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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8 l' @& s  z9 S1 R$ M4 S我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

2 H  {2 R- _3 X3 v3 zI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

2.    钱挣海了 coin money

7 T# b* V' B5 \  R" Q' J/ F这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

/ x3 B' [- J5 x( O. qLao 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 o0 f: H+ v/ Q% O! j. S. `& t' |3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

  p" N/ W) \" @, g8 R* Q老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

& [( t! \; a0 A' j( F. V: FLao 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

2 l. D; r. J1 j7 v- ~& e钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

) O- f2 t8 n  YMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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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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* M: R& q2 U! |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

2 ^% A7 X) m/ B# H你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！

; ^$ ^0 w0 p! d5 K& s+ ^, bYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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  |8 ~6 u4 U: Z3 X0 L那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

That shop is plain a clip joint!

9 \0 \( M0 g. P& J. c  P) S8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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+ r; Z2 U; p1 `& D" _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。

  u" |; E- ~2 p# o Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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- w: g* B( Z# T9 G! s+ n' L' b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.
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. E( q4 T, J: Y* d+ d% W! i- D10.   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

He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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0 q- _. A/ L; i2 k) i- y& B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

12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

: C: h2 E% D7 D4 }4 }! P# K7 r我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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# Y  q2 V% P- s# Y1 N6 GI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

# `& o' @* [' d! ?: \( o/ A13.   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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* X  d. Z- X& N% ?Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

. V# J# @& S' _8 Q" p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.
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3 ^" |6 G! F$ k5 }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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9 n! r# M2 D& `; K  L4 o1 b; hPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

) t! k6 O: P4 @3 z2 c1 p( e1 e16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

) U. N% {& u% I9 d% N# Z; t. 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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* E$ O2 q$ d8 }# X5 }& A, U- 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.
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% k' g" b/ i! b0 b1 D7 Z17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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# S1 A  ?% x1 c5 c: U' @" \3 A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.

18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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# |+ F8 Y1 e$ e- v6 `; {. Z8 ^1 R离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

5 `" h4 I% S3 eOn 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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; y. f3 l! o. I) ?9 r2 \4 k19.   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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他的那部车买得可真便宜
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3 A6 U# E1 d2 l; H' [: t+ nHe bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

/ ?+ A0 ^1 J/ ?2 x  h那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

% O( N  v. z$ B  `7 W6 ^5 N6 u  RThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

- y; P0 T. N  ~1 d. x" L22.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.

# D) ]6 [& p( V1 F7 n3 Q/ R23.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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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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  m$ ?; T/ k/ c24.重要约会a heavy date

! X$ k1 z5 Y5 y# K, {) }她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

2 ?+ R3 u. Q( }. R# n+ |She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

" b1 A" p3 B9 A% N6 T" j4 P25.向……求婚pop the question to
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0 ~+ A# \1 n7 d+ \  w* X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。

8 w8 Q# Z0 f  A+ T% A3 S( p0 ZWhen 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
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6 Z$ U0 `6 z7 N- @最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.

* k- D8 F# u. [+ E4 T5 ^1 e1 @2 K27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

1 Z6 _* f8 w9 m$ I9 d7 e! Q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?

  M9 Z2 \7 e, Z: Z28.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，

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

4 G) s8 |: b$ ]7 o- |9 h% j29.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.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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% W' Y6 K" @$ A9 `: SHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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- D8 i% b' w) D; Y/ i31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

) [/ Q  t/ X8 a1 U. K+ h+ S It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

32.正经人家 a respectable family

; Z4 `3 z! {% p6 h; t( {5 d" Q. U他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。

8 v, y: c6 B* m) o0 w; [4 s7 vShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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: C0 q% V, b" p8 ^33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
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2 M* Q( P( P3 C+ M) X2 v据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

7 o1 A2 o& a1 f, l! fIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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' R. `+ G& G$ w& }34.零花钱 pocket money
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& ~# @! M& G9 g0 ~2 \0 b! l我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

- B# o( t2 t, XI 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。

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

' X1 b3 t* B3 f# b: ]3 n36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

: R5 d# ]( p( c+ |$ Y9 y9 r7 }他和她一见钟情。

& c9 n9 ?- X* x! E/ bShe 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
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Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
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38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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! N5 E  D& v8 T  b9 T* O据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

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

$ x1 a8 i7 B3 Y) H4 Z! Y) g39．旧情人an old flame

6 r. J/ `$ ~# Z4 R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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" [4 C7 v% y5 S) GThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up
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这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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) w/ t* |9 X* \& ^We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

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.

; f/ ?) ^2 Z. g42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

" O" A- \5 h9 I. ^; M2 Q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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It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

43.有家室的人 a man of family

' V: V$ J. u# I) m' a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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44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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# Q$ S4 t2 ]/ o, cXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

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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

8 K( T# t! m6 Q, L- d1 C! F4 w3 k她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.