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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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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$ I$ D+ o% m( p3 ]' Z# l2.    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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5 v/ M& W( l& n" p% a. D3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

: l: R, u* U7 d) D6 l! p老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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5 E8 S9 E1 I* h! r' bLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

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?

4 o' o* @- L8 }. n$ W4 j( t5.    没钱 be broke

3 a1 Z2 i: f3 S; V我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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  T; y9 L0 |, b) r1 u- ^I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees
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5 x: I! m/ H& u5 i% Z你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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5 Q! X# H1 W# l5 P7 L7 t. wYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

1 ^* k* @5 H5 r( q6 I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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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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+ K. Y) U3 Y; n+ T+ t/ D. |! a7 W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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3 i% [0 Y0 F1 c. B; O Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.
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1 w4 H( }- p3 n9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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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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) [: I: R# |1 L$ ]! I, c! cIn 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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1 D0 z- K  e; J  o0 b10.   发财 rake it in

' ]% W9 a( l! W& q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.

11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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- {1 N# i6 f( I' a" P& v" C这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

, G" t5 |4 J5 z3 U. x& }) q! N; TEating 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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12.   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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13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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0 Y4 t6 ?' }: C! @9 w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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14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

! q3 z. L0 d# @, {( V* g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.

15.   婚外恋 a double life
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我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

, Y, y. O# W' Y, w  QPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

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。
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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.

17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

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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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% I7 d' z8 L& b2 F7 n- a8 J18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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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。
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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.

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

1 @7 \5 k6 H: S! YHe bought that car on the cheap.
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21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

6 y1 v# s  o* _8 VThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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; c- E+ O- \& p$ a22.调情 make a pass at someone
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7 ]' J/ ?/ t5 a, u( _  [/ d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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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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9 W* V5 N- e9 I7 R23.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？
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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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" Z6 _  \4 }& [, M4 ]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。

% ~/ S$ D7 O# g5 s$ WShe says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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% K" t5 c( K* b- v. b# Q25.向……求婚pop the question to
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- a' s% G1 z1 e; X) n6 i9 Z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。

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.

1 M6 |. z% i4 ^4 [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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3 w1 v* i( E' s  }% I8 eShe had as supposed given him the air at last.
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27.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?
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- Z1 D7 u$ @. a4 i28.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，

3 d' z: v8 i& ?5 XGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

' r2 f) U0 Q) L) [; [- f% s1 _29.开价 make a price
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& M! R4 q7 _, }( L7 d我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

" L/ P" Y" u$ R8 [, E. n4 ?) xI’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

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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8 s# a: @( Y& v7 s( W, Z/ k31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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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.
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# L8 S- T  n3 Z, H( V+ n$ T9 h32.正经人家 a respectable family
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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。

2 S' r8 ]( `0 h  J; B4 WShe’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
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据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money

- \* y( c8 Y2 N; A0 L. {7 Q# m) a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.

# D5 }5 X' b% M3 t8 W" |35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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2 g9 @7 `, h3 I+ R1 d0 y  o: C" ^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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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

他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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( t- V, d# p5 `. a. `/ h6 f  D6 CMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

" @6 i$ m1 p3 @, D0 DIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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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
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We 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

- C  f( D$ h+ CIn 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。

  O# N( Y$ r( c3 ]It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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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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) t0 x2 O6 ]: y5 Y  W! w" }" X% |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

小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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$ t* ?' o0 Q- xXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

  {( n9 I6 F! l45.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。
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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.

46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

; `# L$ ]0 k+ w  }9 m* jShe is a lady without encumbrance.