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。

I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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  ^6 |! y+ d6 K2 c  n2.    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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# L$ G& K) ?: f: Q9 PLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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7 |9 G( h0 P! P7 ?# l7 T3.    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？
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* I0 u" i5 w0 i( f# Q( ELao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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* `, c/ n3 D. P+ l3 H! Y4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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8 O( F  w- G5 H$ ^0 w. t钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

; ]5 O4 g% S, UMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

: v5 B: o8 u$ B0 z5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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' d% g* ^6 O. Y9 F  e; j9 N3 fI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

6.    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！

" R) O% M) D( [+ S& c0 r" LYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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! g* X' Q, I% B- L7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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That shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

, Y6 `$ y& v$ c3 m3 C+ v. U6 j6 M; H1 f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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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.
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5 g- T* F4 w: P& d, D8 n10.   发财 rake it in

9 j# A' X1 v- x3 c! W它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

( p$ m( ~, p4 i/ i/ r: x/ m/ t* c- oHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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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。
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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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我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

) T% k* _2 M+ e8 p) @1 z3 q. m# J& @I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

8 H% R* b& X) q$ j/ @" F! qThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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6 C* _2 B: f+ g15.   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

4 f3 I% T( b( GPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

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* y! {9 g8 }9 {, `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。

* Q$ `+ X, ]9 A/ p5 n3 n& r$ ^7 k$ {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.

17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

7 V: N) D/ C0 N( F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

9 }6 }! W, I5 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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/ c' z. ~/ s5 Y18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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( Q  L! ^. w; K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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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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( \- B* b( I4 I& Q8 W" N在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

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

他的那部车买得可真便宜

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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1 \% v3 C1 `# w( Z3 P9 aThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

2 [- d9 `* ^3 [+ J" b: w22.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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) j# a- s8 ?' p; g+ T2 w  n/ PWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

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？

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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她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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, S. {+ Z) Y6 m4 zShe 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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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。

- f3 O8 G( A5 Z# F  VWhen 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

最后她还是把他给甩了。

9 M1 i; [7 o4 \She had as supposed given him the air at last.

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/ a! {$ L2 @) i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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2 |& a6 c/ X0 P1 zHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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1 u+ e& R+ E9 A5 i, }. Y一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

' X2 U9 C4 K  S) IGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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29.开价 make a price
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9 j8 Z; G+ ]/ k1 i8 c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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$ _" s: n/ d, Q4 ]2 V9 i% n/ q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 j, ?  B) K: }4 SHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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& n* R+ ]8 m" L  [31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

/ k. t; {9 O/ D/ `( |- C) z: f% z* f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.

  A3 G& h$ M; T" [  K9 A+ D8 g- l32.正经人家 a respectable family

& P8 T) j$ ^4 A; [他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。

8 X9 H7 [( z% z# \4 ~. ]; S( z0 fShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
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4 \  h8 [. I: N2 R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.

34.零花钱 pocket money

5 E  s' g7 x1 o( N5 ^2 Z1 f" A我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

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3 G/ i# E* d: {% S$ x) Y: [$ u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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) a  `% Q" h8 p/ uFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。

She 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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据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

9 d* L; n( M  O( u8 [- pIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame

昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

& ]3 m) r7 x) S4 pThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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' G# P3 h5 X2 ~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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, ~. S! Y$ Y+ jWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

1 |, b5 }  H0 w! s+ q$ q1 b41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

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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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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。
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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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43.有家室的人 a man of family

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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) [0 a# g3 ^0 y44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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; f# C5 `, N" n8 w6 v0 K: ?小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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2 s* \2 s/ w" c1 p+ t8 y45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

, S6 @# M# x$ k& _虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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% O/ |/ A% E$ ~, @! e! d! C( c! EAlthough 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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46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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6 G; ^' C( k  v: C4 {她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

& }% C$ _" g7 e; f1 r  S' D" yShe is a lady without encumbrance.