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。

9 z5 V/ Y4 V! ~$ g, o3 zI feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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. h- S1 F8 x8 n" W( m2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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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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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

老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

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Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke
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' F* Q) ~: _, {  f. p- g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

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.

8 [8 X1 M& J+ A4 _5 h- s$ o7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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  f( Q" Y5 O& F$ q. A0 P& a那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

That shop is plain a clip joint!

8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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4 p8 J" F0 l. t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.

' t" \5 j* J: ^/ N9 W: Z6 H9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

+ c( D5 F# I( I* C3 _8 o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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: ^. @6 ~8 \3 e/ v$ QIn 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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% Q9 X) `+ M6 o. Q' y+ y1 Z5 S它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财
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! q  b5 J( @/ D- lHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

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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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0 f( [1 r4 Y7 I' ?* O) yEating 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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我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

. S4 ]- l7 l4 Q13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

5 e& c6 W: b1 o9 U% LSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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) _! _* a* Y  |: V, \! B# C14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

  }2 `' k4 Y5 ~( C据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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  e- w: m. D! e' HThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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2 Z% ~* `# L. ?: \  P* r3 v15.   婚外恋 a double life
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2 Y9 W  F5 ~  L' [2 Z 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

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。

9 I$ m1 z0 K& c& P7 K3 xI 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.

6 V4 ^. w% d7 O) D5 B0 |, n17.   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.

18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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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.

19.   外快side money
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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.
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20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

  j, {; q8 B3 q  a5 U. @他的那部车买得可真便宜
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) U  z& r* Y6 M  ?( b6 n. ]. t2 rHe bought that car on the cheap.

6 \# d! \/ O3 i" z. E21.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。

3 z' J( J) }6 b% O% MThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

22.调情 make a pass at someone

- J" W( X6 A& x0 S" E2 g当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。
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$ W% G& [+ y, O9 F% ?& cWhen 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
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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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He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

24.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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She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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7 D" I) F* M2 [! S4 J25.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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3 n- Q! W; ^9 b8 |* XWhen he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

最后她还是把他给甩了。

! W! i, m0 k! P8 K$ u0 qShe had as supposed given him the air at last.
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27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

0 }: t5 z( X1 ^( NHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

* Z' x4 w) b8 n; Z28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

& p$ c  X5 S  V8 I" C一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

+ A; ]7 K4 p& B. G  S; R* ^Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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9 e: J8 H7 n' D; o" ]7 h29.开价 make a price

我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

4 Y/ e0 E( n4 Q30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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* c4 E; p) `6 q% s他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

3 y4 \, @3 R" p4 ?His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

% B8 ~1 ^* [( j) r31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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/ _! o: F$ C! p! ~3 J公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

/ R% w& S/ R" D 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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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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She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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0 T: C5 F$ ^8 U7 Q) y33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

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

# K7 u  L# l2 L; H+ }( m  D" _% q我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

3 W4 B" J1 z0 I1 g5 G35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

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。

0 o  [) y2 n; X0 \/ a/ l/ wFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

6 U# _1 x% `3 D. `/ Q7 s36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

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

& y6 u( P$ m& y. {1 VMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

, ]* s7 |) \3 I  s# K6 b, O38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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' b* G$ {$ W. z& @( ^' ?, z: X据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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- ^% X9 b, [& f+ v39．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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) \( i5 F* G$ g# H( P) pThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

0 b- g( J8 v% @. g6 h/ @. A7 K6 m40.装修房子spruce up

; p# R# n, b/ b" [这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

, p4 M2 r# y) K9 T8 [0 n2 u5 b41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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6 z# K# x  u  u* |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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In 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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8 @3 [7 J( ]" V' G* h7 ?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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7 m) e" ~8 Y4 m% W5 B$ h, M" e  r43.有家室的人 a man of family
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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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  |* _& E0 E7 \1 M+ Y: F4 ^- I44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

1 d8 d9 m, H2 A3 ]% F- O( N: o. SXiao 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

: n: b3 X7 r7 W, C0 p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. j3 c: B9 Q& q. J* j& V46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

+ D  v7 Q# e3 O8 a  rShe is a lady without encumbrance.