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英語顏色趣談 1.red
1) When i see a man ill-treating a child.I see red.(發(fā)怒) 2) The policemen caught the thief red-handed.(當場)
3) When I menttioned it to him,he went red.(臉紅，羞愧)
2.green
1) He is very green.(幼稚)
2) She was green with envy.(十分嫉妒)
3) What‘s wrong with you?You‘re looking green.(蒼白)
3.blue
1）I‘m in the blues today.（悶悶不樂）
2) He was blue in the face with cold.（凍得發(fā)紫）
3) A thing like that only happens once in a blue moon.（難得，很少）
4) The news was a great shock to me;it came absolutely out of the blue.(晴天霹靂)
4.White
1) Mary sometimes tells a white lie.（善意的謊言）
2）Henry id white-livered.（膽小，懦弱）
3）He boasted a lot about his courage but when danger came he showed the white feather.（表現(xiàn)膽怯）
4) We want two white coffees.（加牛奶的咖啡）
5) A motor-car would be a white elephant to me .（無用而累贅的東西）
5.black
1) He gave me such a black look as I passed him.(惡狠狠的瞪一眼)
2) He is a black-hearted villain.（黑心腸的）
3) Her action towards her husband showed black ingratitude.（忘恩負義）
4)They went into black for their father.（哀悼，舉哀）
5)I won‘ t believe it ynless I see it in black and white.（白紙黑字）
6) You can never belive what he says;he will swear black is white.（把黑的說成白的
7) If mary doesn‘t study harder,she will get in her mother‘s black books.（記過本，失去好評）
8) George is the black aheep of the family.（敗家子）
6.brown
1) I left him in a brown study thinking over the question.(深思)
2) Aren‘t you brown!（曬黑了）
最后，作為總結(jié)，我們來看這么一段話：
Mr Bronw is vey white man.He was looking rather green the other day．He has been feeling blue lately. When I saw him,he was in a brown study.I hope he‘ll soon be in the pink again. 布朗先生是個非常忠實可靠的人。那天，他臉上頗有病色，近來他感到悶悶不樂。當我看見他時，他正在極度深思之中。希望他早日恢復(fù)健康。
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