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
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　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch
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　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。
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7 ]- o+ h( T& g- E2 U- }　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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, T4 _, @, x% l0 h- _* }4 G8 v　　(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)
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　　4.走运 be on the gravy train
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　　这几年他一直很走运

　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off
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; ~# `+ |# T: M" p7 Q9 ^5 o　　我又被那个家伙给骗了
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　　I was ripped off again by that guy.

　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.
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　　7.白费力气plough the air.

　　你再劝他也只是白费力气
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! w1 t- `2 {: ?% H% d6 E5 v+ V' w　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.

/ j9 S3 b. u, f3 @% `　　8.命好 lead a charmed life

' ^" n5 A7 F2 r 　　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
    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
    a charmful life!

　　9.倒霉 get in the neck

% E3 B  b) N* b　　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。

, o1 N2 m' d- r; {7 l3 _) V　　In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
1 Q0 [7 \& m, Y1 m- Z" R    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.

# L3 N5 z3 `9 J2 r# G　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag

　　在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅

　　Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.
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　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle

　　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
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　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头

; W- d& {- c2 }2 s　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.

　　13.被开除 be sacked
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　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

) L# V4 F: w3 k" m; M9 S: c9 |# T　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.

7 ?. U2 g4 _3 d  Q6 _　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise
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　　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

　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
) ~" \- K- z. d- ~    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.

+ l7 j, V0 u! }" [) ?+ F8 _　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame

" }% S( d  w( a: q　　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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　　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

7 h' i2 j. Z% r5 T# u4 r　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.

　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons
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　　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.
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　　18.没门！No way!
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! s7 K- n$ f* Y5 z" H0 o　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered

) }$ |4 e* G- c: g  X8 N; Y　　他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。
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　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
    days were numbered.
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- B. E) Y2 o3 ]) V　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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9 U$ ]$ Z1 [( S　　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.