She’s just an average nine-to-fiver.

98. 她只是个普通的上班族。

Can I borrow a fiver ?

能借给我五英镑吗

He tapped me for a fiver .

他从我这里弄走五块钱。

Hetried to touch me for a fiver .

他想让我给他五英镑.

I was stung for a fiver .

我被骗去五镑。

Sponge a fiver from an old friend

向老朋友揩油硬要五英镑.

||1: OLD hands at The Economist have fond memories of Mokaris, a café near our office in St James’s. ||2: There was nothing fancy about the food, the prices or the service. ||3: Mokaris closed in 2005, and Franco’s, the smarter Italian restaurant next door, expanded to take over the premises. ||4: But in the parallel universe of the iPhone, hungry hacks can still enjoy an omelette and chips for around a fiver . ||5: Mokaris is still on the map-at least, the map on Apple’s new mobile operating system, iOS 6.

||1: 在圣詹姆斯《经济学人》的办公室附近，有一家叫做 Mokaris 的咖啡馆。对于本报的老员工来说，这里有很多美好的回忆。 ||2:这家咖啡馆的食物和服务算不上一流，但价位也不是太离谱。||3: 2005年，Mokaris 关门大吉，店面被隔壁那家较为高档的意大利餐馆 Franco’s 盘了下来。 ||4: 但在 iPhone 所勾画出的“平行宇宙”里，本报员工若是饿了，仍然能花五英镑左右在这里享受一份煎蛋卷和一些薯条。 ||5: Mokaris 还在地图上——至少，在苹果最新移动设备操作系统 iOS 6 的地图上还能找到它。

Andy always shows up a millionaire in front of his new G. F. , but he’s just a nine-to-fiver-this is so said big hat, no cattle.

安迪总是在他的新女友面前装成一个百万富翁，而事实上，他只不过是个工薪阶层-真所谓打肿脸充胖子。

Last season, when City reached the Uefa Cup quarter-finals, the club let everyone in for a fiver .

上赛季，当曼城进入联盟杯半决赛争夺战时，俱乐部发给每个进场的球迷五英镑。

So I borrowed a fiver for a Tube ticket and went home bagless and bikeless.

于是我借了5英镑买了张地铁票，既没包也没车地回家了。

Only one itinerary, between less popular airports, beat that price, and did so by less than a fiver .

只有一条在不那么热门的机场之间的航线价格低一些，但也只是低了不到5英镑而已。

nine-to-fiver

n.1. 【俚】(按时上下班之)公职人员

fiver to the home

五元券进入家庭