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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7 t4 M, d, G) C我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

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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/ _' \, d% {- w" e# fLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

* G3 u5 h! [( Q- t& m4 y3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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$ I5 l# G! {) R' y% \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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4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

  y! t  [1 T: D) I6 r+ e+ P2 e钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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- h' n+ `0 h, f8 E' j- ?! hMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke

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I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

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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

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

( @! F3 H$ z" ]# WThat shop is plain a clip joint!

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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.
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$ P" r6 U  p, ], G  U, L9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

9 \) c7 k0 u3 U( ]! Q7 V8 @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

7 f7 D: }7 e! V* ?& L% XIn 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

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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11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

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

12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

# M$ [9 [) z( M# U1 R: uI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

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一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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, c/ \: u- K2 r* B  ]: R% aThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

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, Z# ]! m& u% C+ R) q9 ^, F 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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( J0 |: H' V2 a" F, u- V9 dPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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1 G; R9 [( W6 {* ^- [0 x, j  _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。

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

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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. J& o7 y8 a5 O! Y! PThe son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

8 y5 L; X4 n# z# F18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

2 L/ f( v. O3 a( \5 m$ v  rOn the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

" X2 P$ F4 d: B, \3 `2 g: g19.   外快side money

- s% P" f1 F' g$ B在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

/ U$ q# m, A6 ~/ RLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.
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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

He bought that car on the cheap.

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0 I6 w9 T) e; [( u# Z3 S1 `那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

- ~$ ?, x' d/ ?$ aThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

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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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5 Z2 f8 F# N8 K2 IWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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23.花费 outgoings

' \: r' D) z. l9 v9 U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？

He 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.
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9 M; o7 `. w- ?5 n! r, D, o) `25.向……求婚pop the question to
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, l, E( d8 c& ~$ A& R+ e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。

& J; i& ?. P4 }  \: x8 cWhen 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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; ^& h* @8 f( H5 D4 @: L9 b. v26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.

27.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？
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) j. @' X. j: z' A/ y9 i1 Y' n* AHow 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
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# {+ k3 ?. R$ Q/ ]( g) c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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. ~& c2 U/ a( u) \/ G$ y5 m29.开价 make a price

/ C/ ~7 T0 g* M0 i3 s& ^1 a1 t% t0 Y我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

- P, D' D0 L0 I+ d' |. j7 ]2 MI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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8 c: A* \+ i8 L7 l! I30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

  G8 o; T& ~( s+ n+ B他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

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.
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. |3 ]1 X- s# V( I7 _. J* o. M32.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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' ~5 b  ^+ @$ T# ~% ?3 p/ X6 |33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

  ]% R" ^8 c) j- R据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

3 F- G+ `) K- Q5 K/ J6 ]. [: BIt 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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我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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- u' D" H8 u+ t8 C6 L% s& eI do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

  }+ j2 P5 Y7 g, e/ S2 s35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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, K! i3 ~8 a/ P* g2 B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 .
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36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

# h& j* z  p# x0 [7 ^/ ?他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

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Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．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

0 N1 N9 E1 \# t9 W7 h" e. PThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up

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3 P# a  W: F, `# rWe 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
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  L2 z+ J7 Y" Z3 Z2 r6 TIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

4 p9 T: L6 F* W42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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! ?7 w4 T1 F4 P) _% \8 d% h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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, R( Z8 _, L1 K+ w3 [' o9 m0 qIt’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

他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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$ c, a$ \% |3 c  |' ?& [/ J# EHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

! S$ f. y- R. X% c( `44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

8 u% C- f3 {+ H* j8 X8 Z* t小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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4 L$ ~6 z$ H+ H/ d1 a45.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。
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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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: _: t6 o1 V% a) W5 F46.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。

6 ]) _: V; h& I3 A  e0 K# KShe is a lady without encumbrance.