Canadian Slang Share

BOFA

Per August99's suggestion, I am now putting all in one thread for easy tracing.
& a  \+ Q. ^8 k% {1 @' H  p
Stick-in-the-mud

Meaning: refer to a person who doesn't go out, also Party-Pooper
( w8 O! y$ v0 v( r. Q
5 P3 _, H3 o' z# hExample: Farley, that stick-in-the-mud. He never go to parties.
6 ?: I4 F2 C) D* {. R4 ?! P' U" r5 G
: v" a4 l% W2 z8 m5 W- p5 A+ V0 ~" g6 @I remember there is a song having such a line.
/ q$ Q8 b- s3 q8 u/ m
[ 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.

. t. U5 z5 ~6 Y* p+ \Example:
. x5 F8 j6 j8 F+ a0 g$ Q9 O
3 B1 d& Y: H8 ^When Zora visits, she pours out her soul to me about her lover.

BOFA

<font bold>Odds and Ends</font>

* B6 T8 \. A3 F) t$ p; mMeaning: Small pieces that are not used, loose ends.

1 @2 q# e5 k8 R6 m! U6 c8 X) X- PExample: 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
- M% o" m5 F" K) N* Q
9 T# X* i" s' v0 [2 ~. @5 MMeaning: Tendency to think about only one subject

My son has a one -track mind these days. He thinks only about cars.
* T6 W2 o; p' P6 k' a  K
! D5 \; \: V/ U: y8 O5 E
  r/ \4 @% B7 U! S1 {! l9 T% i0 f
: J4 P1 j! P9 |5 vCopied from the original posting by BOFA

august99

The short end of the stick

Meaning:
吃亏
1 m2 _- }/ t' l" A0 b7 t8 dEnglish: The worst job, the least pay, also Dump on
4 y4 S( w4 A1 q) ]( @$ I
Example:
I work with Ken, I always get the short end of the stick. He gives me the hard jobs

BOFA

Lay a Trip
1 V2 \2 j# i, {$ i# F# M$ k* _
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.

0 n' G7 P. v" f# P( m+ U6 _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.
2 h3 l  b; s0 y( o    在背后偷偷笑 (我想应该是不怀好意吧）

2. Laugh your head off
+ r3 n/ t) N8 B/ _9 K* m5 R
3. Laugh yourself sick
0 h/ Z) u4 K7 }6 J9 p9 s$ Y/ L
' I/ z" [0 K  s6 `4. Laugh yourself silly

! ~/ Z# s0 |, ]7 ?' PItem 2-4 all mean that you laugh so hard, so long, that you feel ache, "sick", or....
5 r6 T. {. L* N: C( G9 a) ]
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.
- g" H# n, h+ Q, L  L& V) U
& `& T9 R9 h6 [  O: ZFollow Suit
9 P$ @6 g  h: F: e
- F9 R6 E- |  ^5 U+ e7 l- l) S: YMeaning: (in Bridge, cards,....games) play the same suit. Generally, take the same action.

BOFA

You Have Me There
* }- _. k% ^2 w& [2 k- k2 e# [5 b8 x
* x8 b7 ?/ ~& q7 \"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
You Have Me There
) {1 {( Z6 }0 U# y( s
"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)
3 Q" b' J5 ]/ v" a7 M
Now you make a sentence out of it.

  l. b' B+ N2 L5 {You really have me there, Bofa.
. ?7 }1 {" F! ^You got me.

xb.su

精品中年老男人

GOOD!!
: H2 p: H7 p7 a; D3 X$ q( l
Some more?

  Q+ j3 O& g" `) `3 `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。
         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.
2 O% n' ^+ W* W2 O" b+ ^# f( I
* q1 |/ z' y3 F  e/ f# P7 |
# A) N* g+ x+ i  r* {- x" u( n<p> <font color="Red"><b> A chip off the old black</b></font></p>
" U% v! D! q0 E$ [" |: |* c! Q
: m9 M5 `0 I% H) @  @( h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:

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.
9 Q! L3 Y2 e! _1 s
, ~  N& S3 p4 N: ]' IIt means "What are you thinking about?" "What is in your mind" (why you are staring at the ceiling and wordless......."

3 J- |" U8 G5 c1 W, e# d' Pbut 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"
/ K/ l3 t& |+ ?) y
0 [; b9 Z! i% Z. A0 o0 ^5 q+ G( rMeaning: 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.

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.
# y7 `, u5 z/ Z3 u/ |1 |
) q- @( x% o& C2 KCheck the dictionary and it means:

Very interested in..... or feel suspense in a (story ect. ).

; n3 r( V% i" z8 i$ o& r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.
  K1 m. d7 Z9 P: O* o. J
7 R2 R* y7 B, I2 C' |% J6 Z! W' I! _Meaning: what is upset  you? What's going on? What happens to you?
& \- m: v: p9 ?$ z
2 W1 e3 O; m$ G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
9 C( A6 P8 U, O
2 Y/ H1 B6 ^7 g5 V: S, W/ q# AMeaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
: v: K2 a$ Z/ e8 K* N/ y
Online Dicationary explains as follows:
5 r/ `; t9 i7 b2 i) u10. 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.  
. T- H3 M& u* S: b$ M2 f7 B http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend
+ z7 n' l. o5 J+ J3 s, V( t. n

, d( H: O; B, E+ P2 {0 H& i+ @, m! l. UI 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.