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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, N1 Z( u+ I; p. _) S- T8 WI feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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2.    钱挣海了 coin money

& T6 m* e- j8 ^1 i这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。
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9 @- h1 y- D3 u3 a3 xLao 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

老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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9 I; v- X# \# h! U4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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* i$ v' R6 h- r$ `8 i5 T& D  t钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

" O: g, H* a6 [+ l2 nMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

4 `, G+ g, l  Q% {5.    没钱 be broke
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& |$ R* x: b! J( S$ V: s. p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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/ i6 g; K. {0 e8 J- Y6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

" [5 Z! ^3 e. E  U! L) T* n9 K6 D你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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/ C3 O* A9 i$ i  `  K, G" sYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

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9 E6 k% N/ ^' A. ]9 Q. z" Z5 I那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

$ y! @: A5 t: a( `4 M& E3 q" eThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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* h! C% B( I5 N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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1 c+ o1 @! }& \ 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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( O8 o( u; S4 N2 o9 S. K7 L. K9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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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

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.

1 [/ a5 `' s* k, K5 R/ r10.   发财 rake it in
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它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财
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He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

0 c0 h* I5 e( Q. K11.   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
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我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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- y6 v" S' R8 h% _6 v* l13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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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.
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14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

) ^0 t* ~  m$ J6 Y0 B- i6 a: w据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

/ t8 ~; s0 j. A; ?" F% UThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

* b. ]; f" A" Y) l- q15.   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

1 U, v0 G- C. ^People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

/ O8 C1 H: C% I3 N16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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6 q( ?& h& V0 t% U# F1 w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.

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

The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

18.   嫁妆marriage portion

  g0 k- n3 J/ m0 P0 }! b3 x' o" R离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

On 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

在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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& W  l/ t" V) I7 ?/ A( H9 W: |; ^他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.

; I; ~9 P1 s0 N5 o21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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9 B2 A, O. I' d% p5 O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.

22.调情 make a pass at someone

- o- l/ e& n3 u) J$ V8 L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.

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？

$ s' ^* o' b4 P9 x0 d2 R8 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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( a/ d+ K8 K1 \8 p% B0 {. A24.重要约会a heavy date
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她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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) d7 M% d' d- Q' S/ e5 d4 XShe 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。

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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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

最后她还是把他给甩了。
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% u9 G+ L$ o4 t1 I; I  FShe had as supposed given him the air at last.

27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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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

0 n' K$ K: Z; a4 M一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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29.开价 make a price

" Z2 a) j4 e& Z9 A5 h: K, w我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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' d, @) U3 U% ~" Q3 L% Q7 ?30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

6 f# B. d4 t3 P  C' M9 `他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

; T: D  N/ }$ z31.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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It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

32.正经人家 a respectable family
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9 k1 f+ N0 {. T* U6 N# _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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33.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

/ `! x8 d( z9 r  R2 y# yIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money

我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

( J9 A: \* n8 n, P$ jI do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

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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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From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。

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  x; ?6 a6 C$ c% L, |37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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8 d$ ]7 ]  U: r& [& pMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

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2 a/ _% S2 W" z4 f, H: ~# f据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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6 ^4 q& s. H& W0 T6 Q7 ^It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame

昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

* w2 v8 b* ~! N) @8 j" lThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up

% K. e5 t, }( T0 G" `( _这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

6 W% y; Z: m* t1 J41.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
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& g, ^" ]; g1 ~# j& IIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

7 c/ i/ C" b6 S42.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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& c2 Q0 N6 q0 l0 p, nIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

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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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! @) [' v6 j8 T6 w$ ?: I44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

1 G: J! Z9 v( A$ HXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

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.

46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

7 F( w; ~" o9 ~她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.