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。
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% p" r" s) |3 i; a& BI feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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6 b) F) f  p  c" w2.    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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: @1 J/ ^6 q# l0 w' x* T7 J+ I3 pLao 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
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老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

9 U3 I* N$ X% x8 T: r# l! _  |Lao 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

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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) H3 }; Z! _" R# ]3 a/ K我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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6 I, j) H8 d+ B$ _4 ZI 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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, v9 ^. F  C' D" f你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！

You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

. r' A9 W8 N& y7.    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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0 B- O- r% i* }0 c- c& DThat shop is plain a clip joint!

: ?+ x% K- l- v8 k; g8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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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。

$ U4 Z; K9 a& Y- y: U" s 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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# W% X) V; i& ^9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

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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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

" C8 \- P2 t' E" S! o9 g# i$ {/ G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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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
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8 U2 R7 f; j/ M4 Y: V12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

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I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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3 F& y) ~- y9 I8 o6 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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+ X/ n, A- l' s14.   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。

# u' a+ J- I# L5 R& {, W6 b6 bThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life

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。
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" `. B/ C& _" aI 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.

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

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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# {: o8 ^) F7 z9 ]/ i0 q+ \. i. @On 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

, B4 X9 B" W  ]7 p% Y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

他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.
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/ \' x. M( w- c4 ?  u. N' }& ]! }21.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。

The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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# J& a) H+ h/ S2 U* t4 Q22.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。
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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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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？

) E/ d9 }4 I3 y" {4 zHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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8 a3 R5 R! g' \, ~" U& x+ r24.重要约会a heavy date

' H% A: L/ I7 L  ?% t, s# f她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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# J$ {+ T6 r  g% c. `+ DShe says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

25.向……求婚pop the question to

. z, M" l+ y" ]/ d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.

5 `: q. U5 ~" l$ t26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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最后她还是把他给甩了。
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& h) b0 Q; s# h5 }5 m' XShe had as supposed given him the air at last.
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+ e9 U/ R" L" L, r7 b$ M27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

5 E9 ~! F7 d  i9 B9 H9 B$ H+ t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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% w5 i; s/ S5 r( s: \" s7 RHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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! v; o  h( q. U$ a28.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，

9 _8 V# n* e1 j! b+ @- aGenerally 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
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我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

# U. b$ r4 _- z3 P8 rI’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

他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

9 R* k% m: f$ k4 ^& S  Y/ P/ p% AHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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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
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It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

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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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7 R# j2 W5 d9 ]8 `) XShe’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

; o' X8 i8 W. p, ?据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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" K, J; O% w3 p# b7 r4 }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.
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3 _# o! K4 l+ a35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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2 b; q- Y0 x0 U, \7 W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。
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From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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1 G8 a" w% u" A. T. g36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。

2 ]1 I% e. k6 B3 R8 _# YShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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+ c" `2 R; T/ j# ?7 ^; E& T37.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.
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: X% W% B1 V8 j! O+ v. e38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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! R* e! A  _5 [) \2 f9 N; s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.

  {% S& j0 l& g2 K( E39．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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The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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3 P# i( @; a: l6 {+ B* n40.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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$ ^2 q: Q$ Z, g. JWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

$ ^8 O1 F: G4 r  g0 f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.

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

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他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

- H% ?$ G5 X, h: D3 G  ?8 tHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

& x" l$ A/ {( {44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

3 g' i4 L. g& q+ i9 d) I小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

2 A0 C( W5 O, K: t; s2 F/ B  [1 ?; `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
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她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.