托福词汇之与“钱”有关的习语

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　　习语是一种很地道、很生活化的一种语言表达方式，在托福词汇中，有一些常见的美国习语。今天我们的托福词汇学习就来看看8个常用的不出现money的谈“钱”习语。

　　1. Balance the books: to add up all the credits and debits of an account

　　结算、结账

　　例：Thomas is in charge of balancing the books at the end of each quarter for the business.

　　托马斯负责公司每季度末的帐目清算。

　　2. Bring home the bacon: to earn money to support the family

　　赚钱谋生、养家糊口

　　例：James does overtime so that he can bring home the bacon.

　　詹姆斯经常加班赚钱养家。

　　3. Go Dutch: splitting (sharing) the bill equally

　　AA制、平分账单

　　例：Matthew and Hazel always go dutch when they eat out.

　　马修和黑兹尔下馆子吃饭的时候一向是AA制。

　　4. Gravy train: A job that pays a lot of money for very little effort

　　赚大钱的清闲差事、美差、肥缺

　　例：Ian earns a fortune for three hours’ work a day. He’s really on the gravy train!

　　伊恩每天只用工作三小时，薪水却很高，他真是得了一份美差!

　　5. Nest egg: Money that has been saved up over a period of time

　　储蓄金、筹备的积蓄

　　例：Over the years Leo has been very disciplined and saved every month. He now has a big nest egg on which he can retire.

　　利奥这些年来一直很自律，每个月都存钱。现在他有很大一笔积蓄，都可以退休了。

　　6. Cook the books: dishonest accounting

　　做假账

　　例：The financial world has seen many businesses that have cooked the books to make their businesses attractive to potential investors.

　　在金融界，许多公司为了使自己对潜在的投资者具有吸引力而做假账。

　　7. Golden handshake: A large sum of money that a company gives to an employee when he or she leaves (normally the top executives)

　　丰厚的解雇金、退职金

　　例：As CEO, Ross was given a golden handshake when he agreed to leave the company.

　　作为CEO，罗斯同意离开公司的时候得到了丰厚的离职金。

　　8. Cheapskate: A person who does not like to spend money on people (This is not used as a compliment)

　　小气鬼、吝啬鬼

　　例：Thomas did not want to spend $5 on flowers for his mother. What a cheapskate!

　　托马斯给妈妈买花连5美元都舍不得花，真是太抠门了!