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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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

: Z  Q. I% d; T8 X" I2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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* ?/ I* x9 Q& M3 `* N3 g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!

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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- m3 W0 o( h) Y1 D  O# V& tLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

3 S0 l9 s8 W8 {" g2 e4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

# k: \8 \2 ?( O1 q' YMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

. b" J: S5 L2 \! |( T7 ?& \* g5.    没钱 be broke
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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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$ s& g' z4 U! L6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

- m) A  t; y: C  c4 w' M7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

That shop is plain a clip joint!
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* J1 A. ~! `; E8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

1 s  c, p' r) \' f7 L: S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.

8 P4 x9 |. L  M- a9.    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

  r; b0 Z' n$ @, ~: V* f: FIn 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.

0 e. k6 K) [7 p10.   发财 rake it in
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它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

: I8 d; |: u, T# w) _* iHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

4 V7 G# r' K# B9 K% d( t  |' b11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

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

4 K% \+ m' w/ P/ u# k12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

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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. e$ M  W$ Z' r9 ?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
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3 F$ C" t( D) E7 gSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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* }/ g9 B) k( o9 Z6 i14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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$ }& z  x) I, g, `* H% [. v据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

4 G8 c5 i* `4 [" D5 tThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

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8 x' b+ }7 W7 V6 ^( d 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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9 e) r8 z* ~4 ~: UPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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0 k" d8 X4 @( ?- U% D( u4 g+ I' p16.   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。
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$ |' x5 V5 i. Z1 n# \. `* M# W& J; PI 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.

17.   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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  S: k0 m# l- x" h; `7 u& S: rThe 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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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
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Lao 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
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# O7 n) H4 e/ |他的那部车买得可真便宜
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He bought that car on the cheap.
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2 {+ V* s; M4 }8 W+ Z那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

7 R% F/ n9 }; c7 b  ?! o22.调情 make a pass at someone

3 w3 Y# \8 l0 ^$ b; m当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

5 J" s3 n2 D; \, v9 L" B! QWhen 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？

He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

, A/ l9 m$ r$ b: q0 f0 |5 ~24.重要约会a heavy date
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# D' |" \# p1 Q- ~% B她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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8 n; B& x. U: s2 O% F25.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.
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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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最后她还是把他给甩了。
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She had as supposed given him the air at last.

5 U6 K; o" f* N& m, u0 A; B27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

' m& e* o6 H4 b6 |0 ~& E* W3 w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?

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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8 O( @4 {  h' uGenerally 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

0 b, f5 L7 u; E: u2 |8 R; a0 [+ |, Y我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

; ~! r& o  Q. ]30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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5 K; |( g5 S( \7 f5 [% {* y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

7 y9 ?; |2 T- S公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

5 y# A) Z; q! X 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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) G) |, h; z+ O, I( m2 h7 q" ]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
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2 [1 F3 v" o1 ]9 P& V$ B据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

+ o  S$ |- \7 j1 l; a0 l! ]5 FIt 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

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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/ M- z9 ^# f* S' W: e# Q. S. ZFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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  E1 H+ V$ @7 l/ J6 j# C36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。

She took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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6 @0 U1 q! l' f/ YMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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0 \/ l0 h3 w* o# @7 |38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

2 [% }3 p" g/ r# e& f据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

7 G! Z2 g% ~0 \+ S7 G39．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

' c& O1 F5 Z4 n% O( r; w" iThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up
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4 B  A7 v' l9 O/ M这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

9 X' X( @# Z$ S! v: m: K; y* IWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

1 ^5 ~: P6 p% a  a) g% G41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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; o7 J+ S7 E! O  m/ ]! 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.
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42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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5 u9 d1 X7 [. p# E有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

+ C: y- ~1 q& k( F4 NIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

- Y1 @. a, p- R# U* |43.有家室的人 a man of family
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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?
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44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

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  H' I- V% Q: p5 S) n; j" JXiao 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

虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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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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1 N0 f3 ]3 g8 T3 j: O; Q46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.