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

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.
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$ H2 ^- _8 b; R! p8 s2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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* c4 \8 Q. `- N( P3 B) H8 D这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

# b7 Y6 y! A0 [$ U6 lLao 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

( G% g$ e; @: H老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

+ p9 y6 z  N# t5 OLao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

2 x* @* C% R$ L% B4.    钱能生钱 money begets money
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钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？

2 E3 n0 N4 [7 BMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

5.    没钱 be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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I 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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你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！

* s% [  W# b6 \+ z* u. |; N  F& DYou 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

那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

That shop is plain a clip joint!
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8 S7 b* s& R# P  i4 F+ `7 `8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

5 @6 `+ s& o6 R  f9 w! s  L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。

7 D: K4 o' W- V% G, v% l 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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9.    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

& E4 {; }+ W& G  o, O; Z' H4 o8 ?! rIn 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.

; {/ _4 D- \9 c1 e. \10.   发财 rake it in
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它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

! A) C( W% a8 t2 w$ I* jHe 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

& v/ o; x$ i9 w" A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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3 @* @" k% i) g3 D  e4 PEating 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

1 N/ l. o2 p; Y我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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9 I  p" D$ Z- r/ q- q9 }, eI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

7 J, B+ L+ |9 j! `+ O0 h/ ^13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

2 T" `$ O" ]; O% \7 q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.
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14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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* A1 M- i% S8 P据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

# R- h* |3 z4 T8 Y2 O# d6 qThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life

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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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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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.

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

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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3 b4 U) _: V  z+ X2 MThe 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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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.

19.   外快side money

在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

, W& H1 I8 q: T+ Q( p# yLao 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

他的那部车买得可真便宜

He bought that car on the cheap.
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9 Q6 b: U: P2 X) Q2 _$ l1 d21.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。

9 x/ P" M5 x+ x4 J: NThe guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

8 J! d' x4 i. g6 W* s0 ^, H, A22.调情 make a pass at someone

) B& C) i# k5 `9 u! y# l当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

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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23.花费 outgoings

. ^. G3 t4 R  |" V+ S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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24.重要约会a heavy date

她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

25.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。

* O* l4 C4 Y/ P1 {  `% OWhen 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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/ b) h9 k# b) X, {* [0 X6 x+ L4 H8 E26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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最后她还是把他给甩了。

9 j: e2 z: N; q+ l, r4 aShe had as supposed given him the air at last.

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7 T% W; N. K5 s3 ]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?
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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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" e' m2 b0 ^$ l+ K2 GGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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( Z$ I1 [/ E5 `$ u- U/ |5 w% e. Q, G29.开价 make a price

2 N+ `& |* x  w3 x# o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

. k1 Z$ ~, Q2 Q" ]1 R& 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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His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.
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& t+ n& K) N4 y" u; a31.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

8 Z6 c6 K) p+ A3 J, r! k1 g 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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8 J. N& [* F0 u* @0 U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.

  e$ c, ^* g* s% j+ V33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

0 w# P: Y* M: q, R2 b" K! b- a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.

- v1 P) C! p) f: e8 R5 V9 v34.零花钱 pocket money

我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

! m# f6 t6 N6 o6 r3 zI 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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1 e- t+ ]( i; ^) M3 v" B* 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。
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From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

  `( T5 d4 D" ~36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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他和她一见钟情。

9 ^/ ]5 ^3 O  j# k5 jShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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. |: o8 @  w0 w# ~$ ^37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet
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0 r8 P% S  d/ i7 j* E- I许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

7 i1 `8 D9 {. r3 E. M) wMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

) k& [. Q5 f. w& |: n38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

It’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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$ T$ }3 Z' S% j6 N! S4 H% OThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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5 w8 h3 G+ p) k/ ~7 V. B40.装修房子spruce up
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这次我们装修房子花了近30，000元。

# k: ~0 i$ f* d, I" jWe spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.
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& G( }; m* Y6 C2 s# b9 U( K  T! A1 o: d41.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
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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
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5 r; E0 p! {# u1 X. p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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5 q, [4 w; l7 L; qIt’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

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He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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1 [7 d$ x3 l% a; W' w- X# }44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

% W: U1 |0 n. @% w) K5 d6 G. G小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

* Z) J* E% H0 NXiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.

# a' H, {( B! T! y" j45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth
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4 x  k; e! s3 C. f/ y& b9 n! ^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.

& W6 P, w& S1 y4 Q+ w46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance
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/ E& |3 L. H# o8 o  w/ R她是个没有儿女拖累的自由女人。
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She is a lady without encumbrance.