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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8 [( ]1 \! n$ E' U8 Y" T我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

9 B  E3 }5 F8 A1 ~2 s4 i; m( L- zI feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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2.    钱挣海了 coin money

+ V; z" R  G& @- U这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

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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2 l  R% R. G- U老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

! m9 ^# e6 M; u8 A! HLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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. t" ^- S* @9 @8 |  L4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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# ], U- R( A* Y0 R钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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: W9 B* U' m. ]3 l5 Z  M! wMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

: W+ u6 H' c0 M0 ]& O$ Q' w4 f. c+ ?5.    没钱 be broke
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: I0 U9 g# [- x, I, K7 n- i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

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.
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2 K5 \  \. ~4 m. }/ ~7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

9 W# P/ A- s: p. P% O; e" v6 k那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

That shop is plain a clip joint!
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9 i+ u& {" v/ x  x- j* H8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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' _0 W! U: @+ G9 C5 N% R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。

- x8 J" H" y& o# b# s 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

9 V! Q0 e" R# |8 e) l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

He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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, }- K. r3 z: W3 Z4 O% w11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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3 W/ c$ s: z* X+ e9 U) L9 c( l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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4 j% a5 t5 t+ @& Q3 k- zEating 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

+ a$ A$ k3 U) `: @4 a3 [% C0 M12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

7 V, @+ j+ n- @) a9 s; K我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

6 F: g) W! i. Z1 h4 gThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

: V: }. j9 A8 O' P0 ]+ J15.   婚外恋 a double life

( }# \/ E- ^4 r5 U  \& I 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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) d: d* Y0 f' |  t0 kPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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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.

  J( ^6 ^! L0 _/ A17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

: _; {! k% `% ^! F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

( o, J( b+ E8 @7 g/ f. Q  _( pThe 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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- V( f* f$ N# p/ m/ F0 C1 m9 i18.   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。
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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.

- A# y) I. `6 }# h  M5 t% N19.   外快side money

2 z( l4 J& |/ L' I在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

7 m* `9 J8 ^" j9 b6 ?/ xLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

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他的那部车买得可真便宜
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He bought that car on the cheap.
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21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

* L% {/ t. _" {4 x; H+ ~0 `" j# z那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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! I, _& x, m( ?6 U: B+ n: vThe 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。
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" K, `% W1 A5 Z1 O  c' M+ `6 }9 a, ], `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

% k/ H9 d. \' P, o4 }) x) n( j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？

5 ]0 \# J+ _! r: q9 o5 \3 b* ?/ zHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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8 y$ _4 L/ m& ^' \24.重要约会a heavy date
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! m3 h- U7 T3 I. c4 S& }( k/ b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.
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: P, D8 `& g5 G25.向……求婚pop the question to

. g- m# v' r; |! Z* b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。
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' z2 V8 }" o% ]$ B! fWhen he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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: s& G) }( t9 Q- a: K* i$ G  c4 u最后她还是把他给甩了。
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4 g9 H$ V0 Z$ d7 l6 XShe 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？

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

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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29.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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I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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+ A* n1 c# G! X他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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3 `1 P& V# T# P1 [6 _& o  _His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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" I# {8 |: W+ U" @+ \% |* d31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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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.
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32.正经人家 a respectable family
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& W' p" D. l' Y1 E! ^0 H他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。

' Q+ U/ }! D5 x: t' h6 ZShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
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$ n. `  E9 Z. I  h) J! E' j* R% ]% l2 C8 l据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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  C9 T+ O4 k: Q( X" j8 B5 CIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money

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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; o8 \, D0 G" ]6 f/ k35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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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

$ B/ _$ ~$ }" z" _他和她一见钟情。
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0 K- w% l( }8 z4 M2 R* iShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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$ t$ m$ C3 A; I/ b5 I4 R1 J37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

+ j, q1 u8 M) u" ]9 |5 L许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

4 R, |/ v6 L! d* h7 Y  F& O2 QMany families have a skeleton in the closet.
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1 a. P( g- `! V: e; I7 f38. 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.

39．旧情人an old flame

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.

40.装修房子spruce up
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% O4 t  Q# z# V- h* U$ ]9 n2 P这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

& j$ u6 h6 i; L$ O  j; m41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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7 U5 U& Y+ G5 S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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: g) [& d9 J( ]  nIn 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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3 _7 D  p' X9 k# {' m有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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) p+ ]' ~# V+ F/ R' k43.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?

* e6 _8 F- i; @: r, o* v44.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
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6 ]- G, J5 \. GXiao 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

! D7 i7 e8 ?( I7 \; l( P  ~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.

1 u9 ]+ p2 N! I, F4 Z1 J( e& m46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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+ }' Y0 Y0 D3 v  [+ U. M7 {她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.