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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' ?6 @1 b0 z+ P' Y! j9 {I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

2.    钱挣海了 coin money

1 ?: z* c! [0 X' i1 `9 }这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

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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7 K  v. v0 O: _7 p2 A  s, Y3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

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？
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+ F" |/ B1 m) J1 P0 ^) z/ y0 T# SMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke

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
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8 A- c9 _% U4 A  O3 S" X1 V( \9 }你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！

4 d0 Y; J, u5 ^! `+ _! |) }You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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" w! i+ V" |0 |) |! h  A( N7.    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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" e6 g7 o  m4 F# @9 M' sThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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* Q! Z1 ]- U$ u% Q. m/ I& s- D8.    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。
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Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

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

9 K: n" D( M! t% I1 w; lIn 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.

7 L) b& [  n% |2 K10.   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.
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11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

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2 t7 h8 ^1 o; S1 B. yEating 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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4 u$ F9 @! b* x2 W( r$ ]5 {我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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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
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5 @/ q0 C% X2 a' e( gSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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5 Z( K; R. i1 P5 w  a14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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: e* Z+ {4 t6 f据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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4 l6 _( j. `. u' Q+ q9 ]) sThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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- p" k5 Y. J5 ^6 j15.   婚外恋 a double life
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' K! A) B# Z, ~/ c3 q/ ?6 l5 {% g 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.

/ W, o& B9 q! z- u& b3 Z16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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/ V! z1 w' G2 y3 t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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- B8 b8 P8 t$ Z# B: T; o6 BI 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.

3 ^' S2 o$ y' N  G5 ]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

( l7 r6 b4 _$ ?. pThe 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 C8 `- P& J- e9 e! w' a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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19.   外快side money
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在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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2 r8 _" v" }; ~' M1 TLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

! P& L4 Z% A7 I  t- h20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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他的那部车买得可真便宜
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He bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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) ~; _. p" Q% ?1 |2 MThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

22.调情 make a pass at someone

3 ?1 ?+ S3 K* q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.

1 g4 ]9 `7 I# g5 j* d  E) Y23.花费 outgoings

1 S7 l" q! T& k3 r- [, r8 ^# r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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! W; k* c3 [7 K8 ]1 CHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

4 ^! D% E0 `# T' C$ O24.重要约会a heavy date
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0 {* @0 {7 n, Q' R0 V她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

" k. l3 W0 G5 l# PShe says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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' O) {# P/ A2 C& f% l25.向……求婚pop the question to

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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When he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

1 [/ d2 t& q2 Z* R4 G! J26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

最后她还是把他给甩了。

! \. C; o$ P& m) i" [. v$ Z/ z  mShe had as supposed given him the air at last.

- j+ k( o, H6 D* V27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

7 L3 h! M- E' ]# S/ I; ?; q2 T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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( V6 k* M# \. V6 x7 NHow 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

4 X  s; i9 J+ {" Z5 V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.

29.开价 make a price

我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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3 S9 n; ?6 O, P( J0 m/ s% DI’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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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

: Y% f) j- `0 q. r9 y! }- j公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

6 W4 m0 x% I$ T It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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/ q* M, T; R) Z4 `9 v& v3 _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。

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

据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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It 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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I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

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。
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& V2 ?, n  s6 p- e! KFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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+ J, B7 x: D2 o" T/ r36.一见钟情 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.

% `& C. N( P* V/ U0 q1 k37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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' q. Q9 W" |" ^- r+ R0 D许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

; I+ D! H$ O" \9 w' F7 PMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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0 Z1 S8 Z9 Z( x/ ]: m7 o38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

! B' f  p' `, b, \, w' \It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

39．旧情人an old flame

0 C4 L& m( T5 D7 K5 O昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人
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' u% E- {& v1 U2 LThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.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.

. _; }" l* ^$ p6 s; n! F* |41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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8 U: B' \8 i7 a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.

42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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1 W/ t' A7 L2 ?! J6 a: V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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43.有家室的人 a man of family
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8 j/ B( ?+ ?' b- x! ^9 O# m他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

1 e9 H; g9 ]) a* h9 {. o& LHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

5 k9 W) {0 Z$ P8 I44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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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.

! L  T4 x+ j5 E! {45.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。

) H) Q- O/ w8 O7 [8 KAlthough 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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46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

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She is a lady without encumbrance.