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。
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/ j2 R4 f( \: Q; L3 ZI feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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* [3 M, V# M+ |+ y2 `7 C2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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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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3.    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？
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9 f/ t" Y" B7 W6 d* _: f0 Q; ?Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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1 t! ^; v: u) B4 V' p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?

# }) w0 r( W1 c5.    没钱 be broke

9 Q' f" i  M+ Y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.

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.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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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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/ ?' B' U: Y- c2 e+ E! _8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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- o1 f2 d2 K' O4 a3 a. V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。

0 e7 g3 W1 P5 R6 s% x Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

1 @8 @2 m' N  h+ w" y" I# {- h1 c9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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) _; c, c' i. P1 _$ i( z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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+ l! u: X- m7 W; K$ _In 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.

10.   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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6 w* }: l( ?0 {' W  c! S' z+ XHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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. t' L$ U9 H$ N: K* l9 C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

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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.

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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14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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; f+ q8 J4 B2 m据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

/ D% K# m6 A# g* Q% nThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life

7 A" w8 T/ f5 N" J 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

1 N9 M% W% K1 |8 C) B* YPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

8 K6 [( j4 D& Z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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17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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# ^- L$ I' T1 T  B1 e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

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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9 `6 G1 e7 ]8 l; U6 |2 h' C( X  FOn the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

19.   外快side money
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: e4 T& f/ G( Q- i  O+ X& t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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, Y6 K* Z1 w2 ^9 G% a7 \20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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1 J4 e9 s* J" }+ ~8 A22.调情 make a pass at someone
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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 K# b5 b0 D% m7 H% JWhen 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

1 O) k  A2 Q! g$ M4 E, o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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& z# `% {$ T2 _4 r; ?2 HHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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24.重要约会a heavy date
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她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

" L! s' {+ J0 i. l25.向……求婚pop the question to

8 ?( f' w) k' U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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& M* Y7 `1 W8 d* z0 p" X2 w) E( PWhen he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

2 ~$ n# o3 ~4 r. R" Z26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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4 _  G6 ?1 e0 P5 d6 q' x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

7 T0 T' t: g$ o1 e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?

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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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: w( N% v# J4 J) aGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

' p. ], ]+ A; w* m29.开价 make a price

9 l2 I) ~' l5 V) @8 ^8 ?4 ~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.

8 D+ w1 ]3 x0 W8 c6 F( U- \5 L30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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4 Y" f# u" O% @. }! E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.

31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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! P% \& q  I' w7 S公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去
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6 q2 e' |% |$ v  a- Q% ]* t It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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! m$ s% l9 F/ N32.正经人家 a respectable family
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! i. h2 n" [8 z- p$ m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.

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.

9 {9 o. Q' I2 A( Q7 k9 Z. p34.零花钱 pocket money
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/ c: P9 F0 N  v  p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

  b- D& m$ g- z/ L8 T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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$ i2 l- E6 G6 b36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

* t; L5 M, N+ v  `他和她一见钟情。
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" r5 c! O4 k2 {* M6 YShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

' T& M6 `! l% m3 y" d/ U2 I7 qMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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; l- B9 d3 S" T4 l38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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6 y( I+ Z0 S) W2 B: R5 |- i: C8 f据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

# G; l8 }3 C9 ?2 R) o: Y3 aIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

6 F( R3 j/ s8 j" {39．旧情人an old flame

昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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4 w" G6 |* e" x6 F: F6 a, O0 H40.装修房子spruce up
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这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

$ R$ G; e" ~) g% OWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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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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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

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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/ q+ V/ f$ h6 \5 xIt’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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! z, F- n! y2 U6 g  ~8 L2 R8 |1 RHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

0 G7 z. a6 F+ E- _" D44.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
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Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

4 ~/ v0 j3 R7 L9 _" t4 c& C" B( K45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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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.

46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

. J$ k: B0 ]+ n- b4 s+ U3 \她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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  e* [! m( b9 xShe is a lady without encumbrance.