如何地道表达：工作，机会和运气

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1． 前途远大 have the world before one

　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作
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9 M8 N; ^1 k1 g$ G　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.
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5 ]+ X3 J2 O# F  g+ K　　2.好险 a narrow squeak

　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

% M2 c5 T% m; Y" o5 d5 F; f　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。
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　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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1 z0 H: @# W! l6 X　　(此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量，任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金.后来，Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了)
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8 z5 e5 H4 m; L! f& L　　4.走运 be on the gravy train

　　这几年他一直很走运
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  x7 V1 R( K8 `; V　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off
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. C" n8 k; W- o- N! J! s, ^/ q2 y　　我又被那个家伙给骗了
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　　I was ripped off again by that guy.
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; u/ M+ U, L  Y) X. T$ f6 T　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.

　　7.白费力气plough the air.

　　你再劝他也只是白费力气
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' v6 d3 @3 m8 w, O7 M　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
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　　8.命好 lead a charmed life

　　他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。
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8 p9 w) p3 T- L% r5 I8 r$ V0 \　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
7 @9 z8 P" {, ]7 p1 }# g1 G    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
    a charmful life!

　　9.倒霉 get in the neck

　　在家里，如果孩子们打架被父母发现了，倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。

　　In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
  `* l) s' I/ T5 M    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.
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　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag
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5 ^! G0 u5 A- z* R: `8 a　　在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅
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' J1 k2 Z3 K9 \8 L' e7 p! n& ?　　Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.
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　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle

　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的
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　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.
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% H6 @* R1 M. q9 {, {　　12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers

5 S7 n$ y* i5 a7 r1 K1 p/ r　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头

* z% n2 v* ^) e3 X: p　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.
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. I9 P, b6 D" u1 _　　13.被开除 be sacked

　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

: b/ x( j& C. H. _0 r, I" U　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
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　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise
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　　他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了：住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了
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　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
0 d0 B2 j2 a3 c( D* u    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.

　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame
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　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证
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　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.

　　16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon
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　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿

　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.

　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons

　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了

　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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　　18.没门！No way!
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　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered
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6 X& d; \6 j. \  S8 A( L" U% r0 P7 Z　　他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。
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　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
    days were numbered.

　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy

　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎

　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.