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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我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

$ H( M; L9 s6 R) }+ q4 nI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

2.    钱挣海了 coin money

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Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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  g$ ]1 C, e- G; K6 ]6 V; m7 Y老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

( ^& V) M* r/ v* sLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

, b# C/ e% X+ b  ]* ]4.    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？

Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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  N: j  a- K( t5.    没钱 be broke
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; Z4 I2 H- u) A6 m我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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# c2 }5 s! e& GI 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
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2 T6 `" U4 N- T3 C" |7 |( U你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！

You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

0 }2 ^! B, m% q  d) X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!

+ ?, `, D$ ~) Y' @/ I0 e$ w8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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9 B1 ?1 _/ \' z9 }2 [; e. U. g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。
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- a- K: `& q$ n9 Z4 q 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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8 [0 g  F7 E" y" ?& C" g' W9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

" J# P" n& A/ ^: ?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

In 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

8 i+ ?( [. C0 Y5 O5 a; p它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财
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1 k. o$ ~$ f4 r4 j& m+ ]He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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. h* ]  v+ @3 @, L! w+ `11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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( e5 h8 P* o  w' v) \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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* C  ^/ h3 v) V+ q+ [; X12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

& A" z% I7 y5 ]7 b# N; t/ {我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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# _' ~2 N8 Q. Y2 h# [I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

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

! M' [6 Q' S6 K据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

; F$ I1 [) Q$ x8 IThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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15.   婚外恋 a double life

4 j/ Y0 C; d" C+ {& ~2 u 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

; v7 I+ H7 \5 m2 A7 [* b- ^5 [: t! v16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

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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9 j, f* F0 B% }& N% y' O17.   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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The 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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2 _0 |: _+ I" L% K; h4 k6 e, w18.   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。

& h  j# H( q3 |* z% x# K% HOn the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

7 O; U! u, ^; t19.   外快side money

9 {+ i- Q5 ?' Z( V& O7 D在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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7 _6 v- Y: }/ l+ z1 A4 F: ZLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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" N9 E3 f- J5 w! {) U5 K- _; q& B他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.
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6 C: N3 O3 P! P! U7 {6 h那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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. u  R- s- U5 u- GThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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) _8 X6 e8 T8 T# s2 P& X! W22.调情 make a pass at someone
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8 ~0 e5 Z7 J7 M! n- R5 h当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

3 G$ K3 C; P% s' D; n5 WWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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, T* W+ l% d- R1 I23.花费 outgoings

$ C  m* z" y" `1 g- T/ u( s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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! `' A# v2 l# C! U+ ZHe 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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25.向……求婚pop the question to
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; I2 ~# x2 B) [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。

* \: o  j' F& f% X. \0 V& nWhen he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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6 e% Z# N4 T1 q, N5 a! k最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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6 ^' F$ z8 c0 q4 l& e# c  ^: p27.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？

How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

  ]' l# x/ k0 d28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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9 l4 l" C, {7 o1 P) r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.

29.开价 make a price
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; f% X" S/ G* d( S' u" ~  z* O我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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9 a0 n5 d7 R. U' v5 a( ]$ BI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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  r) j4 g' a) G" o2 J30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

2 E' f1 O4 s4 O7 u- n, d5 q他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

  w+ d8 B& p) g1 H3 K" `& M# AHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

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+ t0 S9 {3 p* L6 Q2 q( A公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

1 _0 d' s0 O0 h3 I- G3 \ It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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32.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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33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

/ _4 J, Y+ ?- r0 S据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

: u. }$ |/ c4 M. P! ~. cIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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' V/ [% t; K5 ?4 d34.零花钱 pocket money

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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) w: w0 d! s& _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。

+ C: T9 P, A8 n! d: `# }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
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他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.
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7 ~. A/ {9 j4 ?& U4 z37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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  L' V7 k$ Z3 }6 E) F许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

+ K! s9 q0 X6 j: f$ WMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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) y# y' |2 h4 L4 r; E; c0 N) ^据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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0 o( A4 S. X# R9 RIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

7 ?# \- ?* R( }& X4 {1 n39．旧情人an old flame

$ L9 G6 r9 k! I昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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- c' X: p" o& r3 E40.装修房子spruce up

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.
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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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; @9 \. f# L% D4 W) Q, o近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

5 z. O1 S) s2 q0 i; eIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.
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% q5 G/ P! t+ @$ u* _. o+ L+ ~42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

0 I; D! l% {, L# L* P3 C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.”

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6 d* I& K) A4 R3 e9 d/ o他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

# r) e- G2 {0 N9 [" dHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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( A: V5 K, C% J' X; b& U小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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1 l& U- U+ B& A4 X" T虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。

% Y! u. ^8 K3 Q  E0 U, {+ JAlthough 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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# [, z- n* r* ~1 ~2 M! u46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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8 }8 g3 B- Q9 z7 b$ [她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

0 J; Q# }! \* B4 R+ w5 L- [She is a lady without encumbrance.