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
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我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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2.    钱挣海了 coin money

$ w" Y+ G1 X$ F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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1 ?. N. N! V" [$ R/ V  L0 n# SLao 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

& F! g) y( Q/ [( z5 \7 R' b/ y老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

" T: V' ^# c6 ]8 v" h) p' r6 MLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

& o0 s  V! |( G* d3 F# i4.    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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Money 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
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I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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# L. l  T' u5 k' m, f! W6.    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.

1 Q" Y6 F! N8 K2 l# V7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

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That shop is plain a clip joint!

1 j+ v8 n3 u) L8 q; |. @8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

$ z0 ?( D# |! ~3 H) t% L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.
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9.    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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9 J9 P% z4 T3 w10.   发财 rake it in

它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

( k* l3 G; H/ v3 R9 t+ t# _He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

6 K7 [* y' e/ B) ]0 g. m( {& r  E0 @这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

' f0 K" X+ T0 `) ?5 MEating 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

: y; X" V, ]0 d1 g12.   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
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! y! Q" X4 u! B( d; r- b. D+ II’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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Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   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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3 F2 Q; F9 L( R2 ]3 LThe 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

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
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3 M/ E3 ^4 x5 s( k7 z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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0 j4 C! \. _) C6 PI 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.

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

( W* n0 k3 [. I9 V8 k% RThe son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

% B: M  ?2 x7 v' P18.   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.

19.   外快side money

0 l, }: M" Y* x在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

) C9 V/ G. t& N! l- GLao 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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' Z9 ^; A8 r- m7 NHe bought that car on the cheap.
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21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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+ V/ o( k# v2 x4 J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.

) K9 x7 I8 b% l) c3 u2 ^! w22.调情 make a pass at someone

* S- |) D6 ]' A, P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

- S8 J  H2 {' U. B. H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?
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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。
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She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

( G2 m. A/ T5 I: O$ Q" x: d25.向……求婚pop the question to
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# \) ]  R% P! `4 g& ^& K+ X4 [" I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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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

2 T8 I7 S1 c# {* K最后她还是把他给甩了。
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She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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9 i$ M# Q: u2 D2 u27.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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How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

' n5 i& I2 g7 w5 d28.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，

- g7 {( @6 Q: E; p0 J) oGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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0 }+ N8 v1 j8 O$ t- C  g29.开价 make a price
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2 z  z# w4 J6 a, ?, v5 [我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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. a4 z& Z3 u" [2 S7 E- K/ GI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

4 f/ s% R" \4 O1 @' w, X30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

; U/ E0 B1 v, Q6 C他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

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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7 x* k  u/ g1 c1 U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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32.正经人家 a respectable family
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& w* H5 o$ Y& B: |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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9 N/ o2 a" d# |% u4 d0 G4 `She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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; m( A% H( @+ `; }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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It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

0 g+ j: S, @$ g5 V6 f. h9 A  f34.零花钱 pocket money

' H9 O+ N/ K! }& E我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

( w2 M# r4 d8 I. u, H% A( cI 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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2 Q2 Z& j5 ]8 y2 K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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& {0 k1 S! f. s4 k8 S6 \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
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2 v9 F$ J$ o2 V7 F/ ^5 D5 f9 f5 U+ j他和她一见钟情。

* O- U' G: w# [$ jShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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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

! O% h1 a" e/ p: h. a, dMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

6 B  `' j; v5 a38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

5 c% Q- W9 ]2 U) u& M0 d! d. o8 u据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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* \9 D$ W! T# ^4 A( [' N8 ]% |It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame

5 W. I3 N5 a' b( R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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; r! I6 o- e# I0 _The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up

! j$ q. V2 I  L/ y& Q1 ~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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& p: J6 |$ R6 ?7 u/ m41.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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" g  Z4 b2 o& F" b7 `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

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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' Z2 T2 j( E5 ?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？
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' f1 a- f: W! q  i3 gHe’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

) d$ H; v& Z3 H' N4 O小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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' Q* R8 u$ A3 i& M. YXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

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

% z3 J* y# d/ v* a  i46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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4 P: Z; U2 m# E3 B: g- _她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

. ]' a( i, G$ \' S5 w( G4 sShe is a lady without encumbrance.