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.

2 ?: m; i. _5 N9 p7 \+ y2.    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。
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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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3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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% h! k! H7 T! g  D5 j) I. ]老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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) g  \6 }2 b+ {2 \3 g+ SLao 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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钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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, \8 r$ l# j& F# \8 SMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke

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

  y0 ^+ u/ {' E, [3 K7.    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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( \& U, T4 u0 n* w9 d3 U8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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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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9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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- g4 R/ H, I% i4 q6 Q( K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

5 j% M3 x7 y/ j* Y5 b  CIn 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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% ]. c' {( H6 I$ k) i$ s4 F10.   发财 rake it in
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9 ^' t* Z: _2 N/ }: j3 s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

3 L" G* H8 v$ f+ N; o: I这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

! ]7 ^6 j2 c. }2 B- f- Z& `/ {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

  O, q* q% |- n, }: V12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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: [6 U* p2 Q8 \7 S: D我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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* L, Q% z7 M8 F9 d: z# [I’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

一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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Some 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。

The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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/ S  T$ C4 A6 f3 v% c# w/ E& C15.   婚外恋 a double life
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0 z' F2 _; C4 B, b, e 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

5 R9 H. F2 k5 _/ V1 w. DPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

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

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 w2 d2 [& y9 |; Q6 W  T8 x$ A5 mI 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

/ Y. b2 ]1 G4 \' C# W/ u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

' E/ A, c, y$ \" Q; W. t# GThe 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
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+ E5 a" l- A( n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

在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

- m9 h, M5 ^8 A# I20．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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1 y" E& d5 ~# c6 j; J2 e那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

; D: g% K9 V  W; K4 pThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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22.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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! A1 p9 n; X  f' f9 P7 I3 eWhen 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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- _" Y8 A7 i# c7 [3 u3 I" 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？

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。

She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

25.向……求婚pop the question to

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.
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最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.

, c8 ]' w; S1 e27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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  G% b) C) ]5 l' ~& O4 l! 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?
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" K: }% y# F* T3 I6 w" b28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

9 A" J" Q% s: ~9 q8 ~1 s一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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# a* A7 W* x9 k& e9 }6 Y( L( C5 `Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

4 Y7 I% n7 ^+ s8 x$ b9 G29.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。

6 Q+ S) w; V! O. d% o2 D  Q- ^I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

% R! q8 {: D- m) S- d! v他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

$ Q7 m- N7 T  \6 t5 ^2 QHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

3 `- [, Y+ k5 A* U( p; q/ S31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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# c2 j# a" ?9 n5 D4 W It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

32.正经人家 a respectable family

8 h2 f0 M" O: l' A& E& Q5 z8 Y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.

33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

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
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I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.
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; V! f2 C, @0 t, I* N9 v35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

, f8 d! d& _1 W- p' M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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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

' d6 S- ]8 G# K他和她一见钟情。
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: W; m( D, B9 A3 L/ ]' WShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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% U% a: k+ v5 }7 z) N许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
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38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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8 F+ M9 j" a8 L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.
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& E5 F& Y5 m, u! f  W& b39．旧情人an old flame
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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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The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up
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这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

2 h$ b. U$ ^$ D3 g' C& ?6 eWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

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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In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.
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1 B( L% O! j) z: H( Z42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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' }+ T$ g8 d& ~1 J" D7 ]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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& d) f* n* Z$ @* v6 R6 ZIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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) P) ?$ B+ f2 f( X43.有家室的人 a man of family
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0 F5 A8 F1 r: ], C6 @9 RHe’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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1 m  C' N. F0 Z! R, N1 i2 v虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。

  P* ]9 n4 ^, e8 @Although 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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: m# ^9 v5 N5 w$ K/ s2 S46.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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( Z7 r/ l' R5 r) TShe is a lady without encumbrance.