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

0 ?1 D8 _- T; K# q1 r# x　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作
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" c5 r# d/ V3 Y$ W( k2 A' A　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.

5 Z  k. j" f3 G/ F　　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。

% Y; |" I0 s; E% d, A* j　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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5 X: d+ e; O* S2 p9 Z　　(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)
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　　4.走运 be on the gravy train

  h. Y: i+ Q  ]2 V$ Q  n　　这几年他一直很走运
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/ O$ @. y% P; d　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

! c! O: G5 ~3 f, m3 J  w# {　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off
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0 L8 ]7 n* g) y' H0 u2 \: e　　我又被那个家伙给骗了

+ |1 o: y. L1 Y" `5 a　　I was ripped off again by that guy.
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$ X2 C  [) r$ H- c　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.
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　　7.白费力气plough the air.

　　你再劝他也只是白费力气

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

　　8.命好 lead a charmed life
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　　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。

& v! ^/ C7 z6 k# f8 C" ^  ~　　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
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　　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。
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　　In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
2 v1 w" n0 Q# O$ G. \0 ^    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.
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4 p6 y! b5 W! l) g1 g　　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.

% H8 q6 S- _) w" B( a　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle
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　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的
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7 h0 \0 |% y% n+ \( i1 J1 D　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.
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　　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
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$ n$ S' R8 u( B* ~9 A& ]　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.

　　13.被开除 be sacked
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　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

: J0 x# {7 _6 C! G- L　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.

0 m9 \4 e& g: W' _0 H　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise

% y3 t7 ~& i+ h6 {( X　　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
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　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
9 D' U- B, X" C; Z. a    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.

3 F5 n& Y# L+ j　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame

8 R* ?% O. N7 p　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证

6 n6 G: d% i, A　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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8 |3 U. i, g* _" a2 H4 {　　16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon

　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿

　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.
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. ?4 B& S/ b9 u: y, {* ^- Y　　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
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/ z, ^8 d3 t1 N　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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) `. Q2 `7 F8 D1 o7 J. T1 j% ]　　18.没门！No way!

　　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。

4 |( f5 w& p7 U4 L" ]8 M　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
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　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎
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7 i8 C( H  W& r　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.