Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

9 f& a  D. s& Q9 \Stick-in-the-mud

5 J+ P3 g. X" o$ Q! XMeaning: 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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BOFA

Pour out your soul

Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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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.

6 y. H3 p8 ^7 W4 F/ wExample: 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

' C# U- h$ A0 t: ~) t0 J" ~. b% T$ _My 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:
吃亏
$ y& d+ |' q- x# y$ fEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

2 P% ?( G/ J0 {, J) U, ^; ~Example:
* r* B0 W# f2 v5 Q  @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.

3 e: p  e' _$ n. ~1. Laugh up your sleeve
  f7 Z5 ~$ ]3 T5 l6 Z% H    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
6 ]2 j: D- [, |- Q    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
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. ~- G5 o' p% [6 W" Y6 O2. Laugh your head off
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1 W, G# |# e. [3 C! J$ C3. Laugh yourself sick
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4. Laugh yourself silly

! m7 `4 w8 o! n+ n/ B$ zItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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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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Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You 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)

$ ^- U; V  r& Y1 ]5 {4 m, eNow 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
+ s' I$ P, j0 {4 BYou 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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" S2 G3 e! @! ^) f" GNow 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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# j) I( D; L' {& }- ~% Q' YSome more?

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billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

  C! `' l7 ~1 e6 T6 m% x! LMeaning: 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。。
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<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:

" x: Y$ Q: e( s% P% _. ymakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

) H/ a& v' o1 ]1 R- ~! y8 _Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

, u+ y+ @' C% p9 n& H2 RIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
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* a, b, [* T3 |+ Qbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
2 M/ d1 d5 |3 S! P6 \) \- e  "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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3 B4 c# F# d+ s+ I1 @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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+ f: M( j% S* X+ G( E4 UCheck the dictionary and it means:

* m  ?& o8 R# @2 p/ h4 Z+ z8 b6 uVery 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.
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Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

' a) o" f0 e0 f! m6 H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.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
6 ^8 Y2 P6 f" I/ i; d- M0 |10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
( p+ ]6 \7 G% Vb. 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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# {; K5 r) {* X) xI 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.