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

# i2 g; _. E- j7 d% N我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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5 A& I0 Y& _5 `5 o6 [1 S/ OI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

3 {. ?0 Y% e! Y* m2.    钱挣海了 coin money

0 l# s2 T9 M6 q: j. P# Y* T这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

) _5 C/ o. d/ XLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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9 ]5 [4 c* e( P  b3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

) p: _/ ]9 L4 Y9 e- N1 W老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

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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钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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+ _4 i* B9 n0 W" k- u; V: i* RMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke
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* Z& E& @9 U; c  O* ]8 t1 n: i我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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* j) S# U; L) {+ ]$ J; q7 eI 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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You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

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

That shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

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 L/ Q1 K2 F5 W( g Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

) t9 ~; t8 L# A. @9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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- }) z' ]( G$ f1 b% ^3 j; L& y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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5 ^5 T+ P  @3 L4 l2 G5 EIn 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.

; E3 q9 L- W0 R/ O4 Q8 D: h: C, b10.   发财 rake it in

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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1 m" v; Q  u( E. p+ m0 y4 l11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

8 X: J1 H2 p5 n) E6 W- xEating 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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& \; r9 {5 V1 |% e12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

5 I/ q: ]* G% p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.

13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

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.

5 F1 P  H% t# Z) ~1 P& l; x14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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2 E; {/ v: ]  t据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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+ K. P% e* U7 H. H; y7 c/ aThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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15.   婚外恋 a double life
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1 `  R- ?3 y; ]8 Y2 z- Y$ ^3 A" Z 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

" G0 [$ n0 K, f: i# `People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

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
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5 E9 M+ l0 [# a. D, Z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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4 @$ C1 ?' q9 G3 _9 i8 KThe son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

9 F, i3 m+ s% V9 W18.   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.

19.   外快side money

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

1 h1 `' M6 H2 y5 @+ I他的那部车买得可真便宜

3 L- k, s+ S& B0 z2 f! x% XHe bought that car on the cheap.

1 O6 ]7 j# x8 N' D% z+ I5 u21.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。

) _" s7 z$ [6 }- ]* N: ?The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

$ a* |4 H- l% G) N& R22.调情 make a pass at someone

+ H) z+ n" u# s! X* o& J  T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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: K5 R# ~" r% V( \9 ^' m5 hWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

+ `. t5 e# M2 ]# R6 P23.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?

24.重要约会a heavy date

她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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% @# L. R3 N. f# x8 Q25.向……求婚pop the question to

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.
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, G5 C  y" V2 @$ L' |/ j26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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' w2 [4 {* P3 @$ S最后她还是把他给甩了。

9 Q0 t! @; v4 O% B  jShe had as supposed given him the air at last.

8 E4 ]$ U# F- v' j( G5 H' j) o! e/ x27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

+ m  V: j5 h' h# j/ v3 q# X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
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2 V- ]; E; w3 L4 {% `4 s一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

9 M) B! p. q& ]" ~, Y29.开价 make a price

& F: z' {* _) x0 H2 H我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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+ f* D6 S4 [2 J, q. OI’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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% c1 q1 k" d3 t( ?! [他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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1 O9 Y' N0 Z, U6 v  d3 M8 NHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

. I: `0 J- `1 v7 q) f" o1 m- K31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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; |3 Y+ z' R# i# h$ y8 k! Y+ s/ x公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去
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3 n: w- Q5 j; ]3 G It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

5 N: k; @$ v. f32.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。

+ K  s# E3 |# Y5 v1 m- eShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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! L! |' d" U1 C. d. `$ \33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

3 D7 V2 [3 y+ n9 o. R据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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0 h  W. e1 g3 x: A3 N( x- y$ ZIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money
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我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

* |8 @+ X& O, xI do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

$ b- V# P8 w! O35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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/ _( A  _6 S8 s7 i# {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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7 [! F; E. l8 f# iFrom 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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他和她一见钟情。
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& l1 a  ~3 ^( u* @2 v$ q. qShe took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

  Z' D2 }' K; y6 l% |0 d% O$ @Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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0 g( s7 E- D. W, N7 v+ m( ]* K% }据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

) t* [8 w9 p: K3 ~% p( U$ q' pIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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$ b4 G' x; R2 I: A: H/ C$ R8 B4 l39．旧情人an old flame
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" \& E( y+ M/ L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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0 |4 O) S' d) zThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up

/ T2 h# @5 Z' a2 b& [9 |  q+ ^+ V- D这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

3 S9 g8 I0 I) _9 EWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

. ?4 ?; d8 p6 W! Q5 h6 M5 {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
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/ Q$ [, U7 M% m  |, l3 dIn recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

- _: J7 I) o' p9 I0 ^" |42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

$ F. v* E: I, U: C# U+ ]5 R有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

: c) ?/ y* v1 |; G3 H( `0 o0 cIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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9 b. @. `* T( \; G$ ]+ [( j43.有家室的人 a man of family
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他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

& P9 [7 D+ R; U3 L$ xHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

$ h5 Y5 y  R1 R; x1 u44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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4 D5 i$ b, m4 F$ ?小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

! l/ Q' g  @0 ?7 K, u% e) m; bXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

8 d+ X& @# I$ i, }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。

; `" @* g7 Q2 s" l, @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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! @: L( E9 e- B$ Z她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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  a; n! [% Y  m1 uShe is a lady without encumbrance.