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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1 f" ~6 l3 ?8 jI feel sick of those who mooch off others.

8 ~5 m" r0 q; X2.    钱挣海了 coin money
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这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

5 _; `7 ?: C6 J4 Y+ @: k6 [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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9 n- E3 A8 v% Y9 v3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

" F* V1 e3 }6 ~! k老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

& j/ `" c+ v- O/ ^# T3 _4 ILao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

8 p- I! F+ r2 s4.    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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Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
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- g3 r9 y! C$ l/ c5.    没钱 be broke

7 j3 ]% {8 j$ A8 a) ~我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

" B9 F$ g2 \* Y1 r' T$ wI 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

/ D* ^& h9 M: l# x) e* h你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！

You 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

: ~  \" b  t* R) w那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

" i  B1 w" B: m, eThat shop is plain a clip joint!
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: D3 T% j6 h" W: B6 `" [, y8.    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.
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" Q! F0 o. a# g9 X# y0 M5 c9.    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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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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* r: J" m' [5 F" p$ j10.   发财 rake it in

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
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/ c& }' ]) x- }, Q% I! h( r$ Q. j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

' Y$ E7 w/ {5 b1 v4 t$ V12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses

* {7 B8 c; J- l' ^/ N我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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I’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

一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

' I% ^1 x+ M- M) |Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

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据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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/ L7 Q  A' S- n$ ]: xThe judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

15.   婚外恋 a double life

4 s; b2 c5 o& x. o* Z2 y- t 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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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。

; h: h" A) u4 mI 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
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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

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.

19.   外快side money

& l# L, d, k. l7 [) G8 C8 u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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$ [% O! g! I+ W' x( M0 l% j20．买得便宜 buy something on the cheap

他的那部车买得可真便宜
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He bought that car on the cheap.

9 ]$ |2 O% i# o21.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。
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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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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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6 b" M" O! }& ^. n5 g4 C9 dWhen I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

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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？
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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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% g3 D9 @3 U% s. B, E- S. D! }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.

  U( B  o8 x; v' t$ s- `/ Z25.向……求婚pop the question to

. A1 d9 S4 t7 \" U5 k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。

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.
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6 y5 M! ]& p. y; b2 p26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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) }) c7 P0 r1 G: `) f& a27.怀孕了 be heavy with child
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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?
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9 \, E3 b: A; v" m9 ^+ _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，

Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.
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29.开价 make a price

我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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& _/ Z9 h6 A. XI’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

. u, r, @6 Z1 u30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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" W4 A: }9 \! N, N& S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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9 O+ a/ |. t1 `5 S4 i31.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
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It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.

/ D1 @  i. w- P: j( c32.正经人家 a respectable family

- D3 i2 m3 ^; H+ F9 a# z他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。

She’s a respectable girl. I don’t think she could have done this.

6 A! r. [/ Q2 R3 e33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
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: K1 ?  [* L' P/ z( z3 c( U据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友

* v* F& t. ]' _0 v5 IIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

; {# U& u5 |9 @5 H34.零花钱 pocket money

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.

! N# f' I4 Y% w4 M35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

$ l: C7 Y% r- {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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( h* z( R# w- n  A( e5 AFrom the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is .

36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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他和她一见钟情。
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She took shine to him on their blind date.

5 R7 j1 m9 ~) X37.家丑 a skeleton in the closet

许多家庭都有不可外扬的家丑

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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9 K6 P* p8 D, [; e! WIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.
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39．旧情人an old flame

) y+ p# ^' S9 ?/ }5 k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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The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up

  @4 t0 g# R1 x0 C/ `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.

: |& b/ ~* J4 Q9 v" ^0 Q2 P41.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

In recent years, those who even haven’t had primary school education have begun living high off the hog.

3 i% ^. y) e  F; a  P5 S42.钱能毁了挣钱的人 money can unmake its makers

! z) G5 X) V# m( G8 }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.”

43.有家室的人 a man of family

' ?3 T" q1 p: i, o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?

( S# ~; O* P* a7 Q44.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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/ |2 @) ^- S/ E( BXiao 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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# s2 c2 q: V% _. o) P$ dAlthough 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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( `) u* [. U9 J# C46.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。

; Q% B7 f1 S5 V' X! QShe is a lady without encumbrance.