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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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

3 A/ Y1 [3 U# N/ G& kExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

8 i( n; o. l: @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

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.
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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
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6 g. q5 l$ S3 F2 B" |& CMy son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.

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august99

The short end of the stick

2 W; q( x9 y+ L, }Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on

Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip
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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。
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) }1 G8 _9 g4 h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.

8 j8 V( ^" q1 l# P1. Laugh up your sleeve
) ?- G: I7 A( a0 k3 s! b- p    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
+ B2 S7 A# [) D2 [6 ~9 W+ N7 P0 t    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

4. Laugh yourself silly
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Item 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
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  Z$ P# P5 ^: B: H- j) \: V" I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

"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
5 O: l4 c* h3 Y& J% 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)

% t* j8 Y6 w# U/ Z5 C( \Now you make a sentence out of it.

6 c6 s3 \* }, N: Q4 zYou really have me there, Bofa.
  L( U8 k0 O0 C& e) LYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
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Some more?

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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0 ]4 M1 Y+ }! E8 M8 tMeaning: 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。
1 D8 v1 n( H( o+ j5 f         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.


<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>

% `4 Y4 s: P8 a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.
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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
7 K- Y* n* C! S9 Z$ I" o1 i2 v  "By the seat of one's pants"
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0 z" _/ I( G+ ^" _* B: z: mMeaning: 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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7 G2 W/ z' E; y" _* DTry 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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Check the dictionary and it means:
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8 d& a; S& R" C+ \/ W8 }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.
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0 j7 H0 d: b" f: [. z& kMeaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?

1 G7 U. O2 v9 E4 e; q6 z' e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

' K6 V2 I8 ~! b4 q& ~) Y2 S7 W; bMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.

8 \3 F+ }, n; [; J) ZOnline Dicationary explains as follows:
0 d' M$ u8 k- L& ?10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.  
3 r5 A5 ^& q4 I( Q  |& g4 w! lb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.  
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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.