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Red is a hot color; Americans often use it to express heat. red figure 赤字 red ink 赤字 red balance 赤字差額 red cent 一分錢 red gold 純金 red tip on stock market 指股票市場的最新情報 red ruin 火災(zāi) red battle 血戰(zhàn) red sky 彩霞 red-hot 重要的，需求很大的 His team is red-hot favorites. 他的隊伍是奪冠大熱門 They may say they are red-hot about something unfair, when they are red-hot they are very angry about something.
Red-letter days（可紀念的、喜慶的 The day I graduated was a red-letter day for my mum; she still talks about it today! 我畢業(yè)那天對我媽來說是非常重要的日子。至今，她還一直談?wù)撝翘臁?/p> Roll out the red carpet for somebody Red carpet的意思是紅地毯，而紅地毯曾經(jīng)是專為迎接皇室或國家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的必備品，所以鋪上紅地毯的意思是“隆重熱烈歡迎某人，給與最高待遇” To see red He saw red when a truck dented his new car. 看到卡車撞到他的新車,他火冒三丈。 Catch sb. red-handed 當場逮住某人做壞事 The shop owner caught the thief red-handed and sent him to the police. Paint the town red 出門狂歡，狂歡作樂 To celebrate Amy’s 18th birthday, we’re gonna paint the town red tonight! Like a red rag to a bull 使人極其憤怒的
red herring 熏青魚, 轉(zhuǎn)移注意力的話 red tape 指手續(xù)繁雜,辦事拖拉,不講實際的壞風氣 red alert 表空襲 red-blooded 精力充沛的, 活躍的 red-eyed 紅眼的, 眼圈哭紅的
Tickled pink 心花怒放，樂不可支 Ariel was tickled pink after being complimented on her outfit by her crush. Baby pink 淺粉色 See pink elephants 爛醉如泥的、喝醉的狀態(tài)、神志不清的狀態(tài) When I started seeing pink elephants, I knew I had to stop drinking so much. 當我開始出現(xiàn)幻覺時，我知道我必須停止酗酒了。 pink slip 解雇通知書 pink-collar workers 粉領(lǐng)階層，指職業(yè)婦女群體
In a blue mood 心情憂郁 have the blues
Once in a blue moon 非常罕見 He only goes to the nightclub once in a blue moon.他很少會去夜店。 a blue Mon 倒霉的周一 a blue joke 下流的笑話 a bolt from the blue 晴天霹靂 blue blood貴族血統(tǒng) blue-collar 藍領(lǐng)階級的, 工人階級的 blue-eyed boy 寵兒；紅人 the boys in blue 警察 blue-collar workers 從事體力勞動的工人 blue-ribbon 頭等的, 第一流的 blue fear 極度的驚恐 blue-sky 無價值的, 不保險的 blue-sky market 露天市場 blue sky bargaining 漫天討價 out of the blue 出乎意料；突然 drink till all's blue 一醉方休 Talk a blue streak 不停地說話 The woman in the hospital bed next to me talked a blue streak all day. I don’t know where she got the energy. 我病床旁的那個女人總是滔滔不絕，講個不停。我不知道她哪來那么多能量的。 A blue outlook 悲觀的人生觀 Mans’ weak will and uncontrollable destiny form her blue outlook on life. 人的意志力量的脆弱、命運的深不可測構(gòu)成了她悲觀的人生觀。 Blue pencil 修改、刪除、校正、編輯 They had to accept the blue pencil of the censor. 他們不得不接受檢查員的修改。 blue moon 不可能或稀有的時期或事情 blue film 色情電影blue book 藍皮書 blue chip 熱門證券
look green: 臉色不好（蒼白） A person who has a sick feeling stomach may say she feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green. green eyed 眼紅 嫉妒 monster Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car, that person may say he is green with envy. the green stuff 美鈔 green power 金錢的力量或財團 green stamp 指美國救濟補助票 green sheet指政府預(yù)算明細比較表 green pound 綠色英鎊 Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the backside of the paper money. Green thumb / green fingers 園藝技巧精湛 green as grass 幼稚的 green hand新手 greenhorn 指沒有工作經(jīng)驗的人,生手 grey hand老手 give sb/sth the green light 準許 green bean cake 綠豆糕 green meat 鮮肉 green food 綠色食品 The grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence) 這山望著那山高  black lie 用心險惡的謊言 blackmail 勒索 black art 妖術(shù), 魔法 black taxi 黑車 black tea 紅茶 Black letter days 倒霉日 People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The day of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day. Black Friday 耶穌受難日 Black dog 憂郁的人 black market /money 黑市/錢 A black list 黑名單 is illegal now, but at one time some businesses refused to employ people who are on a black list for belonging to unpopular organizations. In the black 指人或者一個組織在財政方面有盈利、賺錢 In the red / be in red 赤字、虧損 We've managed to stay in the black for over a year now. 