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.

2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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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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Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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' M; `3 O; w+ a' ?老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

; {$ a) \8 M. ^2 @0 u9 q1 V3 M" nLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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( Z8 E0 F( E/ Y* M( e4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

1 u+ w2 p' }2 p2 q% U7 T3 W钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

. X" f6 m, Z# s' s- `! OMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke

' i+ z% b: w/ ?' r我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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2 V0 Z$ V5 x2 K! A- ]6 TI 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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你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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* e; L& P, u) S. M  w5 t4 G5 cYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

4 N+ U# p- d& i+ ]1 ~; E7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

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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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。

. _* O; N5 p' Z5 A. b9 B2 \* w- s Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

7 V  }5 y1 |( d3 W& X8 e9.    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
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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

  E* X, u9 l- u4 q- M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.

! v' g; l' a1 V$ W! ]9 W6 U11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

* Y$ Y2 y7 |4 O, d8 U2 d这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。
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5 [; q7 z) [: ^# m6 W3 l2 KEating 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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& y, z: c$ h" [: w7 }8 w; z12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

6 q1 o/ d) V% C% C, N# l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
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+ d1 _+ w5 {, p+ B6 Y" A; k一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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# c# \! X( {- U/ N14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

; J- C" B  k& i5 O+ W; q15.   婚外恋 a double life

! ?$ |! z9 V$ d% M3 c0 x8 L4 ]9 v 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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: S+ m3 H5 h1 z" o. sPeople 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

  e- n. l4 I* `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。

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.

% e- ]; c) r7 e1 |/ |  J# j17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

: g& m# Z; d: W1 H( G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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The 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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- g0 r5 H: D0 s/ ^18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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) }1 I1 @6 }9 v5 x' y' T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
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在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

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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他的那部车买得可真便宜

9 B& ~  v1 Y) f( L, fHe bought that car on the cheap.
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21.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。
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5 }8 m: b: ^- l& k9 ~" w# @% gThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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22.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。

When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

7 ?. A! U% _  P( ]  y- Z, v23.花费 outgoings

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？

He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

6 H+ w& T2 ?4 a8 x  V24.重要约会a heavy date

她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

25.向……求婚pop the question to

( K  N( r$ y+ p  k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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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

  g5 [( d( p$ G# jHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

8 B* z. w9 l! d* h/ B, }28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

6 m) L5 r% }6 U1 g6 u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.
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; ]- R* F' O3 ^7 }" s29.开价 make a price
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我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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& Z- D" O+ ~5 Y  ~I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

$ g$ [% L' T% L5 a+ A# ^30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

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0 J  ?1 v6 U9 q9 {8 b# D( d# M公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去
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It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

32.正经人家 a respectable family

: @8 Y8 Y0 T& V8 |. K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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She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

# ]7 i! C# U6 W6 x& I0 Z4 @) x33.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

It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.
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35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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5 Q  E( q7 a/ \" j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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, e* Z2 p6 {& S: ^1 z8 \From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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# M2 |3 I$ r, m5 a8 o, B3 G36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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他和她一见钟情。

  J* O, M$ Y" q! v% j8 ?2 VShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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% p* T  a* k5 @3 S, G) B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.

4 w8 L  B2 z, t: N38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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' W  c, t) i/ Y8 a* N. o9 Z8 Z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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$ D+ i8 s3 T1 K; p39．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
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, A7 k7 r9 k# N+ C  BThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up
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& Q, R. \' u+ ?( }( M% [. X这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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2 v5 u, Z4 P: w, {; C; yWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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- I! ^7 a" L- F9 F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。

& H  J- T/ `, m9 mIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

43.有家室的人 a man of family

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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44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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" N5 T/ a' x7 m& D& M. K# A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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' U7 H* j- ]" m( m45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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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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0 I3 b4 F8 m5 I; @0 f" a5 S0 v46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.