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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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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2.    钱挣海了 coin money

这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。
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8 l1 J' Q3 n! HLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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# e. G! u5 i* K- v3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

  y! d/ M3 V4 C老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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- ^1 c1 e4 l4 |: hLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

% T' Q* ~0 U: v9 G* o& a: X* }Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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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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* @; s: x, F5 H  z3 rI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

/ x. \2 y4 L7 y& t3 m- E6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees
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% h/ C8 i# O9 I. G6 \/ j& r你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

That shop is plain a clip joint!

8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

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Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

' D1 d2 _! D' d4 X$ f! b5 e9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

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

8 ?. |3 I0 M4 g! @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.
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: M; b1 B$ V' m; L; _10.   发财 rake it in

它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

6 k. d4 l3 B5 x+ {& Z" R- VHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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* F. e. y4 K, x% v/ t* ?11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

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.

13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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, g. {, G! m3 f$ S' A# pSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life
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; t- H$ R! U0 E9 @8 o( B( j( O 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

) S0 [% y; q! CPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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' I1 ?# t+ D' R. r7 u  T  m16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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# o% K8 K+ d- k* B1 _$ U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。
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& e: @' M: l" U. X3 FI 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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6 l% ]6 w* K: I) M0 {, w, Y3 |' {17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

+ i6 i' h- W; ?' p( \3 [- x& T! Y- `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
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/ w3 A  q3 m5 m8 j6 {The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

+ G( m/ S/ f) O18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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4 Z/ G: `- x; _( X& x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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+ s2 d: }$ d6 d" gOn 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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  n+ {3 K9 J6 ^( R0 Y/ d19.   外快side money
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在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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" U. P; G8 ]9 b. o: T2 C& bLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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( c+ e8 G( m7 \0 r9 }他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.

0 B; S# Z# W5 E0 V1 q% d21.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。

& g/ j/ `# B0 z0 K- M4 i" cThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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22.调情 make a pass at someone

) ~* V6 w6 l, n( ]% H" ^, X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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7 U. h% m; X( a$ xWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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7 n- ]: `5 D1 e7 R* ?23.花费 outgoings
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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？

He 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
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她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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2 F3 b+ D8 @. l8 [, ]9 h25.向……求婚pop the question to
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# ?# |+ D. I: H0 g1 H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。

When 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

最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.

27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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( D, B& _+ J( k1 u' z( T! z3 }, l$ h28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

! i  }( j! s* w1 q. _; v. J  L4 ]3 x29.开价 make a price

" X7 `2 s: U. j% R3 c  [3 y我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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! ?+ P0 A! @' A- o1 X& ~' S+ i% M30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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9 [  g1 _9 s9 q% v他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

5 k/ e9 d# l. d9 D( w# f# nHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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) D; ~- d' x0 X8 q1 X31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

2 M# y) r( }$ q( S  ` It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

( X/ w* m" ]1 C/ O; m1 [9 i32.正经人家 a respectable family
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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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She’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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据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

( c8 r# q' R) cIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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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.

35.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。
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+ U0 w4 y" E$ u; {& k8 vFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。

She took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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6 k2 w  _9 z2 [: Y. }, v许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

' `5 n+ S5 q1 u0 R8 [Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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( i, O; @' D* `5 s9 t4 C" F, L# jIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame
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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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The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up
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, A& B* P3 @" d3 _+ Z: w这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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) C, u( w7 o; C9 ?$ vWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

& M2 \2 Q+ a& ~' t0 [In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

$ I! w9 G  J1 L/ D& ]4 s1 g42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

) }/ K+ l5 \4 `4 o' v/ ~, d有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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# X& e! O+ O5 D8 U9 |) l43.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？

  |% V& J! m7 ?$ gHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

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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" r2 L5 O6 W+ c6 ?, I& ?Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

" x5 n2 f% ]  k2 R: J4 F45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

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.

4 L' G$ Q0 }0 l+ D  i46.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.