現(xiàn)在我們已保持了一年多的盈利狀態(tài)。 Black and white 表示一種考慮問題的方式，非黑即白的 Black and White 白紙黑字 She saw things in black and white. 她總是用簡單絕對的眼光看待事物。 call white black / call black white 混淆是非 Black and blue 鼻青臉腫、遍體鱗傷、青一塊紫一塊 black eye (被打成的)青腫眼眶 Whenever she refused, he'd beat her black and blue. 只要她拒絕他，他就會把她打得青一塊紫一塊 The pot calls the kettle black 五十步笑百步 A: I'm tired of you always wearing my clothing! B: Aren't you the pot calling the kettle black? You're wearing my pants right now! A：我討厭你老穿我的衣服。 B：你不是在犯同樣的錯誤？你穿著我的褲子！ Black sheep 害群之馬 Black leg 騙子 blacksmith 鐵匠 black as skillet 黑如煮鍋 black as night 漆黑一片 black tie 黑領(lǐng)結(jié)；小禮服 a black look 惡狠狠的瞪 paint sb black 說某人壞話 blackball sb 反駁 “動力減退” A Brownout is an expression for a reduction in electric power. Brownouts happen when there is too much demand for electricity. The electric system is unable to offer all the power needed in an area. in a brown study 呆想, 默想, 沉思 brown sugar 紅糖 “燈火管制” Blackouts were common during World War II. Officials would order all lights in a city turned off to make it difficult for enemy planes to find a target in the dark of night. Black out 熄滅，昏厥  White對多數(shù)中國人和西方人來說，白色所引起的聯(lián)想是有些相近的，例如潔白purity、純潔innocence off white 灰白色 ivory white 象牙白 oyster white 乳白色 snow white 雪白色 white money 銀幣 The white way 白光大道 white coffee 牛奶咖啡 white fear 膽怯 white pollution 白色污染 white agriculture 白色農(nóng)業(yè) white collar workers 腦力勞動者 a white lie 善意的謊言 White war 比喻“不流血的戰(zhàn)爭，沒有硝煙的戰(zhàn)爭”，常指“經(jīng)濟競爭” We attended a wonderful speech on the white war made by a famous professor. 我們聽了一位著名教授所作的關(guān)于經(jīng)濟戰(zhàn)的精彩演講 Raise/wave /show a white flag 投降 After we captured them, they had to raise a white flag. 當我們抓住他們后，他們不得不舉手投降。 White sale 大減價（尤指床單，枕套等白織物） We always pick up some bargains at the January white sale. 我們常在一月份紡織品減價出售時買些毛巾、床單等用品。 White elephant 無用的累贅物，即“華而不實的”。 The venture has been widely dismissed as a $234 million white elephant. 普遍認為那個2.34億美元的風險投資華而不實 A white day “吉利的日子、黃道吉日、情人節(jié)”等 Please choose a white day for your wedding. 請為你的婚禮選擇一個黃道吉日吧。 White night “不眠之夜、失眠的晚上 It's another white night because of his words in the daytime. 由于他白天說的話，我又度過了一個不眠之夜。 White crow 指“罕見的事物、稀有的事物” This error is white crow. 這個錯誤是非常罕見的。 A white heart “大好人” He was pure of spirit and had a white heart. 他擁有純潔的靈魂和高尚的心。 White as a sheet 蒼白如紙，形容某人很憔悴 When he returned, he was white as a sheet and could hardly speak. 他回來時臉色煞白，一句話都說不出來。 grey matter [口]頭腦 grey collar 灰領(lǐng)工人，服務(wù)行業(yè)職工 grey mare 勝過丈夫的妻子 grey market 半黑市 yellow streak 膽怯 yellow-belly 膽小，懦弱 yellow-covered 表面黃色的,廉價的,無用的 yellow-dog 可恥的 I dislike Mike, for he is a yellow dog. 我討厭邁克，他是個卑鄙小人。 Yellow pages 黃頁，即分類商業(yè)電話號碼簿。 Yellow journalism 指夸張或聳人聽聞的報章報道 Many magazines use yellow journalism to sell copies. 許多雜志用嘩眾取寵辦報作風來增加銷售量 A golden opportunity 千載難逢的機會 Golden boy 受人喜愛的男孩、有成就的男人。 purple with rage 非常生氣 She’s turned purple in the face.她臉都氣到漲紅了。 with a purple passion 充滿某種情感、情緒的 After my roommate and I had a huge fight, I think she hates me with a purple passion.在我室友跟我大吵一架之後，我覺得她恨死我了。 purple patch 一連串的成功 大多是用在英式英文喔！此外，這個片語滿常用在球賽或比賽中，如果有球員或隊伍不斷得分或獲得勝利，就可以用這個片語形容：
purple prose 詞句華麗、刻意堆疊的文章 born to the purple 出身貴族的，有皇室身分的 marry into the purple 與皇室或貴族聯(lián)姻
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