Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

: _) k  m- @$ f# C& ]) V2 iStick-in-the-mud

7 Z6 q8 r2 E, `/ u5 DMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
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I remember there is a song having such a line.
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[ 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.
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Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

4 o4 S% a1 V: d0 f5 wMeaning: 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

Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

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

  C0 P, {5 ]$ d  }- S# u4 iMeaning:
吃亏
English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

( z1 `- S" q( y7 |$ wExample:
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。
% G# j6 r7 i9 b- aExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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1 x4 S/ T% T5 v$ S( J5 k3 I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
* k$ F7 z) G  C/ D* A, 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）

2. Laugh your head off
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  G8 q$ Y5 k$ Y* {9 k- T3. Laugh yourself sick

7 V/ x0 [4 d3 V) f# O) L, W* G4. 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.
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. J# T3 z! {8 R/ v! e) y/ W/ L, cFollow Suit

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

BOFA

You Have Me There
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  e& c; E. _7 ^1 E/ Q/ O$ c& t"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
7 _# H% ?: a7 p5 |% F0 T6 AYou 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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+ d/ i  q3 E' A8 t9 z. ENow 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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9 n1 i& S8 e1 N. ]6 B. HMeaning: 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 S+ {  s- C: y5 C6 i( d         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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<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
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/ a9 z1 A! ]* H9 B# P9 d& j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

Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

# p3 l; D; ~% s  xIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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( g* ~! M& f0 r3 g3 ybut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
" C, ~, i' y' _. C  "By the seat of one's pants"

4 Q& J! ^. m: K0 b- s* e* AMeaning: 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.
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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.

' ^. h" X" K, M# R4 p6 X0 vCheck the dictionary and it means:
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Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
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- ^' o$ t% \" T2 X: {% o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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BOFA

On the Mend

8 A) T' E0 ]! I$ o3 ^% S0 y9 ]Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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6 X# w) \7 U5 H) u5 DOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
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.  
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
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$ m3 F/ }! C1 N: w# o" `3 HI 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.