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。

I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

2.    钱挣海了 coin money

这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

6 N- M" H0 h9 e/ q- x7 l" X& X$ x9 M# ?Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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! Z4 f* ~: _0 }7 N7 `) Y9 u3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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4 Q0 @% W. F7 S% B0 y+ D老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

1 G; c, ]/ P) `' oLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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/ H( g9 c7 a8 `7 m+ ^- j4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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5 _4 i0 {4 O" W. ^9 H) f钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

; s& {7 z* O/ Y( h5 ^7 O/ w" z5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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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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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 [0 U$ o4 e# ^: d0 M1 w/ J7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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! _! f( C; T: e, z) b: z& k那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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0 }7 b% S! C) d0 sThat 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

7 m: S- i5 }: P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
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. {. t' u: J6 T0 |# 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.

/ }; e6 h* b( E/ }+ y10.   发财 rake it in
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! I5 i- o$ I; m: L) ?+ ^3 S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.
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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

12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

4 R8 g0 H5 F* i( l8 i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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13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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& \2 s" B) \& _& c! u; P一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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7 ?( e' t8 Z3 a+ JSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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* t$ ?8 Q1 P$ y据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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: ~6 V* F( z% U2 K15.   婚外恋 a double life

5 s: j* H5 t; x8 n' T; e4 o 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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3 J9 L: o1 [; u8 [8 o6 T9 Y2 e16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

7 e" o# B1 b/ Y6 I5 F) f' ^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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6 S! I$ V5 s* II 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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8 D, W! _( ?$ C* t  j! W% j( D, D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.

18.   嫁妆marriage portion

# w0 k% @+ \- {/ `/ Z" E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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0 o+ d0 j& O. ^. ?" Z- C) o19.   外快side money

! H, U; W( D' T6 U! ?: F* ?在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

8 M8 O8 b6 ~9 J) NLao 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

他的那部车买得可真便宜
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" f) K$ @# m: b% ]He bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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1 ~- R  W2 d% {, n7 Y. U那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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+ ], X* ~' I% l; w( v0 x9 _8 O/ M: VThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

22.调情 make a pass at someone

9 M, O* U' m/ x0 v7 A$ Q4 U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.

23.花费 outgoings
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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？

. k* t/ O- `6 @. R. NHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

" g2 s6 }5 }; |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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5 j* H9 |* d' R5 ?She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

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/ G3 T2 ~# ~9 v8 g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。

: b3 _: Z4 Q3 VWhen 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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3 v0 `$ m0 A( o" X' M( q9 |: n26.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
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- J2 r+ L3 g, u6 B  D: Y9 v  ^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?

28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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9 n2 r9 I2 \9 K7 gGenerally 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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" p# v' R+ c+ b0 i) FI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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9 U4 p9 x3 O* C, u, e' ^7 x  RHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

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
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It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

32.正经人家 a respectable family

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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& K; R; H5 m  P- o  Q* S- R, J: I% F4 QShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

' i5 _3 Y/ v9 i' R: |33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

) x. D; m9 g, A& Q6 VIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money

我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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I 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
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/ L' Z$ l, v4 `" Q, Z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
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他和她一见钟情。

& T1 _- z( `. b5 CShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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) m3 i4 m: T+ a, A9 GMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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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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# t! Y8 I- e6 h( ?! W: ]It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

39．旧情人an old flame
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8 D6 y1 r" K  l7 f( k2 E昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

2 Z: ~5 {7 K3 D, V6 TThe 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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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.

4 H0 O/ s, I5 j$ P5 C+ l1 b$ x/ {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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/ X6 Q" [% w8 J+ |5 PIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.
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42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

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.”
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43.有家室的人 a man of family

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He’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

! w4 {. S; u- S! G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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* D1 C) N7 z) z6 \* R: U% u45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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1 c, E1 v& n3 _/ b/ D' V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.

- C' ]* v) O" o' z( h1 a3 `$ M# q0 N46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

5 U& z% y% a% b! @- e( F她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.