如何地道表达：工作，机会和运气

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1． 前途远大 have the world before one
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　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作

　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.

　　2.好险 a narrow squeak

　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。

　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.

3 c9 R% z' o5 Q  |& w$ ?( L1 d　　(此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量，任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金.后来，Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了)

　　4.走运 be on the gravy train

7 [' {5 g/ h8 l3 @8 l0 D  X0 ^, n　　这几年他一直很走运

　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.
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( u( |% N$ r1 Z! c+ z　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off
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1 |5 g; U4 Z0 Z9 e, p  L# ?　　我又被那个家伙给骗了

$ `. Q: }0 d; y8 S5 F8 h　　I was ripped off again by that guy.

　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.

　　7.白费力气plough the air.
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　　你再劝他也只是白费力气

　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.

$ u9 j) d5 I" Z& a　　8.命好 lead a charmed life

2 `9 J9 B% M( X9 ^% ^ 　　他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。
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　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
    a charmful life!
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6 \& b3 |9 H' f% N　　9.倒霉 get in the neck
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7 d" {4 }* l0 M! f　　在家里，如果孩子们打架被父母发现了，倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。
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　　In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.

) ~! a$ ?  B' y5 `　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag

　　在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅

　　Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.

　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle

　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的

　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.
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　　12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers
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5 l8 R+ u4 U  T8 a0 X　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头

+ N  E4 z$ i- G1 [7 W5 U　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.
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0 x& R0 c- l9 j" j( ^, {: j　　13.被开除 be sacked

　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了
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& F* W  Q5 [, {1 C　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
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　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise
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8 N) L0 s3 t7 C　　他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了：住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了
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% a, a4 L- v/ J( S; O% r　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.

　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame
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　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证

- e! W: H; [2 |　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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( K8 }7 \+ E  O  [! n　　16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon
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# {* U  `9 A. u6 [4 |6 \: m　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿

2 ^, m/ w$ `# V* k+ H　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.

　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons
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: F, x+ {9 C* w1 T. k　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了

　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.

　　18.没门！No way!
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5 e- J6 Y# F4 ]! R- z& F$ Q  ~　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered

　　他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。
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5 Y! P4 G$ G1 B. @  N　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
    days were numbered.

2 s- c5 p+ S4 p6 p& Y/ r, V1 z　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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7 ~: \  ]6 Z' ~4 v- U  n3 G. B　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎

　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.