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

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
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4 X% i$ J+ Y2 R8 ~' p" D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!
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$ ^% G& q  U) ^- G. l5 |. P3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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. m: m: @* R" p4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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/ D) h! N6 ^+ b  T* F' V2 k3 w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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我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

/ y6 R1 Z7 j* K& G" ]I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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7 P& W& E9 Z0 c! ^6.    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！
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You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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2 X  X3 O% R( y/ x4 GThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    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。

Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

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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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.

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$ I% [) H, ?; u2 r2 r它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财
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& E' H. v# C1 \/ v6 f7 NHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

0 `: \/ |; J: Y% e0 z1 c" h11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

, O+ `) ^; @" n4 N# HEating 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

2 t/ _3 @  T# ~* a! V12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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& J& C, O6 W' s% R6 z( x我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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+ V( y" B4 z( k0 n% j/ I& rI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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, S, J# w* U; a+ g' K4 b$ K$ n13.   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

  q& i7 y3 k# m; ~  u& w: NSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

% p3 i; Q) i$ {" }, y) N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.

* R' m2 {3 B# c& ]- E15.   婚外恋 a double life
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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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; U4 {: l3 q- o16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

, t5 n' A( o; [) D% K7 T3 s0 }; K5 i2 x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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5 Y9 M: M6 L& n: Z6 }' Y" E! 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

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
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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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0 q% {, w% }  _18.   嫁妆marriage portion

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.

8 q! L  K" S+ [  Y+ j: l% [20．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.

6 D# c' G8 f# Z; e* [) V6 z- u21.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。

( @4 ?  \6 k( m% }The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

& b( m6 b  \+ S* C22.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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When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

23.花费 outgoings

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？

9 q8 s+ U7 O4 UHe 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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" |4 A3 |2 `  g+ H5 r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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# a# \$ B0 ]0 j. |2 I) B+ l0 V- X9 V25.向……求婚pop the question to
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8 j: R8 L2 Q% I2 Y# N+ [% d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。

0 y' j* ^/ r% J1 nWhen 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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1 [2 _. D3 L0 t( F1 [26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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! ~: d; W- q1 T- y- e最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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) R4 {! b: \" Y! Q% S1 F27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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* K7 [) A4 I* S; s0 b, ^你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

9 y) f; m( `% W1 A& aHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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9 D+ j! {/ ^& @28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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2 K3 X% P4 y; F$ k  [+ t0 bGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

  s0 b5 v6 z# e( z' U29.开价 make a price
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: Y) ~/ d  d* ^3 W9 [我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

" C+ E" ~: l- F1 o4 V  I- m. iI’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。
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3 f$ \9 R( h) A8 y: lHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

: S5 n0 U9 M, t31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

  O, I# G: V9 y公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去
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It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

) y6 k; l' d* s: Y7 i' T# p32.正经人家 a respectable family
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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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She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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4 x' ~, s* f0 U4 y# O9 X. l! M33.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

2 i1 P: I2 a6 P" ZIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money

2 Y5 Y5 M( V% [9 }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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35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

/ L* p" ?" U$ X7 b5 y! G8 i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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; Q) ^+ z" B. i  W7 \4 o) wFrom 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

; l' F% J3 E! E" O$ Q) n. E他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

, v' a7 Q1 J$ H% U4 e& r+ Q许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

  }* o2 V8 \! g5 f7 B' G* cIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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4 d3 k% Q6 m, Z: m39．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

The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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9 h; B( X8 g6 [2 F3 }0 d# w! ^40.装修房子spruce up

3 r5 X% D" k+ Y% U这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

  H! h9 C# h, w+ P! b2 s6 O& QWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

  N8 {; i, s6 J' n5 L7 x41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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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
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) @; h9 v* V6 A3 iIn 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
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) G9 Q+ G1 t, D+ l. Y有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

! O7 P$ K4 }6 d- V6 UIt’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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9 f( }5 \, B2 U" K) _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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5 i5 `. r/ k" L- ~9 S44.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
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3 K7 a3 Y5 r3 q2 n" o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.
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/ Q& h: p3 {8 |; D! x8 V46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

' \8 q: x! \. O, r2 H1 O她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.