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。
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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

6 A1 [6 R% L3 ^, L5 B, b4 J2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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% c. R2 Q4 J( J- l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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. W& m$ r% n$ SLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

6 Z( F) a4 ^9 }2 ?; h2 A3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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, V; O- E  G' z老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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9 T# Z4 ^0 T% `: T* }钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

6 l; o* W# |: yMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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* Z" l" a) c! h- B5 n& x; g9 F5.    没钱 be broke
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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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* o) ^. U# m8 t5 j. `; J6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！

You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

+ [3 T* d" d% ]6 G4 r7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

  y; c& ~! a. U3 S+ J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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# a" @* S2 [+ P0 b3 B* @# _8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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9 M% r! F+ a/ m2 {/ b& s6 S* B6 U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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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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; c9 V( {$ P: N  R9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

8 m1 p9 |# Q, t2 d+ V, a- d+ Z/ H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.

10.   发财 rake it in
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+ ~% _  h1 p1 l; G4 B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.
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11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

9 p; R3 O. t* Z( d# Y这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

Eating 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

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我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

  i, d+ X- d3 n+ _6 G$ II’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

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Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

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1 D1 ]& P5 @6 C据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life

我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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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。

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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( R% J4 j$ ]) h  F; x17.   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

. N$ D# M1 X+ S0 d( |; G3 o8 _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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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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在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

) t6 q! K4 i& |7 ?5 N! q6 b, tLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

4 i' W0 K6 g6 R5 I20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

% O* C  _3 I4 R/ n/ I( y他的那部车买得可真便宜

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

那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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. F/ x& m- C3 K0 a' NThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

22.调情 make a pass at someone

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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* {, ?! a! D" {& J+ ?8 F' b9 m# hWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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* |& B! u8 ?; `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？
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. Q. }0 W- q+ R$ rHe 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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9 J' H/ U0 V4 K- f4 g& s8 g5 Y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.
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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 t4 ]8 y0 c. S. V3 cWhen 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
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最后她还是把他给甩了。

+ x7 n7 l2 m1 a! h$ L! T# jShe had as supposed given him the air at last.

. l) W8 O+ j$ j; T2 a27.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?

" |6 r# L& F/ s9 z7 w28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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: q2 J& l1 I0 {/ l0 p, ]7 d一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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1 a/ J  _- m/ S' oGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

29.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.
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30.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。

His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

# K! J6 I7 [8 K0 K6 i公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

# u& P3 e- G+ J. B6 \4 w  X: e! r It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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6 g4 H6 T7 \3 O+ t9 [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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She’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

It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.
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35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

. T3 D1 r; v% M* 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。

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

他和她一见钟情。
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; {4 j  H& h. c4 P: I' ?9 h- V! c6 RShe 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

6 E3 _, X' }0 ]0 l3 f" s& u6 zMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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" K0 g, y; @" V( b38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

39．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

# S) J4 ]& M) T% vThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

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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

0 t- E+ `6 d6 z, ]: T* A5 t, x近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

# ~* D( [+ ^; sIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.
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5 X9 w# y" H' q% O. U$ a* T42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

2 t7 D- L0 E( X) M1 y3 Y有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。
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It’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

他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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/ Q$ X- I7 h7 R. R% JHe’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

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.

" J9 f9 O! M" t7 h! `$ V45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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, r1 t9 `+ N0 `; Y* V8 I虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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" s% N& R2 u) S* B+ rAlthough 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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46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.