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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- w: a: Y" t8 `# w9 R* v5 a我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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( p! i6 l4 I" M6 [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。
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9 `  g9 C  j4 }4 c; Q/ E$ HLao 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

9 q  d+ S2 Y& r& 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?

3 e0 b' A  O) o9 B4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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$ p  M+ M5 q+ y- M2 t钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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0 W: p6 L+ @+ p7 _3 {; I& f' ?6 yMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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; o+ z  S. K0 N- @! A0 C5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

- J7 @: o9 v& V, }7 AI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

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！

* p$ G7 ?/ h% p5 n' P8 {You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

- y% J4 i5 B$ p: v% [' q/ w7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

6 T$ k- ]% p/ i+ a: q' L: a8 c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

+ X0 m) D# D# \2 J# o5 {: X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。

2 j) C6 [( G7 ^2 N8 E Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

4 d) D) O' c& w: S: C- N  ~9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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# c8 c( D7 {2 V/ h8 Q) N1 H: W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.

; m/ K% V9 u6 K10.   发财 rake it in

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.

) I9 d; ?" K' b0 l11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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% N5 j6 }2 e* j6 T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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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
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12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

, y6 R4 p9 }2 D+ z5 t/ H# ?I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

& [* G& u9 q1 ?) S' h; H13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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6 q; T9 U* b* ?4 s+ F, s2 U一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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% p4 h# G' T6 @$ K( |Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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" p- I! U" L. h' S4 L7 z+ W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.
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15.   婚外恋 a double life
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7 ]9 y+ j# ?- `" t* L3 q- K. B# S5 l' c 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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; ~9 q2 M5 a# p# `: ]/ gPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

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

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。

. }0 {3 S7 P1 G* ~: [& RI 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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0 a# f* d0 E. G) g5 Y17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

7 _# K- E  A; s* [/ Z9 l& t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

  p+ H( m$ e! z4 ^1 B8 a7 ]The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

$ X1 ^( v, p+ q18.   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.
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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
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; D& \! B2 a- v; jLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

他的那部车买得可真便宜

" V* i/ y( _# j! Z; w& o/ p( hHe bought that car on the cheap.
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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。

The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

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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When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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; }( X$ ]2 p6 H" I5 b0 L7 t% Q23.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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He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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24.重要约会a heavy date

她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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! E+ t8 N4 g' }2 U4 gShe says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

0 r$ A. j- j) \& T25.向……求婚pop the question to
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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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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.

26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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# u* _5 m# n3 e% C最后她还是把他给甩了。

8 j, N8 Z; A5 T7 `# ~0 b7 j8 pShe had as supposed given him the air at last.

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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  W0 T, L/ g) m( s, Q! \. `. l28.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，
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Generally 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

% N0 _6 f5 O9 B1 w$ v, ^我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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/ U3 ~  ~6 z8 ?" O/ JI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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7 v; M2 _7 B( _* g30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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# v/ s: r! x1 E0 _$ r8 O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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31.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

4 c$ ~6 |0 K, z" s6 K8 X8 n9 H 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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, C3 F6 k* h: }: x9 x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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* v$ C( I7 i" Y# M5 }She’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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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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34.零花钱 pocket money
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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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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 .
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1 }5 L6 Q  N% b' a. r* C$ Y' \% }36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

7 E* I- ~, }4 ?; f8 u许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

6 G5 s- z% w8 q& y4 g+ l( TMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

9 F& U" ?4 R* T- m38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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- J1 e  i$ x9 I9 b' S5 r据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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( @+ @  J5 M! A9 ?# DIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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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.

' [' ]1 q' I* W1 Y9 M5 u40.装修房子spruce up
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  f% Q5 d& L5 M( Y' g这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

, s$ K$ \' |9 xWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

+ R' c# Z8 s7 c' H  D+ d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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; Z) V! Z' [* t4 MIn 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

2 I5 a* E" o2 F: a/ y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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It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

1 M+ W+ h: ~) d( t43.有家室的人 a man of family

/ N% k1 ]: q, q* |他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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6 T: b+ k9 S& }9 Z% b  y9 G, q  {1 {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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( S, O: S* b& q  r( ?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.
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1 @8 [+ _( X1 T45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

  H, F; u, L% k' O1 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.

46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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0 @( u) H) I; }. }1 w) L" {) `她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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7 `& Y* p+ H$ ~5 F/ r5 R# oShe is a lady without encumbrance.