有關顏色的英文
在英文中,有這多片語都跟顏色有關,在這兒提出來跟大家分享一下下,也歡迎大家一起來補充。
1.in the pink = in good health
She is 80 years old but she is still in the pink .
2.in the red 赤字
ex. I'm in the red . = I am broke (我破產了)
3.see red 生氣,如鬥牛看到紅的布就生氣
ex. I am seeing red . 我可要發火了。
4.green with envy 嫉妒死了
ex. I'm green with envy .
5.I am still green at my job . 此處的green指生澀,對工作還是生手。
6.blue 憂鬱
ex . Why are you so blue today ?
7.yellow 膽小沒有勇氣
ex. Don't be so yellow . Go ahead and propose to her . (propose to someone是向某人求婚的意思)
8.black and blue 因挨打而鼻青臉腫
ex. After the fight , both the boxers got black and blue .
9.gray 灰色,但是說人有白頭髮不是用white hair,而是用gray hair,而gray有時引申用來指法律的灰色模糊地帶。
ex. The case falls in the gray area of the law .
10.white with fear 嚇得臉色發白。
ex. He turned white with fear . (他嚇得臉色發白)
美爾頓英語引自 Gary 's Website Forum