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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6 \+ l: s+ J8 z( {我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

, y' Q3 y/ c6 ]$ k7 HI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

4 F9 y2 h1 P0 U8 s5 @9 C8 v3 t+ h6 h2.    钱挣海了 coin money

2 V. v7 x0 m9 F这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

# O  f" O5 J6 ~( VLao 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

3 P4 w: w. q( s8 W* z/ a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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5 }0 U& E1 E1 S' O4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

; C8 s. T  [4 n3 j0 i钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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* i: R( e+ ]4 |) ?; tMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

0 i5 S: H, D" c5 `5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

) ]: U# h% D! v! a: xI 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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' i3 e- `8 V( i" T0 W你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！

  u/ K! S* e+ h; X1 n  {6 eYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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  `$ d) ~. i6 l9 {6 m3 [9 d$ t3 m7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

- }8 ^8 @5 o' w: X0 W' j7 R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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5 Q9 k+ I# G: c) Y/ z  E" x. F8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

) w0 B: E6 d( r& m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。

5 ]/ p4 R0 A7 K3 ]& [" V 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
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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

/ A3 `% d! h1 X# S9 s1 oIn 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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10.   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
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- m, H: h& V1 P% A7 J# S8 e! sHe made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.
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# F  u2 \; H6 v, [: b9 Q- C/ r11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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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

; `$ D) G9 y1 `+ U12.   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
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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
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4 }" C! i9 q. P% gSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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7 F  L6 r1 F2 z; Y. }# f! c14.   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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The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

  J/ H$ n' F1 i$ S+ t7 j15.   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.

16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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% @! ]3 C1 u( T+ R; ^) W! v0 N1 K4 ~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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+ J: ~, j0 Q9 C8 N2 a4 f3 a) n9 WI 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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9 `; J3 \( y/ m) s0 N' [: R* g5 F/ b( c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.
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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.

19.   外快side money

在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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9 m6 t  m6 i3 ^Lao 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

5 Y. K% H4 h3 f+ L+ YHe bought that car on the cheap.
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/ V, `  e' R7 D# P2 G21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

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.

7 `7 u3 q1 v! A9 H4 y: L% F22.调情 make a pass at someone
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" _! O/ a4 P- I当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

( ^. t( l! S3 H3 @* ^) }When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

23.花费 outgoings
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  R. E2 Z6 H& T2 z) C% U+ S: @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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! D) D) [* P* J! S' t+ Q8 FHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

& r1 N; u3 @7 N24.重要约会a heavy date
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她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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1 }  }/ L' Q( B7 t" |9 ]# cShe says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

25.向……求婚pop the question to
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  K( L. k  I, I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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; d) e+ S1 F$ \3 ^1 O7 A最后她还是把他给甩了。
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  l) b4 e$ ^' k1 f6 q1 G) sShe had as supposed given him the air at last.

2 {! h  F/ V" C27.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？
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, S' d5 l, J+ p9 o5 O; {How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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& n# Y. T" W" U  z  d+ E* O: u28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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9 ~' x& p% v( ^0 }9 v) Q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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我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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4 r, ^$ Q, _- c4 K- s, YI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

& o  @* [5 j% L1 R& b他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

+ E# v$ }" p2 ^( Q# l7 k8 oHis 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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% j4 b- [# \* `+ B# I& p& Q2 x公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

1 D  ~- y/ @. e- x, y3 Y0 X It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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0 s( }: Q+ g$ F( J32.正经人家 a respectable family

& e! ~- \+ `8 d; H" T9 Y- Y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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She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

2 i9 Y. u7 A6 b' m5 R5 `: L( R4 E33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

1 J; n- }+ d+ e9 o8 H/ hIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

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' Y4 M& D6 h: ^3 K) [/ ^  `; w1 O, a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.

0 u, f7 Y0 q+ z- D% g35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

# x' G4 ~" j- f( s2 m5 k* ~' R" V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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* S% Q* A4 k  J5 o6 JFrom 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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他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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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.
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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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  v; ]9 ~! s) ]5 UIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

39．旧情人an old flame
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昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

8 X- p# W: r0 w6 B& n; l0 O% A5 QThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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40.装修房子spruce up

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.

( \- V1 @: Y- f7 i! l; X& }; R41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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& G0 I2 N. j7 e! 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

. k3 z7 s8 }& g. dIn 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
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6 p3 u+ ?5 G4 g# I* C有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

5 w) T8 x) L0 I$ v43.有家室的人 a man of family

他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

6 a: p: V3 d, }1 ?( B, B$ uHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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9 h" N  z% N6 `9 W0 w! h6 M& O' `44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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5 h8 v# O9 s$ d. L4 x虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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! z) I3 p% P" y0 h. I7 }) R. i: ZAlthough 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

/ p% ?0 p5 G4 y% O" F$ ]她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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' Y2 G% w, y# r1 p% i# w4 s9 ?She is a lady without encumbrance.