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。

I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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2.    钱挣海了 coin money

这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

5 V1 O1 o. B) @, l8 a/ L8 MLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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2 H. V0 ?2 a% L6 U- g! _7 a' s3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

$ R4 ~" W) @% }- u5 W& Y老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？
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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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7 J  j5 }4 i# M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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7 W5 Z/ p6 o# w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.
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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.
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( _5 \0 C) E, h7 b; }/ n7.    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!

* V8 t; c; T. k2 v8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

: B# T! \! B' @9 {" d) O" W: Y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。

) ]: i( j( B1 O% m 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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: @6 Y7 W5 h5 G4 e) e$ F# n9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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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

8 k0 Q; ^1 q- V/ gIn 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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4 I; |! W- P9 Z7 }0 t% y. }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
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He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

11.   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。

$ D$ ~/ G, U6 X5 n+ c9 e: CEating 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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12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

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/ @8 W5 b7 Z7 t; E- J9 N- 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

3 X5 W7 r( O3 K0 h* J: o' @) q4 {Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

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

9 V+ \( p+ S/ J$ n* m- n5 o据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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0 Y9 F6 t7 H- iThe 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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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

; [7 ]1 s( L& u# u( 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.

3 M' [( d- L/ N, \; {! M2 j17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

# F8 t" f- ]6 O7 P$ h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

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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" O; ~2 u$ f: A# x# u* G18.   嫁妆marriage portion

离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

; v- C9 p. [' q" cOn 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.

5 ^! I* M2 E1 E7 Z# U1 ]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

4 p/ a' D9 C, rHe bought that car on the cheap.
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% V- b7 C0 P$ d/ G% ]21.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。
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1 @  s& f* @$ B, I' H; D; l% T) Q: UThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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22.调情 make a pass at someone

% q7 n- d6 F  _8 J- V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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0 X  Q7 {" C- m0 Z2 l3 tWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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$ e" y8 x4 U' ]$ a* |; I7 g23.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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% \) o  i* s3 ^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。

2 k7 C1 C6 E. T$ LShe says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

- r6 I9 Y$ W! a: f- Y# E8 ~( h25.向……求婚pop the question to
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; U5 [. i8 \6 r$ \5 x; d5 M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.

0 t* @+ ?) x: s1 F26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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最后她还是把他给甩了。
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She had as supposed given him the air at last.

27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

1 O/ N7 Q) q+ F6 Z7 O* K( l5 ^# D- J你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

+ }8 _6 f. z+ f" z0 `How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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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.
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29.开价 make a price

我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

; Y( c+ P8 {, x3 R9 {/ ?& r& X* P! y他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

6 y1 p8 w: F$ y( A) z0 A% jHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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- t1 m0 \+ }: F3 K9 B+ x& f1 Y. z公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

8 p1 r# Z9 M6 W: A9 {5 f% L- W It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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) j: C6 i6 x; Y: [32.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。
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& y, N3 |$ y; D- n/ \2 S% QShe’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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据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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; Z- G& }, Y" s! g0 WIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money
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我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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+ i6 r) B9 J7 _( ^I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.

35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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" T2 o. {" f8 L2 |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。

- R  M. G" w4 ^% e7 cFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

- x! H& Q! E! ?* ?& D0 Z  ~* {36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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, d' @4 x" V$ h9 C# K% S/ Z他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

* n! ]8 d6 Z/ r, r" {4 R37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
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38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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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.

. o8 Z. a' X+ ]7 G% f6 U% N39．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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& \* K5 h6 G: Y7 U/ a! i8 MThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

$ Z: H4 M1 H& D40.装修房子spruce up
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1 b: R. s# H+ B& r6 \# _这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

# q; ]' A2 [, Z, U2 tWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

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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$ |* ]4 m3 L* I& u: y- {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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# [1 A  @& l) F! G- Y9 E7 C7 zIt’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
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9 o0 A) l; U/ M他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

0 P! D: k# ?' R; \/ ^He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

/ R- i" _2 [8 g* n2 Y44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

' n* _2 S' [/ H9 j45.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。

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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, @3 k/ }! s3 V9 \! R5 ~2 h$ ]& Z46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

( K, U! H* D: ^$ }She is a lady without encumbrance.