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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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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! h( l; G6 D: B- E这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

# x0 V$ {- P8 Y2 Y" r9 J7 z, GLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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4 s9 p, B  _+ Y9 w  e3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

) \6 `: `6 P) g5 N3 RLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

) W& H5 \7 P; T5 r6 v6 I- a4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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3 @. Q! u! b' S钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

( V4 X4 T6 X) v4 l  @& }Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke
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我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

  {# c4 a3 t$ f4 v4 lI 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

- R7 G  C3 |: v! d你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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& Q4 F- K- K* w1 c8 ^3 F! \1 dYou 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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6 F0 @# c# S1 E' T7 U, I* y4 t2 ~. x那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

  O: S. K6 ]4 T; i$ ]That shop is plain a clip joint!
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; K: M; |: P2 s9 T8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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) ~0 r$ T9 A! S5 ~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。

4 K7 ?  K9 t" q5 C$ a' [* V 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

4 d/ f+ J0 d! [" |1 C( KIn 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

He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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& W, j4 U8 O& g- w1 v& d. n; H11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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" @. w, S3 q' [; @这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

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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5 P+ }# `" l$ z9 E. a& N12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

- i1 @( c% @8 v8 `5 o3 M我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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3 M: N. B# @& ~% [) j* N13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

2 ?. z9 m+ w$ w& ^$ n# a6 A: o. |" U一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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5 O( q9 a3 R0 Q3 T! n* ]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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我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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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

+ t, c' F; D+ b- X2 h9 t. L! d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。

4 e5 v+ h- J+ K; k% ~I 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
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, M4 k: \, i9 T/ Y6 O* q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

  G5 ?) D' g. B/ JThe 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

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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1 i  H4 U1 G+ uOn 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
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- [; D. J: ?7 b) `, x3 \' n8 \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.

7 E: L- P0 a8 y' P3 }$ Q20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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# K8 Q8 W0 W% E" D4 i, \% c( P, f" h/ ]+ I5 P他的那部车买得可真便宜
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! {3 X4 ~( O! G, r8 lHe bought that car on the cheap.
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21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

4 a; z2 [8 U4 B% ]; _那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

  B0 D8 l, C) g" X3 SThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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+ c( R2 v+ }/ C* O8 ~- I1 I22.调情 make a pass at someone
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0 E$ @8 Z# P' }4 K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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. |9 h* C! q+ }1 e" T$ A* SWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

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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？
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$ G& L: G, n- e" c& F1 cHe 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

她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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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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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.

8 l. J' M4 o6 [' Q0 t* s) m26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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% {4 r+ y- I0 _4 ]! z+ m+ b27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

/ i6 e$ f1 \4 R0 ?) y* u7 B' wHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

9 \8 o( b3 \! Q8 v# u8 a+ ~一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

+ c6 T% G3 [" W- [# oGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

29.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。
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I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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7 V( I6 v% ?) z30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

# D+ b( I8 X$ T. `9 v) Q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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31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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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.

! G& a. R7 ]. n4 N* t/ n( h32.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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: F4 D7 q1 g( t: {+ \0 ?. zShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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# R. l6 D* Z+ A4 |5 G) g33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

/ Y; X# @" c, X据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

' W2 [0 m* O/ w! NIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

) Z( l0 t* j) z  J. u0 V0 c34.零花钱 pocket money
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我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.
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) g6 f4 ^2 r  L8 O0 e, d0 s% v35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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/ V  [5 q. O4 e2 q6 O$ l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 .

36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。

! d: C. O" O. zShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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( C; P1 X6 m6 h0 s0 r. \' s37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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5 ~9 C" z8 Q" E( e: ?6 _8 j; A4 u许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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4 S3 c( l/ a- _: ?! dMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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, E4 c: o8 V8 T9 u' g, c" V8 Q38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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/ ~8 n1 l9 K3 I6 uIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame

% i: f) m+ g, K0 s昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

* f2 `: n7 b  ]The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

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。
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We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

/ A' b. O/ J  O9 T( p. w1 T  w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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6 {$ J0 p' ~) ]  d& e: ~5 _In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

' |9 o( `# q* g) i42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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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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It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

43.有家室的人 a man of family
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他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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4 Y  V$ H. h) C9 X( R& j% j8 HHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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# Y+ B0 t9 _' c; w44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

& Z4 [6 S5 k; s! m( [$ d$ D# Z) N小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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3 y# r! [; ^2 ^6 j9 P& X5 S' P& \9 qXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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8 L& t9 C( D, R$ B0 X45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

1 y+ f9 q/ Y0 m; o0 j$ W虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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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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46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.