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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/ T2 }$ e2 `: B* Y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

4 L% g; R1 p& X5 i8 X% k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!

3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

$ {& T# B6 v4 j- Z. m4 i& V老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

# }+ a# W* V3 }9 vLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

6 t0 ?% D* ~; {: l) A8 O8 ]1 S" j8 r, ?4.    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?
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' D" l) w/ n; V# C' E* s2 U, A5.    没钱 be broke
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# t: P( [6 ?5 ^+ F我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

5 a1 B' F6 b- ?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
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你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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! P( X3 b  }4 g6 ~* BYou 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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6 t; Y6 f8 Z9 H8 g% t! Z1 J+ V+ D; x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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7 w2 V' a' i% u; o8.    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。
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3 g* R; {( B( q' m 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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6 e$ `5 K/ {* g2 K9.    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

' e2 }" y8 J; t" R9 MIn 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

它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财
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He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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# l# t. [$ O8 K0 R5 G4 X4 {- G11.   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。

" i) b5 N; {) Y% F' g, SEating 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

12.   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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2 a9 \- U: D9 K& L13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

) D: R/ |6 H8 \. P+ W( u* n! U" j8 Z一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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2 Y! G# j& T9 ]3 r9 C4 N! s( `Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

* \0 K( p& F; N8 X15.   婚外恋 a double life

& J9 K8 E5 W7 I: A6 g, { 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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( L' x4 x; V! i+ b2 \16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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' W. K0 @. q9 P. f0 \: m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

1 r: f9 I: @5 U0 j* `The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

18.   嫁妆marriage portion

& {) V) b0 N* |. @离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

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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0 l5 P) R) T7 p* o" L) F8 B19.   外快side money

在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

5 K! y; D/ @: _; T& ^2 K, {3 v5 QLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

7 ?8 [9 N* o0 \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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0 w! X. E- i8 D( H$ n21.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。
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The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

22.调情 make a pass at someone

  h! Y1 }: j8 e" x5 g) T/ o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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% z; `" `1 l, Y. |# AWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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! g8 C# B! Y) @* i23.花费 outgoings
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0 H  \( [: I  z9 k1 E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？
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2 f( Q( H9 n, @# F  q6 zHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

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.
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25.向……求婚pop the question to
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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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5 Y) ^, {# T" R5 B% E3 Z  f4 |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.

8 U! I7 Y, r2 l) O26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

最后她还是把他给甩了。

She 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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你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

1 w- Z: R- n8 i1 h/ ^( hHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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9 {; b; F& I" o1 M2 o一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

, R3 E; Q* e$ o8 D29.开价 make a price

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.

; r* k; \4 {/ r% _9 q1 K" J30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

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.
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5 ?: P% @- k! c! z  t7 R31.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
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3 L9 v- q' k) m' O0 ?- u, O It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

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。
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  L/ |- T! s' ?. T$ Q8 QShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

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据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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, V3 m& \- G& m" ^34.零花钱 pocket money

6 d2 V, g! r( z6 Y; T6 x& w& x我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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" {/ \; u" `* q( E; X* rI do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

2 D! r9 j" }' ^5 J" `35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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& n) G% g- {0 V9 @6 r8 x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 .

36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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他和她一见钟情。

She took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

4 _1 q$ R8 W# p: l+ d( L- k7 uMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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0 M' g' b9 L& E7 a8 X+ u% P38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

- ^. c* P% m4 c7 a8 {) T据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

1 d) F9 m3 r5 Q* Z2 DIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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/ j9 b; h; {& Z, @5 v6 N# v39．旧情人an old flame

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.

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3 A+ J1 j8 k. S7 H; a6 n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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近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

3 {8 k- A, `  R, i7 E$ uIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

9 k; E8 @; j# U( M* b# J0 J有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

  E/ g- a8 B# j% ZIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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43.有家室的人 a man of family
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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?
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  b1 b$ \1 {! Z' ~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
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% m) ~, @3 f  T+ k- nXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

% S3 y9 t; w$ Q6 I, }# A45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

2 P" W% Z/ n2 O  Y4 Q3 v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

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.