1.手气好 have the Midas touch

　　王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。

　　Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.

　　(此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量，任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金.后来，Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了)

　　2.走运be on the gravy train

　　这几年他一直很走运

　　He’s been on the gravy train these years.

　　3.命好lead a charmed life

　　他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。

　　His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general manager of a large company and he himself hadpassed the TOFEL test and got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading a charmful life.

　　4.因祸得福a blessing in disguise

　　他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了：住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了

　　He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.

　　5.一举成名be vaulted to fame

　　老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证

　　Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.

　　6.千载难逢 once in a blue moon

　　这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿

　　This is a chance once in a blue moon.

　　7.走上坡路be on the up grade

　　走上坡路比走下坡路要难得多

　　It’s much more difficult to be on the up grade than on the down grade.

　　8.开门红get off to a flying start

　　我们公司一成立就来了个开门红：在开业后的第一周就得到了三笔大宗订单

　　Our company got off to a flying start when it opened to business: we got three big orders during the first week of opening.