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 u3 n- g/ f. g& L2 V: v. MLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
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+ q" V* k% Y# m( @- Y. g7 {; m3.    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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+ e* Z! f6 a$ }9 TLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

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. C9 W& y+ j! DMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke
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% e& M5 F2 u- [4 @4 Q我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

9 w) }% m- B* w6 S" CI 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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" T& [0 e# G- ~1 h3 A3 j. o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.

7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

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

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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; d3 V) w. U9 h! a! X; Z% Z9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes
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% I  [) W! _: q( R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 _& t+ i$ b; z- @' i6 `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.
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10.   发财 rake it in
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$ i4 z' j) j: F1 L( K& t9 }它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

* [3 o* I; r2 A, P- ^He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

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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。
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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

12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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1 ~0 v. m; i+ f: @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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13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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3 z+ i& ^* A" |4 d0 @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.

; O4 Y+ p/ ]$ C! Y14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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* C' {' ^& F( [$ q据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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8 I7 y3 r' f4 @: _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
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我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

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# }2 M2 X1 U  S7 x1 W( R# `$ y16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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) D) @  x2 p0 T5 |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。

. m# Q( O  }( C$ Z. j* b& c( 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.

, Q1 ?- n0 H4 ]8 r6 `17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

$ b/ @$ U1 h) H; P5 v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。
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0 K- `9 A) B; ^: T* ]On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

* L- R. y& M% n7 A19.   外快side money

在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

: J# B- W( X% L3 pLao 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

, v3 k/ L- E/ a+ H- x他的那部车买得可真便宜

; I% e8 ]) I! t0 xHe bought that car on the cheap.

! U' H2 ]# a3 p8 R4 d21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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1 `. E% f% s4 T  d* N' ^那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

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

3 P/ T6 F2 a0 u  E22.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。
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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

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？

5 {9 H5 C/ J. N# l1 @) CHe 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

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.
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' z8 M8 g; ^/ e0 C, E2 c25.向……求婚pop the question to
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$ k8 @: M6 |5 c9 G* H8 o  \8 |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.
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# \9 }8 z: n9 [( f26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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最后她还是把他给甩了。
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$ d- Y) T: e0 f! b+ nShe had as supposed given him the air at last.
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/ p# z  @" j7 d5 q" Q27.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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: G/ C5 r4 \; g  z/ X- b8 iHow 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，
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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

我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.
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, q  R: `% k- f- u! `$ T' F; B# _6 J) s30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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: y' V, g+ {- R+ D1 g3 g8 {* T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.
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7 \. Y5 O% \6 o( O: [( {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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2 Y$ R$ _. v6 I% p% i, O It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

32.正经人家 a respectable family
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" b, ^4 _& a8 |* B  q0 s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.

33.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

It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

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; y/ y: M! H& a6 ]# e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

/ e2 L. r& o5 l8 K9 o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 .
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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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/ a8 z# H3 w' H8 g8 TShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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! t4 x' z/ U  _: m+ }5 l2 t37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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1 J) p! ]) [& I; j  U许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑
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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。

* l& g+ t" N( S& U" h, LIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame

0 s; v* z- k+ P昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

: J# }! ]. o- ~. }; IThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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, C4 T; \* g; p- `8 h) E40.装修房子spruce up

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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41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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1 n9 x' p& W! p7 ^  H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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In 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

有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

" c! ~0 C( c3 U; fIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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$ F" G  q& Y; E: M' U- L43.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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  h+ {+ t, J2 S$ o7 y$ M  @He’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

8 s, K) q% u0 f2 `/ P小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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2 b0 y1 b2 ^2 b; 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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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.

  z1 Q; o) R" V4 X46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.