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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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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" V7 W9 E5 C1 q5 V; U% a/ F- E2.    钱挣海了 coin money

1 M' b4 e) F, j# j, z; D( ]" z3 s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!

3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn
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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?

, g- q' R& E" w. W4 C5 f4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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) Q+ u; p" j) B4 l0 S钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

2 l! J# X, O" n, ?! U$ |4 L+ pMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

* Z6 I. _  P/ `- H6 Y5.    没钱 be broke
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* [" C- Y# E% V& @! _) l我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

: Y. L# {8 i8 z+ @* j8 |I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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( \3 s/ ^7 B0 e4 }+ V- K1 ^5 T# c6.    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！

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
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那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

# V" p7 u1 u: j1 S; C% [That shop is plain a clip joint!

' f* ^9 S: u% w& T8 _8 F5 |8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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- E5 G$ |# e' f6 f2 v6 g: O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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$ x$ j0 Q( f5 Q' `* W 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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9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

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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% _/ B  j; [' zIn 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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  a7 ^5 R5 v9 ]9 Z& F10.   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.

+ E3 q0 ?* z+ w* g# m8 t11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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7 z( C/ }1 m3 a7 q# r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

/ u* O( }, U7 I/ ?/ w12.   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

( R3 F8 }0 `  {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
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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

据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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$ Z: m/ w# M' G& N% z3 cThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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( R$ u' n7 o7 S, p15.   婚外恋 a double life

我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

( c/ {8 X; J/ \* ~8 Q& a6 X# ^People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

4 w. f4 `# w2 V6 H0 K& @! i16.   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。

: i5 S; K* ^5 _6 BI 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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17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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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
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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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! z6 _9 o; ~' ~8 e18.   嫁妆marriage portion

* N# Y3 b! B2 O0 K, M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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. V9 A. R' a4 j; P3 o19.   外快side money

在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

Lao 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
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$ r6 Q7 W+ f5 b! ?; F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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4 \# }! v6 r9 i8 @5 W: L; \, G21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

1 m2 F% @" x" h# X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.
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3 E5 ]7 P( w$ x9 Q0 O4 p22.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。

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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  w# f  b" \" y: }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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- l5 s( \8 D$ g. N! i" n24.重要约会a heavy date

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.

' b2 Y: z3 u) \. l1 O- k- ?5 ]25.向……求婚pop the question to
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4 V8 r4 @6 J3 [4 _' U7 X; r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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5 _- l; M/ ], M, I& o/ \) U4 @6 nWhen 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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最后她还是把他给甩了。

% e8 R' \  H1 D$ u& qShe had as supposed given him the air at last.

27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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& y6 C9 q: b8 b' @+ k你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？
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# B9 v" S" V# c0 B# z! E- z% kHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

# y( T6 Y: ]  g28.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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2 z2 U( N: F& l8 |6 h, x29.开价 make a price

我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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+ _1 T4 |  f, ~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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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.

# Y; g9 x! o- m3 x7 R31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

" A4 E9 D4 [; ^8 J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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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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9 P$ b, W9 v( RShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

/ S1 L4 \) ]% v! N9 }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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It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money

8 D/ u2 H3 i0 Q1 Q7 _, [7 d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.

35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

& H! E) A4 F0 p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。

& l. h+ S; B; @. r4 l( kFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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/ g; B9 ?# A( ^36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

他和她一见钟情。

8 x) C  [8 ~+ n0 g2 QShe took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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0 r/ b5 K5 y: \2 K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

! W2 x/ Z3 d: }# j据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

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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' b/ C: \* I3 W' V! h: H  tThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up
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这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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4 I5 P' ~: P+ _! d+ L6 r* i41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

( Y$ w7 j6 x3 h7 y近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

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! E. U% F# [3 C. ~2 n" \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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# B9 a3 g/ z. j, X2 OIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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43.有家室的人 a man of family

3 U4 E- P* l4 a/ y# m他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

; B! g2 L* R$ d& CHe’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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小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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  J# P# S( ?- B9 u" X, A5 TXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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$ n' n4 l% O+ V6 b! _1 O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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46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。

She is a lady without encumbrance.