干貨分享：英語(yǔ)中與“顏色”有關(guān)的習(xí)語(yǔ)

　　眾所周知，顏色主要有七種，可就這么幾種顏色卻構(gòu)成了色彩斑斕的世界。與此相似，描述顏色的詞在浩瀚的語(yǔ)言詞匯的海洋里也就那么寥寥數(shù)個(gè)，但它們卻構(gòu)成了許許多多的習(xí)語(yǔ)，為語(yǔ)言的表達(dá)增添了美麗的色彩。下面小編就為大家匯總了一些英語(yǔ)中與顏色相關(guān)的習(xí)語(yǔ)。快來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)一下吧~(PS：內(nèi)容比較多，建議大家收藏之后慢慢學(xué)習(xí)和練習(xí)哦!)

　　
1. 紅色 Red

give someone a red face 使某人感到尷尬或羞愧
 

　　His answer really gives me a red face.

　　他的回答真的讓我很尷尬。

　　
have a red face 感到很尷尬或羞愧
 

　　She had a red face to steal her mother’s money.

　　她為偷了媽媽的錢感到羞愧。

　　
show someone the red card 解雇某人
 

　　His boss finally showed him the red card.

　　他的老板最終還是把他解雇了。

　　
not give a red cent for something 不看好某事
 

　　His father doesn't give a red cent for his superstar dream.

　　他父親不看好他的明星夢(mèng)。

　　
not have a red cent 一文不值
 

　　The idea he presented did not have a red cent.

　　他提出的意見(jiàn)毫無(wú)價(jià)值。

on red alert 處于緊急戒備狀態(tài)
 

　　All the nearby hospitals are on red alert.

　　所有附近的醫(yī)院都處于緊急狀態(tài)之中。

　　
see the red light 表示意識(shí)到臨近的危險(xiǎn)
 

　　The engineer failed to see the red light.

　　工程師沒(méi)能發(fā)覺(jué)危險(xiǎn)的迫近。

　　
catch someone red-handed 當(dāng)場(chǎng);正在作案;當(dāng)場(chǎng)抓獲
 

　　She was caught red-handed stealing $100.

　　她被當(dāng)場(chǎng)抓獲偷了100美元。

　　
roll out the red carpet 隆重歡迎
 

　　They rolled out the red carpet for me.

　　他們非常隆重地接待了我。

　　
red tape 繁瑣的手續(xù)、官僚作風(fēng)
 

　　I’ve given up trying to get a visa; there is too much red tape involved.

　　我不想再去辦簽證了，繁文縟節(jié)太多了。

　　
a red rag to a bull 使人憤怒的東西
 

　　That kind of words is like a red rag to a bull。

　　這種話簡(jiǎn)直就是火上澆油。

be in the red 虧損、有赤字、負(fù)債
 

　　We have spent so much money recently that our bank balance must be in the red.

　　我們最近花了太多錢，以致我們?cè)阢y行的賬目出現(xiàn)了赤字。

　　
paint the town red 狂歡;花天酒地
 

　　Today is Friday! Let’s paint the town red tonight.

　　今天是周五!晚上咱們狂歡一下吧!

　　
Neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring 不三不四、不倫不類

　　
2. 黑色 black

a black lie 用心險(xiǎn)惡的謊言
 

　　A white lie is better than a black lie.

　　善意的謊言總比惡意的要好。

　　
black in the face 非常氣憤
 

　　He went black in the face when I told him I had crashed his car.

　　我告訴他，我把他車子毀了時(shí)，他滿臉怒氣。

　　
In black and white 白紙黑字
 

　　It was in the agreement, in black and white.

　　協(xié)議里都白紙黑字地寫著呢。

　　
black and blue 青一塊紫一塊;遍體鱗傷;傷痕累累
 

　　Whenever she refused, he’d beat her black and blue.

　　只要她拒絕他，他就會(huì)把她打得青一塊紫一塊。

black ice 透明薄冰
 

　　There is black ice on many roads.

　　很多路上都結(jié)了透明薄冰。

　　
swear black is white 顛倒黑白，強(qiáng)詞奪理
 

　　He would swear black is white if he thought it would further his career.

　　如果他認(rèn)為這會(huì)促進(jìn)他的事業(yè)，那他就是在顛倒黑白。

　　
black spot 交通事故多發(fā)地段，不景氣地區(qū)
 

　　The accident happened on a notorious black spot on the A43.

　　事故發(fā)生在A43號(hào)公路上一個(gè)出了名的事故多發(fā)地段。

　　
Two blacks don’t make a white 錯(cuò)上加錯(cuò)不是對(duì)

　　
as black as thunder 面帶怒容，臉色陰森的
 

　　He looked as black as thunder.

　　他臉色陰沉，好像要大發(fā)脾氣的樣子。

as black as one is painted 多壞有多壞
 

　　He is not as black as he is painted.

