英语里能给你点儿颜色看看的短语,你知道几个?
英语里能给你点儿颜色看看的短语,你知道几个?
摘自英语范
英文里关于颜色的词不仅可以表示色彩,稍加搭配还能表达不同的意思。今天,我们就来点儿颜色看看吧!
1. A black day for somebody
听说过Black Friday(黑色星期五),还不知道black day?说到黑色就没啥好事儿,black day意思是“倒霉的一天”。
例:It's a black day for us.
今天我们不走运。
2. White lie
相比黑色,白色还是象征着纯洁的,white lie指的是“善意的谎言”。
例:The doctor told him a white lie.
医生没把事实告诉他。
3. Roll out the red carpet for sb.
为某人展开红地毯, 意思就是“隆重地欢迎某人”。
例:He was the first European head of state to visit their country, and they rolled out the red carpet for him。
他是第一个访问该国的欧洲首脑,他们用隆重的礼节来欢迎他。
4.Once in a blue moon
蓝色的月亮并不常见,Once in a blue moon说的是“千载难逢的机会”。
例:Great writers like Mark Twain only appear once in a blue moon.
像马克吐温那样伟大的作家,是很罕见的。
5.Green-eyed monster
羡慕嫉妒恨时中文会说你眼红谁,可是歪果仁习惯说眼睛绿,green-eyed monster和green-eyed都表示“嫉妒”。
例:He shows the green-eyed monster of my success.
他嫉妒我的成功。
6.Be born in the purple
紫色在西方象征着权贵,be born in the purple意指“生在王侯贵族之家,出身显赫”。
例:Since he was born in the purple, he was always going to have a comfortable life.
由于出身显赫,他总能过着安逸的生活。
谢谢作舟的补充!
White elephant
n. a useless or unwanted object. (From the notion that an extremely valuable gift that requires great expense for its care and protection is anunwanted gift.) Take all those white elephants to the flea market.
white elephant gift exchange or Yankee Swap[1][2][3][4] is a Christmas party game. Generally, white elephant parties need a minimum of six participants. With a larger group, game play may be more protracted. White elephant parties have been known to result in playful rivalries between players trying to get sought-after items. The goal of a white elephant party is usually to entertain rather than to gain.
The black sheep (of the family)
Someone who is thought to be a bad person by the rest of their family My father was the black sheep - he ran away at 16 to become an actor andhis parents never forgave him.
*white as a sheet
And *white as a ghost; *white as snow; *white as the driven snow
[Of someone] extremely pale, as if frightened. (*Also: as ~.) Marilyn turned as white as a sheet when the policeman told her that her son had beenin a car wreck. Did something scare you? You're white as a sheet! Jane made up the bed with her best linen sheets, which are always as white assnow. We have a new kitten whose fur is white as the driven snow.
Red tape
Fig. over-strict attention to the wording and details of rules and regulations, especially by government workers. (From the color of the tape used bygovernment departments in England to tie up bundles of documents.) Because of red tape, Frank took weeks to get a visa. Red tape preventedJack's wife from joining him abroad.
Run a red light
To pass through an intersection having a red traffic light without stopping. Sam got a ticket for running a red light.
See red
To be angry. Whenever I think of the needless destruction of trees, I see red. Bill really saw red when the tax bill arrived.
Catch someone red-handed
And catch someone flat-footed
To catch a person in the act of doing something wrong. (See also caught red-handed.) Tom was stealing the car when the police drove by andcaught him red-handed. Mary tried to cash a forged check at the bank, and the teller caught her red-handed.
Golden handshake
Generous severance pay to an employee, often as an incentive for early retirement. For example, With a dwindling school population, the towndecided to offer golden handshakes to some of the teachers . This slangy business term dates from the mid-1900s. A close relative is goldenparachute, a generous severance agreement for an executive in the event of sudden dismissal owing to a merger or similar circumstance. Thisexpression first appeared about 1980.
Redneck
1. n. a stereotypic southern bigot. (Derogatory. Also a term of address.) Look, you stupid redneck, try to understand.
2. Mod. in the manner of a southern bigot. I don’t follow that kind of redneck thinking.
Out of the blue
1. from an unexpected or unforeseen source: criticism that came out of the blue.
2. at a completely unexpected time: a long-unseen friend who appeared out of the blue.
Show somebody's/something's true colors
Also reveal somebody's/something's true colors
To let others see what someone or something is really like Hal's wife showed her true colors by getting a second job when he lost his. Workers Feltthe Company revealed its true colors during the crisis.
谢谢 marauders的补充!
- Greenhorn, California, United States
- Greenhorn, Oregon, United States
- The Greenhornes, a rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio
- newbie or novice, an inexperienced person