Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

! B$ \) t& W/ Z" a3 l6 c: @Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

# {5 B8 o+ k! n9 A6 l9 j# a. ^; G/ @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.

( f7 |6 X  C" |" Z- n0 }[ 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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1 \7 _' e# g- HMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

Example:
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0 h2 x; v) @, D1 }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.

$ R8 k4 s; L& ~1 p2 ?% P; rExample: 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

+ w* d: ^$ e  j8 W& H6 l8 BMeaning: 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

9 o; s3 \: o! UMeaning:
吃亏
1 o- |; c2 ?- B% aEnglish: 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。
- n5 G( X) |4 ^) \% \. xExample: Don't lay a trip on me about low grades. I am studying hard.
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7 h9 Z/ J/ s& o+ g4 @( 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.

% n) x+ _6 x; H8 M1. Laugh up your sleeve
/ o0 @9 y: R! A    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

3. Laugh yourself sick

( u  K' {4 ~4 R( h9 l& G! P; C1 U4. Laugh yourself silly
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, L# T0 k' E, x+ [- c1 l, OItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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& \' V1 V& t# L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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, B( E2 \6 \6 _Follow Suit
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  X' j& q' t; }! {+ _9 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)
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: h3 ~! V6 g# n; H& B+ o1 ~! ONow 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
. E$ c: E! @5 g' JYou 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)
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Now 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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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>

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。
# m7 z  y8 l# R7 q4 X         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>

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:

* T# N- d" M3 X$ D8 ^5 c: P6 j; Wmakes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts

5 S8 E, |* J/ k, J! ?" q& zMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.

7 Y. f" z& z: @  F6 QIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

3 w2 A. l% Z; [$ A% kbut 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"

1 \" y* T* d% |$ F% K' u/ j4 nMeaning: 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.

Check the dictionary and it means:
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& v' i4 s; b8 {! i9 `8 X8 pVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

8 I" T/ [/ \8 Q( |4 e/ m3 |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?
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+ ^! h0 r& ^1 C4 f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.

Online Dicationary explains as follows:
+ U+ g8 Y- {, [7 D10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
0 `5 v8 m  ?& d2 f# W# X0 Fb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
$ Y% C1 B! D5 s+ h. Q6 o5 y http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend


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.