Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

8 s3 ~! m8 W) \4 m; ^8 sMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

6 ^1 E6 J+ ?/ _- XExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.

[ 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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Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.
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- a; q8 N, i8 P+ V( f& |0 B! ?, @Example: 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

0 H8 q' S: D2 J* aMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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( f( m  F0 J2 c- [" G* u0 m, rMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

2 b7 _6 W* q; B0 G. |; Q4 KExample:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

3 K& Q0 U2 U4 FMeaning: 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。
. F3 r0 h1 m  GExample: 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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
2 V* ]" ~1 E* C7 b! u- J    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

! Y/ }3 j) o+ b/ ~+ }( x' W2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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4 ?  K) B; \9 J! D( S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.
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Follow Suit

Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

2 a6 e  a* G% q& 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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阿虎

yo bofa, you are the man !!

xb.su

原帖由 BOFA 于 2008-7-31 22:34 发表
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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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>
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0 q6 {. m' ~, z- d6 ^4 p: w. CMeaning: 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。
5 p- x/ _/ s: }, b         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。。
; A; g* {* o% }        =when the situation is urgent.
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+ X) i" @! M) r& X5 i& H<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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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
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

& K5 `: f8 Z1 D! ?It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
, L3 q3 V6 x1 N4 f  "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。
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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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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7 Q5 O  C: J' E5 X, T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.

Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
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+ n1 l& S4 ~/ F# `* u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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) e, o( F. }! ^: p6 p- ?- ]Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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' s; l4 Y( c9 f+ _6 r. HOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
6 |7 ~( Z0 p8 m# o. ]10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
( D& P2 k" X! c; pb. 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


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.