汉译英难点详解500例（7）：金钱、爱情、婚姻、家庭

1. 跟别人要钱 ：mooch off someone

我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

2. 钱挣海了 ：coin money

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!

3. 钱多得花不完 ：have money to burn

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?

4. 钱能生钱 ：money begets money

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?

5. 没钱 ：be broke

我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了
I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

6. 钱来之不易 :money doesn’t grow on trees

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.

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!

8. 生活很富裕: be well fixed

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

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.

10. 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.

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。
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

12. 跟别人比阔 : keep up with the Joneses

我可不像你，老是和别人比阔
I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

13. 养家糊口: bring home the bacon

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.

14. 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.

15. 婚外恋 : a double life

 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋
People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

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。
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
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

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
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

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

21.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。
The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

22.调情： make a pass at someone

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.