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有关英语颜色短语谚语

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有关颜色的英语短语以及有关颜色的英语谚语,在英语作文中应用的话,会使我们的文章更加生动。下面是本站小编给大家整理的有关英语颜色短语谚语,供大家参阅!

有关英语颜色短语谚语
  常用英语短语

一、white

a white lie 无恶意的谎言

white coffee 加牛奶的咖啡

white list 白名单(指守法人士、合法机构等)

white room 最清洁的房屋

white hope 为某团体(或) 城镇带来荣誉的人

white wedding 吉祥的婚礼

white man 正直高尚的人

white light 公正无私的裁判

white sheet 忏悔者的白袍

white magic 有美好动机的魔术

days marked with a white stone 幸福的日子

the white bird 人的知觉与灵魂

2) 汉语中的“白色”其涵义表示清楚、明白、陈述、纯净、无代价的、无效的、政治上反动的等。如:真相

大白the fact made clear

白吃eat sth without pay

表白explain sth for oneself

白给give sb sth for nothing

白丁very common people

白眼the tiRed look

不分皂白not tell right or wrong

白痴the foolish person

白圭之玷the good man’s shortcoming

  经典英语短语

[1] a white elephant

释义:a very costly possession that is worthless to its owner and only a cause of trouble.

例句:You have bought yourself a white elephant, this house is far too isolated. No one will stay here and the upkeep will ruin you.

说明:相传一国王曾以白象送予敌人,以瓦解对方。

[2] show the white feather

释义:to act in a cowardly way.

例句:The only time he showed the white feather was just before they attacked the enemy.

说明:该习语原指斗鸡的人认为有白羽毛的斗鸡不是良种鸡。

[3] show the white flag

释义:to surrender and have no desire to continue resistance.

例句:They failed, so they show the white flag to their enemy.

说明:该习语源出打败仗的部队向敌军举起白旗,表示投降。

Ok, now let's have a guess, what on earth do the following phrases underlined mean?

“If you wish me to speak more plainly, show me your palm. "And I must cross your palm with silver, I suppose?"

Have you seen a ghost? Your face is as white as a sheet.

Why do you let Jack blackmail you like this? He has bled you white.

1. Call black white and white black

黑白颠倒

2. Indigo blue is extract from the indigo plant, but is bluer than the plant it comes from.

青出于蓝而胜于蓝

3. Red clouds in the east, rain the next day

日没火烧云,明天晒死人

(红色)

roll the red carpet for sb. 热烈欢迎......

see red 愤怒

redcent 一文不值

red tape 官样文件,官僚习气,办事拖拉,手续繁琐。

red-eye 夜班飞机

red neck 乡巴佬,粗俗好斗的穷人

a red battle 血战

in the red 赤字,亏损

red light district 红灯区

red sugar 黄糖(化学药品)

red handed 现行犯的,被当场抓住的;当场,正在作案

loyal and professional 又红又专

winner role 红榜

see through the world 看破红尘

have a good start 开门红

very close lady friends 红颜知己

revolutionary basic 红色根据地

black tea 红茶

  必备英语短语

green

1) 英语中的green 一词可表示新的、年轻的、嫉妒的、佳境的等。如:

a green hand 新手

green house 暖房

green room 演员休息室

as green as grass 无生活经验的

green eyed monster 嫉妒

green fingers 成功的种植者;种植的高超技艺

green thumb 园芝技能

green light 绿灯准许许可

green line (军) 轰炸机、敌我分界线

green stuff 蔬菜草木

in the green 青春期

a green old age 老当益壮

to get the green light 得到允许做某事

to look through green glasses 对..感到嫉妒

jack in the Greens 花屋中的人(西俗五月一日用冬青和花扎成小屋,人居其中,上街游行)

in the green tree (或wood) 处于佳境

green power (美) 金钱的力量

green sand(铸造用的) 新取砂

go to the green wood 落草(去当绿林好汉)

2) 汉语中的“青色”还可表示年轻的、新的、未成熟的、健壮的、永恒的等。如:青史留名 leave a glorious

name in the history

青女 the god having charge of fog in the legend

青史 the history book

青衿 the scholars in the ancient time

青睐 favour

炉火纯青the perfect skills of doing something

青出于蓝而胜于蓝the new coming from the old is better than the old

black

1) 英语中“black”可表示严重的,不受欢迎的,不吉利的、罪恶的、不合适的、不合法的、愤怒的等。

a black letter day 不吉祥的日子,倒霉的一天

black and blue 青一块、紫一块

black market 非法交易市场

black list 黑名单

Black Mass 死人的弥撒

Black Maria 囚车、巡警车

black look 恶狠狠的神色

black mood 情绪低落

black spot 交通事故多发地段,事故、犯罪焦点

black sheep 败家子、害群之马

in somebody’s black books 失去某人的宠爱

black heart 指奸恶阴险的人

black house 指军营中的牢房

black despair 大失望

black man 恶魔

black ox 不幸

black coffee 不加牛奶或糖的咖啡、诈骗犯

2) 汉语中的“黑色”也多表示贬意如“阴暗的、非法的、秘密的、坏的、狠毒的等。如:黑心人 the very cruel

people

黑市 unlawful market

黑幕 the evil inside of something

黑手 the reactionary power having some evil activities secretly

黑社会组织 the unlawful social organization doing some illegal activities as their job

黑货 the unlawful carrying or selling goods

黑帮 the reactionary organizations gathered secretly

黑色幽默 the humour expressing nihilism and pessimism