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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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.

2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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9 j" ?4 K% |3 E1 h这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

& b1 }, ~) n0 k6 _* P1 \0 x, C- sLao 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？

- l2 h9 g2 U1 F. s7 {, }$ y1 [Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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4 q2 N4 s9 l& U% o% B) ]. D4.    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？

Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

! ]) p1 o$ k1 p8 g( `  Q: a4 OI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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6 I, p9 K0 r2 T6.    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！

9 o7 h, P3 L/ j. y$ G" kYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

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那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

: s2 v6 s% k* y2 U( R; QThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    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。

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

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.

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5 e! {2 q. h, r# _% m5 G1 D它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

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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0 S; c( w: g4 h0 Y- ]$ ?# t! r$ ?. 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

7 |' K* M  N3 c8 n12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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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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+ |4 x3 i* i% u- w' ]* U! I13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

  M" e# z4 K( W( h6 tSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

, L$ C6 B9 k4 k$ ~0 nThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

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我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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6 k1 b8 s5 P' N3 l7 F, tPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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2 p- ]4 ^2 b& g: g. ]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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. E) |+ G; }8 m2 A: 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.
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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
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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.
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/ J0 {; z, J; j2 O18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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$ y$ V$ R) s3 x  o, j# Y7 p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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19.   外快side money
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7 v9 L1 q2 F- j* g+ l7 ~& r在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

" O+ ^( I1 M8 y5 M* R# kLao 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

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

那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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) y5 h$ R  `7 Z" ]; I; @6 _The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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  B1 h; ^- l/ @0 b22.调情 make a pass at someone

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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7 k# {8 X; n+ N$ F3 x, MWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

23.花费 outgoings
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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?

24.重要约会a heavy date
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; S9 d) s, {! p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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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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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.

# @# _0 k/ X0 h26.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.

  E' i6 e7 J9 D  s4 U27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

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?

1 G" |( A* y) m2 a: G28.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，

$ j4 V+ u3 `( R( H  m. u: |Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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29.开价 make a price
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, V7 }, m) `5 c0 ]: T我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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5 r, |7 p: G' t  `2 @I’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。
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His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

( P0 r5 t/ T- Z6 ?' I$ |8 ?  C" q0 Q31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

32.正经人家 a respectable family
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6 \$ S1 f8 ~' t( x+ f. C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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She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

& T: l8 m3 u6 ?# M* F33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
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2 Z. \) i" `. P! b: r据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

6 M( v' v7 V7 {* N5 n1 B, B* U6 U6 PIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money

$ d5 X9 i" d: b; I5 f1 H# P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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4 }6 k7 k. g* b  C35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

$ z5 A9 `" E7 z+ s) }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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( k7 F1 c" y3 P- WFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

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他和她一见钟情。
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' d5 o0 F- p  N9 ]: QShe took shine to him on their blind date.

& g9 O& H5 O; `: p, s0 {- j1 \37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

- w7 C% W6 n  p5 O许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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9 @$ U% u/ |8 Y+ D2 D5 XMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

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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
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The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up
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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.
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& B) u1 x) ~7 {; J41.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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) {2 P% _0 ^" @+ aIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.
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9 Y4 P' E# [8 B42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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, Q" W. F7 C) S8 C0 R1 l有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

  i# u: r  s* i; I! k# hIt’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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他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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, }: e. i/ G, k/ I3 B9 r9 b- e& X小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

0 i9 ~, ?  w- N  xXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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, ]: ~0 g, i) D: k1 t45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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8 N  _3 I- z7 j7 ?' }4 R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.
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46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

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0 d+ C# Z6 r1 S5 g$ _She is a lady without encumbrance.