Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

5 d3 u& [7 S9 s% `Stick-in-the-mud

6 E0 [+ ^/ R1 ~) \4 j9 FMeaning: 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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; q1 ^+ L9 i% Z( X6 J# ]I remember there is a song having such a line.

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BOFA

Pour out your soul

9 x4 L/ h5 O% w+ W  e- DMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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% g) @+ I, {+ s0 R1 }2 YExample:
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6 C: z* H- O3 A" RWhen 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.

/ Q5 ]; V8 j- b" EExample: 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
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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
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5 d6 H% R, E2 N* F- p/ K; vMeaning:
吃亏
1 M3 [) O0 I& f8 r8 wEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

2 c3 U2 ?8 y# Q& D' `$ }4 aExample:
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。
6 ~3 P* Z* n( J7 Q; w# kExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.

+ P- \  b5 h& u( S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.

4 }0 {2 g/ G8 h; O2 A- G* K1. 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）
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4 h8 ?) ], x% n; O+ O) u* Y0 {2 ~) ]2. Laugh your head off

$ I) v- M8 C- n* A3. Laugh yourself sick

' Q  t6 Q6 F6 n5 }9 x: n# w1 W4 R  C' K4. 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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Follow Suit
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$ k$ t! C& [1 Y7 \  \6 NMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There

- V4 Z; K; r5 j2 M* t4 `& B"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
) b- o3 `6 P. _) M3 GYou 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)

2 k0 o3 p- a1 Q! S2 CNow you make a sentence out of it.

: I8 u8 ^) L: W! ]# L  B5 J! FYou really have me there, Bofa.
# P: K% m+ o4 t" y# V! fYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!

Some more?
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' I8 ]7 \& v* l7 m+ o8 j7 }7 BThanks 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。
. @$ @" X8 z0 c2 L, t         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:

4 j6 Z# k* Y( Q( Zmakes 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.
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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
  "By the seat of one's pants"
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! Q: h3 X/ s! x& W% p7 YMeaning: 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 T& Y" @2 |& y; G, K( STry 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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! R) o/ C" K/ u! {! s- RCheck the dictionary and it means:

5 X. q) ~' F4 \6 C. s! cVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

' y( C7 r. c$ E$ u+ g4 G) C% y8 L" P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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4 C3 ?2 o& b% f/ B1 dMeaning: 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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7 n  F+ a3 \& E& Y& yMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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( v6 v3 c1 r1 _0 uOnline 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.  
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  E" M7 z. @5 S6 dI 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.