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。
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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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$ P" C) H/ V& Q2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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( F8 c" q1 o/ `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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( |: G" c3 A- [) RLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

) b% V2 W* ~4 O3 U) }/ u3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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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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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？

Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke

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! J) @2 @$ X6 I2 a# cI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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( t, X5 x/ x) }; O6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees
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# ^) J4 F' W3 E# x- v: B( V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.

7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

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That shop is plain a clip joint!
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' {" `* D3 Y* {  T- Q0 ]8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

- m$ `! l9 X" w2 t$ i4 {4 L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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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

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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它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财
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  H/ T% T: ^: ~9 x* q) C- MHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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' N) s( c8 l4 K& A2 J11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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+ U7 e4 f" m9 x: C8 M; a3 [这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

. F+ T! l7 \0 c% T& [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

12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

# b" a0 H# B9 {2 Y* Y) d( j/ ?3 U. i我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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3 E& y' g1 L5 TI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

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一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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8 B; T* Y. I- Z9 ?9 uSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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1 w% A* `+ T/ j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.

15.   婚外恋 a double life
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: I7 C* E- P) i& i' I0 ~$ `' E: U 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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5 ~( r% v0 {! T# o: \/ I, xPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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) D; Y1 |" i3 {  M8 h16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

0 R6 ~+ P2 V7 Y) ^# S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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& d4 p- L9 C5 L. H  C7 PI 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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  f: A5 N0 J/ C6 j* j0 J17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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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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' E1 |7 H/ {! \: M' q$ [' RThe 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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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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- A. e9 D) D" @$ z- a- `6 yOn 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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6 Y/ R$ M! Q3 b0 }/ g4 k$ S19.   外快side money
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! p: M5 x; v" w3 r在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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# v+ K/ P: {  n$ K0 s  [( mLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.
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3 \7 F6 l. B7 T  Z20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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2 Q$ ~7 D, k" |; C2 G他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.
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21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

) Z5 K% R6 U5 h1 p* T0 E那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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/ E7 R. Y* v) x9 R1 \- \The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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22.调情 make a pass at someone

$ A% [4 a( G: W: {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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When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

23.花费 outgoings
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/ O- a! C' E* l0 i6 H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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( \/ O( v2 K. Y( A7 c* WHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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- S) Q* d* }7 i; `7 h+ C! ?24.重要约会a heavy date

4 v& W2 }2 b/ I1 L+ D7 C2 u她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

1 C2 i. t5 q; ^She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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' d8 ^# m% `8 c9 U25.向……求婚pop the question to

' i# o% q$ @% o7 t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。

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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/ U) m2 \# W% S2 Q) {. p26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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; X$ ]+ O& R' Y7 e2 J最后她还是把他给甩了。
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, X6 {: ~4 N3 f& f: Z  h( eShe had as supposed given him the air at last.
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9 }9 m- U! K; f2 M( ]27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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1 L( H& I1 u/ K$ E" ]% B8 \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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7 B$ q: w% }5 T- |4 i3 H" \3 i" |) u28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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5 z8 h/ ~9 o- ~2 f: aGenerally 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

; i, c8 ]0 c0 U/ ?8 K! E: N我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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4 b: v6 c0 _# u: k3 ]+ s& GI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

6 ]! b8 |: y; p& x$ s* u1 h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 r# w/ \6 _/ ]! K: u: aHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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4 u7 l" T8 c: L5 v31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

8 a3 o- N0 ~/ B; J; p公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

/ k' c# w) |) b  t  K It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

6 H, I& E. ~$ i7 m5 S. Z32.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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( X- d$ o# f9 U% MShe’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

据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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" W  q9 N. S: y; f' P  DIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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8 b# u+ ~! s; K$ \! x: A34.零花钱 pocket money
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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.

' x. @8 f, t2 \. r8 F0 C  U35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

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 .

1 T# d2 I. q9 s36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

& h! @9 ]* X# k2 S* n: `9 B; I2 K他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

0 @* @2 b* g& P) B$ P' K0 Y6 U37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
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7 J8 c* ?7 F% O: R7 x38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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: t# S6 y; B+ h! Z- M0 m  t: u3 Q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.
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5 z7 K/ u! S4 t3 B# L4 @4 t39．旧情人an old flame
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' }6 E$ M, K2 m( @: l1 I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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The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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) m: Q8 ^6 y3 l3 m% f  |5 @40.装修房子spruce up
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这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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$ H9 B$ m: n) i5 x41.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

In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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# U  U! H) Q0 A# F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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0 s5 ^  q9 j6 J, d6 j2 ]) y; I+ h( sIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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5 \5 C! o2 L3 `9 Z" IXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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7 M3 ~* w% o/ V& J/ i  k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.

8 F( O2 R! L6 d+ n8 A. m46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

/ y) k( ^) F/ hShe is a lady without encumbrance.