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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1 i8 `6 @5 C0 @( c) E( k4 H我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

0 J3 p0 G  A: @; VI feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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% G# e& X, g2 b2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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9 l6 J2 o- H9 K/ e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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0 z2 s7 V/ S- i1 m% [3 s- I% ~Lao 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
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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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9 D: u1 o7 z& G  ?9 G- j2 T- iLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

4 R0 R% |% I! x1 J% X钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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5.    没钱 be broke

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* s/ ?. [; x1 W4 Y1 @% EI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

9 ^$ R4 i# b2 K7 S2 |3 p6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees
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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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& s" ]& s) Q/ ]9 ]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!

8 h/ r. N3 x+ R3 I9 f% G6 B8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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) R" }- w+ V, ]7 Q  F' Y5 c% 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。

Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

7 B  p! W2 q- x* z6 u( e6 a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

: L1 w) y5 k% g5 Z, L' S0 V# |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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; q( J3 J/ o, s* X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.
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11.   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。

' \3 |% e$ x; y, GEating 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

# G3 E) _4 d1 T9 {, q; Q12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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0 T: ~& G" s/ a8 ]9 E/ f2 j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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8 u: j8 v# R+ v4 W+ o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.
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14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

5 q+ [7 E# P/ |' `$ ^据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

% \; a2 {  u. [2 S3 |. p- uThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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. Z* i, |3 M6 C% ^15.   婚外恋 a double life
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% N* x, l4 Y2 {  ~! u. \5 B 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

- x/ B5 A6 q/ q+ s; N" HPeople around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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( J% V* ]5 F* y* @# {/ ]4 }16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with

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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# p2 ?+ W+ W" I# \4 F- UI 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.

- O" m0 k0 t( a' S17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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# b4 q. Q2 i9 [+ {, _- I' F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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18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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" k+ o( e& S  ]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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  U; _% R  B! d' o2 p% e6 }19.   外快side money
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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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4 M. |6 V/ i  P5 L- z( oHe bought that car on the cheap.
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21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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9 ~( I" a) D) ^) Q7 C6 h5 R6 A, oThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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22.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。

3 ^( e: m1 c. V0 e0 R( u' SWhen 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？

8 K: |1 b$ ~' PHe gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

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她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

* D+ I  i- x4 {) yShe says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

, o9 T/ N: x! |' c! f! Z25.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。

; L" r1 {& n0 R5 F4 vWhen 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
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最后她还是把他给甩了。
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She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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/ ^1 H: ~) E' ]8 I8 b* u% q你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

6 ^, }) h' Z0 |) s  t1 f& p. ?4 iHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

* l5 g& K' @$ c) e28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
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; K; U; D% G- W% }1 `+ P' U/ E一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

0 n" i+ Y- d/ tGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

; N* y; W# }# Q6 W9 n6 \+ T& D7 K: r29.开价 make a price

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.

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。

His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

: `( r* M/ ~( h; l32.正经人家 a respectable family

他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。

2 ]4 @! Q4 x' RShe’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
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4 ]. j" L, d3 [& ~5 k5 d4 @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.

" A, Q1 a8 S* a' F0 S% Q* d34.零花钱 pocket money
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9 S% W) b1 T4 {) R6 F$ o. {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.

35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at
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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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4 ]. {/ q; g" h; w# B/ XFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

2 a# k) S0 K& W! j5 a. \( Q: z36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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0 P, Y0 ~4 B  e( b" m6 }他和她一见钟情。

She took shine to him on their blind date.

8 e' P! a% s1 ~3 {0 k7 ]; g, o37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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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.

$ g" c& X( \: v, l' L6 t2 Z2 J38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

3 w% S* r% c! ]/ _9 d6 \据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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7 `: b9 y( y9 p- w1 T) h6 W8 VIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame
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! {" \, z) y) N; O3 w. A" t3 Z; s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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The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up

: S* }  [6 Y5 w0 Q' X. V2 V0 k这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

/ Q( V. _4 r) U/ b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.

4 \3 \; k1 }, J; \0 f" X42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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7 d- f8 j* F. {. w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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" ]6 {3 O+ t+ R1 _1 p: [+ ZIt’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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+ @1 v4 t# D1 W* W43.有家室的人 a man of family

2 p  ]4 j2 {2 Y他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

8 u) g) Y7 ^. @% P9 I# ?& L5 |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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( ^: U3 z' A6 A. o  H% fXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

6 @6 f4 O( ?4 E3 s$ e# G, e8 f虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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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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+ S3 n& [* {! u8 Z1 G46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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* r" ~# V- J" U她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.