8个英文俗语谈谈money？

 　　Balance the books: to add up all the credits and debits¹ of an account 结算、结账

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

　　Bring home the bacon : to earn money to support the family 赚钱谋生、养家糊口

　　“James does overtime² so that he can bring home the bacon.”

　　3. Go Dutch: splitting (sharing) the bill equally AA制、平分账单

　　“Matthew and Hazel always go dutch when they eat out.”

　　4. Gravy³ 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

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

　　5. Nest egg: Money that has been saved up over a period of time 储蓄金、储备金

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

　　6. Cook the books: dishonest accounting⁴ 做假账

　　“The financial world has seen many business that have cooked the books to make their businesses attractive to potential investors⁵.”

　　7. Golden handshake: A payment to a departing employee (normally the top executives) 解雇金、退职金

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

　　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

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

1 debits   

n.（簿记中的）收方，借方( debit的名词复数 )；从账户中提取的款项v.记入（账户）的借方( debit的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Does this item go among the credits or the debits? 这笔账应记入贷方还是借方？ 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• My bank account shows two debits of 5 each. 我的银行帐户借方记入了两笔5英镑的款项。 来自辞典例句

2 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

3 gravy   

n.肉汁；轻易得来的钱，外快

参考例句：

• You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
• The meat was swimming in gravy.肉泡在浓汁之中。

4 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

5 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会