNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
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xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?
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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。。
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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

5 I' E$ _: \  v4 E& @意思很容易理解。 就是旧木块的碎片。。什么意思？？孩子跟他、她爸一个模样

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

3 p% L7 N/ @3 m) |7 w" eMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

; t! x( r' ?) qIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

/ e9 u& F# u1 g: y+ G. N+ fbut 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"

! N1 A- c5 U8 n, B7 |  V4 LMeaning: 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。

+ e. ]5 n) @8 ?* J1 t- yTry to use it tomorrow and you'll remember it forever.
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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.
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. [/ v; U% \$ `Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

9 d' m& m" {, l  n: W' p8 y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.

+ s2 n' [( O) u% i8 [2 eMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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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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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
% F2 }& P  S2 T4 q( f* nb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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2 |  z. Q' J: f' v1 ]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.