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

　　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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　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。
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　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.

+ b) ^* t" ~6 f0 E" m- `9 j　　(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)
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6 [* u! x) l7 M8 u　　4.走运 be on the gravy train

0 W; ^, h& s6 S6 \# {: {" W: |: {　　这几年他一直很走运
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' @+ m4 n9 t9 G1 z! W+ e　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off

: Y" H. r0 P0 C7 a* F　　我又被那个家伙给骗了
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　　I was ripped off again by that guy.

! a, o3 G; n4 O1 F　　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.
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3 s3 J. r8 U) f# T6 i　　你再劝他也只是白费力气
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" D4 Y3 A9 j0 J" u* Q# C　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.

　　8.命好 lead a charmed life
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7 q/ v2 A7 a& [, t2 T 　　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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　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
7 E, k" L3 t7 N0 [2 I: X0 }% s    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
" ^4 O/ Y9 l) i* L  q! W" I    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
    a charmful life!
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　　9.倒霉 get in the neck

　　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。

& B7 p, D3 u" ~6 o. X8 A, o  d　　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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( O9 X# V# ?2 {+ O& E　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag

　　在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅

0 Y# _8 L, D! B9 j/ h, M; \! V  q　　Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.
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5 I4 R9 J( f3 O; l# \  U* C& D　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle

% C- E9 N0 ?  ~2 y　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的

　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.
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　　12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers

4 R9 R9 s/ |7 A! Q1 ]/ K　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头
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　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.

　　13.被开除 be sacked
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9 ~7 e4 ^" m! N) _0 f% X) X　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.

　　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
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　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
6 k3 T* D# V2 n    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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% Z) V$ ^3 H2 I! J5 n2 E( X　　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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7 X* U; t. O* t/ u1 \, x4 E　　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

　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.
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  v, R% z" M$ p3 `, e& r) j6 G　　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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, p4 j7 ^! j0 Y5 l　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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　　18.没门！No way!
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　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered
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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。
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　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
5 T& O$ D; |, |0 _5 Y% ]1 x    days were numbered.
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4 P! x5 W- o- I0 a  v　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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0 C6 v2 ~, U, @* z8 V$ ]1 [　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎

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