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

我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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' T1 ~( L# q: k( K4 II feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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- _' v8 }9 z. }4 D8 a- p2.    钱挣海了 coin money

8 A! _- _2 f1 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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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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- v1 t6 a5 J+ Y0 z3.    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？

+ h% W0 n* V9 y- j2 d2 B' TLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

# X) s+ W2 }3 J- F) m4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

6 }# c2 z* }$ Q3 P( ~- Y- f' \! ZMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

  p2 @; D7 k% \% R8 N+ GI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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) M. ?& X  X! v$ J3 I! e  O6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees
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" }6 n0 {2 b9 c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.

5 b! E7 Q% q8 S2 l7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

) }6 s( D& P3 I9 z% |" r那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

" o  N: K7 Q& p. U2 aThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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" F8 c% b/ L' x$ l$ l" }7 X3 l8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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9 B- Q' `: h4 _: Y; P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.

9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

$ y/ J, T3 }4 w" n+ x  H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.

10.   发财 rake it in

0 ^( S& {% x1 r/ m( D/ ~1 ~  D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.

" c1 K; w0 p, p7 I) p# V! X11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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1 @4 v9 m" m. z  Z3 Z+ @6 J8 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

  S8 V4 w7 ^* K5 {4 E12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

: y5 B, V: a$ |) }8 ^7 x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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13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

' S# P* T. M, C% m一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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" X  v  y, l! g8 xThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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! r! q6 V4 T9 ]! ~% K15.   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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People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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$ E  `6 Q$ `. v1 d) k8 n3 E16.   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。
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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.

; I1 q2 H0 B5 \  w; X6 j" U+ B17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

' {5 i5 Q( T4 R; P9 u9 u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

! A9 ]  N  o3 C& w( B8 }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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离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

- F# P1 O( A- h) tOn 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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19.   外快side money

; [7 `: d  ~: U! Y& Z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
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# x7 L' ~+ P  H" I他的那部车买得可真便宜
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He bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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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.

7 {% }0 X  {  ~) A6 ^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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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

# @0 A8 }4 z" M8 o) P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.

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。
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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

4 O9 I6 q3 ~+ b  n( m最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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# a1 x. J/ x2 c) J27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

, ]2 L& I: X/ W$ f$ J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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. E9 P, ?" z8 ]1 T4 C0 ~$ wHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

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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4 }% b; Q8 y0 rGenerally 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

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.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

' q# \: ]# k9 j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.

31.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

8 _  C/ O( X/ X$ m It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

, V9 `" Y4 d3 G& F3 w8 N32.正经人家 a respectable family
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( ]; |. q3 R6 [$ e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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. C% w- j, V, P$ S33.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

# K6 }' G# g& G& K7 eIt 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

4 Z; t# a+ F+ x6 l, G8 pI do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

35.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。

% I8 [2 ^' W" p* R# O2 ~. NFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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; ?5 }3 h# b+ a2 k5 H7 N36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

3 |2 a! O' b: x2 R% ~& P) I他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

, d5 o% R, C3 ^! D  G7 C37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 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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* w' N1 D$ c6 g% E: d6 WIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame
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$ A6 G9 X4 z8 i4 _2 G& _昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up

这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

: m+ v: C, l  |# K8 J" A) o( K4 yWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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$ Z2 H3 r1 Z9 l, H# n) X! N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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( o+ I: m4 f8 H% q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

8 ?; i* `+ U- B2 {6 s他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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  o3 F' Y- E% J9 N, CHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

) j# m  S. F9 _/ y44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

, n* O/ j9 i+ s  a7 E小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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5 |: w; i# q$ q( r) Q, ^Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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* [1 D( O0 V$ g0 K+ S, C45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

# ]/ S, ^; U* X. V; ~$ V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.
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: \0 Y8 h& v% m5 ]0 H$ X5 [! {46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

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