Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

& k+ h+ F- X  h) K$ a" gStick-in-the-mud
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" M; {1 a* z$ `" O7 D5 N. [- pMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
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Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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, }0 K% m8 S  z/ l$ EI remember there is a song having such a line.

$ H$ i  h! [0 Y3 z[ 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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4 G7 _% K* Q' I2 V4 R8 e( NMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:
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* s4 L& O  u4 A7 z. qWhen Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>
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. r. f2 N! q" z' N+ T, fMeaning: 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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. _, I+ Q: o# b  bMeaning: 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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august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
吃亏
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

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.

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）

  K2 |" r3 a( [9 D. ?* b: r! p2. Laugh your head off
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3. Laugh yourself sick
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& S$ j7 R$ H% T  R7 r/ s4. Laugh yourself silly
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+ S1 n+ @: ], g7 ^Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....

$ `4 e8 x, ]7 k9 ]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.

' B9 z* G5 Q+ m4 E' h6 Q7 wFollow Suit
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% Q5 z9 z- i! x0 R5 tMeaning: (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)

2 N# D: t* b) g) kNow 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
2 o3 w1 t% [3 H& PYou 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)

2 G* w4 S) Y3 RNow you make a sentence out of it.

; ^6 m# x! ~* J0 L0 {You really have me there, Bofa.
You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?
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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。
         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。。
* K8 C4 ?5 f* g) P% |8 @4 e- k8 F        =when the situation is urgent.
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<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:

makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

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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......."
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but cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
/ u* Q9 |4 I$ |0 l7 S! z  "By the seat of one's pants"

" o# A! C& k, r" l" 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。

- ]/ z. N; O9 n. t7 G3 @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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. d& Q3 ^) V+ N% r7 r8 _3 i, uCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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& \7 h! P/ g& o! p7 ^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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8 S0 g( o+ g1 [8 QMeaning: 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.  
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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: D  n; `% w1 J' B4 v/ qI 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.