趣味英语——如何地道表达：金钱，爱情，婚姻，家庭[转帖]

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1.    跟别人要钱 mooch off someone

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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

! ]% Z2 E# Z5 t4 i8 ?$ x2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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4 i# }' g" U! q6 t$ r4 L这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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9 A/ [$ b2 }6 h5 h0 ~  L老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

! s; u+ C) U6 F4 a1 @& LLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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2 i  r* P4 H* t- \/ q( X钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

% r$ X( T) C7 k% e, p) M$ {" XMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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: n9 V4 L% q# m" U, O: Z/ T5.    没钱 be broke
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我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

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You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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* P2 I9 c$ ]' ]* m/ @9 g3 w7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

: {" ^4 v: F, M; }那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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That shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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自从中国对外开放以后，有些农民也成了企业家，而且大部分农民的生活都富裕起来了。
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0 N  F. b  F* ^0 B) i6 c' w Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.
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9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

虽然很多人都已经富裕起来了，可是人有些人吃了上顿没下顿
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In spite the fact that many have now become well-fixed, some people still remain in a state that they do not know where the next meal comes.

10.   发财 rake it in

1 b8 x  p' U4 ^1 V4 R' b它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

7 `3 w0 u$ P5 I" H9 B3 u11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。
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Eating in this restaurant will cost you an arm and a leg. You’ ll have to pay tens of yuan for even a soup of cabbage and beancurd
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' N: g! N4 w8 j5 N! l12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

; j3 L' G& h( a% c0 [5 Y我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

0 j4 p: I# J0 AI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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8 T. E7 k$ ~4 d6 O+ K13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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9 _# S! P9 I2 s- p8 h9 Z一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

/ w! T( g6 O! T14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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& N& Q" D/ U# h+ F& q' J据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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5 P# j( a9 `$ [8 @The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life

我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

( T/ b( k4 h9 w7 T% P% B听说小丽爱上一个比她大三十岁的老头子。爱情这个东西真是难琢磨。
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I hear Xiao Li is head over heels in love with an old man who is 30 years older than her. Love is really a mystery.
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17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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皇太子放弃了王位，与比自己门第低的人结了婚并到国外度蜜月去了
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The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.
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2 }! S: M4 S1 G' ~2 z离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。
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On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.
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19.   外快side money

* J1 Z- I3 n8 v4 ?8 P在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

) b2 {, c8 G7 `, `  J20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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2 r9 a4 W# |2 G" p& VThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

22.调情 make a pass at someone
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当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

- ]2 ?+ G% ]0 z& M2 U% d3 z23.花费 outgoings
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7 r5 m" S5 y$ U- V/ N他一个月才挣300多块钱，怎么能支付得起家里所有的花费那？
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- o3 i9 L8 G; N. f2 L8 EHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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24.重要约会a heavy date

+ j3 b0 G/ a1 {$ ~; _, s她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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& j" S! C- w4 K* ^! z0 dShe says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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25.向……求婚pop the question to
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他向我求婚时说一辈子只爱我一个人。可是现在呢？情况可大不一样了。

. A# ?+ N. o9 d5 _5 }/ a1 J5 D. M! ]When he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

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最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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) E( L  o( O3 n9 t: ^8 R/ |- p27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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. K& ^5 `* d; D4 c6 S你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？
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How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

* W4 E0 j3 z, J7 p; {& o" qGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

* [/ C6 L5 t2 Q6 l% p1 f29.开价 make a price

我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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: P# g: y2 ~# x( _$ Y2 [I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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' f( e' S) A9 ?6 C4 l30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

) \0 _8 p' r2 _! \4 U% f, e' u他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

- ~% ~0 o. e- {9 T* j$ A1 X# [# J3 KHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去
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, K& `* M/ ^/ j) C5 q# G It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

/ B. C" l7 q/ g! q: C) G# H+ r32.正经人家 a respectable family

* N7 u. p/ v' a他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。

She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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: f  t; }( \: ?8 l. I: X3 d- i% P33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

/ B6 x7 y( j8 s据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

' V6 Y  J9 I7 d34.零花钱 pocket money
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我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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1 K. l0 _' z6 n) O7 \I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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从她向老板作媚眼的那个德行你就知道她是个什么样的人了。
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  R' t# R5 m7 E) m8 K, u  j  W9 yFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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# c2 F4 v% T3 z) @# O; H他和她一见钟情。

9 ^4 y% o8 G/ L: O5 T& aShe took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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" R  ?; r+ y; u5 `' A* ~许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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4 _) C/ Z7 ^1 }; H2 R5 _Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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5 i. |! M' Z3 X) @  ~) X据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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5 Q( f1 z* `$ R5 r+ e9 E3 X" f/ P1 D: XIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

) L1 L4 Y+ o5 t* i39．旧情人an old flame
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! M+ l8 @; I: ]/ B0 n+ u# [昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人
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The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up

) P# A( s, O! g/ \0 o/ W这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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% j: `+ @) X. K% ~# s0 g1 j" ~* |1 AWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

" R7 F% o: k: o2 ?5 e! V& M- c41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

( @, @2 Q4 f& x* ~+ y! `$ B3 l近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

1 W- y, W3 `" xIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。
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( `4 m; `, E! @( t9 H* U( f" z& YIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

, S5 M2 a2 K- f, B4 j43.有家室的人 a man of family

他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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7 R, Z6 R; e( _# U/ p. J7 i7 lHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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  G" W8 ~: d& d' s# f2 T( m小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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# c+ t. y" q4 u: ~% H- nXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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; H# }3 ?% s2 L* w: X45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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. r4 P4 O& d3 \1 F! ~+ ?虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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Although you’ll have to spend a large sum on sending the kid to school, you still get your money’s worth.

" i' l5 Z. G' N46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.