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。

0 R6 J! y  m& k% XI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

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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% j( G% C5 P. p" dLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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8 X* s' |/ Y7 j  {老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

Lao 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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钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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( y# r% ^% m- _; m  SMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke
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* H/ [* M; V$ y4 M; g2 v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

" ]" Y, I3 O! L4 D% p* |1 c你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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1 w8 g1 v2 i& S% iYou 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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8 t( k+ h4 j- n- J5 \0 w- I那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

$ p+ ?6 M3 E/ L' b5 jThat shop is plain a clip joint!

8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

2 b: j- C/ N- W8 B3 t; Y5 x/ ]. h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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4 e' L7 j( T2 |, B  m9 [. P  x& R Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.
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9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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. D' z( I8 |8 J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

( T# O& a# P# P4 a  z& SIn 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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它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

+ Z, D& C) W0 K6 C# ]* w7 zHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

9 Q) p. d( X& h这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

8 h& E1 ]$ |, Z) ?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

* F4 h) r& [, @12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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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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( R0 t1 l) X  {6 T/ i13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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- b5 W. H: \1 p. t0 l+ J8 x% u% ^' M0 a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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The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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15.   婚外恋 a double life

" C1 f$ S4 ]5 R4 F9 Q& m# w 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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16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

0 i6 }4 ~& p: R4 X! z' i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.
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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

- V* z" q9 K5 Y; I( qThe 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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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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% Y; B; V- T) s+ F% ]On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

19.   外快side money

在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

. x0 x( F! Z0 w2 `2 ?( }/ NLao 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
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6 s2 Y/ S3 x# Q- a  Q# F他的那部车买得可真便宜

  x& d9 F- k# @/ hHe bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

8 p5 g) g+ Z% vThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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% E( u/ [2 ~9 B* T& t22.调情 make a pass at someone

当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

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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?

2 d! K8 w+ S6 Y+ Y7 n9 @24.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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- h4 u5 k5 l5 @$ n9 u5 [' {She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

25.向……求婚pop the question to
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  I6 K) x0 N8 z; Q2 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。

# k4 N% q0 v0 s0 k2 i; ~  oWhen he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

/ G9 O7 f. F* D! }! B26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

8 x# J; m$ S) J7 S0 U0 X/ }6 K最后她还是把他给甩了。

4 ]! Z$ O' T& ^; a! N. tShe 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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' M4 {  P% k, z0 B: Q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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# ^" h2 Q* v3 o  m! hHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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- |3 x2 m$ D( g- qGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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29.开价 make a price
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9 E3 i  k+ ^( r0 A我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

: `' F. R' b8 S' f( V4 tI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

; i3 N% ^! @; S3 i2 w30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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# D/ g; z+ {" l8 L$ V) i他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

# {. ~: s  p2 C9 DHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

+ f+ E  z& r3 s8 r# h% U) p' C31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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/ \2 Y8 Z& ~7 h- b% D公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

6 @/ z$ ]. k6 ~, l4 c3 [ It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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32.正经人家 a respectable family

9 r& N3 c2 _* o! d: h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.

7 w( R3 R# E; n6 _33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

/ s- g  t' A; XIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money

8 R5 |! A6 _4 Z' C我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

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。

From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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" m3 V9 ^& e  ]- q  E9 P36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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他和她一见钟情。
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( J! J! c+ }3 R5 I. sShe took shine to him on their blind date.

4 q  g6 k' @1 @! m- m37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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/ z0 |  q7 M! m' t' A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

据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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) y4 L% l, j* Y1 s0 D6 q6 L* k: dIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame

4 G# G7 T3 O  ?2 q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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2 g) z& k% s6 _4 o; t这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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3 V6 r. v' W  y/ c) \2 ^We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

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
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In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

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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。

It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

" f; O5 s0 s8 N1 K" }* P43.有家室的人 a man of family
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5 m8 ^9 w8 d9 {他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

6 I. K3 W1 J; H6 d" ~6 AHe’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

) w# P: g, [5 S6 U$ |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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虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。

Although you’ll have to spend a large sum on sending the kid to school, you still get your money’s worth.

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。
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5 I, p& I& \8 qShe is a lady without encumbrance.