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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7 m+ d) K- j3 p2 p  d9 VI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

; D5 \2 B# {4 m: k& h/ ?" d2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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6 x! j5 F1 r6 P4 f3 x. J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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6 b$ ^/ C% Y* Q. I2 yLao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

  B& s7 K9 K4 ]1 b* k: K8 Y老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

( \0 f5 a' _  h) l" G: F# mLao 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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钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
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9 t* b* G2 |, i% D( lMoney begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

" x6 K$ D4 h- G0 v" X8 ?* e! r5.    没钱 be broke
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9 s% H- F4 N! C, I: r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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# J- U0 [' V# T' X6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees
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: U2 `5 e( \; m. U- S% s7 i你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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% y+ B5 G/ m0 \- k: WYou 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
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" i  ?' v1 z5 B7 I% J: @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.    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。

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
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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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2 g$ z; F  y/ f( p1 lIn 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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  U2 e5 j" 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

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
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# Q9 s/ b" |, `+ N; g, t12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

! C9 J/ k; F8 h( NI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

3 J' `. G$ l# B+ Q, }# j9 u6 m! ^7 ]13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon
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2 u0 y3 |) t) ]" O) x一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

, N/ M" K1 d3 a! y" p% j  ySome one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

% ^( ^& B- K8 O14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with

据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

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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People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.
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6 B. j: ^8 }6 x' J* I16.   深深爱上be head over heels in love with
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6 R1 ^$ O  S" |* K( n' W% ~! a- X- b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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! c: I4 a4 L1 z6 ^/ |$ G% aI 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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) c' o5 j$ B8 q& V+ A4 _' ^17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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8 A/ R1 [8 q( i1 c) a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.

18.   嫁妆marriage portion
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4 s  i; Y! b, K  m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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19.   外快side money

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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8 S9 w' |  D  d& A4 P20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

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He bought that car on the cheap.

# o) R4 ~/ \' I& d% y4 b# Y4 P21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。
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The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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0 n% V( f- x1 m! K/ Q1 q22.调情 make a pass at someone
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! \" o4 r* J" a8 r3 I当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

0 ?8 |$ O2 c- e' }& VWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

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% s0 q9 X* e) @# J) V, g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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' i, g, l; S  y0 C+ B+ r( }24.重要约会a heavy date

; P) @% V: o' T& A' [她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。
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) x. p" j# J9 @She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

$ E! j5 o! I& T4 p% E, i25.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。

1 K5 d' `9 \6 `: s# V9 sWhen he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

26.把……给甩了give somebody the air

5 I' p& y) v+ b, L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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4 A5 S3 `, }7 u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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How 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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0 N: n& F# [. Q7 W一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

" ^& G1 E5 d0 e4 W/ z: ^" ~+ P' LGenerally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

9 z7 g# w  s4 }29.开价 make a price

0 y7 n  u! W4 n% o' [+ y3 q$ ?) q我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。

; y& h6 P- B7 p7 _" eI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price

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

$ w) ~$ F) K. Z: L It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

0 t4 R3 v9 o- J2 k; ]32.正经人家 a respectable family
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. K! L7 Q) V% {+ I& R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.

" u% M/ t# J2 y1 d, ?33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
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, v1 o6 |3 }. l4 t( W据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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. c4 T$ |5 e( R! N& xIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.
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' r2 C, ]# [' t) g7 w34.零花钱 pocket money

1 b  Y" J: B" L, t+ l我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

  X$ L- O5 _# R* {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
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" H- o- V: G. n' B: s2 A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。

* ^" p3 p! U" x& pFrom 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

他和她一见钟情。
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- l$ O2 f9 w0 i2 U. ~2 B+ {1 e; JShe took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.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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- Z* L! {! m6 kMany families have a skeleton in the closet.

# D1 ^! J# @: m5 S/ b# r- ?38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks

! ]9 P8 |3 k  H: p+ g据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

; `  i' d6 K7 Z: c39．旧情人an old flame

5 h0 K, N3 J0 g( C: q) P4 t昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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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
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- P4 o% Y4 K3 t: M$ [" U近几年来，有些小学都没念过的人也过起优裕的生活来了

3 ]' K+ j$ z) T( H/ BIn 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

1 S- y% U$ q2 S6 ~# `! e; P+ Q有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

& j9 b  ?  x  N& M  g  Y' `It’s true that “money makes the mare go, “and it’s equally true that “Money sometimes unmakes its makers.”

43.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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He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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# ~# `6 S0 Q$ q* Y44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts

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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
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7 P. x, \  |( z2 |9 B8 [4 g+ @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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46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

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' Q' B, m2 A- ]# l$ ~She is a lady without encumbrance.