汉译英难点——工作、机会和运气
1. 前途远大：have the world before one
2. 好险：a narrow squeak
3. 手气好：have the Midas touch
Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。（此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量，任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金。后来，Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了）
4. 走运：be on the gravy train
He’s been on the gravy train these years.
这几年他一直很走运。
5. 让人给骗了：be ripped off
I was ripped off again by that guy.
我又被那个家伙给骗了。
6. 不入虎穴焉得虎子：Nothing venture, nothing have.
7. 白费力气：plough the air
Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
你再劝他也只是白费力气。
8. 命好：lead a charmed life
His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading a charmful life!
他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。
9. 倒霉：get in the neck
In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents, it’s always the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.
在家里，如果孩子们打架被父母发现了，倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。
10. 背黑锅：hold the bag
Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.
在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背过黑锅。
11. 有利可图的事：an angle
That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.
无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的。
12. 吃苦头：burn one’s fingers
I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.
以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头。
13. 被开除：be sacked
He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
他因为玩忽职守被开除了。
14. 因祸得福：a blessing in disguise
He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.
他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了：住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了。
15. 一举成名：be vaulted to fame
Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证。
16. 千载难逢：once in a blue moon
This is a chance once in a blue moon.
这可是个千载难逢的好机会啊。
17. 十拿九稳：it’s dollar to buttons
I bet he will pass the exam. It’s dollar to buttons.
他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了。
18. 没门！No way!
19. 好日子不多了：one’s days are numbered
He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his days were numbered.
他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。
20. 有点玄乎：a bit iffy
As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.
依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎。
21. 走上坡路：be on the up grade
It’s much more difficult to be on the up grade than on the down grade.
走上坡路比走下坡路要难得多。
22. 受某人恩宠：be in somebody’s grace
23. 开门红：get off to a flying start
Our company got off to a flying start when it opened to business: we got three big orders during the first week of opening.
我们公司一成立就来了个开门红：在开业后的第一周就得到了三笔大宗订单。
24. 跟白给的一样便宜：be a steal/ be for a song
He spent only 300 dollars in the car, which was simply a steal.
这部车他只花了300美元，跟白拣的一样。
25. 坐失良机：miss the boat
He said that he was very much regretted about having missed the boat.
他说他为错过那样好的机会而感到非常遗憾。
26. 一帆风顺：pan out
You can’t always expect things to pan out each time, can you?
你不能期望事情总是一帆风顺的呀！
27. 碰钉子：get the cheese
He didn’t expect to get the cheese in that company.
他没想到在那个公司会碰钉子。
28. 在火葬场工作：work as a funeral furnisher
Lao Li’s been working as a funeral furnisher for more than 20 years.
老李已经在火葬场工作了二十多年了。
29. 吊儿郎当：play around
I don’t want my children to play around all day and do nothing useful.
我可不喜欢让我的孩子整天吊儿郎当的，一点正经事都不干。
30. 棘手的问题：a ticklish question
He seemed to be at his wits end before those ticklish questions.
面对那些棘手的问题他也显得束手无策了。
31. 难办的事：sticky business
He found it a sticky business: he could neither agree nor disagree.
他发现这件事特别难办，同意不好，不同意也不好。
32. 稳扎稳打：play for safety
Under such circumstances we should play for safety against making haste.
在这种情况下，我们应该稳扎稳打，切勿操之过急。
33. 干苦差事：hold the baby
Why should I be left holding the baby alone?
为什么把这个苦差事留给我一个人干？
34. 饭碗儿：one’s bread and butter
I can’t give up teaching, for it’s my bread and butter.
我不能放弃教书，那是我的饭碗。
35. 忙得不可开交：have one’s hands full
Wang Yan has her hands full with working full time during the day and taking care of the family the rest of the time.
王燕白天上班，下班后还要照顾家里，简直是忙得不可开交。
36. 没那回事：Nothing of the sort!
Don’t be fooled by their babbling. Nothing of the sort!
