8条关于金钱的有趣习语

8条关于金钱的有趣习语  

我们在日常生活中总能遇到各种和钱有关的表达， 今天来学习下面8条与金钱相关的习语，为工作日增添乐趣吧~,,1. Balance the books ,determine that accounts are in balance, bring the o sides into equilibrium, settle an account by paying what is due,确定账户处于平衡状态，力求平衡，通过支付到期款来结算账户,The accountant says he can’t balance the books till our last check clears.,,2. Bring home the bacon,earn a salary, make money for your family,挣钱养家,When our parents died in an accident, and my sister and I remained alone, I had to leave college and bring home the bacon.,,3. Go Dutch,share the cost of something,共同支付,When I wanted to settle the bill, she insisted on going Dutch and pay for her meal.,,4. Gravy train,a source of easy money, a job that pays a lot with little work,轻易得来的钱，赚钱的清闲差事,My brother took up a job in a beach restaurant and hoped to get on board the gravy train, but in fact he had to work more than in a factory.,,5. Nest egg,savings, money kept in reserve,积蓄、贮备金,Don’t worry about the job you lost. We have a little nest egg to live on until you find another.,,6. Cook the books,cheat in accounting, manipulate financial records,伪造或篡改财务报表,Nobody noticed that one of the managers was cooking the books until the pany got totally bankrupt.,,7. Golden handshake,a (large) sum of money paid to an employee when he/she leaves the firm,支付给员工的一大笔离职金,Grandfather didn’t really want to retire too early, but he couldn’t resist the golden handshake that the pany offered.,,8. Cheapskate,somebody who doesn’t like to spend money,吝啬的人,We would need a new fridge, but my husband is such a cheapskatethat I don’t think we’ll buy one before the other pletely falls apart.,家里该买新冰箱了，可丈夫是个吝啬鬼，老冰箱没有完全坏掉之前，他是不会同意买新冰箱的。