2016-07-27 | 小编:环球教育 | 0 |
我们在雅思口语中总会用一些中国似的英语说法,很少加俗语或者成语。那么今天,环球小编就来盘点一些用颜色表示的地道的英语俚语。
English Idioms : Colour
1.Black Idioms
Blackball someone
Meaning:To exclude or ostracise someone socially, reject them
v.排斥,投反对票 n.反对票
eg:Their company has been blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers. No one wants to do business with them anymore.
Black sheep
Meaning:Used to describe a person who is the ‘odd one out’ of a group, and doesn’t fit in with others around them. This could also be used to talk about someone who is a disgrace or embarrassment to their group.
n. 害群之马,败家子
eg:I have always been the black sheep in my family, I have a completely different personality to all of them, and we don’t even look the same!
2.Blue Idioms
A blue-eyed boy
Meaning:A critical description of a boy or young man who is always picked for special favours by someone in a position of higher authority.
n.宠儿.
eg:He is such a blue-eyed boy! I don’t like that the manager always treats him as if he is special, it is not fair on the rest of us!
Blue in the face
Meaning:To try really hard to win someone’s agreement, but usually end unsuccessfully
n.徒劳无功
eg:I kept trying to convince him that it was a good idea until I was blue in the face, but he’s so stubborn, he just kept disagreeing with me!
3.Green Idioms
To be green
Meaning:Used to describe someone who is immature, or inexperienced.
n.未成熟的,菜鸟。
eg:He can be rather green sometimes. I don’t think he’s ready to be promoted to a higher position yet.
Green with envy
Meaning:Used to describe someone who is extremely jealous, full of envy.
嫉妒
eg:When we were children, my older brother always used to get green with envy if my dad bought something for me and not for him.
4.Pink Idioms
Tickled pink
Meaning:To be very pleased, thrilled or delighted about something.
高兴极了
eg:Anna was tickled pink that her fiancé had made such an effort for her birthday.
In the pink of something
Meaning:in very good health
用来形容某人身体非常健康。
eg:My grandmother looked ever so well when I saw her, she was in the pink of condition.
5.Red Idioms
Red-eye
Meaning:A journey that leaves late at night and arrives early in the morning
夜间航班
eg:We had to catch the red-eye flight last night, and I’m completely exhausted now.
Red-letter day
Meaning:A day that is memorable because of some important event.
对于某个人来说,那是指发生好事的一天,有重要意义的一天。
eg:The day I graduated was a red-letter day for my mum, she still talks about it today!
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