Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

1 Q8 }( M. A3 m8 o# HStick-in-the-mud

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

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

I remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul

4 R. ^; x& U6 B: o- R2 h1 eMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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. L- X8 ~* B: i& H9 X0 h; `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>

Meaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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
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Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject
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My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
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) p$ q- J/ A$ T5 X! U! `. n9 LCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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Example:
I 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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) ]) W* U: p8 M! 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。
7 C  o' N2 M3 O) c3 N9 jExample: 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.

7 e2 s  r$ N' Y* i! A7 z" k1. Laugh up your sleeve
2 H: v4 {1 z5 @) f    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
+ D% A9 u* C. B7 e$ V    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

0 S2 @& w) \2 M& I1 [2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly

4 T' M, D. q$ w1 F; T% s. [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.
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. v  P8 N' P& P. QFollow Suit
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* @& G! u# P9 H0 w, ], {Meaning: (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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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)

Now you make a sentence out of it.

You really have me there, Bofa.
6 e! O( Q( D9 k+ QYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?
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1 _7 A$ z& T' [' P8 [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。
$ m, m" A. ~. u0 ?2 b; X7 m         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.

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( r7 j$ G  D! \. z$ {( f" U& ?# X  t<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

! w+ O* m* }3 l5 q$ \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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; W7 s, y" ?& g( u. y& a+ Hmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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$ e1 c) ^3 ~) xMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

  w* K& a- n, S( L5 g) ]9 JIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

" m* E  z# G- e  x  zbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
5 T6 R! ~9 c- s% \  "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。

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.
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# m: c* w& l- e0 [, KCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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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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- G; l8 r0 h% K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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* y6 O' [3 ^, Q% aMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
: M/ \( l( O+ n( z, Y* w" g# h10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
: q3 b1 |, A3 o6 ^b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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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.