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

我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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9 j5 \* D. Y5 @) d) {/ E" HI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

3 `, s$ p1 F, d, J3 P& _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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- L& _" j, @* \7 h2 X! S8 zLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

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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, [2 G4 P: M: Y4 EMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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7 S" K2 d" ]3 B- ^5 J5 X5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

; N6 |# n- }' \) J" H, _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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% b$ q. P  K$ L1 V4 l$ p你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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0 ~4 v/ j" B4 R9 `You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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" r5 c  z" ?% J% r' m$ y7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

4 w  ?+ i; [* M3 zThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

; Q* `1 u; E7 F& J/ _6 x& R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.

9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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5 c! P0 T3 i; q7 E3 M; x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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- |4 w3 l8 |8 r  \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.

  M% U2 T! X4 _( f% v0 @+ W10.   发财 rake it in

; g2 Y% z$ \, l( j% Y1 j. i* b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.

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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5 l# f' `  n2 QEating 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

/ E$ U6 p: q- T5 A! s( GI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

3 _, T4 ]0 J% G$ e" l) n13.   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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Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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4 V+ S7 z+ y" R5 i14.   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.
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3 v9 @. v; f% F9 i1 W) H8 m, K15.   婚外恋 a double life

我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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4 e, n- A7 X5 h7 gPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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16.   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。

! \- U# z1 c* uI 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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, V( W, o, j* ~9 y, a" d" T% d17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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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

2 ]/ h' B2 e# S+ ]" e6 {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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; X1 |) \# h1 ~, w3 F9 v2 b1 v18.   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。

$ R+ p6 B* ~1 w# eOn 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
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, z0 o! B) z4 W) W( Y! c在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

$ t! f2 g! e" s3 `4 l20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

9 j+ S4 ~7 w% ~他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.

0 }/ G: G& B/ B9 p21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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8 K' w( Z. o" H2 k4 ?那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

! i, @3 H: ]$ ~# e$ |The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

8 g3 M1 U6 X! C0 X, M5 p- ^22.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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" n  X7 T8 T! F; e4 G! R  T# kWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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23.花费 outgoings
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) Q3 Z0 f2 P& L9 v) D! Q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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7 c4 W8 }7 ]) c  @9 BHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

, `8 j* z1 g2 v  y# }; f) w; j24.重要约会a heavy date

她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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# I8 \0 a  |$ cShe 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

* F* N9 V0 M  d9 k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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最后她还是把他给甩了。

: |; J3 ~% q9 N% F; W$ H! VShe 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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你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？
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( v/ x  {1 d1 M. y( ~/ O% z/ c5 d, jHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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- |( L2 l7 E' y8 W6 g: V5 ^- _28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

% K# F( m: k5 F+ \一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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6 h& q8 Q! W6 i% G1 J9 K& v* G0 OGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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! ^% M% Y" z8 a& b) a6 Q4 R5 F29.开价 make a price
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我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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  f& Q5 l  o: f5 VI’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
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% A- U9 N; |9 ?他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

" [# u- E( ]5 o% A3 @His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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. U1 w) [+ K* o# @4 v4 }3 m7 H公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

32.正经人家 a respectable family
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1 U' y/ ~+ @+ _/ e# L1 X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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4 ^0 _0 D) G- h* V7 S33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
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: h: a, |' }) n" q. p% b# x据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money

" H1 N; e  l( b* c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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35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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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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From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

+ k2 x! h+ A. j2 ?# ]他和她一见钟情。

5 G; @2 c( \& k2 YShe took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

5 J% M. H0 g! }8 Q2 W/ U许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
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38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

# ]# o/ C) t3 X0 ]: w; U* r" `据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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8 f; s: E; a: N. V- k" hIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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8 d, |# B$ ?! j1 m39．旧情人an old flame
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  f/ F9 C% Z. h9 I) D+ d昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

4 C7 Y7 E0 J. Z+ o- eThe 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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这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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# N0 @8 t2 R$ s9 p* r41.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
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; `: o/ K/ g) j% Z# M' [: EIn 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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有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

3 j  j6 N# o( P! I6 i3 n7 PIt’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?

44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

  B- \5 p/ ?3 y* N4 W& s) L& G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

' t+ U6 K- g- E' R7 W她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

! Z+ U8 r2 D% LShe is a lady without encumbrance.