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
1.结账、结算
determine that accounts are in balance, bring the two 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.
会记说上次的票款清理后才能给我们结账。
2. Bring home the bacon
2.养家糊口
earn a salary, make money for your family
5. Nest egg
5.储蓄金
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.
别担心失业后的生活。我们还有一些积蓄能撑到你找到新工作。
6. Cook the books
6.做假账
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 company got totally bankrupt.
直到公司彻底破产以后，公司有一位经理做假账的事才被人发现。
7. Golden handshake
7.解雇费
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 company offered.
尽管祖父不打算早早退休，但是他未能抵住一大笔离职金的诱惑。
8. Cheapskate
8.守财奴
somebody who doesn’t like to spend money
吝啬的人
We would need a new fridge, but my husband is such a cheapskate that I don’t think we’ll buy one before the other completely 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
