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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: q  `+ r1 v* u. l" S9 t　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作
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! ?, y" f+ @. a. h: M& i# E2 G　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.
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　　2.好险 a narrow squeak
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　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

; D) [& S7 H: e& m$ c1 q; N　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。

　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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　　(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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. P9 f  v0 W6 `) x9 }" u' b0 G1 O% p5 X　　4.走运 be on the gravy train
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% s/ C: b! |) s, {0 y+ G　　这几年他一直很走运
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, N$ j4 x( }2 n6 `5 E" t  i　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off

　　我又被那个家伙给骗了

! C% i5 ]) H( R　　I was ripped off again by that guy.
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　　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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' |& H2 u$ s3 ]& |, \+ y0 L　　你再劝他也只是白费力气

5 A2 T& V7 X0 |+ ~1 {　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
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　　8.命好 lead a charmed life

/ O4 r  l+ g$ S- R+ z4 H 　　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。

　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
/ ?' ?. _/ u+ D& w    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
    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

1 U) o/ T8 f# b　　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。
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  s7 R, n: o4 j6 B) ?9 o' h　　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.

( M8 Z/ ]4 B1 Y5 C; h/ M% q0 G" Z+ Q9 G4 W　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag

$ T! e, I% A  ~5 y2 k　　在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅

　　Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.

　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle
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　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的
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' W4 _" E3 S4 I4 g( Z0 `2 ?  D　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.

　　12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers

　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头

  b1 g4 O  f" ?: T( c% B　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.
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; c. E5 L' h" R' P　　13.被开除 be sacked

　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了
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7 j, p7 o+ A0 i3 U& z　　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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; A" J+ G+ H" J　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.

　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame
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9 V" {3 e6 f* W2 p　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证
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　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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! b1 t' f3 }4 L$ \+ |5 U$ x　　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.

( w1 E5 i& }8 C8 N4 \+ R( P) k　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons

8 h. [4 g4 m9 E& g3 z　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了
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　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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" U. j# U9 D$ j. ]: b' }& P　　18.没门！No way!
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% p0 S4 T) |) t2 R& J3 G　　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。

　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
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, g1 b5 ~) v5 [! w7 C6 w　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎
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　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.