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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1 ~; H1 r' l7 |: W这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

6 y+ P$ w& u. ULao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

5 B* X3 E$ K( ]6 p  w5 M! K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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2 @9 \8 f+ t- T8 ]/ v: D3 w4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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' p6 y; Y5 }7 |* gMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

! x4 d# J& E  {6 Z6 e3 Y5.    没钱 be broke
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' C$ o# i( [' Q8 J9 y3 f我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

I 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

  @7 \1 z1 a" b: k  [& [# D你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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0 j7 s9 J8 C) P6 o+ |You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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( m  s  f: a7 ~: b1 h3 _" l7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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That shop is plain a clip joint!

8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

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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9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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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

2 v$ g) `1 R  F: J2 HIn 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
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He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

11.   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。
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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

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# |1 ~. q, v' K我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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5 ^- t. O/ I5 y1 [2 g4 Z2 n13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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$ j- d9 |9 ?" }; i/ x6 a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.

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  o- R8 i/ o  k1 ~据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

' [' B3 ~2 I: [2 ?The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life

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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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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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.

17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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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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' W2 v: }; I. |4 X, ]7 a# O1 tThe 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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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.

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在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

8 e4 b+ p3 \) V/ U* TLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

他的那部车买得可真便宜
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" |! E& `) j; J  l9 o$ BHe bought that car on the cheap.
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21.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。
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The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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; |# H( c; O$ W5 q  K22.调情 make a pass at someone
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9 _7 Z4 P8 u! p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.
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6 c. L) B7 C( {- g3 E23.花费 outgoings
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( H5 m1 `, o  |# P4 J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？

/ Q' @( f* ^: o5 x/ dHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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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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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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6 Q( q7 a. c% J1 _' LWhen 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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8 K2 ?" F+ N1 V6 Z. \26.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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3 N5 e& }# a) G; P2 E27.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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How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

. O7 h. ?* b2 ~& e28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

: i  b8 }! @$ }- _0 s, M8 Q一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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, {% ~' V, w9 ^& t+ q7 c29.开价 make a price

我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

' U" R% @2 U: x# ]" }I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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' ~, j7 J- s& P# j! Q5 \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

公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

; I$ @8 X8 I# G. b$ k, R1 F It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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9 ~2 s8 W  o) P. r; j32.正经人家 a respectable family
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2 r- E; n" C+ f他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。

( N3 |1 F8 Q) w  A+ `9 j4 o: t- }She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

33.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

+ J8 E1 F5 Z6 W/ R4 P2 ?$ X4 G0 NIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money

我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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/ s  U+ w0 x5 h" v  LI 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

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。

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
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' |2 p5 d' ?! K& q9 E; [3 h$ v他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

6 B1 T2 \  h. L+ T3 E37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

4 R( j) L. e$ v- F: W许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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7 Z; f8 F* C+ w* Q% h' {) wMany 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。
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It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

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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

$ L9 N" C- a7 I$ s1 `, CThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

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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
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, U/ s: Z8 L( t9 J2 d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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In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

; U* H! C$ ]& q) P1 z6 Y42.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。

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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0 x* m6 q4 S: ?  Z1 E$ v, Q8 ?/ GHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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0 m5 e; k6 L1 J( A- O0 Q45.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。

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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$ A9 x0 V1 S& l9 j2 e她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.