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

- b) a; b/ S0 b1 F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.

. b. l& R) Y2 N8 H! |" g2 E2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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% Q3 V* R2 e+ g$ `. T4 v7 e) G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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% C, U9 J7 L: }3 F* Y$ MLao 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

5 f! N0 D  n' u0 A1 x老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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3 j; j4 j& s- N5 d& R% ?Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

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？

0 F4 n; d. l6 }8 L$ {) nMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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/ N  K7 ]3 g# b% v8 a+ W+ ]5.    没钱 be broke

8 o: F1 l* O- L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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2 B" h/ o" V0 L: E% `, S6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees
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$ v! X/ {, f1 R3 b: L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.

7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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$ _9 @* S$ c! T/ I; Y那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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7 p+ |# [( M, b8 \5 _4 H' hThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

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.

) g. @/ S: R6 v, n9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

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

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

! H- [6 v7 o: T! d! y  Q* 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.

% X7 N5 O! _( b- y8 }11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

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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% V( e) z: o" I& ~0 c  }; GEating 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

0 ^* G. T1 V3 W# z; g  u. s; T5 p12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

! j7 T. `5 e# a0 y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.

13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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9 m; ~% s1 T% o$ ?一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

+ G5 O9 z& C. u0 s( U5 j/ lSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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4 C5 i* m8 N: ]( ]* {0 L5 MThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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15.   婚外恋 a double life

我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

0 h& @% O; a+ G2 a7 R9 @$ W% qPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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3 u) j$ P$ j4 r% N% P3 ?16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

5 \0 C+ k$ c2 b$ {. l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。

2 V9 m. ~4 k4 ^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
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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
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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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1 t3 Z6 s  n$ n" x0 R18.   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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8 i+ N0 A5 F5 v$ K/ S- w5 r$ SOn 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
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$ n! V; ]- K8 w/ z+ E在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

# k' b' k" `7 V5 wLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

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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He bought that car on the cheap.
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21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

) D( H% E# D" |: T) F, n那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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$ V8 n/ y& s4 A& s22.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

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?

) P. \5 l) Z/ J' Z24.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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She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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- p! ]0 A* ]! [25.向……求婚pop the question to
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4 n; F+ O/ P  Z" x/ Z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.

% n! C& G/ L2 m! A  W& Q; T' Z26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

1 \4 b; F0 k5 c+ O7 r7 W" H最后她还是把他给甩了。
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She had as supposed given him the air at last.

27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

1 s0 d+ ^5 F9 f7 L5 I2 R3 }5 x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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How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

7 d  W6 `' t  S2 Q0 O28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

7 |, ~' O/ [+ k, F" b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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29.开价 make a price

0 v$ w' B( K- y' }% A, a- C6 c我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

. R% Q. e1 M% |3 UI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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7 B- j7 o- [- F+ 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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+ V. O( J" e7 g5 d+ `His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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% e' h4 K; h" Z, Y+ H! [9 }% I31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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  [' @9 O+ z: k! L! k公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去
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It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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( A1 Y* z0 @$ h+ k( \( `32.正经人家 a respectable family

他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。

She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

2 X* e8 P* c  s# {4 k6 x8 u33.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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It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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( C2 O8 j6 p: w8 x34.零花钱 pocket money
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我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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# T* ^$ U. x! H  ?3 Z5 D! H' b6 RI do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

2 z( w) S/ G! E/ O8 G, C35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

4 i; \* u$ l( O8 T: R1 B0 e% i( z9 G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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) @( {& Y. r4 {, C' wFrom 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

! S: F/ c% Z* @: A8 g7 w4 W他和她一见钟情。

She took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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# H7 b2 h+ c1 Y. Y, rMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

% x1 _& f, W1 d$ s; D9 K据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

7 q$ M2 E5 z- H; cIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame
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3 g+ q- [- ?7 U8 E: R昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.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.
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: F8 Y3 q3 f. [$ @: S7 |" l41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

9 F  h# z7 L& v! T- R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.
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42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

& \  q; v7 w' N0 l; R9 r- H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.”
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0 P; x' i9 I! M43.有家室的人 a man of family
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# D3 K/ C8 W8 x8 m他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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* Z0 R/ c! L( L, ]! J( nHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

$ S2 z/ x% X( U5 c9 ^44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

4 S7 A, Z% D: s2 K, a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.

46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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& [/ _7 R3 Y" ]/ R( C. SShe is a lady without encumbrance.