On The Way Down to Aussie

Paparazzi

2011-07-13T13:46:00.002+10:00

狗仔隊

自劈 ( Chi Pek )

2011-07-13T12:26:00.003+10:00

On sale, disposal of goods at severe lowered price without others bargaining

劈價 ( Pek Ga )

2011-07-13T12:16:00.003+10:00

slash price, subtract price drastically

sook

2010-05-11T09:50:00.004+10:00

喊包 (Haam Pau)

補飛 ( Po Fei )

2010-01-22T06:00:00.003+11:00

lit. to compensate a ticket

to compensate, to make up for sth.

甩底 ( Lat Dai )

2010-01-22T05:51:00.002+11:00

lit. dropped off the bottom

to miss an appointment.

卸膊 ( Se Bok )

2009-05-15T09:45:00.003+10:00

Pass the buck

照肺 ( Jiu Fai )

2009-04-30T12:12:00.002+10:00

Your boss brings you in his room and blames you.

老奉 ( Lo Fung )

2009-04-30T12:09:00.001+10:00

take it/sth/sb for granted

Googie

2008-12-23T20:19:00.002+11:00

Typical Aussie slang - Egg

Brunch

2008-12-23T20:18:00.000+11:00

早午餐一齊食, 就係Brunch o羅

doom & gloom

2008-10-15T17:57:00.002+11:00

Bad news(picture from: http://cubanology.com/Aymee/lbDoom&Gloom.jpg)

Get Lost

2008-10-05T19:30:00.002+11:00

Get away, Go away.

Hard Up

2008-10-05T19:25:00.000+11:00

手緊

whistle bowler

2008-09-03T20:46:00.001+10:00

二五仔!

走青 (Jau Ching)

2008-06-24T23:29:00.002+10:00

不加蔥, Without Spring Onion.

走甜 (Jau Tim)

2008-06-24T23:27:00.002+10:00

即是不下糖

Without suger

Verbal diarrhoea

2008-06-24T23:09:00.002+10:00

豬嗡、廢嗡、口水野

黃牛 (Wong Ngau)

2008-04-18T22:41:00.003+10:00

$50 banknote

bear with me

2008-04-18T22:11:00.001+10:00

To bear with somebody is a phrasal verb. If you bear with somebody you to are patient and wait while that person is doing something.

皇氣 (Wong Hei)

2008-04-06T18:39:00.003+10:00

Hong Kong Police Force

Airport Special Unit

see fit

2008-03-22T21:40:00.002+11:00

decide to do something

Give sb a lift

2008-03-22T21:37:00.001+11:00

送你一程順風車。

小題大造

2007-11-23T22:31:00.000+11:00

Making a mountain out of a mole hill.

雷聲大，雨點少

2007-11-23T22:28:00.000+11:00

1. All barks, no bite.
2. Someone can only talk his talk but can't walk his walk

Housewarming

2007-10-29T20:45:00.000+11:00

入伙party。有時的人搬屋前都會係舊屋攪下Housecooling架。

shades

2007-10-06T22:52:00.000+10:00

sunglasses

Guinea Pig

2007-10-01T20:50:00.000+10:00

呢個照字面好難估, 係做試驗o既白老鼠。

pass from pillar to post

2007-08-02T15:24:00.000+10:00

當你打電話投訴，的人將你pass來pass去，都無答覆。咁就係pass from pillar to post.

搏懵 (Bok Mung)

2007-07-30T13:09:00.000+10:00

1. Take a chance. take a punt (aussie slang)

2. Sexual assault

o岩 key (Ngam Key)

2007-07-30T12:54:00.000+10:00

lit. musical notes in similar tone.

Of similar believes, style, behavior , speeches and interests

金牛 (Gam Ngau)

2007-07-19T15:07:00.000+10:00

lit. Golden Cow

大頭鬼 (daai tau gwai)

2007-06-28T14:04:00.000+10:00

The person who is stack-up

縮沙 (Suk Sa)

2007-06-28T00:18:00.000+10:00

Similar to Ngo Dai. It is used to describe the retreat action.