　　他并不像人們所說(shuō)的那樣壞。

　　
black sheep (of the family) 敗家子;有辱門第的人
 

　　She never went to college, she’s the black sheep of the family.

　　她沒(méi)考上大學(xué)，是他們家里的異類。

　　
3. 白色 white

white elephant 昂貴而無(wú)用的東西
 

　　This new furniture is absolutely an expensive white elephant.

　　這件新家具絕對(duì)是昂貴的擺設(shè)。

　　
hang out the white flag 認(rèn)輸、投降
 

　　The besieged city at length hung out the white flag.

　　被圍城市終于投降了。

　　
white lie 善意的謊言
 

　　When Helen asked me if I liked her dress, I told her a white lie so she wouldn't feel bad.

　　昨天當(dāng)Helen問(wèn)我喜不喜歡她的裙子的時(shí)候，為了不讓她那么難過(guò)，我對(duì)她說(shuō)了一個(gè)善意的謊言。

　　
white war 不流血的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，常指“經(jīng)濟(jì)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)”
 

　　What we face is the white war today。

　　今天我們面臨的是沒(méi)有硝煙的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。

　　
white night 不眠之夜
 

　　He spent a white night.

　　他度過(guò)了一個(gè)不眠之夜。

white coffee 牛奶咖啡
 

　　Wayne has a large White coffee in front of him.

　　韋恩面前擺著一大杯牛奶咖啡。

　　
a very white man 非常忠實(shí)可靠的人
 

　　Mr. Brown is a very white man.

　　布朗先生是個(gè)非常忠實(shí)可靠的人。

　　
bleed someone white 榨盡某人的錢財(cái)
 

　　The tax man is trying to bleed me white.

　　稅務(wù)員正想榨干我的血汗錢。

　　
white hope 被指望大可獲得成功的人或物
 

　　He was once the great white hope of British boxing.

　　他曾一度是英國(guó)拳擊的希望所在。

white about the gills 非常害怕
 

　　He looked white about the gills when he saw a black shadow in the moon light.

　　他在月光下看到了一個(gè)黑影，嚇得臉色發(fā)白。

　　
4. 藍(lán)色 blue

out of the blue 出乎意外地
 

　　He got mad at me out of blue.

　　他毫無(wú)征兆地突然沖我發(fā)火。

　　
have the blues 情緒不好，難過(guò)或失落
 

　　Bob's dog died last week and he's been feeling blue ever since.

　　Bob 的狗上周去世了，他之后情緒一直都不好。

　　
vanish into the blue 突然消失
 

　　When he saw her, all his worries vanished into the blue.

　　當(dāng)他看到她時(shí)，一切煩惱都消失得無(wú)影無(wú)蹤。

　　
a bolt from the blue 意外事件
 

　　His sudden death came as a bolt from the blue.

　　他的突然去世猶如晴天霹靂。

blue devils 憂愁、沮喪
 

　　Being out of health, she was sorely afflicted with the blue devils.

　　由于身體不好，她變得極為憂郁。

　　
blue blood 貴族血統(tǒng);名門望族
 

　　Though poor, he was blue blood in his veins.

　　他人雖窮，出身卻高貴。

　　
true blue 守舊派
 

　　Her husband is a true blue Tory.

　　她丈夫是堅(jiān)定的保守黨黨員。

　　
make the air turn blue 大罵不止，怒罵
 

　　When he saw what she had done, he made the air turn blue.

　　在他看到她所做的一切后，他破口大罵。

　　
scream blue murder 大喊大叫，大聲驚呼
 

　　When the doctor stuck the needle into her arm, the child screamed blue murder.

　　當(dāng)醫(yī)生把針扎進(jìn)小孩的胳膊時(shí)，她大叫起來(lái)。

　　
sb’s blue-eyed boy 某人眼中的紅人
 

　　He was the media’s blue-eyed boy.

　　他是媒體的寵兒。

blue funk 極度的驚恐，非常焦慮
 

　　He was in a blue funk! Worse than me!

　　他神經(jīng)極為緊張!比我還糟!

　　
talk a blue streak 滔滔不絕地說(shuō)
 

　　Those workers cans ure talk a blue streak.

　　那些工人們可以連續(xù)不斷地聊個(gè)沒(méi)完。

　　
once in a blue moon 千載難逢，極少
 

　　We go out once in a blue moon.

　　我們難得出去玩。

　　
5. 綠色 green

green with envy 妒忌
 

　　Tom was green with envy with his brother’s new toy car.

　　Tom很嫉妒他哥哥的新玩具車。

　　
give / get the green light 批準(zhǔn)/ 獲得批準(zhǔn)
 

　　The government has given the green light in providing free schools to the poor refugee children.

　　政府為那些可憐的難民兒童免費(fèi)上學(xué)開(kāi)了綠燈。

　　I got the green light from my boss to begin the project.

