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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2 ^8 i" {4 R: Z* M( r我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

# X" P5 ~6 x0 e' ?( ^8 YI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

5 }4 \+ P  n: g1 \1 v2 M2.    钱挣海了 coin money

) B5 N% m( g# C+ Q2 [' S1 W" o这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

9 T1 i* h) B; r5 |  n1 X* _, f3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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1 i; W) }5 e% t老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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/ P* P* S9 J* D! M- WLao 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？
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9 F8 A5 G7 N$ t5 j& u2 UMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke
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我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

- d7 Z  v. q  X( }( i6.    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！

You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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" Q4 J5 Z3 d* p2 L6 b  g7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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0 P3 p" s+ J, X5 E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!

8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

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。
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% T0 [" I6 g0 |# T! O Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

9 z7 N- {- i* W  |9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

# b( p" }  ~0 E' m4 |8 z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.

- ^+ c' m  }4 V! k- S+ l, q( H; S10.   发财 rake it in
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8 z2 H# y( N  K它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财
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2 g4 \  ?9 g$ d8 f  R5 eHe 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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# t  m9 ~6 `& v) r; @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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12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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- y+ x- F" i9 g13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

$ f! t6 V/ C% @5 n- J) J$ r# }+ G一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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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
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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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. l0 q, g$ L% B) t1 o) q$ dThe 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

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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. D+ G  b9 y, j; N+ G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。

3 i: [% f. {) ^. s7 f6 iI 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.
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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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18.   嫁妆marriage portion

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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. j. F) U% C/ A: e7 v4 M) f& ]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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+ @9 z) ^/ A" q4 H19.   外快side money
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! C( `# s5 B" k+ B& ^$ V* I在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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. ^7 {% |' }  S# \8 @  ]0 PLao 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

2 n; n. z+ P* U5 R1 X4 ?他的那部车买得可真便宜

/ R* C6 ]5 C7 T% QHe bought that car on the cheap.

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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22.调情 make a pass at someone

7 f( s. L; N/ O4 v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

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？
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; w5 s9 Z8 q, K" a" GHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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24.重要约会a heavy date

她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

! f2 x" i' d5 \* M! K) A( h5 i; K4 `1 iShe 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

5 u. o7 V& n2 ]3 B: P$ T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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! k5 I( M. X, f$ F: C9 m( Z( mWhen he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.
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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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最后她还是把他给甩了。

; C% w& O% O7 t' n7 aShe had as supposed given him the air at last.
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27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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5 ]2 q+ k4 ~% m' H+ G5 M你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

7 h7 H8 O7 B- K  w8 N7 rHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

! s0 p  o* e9 E28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

" d' u7 s% V$ \  _3 h' Q" X一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

7 ~6 r2 c- |! i1 ]Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

7 F. l! b% ]1 ^) K$ a29.开价 make a price

, p( I* N/ l8 V! ?" o: r& k我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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I’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。
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" c: k6 V, l1 ^; M+ \) JHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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( p+ x% D' |4 Y31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

  n. ?$ w7 \7 q2 K- {* [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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) }# A  Z+ C7 P  Y, O6 iShe’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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+ G/ t6 t/ A+ v: W- H据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

8 L5 v$ Y% Y3 G1 _2 aIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money

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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) @6 i/ Z* P! I35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

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。

From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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6 @5 N8 {( L- ]3 Z" i( i36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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9 @( ?5 }9 u1 O$ B8 R1 ^; X% e他和她一见钟情。

5 _, k5 x( f/ b: d) s7 w5 K- h% oShe took shine to him on their blind date.

4 l, `8 t+ @8 ~. q37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

0 h8 F" t; p$ G0 f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.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

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.
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4 e) K# e  b& n+ P; C39．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
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3 ?6 l, u' f8 O) b% z7 b* cThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up

7 c* e! q% f3 o: ^; g- f这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

3 d) U) z3 W+ u6 M- N# N# n0 I) lWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

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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- E) J8 D: x3 m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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6 K' |2 X  ~5 `+ Q, ]% F; e8 WIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

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？

He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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$ ], e# w7 o7 u$ Z- g* DXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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Although 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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她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.