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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/ _6 Q# H: M9 F' |　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.
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　　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。

　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.

　　(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
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　　这几年他一直很走运
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' i: F" v1 D) L7 k( ~+ D! E　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off
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  g4 j3 ?: |; f　　我又被那个家伙给骗了

　　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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+ @' T7 a$ m' Y. y  U　　7.白费力气plough the air.
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: u6 k- d9 ~3 e9 E- }7 W( B) I9 B　　你再劝他也只是白费力气

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

% \0 o- z7 \7 ]' `　　8.命好 lead a charmed life

# s  V% d$ W. g2 B: P" A' Y 　　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。

　　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
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　　9.倒霉 get in the neck

2 ]# U6 g- C9 h' L　　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。

5 ~' C1 f7 v" F6 }0 q　　In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
7 j9 k" r/ U( f: v, \/ g* y    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.
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　　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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　　Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.

　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle

4 O" J4 H9 @. `% A4 M- s- _　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的

; t7 j2 t$ O  G/ c　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.

  T4 G+ F2 F  B, x　　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

0 Z# q* G5 M: t/ s0 R　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.

9 b  e" Z' b' \! Q  ], I$ l3 O* d　　13.被开除 be sacked

: t' {2 o; T: \( u5 ^; Q- N2 u6 i  _　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

1 d+ p( h8 s# ~( k6 @' N　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.

6 q0 j8 `9 t* {7 O, w1 l5 v　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise

) \) [7 |" N' T: m! q4 b. `　　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
    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.

* h* U! ^% k1 `5 X# D& Q5 R　　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

; w4 ~% h" Y" Q3 y　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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$ T9 @% i3 r  h4 _8 d2 O: j　　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

0 f7 g" m: Q) W$ r　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.

　　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

- x( Y1 ~" ?$ j　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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, L$ X" I* _# o# Q* Y7 g. u　　18.没门！No way!
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　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered

　　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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. H5 [5 T7 f- o) P; U' D* M　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
    days were numbered.

2 d4 ]4 |! T' f8 W, n; C0 N( N　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy

; O# y# E4 G; K3 Q" U　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎

; _8 U! b6 }) V& c, y4 n　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.