“有钱”和“没钱”的新潮英语表达

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有钱和没钱，除了用rich和poor表达之外，还有什么新潮时尚的说法吗？

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$ y7 p- J7 Z7 s, R# ^/ FLoaded: [Slang] Having a great deal of money. 非常有钱。

, n, j4 p/ i5 D: a6 w它既可以表示某人很富有，也可以用来表示某人现在手里很有钱。
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Examples

A: I think football players get paid far too much money.

* N8 p2 M9 O7 g- f- sB: I know. Can you imagine being loaded like that? Having expensive cars and lots of houses--it must be incredible.


! R: T- X8 E& p6 h8 c% F/ tA: I can't afford to go out tonight. I've spent all my money.
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" V: s) P, f0 H: FB: Don't worry. I'm loaded right now. I'll treat you to a night out.

" N; k/ R7 s: Q除了用loaded表示有钱，minted和rolling也有这方面的含义。
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1 ~/ H+ W9 n% [/ y' P7 h* A* E' B2 yI'm minted.
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/ U& {1 J# R2 h5 n7 I2 ~Mint有造币厂的意思（ A place where the coins of a country are manufactured by authority of the government.），造币厂里有多少钱就不用说了，所以mint的形容词有abundant amount of money的意思。
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I'm rolling in it.

Rolling 就是打滚的意思，钱多得可以在里面打滚，真是够有钱的。
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2 _2 n- R% ^( S% |7 X  W3 ~I'm really skint.
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6 G! Q0 [, \/ A$ J6 b: ISkint: [Slang] Without money, esp. only temporarily
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- i3 {- w5 a) Y$ v6 m' U' W由上面的解释可以看出，If someone is skint, they have very little money。虽然skint可以表示poor的意思，但却不能完全替代poor。因为skint is usually used when someone has run out of money temporarily，它常指某人由于最近手头比较紧，钱花完了，但是很快就又会有钱了he will have some money again quite soon，所以skint 表示一个人短时期，暂时没有钱。比如月光族们在花完了这个月工资，等待下个月工资的时候，就可以说自己skint。

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A: Do you want to come to the cinema on Friday night?
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A: My girlfriend likes to shop a lot.
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2 `* i% q7 Y# `$ [4 qB: Oh really, does she have expensive taste?
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1 ~) \% L) Q  f6 I7 }A: Yes. I'm usually skint after we go out shopping together.
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$ J& J: H  Y: i  e当然了，有钱和没钱都是相对而言的。哪天I can't afford to buy lunch. I'm too skint.的时候，真希望听到你说I'll buy you lunch. I'm loaded