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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我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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2 V* S- ]( _4 |4 ^I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

9 M2 S; F  E* N* C6 C9 W8 A2.    钱挣海了 coin money

6 [- G, M' y$ Q. k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!

3 \7 ?% Q  c& T( Y5 |, h3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

( ~! R. W  i: V! `% W4 b2 \老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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7 c( [  f  H" m% lLao 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
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8 L6 s* @7 C0 X! t% `' H& B1 [钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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" u5 A/ o% Z: f! AMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke

- _7 q* z( J* W/ Y6 S7 ?我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees
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你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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- t  l; L. e0 F' s1 ?) DYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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9 S" H  P/ e: `- I% J$ E4 ?那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

' _4 E  }6 X. D% r1 _$ ?That shop is plain a clip joint!

8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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! H$ a0 t; T9 X$ \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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Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

2 K9 M0 u6 N7 ^: ~9 K9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

# f, ?4 J( W/ ?# Q. B" n, p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.

0 K* U1 h5 L$ x5 p10.   发财 rake it in
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! W) D' Q; z7 J2 |8 H0 c' L它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

) |2 [+ b# j; ~+ o; n- }11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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* O: e. o/ c" T' O- l* `, z$ a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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. n. X/ b) ]! `& w) SEating 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

3 |. f$ E" `2 |0 S" ]0 t12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

/ y2 u; N) R: e- _! R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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3 ?4 S; j% q: g5 R- k3 ^13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

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) w7 v2 g' f; E( d( w据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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0 S+ w( d' o& P1 pThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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2 r  r# Q& V+ X1 C15.   婚外恋 a double life
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7 Z# s1 a6 b6 G; Z' F2 j 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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0 \: Z% @0 A, p0 h& T: c16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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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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I 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.

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
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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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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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19.   外快side money

6 I, U; ]) I) }! L7 e在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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; B) S1 v8 B0 U- y6 X' l7 V$ iLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.
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. W) d" G* _/ q% j$ P) V20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

他的那部车买得可真便宜
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! x! m8 }+ r4 B% gHe bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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$ m+ Q) N# s/ f$ ]3 R  e% ~/ F那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

  X' z' i; f! v! sThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

0 n( \, @# u! v22.调情 make a pass at someone
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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
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$ U. e( E- G# s. {! f+ Z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？

2 T7 |6 Q# d! b- ]He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

24.重要约会a heavy date
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$ c7 e& A" S- X$ {0 o% o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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0 y6 Q4 F9 V1 }2 K$ {  S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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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
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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？

6 Z! W$ n0 {( L& J* }How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

4 N; |. M2 @$ d# G. L& L28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

, ?2 ~6 L* [8 \8 D0 A一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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! C1 @+ a% b, Y$ Y; A! q9 W29.开价 make a price
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6 J1 C# i3 h  L% ^我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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+ B* B( b4 y! K; T4 PI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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  \1 o3 Z# b' I/ r# s4 s30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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9 ^5 V! q+ V( ?; x他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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% b7 `& m  T5 X* H. {6 rHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

$ R) K8 P) N: y( x/ E$ U31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

, m. g: f. w$ ]2 {6 A4 n公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去
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' Q$ U4 b8 p6 I. Y8 _ It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

% Z4 }3 j7 t1 N) {1 O* [32.正经人家 a respectable family
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  |5 n# c: p# t8 }/ D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
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( J9 g9 I) h7 A! F& _It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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8 ]% q! N2 ]  H: e34.零花钱 pocket money
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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.

, i- Y7 D% C! s9 H  q1 @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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$ R/ Y5 Z8 T1 E! ~# i/ Q9 KFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

# }) a, B/ Z. ]5 O. @36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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5 S$ X# _# B1 p许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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  |) l2 U) h5 d5 O/ t& E8 {4 W据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

39．旧情人an old flame
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* d9 ^/ M8 E' H6 Z  K& |1 i昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

8 I( m2 q6 P2 zThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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+ F' Q# G) ~/ `7 ?) g40.装修房子spruce up

这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

- G" v( v4 ~8 S; N; r41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

# \! Z; z& g5 N. w, N近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了
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- G* N' ]3 \0 ~6 E; u- FIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

: E5 h9 h1 ^4 t- Q; F' O9 N' G1 V6 w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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- M0 A6 B/ ~8 J, q: a( jIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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43.有家室的人 a man of family

6 j, I5 Q; q! c% ?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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9 Z0 h: |. o9 [, G& l% P1 ?Xiao 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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+ c: B  Y! C# u  S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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6 Z' Z/ S5 N& ^/ k% ^8 C: ?46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

# B% g# C5 I4 IShe is a lady without encumbrance.