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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$ Q1 r% ^) v1 A# O4 C5 Z, XI feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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6 s: c" y/ j5 e* d3 _0 u5 F6 B2.    钱挣海了 coin money

$ k! O, d' d( m( [$ j这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

6 K8 a. _2 W1 r  X! RLao 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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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
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  s" _, F2 x; [  l* [2 O# {" W+ h钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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& q, S/ f- D' R) s+ X2 l( J7 \Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke
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我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

" {6 M% k$ S. w; E: D4 Y" [( bI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.
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- \! H" n1 ], W6.    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！

0 i' o3 t# {  D* ~You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

" d1 C! I$ k- a1 t& M2 n7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

That shop is plain a clip joint!

8.    生活很富裕be well fixed
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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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" _* S3 I! M9 o0 b Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

% Z4 x5 S6 B+ C6 T6 F9.    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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* M+ V! m% k. c  [# P5 `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.

( y: |# P$ K1 y' e10.   发财 rake it in

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He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

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+ d: M6 ]+ h  t1 h9 e' t0 _  h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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: @$ i% r( X& J! I2 K. \( Y$ bEating 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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, [5 D, ~' \' }12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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! Q! v8 Q5 v: N我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

4 t5 ~2 t0 L  H4 s  u2 s4 jI’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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Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
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7 ~* Z* F: Q# i% k+ }% U14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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$ O) k6 A  k4 e1 s6 U% L) z2 C5 y据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

: Z9 a6 f' r. S. J( R# s  ^The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
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% b; O1 c0 c/ i! n$ M  x7 q15.   婚外恋 a double life

我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

- K1 |2 ^! F- U) u+ WPeople 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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& b  \9 x! h# o& v% ]' h' l8 e) z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。

I 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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17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand

; b4 _* h6 d7 R6 Q1 G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

: `6 }2 p2 {( gThe son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon abroad.

18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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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.
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  y0 m8 e$ s, W# q19.   外快side money
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9 U9 M& E) F  R/ i& r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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他的那部车买得可真便宜

* T# x6 b+ y; f/ zHe bought that car on the cheap.

21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

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

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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.
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. a1 ^# }/ f( O- b+ m, [; S+ w23.花费 outgoings

2 K7 O/ d9 x7 H# {$ Q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？

He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?
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; `' C3 \- S# v5 M" [3 D2 ?! n24.重要约会a heavy date
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/ k) ]9 p! {! _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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$ B2 o, f* `6 B8 ]/ h25.向……求婚pop the question to
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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。

+ V1 d$ ?0 c4 p% `; v- Z3 TWhen 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

& T. l& @* [* j! R6 t最后她还是把他给甩了。

, Y  T. R: }9 q1 UShe had as supposed given him the air at last.
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$ j, L3 U- r/ I$ T( U  V7 n+ ^( N27.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？

: v3 F  b- _6 N5 PHow could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
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# r9 R  s7 K3 b- r/ {6 ^. L# e3 V28.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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* w! G8 i1 `$ I) V( {4 ?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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/ {5 M0 w5 J3 L! k/ q$ m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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30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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* ^. A% w4 F# Q6 p, y2 N他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
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  S, x5 @  r" `0 ^2 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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2 P" Z( y9 e7 u0 E公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

5 O( ~- }% r6 V# U! e! @( S( R 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。
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She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

) r3 }6 I1 Z. ]5 t* d$ V33.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
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It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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, o. y5 b. U5 k+ f# k( G34.零花钱 pocket money
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( _% G9 O+ ~- q6 Q0 Q7 k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.
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/ e+ W  [7 X2 B* ~, _35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

( \- i2 ]; E1 ~) h* \0 H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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: A2 x# |+ c- b% DFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .
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  b1 |5 N0 a" R36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone

+ r3 \- H- [3 F( W  z9 |他和她一见钟情。
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1 S" ~7 F8 Q) a1 ?( B* |She took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

! I. H. [/ N7 D3 Y& o许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

' p- p* \: t7 D6 B% `Many families have a skeleton in the closet.

38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。
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, Z$ D0 m5 ~5 t& qIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame
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The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up

/ d  X) F2 P+ r1 [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.

41.生活优裕 live high off the hog
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) n+ N6 w' u0 S  W1 P近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

/ j+ H! Z- y  G( y) L0 uIn 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
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" q+ x; l+ f" D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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It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”
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43.有家室的人 a man of family

  j) {, }% u% y2 L- U4 F他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

9 E4 H1 ^+ Z, p/ I) X; Y) ^/ o& THe’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

小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻
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Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

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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* {. Z$ Q5 L* z46.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。

% `- {7 J, R; x0 X, G# C- NShe is a lady without encumbrance.