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

: Q5 E# m5 `1 D) N: f. A7 A我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

  b8 V; L/ v6 k& ]; \. h+ i& T- TI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

$ ~3 R5 w3 D0 A& ~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。

3 {/ T( J/ |4 w: Z( }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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! `; H4 l+ G+ q# A; H老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
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4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

# P9 U- k' X9 M5 |- D7 U+ v5 J- ^钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

( @5 [* Y4 R. eMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke

2 i7 y$ c& k; m) h. u; D  |我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

& X6 g( ^& b+ i) DI 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！

You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

7 T/ N6 S8 C' K5 ^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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9 ]8 t$ z+ H# X5 H9 w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。
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Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

4 V6 Z! d3 X5 M% L9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

' O0 y* x4 j1 C/ F( D3 K1 M" E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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! i$ m) c; ]7 m; @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.

  y2 L: t6 z- M* |( Z6 d10.   发财 rake it in

它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

, i/ O" i  D7 oHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

+ s- _5 Y- y( ]7 l6 `11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

) n4 O8 Z$ r8 `这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

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

7 L' q) x0 H  t  g6 [12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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  c; q  w7 M' H! ^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.

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一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

/ F+ j" N, m1 C' _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

据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

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

我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
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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

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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+ q7 w; `$ H+ Q6 J5 dI 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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" H% [( w1 }  n- q2 y. a9 l17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

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! H6 [! Y3 P* [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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18.   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。

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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( t' c5 ~" p$ t在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

7 [! H9 W4 [, C: sLao 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

他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.

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

5 H: h0 _0 v2 l! ~0 |22.调情 make a pass at someone

当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

" D! r2 Q  b1 CWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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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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6 P, U* t/ {$ h6 L$ p/ B8 DHe 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
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( b4 ^/ h1 {% M0 R她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

% c5 s. Q; n* a6 m25.向……求婚pop the question to

. M2 P' f+ R& d% [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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) x8 [, d* W; F7 s3 |2 K26.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.

27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

" ~& N1 q% `; N8 z) S  J, J: MHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

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，

Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

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$ q4 r2 W) {9 J3 W我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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9 e6 L7 ?- U+ V) O- bI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

4 _+ H0 b& m* j他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

/ I; M5 P& K+ q1 p1 o& T4 iHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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* h4 ~1 K: U- y. ?0 k% a$ A31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

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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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5 D. y9 o3 U1 V7 Y, w! cShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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% }1 A6 L/ |/ J33.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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3 B8 g6 C, A, d" ]+ k' JIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money
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6 O) J" K& r7 T  @我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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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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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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From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

. X2 L1 }5 T9 t2 t4 }" B- K0 C36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

8 _1 b% K0 C% L; c3 x' R# ^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

5 T; s- R( u! m/ D& j# i) N. k3 I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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% x  e5 @/ |+ q8 N. W0 o5 |9 B$ M38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks
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. D8 m- y) l( D" X8 E据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

# P  m* W" U7 |' v$ H7 x39．旧情人an old flame
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* A( z* V4 z* m" u" A$ V! C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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% w& j4 E1 F) P7 u, }The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

0 `/ z5 [! }! P& y40.装修房子spruce up

# m; J9 d2 v" X  b5 k这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。
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3 ~) m* z. o- {; B* c0 HWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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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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  F& }: t9 x" J! D) k3 ~0 P% Y* KIn 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

+ _5 _( F# Z) |0 }# f$ o8 t; n7 f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.”

43.有家室的人 a man of family
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他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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" q. ~/ z7 D0 n5 ?5 M  ~: i" hHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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" `6 k: F3 h' B9 _44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

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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, q% T3 u6 j3 k8 O4 ?45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

; v, K. T5 B" {3 h6 Y8 j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.

) j( t9 w. V2 [$ ?) A' q7 L46.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。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.