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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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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. ^" I3 w6 B  ~- Y7 g1 j2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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# q% b5 g8 Y5 U/ w6 H( f5 K  L这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。
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2 S3 p7 _! M. {4 P4 w1 WLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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. N; l& k2 a# |! j* j) |3.    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？

Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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7 F7 A; N8 c: P. I7 V1 M5 O4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

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

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.

8 Q  j( e5 a7 a0 ]6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！

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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8 M/ w2 K) E- I& z$ |+ c3 J+ m7 V2 G那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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That shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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: z; ]* o2 J; D- Z( ]1 N0 O9 e( [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。

4 @. x, }/ r$ S. ^9 A Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

3 _1 _0 Y, T' ]5 G% I! 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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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.
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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

3 l% B8 E+ a* c/ T# fHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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/ O$ _' p" P9 \11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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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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( t% {& S. X# |8 x, c7 U6 R12.   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
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1 Z) `/ x2 G: W. f9 W9 i5 B4 oI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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( J0 {$ V* g7 k! ?3 F/ p一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

' Q. `$ D. g, a) oSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

' K% X# Q  s1 |8 E据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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- w- n- m# E5 S- s; U% {  T$ r' `The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life
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我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

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
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2 k" r7 N& P" ~  t3 E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.

5 A5 C. i1 V9 P/ Y17.   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

" s$ P! `( t0 C, P8 ~The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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- n  c7 W! i/ W( I1 X, \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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! B& E0 r- x8 c3 y* ROn the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

* s) h1 s/ n6 ]19.   外快side money

: U, a8 l! b1 F, s+ M, x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.
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20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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7 n  i, a( O+ \- x7 \他的那部车买得可真便宜
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7 C: x3 n4 T9 u# u: K- QHe bought that car on the cheap.

# E: ~* c8 |* k- G: Q4 P21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

& Y3 T8 K4 K/ X4 Q22.调情 make a pass at someone
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当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

# j) i( A# X5 q0 r5 [# FWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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3 ~$ e% w2 u- Q, x, |  A# X7 S23.花费 outgoings
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+ a" e* f3 b1 |/ V* B% \' S0 @7 w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?

3 Z: o5 G. Q8 W8 v# }0 c+ M( q24.重要约会a heavy date

( H! Z# O) T8 A( w, k2 `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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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。

9 q% N+ W" R  a/ c; P* VWhen 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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2 m0 T) d: S: A' f3 o! B: o3 @26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

最后她还是把他给甩了。

5 L4 |7 b5 h5 j  Z0 \; `% XShe had as supposed given him the air at last.
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27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

/ _& G2 C, a4 @3 Y' @你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？
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How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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  u) f5 o8 I1 z3 Y! u28.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，

Generally 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

我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

7 K* C$ I9 ~! YI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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1 }% i% _: G, M5 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.

31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

' B/ \* m7 Q. f5 |: J4 O6 g- i32.正经人家 a respectable family
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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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5 w8 q) X, T, c" J+ K# |& n0 x7 [  sShe’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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3 L# H- c% y- d1 E7 J+ q, s( J7 B据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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$ D0 L6 E4 v' o& ]( y$ y2 g$ RIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money

6 o5 Y) O  ~9 Q! p0 z: M我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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6 ^  d0 K% j* [+ W: [: cI do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

0 {: l( D5 s$ U& m/ G) X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。

From 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

* M" U. k5 |# L' Y他和她一见钟情。

" p2 U+ H* ]& `3 i  X2 sShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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/ X5 S; L/ E# h; y" e9 \# B; \% X37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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$ Z. I* a7 [* @, |( M) D" x8 dMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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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

The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

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) I# ]4 @5 Z; \" `# {( t这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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9 M, D; {; [" p- ^2 y/ M# F4 L41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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7 V$ X( ~! G/ z& N2 `* N2 o  L近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.
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42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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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 e: G7 D1 `; [+ x; m2 e' aIt’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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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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2 X' x$ n; H# l/ V% l1 q44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

! K/ |( \1 V2 O& i0 H- p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.
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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。

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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& }6 X3 B8 c& t* a( a& U46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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: T7 a! Q) L/ o1 l5 ^她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.