如何地道表达：工作，机会和运气

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1． 前途远大 have the world before one
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8 i2 t) L+ G5 J0 S　　你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作

  S7 r* h5 ?; A& O1 @0 U4 b& j　　You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.

* `  G+ z7 T3 T0 U　　2.好险 a narrow squeak
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　　3.手气好 have the Midas touch

4 q5 e( |3 h! \3 |' q/ I& _　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。
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- R) ~2 b+ J( q/ a6 G3 h6 n　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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　　(此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量，任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金.后来，Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了)

$ I: f0 ]* i7 T9 Q5 L　　4.走运 be on the gravy train

　　这几年他一直很走运
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) j( N+ T1 }1 K# E- U/ f; f　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

2 F8 j9 H. A( W+ j# q　　5.让人给骗了 be ripped off

. J* m0 s6 m$ J+ e8 n) H; a/ B　　我又被那个家伙给骗了
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　　I was ripped off again by that guy.

　　6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.
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　　7.白费力气plough the air.
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　　你再劝他也只是白费力气

6 U0 x2 b" C# A5 r" g% r8 r, e　　Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
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4 r- \, x) I* }9 E　　8.命好 lead a charmed life

  l% y$ ^" c) E  Z! U 　　他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。

　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
/ [; r5 A/ L5 ]8 i$ T* w    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
8 C* [: y4 A( `4 p( q    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
    a charmful life!
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　　9.倒霉 get in the neck

　　在家里，如果孩子们打架被父母发现了，倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。
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　　In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.

　　10.背黑锅 hold the bag

( `  Y2 _7 \/ T　　在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅

　　Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.

7 y2 ]/ Q6 c; F) \) `- f9 g: o" a　　11. 有利可图的事 an angle
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) J4 E4 H) x* `# O% f　　无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的
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　　That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.

$ y4 ?- y! D# ~6 C+ |　　12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers
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　　以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头
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, w8 i  w/ e& M# b) H　　I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.

　　13.被开除 be sacked
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) t9 R  U9 \( p" h% g　　他因为玩忽职守被开除了

　　He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
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　　14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise

* G& J% z+ X% q' ?  X4 r# ]　　他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了：住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了

　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.
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  y9 Q1 I; a: u( x! T, j: O% m. Y　　15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame

& v8 A6 v, D" s) t6 v　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证

　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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% X/ W, i5 v* \4 P& u2 T2 r0 A　　16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon

( U1 N# c& F' \" W+ K# i' Z　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿
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　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.

　　17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons
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　　他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了

6 J2 G/ l! s; F! ?　　I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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　　18.没门！No way!
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# s* ?( b4 ]% G9 F7 V. N" c8 u' [% S9 b7 R　　19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered
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9 ?8 t: ?# i" r- G　　他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。

　　He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his
    days were numbered.
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　　20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy

6 V+ n# H' I2 I　　依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎
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　　As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.