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。

I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

2.    钱挣海了 coin money

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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

& ]9 C2 q: K5 X% o4 |6 E老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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( q' @2 f/ _# T( _Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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+ c$ ^/ E# ?5 t* G- B9 e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?

5.    没钱 be broke

6 {: f9 k, i, b3 u3 c我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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- Q: v! Q4 ^& `5 T, gI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

' P9 U) G, ?" v7 |' ]3 ]2 u6.    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！
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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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That shop is plain a clip joint!
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; Y, h+ O  A* j3 _9 }8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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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。

: W$ q. z. N1 r 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

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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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
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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

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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9 n9 j+ b7 a  N: x7 n# F12.   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

I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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9 d7 b$ T2 ]3 S3 p1 q13.   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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+ }* ~7 B6 Q, @2 |& ]Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

& Y3 [8 s2 z" B% r14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

3 M7 v6 A% ?7 U4 n/ m9 G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.
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% Q6 R2 g: ^/ c9 Y/ j! n& d: V' ?15.   婚外恋 a double life

9 o: ]( R. h* g' ?  \0 N9 R 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

. x+ ~; C9 }1 yPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

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

% f3 q, d6 ^# o, Z5 s# v, W9 B, Y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.
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17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

# g3 D6 u/ B5 N% ^$ M) S$ G/ 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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# z! b5 K6 n- U+ a$ jThe 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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$ I6 {+ \, t6 `$ I18.   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。

& o* {9 {2 s" m- B; o+ A4 V4 v6 sOn 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.

/ I+ D+ t1 }: Z7 z" e! g6 C20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

他的那部车买得可真便宜

) X! u" n" ^. M# i  _He bought that car on the cheap.
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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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$ B  s! U; `( i6 \The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

* Q3 `  E% p+ Y; X" l% A22.调情 make a pass at someone

8 B# _* G* O2 N2 h: n1 B+ `3 M当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

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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23.花费 outgoings

$ z+ v( R& N5 J# l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?

" m% u2 Y& K7 f24.重要约会a heavy date

) D4 p% X5 W5 \. u' J' y& ]她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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, ]; q' A& j$ aShe says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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! ~: I5 `& T4 ]" w25.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.

& Z; @, n' |$ o+ C/ a0 K/ m; x26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

% g9 L$ L8 T* i4 q) K. S9 t5 `0 N, v; x最后她还是把他给甩了。

! U3 }( s7 ]. X' k0 ~' n9 fShe 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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28.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，

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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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.
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/ [8 i7 s4 Y8 i4 z. t: f30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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" ]9 `1 Q( m# ~$ Q- P1 a" j: {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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31.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
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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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' d% [# @  X" ?, j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.
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# E  h/ |5 ^+ h4 F( U33.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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9 u* N# e! P3 K9 Z* }It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money

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.

# i/ Z! A- [4 q; l& N35.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。
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) S6 r0 l% l% [3 E4 fFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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2 [3 T1 G7 a' W7 c" m3 o6 [, |6 d他和她一见钟情。
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' \8 F/ y! y  Q3 a9 s6 i) |, VShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

* c1 r* D% |4 _9 A# P4 PMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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$ ]5 J. X/ ^9 u, S4 q# q; @8 z据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

. {0 s, ]5 x% E  K! I, {It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

39．旧情人an old flame
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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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; p8 i! m! `6 l1 k# c3 K1 NThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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9 T4 `1 X# k2 i. t, |+ ^0 A40.装修房子spruce up

& e8 e, x( ~( x1 Q, X# }' c+ a: x3 S  o这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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5 }9 \* y4 q: w) A. w% hWe 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

2 e6 r% O3 K9 M' e' w5 U+ bIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

  G6 a/ o1 J% M# i42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

8 v) S' }: N- E& Q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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7 W/ ]3 {4 y& @' W; H! 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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He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

0 G) M, l% R' |" |44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

; ]$ k/ J: x6 `+ o( I小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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45.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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! C9 y( R$ X; o- ^4 PAlthough 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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4 h+ f# s% |* @# A她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

8 S- ?4 W8 Q3 q7 E& s; V" sShe is a lady without encumbrance.