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。

I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

5 J# Y" ~2 V9 B4 w2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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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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* n) ^8 t  V7 YLao 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

$ S. x- d# i" n0 N2 C! W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

钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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% S% V; G' L+ w1 \$ S2 zMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke

$ s8 }5 W0 e( B3 Z1 \+ }( Q7 ~! u我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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7 v$ \1 K4 k& u9 S# j& m$ dI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

) ~3 d7 h. G- H# s" \6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

! N# I/ ^* }( V/ r7 |. y9 R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.
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7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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0 [# ]6 h9 O- H( w8 u/ T. a9 {5 ~那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

0 N; v# d& w, Q* _, L& k: l8 TThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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; E  h/ T! B- w8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

! {8 d- X# x5 F! [9 l* @; n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 E4 u( b+ ~/ e  o2 D1 p" G9 m9.    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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7 p& U3 \# v& E# S8 r  |9 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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$ k4 {9 j9 `# |: J; m- M10.   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.

11.   太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg
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5 T& t% `+ z1 S# _- M6 b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
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12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

; V3 [8 I/ y/ h: ?: 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

" s% O' o1 {7 TSome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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8 U6 `8 o$ M) K7 R. r" [# Y# O1 LThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

/ f4 j) x" K8 x/ z. h15.   婚外恋 a double life

, K- z" j! e- A* P 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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* x1 X; g& L5 b2 {7 z! m# X" ?16.   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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. i( v- R8 f: l; l4 KI 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.

17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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. z$ J& Z! V0 c7 s7 S8 C/ V5 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

5 F# }5 N: W5 s3 j7 J4 R" jThe 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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3 H7 [1 p+ K3 }, M* D18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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! C5 D# A7 o% u0 w  {$ }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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在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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" `; a( t3 g6 J- aLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

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% m. u. |- |$ a. L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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21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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* m9 }+ j# B6 z' A那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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6 ~! e' O% p9 b) M+ @& K4 _The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

) L+ F% F# K0 o22.调情 make a pass at someone

9 Y) B5 }: B- s+ A, |" B+ y0 W) C当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

2 g: y0 Y0 j/ b5 A$ tWhen 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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He 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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她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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7 e/ z8 }9 H/ Z" D$ N. }9 }She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

25.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。

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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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

. X+ }+ i2 T  F最后她还是把他给甩了。
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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？

How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

- E1 S( e3 \  `8 }+ z0 p5 ]% t# Z28.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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1 d4 {5 Y- @, @: v- W3 @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
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$ i5 X. U, R$ |" l我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

I’ve seen your car and now you can make a 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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; `" x% [7 S1 [! Q% l$ N! yHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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31.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
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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。

She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.
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& i  r2 Y: W% N33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

# a! H, b) c, N& v据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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& P5 y& D$ X* I* c' @It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

34.零花钱 pocket money
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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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: o) l& l1 |& U( 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。

/ X0 |% b, G- @+ AFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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他和她一见钟情。

" T3 t3 t5 Z+ e" m3 H* X1 lShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

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。

! Z  O- Q( `# G: aIt’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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- j, I5 b, y: @# f& K' j) J) NThe 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.

( I5 o$ b0 ]6 m( M41.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

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

$ f1 G; N6 d8 \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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7 ]! ?: B2 ~7 ?7 P1 ?, IIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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. k* @% `1 g4 I* v43.有家室的人 a man of family

1 M8 @& ?( e) a* |" P他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？
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5 t( e* ?" y5 X% q/ \5 k5 ^) r( yHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

9 y4 n: P4 P) \" R4 M" K# F- y44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

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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. G0 r5 [5 k4 H6 p$ J, G45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

4 x7 |0 x4 m& f5 L& t虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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2 G* w1 o5 c" t! OAlthough 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
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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.