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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6 J" }0 w" _- eI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

2.    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。

$ \$ W# a" Q$ A2 bLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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- m% C7 Q8 W* H' R3.    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？

) C; V( v* I7 n' d( oLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

. Y. X8 E' ~) G4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

. S8 Q$ c  D: a, j钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

, P$ j/ g! a" Z8 x) G/ I  NMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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* U% U! y4 u. T4 Y6 E5.    没钱 be broke

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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6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees
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5 o8 L" a; |5 w6 b5 A: j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.
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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

# G, ~9 t; a: Q: m- EThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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1 y' h+ l( B( ]  V$ s# M( M  v, O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.
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9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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. L/ i; m" u0 w4 \- k2 w1 g, V5 A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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4 E0 |" S6 c3 |4 n5 \# xIn 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.

, v8 E2 N; J: J0 K2 o10.   发财 rake it in

, E! ^5 n" P- `+ S3 a  Q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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5 u4 W7 H1 S0 _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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( q8 o% L1 U6 V  w+ E/ u7 h$ ?12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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" h$ |$ |: V" v- P我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

7 |! d7 H; f4 I, C. ^; XI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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/ _& ^; }2 X5 O) t13.   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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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

/ s/ ~$ A- d8 p- @" @. x7 f据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life

我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

* j, K* w& Z9 N8 v0 K" `People 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。

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.

0 K0 E9 n. }( R+ h9 c$ w17.   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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18.   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。

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

Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.
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6 Y3 q: c: u0 ?4 @* @# [3 k6 E$ s+ p20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

4 J0 X" @% @5 b  z他的那部车买得可真便宜

$ l8 w4 w0 j3 J4 R; Z: ^. S' M' \He bought that car on the cheap.
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7 S$ n0 s4 s! S) e, f" r4 ^21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

8 v# w) b0 l/ W/ L4 L2 e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.

4 z6 ?% w' N3 D6 f. z7 F22.调情 make a pass at someone

9 ]" }" \* |$ i) V% I+ @8 T+ Z2 i, J* {当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

# [2 H8 }0 o$ @! A' S' [When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

23.花费 outgoings

6 O% F" L. h- x; j) ^( V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？

3 P; l. x8 Y( D* n! C. WHe 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。

0 K0 V( u7 H0 w( R# ]' _She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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& Q/ y( n( C7 s25.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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3 A& q1 P! e  k* h' x. RWhen he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

. l7 k) _8 z+ m26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

: X/ e$ j2 L/ Z最后她还是把他给甩了。
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/ M* y& h7 m# i  f' ~0 XShe 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?

28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

  U, ^& T* b) f& b1 f, i  K: K0 mGenerally 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
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% v8 g  J0 i! G7 b/ q" G我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

& n& _) e" I  c# E0 K3 MI’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
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他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

1 y8 ?9 c% F; I2 V7 a2 K0 Q* g. P) |His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

  u1 Z% G. }% k  J% }31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

. l' ]. Y" q! \/ c+ b3 A8 u8 C' S/ B公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去
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It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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6 ]" b" E7 X1 u32.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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! W8 r2 b: d( `7 S* T8 N, ]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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据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

# E. j) w8 \( W4 z' ^$ }- n& r  EIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money

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.

1 x+ K% ]" V, p; Q/ W, m' p( _35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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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。

- \! Z6 v: T) ^7 c9 R* DFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

; N6 C3 u7 s; @# O) ~: e  h2 B36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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他和她一见钟情。

' q5 J; D6 q' X' j% q" z, LShe took shine to him on their blind date.

, d( p: W" A1 d; |3 Q9 X1 d37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

, j& {. ]$ j7 g3 _  b许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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- _7 u, {4 O6 M3 q) FMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

0 c0 Z& {. @# g. P8 i; [/ V: g据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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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

( ~, g; D! J3 i1 ]$ a# n+ PThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up

这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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# Z# M$ x0 L/ N0 B/ A41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

) X& T# T1 ~( U. j$ t( J近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

' g* W) c* O" qIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.
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# e" Q; m" ]8 X1 @& A2 ^4 [9 L42.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。

1 q+ D; d- i+ j" Q9 DIt’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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  l0 Z! I8 A  c( x0 d" q: G$ I/ ^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?
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6 R. V4 K7 Z2 z3 v( H3 p0 b44.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.

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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46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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6 q) S) Y1 j% ^) s' u+ ]# G她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.