與顏色有關的英語詞語擴充套件

與顏色有關的英語詞語擴充套件

　　與顏色有關的英語詞語擴充套件

　　1．與green有關的'習語

　　1) greenhorn指沒有工作的人

　　Everyone in the firm looked on him as a greenhorn as he was fresh from university.

　　2)to be green (with envy)

　　Seeing her sister receive so many lovely presents, she was green with envy.妒忌

　　3)to have a green thumb有園藝技能或指有經驗的，熟練的

　　Miss Jones has a green thumb. Her garden continues to produce long after our plants have died.

　　4) green light

　　Every time we invited her to a party, she has to ask her parents for the green light.

　　2．與red有關的習語

　　1) red tape 指手續繁雜，辦事拖拖拉拉、不講實際的壞風氣

　　To improve work efficiency a lot of red tape should be cut.

　　2) see red 發怒，冒火

　　His father saw red when he learned what he had done at school.

　　3）in the red虧損，負債

　　They had to close down their factory because they were always in the red.

　　3) a red letter day 重大、重要的日子

　　Tomorrow will be a red letter day for them----they’re getting married.

　　3．與blue有關的習語

　　1) to feel blue 鬱悶、煩悶

　　Upon bearing the bad news, he couldn’t help feeling blue all day long.

　　2) till all is blue 直到酩酊大醉，到極點

　　He drank alone in the bar till all was blue.

　　3) once in a blue moon 難得、千載難逢

　　He says he enjoys swimming, but we can only see him once in blue moon.

　　4）a bolt from the blue 晴天霹靂

　　The news of her mother’s death came as a bolt from the blue.

　　4．與white有關的習語

　　1) white lie 善意的謊言

　　I knew he was telling a white lie by saying that he enjoyed staying home with me.

　　2) white elephant 耗費錢財而沒有實用價值的累贅物品

　　The expensive bike his uncle sent him as a birthday present is just a white elephant, for he is not in the least fond of cycling.

　　3) be white as a sheet

　　Seeing the man at the doorway, she turned white as a sheet.

　　5．與black有關的習語

　　1) to be in a black mood 陰鬱的，情緒低落的

　　Seeing Mum in a black moon, no one dared say anything to her.

　　2) black and white 白紙黑字，寫出或印出

　　They can’t distort anything that has been written in black and white.

　　3）black and blue

　　We were all frightened to find him black and blue all over.

　　3) in the black 贏利

　　They decided to hire more employees because the firm has been in the black and needed more hands.

　　6．與pink有關的習語

　　1) in the pink 非常健康

　　It’s nice to see the kids are all in the pink.