熬底 (Ngo Dai)

2007-06-28T00:10:00.000+10:00

Person is of fear and wants to retreat from a difficult situation. It tents to describe the emotion of the person. Similar to Suk Sa.

索 (Saak)

2007-06-25T20:44:00.000+10:00

Pretty and Attractive (to describe girl or woman)

一舊水 (Yat Gau Shui)

2007-06-11T22:26:00.000+10:00

(lit. a piece of water) One hundred Hong Kong Dollars

埋堆 (Maai Dui)

2007-05-30T12:52:00.000+10:00

To go alone with a group or party that has samiliar belief or interest of you.

老襯 (Lo Chan)

2007-05-28T13:28:00.000+10:00

Stupid. (esp. to make a dig at the groom. )

收駝地 ( Sau Toh Dei )

2007-05-18T12:25:00.000+10:00

(MA +15)
An annual Chinese New Year tradition, where gang members deliver mandarin plants to local shops with their greeting and blessing, then demand fees for shop's safety and protection.
During the proceeding, reasonable force maybe used by members to intimidate shop owners to consent. (2nd revision)

provided by Alfie

運吉 (Wan Gat)

2007-05-16T15:04:00.000+10:00

A trick to get the free promotional gift from shop but not accutually buy any stuff from the shop.

***

(lit.) Transporting mandarin
Enjoys the promotion goods or services with no intention to spend.

-- translation from someone else who also Wan Gat

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博殺 (Bok Saat)

2007-05-12T23:10:00.000+10:00

Works very hard

通頂 (tung deng)

2007-05-10T11:41:00.000+10:00

Something like "Burn the midnight oil". ppl who work, study or play overnight.

執生 (Chap Saang)

2007-05-09T23:08:00.000+10:00

React rapidly in accordance with the adhoc situation

Beergut

2007-05-02T12:20:00.000+10:00

看圖識字 :-) 啤酒肚!

loafing

2007-04-26T15:21:00.000+10:00

即係hey下咁解

頭啖湯(II)

2007-04-05T20:20:00.000+10:00

今晚去到叫佐個冬菇滑雞煲仔飯 + 瑤柱西洋菜燉陳腎雞，味道勁好。而果度的裝修就好有ＭＫ feel。今晚仲order in advance 佐個"Buddha jumping over the wall"，聽晚再去食過。

Breakfast

2007-04-05T12:53:00.000+10:00

早餐之嗎，小學生都識啦，可能你會咁講。其實呢個字好得意，佢係由兩個字組成break & fast。fast 係呢度唔係指快，係指唔食野咁解。晚黑要訓覺，成晚長流流唔食野，朝早起身梳洗完梗係要"break" fast食番夠本啦。

Dinner vs Supper

2007-04-05T12:34:00.000+10:00

我一路攪唔清楚呢兩個字，今日終於查清楚。

Dinner 係香港人平時講既晚餐，Supper就係係呢個晚餐之後既餐食，即係接近宵夜既意思。Dinner原來又唔只係講係黃昏既餐食，係星期日中午一家人一齊食飯，都可以叫做Sunday Dinner, 不過呢個用法好易令人混淆，已經好少人用。我諗都係叫”Sunday Lunch” make sense 的。

頭啖湯

2007-04-04T16:57:00.000+10:00

係Footscray新開張, 復活節一定要去試下先。

bloody

2007-04-04T16:48:00.000+10:00

Very (e.g. bloody hard yakka) yakka means work

Crystal

2007-04-04T16:46:00.000+10:00

Short for "crystal clear", 中文即係:再清楚沒有了。

Cars

2007-03-30T17:31:00.000+10:00

房車 Saloon /Sedan(US)
　
房跑車 Sports Coupe
　
跑車 Sports Car
　
旅行車 Wagon
　
開薘車 Cabrio / Convertible
　
越野車 Off Road / SUV / 4WD
　
多用途七人車 MPV
　
遊樂型小車 RV

