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

　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作

　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.

% m+ b; S" B* I5 Q8 c/ B　　2.好险 a narrow squeak
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　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。

　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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6 F8 D- c# a# i+ x: w　　(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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8 n  j* r0 y6 z' A) b  L　　这几年他一直很走运

　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

4 N/ d( A3 _  p! ]& w1 H- e& `9 Y　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off

% [/ C- e3 v' E* m5 j  H! ~　　我又被那个家伙给骗了

　　I was ripped off again by that guy.
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- Z( q- D/ P; c3 {+ ^　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.

0 w* h8 f- p1 t7 b' A+ f　　7.白费力气plough the air.

/ j8 j( ]8 p' ~( }! K* Z. ?　　你再劝他也只是白费力气
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! }4 q( t. K! t3 \, r) j　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
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3 D& D) S9 y% T# X4 a　　8.命好 lead a charmed life
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3 c5 {0 K: [5 y! S" a& C! M 　　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。

　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
% ~8 A8 i- y$ o( ^  ~1 W& e6 i    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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　　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。

　　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.

. ^% C3 x8 Y& \/ I- |  L　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag
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　　在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅

　　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

" e# O0 U1 D( b5 B1 A4 H1 b　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.

1 g' x9 A9 y* A! h9 B　　12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers
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( X4 u5 Q* C( x: y* \9 q1 x　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头

7 [0 B. G. x3 M. v7 G  Q　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.

　　13.被开除 be sacked
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. C$ Q# L1 L' W% T3 r　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
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　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise
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　　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
    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.
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　　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

% \+ g( y4 \) k6 z$ b　　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

　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿

　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.

　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons
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　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了
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: j( I* E! T. l7 C% E& D　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.

　　18.没门！No way!

  ^% k! B" E4 R: }　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered

# J; m# }  c- P; A6 y　　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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5 r* u5 M9 |: B+ c: }　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
- {4 Q- A; h) ?, M$ d/ U# h7 ^8 V    days were numbered.

) u1 H* A4 U/ @- H7 {　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy

　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎

( d* R( ^4 N, s2 g　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.