Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

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

Stick-in-the-mud

& @/ S( z+ ]$ L- b. C9 P# SMeaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
' p7 ~/ f8 M4 J8 l1 P
Example: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.

5 y4 w& `$ Z  W1 k) E. W" CI remember there is a song having such a line.

" w- z% K1 E7 [" H- G, U" h[ 本帖最后由 豆腐温柔 于 2008-7-30 12:28 编辑 ]

BOFA

Pour out your soul

% f" K- r: E" b  gMeaning: Tell your private feelings, tell all.

2 o+ n4 u5 x0 aExample:
1 ~8 S1 E4 r6 S# b: O
$ h% p$ `4 |) D# j" TWhen 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.
4 v- [4 q& N/ ]" n& D. Y. [  D3 L
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
  w2 V% i) g& F; z, P3 `1 f
Meaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
* Y% _# V1 L4 b2 \" N. b5 \
! Y" u7 e4 i! y* I4 @
( n& ^# t/ m( n  j" x1 r
Copied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick
8 O) w% z8 l# l9 ]
+ \" b3 L; a" \" i$ U% XMeaning:
" I9 S! s4 j6 ?. Y$ u7 g吃亏
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

9 P( k4 g( y9 e7 {( l" WMeaning: 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。
' ~/ Y. p; u/ V( X3 M4 [; TExample: 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.

1. Laugh up your sleeve
    Meaning: laugh secretly at someone, behind your back.
8 L$ z4 w; O' x    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）
; I# t/ r/ T( E! f
- R, V. z* H" W" {2. Laugh your head off

3. Laugh yourself sick

4. Laugh yourself silly
. X: f! c7 L; {; E3 {  B
3 s" G& Q1 T7 f+ o; }( q; u! }# u9 kItem 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.
: D. z* q1 P& L; _: {* r
Follow Suit
8 H, n' p. B/ u3 d
Meaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
; P7 v/ M7 h1 q
$ ^) A  T. F4 Z, M/ Y9 F! T) ?% U& y' y"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
0 T' H' c/ ?3 \* l1 _% XYou Have Me There
3 e  V1 ~0 p) O9 U7 M/ {
+ J& u; C2 h! S; \/ b3 y+ t"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)

- B) T4 J" N* S/ p; |) nNow you make a sentence out of it.

  l/ [) Y3 O$ t& u" \3 dYou really have me there, Bofa.
0 K! @( S* A5 o! G% D0 MYou got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
6 \- u6 e! o2 c, m! Z, b! d, i
Some more?
* v! y- o. F9 {0 U
Thanks for sharing!!

billzhao

goood, go on

BOFA

<P><font color="Red"><b>When the chips are down</b></font></p>

6 w" J$ Q6 \" |9 f1 F4 g- ~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。。
3 E- [6 F- N+ N        =when the situation is urgent.

: x$ o2 o3 X. X5 n
' ]% Y1 F6 g- r0 i+ F+ ]% l3 E  j5 `<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
+ H6 \: J- N1 k
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:

; i# }$ Y$ p2 G: }makes the ball backspin in pool game

BOFA

A Penny for your thoughts
! |! C+ G, V0 `' b! U' K
Mhhh. Is the person wanting to buy some ideas from someone else? Surely not.
; F! O2 T3 e8 U
It means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."
& g7 ]; n4 u; U: b7 m' \% r2 G
3 @8 S) o& Z* U8 I3 ybut cautious when use. It should only use between close friends or family members.....

BOFA

Today's sharing is
; @6 s  l, B, D, ^  "By the seat of one's pants"

/ n6 F7 Z1 _7 w( n# W5 \5 TMeaning: 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。
& L6 x5 L/ y) y( x; s0 p  q
0 M" o9 c" @0 }1 b: iTry 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.

. |7 B/ f' d) aCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).
0 u* r( r7 f6 P9 V( p9 L
$ m5 k( L. z+ ^/ H. J6 V7 X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.
. @) X9 S  w/ }
Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
& C9 I4 f- e( r# p$ ]. @
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
6 o! z) t5 J7 x# U7 V
Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
+ g% Y; J1 ^6 w, U  c# M
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.  
! {/ U' [' |, l# r http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
( x  e7 V( u' }3 M( D
6 I% ]6 W5 F3 \/ C& H$ Q- [, C
: b4 O% k% R9 y4 k- FI 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.