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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　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作
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　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.

　　2.好险 a narrow squeak
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4 Q8 O; @# v, g　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

' `5 @! F5 d0 v3 J8 A　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。

7 D4 p  _6 D8 {% l　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.

　　(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)

　　4.走运 be on the gravy train
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　　这几年他一直很走运

　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.
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　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off
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　　我又被那个家伙给骗了
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　　I was ripped off again by that guy.

5 s( z( F+ e' v5 r  {! q* S　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.
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　　7.白费力气plough the air.

　　你再劝他也只是白费力气

　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
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　　8.命好 lead a charmed life
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; W6 Y. E5 O/ A" f4 d1 ] 　　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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/ @6 R* e( F1 o$ F  Q& p6 J! S　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
0 n7 w- C% A* b) M$ N, N) M4 {    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
    a charmful life!

　　9.倒霉 get in the neck
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- O  q* `4 |+ e  o( o　　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。
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; w3 Z* ]/ I- l: I　　In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.
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0 y$ J# A( @$ X5 E　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag
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) G8 H' f. U+ l1 }* Y　　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.

　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle

　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的
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　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.
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　　12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers

* \7 ~* x: O2 h( n% S) A　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头

　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.
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4 \- r, P% D$ D; g7 p3 g; P$ E　　13.被开除 be sacked

　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了
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# M0 f' }7 y/ Z  t　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.

　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise
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* X$ S- {; O- O- u/ U　　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

　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
0 Z% _0 d6 q8 j. c    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.

　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame

　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证

　　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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4 y& f0 F- I! v$ t　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿
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) R1 ?) |7 }5 p; A　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.

  }. _+ F; i! x7 C4 G　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons

　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了

0 g* o/ B* f' I- K　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.

　　18.没门！No way!

( u8 z0 D3 a+ c7 G5 S. E1 n　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered
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3 g8 z. @' k! f　　他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。
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1 l) N  o( P3 I( ~! q　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
    days were numbered.

　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎

　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.