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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我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

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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5 b) a1 F  S/ g! z" ?Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

# `- m# I. X1 h0 g3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

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?

4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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- z$ g/ S) E7 m, L6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

6 \6 R; d; X/ P9 l1 E% I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.

( V) ~5 y2 A2 P7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

$ }5 E) {+ j& K" n; I& H2 u那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

7 x9 T' ~" i+ B4 Q+ lThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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/ j8 ^" K. a- n+ X4 M# R8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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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.
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1 q+ L8 A' d3 V+ w) Q1 p9 A- p1 q9.    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

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.

10.   发财 rake it in

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He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg

) x: B' ^9 D( [4 U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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& P. e5 R# f$ m' 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
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/ E5 i( ^/ i; V  \1 V8 o12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

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.

13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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3 O8 I6 E& K% {- L6 l9 t一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人
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Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

8 d% p/ H, k3 S* N14.   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.

15.   婚外恋 a double life
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% B5 C  m9 G0 n: B9 N4 A9 b# ] 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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$ o0 @; s( t7 x* @3 V, [  W16.   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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4 V- B+ c: Q+ G# [( G6 p6 G! gI 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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5 O5 Z6 C  G# `, G& c6 K17.   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

The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

18.   嫁妆marriage portion

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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.

19.   外快side money
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! q1 @$ G, l( Z  O7 ~, e! L0 c在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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; a; m, F4 q  g8 U6 r% ~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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他的那部车买得可真便宜
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) O5 D6 Y9 ?3 z! _1 G. c5 NHe bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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9 D; H- ~3 H. O那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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# ^/ q+ G- C7 \+ I" A3 jThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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0 ~/ H' K3 w+ R: _22.调情 make a pass at someone
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% n: c( R) D0 g& D* \- ^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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: D3 f, ]' z) [9 S8 i! T% fWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.
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23.花费 outgoings
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% ?: ^2 U! Z0 q& [& Q# h! W0 x5 O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？

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
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$ W9 A0 N4 s: l( g6 p她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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/ N/ _/ E5 ~' H( M4 @She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.
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6 O6 Q# y% u" F) p7 Q, a" c25.向……求婚pop the question to

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.

6 ~; y8 {$ p! ~8 X+ b3 m26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

" a" N7 E3 ^- \0 p* D( u最后她还是把他给甩了。
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She had as supposed given him the air at last.

* ^+ r7 b1 Q* S27.怀孕了 be heavy with child

3 J! B' H9 ^: q& e3 l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?

# m/ G0 `4 I$ x8 l9 f, U28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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- w! Y1 @) C* N& D2 D: B  D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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# W2 U+ d( G2 _, y; G4 X! {我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

3 }4 a2 g. Q, J8 ?) q& B/ hI’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

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.

31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

. {' t: a0 ]9 `6 p公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

' Z8 Z  \- l- F" H7 h 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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3 [  t% v& H9 B4 m- X2 F% u! MShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

- `  q* J" b0 v. L据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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4 L/ ^  }  H  D" G& SIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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34.零花钱 pocket money

4 F" ^. |0 }3 G  e. a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.
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35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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) i( n+ e* P# `# F+ p- \4 C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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36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

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She took shine to him on their blind date.

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许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 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.

6 o, b  F" u9 n( S7 y* n- Q9 ~2 A39．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

5 S+ T- t& n& r1 t( b  c* ~The 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。
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We 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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/ j2 z' k. o& Z: C) F7 x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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& _5 \: l4 P% ?- v% M4 [In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

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.”
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43.有家室的人 a man of family

8 T4 \8 B3 ^  j+ x% M. ~) Y他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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' u5 h" i$ ~: `. |. b% [) }$ pHe’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

3 Q. Z9 @. V9 L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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& g6 H5 |8 K2 [9 Y5 l9 x45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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3 {& U# v/ [7 J9 }! ^/ B虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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- k. H  M9 ?' JAlthough you’ll have to spend a large sum on sending the kid to school, you still get your money’s worth.

* e- @$ [( \3 \% ^2 f46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

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She is a lady without encumbrance.