Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
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Stick-in-the-mud
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1 y; y5 r( O. x7 z# D) b# fMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

0 O3 b" ~" h7 p" W+ R! HExample: 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

9 n) U+ `& B6 L$ H+ ~Meaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:

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

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

( T6 x) l' A( ZMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

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munkkie9909

you've got a major typo in the name of the thread

august99

One-Track

- D4 I; y1 Z+ x" Q" ^7 ~; WMeaning: 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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Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
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Meaning:
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4 |2 Q& g5 \2 E5 r. |+ hEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip

% V- k" U# X) O4 S* r. |& SMeaning: 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。
6 n& P8 \7 @' y- YExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

6 \0 h; p7 p8 {) i9 G6 [- w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.
3 p7 i1 y3 @1 l% S, @% ^    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

8 O* g/ G# P6 D* H9 K' `  o2. Laugh your head off

% r  z+ Y  e1 ^; H/ ]3. Laugh yourself sick
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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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+ v* |) Y+ o0 a' G3 ]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

2 }6 ~9 I) R6 z/ RMeaning: (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)

Now 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
You Have Me There

# o- B6 [6 `1 i"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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# W2 w6 H8 y  L( N! d& yNow you make a sentence out of it.

2 {; ?$ F, ]+ ~6 ~8 y6 M; M$ f) YYou really have me there, Bofa.
# ?* I$ \7 w* J: e3 u9 pYou got me.

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>

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。。
8 i+ M" c5 A* }+ ~/ }- {& ?: e        =when the situation is urgent.

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0 ?/ J. d7 w6 e! |* P- o: P5 E<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

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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BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
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Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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* [* Q9 c" Z5 I$ {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
1 |. g+ Q9 X  L; `6 E5 H: O. d  "By the seat of one's pants"

* [' [5 M7 }+ S, ~  ~) ]: IMeaning: 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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$ `% l0 S6 F$ r6 B! b& D5 [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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Check the dictionary and it means:
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% _5 w0 U0 z" B! S0 Y' \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?

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

Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

) g' W# h+ c5 H( `* U, u! \# x$ J, L8 _Online Dicationary explains as follows:
10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
, X2 H3 f4 M5 u! X, ^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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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.