与颜色的英语词语扩展

与颜色有关的英语词语扩展

　　与颜色有关的英语词语扩展

　　1．与green有关的习语

　　1) greenhorn指没有工作经验的人

　　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有园艺技能或指有经验的，熟练的

　　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．与red有关的.习语

　　1) red tape 指手续繁杂，办事拖拖拉拉、不讲实际的坏风气

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

　　2) see red 发怒，冒火

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

　　3）in the red亏损，负债

　　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．与blue有关的习语

　　1) to feel blue 郁闷、烦闷

　　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，到极点

　　He drank alone in the bar till all was blue.

　　3) once in a blue moon 难得、千载难逢

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

　　4）a bolt from the blue 晴天霹雳

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

　　4．与white有关的习语

　　1) white lie 善意的谎言

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

　　2) white elephant 耗费钱财而没有实用价值的累赘物品

　　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．与black有关的习语

　　1) to be in a black mood 阴郁的，情绪低落的

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

　　2) black and white 白纸黑字，写出或印出

　　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 赢利

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

　　6．与pink有关的习语

　　1) in the pink 非常健康

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