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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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。

Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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0 V/ z6 d9 M! b3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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. F; x2 _+ `: s2 @Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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( Y  X& ^; e' O) O8 I& L1 U4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

9 Q" s, F: c! s; q& }/ M- `) V- d* z/ t! w钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

+ I/ I2 I! c' {2 d4 S5 ~* F; P$ uMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

0 E! ~( I- y& l6 }; f$ w& AI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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5 ?$ N0 L+ ?4 A. c$ A6.    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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You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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That shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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" B; G6 j0 h! h+ V5 [' o% s  t- T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。

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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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.
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10.   发财 rake it in

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. a2 \- J. X( Q. k2 hHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

4 y0 i& E! w, o- H- K' M这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

: h) V; h, |- ]+ g7 M6 @: x9 KEating 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

8 {. N8 |; d: g! L* E12.   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.

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1 T3 z! c% F. g6 `, r% i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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* f; Y4 X! X3 x, m7 L14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

. ^- {" `- C2 J5 z- L! ^' H据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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& m3 ~/ k7 V& O. f$ k/ g: ~# O: NThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

" t, r, z9 m3 ?15.   婚外恋 a double life

/ _; c0 ]! F) {8 F 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

  s1 {( _8 l; w7 |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

' ^8 X' d" J2 H) o# h$ C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。

% d' E1 C$ z  T9 [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

7 C8 Y% ^- y3 j. P/ L3 C& ?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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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
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7 p& P8 I$ y0 F7 w. r) a在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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+ j. o' W7 h& ~4 r& ]Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.
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, ]1 v. }. C( R* b6 }20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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他的那部车买得可真便宜
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& ?; P3 c% r" p- K0 lHe bought that car on the cheap.

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1 [# ]& I) }# M7 b. U6 b/ }那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

) f5 n, _- ~1 L$ G9 FThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

22.调情 make a pass at someone
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0 o- o# ~, E/ x- k8 n" G+ {* N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.
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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？

* }+ X1 g' |7 SHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

! N; H3 Y% m, x, Q6 \* E* `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。

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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' [' w! i* ?3 q/ P! C8 x) n$ \) D. f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.

3 D- i( z7 q: C) |) m* d/ }26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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. ~( @. w7 w$ T! O最后她还是把他给甩了。

& ~5 _# n  M- s9 x$ m  u. \She had as supposed given him the air at last.

27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

% O7 J7 G) T4 T& y+ T; Q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?

28.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，

+ A; S/ ]5 ~$ S  O- O1 e# MGenerally 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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我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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8 h. O/ J- A3 A8 W2 [% a3 o30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

31.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

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

32.正经人家 a respectable family

# x8 j" E! e% x4 {8 ?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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' Q0 p$ [( J& f$ ^8 Q) RShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

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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) V+ @  g- J+ qIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 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.

, ?" m2 q2 Y/ {% _4 l$ H  A+ w0 W- c35.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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5 I; P6 }6 r+ ]1 G$ Q- S4 XFrom 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

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

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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
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0 l2 J$ m! Z6 [0 A3 N38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

- L$ o( E4 I. ~# [( Y( g据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

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

+ ^) Z8 S; X* ~; \, f8 ]" X39．旧情人an old flame
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9 J' Z& P( C! w# T4 y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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4 e8 G2 G8 B' H8 V! L/ dThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up

8 r2 T0 l4 T! K/ S/ f- I1 w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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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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/ D8 f3 t0 v7 _" B( L' v% z8 D5 k近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

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

3 D, L9 N, ]" C) I42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

: o- e8 L6 L7 b  Q1 W有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

! V* v' w  B( R$ |; n' g: _It’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

/ l. W5 y- X' t" |4 Z2 B" B- {9 U) ^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.

' G9 G; a/ a" ~6 [* M45.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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3 i" k& Y( F+ Z+ sAlthough 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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她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.