Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

/ ?: _6 i4 h6 l4 L9 r2 H, TStick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

& x$ j$ W4 t- b, |4 NExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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: H, h) n* e' W6 a  E  gI remember there is a song having such a line.
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4 k. D3 s# M/ P" P2 x. {[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul
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) m  q: z4 l! L! c/ p& D* P: fMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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: d$ `1 O. P0 P: t7 ^5 zWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

. u% B8 w3 M! m4 o0 MMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

7 O3 G4 u/ Q& TExample: 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

! F/ x7 R. r' V6 U" V7 A7 D6 s9 ]My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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7 p4 Y# q0 P5 O- V. K5 A/ HCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
! \; l+ ^8 o2 pI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

7 L% h  j9 j9 e& vMeaning: 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。
' u) \4 |. |& I; i: R( WExample: 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.

* P. f7 S8 z( F3 A$ f! n0 e1. Laugh up your sleeve
4 t0 B9 O6 H; _/ @! e5 O, @    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

0 d  i+ t% ~$ f: j$ P3 t' Z1 w( _2. Laugh your head off
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# I" g/ E/ l1 P+ ~: Z: y6 l3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

8 Z" a6 P& a8 A% V% D5 @Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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( z. v9 {4 Y8 u/ R/ z7 x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.

" Z2 g. [* H2 X5 i$ C$ `/ PFollow Suit
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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

! q% M* ^* J8 h% c: G"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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5 o$ j) P+ k& l( V  ^! fNow 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
' r/ d; g' t! ^4 p' D. g# ^You Have Me There
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"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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; j& G$ [8 a+ m' h3 KNow you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
0 \8 d* K& I) K  b5 R6 I: n$ B8 UYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

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。。
        =when the situation is urgent.


<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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:

* |8 C% W$ }6 ymakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

! b5 s/ ?& I. \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......."

" M5 p/ [* O! v6 Qbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
( o  u, M. W) _5 C" h% r  "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。

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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

8 [. P" c& o# `: k- 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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5 i' f2 D, l8 y. v/ K, rMeaning: 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

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

5 S7 B: Z/ {. n9 x9 O; D9 P" e$ mOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
, z0 ]1 w# w; x4 E3 {b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
9 Q# E( k, M* Z# r 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.