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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/ d2 K4 g3 P: R　　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.
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　　2.好险 a narrow squeak
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　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。

$ _3 u6 l& v; O7 h! R% C　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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　　(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)
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　　4.走运 be on the gravy train
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　　这几年他一直很走运
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　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off

5 r. |5 J2 V9 H　　我又被那个家伙给骗了

- b$ h* ~2 R) D. X- M　　I was ripped off again by that guy.

  ]4 G! B6 b5 E1 G; M1 M" d　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.

　　7.白费力气plough the air.

　　你再劝他也只是白费力气
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- T- h( }8 D, k7 U2 o$ ^　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.

3 R: w: g5 ?7 o' m3 k- \　　8.命好 lead a charmed life
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# k0 r: \( J  [' ]. m- A8 _ 　　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。

　　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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　　9.倒霉 get in the neck
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　　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。

8 n" K- q& {7 c9 t　　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.

6 k  m. H) r% L* _4 Z　　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
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　　Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.

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　　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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　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头

　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.

5 @8 x1 i  M  [0 i+ a- c$ e　　13.被开除 be sacked
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7 a1 A5 I4 `7 u* Y, [. r　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了
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; }* ]  f1 y  r+ d$ _$ o0 |　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.

　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise
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　　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

　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
9 ^2 N# |  |; ^: D/ `( z    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.
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　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame
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2 _' n$ ~7 }, ~( [* ]! h- Y　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证

　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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3 i& \4 K1 I8 j　　16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon
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% q" p# s- l3 B$ B% E. D6 \0 V　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿

0 C6 m( i7 x6 ^3 z7 p" y( w　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.
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9 h1 V! O1 l, L( I# L$ U. z　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons
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, l: G1 ~( G  R! F/ k6 J+ G4 `/ E　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了
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　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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　　18.没门！No way!
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4 {  d* `& G* i4 J　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered

; A3 Z3 Z! |* `1 x. `% M$ P" z  J　　他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。

2 B' O, E( C5 |3 ^* J; _' O　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
    days were numbered.

4 Y1 n! m+ H* @& ^: `  m　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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" @4 }* S6 A; b9 c8 T　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎

5 ]8 |* C5 m' c  @) D8 z　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.