如何地道表达：工作，机会和运气

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1． 前途远大 have the world before one
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　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作
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　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.

　　2.好险 a narrow squeak

　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。
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　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.

5 |: ?6 W4 p  X4 w　　(此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量，任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金.后来，Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了)

　　4.走运 be on the gravy train

& N5 D0 d2 g8 G7 P: c1 I9 {　　这几年他一直很走运

' H5 S. r2 f0 Y$ W3 z　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.
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+ O4 l& I0 q/ i8 a0 t　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off

　　我又被那个家伙给骗了
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+ _6 h3 e4 F8 V　　I was ripped off again by that guy.
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　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.

  \' [! Y% w% t0 }6 }% {　　7.白费力气plough the air.

　　你再劝他也只是白费力气

　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.

; A. G( _- N2 l; P. a, d) F2 e　　8.命好 lead a charmed life
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, ^7 {+ }7 I3 G 　　他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。
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　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
  F& V, T: W7 R, r8 ~8 X    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
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! e" Y' r9 M: n; ~4 o　　9.倒霉 get in the neck
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% T6 m, n0 r7 o3 D+ M　　在家里，如果孩子们打架被父母发现了，倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。
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　　In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.
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7 w- F+ j* Z' M　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag
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　　在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅

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　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle

. U) {$ O( u, m9 i3 E7 G2 l2 Y　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的

　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.

　　12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers

8 ]! Q0 ~$ J0 w( V" k2 B  B　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头
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　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.
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% D$ O( w9 b* n7 G  {3 ^6 V+ Y　　13.被开除 be sacked
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4 ^6 e7 B; O1 {9 @1 d9 u) R, V. o　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

7 y8 P: w% Q3 [4 h　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
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2 b3 D+ A: L8 m1 I! [$ [　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise

　　他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了：住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了
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4 Z; v+ S2 s* }  V  M7 S3 @: k' h" ~　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.
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6 M  p( ?- Q9 W) B1 H1 P/ I　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame

　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证
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　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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) c# d  h0 J9 m3 z7 o7 @　　16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon
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　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿
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) }( k8 c$ S( h4 h& }# K4 h　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.
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/ ^6 E: \5 `2 N' w, t# m+ l　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons

　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了

　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.

4 P5 o. \& v3 o: r# c" W9 Q　　18.没门！No way!
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　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered
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　　他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。

　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
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8 o$ A6 E4 H4 g. Z& m' J( [　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎
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　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.