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

　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作
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　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.
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- Z" f) n, c8 Y　　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。

2 W) O6 ~" Q) p, w5 {　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.

( r; A3 ]1 Z) L$ A　　(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)

　　4.走运 be on the gravy train
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7 m# t) z. |9 Z% M% x# i　　这几年他一直很走运

0 y; i8 ~7 K0 u7 X6 A/ n　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.
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! m. y2 B- W. s3 @/ A5 A　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off
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. l( m' K# c, V1 p　　我又被那个家伙给骗了
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5 i9 y# V: T/ n8 M% g" Z　　I was ripped off again by that guy.

　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.

2 R7 Y/ c( `5 r0 C( k3 I; N: ~6 ?　　7.白费力气plough the air.
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　　你再劝他也只是白费力气

; C5 u# d7 K: H0 \7 H　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.

　　8.命好 lead a charmed life

　　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。
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' ?6 Z- M9 x* u5 M4 Q( T' J& M- r$ o　　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
+ ], e- R$ O( z& ~2 A1 A; l    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
    a charmful life!

　　9.倒霉 get in the neck
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7 e7 P( I$ f( z+ V6 f+ E　　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。

, T, X3 N% k( ?$ y. v6 N　　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.
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　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag
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　　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.

　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle
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* N  d# y" I8 z# r1 F6 C　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的
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6 O3 y8 `4 _; v　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.

9 d7 L$ F2 X$ Z* \9 n" c' f　　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.

7 x; }$ g: i6 r& Z9 \　　13.被开除 be sacked
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　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

! I  e5 Q' j/ S3 y　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
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/ O$ s: J6 e  H6 C) @& j　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise

　　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
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4 w3 c, G$ X( B, h4 c% x# Z3 ]　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
9 u; Z0 V; M  R. k8 `2 s4 c4 O. s- n8 `) S    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.

　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame

　　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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　　16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon
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　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿
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　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.
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. b$ V  A3 _" {7 ^  k/ ~# ^& x　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons

/ b. ^4 U) R% y2 y  o* ^% \$ C0 I# Z　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了
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) Y9 N" ?0 i3 T& t+ r- o　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.

　　18.没门！No way!

　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered

　　他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。

　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
    days were numbered.
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& R3 H6 o$ A) V　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎
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　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.