Pollen

2007-03-30T09:11:00.000+10:00

無錯，就係花粉。點解講佢呢？因為Melbourne花多樹多，空氣入面既花粉數量比較多，一到乾燥既時節，對花粉敏感既人就會好容易有花粉症（hay fever）。花粉症係中國國內又收做花粉熱，而日本人就叫做枯草熱。詳細解釋可睇下呢度。

Take your time

2007-03-28T13:34:00.000+10:00

慢慢啦, 唔洗急。

Example: Take your time. I need to do something else before I come to you.

bum

2007-03-21T11:21:00.000+11:00

唔係背脊, 係padpad 呀

Stone Benchtop

2007-03-16T12:53:00.000+11:00

Eat/Drink sb under a table

2007-03-16T09:28:00.000+11:00

HKiBBS Post 節錄:

"Kate Winslet 在 Late Show 接受 David Letterman 的訪問。片段中說到她告訴記者關於拍攝 The Holiday 的趣事。 Kate 覺得 Cameron Diaz 吃很多東西但仍是那麼 slim，於是她說："... she can literally eat me under a table!" 觀眾們聽了便哈哈大笑，那是甚麼一回事呢？是關乎英國與美國之間的文化差異的嗎？"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0A8B-nNjh4

"哩句句子入面有兩個意思, and I think Kate did mean to say both to make the audience LTAF.

Eating her out
- 就係 Dennis' Colleague 所指既 Sexual act - going down on a girl 如用舌頭舔女性的私處.
Under the table
- 出自去 Bar... if someone drinks you under the table, 就即係呀 Someone 幾飲得, 你同佢鬥吹o個陣, 你都暈哂, under the table, 佢仲好勁咁係咁吹.

一句句子, 兩個用法, 真係妙絕. 佩服佩服. "

Rip off

2007-03-09T12:15:00.000+11:00

就係偷野喇, 唔, 應該講係Tark野。後者應該會傳神的。

Give you a boost

2007-03-09T12:05:00.000+11:00

同你打下氣或者助你一把咁解

Example:
I am pleased to give you a boost.

whack

2007-02-28T22:10:00.000+11:00

whack係口語來既, 用力打咁解.

Landlords now have the upper hand and are able to start whacking rents up.

gee

2007-02-23T16:49:00.000+11:00

A general exclamation of surprise or pleasure.

Gee, this is a great party!

Gee this is damn fun!

dodgy

2007-02-23T16:34:00.000+11:00

shifty, dishonest, unreliable, weird, risky

See that my blog is not a dodgy one.

廣東話都有個字好近似，就係"o拿西"。

breaky

2007-02-15T15:22:00.000+11:00

早餐

R.S.V.P.

2007-02-15T15:08:00.001+11:00

R.S.V.P. (respondez s`il vous plait)

n. (French) please respond (request for a reply at the end of a letter)

paddock

2007-02-14T09:27:00.000+11:00

草場是也。

Baby Buggy

2007-02-12T19:40:00.000+11:00

一目了然啦, BB車!

nappy

2007-02-12T19:30:00.000+11:00

尿片啦, 明無?

splendid

2007-02-09T13:21:00.000+11:00

了不起的咁解，如果你慢慢咁讀，再加埋呢個手勢（由你既左手邊開始橫移去右手邊）。的外國人一定知你係一個世紀前既英國貴族。

Box Hill 新上海執佐笠

2007-02-09T13:07:00.000+11:00

好懷念佢D酸辣湯水餃, 酸菜魚同薰魚呀。做得好地地做乜會執佐笠架。

Stuart Bocking Night Show

2007-02-09T09:39:00.000+11:00

成年無聽網上收音機, 前兩日開Sydney 2ue 聽下, 之前成日聽果個節目就無佐。換佐呢個－Stuart Bocking Night Show, 先聽佐一晚，感覺唔錯。

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piccies

2007-02-09T09:22:00.000+11:00

Aussie slang, Pictures lor.

