当所有的人都在调侃房价跟月球接轨，物价跟欧洲接轨，工资跟非洲接轨的时候，我们不得不正视一下与我们收入不成正比的物价了。还记得全球经济危机的时候，物价爆涨是一个不好的信号，物价飞涨的英语口语表达是：Prices have gone through the roof.

　　物价飞涨是一个统称，它包括生活中的很多方面，那么在各种物价飞涨的情况下，用英语口语是如何表达的呢?又如何用英语口语表述人们在飞涨的物价面前的生活窘态?

　　1. Price is soaring. If it goes on like this, we shall not be able to keep the pot boiling.

　　物价直线上升，这样子下去，我们都快要揭不开锅了。

　　2. Prices are running wild all over the country.

　　全国的物价都在暴涨。

　　3. The recent rise in prices tells heavily on low-salaried employees.

　　最近的物价上涨对低收入雇员的影响最大。

　　4. General household goods and food prices have definitely gone up. I'm spending a lot more across the board.

　　日常用品和食物价格肯定上涨了，总体来说我的支出多了很多。

　　5. Prices are biting. We will have no alternative but to cut consumption the way the prices are going up.

　　物价高得都要吃人了，我们除了减少开支没别的法子。

　　6. We have been barely surviving because the profit has been totally wiped out by the high cost of materials.

　　我们现在只是勉强在维持生计，原料成本都涨了，生意没什么利润可言。

　　7. Prices are exorbitantly high in the capital.

　　首都的物价高得不可思议。

　　8. Several companies gang up to raise prices.

　　几家公司串通一气抬高物价。

　　9. Prices keep rising at a dizzy rate.

　　物价以令人眩晕的速度不断上涨。

　　10. The rise in prices nullified the rise in wages.

　　上涨的物价使增加的工资化为乌有。

　　11. Electricity has gone up – you put ā10 in the electricity meter and it's gone immediately.

　　电费也涨了，买10英镑的电一下就用完了。