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

6 ^% C2 s- J; ^4 _我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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2.    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!
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; e, D6 T# C9 B6 R( U3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

6 ~" K5 A6 _* X" L, K! V" n6 A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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( E& Q% y3 p* O0 |5 b4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    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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( h1 G! c! B# M8 l6 W& B3 MI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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  j, q& `; }3 h, g- Z; P6.    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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0 \; s  q8 \) n! T% s' S+ h/ b& |You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

* Z  j4 m- j# o' Y' y: M9 F. {That shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

+ m7 O; X  m4 j+ 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.
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9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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* s& C9 X1 d. _+ T! ]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.

# }' e) n2 a" i1 [10.   发财 rake it in

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.

11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

7 g4 X# l7 t% v6 sEating 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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/ @+ V& S4 `" O* |- h* J$ Y' X* p12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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  j+ E6 Z; ~- C% L& o9 O9 C# |I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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  f; V  S1 z3 r9 J13.   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
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2 [! ]+ \" `# v# \Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

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# B3 F* }  Y0 \2 A1 ?) s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
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# v" y/ {( \2 w: k4 n' a, ]People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

+ Z) l% U& P6 K, h16.   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。

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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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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18.   嫁妆marriage portion

离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

" y6 ~/ h% w3 P% {3 p: ]7 A; h2 ~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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. O8 m0 `  o5 ?( s; Z. }4 xLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

/ d8 d  a" z# \4 c20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

& o& U7 R( r* M8 Q. x2 Y, ]他的那部车买得可真便宜
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He bought that car on the cheap.
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1 ?1 \- q5 I3 T7 O3 G+ _4 T6 s. e! c6 S21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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+ z( z& {6 B/ U. G1 [5 V2 S那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

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
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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.

23.花费 outgoings
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& f7 I0 K2 Z9 h/ ]% v( }0 s: k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？

He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

6 O( a5 Z2 e4 E3 O- y+ |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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25.向……求婚pop the question to
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. \( v% u1 Y6 X. R" c! t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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5 R- V# X; I& {# O8 K8 mWhen he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

, K) ^7 w, P( r$ w26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

8 p: N% `" Y/ e% H* B1 {3 w最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.

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？

How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

+ ?& y7 Y8 h' y' t7 \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，
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9 I0 I0 V5 E5 e* ]3 a  j; p( ]Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

4 T8 {0 h' Z! X  a$ f29.开价 make a price

- J9 ?/ Q" Y% U我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

* @0 F" l1 a4 U" p: U, nI’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

  X1 _% F, U) A# W- }他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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# T- Y& i9 P. R* F7 [4 J31.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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" U7 p! k: Y( b% b- K 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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3 k0 H9 o$ E8 n) j: rShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

% ^2 B: t/ a' R+ A1 o33.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

' s4 D/ {) Z8 \) IIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money

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.

, V$ N9 s  [7 p* c( D35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

4 h( N  o- U% a- W8 L& g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。

( B) ?, Q+ I% C( cFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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) T; D7 p% e3 U0 {5 v36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

) x4 ~) `( `+ u3 N" E" }他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.
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2 ~* m/ A. P& p, M37.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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Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

; G" @) q4 V1 s- k3 G1 Z7 `- k38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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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.

, f! x# t: P% @9 h  k39．旧情人an old flame
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6 w! g' i' q1 G8 I& t昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

! s/ I( b3 M/ Z. f. ZThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

$ F7 [5 k3 \" M" N0 N40.装修房子spruce up
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) Y# {# R/ W+ e2 d( {+ m' ]这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

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.

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。

It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

* ~0 `2 m7 _* x3 H5 C43.有家室的人 a man of family
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他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

/ u5 H; r: h1 p( I44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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  G+ U  i* H) f小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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" p7 {- U7 G/ |Xiao 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。

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

5 J1 ]0 C( E* o- }她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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0 ]- s% i- E) h' ZShe is a lady without encumbrance.