英語口語：“窮癌”必學的8種英文地道表達

飛過天空的自由

如果窮是一種癌,，我已病入膏肓。作為全球最常見的疾病,，窮癌發(fā)病時間不定,，主要病癥有經(jīng)常性清空購物車，不敢逛街,，錢包常年處于饑餓狀態(tài),。在英語里，窮癌可以用以下短語表達：

live from hand to mouth

英文解釋：you don't have any money to save because whatever you earn is spent onfood and other essentials.

中文解釋：糊口度日,。

例句：Most families in that area live from hand to mouth.

live on the breadline

英文解釋：People who live on the breadline have avery low income or barely enough money to survive.

中文解釋：breadline指的是等待分配救濟食物的隊伍。

例句：Due to the recent crisis, there are more people on the breadline than ever before.

dip into one's savings

英文解釋： you spend part of the money you have put aside for future use.

中文解釋：動用存款,。

例句：I had to dip into my savings to have the car repaired.

feel the pinch

英文解釋：begin to suffer from a lack of money.

中文解釋：pinch的基本意思是用手“捏”“掐”,引申可作“節(jié)省”解,。

例句：With the drop in tourism, hotels and restaurants are beginning to feel the pinch.

hard up

英文解釋：have very little money.

中文解釋：經(jīng)濟困難，缺錢,。

例句：We were so hard up that we had to sleep in the car.

burn your fingers

英文解釋：suffer financially as a result of foolish behaviour.

中文解釋：因自己的失敗或錯誤而吃苦頭,。

例句：Jack got his fingers burnt playing on the stock market.

chicken feed

英文解釋：An amount of money considered small or unimportant is called chicken feed.

中文解釋：很少的錢。

例句：I got a job during the holidays but the paywas chicken feed.

cost an arm and a leg

英文解釋： very expensive

中文解釋：貴的離譜。

例句：The house cost us an arm and a leg, but we have no regrets.（英語環(huán)球廣播）