Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

, b- _/ n3 _3 j$ JStick-in-the-mud
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Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper

- d% ^  o1 A# M9 Z0 JExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

: y' }9 P7 }  B- \I remember there is a song having such a line.
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BOFA

Pour out your soul

8 Q+ ]; v2 d# B8 W5 @/ T0 |' MMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.
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Example:

5 E) L3 k/ e& _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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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

Meaning:
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English: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
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4 w) E5 y" G7 j  o. {+ X. g( _/ jExample:
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.

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.
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1. Laugh up your sleeve
; \4 L2 E. _9 a. F* L: Q6 h3 v    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

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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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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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) F& r8 }4 u; uMeaning: (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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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
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. r. [4 [: f2 j0 T  E7 rNow you make a sentence out of it.

. R- B: [( ]: l+ q6 R! ^- k: iYou really have me there, Bofa.
1 {' L! E: ]2 t" P& B0 _You 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>

7 D5 C+ R$ r. ]: f# U; HMeaning: 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>

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

( l% C2 _! W( h( bMhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
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* a1 j( a$ l7 ]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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4 P( H$ A4 J, u/ z& I" ^( s% Z0 Nbut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
4 a2 q$ Z8 B, ]  "By the seat of one's pants"
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7 f- s$ o! Z0 P, D! g3 zMeaning: 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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4 D/ N; x! _' g/ ?/ N& q6 r% [: hTry 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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" y: w) @; ^% g; j, P. B2 \1 KCheck the dictionary and it means:
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  N# e: [( V; }. E8 I" y  p. EVery interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

) A5 U8 h3 b6 l8 c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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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:
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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3 q1 D' _' ]0 ?" p( hI 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.