“五顏六色”的英語習(xí)語

摘 要：由顏色詞形成的英語習(xí)語豐富多彩，用法眾多，內(nèi)涵深刻，帶有濃厚的西方文化色彩。因此，能夠正確理解和使用這些習(xí)語，對于理解文化差異和有效溝通交流大有裨益。

關(guān)鍵詞：顏色；習(xí)語；文化

“赤橙黃綠青藍(lán)紫，誰持彩練當(dāng)空舞。”我們在英語學(xué)習(xí)中經(jīng)常遇到一些由顏色詞形成的習(xí)語，這些“五顏六色”的英語習(xí)語形象鮮明，內(nèi)涵深刻，帶有濃厚的西方文化色彩。因此，能夠正確理解和使用這些習(xí)語，有利于理解中西文化差異并進(jìn)行有效溝通交流。

一、red：常表示喜慶、歡樂、惱怒、暴力、害羞等情感

1.The president was treated to the red carpet in Rome.

總統(tǒng)在羅馬受到了隆重的接待。

2.It was a red-letter day in the history of Chinese revolution.

這是中國革命史上值得紀(jì)念的日子。

3.A thief was caught red-handed in the act of breaking open a lock.

一個竊賊在砸開鎖時(shí)被當(dāng)場抓獲。

4.When he started criticizing my work，l really saw red.

當(dāng)他批評我的工作時(shí)，我就冒火、發(fā)脾氣。

5.I always seem to be in the red.

我似乎總是欠債。

二、white：英美民族通常把白色看成一種神圣、純潔、幸運(yùn)、善意的顏色，有時(shí)形容心理情感的變化

1.Though you’ve told a white lie，lie is a lie.

盡管你說了一個善意的謊言，但謊言就是謊言。

2.They choose a white day for their engagement.

他們選擇吉日訂婚。

3.I'll never buy a car，for it's only a white elephant to me.

我決不買汽車，因?yàn)樗鼘ξ抑粫且粋€累贅。

4.She was watching a horror film and went white as a sheet.

她在看恐怖片，臉嚇白了。

三、green：生命之色、青春之色，還用來表示沒有經(jīng)驗(yàn)、嫉妒等意思

1.The couple are really having an old green age.

這兩口子真可謂老當(dāng)益壯，精力充沛。

2.lf you want to be a successful gardener，of course you've got to have green fingers.

假如你想當(dāng)個稱職的園工，那你就得有園藝技能。

3.She is a green hand in teaching English.

在英語教學(xué)中，她是個生手。

4.I was green with envy when I heard she was going to London for a month while I had to stay here and work.

聽說她要去倫敦一個月而我卻留在這工作，我很嫉妒。

四、black：表邪惡、沮喪、恥辱等意思

1.I have been very careful about spending money lately，so now my account is in the black.

最近我用錢很仔細(xì)，所以銀行賬戶有存款了。

2.He went black in the face when I told him I had crashed his car.

我告訴他我把他車子毀了時(shí)他滿臉怒氣。

3.The black dog is over him.

他意志消沉。

4.Next time l see him，l'll give him a black eye.

下次我見到他一定打他一頓。……