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

/ U9 ~* X. K1 M, j; Y, A; B( s& d我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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6 Y) K7 G- Y! pI feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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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!

# W" a" c) M/ r+ N: Q6 l, x3 {) H3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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$ p( _/ ]. z2 B: W2 q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?

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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Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke
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* N: ]' Z2 P* K0 m: G1 s; z6 r: f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.

3 c- D7 }1 }; l2 ?) h% c8 x9 h6.    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.
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) R- y9 ?# }% k- s7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

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' i5 t" ]! ^7 m& o: ~6 A& HThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    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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Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

: e5 p9 t4 O# }  h. {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
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' i* k/ l4 \: x' a2 m/ _) iIn 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
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它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

( P6 |, ?, E# c, VHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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0 o5 b" E' ?$ l0 ~6 _7 i11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

' |7 M5 s5 ]8 P9 m# Q( D6 {这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。
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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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6 h7 p" W. z0 M) t. S6 J12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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; `* k" \4 S* ]4 _4 \2 C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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13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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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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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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5 K2 s: }% B+ \" Z. R( X5 m6 LThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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6 v1 i% t7 J' G6 M% Q) K15.   婚外恋 a double life
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: M1 A8 l! I  u 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

0 @' x% u7 F7 r+ D- R1 E# [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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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。

; H( C9 U# o# M; k! T/ JI 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

+ k% i; r( _( T" R& r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) m# ~5 e8 c7 BThe 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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5 q) M& t- I+ T/ F9 T18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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4 ~% k5 i5 ?. ^8 j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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9 T, i0 ^1 U. A  x; _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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19.   外快side money

在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.
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2 Q" d: `4 C1 r9 N2 I6 M20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

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

: B, V: F6 N! h6 h: U6 F/ S那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

: T, i9 f/ r2 e& eThe 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。

$ O$ C; X5 O- ?( y* GWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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! Q3 S0 R* `' x: I6 ~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？

6 `. M8 u/ \' }" I- SHe 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
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  [1 `! `3 k# I2 @% d9 a8 ^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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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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7 K! Y/ L6 b5 K/ c0 L' V最后她还是把他给甩了。
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She had as supposed given him the air at last.

27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

5 V  b: F5 J( e4 ]6 D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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" g" u" q6 c9 J/ o" B9 ?How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

28.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，
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Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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: d6 y( c& N- ^; U29.开价 make a price
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8 |, F9 u" ]) C5 s我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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. h0 ]8 a+ o3 ?8 B5 v; gI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

+ J/ z( x! _$ L; z30.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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# c& z* `7 N/ M8 m8 K/ |2 u31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

1 o" @" L' G& o) J公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

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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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! i5 A# b* k, t1 d3 FShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

* u  m6 n: L" ^8 z% X& J4 Z7 |33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

% \% T% ^/ Z- T% z8 G8 t* ~据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

# V: Y. c! D$ k, j' H  C  ^1 ZIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money
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) {( f; Y8 X" r" V我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

* Q8 h# {* p' _9 O& R0 }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
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& p1 v. t/ T4 U+ ~4 p5 |5 V3 Q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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7 b; D5 j8 \8 u3 s) G1 oFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

# @& M  U$ j& l. a  i: {2 h2 ~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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1 G9 b4 F7 ?9 n% R- L37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

# ~+ Q( q# O' f# G+ W许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
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38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

4 t8 |, J) O+ z; K$ [" W* o" r据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

/ z+ |; U% q+ f' d/ [8 `It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

$ E( A5 _4 _! M. j0 v39．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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这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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7 c1 d- q' I7 F7 t% _/ YWe 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

- P6 }6 s* N7 @/ o7 JIn 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

! [2 o4 u' Y4 ^' M( K0 x$ B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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43.有家室的人 a man of family

% L7 Y8 p: ~$ n. D+ L他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

+ }3 o5 j% Z% M+ M/ P) g* C& h2 AHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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6 h& A0 C! w" G44.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

Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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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。

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
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她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.