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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6 L6 l0 l  b( \/ K7 v* q我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
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! K1 K6 I! ?- L+ `0 V+ J" [0 fI feel sick of those who mooch off others.
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6 x. m1 f. G6 F7 X0 e& r2.    钱挣海了 coin money

% m; s8 t: R2 `8 s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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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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, C: X7 l. e- I+ @- X, p3.    钱多得花不完 have money to burn

) n8 J# _  h9 b6 o5 _' ?4 J老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？

8 f  ?( q; E4 E: g9 [& u1 y. S1 b3 [Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

! M+ y; u# A2 y5 M4.    钱能生钱 money begets money

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?

* [8 O+ I* g; @5.    没钱 be broke
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  o( p$ O  P4 _2 N. u4 F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.

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！
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+ Q& w/ a- u- S% ^' v; GYou 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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! y9 v) W! h$ m5 x8 F那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

5 G% E0 r. ^# K1 B, o9 I4 `( y5 aThat shop is plain a clip joint!

8.    生活很富裕be well fixed

* j* \9 r8 \' L$ {; W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.

0 d5 C- B0 X+ o& E+ v0 F9.    吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes

( a( z3 c5 p% S+ b/ O# W1 @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 E& _$ c8 ^3 ?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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10.   发财 rake it in

% u. U5 r3 E! W  a7 d5 b它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财
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9 `6 O+ [. ^. g7 f. p/ U3 w5 KHe 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

2 f2 o$ i4 V2 n) u这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

9 ^5 @- Y) q, _+ J- y( `# a% P: s. C" `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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12.   跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses
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我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
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6 Z: A: |7 o( JI’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.
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2 _0 Z6 N; a6 \) _6 O9 B13.   养家糊口bring home the bacon

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

- h) x3 g% y& a6 p& x3 h2 K据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
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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

6 m" c* Q- x0 ] 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.

: s# x$ V5 Z% j" C8 u2 {0 h16.   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。

/ ^1 |, V! N1 n/ g7 k( q- n+ D+ cI 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.

9 v" ~1 s+ N( d4 C17.   与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand
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6 N, S  K' _. x, ~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.

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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
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4 O! l/ k3 v/ ^9 O; ]% b* v$ i* `在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
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Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

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

He bought that car on the cheap.
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% d. R7 D" o# f9 m9 q: T: o21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners

. @1 @" A: q  i9 K% y1 C3 [那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

  Y, @+ T$ V+ k3 }/ _The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

3 F7 h# G* b- z" B0 M22.调情 make a pass at someone

; j2 P- ]+ H( @! W7 v; c% \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.

# S" j, y% e3 d1 {. [* f23.花费 outgoings

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

0 m' K, E6 y% S4 A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.
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4 p! a6 _# a3 O( {' k25.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。
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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.
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26.把……给甩了give somebody the air
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# z+ Y% [+ o4 \7 c" K' p最后她还是把他给甩了。

She had as supposed given him the air at last.
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27.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?

28.生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

1 H5 b. l, `- b  ?, o一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，
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Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark.

- x3 ~- |; H6 B4 G29.开价 make a price

0 [$ a# r! J+ a' Z我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。
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I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price.

& o" J5 I- m, U" \7 u# W30.卖个好价钱  fetch a good price
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他的那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。

" w; y4 t# T) o! _5 V7 LHis car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction.

" v! F9 [1 m0 q+ B; ]- c, f31.搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
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; a- s7 `0 K+ d# p" u6 z公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去

6 r: p9 B5 V* x# {% \ It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.
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32.正经人家 a respectable family
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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.

4 t  G, y, L" c; r6 V2 ?9 j! S+ ~33.勾引别人的女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
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3 c8 ~. O3 \" |! e据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友
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4 }1 z$ N6 d2 @& r  j3 HIt is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends.

* M% j2 ]* ~' j! f' T0 Q2 X34.零花钱 pocket money

我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
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: U# Y* E/ z$ _I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money.
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1 w  K2 g& v. w( S# q1 ~35.向某人作媚眼 make eyes at

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 .

36.一见钟情 take a shine to someone
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' D" E4 s" ?. H0 D0 K& l) C! Q他和她一见钟情。

She took shine to him on their blind date.
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$ a1 c5 w: ^; P9 d37.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
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据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。

" d' E: ^9 J: g4 C4 kIt’s said that their marriage is on the rocks.

, h) \' |" P7 k1 e1 G( h1 _39．旧情人an old flame
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4 M, t) P# b: f, ]- q/ V# y昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人

0 R9 g' J6 \9 E0 E- NThe one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.

40.装修房子spruce up
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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.
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41.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

8 z( R8 o/ v: P" v) @8 ]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

# l1 X! q* N6 q: G有钱能使鬼推磨是真，可是钱能毁了挣钱的人也是真。

2 W4 h2 l' _1 J0 y0 h; UIt’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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他可是个有家室的人。你怎么想和他结婚呢？

He’s a man of family. How can you have such a half-baked idea of marrying him?
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! M, w% V5 ]$ l$ i44.好汉无好妻 marriage goes by contrasts
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小陈和她结婚了？真是好汉无好妻

Xiao Chen got married with her? Marriage really goes by contrasts.
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45.钱花得值 get one’s money’s worth

5 z. y/ a9 C( d) L6 U- Y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.

" g- s) O# H0 s) J! T* |9 G) b46.没有儿女拖累 without encumbrance

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% B& J& U( @, f, JShe is a lady without encumbrance.