别听他们胡说八道，根本就没那回事。
2. 好险：a narrow squeak
3. 手气好：have the Midas touch
Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。（此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量，任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金。后来，Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了）
4. 走运：be on the gravy train
He’s been on the gravy train these years.
这几年他一直很走运。
5. 让人给骗了：be ripped off
I was ripped off again by that guy.
我又被那个家伙给骗了。
6. 不入虎穴焉得虎子：Nothing venture, nothing have.
7. 白费力气：plough the air
Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
你再劝他也只是白费力气。
8. 命好：lead a charmed life
His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading a charmful life!
他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。
9. 倒霉：get in the neck
In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents, it’s always the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.
在家里，如果孩子们打架被父母发现了，倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。
10. 背黑锅：hold the bag
Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.
在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背过黑锅。
11. 有利可图的事：an angle
That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.
无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的。
12. 吃苦头：burn one’s fingers
I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.
以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头。
13. 被开除：be sacked
He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
他因为玩忽职守被开除了。
14. 因祸得福：a blessing in disguise
He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.
他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了：住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了。
15. 一举成名：be vaulted to fame
Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证。
16. 千载难逢：once in a blue moon
This is a chance once in a blue moon.
这可是个千载难逢的好机会啊。
17. 十拿九稳：it’s dollar to buttons
I bet he will pass the exam. It’s dollar to buttons.
他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了。
18. 没门！No way!
19. 好日子不多了：one’s days are numbered
He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his days were numbered.
他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。
20. 有点玄乎：a bit iffy
As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.
依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎。
21. 走上坡路：be on the up grade
It’s much more difficult to be on the up grade than on the down grade.
走上坡路比走下坡路要难得多。
22. 受某人恩宠：be in somebody’s grace
23. 开门红：get off to a flying start
Our company got off to a flying start when it opened to business: we got three big orders during the first week of opening.
我们公司一成立就来了个开门红：在开业后的第一周就得到了三笔大宗订单。
24. 跟白给的一样便宜：be a steal/ be for a song
He spent only 300 dollars in the car, which was simply a steal.
这部车他只花了300美元，跟白拣的一样。
25. 坐失良机：miss the boat
He said that he was very much regretted about having missed the boat.
他说他为错过那样好的机会而感到非常遗憾。
26. 一帆风顺：pan out
You can’t always expect things to pan out each time, can you?
你不能期望事情总是一帆风顺的呀！
27. 碰钉子：get the cheese
He didn’t expect to get the cheese in that company.
他没想到在那个公司会碰钉子。
28. 在火葬场工作：work as a funeral furnisher
Lao Li’s been working as a funeral furnisher for more than 20 years.
老李已经在火葬场工作了二十多年了。
29. 吊儿郎当：play around
I don’t want my children to play around all day and do nothing useful.
我可不喜欢让我的孩子整天吊儿郎当的，一点正经事都不干。
30. 棘手的问题：a ticklish question
He seemed to be at his wits end before those ticklish questions.
面对那些棘手的问题他也显得束手无策了。
31. 难办的事：sticky business
He found it a sticky business: he could neither agree nor disagree.
他发现这件事特别难办，同意不好，不同意也不好。
32. 稳扎稳打：play for safety
Under such circumstances we should play for safety against making haste.
在这种情况下，我们应该稳扎稳打，切勿操之过急。
33. 干苦差事：hold the baby
Why should I be left holding the baby alone?
为什么把这个苦差事留给我一个人干？
34. 饭碗儿：one’s bread and butter
I can’t give up teaching, for it’s my bread and butter.
我不能放弃教书，那是我的饭碗。
35. 忙得不可开交：have one’s hands full
Wang Yan has her hands full with working full time during the day and taking care of the family the rest of the time.
王燕白天上班，下班后还要照顾家里，简直是忙得不可开交。
36. 没那回事：Nothing of the sort!
Don’t be fooled by their babbling. Nothing of the sort!
别听他们胡说八道，根本就没那回事。
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