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如何地道表达:工作,机会和运气

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1. 前途远大 have the world before one
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) ]) h0 T, }7 s0 B$ f) y  你们的前途都很远大,但仍需努力工作
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  v2 u0 D! N- A' V! v3 r  You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.% c& b# F$ P- W! U% Z6 L' `  t
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  2.好险 a narrow squeak3 P8 F+ Y. v% X+ s& e" x
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  3.手气好 have the Midas touch' k$ I# R2 n( y. Y, D
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  王先生的手气特别好,干什么都挣钱。/ s7 S* S# E+ ?' Z5 \8 E8 z
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  Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.) G$ A  @4 }4 T
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  (此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量,任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金.后来,Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了); z) J4 z# h$ k; l3 T* O

3 P8 _+ G" E: U! A7 s  4.走运 be on the gravy train/ L# [9 ~' p9 d

7 H% y  B% I0 T& ]+ u; b' w5 k  这几年他一直很走运
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  He’s been on the gravy train these years.
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' P' X4 f+ `# r! z; `  5.让人给骗了 be ripped off% b7 h4 e  u( _9 H

4 f8 [( X! u' O2 `  我又被那个家伙给骗了
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  I was ripped off again by that guy.1 M; U9 p+ k% w$ G- a) S, P$ M

  [; {6 a' G2 o  6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.3 Z/ B4 q# x. O6 Y
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  7.白费力气plough the air.2 T7 N+ b% m$ T9 Q, q$ s
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  你再劝他也只是白费力气' S  C% l" r9 _" j
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  Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.% y: }+ X: p% c8 n/ h

0 N. ]7 @2 B' z# O  8.命好 lead a charmed life
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  他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员,妈妈是公司的总经理,自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。
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8 \; k, Z% ^& G( [2 Y; \; U2 w  His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general- P7 g7 h+ \. \/ W( Y& \
    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
2 g- H8 u% ]: o4 R! p5 m+ F& l6 u    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading( p& e- W8 q* h: _9 h' ]+ u9 j. U
    a charmful life!3 B: r  L: c' o+ ]: x+ t; y# b9 e

" |+ q0 m' w) Y8 e  9.倒霉 get in the neck
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+ G! h& b( @  p7 R% U" a! m' i  在家里,如果孩子们打架被父母发现了,倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。- C7 Q' F$ a$ U
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  In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
9 m* i6 B/ I% F7 ^. a# W) q0 Q    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.4 O# y) l8 o! o! z$ Q
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  10.背黑锅 hold the bag
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4 S. ?& e* }2 }# }: ~: ?  c9 P  在任何的情况下,我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅
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  Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.
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  11. 有利可图的事 an angle
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  无利可图的事,那家伙是从来不会干的' g) Z+ M8 C  @! U0 ~$ U% @2 C0 U
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  That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.5 `6 _7 I9 u8 c1 q

' i+ L6 `( C$ k  12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers
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; @. ], g8 g$ @1 c( u- P  以前,我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头  W3 H& W2 P9 L4 t$ l+ J

/ h; D6 \$ r% b4 L$ U2 ]1 l' f) I  I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.! S- ~; k+ L2 w0 x; D2 `: n' G
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  13.被开除 be sacked
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  他因为玩忽职守被开除了7 e, {% P- S% a3 P6 e" M/ H- E4 u
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  He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.) k4 r. C6 y! Z: S" ?8 S; Z7 F
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  14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise/ G0 `& X4 `, \; c* J

& l& D0 z* c  S. i! D6 B, M2 N7 l/ t; l  他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了:住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了
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0 k1 k$ v7 G2 b. N) ?5 |8 z  He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
( L  i4 s8 Y# d  ?" K, Q& l1 @9 B    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.* a2 Y( p" H" H  X* @. Y6 m

: {( o3 l3 X& Y. m! j  15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame
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  老张就是个一夜成功,一举成名的典型例证; r$ m/ U9 F- W3 F" D0 ^

2 x) `0 J6 t2 O- c0 C' r  Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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  16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon
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  这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿
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- _1 b6 x5 K. p  This is a chance once in a blue moon.$ C5 P9 k7 Q& o4 l0 B

9 Y$ h) [, d9 @3 m2 F  \  17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons
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+ G/ [" U- ~6 f. q  他肯定能通过这次的考试,这是十拿九稳的了
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  I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.  F# `4 d# y6 h3 Q1 w

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  19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered5 }& x7 W4 t2 P1 q- P. n
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  他意识到自己好日子没几天了,不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。5 E& P) |- F5 P, I

5 P3 S; s- D3 t3 }' J' v. ]; `  He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
8 N2 y  T: V) r6 @! ]    days were numbered.
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  20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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  依我看,他们的成功有点玄乎1 X  F. H! s6 D+ p0 n

) ~5 D4 P/ ?5 N1 L! s0 X$ U( s  As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.
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