Poison chalice

2006-09-27T20:49:00.000+10:00

呢個傳神, 即係豬頭骨。不過係上一代人既slang

techie

2006-08-04T09:40:00.000+10:00

1. technician; 2. technical services employee; 3. irritable; touchy

Dubbo

2006-07-19T14:50:00.000+10:00

1. stupid; imbecilic; 2. idiot or imbecile

Dunnies

2006-07-05T09:07:00.000+10:00

係主建築以外既廁所咁解，不過呢個slang 好舊，只有亞伯先會明．而家的人都係會叫portable toilet．

Postie

2006-06-20T17:36:00.000+10:00

Postman

couch potato

2006-06-14T12:48:00.000+10:00

television addict, lazy person, person watching too much TV and doing nothing else

Old fart

2006-06-14T12:42:00.000+10:00

someone a little older then yourself; old person

Gross Out

2006-06-08T23:20:00.000+10:00

something disgusting

Coping & snowed under

2006-06-06T14:08:00.000+10:00

I met Mattews this morning. He said, "how are you?". I replied, "Good, yourself?". He said, "I'm coping."

When I asked Brad what "coping" is, he explained:

"Coping" means that he is really busy, but that he is keeping up with the work. If there was too much work for him, he may have said something like "snowed under"...

getting bald

2006-03-01T08:44:00.000+11:00

becoming bald, losing one's hair

God knows

2006-02-23T14:59:00.000+11:00

God knows - I have no idea (expression of a lack of knowledge on the part of the speaker)

sort of

2006-02-23T09:12:00.000+11:00

slightly, somewhat; rather

"I was on blood pressure medication, I was borderline diabetic, I tried everything and you sort of get in a vicious circle about losing weight," she said. "You eat the wrong thing, then you feel bad, then you eat more."

Elastic Lanyard

2006-01-27T10:00:00.001+11:00

Elastic Lanyard

Uni

2006-01-16T14:16:00.000+11:00

University

veggies

2006-01-11T09:08:00.000+11:00

noun:- vegetables

v

2006-01-11T08:59:00.000+11:00

versus: Australia v England

busting

2005-12-19T22:43:00.000+11:00

badly needing to urinate or defecate; completely eager: "He's busting to have a go" from Babylon

As useful as a wart on the hip

2005-11-18T13:40:00.000+11:00

absolutely useless

same as:
As useless as a chocolate fireguard
As useless as a glass door on a dunny
As useless as a soft cock in a nurse's dorm
As useless as an arse pocket in a singlet
Useless as an ashtray on a motorbike
Useless as the bottom half of a mermaid
Useless as tits on a tomcat

gaol

2005-11-16T18:13:00.000+11:00

another spelling of jail, prison in Australia and Britain

potty

2005-11-07T14:23:00.000+11:00

一般解作 BB 仔o既廁所仔。不過係澳洲可以解做 foolish 同 crazy

Pushie

2005-10-25T12:53:00.000+10:00

bicycle 單車

Poo tickets

2005-10-24T18:06:00.000+10:00

呢個簡單 -- 廁紙 !!

Alpha Tango Reference

2005-10-21T19:21:00.000+10:00

有時我地係同人地講英文字母, 為佐清楚D, 會用一個英文字去代表, 例如D, 我地會話Dog; A, 會話Apple 咁。呢個表就係呢D常用既字, 不過可能同你用開果D有D唔同。唔緊要啦, 參考下姐。

hitchhike

2005-10-12T12:16:00.000+10:00

即係搭順風車

hitched

2005-09-26T13:44:00.000+10:00

即係結佐婚既咁解。for example, John and Mary are hitched.

boofhead

2005-09-25T21:12:00.000+10:00

即係話果個人係笨蛋，又或者果個人個頭真係好大。如果粗口的講可以話dickhead，不過記住，呢個字好offensive，免得唔好講，除非你同果個人好熟。

barbie

2005-09-09T16:57:00.000+10:00

千祈唔好誤會係講公仔, 係呢度係英國流入澳洲既口語, 即係話barbecue, cookout, 郊外燒烤咁解。

Point Cook Flying Club

2005-08-15T00:35:00.000+10:00

上星期，我細佬，即係我老細(佢都當正自己係）去佐
Point Cook Flying Club 學楂小型飛機。
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