　　老板批準(zhǔn)我開(kāi)始這個(gè)項(xiàng)目了。

　　
to be green 稚嫩
 

　　He can be rather green sometimes, I don’t think he’s ready to be promoted to a higher position yet.

　　有的時(shí)候，他表現(xiàn)的相當(dāng)不成熟。我認(rèn)為他還沒(méi)有充分做好晉升的準(zhǔn)備。

　　
green hand 新手
 

　　She is a green hand at such things.

　　做這樣的事，她是個(gè)新手。

as green as grass 幼稚的，易受騙的
 

　　When she left school and started her first job, she was as green as grass.

　　她走出校門剛開(kāi)始工作時(shí)，非常幼稚。

　　
green in my eye 我容易受騙的樣子
 

　　Do you see any green in my eye?

　　你看我是否經(jīng)驗(yàn)不夠?

　　
green old age 老當(dāng)益壯
 

　　He has occupied a couple of years of green old age in writing a book.

　　他在老當(dāng)益壯的時(shí)候花了一兩年功夫?qū)懥吮緯?shū)。

　　
green power 金錢的力量
 

　　green power istoo important for him.

　　金錢的力量對(duì)他太重要了。

　　
green thumb / fingers 園藝手藝
 

　　My husband has a green thumb and is a very patient person.

　　我先生很會(huì)種這些花花草草的，而且很有耐心。

　　The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 鄰家芳草綠，隔岸風(fēng)景好。(也可以表示別人的東西或處境好像總比自己的好)。

　　
6. 灰色 grey

the men in grey suits 幕后操縱者
 

　　The police finally found the men in grey suits for this case.

　　警察找到了這次案件的幕后操縱者。

　　
grey matter = little grey cells 頭腦、智力
 

　　If you use your grey matter/ little grey cells, you can solve this math problem.

　　假如你動(dòng)腦子了，你就能解決這個(gè)數(shù)學(xué)問(wèn)題。

　　
grey area 灰色地帶、沒(méi)有確定的范圍
 

　　There is no gray area in Jerry’s world.

　　在Jerry的世界里，沒(méi)有灰色地帶。

　　
get grey hair from 因...而煩惱不安
 

　　He got grey hair from the debt of his company.

　　他因公司的債務(wù)問(wèn)題煩惱不安。

　　
give grey hair to 使...煩惱不堪
 

　　The debt of his company give grey hair to him.

　　公司的債務(wù)問(wèn)題讓他煩惱不堪。

　　
7. 黃色 yellow

a yellow streak ( down one’s back ) 怯弱
 

　　He has a yellow streak.

　　他個(gè)性有點(diǎn)懦弱。

　　
yellow Journalism 夸張或聳人聽(tīng)聞的報(bào)章報(bào)道
 

　　Many magazines use yellow Journalism to sell copy.

　　許多雜志用嘩眾取寵的辦報(bào)作風(fēng)來(lái)增加銷售量。

yellow pages 黃頁(yè)(指分類電話簿)
 

　　I can find travel agent in the yellow pages.

　　我可以在黃頁(yè)上找到旅行社代理。

　　
8. 褐色 brown

( as ) brown as a berry 黝黑的
 

　　The sunbed make me as brown as a berry.

　　日光浴把我曬得黝黑。

a brown study 沉思、遐想
 

　　I didn’t speak to him as he seemed to be in a brown study.

　　我沒(méi)有跟他說(shuō)話，他好像在沉思。

　　
9. 紫色 purple

a purple patch 詞藻華麗的段落、故弄玄虛之處
 

　　The actor is now having a purple patch but he does not know how long it will last

　　這演員現(xiàn)在正走運(yùn)，但他不曉得這種光景能維持多久。

　　
born to/ in the purple 出生王室或貴族
 

　　Those born to/ in the purple are destined to live in the public eye.

　　那些出身貴族的人，其一言一行勢(shì)必要引起公眾的關(guān)注。

marry in/ into the purple 嫁入王室
 

　　Many girls want to marry in/ into the purple.

　　很多女孩都想嫁入豪門。

　　
10. 粉紅色 pink

be tickled pink 很滿意
 

　　We hope you'll be tickled pink!

　　我們希望你能使人開(kāi)心

　　
be in the pink 紅潤(rùn)健康
 

　　A glass of red wine keeps you in the pink.

　　一杯紅酒有益健康。

pink of perfection 狀態(tài)極佳
 

　　Their new cook seems to be the pink of perfection.

　　他們的新廚師看來(lái)是好到了極點(diǎn)。

　　
pink slip 解雇通知書(shū)
 

　　He told them they’d better shape up or they’ll get a pink slip .

　　他告訴他們要好好干，否則就會(huì)被炒魷魚(yú)。

　　
strike me pink 真見(jiàn)鬼;真讓人吃驚
 

　　Well, strike me pink, you didn’t know your aunt was dead?

　　真讓我吃驚，你不知道自己的阿姨去世了?!

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