金钱习语：财富与智慧

MONEY IDIOMS - WEALTH 金钱习语 —— 财富To be a fat cat英文：Don’t start visualizing a big fat cat. This expression has got nothing to do with a real cat. It refers to someone who has a lot of money.中文：别脑补一只大肥猫。这个表达和真正的猫毫无关系，指有钱有势的人、大款。英文：Example: He’s a real fat cat. He owns a lot of property.中文：例句：他是个名副其实的大款，名下有很多房产。To be in the money英文：Meaning: To have a lot of money, usually it refers to ‘new money’ just acquired.中文：含义：突然暴富、腰缠万贯，通常指刚到手的 “新钱”。英文：Example: He’s really in the money. Lately his standard of living has gone right up. He’s bought himself another flash car.中文：例句：他最近发大财了，生活水平直线上升，又买了一辆豪车。英文：*To go up = increase中文：*go up = 上升、提高To be born with a silver spoon in your mouth英文：Meaning: When you are born into a rich family and want for nothing/have everything you desire and live an easy comfortable life.中文：含义：含着金汤匙出生，出身富贵之家，衣食无忧、想要什么有什么，生活安逸舒适。英文：Example: He’s so lucky. His parents buy him everything he wants and he’s got private tutors going to his house every afternoon. He won’t even have to look for a job when he grows up. He’ll inherit his father’s company. He really was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.中文：例句：他太幸运了，父母有求必应，每天下午还有私教上门辅导。长大后连工作都不用找，直接继承父亲的公司，真是含着金汤匙长大的。英文：To grow up = to grow from a baby into an adult.中文：*grow up = 长大成人To be loaded英文：Meaning: To be full of money.中文：含义：非常有钱、腰缠万贯。英文：Example: Her new boyfriend must be really loaded. He takes her to expensive restaurants every night.中文：例句：她的新男友肯定超级有钱，每晚都带她去高档餐厅。To be rolling in it英文：Meaning: To have lots and lots of money (similar to ‘be loaded’).中文：含义：富得流油、钱多得花不完（和 be loaded 意思相近）。英文：Example: I don’t know where Johnny gets all his money from. He’s rolling in it. He eats out every night and goes on a cruise once a month.中文：例句：真不知道约翰尼哪儿来这么多钱，富得流油。他天天在外吃饭，每个月还去坐一次游轮。英文：*To eat out = to eat in restaurants or similar places.中文：*eat out = 在外就餐英文：*To go on = a verb/noun collocation commonly used with the following nouns:Go on holidayGo on a cruiseGo on a tripGo on a picnicGo on an excursion中文：*go on 常用动词搭配：去度假去坐游轮去旅行去野餐去短途游览Money is no object英文：Meaning: To have no money problems whatsoever; you can buy what you want, when you want. (This has a similar meaning to the previous two idioms)中文：含义：钱不是问题、不差钱，完全没有经济压力，随时想买什么就买什么（和上面两个习语意思相近）。英文：Example: Money is no object to her. She’s always out buying new clothes every day.中文：例句：对她来说钱根本不算事儿，她天天出门买新衣服。Money to burn英文：Meaning: People who have ‘money to burn’ have so much money that they can buy whatever they want - the same as the above idiom ‘money is no object’.中文：含义：钱多到花不完、挥金如土，和 money is no object 意思一样。英文：Examples: A Ferrari is no problem for Johnny. He’s got money to burn.My son seems to think I’ve got money to burn. He’s always asking me to buy him this, that and the next thing.中文：例句：法拉利对约翰尼来说小菜一碟，他钱多到没处花。我儿子好像觉得我家钱多到烧不完，总让我给他买这买那。To have more money than sense英文：Meaning: When someone spends a lot of money on foolish things.中文：含义：钱多但人傻、乱花钱、不会理财，把大把钱花在愚蠢的事情上。英文：Example: He spends a fortune on scratch cards. If you ask me, he’s got more money than sense.中文：例句：他花大笔钱买彩票刮刮乐，在我看来，他就是钱多无脑。英文：The expression ‘if you ask me’ in this context = if you want my opinion.中文：*if you ask me 在此语境中 = 依我看、我觉得BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR MONEY IDIOMS理财省钱类英语习语（中英对照）“A penny saved is a penny earned”English：Every penny you do not spend is the same as having earned an extra penny.中文：省一分钱就等于赚一分钱。（中文谚语：省一文等于赚一文 / 省钱就是赚钱）Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselvesEnglish：Meaning: This means that if you are careful not to make useless expenditures, the money saved by not spending will soon *mount up.中文：含义：留意小钱，不乱花不必要的钱，省下的钱很快就会积少成多。（中文谚语：积少成多，聚沙成塔）English：Example: I’ve *given up my daily cup of coffee in the cafeteria. By the end of the year I will have saved about £500.中文：例句：我戒掉了每天在食堂买咖啡的习惯，到年底能省下大约 500 英镑。English：*Mount up = accumulate中文：*mount up = 积累、增加English：*Give up = renounce/quit中文：*give up = 放弃、戒掉Penny wise - pound foolishEnglish：Meaning: This refers to someone who is very careful about spending when it comes to the small things. They may go to the cheapest supermarket to save a couple of pennies but *end up spending a fortune for something big.中文：含义：指在小事上精打细算，却在大事上挥霍无度的人。他们可能为了省几便士跑去最便宜的超市，结果最后在大件物品上花一大笔钱。（中文谚语：小事精明，大事糊涂 / 捡了芝麻，丢了西瓜）English：Example: He walks for miles to buy all the special offers on at the various supermarkets, but when he saw that expensive car he couldn’t resist buying it. He’s penny wise - pound foolish.中文：例句：他为了超市特价跑好几公里，可看到那辆豪车却忍不住买了。他真是捡了芝麻丢了西瓜。English：*End up = in the end something not planned occurs.中文：*end up = 到头来、最终发生（意料之外的事）