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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' ^) _9 A, d( O1 y6 h5 I3 n- D我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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9 ]" D  x8 ]  k: ]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。

Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

' b6 I* l7 r% O6 ^3 k3 t" B5 ^3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

5 q1 E1 W8 w  GLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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" I8 s1 N3 H1 Q& ^- P$ Q4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

  i6 p1 H1 t9 N: n$ `0 V0 `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?

' J0 p* _9 h* F3 X7 V5.    没钱 be broke
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! T8 H  V  S7 U8 R* t1 z; c( M7 S- d2 |我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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* B, G1 e2 N: Z+ v1 h0 PI 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
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7 }5 g! ~( o2 h& b; R你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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  a; c$ V- S' XYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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: y) \( q4 j# V, O, r7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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2 A: h4 K8 g" ?( a9 LThat shop is plain a clip joint!

8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

; L! h) W& T, I" x7 ^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。

% I- [  a# ?- l5 o" L  P3 r* O7 I1 S Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

+ s8 _% m% j9 ^5 B! t; F% q9.    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.

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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5 F; D# S9 }9 L- h  r5 fHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

( ?6 }- u1 D. e& b' T3 E' C11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

! z  W6 c7 z1 M- C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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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

6 ~: W5 d8 t9 ]. |3 }* Q我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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: m+ e6 H, y1 L! P4 C) n; [I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

2 d! Q+ {9 T0 I4 D6 t1 R: X% N13.   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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Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

8 t* j) n* M6 p) [3 D- K14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

* n& s1 G! G, O4 _. iThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

( j% ^' }7 N) \15.   婚外恋 a double life

. {- M. Q6 ^3 g4 a, Q 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.

16.   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。

4 h4 s4 j% P# S& `" O/ W' z0 k5 RI 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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17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

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

5 G0 A- a- A8 ]7 |+ f" Q1 y+ p3 s0 OThe 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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+ K2 U9 F, A2 K$ d+ I3 o; e18.   嫁妆marriage portion

  p! {( Q1 ?! J4 {离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。
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+ W: c0 B) i7 t" BOn 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

5 ?2 M4 @. {7 z6 q1 y% t在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

; T; {7 C# S) b- v9 X, I4 u/ nLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.
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21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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6 ]; l" Y! {. ]! d, b4 z, u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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) t+ |: n# i% A5 J3 o+ F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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5 d( @0 X5 V* D  QWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

% T2 m9 p' o( Q" J4 \& ?5 V6 C23.花费 outgoings

) m. l) F% F/ `7 E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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7 S$ b' N! y# T/ ^- S# HHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

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她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

9 s  M- \- Z. j  P* LShe 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

/ J7 q" c" ?. h2 Y( d* 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。

. x+ q0 s* y2 Z* u. k% C( W6 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

5 L, ~, f$ `: X9 ^& ]. |3 w/ L最后她还是把他给甩了。
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She 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？

: I. Q: ?1 c( J0 v4 C. e; w6 R' r+ xHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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( f- a! c/ e6 B28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

; d' R  x' W4 C) `6 [8 g3 H+ V一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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: X' v* @0 A/ [" V: Z7 L  OGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

$ H$ M0 E* f4 L29.开价 make a price
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% t: N/ e2 s" ~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.
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30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

# D6 P+ K; B( I, q+ u1 t他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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1 Y' N/ y, T" q( ?2 iHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

7 W- J# r; _2 ~& G: h31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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9 n" f6 e$ p, z: ]$ L/ l% W- S公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

4 I* m+ @: X$ W* ~  @ It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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  ]% z& p1 H- r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.

33.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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4 \; N. N  z/ m" x8 GIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money
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( G1 B( \& F: V* d3 Q, M8 X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.
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3 y+ j& v; S* ^5 F35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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* z- X$ t7 b2 J+ @3 h( Z2 T2 f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 .

* i: S/ z$ N3 e4 R36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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" k+ A! I7 ?4 F1 D他和她一见钟情。

She took shine to him on their blind date.

3 }1 Q7 W% ~- q! `" P/ d. P6 A37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

# f# s1 o0 o. ]% ^& F2 D4 I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

据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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7 [& g) s% L4 Q6 h6 |0 R" bIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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1 T* c( \$ X8 L: @* }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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+ F" T; _8 D, L' b5 s& X/ g" O( DThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

1 d9 c- I2 j9 [4 _' E/ ^2 U40.装修房子spruce up
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+ O; h+ E# i8 r% C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.
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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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3 T) ~5 c8 U$ \% ?' y2 D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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! V/ J+ M, X% j2 ~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.”

# V* Q! }- z7 n( n' ^# V43.有家室的人 a man of family
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2 `# X) k  J; S, c8 |  O) A他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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6 N& W" }3 [8 L* L8 |1 [5 B1 q. BHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

44.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

. |% o5 W% b4 f8 q+ JXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

& _) c& u2 R% Q2 B/ b45.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。

6 ^( N( t; }" c& q( l. l) vAlthough 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
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她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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' O& }- k, ^5 F& F; kShe is a lady without encumbrance.