汉王翻译笔教你谈“money”的8个英文俗语

1、薆汉王翻译笔教你谈“ money ”的 8 个英文俗语节西方人把金钱看得比较隐私，所以对“谈钱”比较避讳。今天汉王翻译笔就 来带大家学习 8 个常用的不出现“ money ”的谈“钱”方式。羀 1. Balance the books: to add up allthe credits and debits of an account芇结算、收支平衡蚅 “Thomas is in charge of balancing the books at the end of eachquarterfor the business ”蚃托马斯每个季度末负责季度的结算。蚂 2. Bring home th

2、e bacon : to earnmoney to support the family肆赚钱谋生、养家糊口螅“ James does overtime so that he can bring home the bacon.肄吉姆为了维持生计而加班膀3. Go Dutch: splitting (sharing) thebill equally聿AA制、平分账单袅 “Since nancy and jim are earning the same salary, they always godutchwhen they. ”膁因为南希和吉姆的薪水一样，他们在外吃饭时总是各自付帐。袂4. Gr

3、avy train: A job that pays alot of money for very little effort袈赚大钱的清闲差事、美差、肥缺on羅“ Ian earns a fortune for three hours work a day. He s reallythegravy train!”薂伊文一天工作 3 个小时就赚一大笔钱，他真是得到了一个肥差呀！荿5. Nest egg: Money that has beensaved up over a period of time薇储蓄金、储备金 肅“ Over the years Leo has been very di

4、sciplined and saved every month.He now has a big nest egg on which he can retire. 羃这些年来利奥一直严于律己且每个月都攒钱，他现在已经有了一大笔养老金。肁 6.Cook the books: dishonest accounting蚀做假账肅“ The financial world has seen many business that have cookedthebooks to make their businesses attractive to potential investors. 莃在金融领域有很

5、多利用做假账吸引潜在投资者的企业。葿 7. Goldenhandshake: A payment to a departing employee (normally thetop executives)莈解雇金、退职金膅 “As CEO, Ross was given a golden handshake when he agreed to leavethe company.螄作为CEO，罗斯在他同意离开公司的时候获得了大笔离职金。膁 8. Cheapskate:A person who does not like to spend money on people(This is not used as acompliment)膇小气鬼、吝啬鬼芅 “Thomas did not want tospend $5 on flowers for his mother. Whatacheapskate! ”托马斯不愿意花 5