Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

1 L- X3 M/ f3 j" j4 w1 NStick-in-the-mud

' A- J" @+ ]/ ?) D5 H; KMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

2 C% j- K" _; }* }Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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' U; B9 z3 e; u4 jI remember there is a song having such a line.

+ R1 |& u& W% U. ][ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

' C) U' i6 |0 m* A$ ^Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

( T! v$ p9 P5 W) f* j* {Example:
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& I" l( f  g7 H% {+ oWhen 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.
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4 m; s5 N: W! Q/ jExample: 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

+ y" d- A5 p2 v. W. x3 KMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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$ q$ b" S& H- VEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
9 c1 u) b8 x  U" RI work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip
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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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% q3 |4 Q5 m5 l9 y5 P3 v2 k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.

! {! N) x8 F: h+ ?1 e1. 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）

0 e" ~) k! w/ Y5 Y2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 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.

' @% t9 X4 |1 {7 ]Follow Suit

. n5 t5 U0 Z/ W: \/ i! Q; dMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

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)
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3 v' h4 a: u; B: D" Y( F/ G+ j4 cNow 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
+ o* ^  x6 D7 s( j4 ~( eYou 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)

Now 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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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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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。
% j0 _" N) a7 f5 @         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。。
1 S# v( q- K' p  b/ s+ U& ~6 e        =when the situation is urgent.


<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:

9 W1 o# l1 t) e! z# f- smakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

( b9 Z; T* L- i* Q- WMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

& Y2 u8 L' `. \, O  w) QIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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& T8 k  J5 z4 ^1 \$ i+ Y6 Zbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
% [9 |8 i) [7 _1 E6 p  "By the seat of one's pants"
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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.
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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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. {! e7 z+ A  U0 @% Q% n( T* ~' _Check the dictionary and it means:

6 v1 e: Y* b" z5 m! _Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

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.

7 M2 c) g# p1 I6 T& B1 q' {Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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  w) K( {; J5 s4 \& r. i+ P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.

4 I) H, T+ S: P- ]- }( OOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
7 B6 Y+ E& @) r, @( {6 k" O6 @' p10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
( B6 j) o$ J$ n, w& Wb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend

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# ]+ Q& h+ O8 A( `* Z6 sI 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.