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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我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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6 b4 Y4 j2 i" k  c0 z1 p* W# ]2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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2 j! c# G. A" u& f' v# j: C& L这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

" Z. U+ w2 D/ |Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

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Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

0 m+ ^: |/ _7 V4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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8 |, e0 f0 |  b% yMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

: |/ d) j7 L: g5.    没钱 be broke
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/ X; X! l8 E7 q& `! L$ Q我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

3 _6 }  x, r. P6 n3 Q* b; _: fI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

That shop is plain a clip joint!

2 k% j6 \, m! M8.    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。

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.
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10.   发财 rake it in

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He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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4 @- H8 _6 W$ N: c11.   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。

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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12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

  y0 \( l1 e3 L( j3 HI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

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9 o. p* R4 _9 E# T( p0 v( d; f" YSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life
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我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

% f! m# S6 p- r: sPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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1 l8 M7 P9 h" ~) g; C9 L; M4 I16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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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。

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.

17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

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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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5 p4 t; i+ ~' t) n' X1 S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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3 g; w/ x( P+ t. `& k5 POn the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

19.   外快side money
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9 }" S- h0 s( K: H9 ^在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

$ {2 V8 Q2 g2 O+ |, O0 I( ]Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

1 N: Z% u9 H0 S* j) @5 ]7 p20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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" J  K3 D7 R( g& E+ y5 M/ }& ?" G他的那部车买得可真便宜

! }0 u5 d& ^! ?% `- O% q- G- CHe bought that car on the cheap.

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6 m; }/ c: |+ Y& f  g$ g0 P( e+ t2 k那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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22.调情 make a pass at someone

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.
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23.花费 outgoings

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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8 s. \* B' U3 X- e  d2 Z( _He 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

她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

She 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

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。
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) V% x7 e# B0 c8 R1 kWhen 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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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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/ w7 x, G& L2 A0 S最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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& r& p9 }5 g" S6 M8 F/ J3 v27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

1 r4 @1 A" b& l$ J0 i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?
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28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

29.开价 make a price
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% k$ q) V* E+ \5 J我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

: i4 p& |+ a) `3 Z3 z" eI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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, _3 ~1 R' \. ^! D* Z他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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0 }" D2 n+ b) u4 |* RHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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7 _; ], V$ q7 O- ^公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去
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It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

* v6 F& a6 c0 s% b0 D32.正经人家 a respectable family
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他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。
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* x* N1 p; W6 d( o- S' hShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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& H' s. f6 J4 u, h33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
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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.

34.零花钱 pocket money
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我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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2 u8 v; P7 o) R0 t: t! MI do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.
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35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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' A1 Y' K8 ?% c% G: q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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From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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# b( B7 O% L3 ?: o0 ~- S36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。
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$ o# _" A2 Q9 f# A7 m) {* xShe took shine to him on their blind date.

3 H: v7 b7 d( I5 v37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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6 y# C* a2 r# m, w+ ~Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
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38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

! x4 y/ X( j7 y' q3 t+ P据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

39．旧情人an old flame
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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

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We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.
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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。

It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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43.有家室的人 a man of family

0 s5 W  P1 m& f+ w他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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8 _% D5 K0 J  u( T$ a" A: {44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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/ `) k  j: g& \5 }! O虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。

/ P6 t- q! T% iAlthough you’ll have to spend a large sum on sending the kid to school, you still get your money’s worth.
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46.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.