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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. F" S/ Y/ {; M4 E/ SI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

) R3 c* L: h% U2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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8 n; k' V; H% V' `1 i' Q' k) o8 e这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

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？

Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

1 Q& C8 E- `- s% |4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

7 e- r+ G4 ~1 G4 h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?

2 `, ~  B3 K8 G, }/ F& s3 _5.    没钱 be broke
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我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
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8 x* r( e: `4 ^: t3 n9 b" G& z; FI don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

" `9 S# L( B" k& T6.    钱来之不易 money doesn’t grow on trees

( h2 O% i" C/ K你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
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/ A1 _& H( t) \( d1 iYou should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
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! k; ?$ j# J  O1 t0 ]3 }8 W7.    敲竹杠 a clip joint
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那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿
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% S: I, ?2 u% @, w; d9 C0 {8 x9 YThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

* O  {% r  X$ n* e' \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。

3 Z& T4 i  ^& m, h( E  g+ d 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

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

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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1 J/ Y; O/ r+ n10.   发财 rake it in

它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

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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+ ~4 w: y6 T% S' u$ `  j% `这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

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

: z; t. r% A" ~1 T3 v12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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& m; E0 f$ |$ ]3 n0 N5 [我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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6 I3 ?8 [5 C/ @, _5 S# h5 r7 G) N" 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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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.

14.   与……私通 have an illicit love affair with
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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

0 c& U. u! t9 e' ~  t) ZThe 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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! r1 x) n1 P% m1 d) H7 z" W/ a 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

, Z$ G& k# z; W' PPeople 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.
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  R- G1 j' j3 r1 R" F3 O: d17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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* a& X0 S* J" l9 w- m. s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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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.

3 U% C( K7 {! q0 [- S19.   外快side money

* h- y5 l7 N$ M" P: J0 W在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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+ }" L! c4 ]  eLao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

3 |9 C) M: O3 f2 T2 N: Y4 Y20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap
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) k( a3 I8 B" A2 Y3 y* R) c' n+ o他的那部车买得可真便宜

' U! o" n2 B, p+ Q4 W6 GHe bought that car on the cheap.
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" H3 v' A$ m, i+ }21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners
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8 J: i* }. G- ?6 M$ j( g, B那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.
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22.调情 make a pass at someone
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: r* Q% A- a7 t" H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.

+ r' `: X# O/ R2 x: z23.花费 outgoings
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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？

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.

2 |. o  s9 j7 ~( R$ i5 N2 h25.向……求婚pop the question to

9 T0 F; }" o2 \: P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。
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When 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

最后她还是把他给甩了。
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She had as supposed given him the air at last.

27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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  K3 ?8 a/ {# X/ v你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

+ N1 i1 M, v9 \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

一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，

Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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8 S' o. B! r9 B1 }2 d) j; u  ]29.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.
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4 R, E( k0 ?. @, e% m30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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# v4 `4 r0 p) ~8 I- Y4 i3 e1 Z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.

31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo

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.
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( k& @# ~$ s5 ]8 o; o32.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。
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, r/ [5 S, \- c7 _) R6 t% R. iShe’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone

0 l" I+ m! W. ]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.

34.零花钱 pocket money

我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱

: q: q- I. w0 X$ Y# E7 O& sI 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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: v: k2 b/ u/ q7 N+ B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。

# [% L4 L) S0 I# ^From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

' M) Z" l( W- z' x) J36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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/ h& W& S/ z0 M' [+ M0 l+ n他和她一见钟情。

She took shine to him on their blind date.
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37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

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.

' d# ]( t& H- g- @+ i) ~" `& Y9 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.
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: S5 J* Q0 w' }& p( Y: l( J39．旧情人an old flame

6 c( l  t% l- y1 M( D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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8 P, R8 |' T8 VThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.
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- A3 y4 z2 t7 a* f, p/ N1 ]40.装修房子spruce up
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! Z7 R4 ]* l$ f1 l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.

, L( d* x) [0 I' h5 T41.生活优裕 live high off the hog

  A$ {* o1 |2 L  }- [2 R. [9 X' d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.
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* f8 h( f& g+ c( Y6 G4 e42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers
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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.”

+ k% [) l& V. _* o43.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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. F3 s" h7 i, l  D7 R" HHe’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?

7 L7 m5 R. s" u. t+ Z' \7 J2 I1 \+ Z44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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9 B" ^) X$ o, `( C& F小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

' h. n; D/ o# l- N% \: l3 FXiao 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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虽然你送孩子上学得花一大笔钱，可这钱花得值。
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# C2 I9 U& X* n3 ?Although you’ll have to spend a large sum on sending the kid to school, you still get your money’s worth.

0 W- o4 `( Y9 F9 T, ?* Q+ J7 V46.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。

, h  p6 C' L) o" O& gShe is a lady without encumbrance.