如何地道表达：工作，机会和运气

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1． 前途远大 have the world before one
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# Z# M' R; r9 R　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作
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　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.

　　2.好险 a narrow squeak
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　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

3 W5 S) E/ P  O7 }　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。
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　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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1 D$ @1 T( x  w: X9 m5 E　　(此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量，任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金.后来，Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了)

7 H  t; |5 I; H. m/ G! @　　4.走运 be on the gravy train

/ X; P) A* S9 _! W7 g　　这几年他一直很走运
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　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off

　　我又被那个家伙给骗了

　　I was ripped off again by that guy.
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　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.
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7 g' c% O! P( y- `　　7.白费力气plough the air.

　　你再劝他也只是白费力气

8 n7 r: T6 a' _　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.

' R( ^1 n+ S5 O1 }/ J　　8.命好 lead a charmed life

　　他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。

' i& i0 N2 y/ `  n　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
$ w7 \5 {" f7 M; z4 n0 c    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
8 J0 w- [. }8 J" t( U7 a6 S    a charmful life!
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　　9.倒霉 get in the neck
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　　在家里，如果孩子们打架被父母发现了，倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。

　　In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
* T: S+ T& K. s    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.

2 ?2 T5 l1 X; n2 G2 O3 G3 a　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag
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　　在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅
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　　Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.

　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle

9 ^5 Y/ U4 E: A6 I　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的

2 b( |0 q7 \) J7 ~$ N5 D　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.

2 z0 J) c$ a& t, p, d% H　　12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers

　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头
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: \4 i- j0 _; E' o9 h, {+ x0 Q　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.
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　　13.被开除 be sacked

0 }$ D% e3 N' O　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
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　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise
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$ ], I% [- a' S8 H4 }* S: R　　他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了：住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了

3 F2 q7 m- T! ]9 D6 y4 @$ \　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.
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+ y4 p# w4 k; b　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame
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. l( Z" f# b' L7 |1 v/ p, d* M　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证

　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.

9 O9 E0 w2 j5 {# V. x　　16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon

. ]3 _9 I. |7 H3 q; N5 v　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿
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　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.

* I+ n5 o7 K! M" l. k" }　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons

7 N2 g! B4 G* U0 O1 `/ q- V- f+ T　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了

; d  B, v) k) X" o2 l　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.

' r# r( x" [# @* L, Q( p　　18.没门！No way!
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　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered
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2 x9 I1 ^# a3 E　　他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。

　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
4 D3 |, j" Y/ g0 f: a! ~# E    days were numbered.
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$ t3 i$ N  X( y/ r3 R" n- d　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy

1 R3 E+ z4 g- p7 \- }- k" _" f　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎

　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.