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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& M4 R' a. e; m* I- w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.

6 [3 K# f' L& X2.    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。
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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!
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3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

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?

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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; M, j0 Q; U- M: _5 DMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke
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( A: C0 Y1 B, R6 W我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

3 B1 T( d* u2 U9 B7 II 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！
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: E" H1 l0 _# I7 z& x' aYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

2 g3 Z3 ^  j3 z7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

7 M' ~' ]- L) M# e  t那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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5 R+ g- [7 s/ aThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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+ k  @* k9 ]3 j$ H9 y, B8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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6 D0 o6 ?7 i# b+ o! W3 \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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: L% n, ^9 g5 j1 E& F$ _ 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

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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0 \) i; k" Q% IIn 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
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8 C  e  n$ |% d6 R6 D, c" l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.

1 N! ^& X7 v3 Y7 O" ?7 O: V11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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' D$ c- d0 y) z5 h1 w+ B0 \% ]7 A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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1 X# {2 G) A& y8 j( S* [: x( LEating 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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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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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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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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% A9 P# D6 e  \! _15.   婚外恋 a double life

' v3 _: _6 ?! ~5 Q4 O; q5 z% j, M 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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$ d2 F$ h- w* J; s/ }People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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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。

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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# `6 I# c( d: @% O17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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4 }1 ]4 \7 _. [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

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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18.   嫁妆marriage portion

6 ?4 q5 N  i2 q% a4 ^) M/ }离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

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

Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

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他的那部车买得可真便宜
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6 Z( _8 `* V. _3 `He bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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3 K0 d; u! k, P那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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. N  E! [+ G- y; {8 o8 u) gThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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$ ]/ O4 W; O) C7 u22.调情 make a pass at someone
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+ ?/ x- u$ v9 U5 |4 }: q# r- b当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

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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23.花费 outgoings

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？

! _5 V3 ]* H/ f, c: g& T$ `3 \He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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& g( |  M) _& X9 B8 S24.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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6 G& F9 _3 V+ p# l* R0 S2 @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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' c8 J' n/ N$ \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.
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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

; `/ @3 N6 h4 [; F& k' D2 E最后她还是把他给甩了。

$ F% W4 V1 p8 X+ AShe had as supposed given him the air at last.
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27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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% ?3 `# \) \' o1 w  {你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

* G% ]+ b2 k2 @( [1 IHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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6 e( D. Y& L4 n4 M5 a: e, HGenerally 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

3 j# g' \, }& V. y: _我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

- ~2 R, i- V9 z+ h4 yI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

* g, d$ R4 C: J3 M) N! y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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5 `4 b3 L$ ^5 j9 s( W, G31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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# s; R/ v; C  ~* J0 @. L( @  B  |公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

- M1 f4 b. B+ w! x It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

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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。

/ ?, J4 n3 Q1 w9 Z/ f( HShe’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

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
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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

4 d/ a! }6 `; h* s* b* z4 z! N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

3 Z3 Q5 b& j* x& G$ o6 u3 e他和她一见钟情。

8 q' g; @4 i$ AShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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" f& H) r: F: ~8 u37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
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38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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- r+ k2 \1 R' j" E1 q2 p3 ^8 _; t5 o据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

! p/ V6 f$ V" AIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

" r( X" _: c  _- |39．旧情人an old flame
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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
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The 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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! P0 ]' S  U7 l7 `) z2 z9 U- uWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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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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3 P# R) B5 _: f1 o9 MIn 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.”

43.有家室的人 a man of family

他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

: n+ \3 _9 m% b( S0 H44.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.
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* v3 ^9 J( o; o8 h9 M. H" Z45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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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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7 a  u9 j" L/ c6 m% ?46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.